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Yaseen M. Arabi
Researcher at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Publications - 555
Citations - 35770
Yaseen M. Arabi is an academic researcher from King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Intensive care unit & Intensive care. The author has an hindex of 76, co-authored 488 publications receiving 25995 citations. Previous affiliations of Yaseen M. Arabi include The George Institute for Global Health & Wayne State University.
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Association of obesity with