{"title":"COVID-19 and Pregnancy : Lebanon Preparedness within Global Response","authors":"F. El Kak","doi":"10.12816/0057440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0057440","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39521,"journal":{"name":"Journal Medical Libanais","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46360733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Ayoub, S. Bahous, D. Chamsy, M. Choukair, N. Yared, Z. Ghorayeb, M. Houry, E. Nemr
Coronavirus disease COVID-19 upended the whole world with everyone needing to practice social distancing, and quarantine These measures affected education in general, and medical education in particular Educators were faced with the dilemma of protecting the students versus fulfilling the mission of preparing qualified future healthcare providers In Lebanon, the seven medical schools had to act quickly to set up distance education in response to the requested closure of universities and social distancing measures, in a way that preserves student education despite the challenging times This paper will focus on the changes introduced to the curricula of the undergraduate medical education programs in Lebanon, involving both the teaching and learning facets and the assessment component at the preclinical and clinical phases
{"title":"The Impact of COVID-19 on Undergraduate Medical Education","authors":"E. Ayoub, S. Bahous, D. Chamsy, M. Choukair, N. Yared, Z. Ghorayeb, M. Houry, E. Nemr","doi":"10.12816/0057443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0057443","url":null,"abstract":"Coronavirus disease COVID-19 upended the whole world with everyone needing to practice social distancing, and quarantine These measures affected education in general, and medical education in particular Educators were faced with the dilemma of protecting the students versus fulfilling the mission of preparing qualified future healthcare providers In Lebanon, the seven medical schools had to act quickly to set up distance education in response to the requested closure of universities and social distancing measures, in a way that preserves student education despite the challenging times This paper will focus on the changes introduced to the curricula of the undergraduate medical education programs in Lebanon, involving both the teaching and learning facets and the assessment component at the preclinical and clinical phases","PeriodicalId":39521,"journal":{"name":"Journal Medical Libanais","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44792702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Daher, G. Rouhana, N. Souaiby, K. Kallab, F. Abou-Mrad, S. Richa
{"title":"Ethical Considerations in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"M. Daher, G. Rouhana, N. Souaiby, K. Kallab, F. Abou-Mrad, S. Richa","doi":"10.12816/0057448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0057448","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39521,"journal":{"name":"Journal Medical Libanais","volume":"187 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41279530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Much Ado about a Virus : COVID-19 Trigger of Scientific Curiosity and Medical Unity","authors":"G. Dabar","doi":"10.12816/0057453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0057453","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39521,"journal":{"name":"Journal Medical Libanais","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49227593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Bitar, J. Kattan, H. Kourie, D. Mukherji, N. Saghir, H. Hassan
{"title":"The Lebanese Society of Medical Oncology (LSMO) Recommendations and Perspectives on Oncology Care during COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"N. Bitar, J. Kattan, H. Kourie, D. Mukherji, N. Saghir, H. Hassan","doi":"10.12816/0057442","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0057442","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39521,"journal":{"name":"Journal Medical Libanais","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46764505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Background: The first cases of novel coronavirus (2019-ncov) infected patients occurred in Lebanon in February 2020 and March 2020 Rafic Hariri University Hospital was the first hospital in Lebanon that rapidly responded to this crisis through the effective use of scarce resources and the swift arrangement of departments as part of the contingency plan It was able to mitigate the impact of the first COVID-19 wave in Lebanon through active management and proper preparedness We analyzed data on the first 63 confirmed cases of COVID-19 to determine their epidemiological and clinical characteristics
{"title":"Rafic Hariri University Hospital Preparedness : Sharing Initial Experience on COVID-19","authors":"M. Hassoun, Firas Abyad, R. Feghali","doi":"10.12816/0057438","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0057438","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The first cases of novel coronavirus (2019-ncov) infected patients occurred in Lebanon in February 2020 and March 2020 Rafic Hariri University Hospital was the first hospital in Lebanon that rapidly responded to this crisis through the effective use of scarce resources and the swift arrangement of departments as part of the contingency plan It was able to mitigate the impact of the first COVID-19 wave in Lebanon through active management and proper preparedness We analyzed data on the first 63 confirmed cases of COVID-19 to determine their epidemiological and clinical characteristics","PeriodicalId":39521,"journal":{"name":"Journal Medical Libanais","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44063224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. Saleh, Z. Aoun-Bacha, M. Khalil, P. B. Khalil, R. Boulos, H. Chami, K. Diab, G. Juvelikian, P. Yazbeck
COVID-19 has taken the whole world by surprise and overnight, we found ourselves at war with an invisible yet ruthless adversary In Lebanon, representatives from the major medical societies at the forefront of the battle convened and drafted a document to serve as a roadmap towards tackling this pandemic It involves diagnosis and early recognition of severity as well as potential treatment modalities, emphasizing the protection of healthcare personnel
{"title":"Statement of the Lebanese Pulmonary Society, the Lebanese Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Lebanese Society of Anesthesiology","authors":"W. Saleh, Z. Aoun-Bacha, M. Khalil, P. B. Khalil, R. Boulos, H. Chami, K. Diab, G. Juvelikian, P. Yazbeck","doi":"10.12816/0057445","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0057445","url":null,"abstract":"COVID-19 has taken the whole world by surprise and overnight, we found ourselves at war with an invisible yet ruthless adversary In Lebanon, representatives from the major medical societies at the forefront of the battle convened and drafted a document to serve as a roadmap towards tackling this pandemic It involves diagnosis and early recognition of severity as well as potential treatment modalities, emphasizing the protection of healthcare personnel","PeriodicalId":39521,"journal":{"name":"Journal Medical Libanais","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41753152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Testing for COVID-19 : When, Who and What Test ?","authors":"G. F. Araj, Mona Beaini, N. Bizri","doi":"10.12816/0057435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0057435","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39521,"journal":{"name":"Journal Medical Libanais","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42079657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
COVID-19 is a new pandemic crisis with potentially severe complications This paper aims to define available data concerning optimal anesthesia management for patients with COVID-19 and to provide safety recommendations for healthcare professionals
{"title":"Anesthetic Management of Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 Patients : A Narrative Review","authors":"A. Gergess, C. Dagher, K. Jabbour, S. Madi-Jebara","doi":"10.12816/0057439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0057439","url":null,"abstract":"COVID-19 is a new pandemic crisis with potentially severe complications This paper aims to define available data concerning optimal anesthesia management for patients with COVID-19 and to provide safety recommendations for healthcare professionals","PeriodicalId":39521,"journal":{"name":"Journal Medical Libanais","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41512862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Habr, G. Dabar, J. Choucair, F. Haddad, G. Khayat, Z. Aoun-Bacha, Ihab Ibrahim, C. Harmouche, M. Jammal, E. Haddad, G. Saliba, L. Abdo, S. Jebara, E. Nasser, K. Jabbour, M. Fakhoury, M. Khoury, M. Riachy
This article determined four clinical pathways: emergency room,flu clinic, isolation and respiratory infection ward, and critical care, as well as human resources management Different teams were put in place, including doctors from different specialties They volunteered to address different issues besides their clinical duties During a pandemic, a trans-professional cross-functional management is of paramount importance The support of the hospital management and its leadership, the participation of the different medical teams and nursing involvement are of upmost importance to succeed in our endeavor Smooth and transparent communication with the different stakeholders helped us put together a fantastic team still working in synchrony after many weeks of epidemics Many health structures will be exposed to a rising number of patients with COVID-19 and will therefore have to anticipate and prepare
{"title":"Strategies of a Private University Hospital Facing COVID-19 in Lebanon Hôtel-Dieu de France Readiness : How Did We Do It ?","authors":"B. Habr, G. Dabar, J. Choucair, F. Haddad, G. Khayat, Z. Aoun-Bacha, Ihab Ibrahim, C. Harmouche, M. Jammal, E. Haddad, G. Saliba, L. Abdo, S. Jebara, E. Nasser, K. Jabbour, M. Fakhoury, M. Khoury, M. Riachy","doi":"10.12816/0057437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0057437","url":null,"abstract":"This article determined four clinical pathways: emergency room,flu clinic, isolation and respiratory infection ward, and critical care, as well as human resources management Different teams were put in place, including doctors from different specialties They volunteered to address different issues besides their clinical duties During a pandemic, a trans-professional cross-functional management is of paramount importance The support of the hospital management and its leadership, the participation of the different medical teams and nursing involvement are of upmost importance to succeed in our endeavor Smooth and transparent communication with the different stakeholders helped us put together a fantastic team still working in synchrony after many weeks of epidemics Many health structures will be exposed to a rising number of patients with COVID-19 and will therefore have to anticipate and prepare","PeriodicalId":39521,"journal":{"name":"Journal Medical Libanais","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48909398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}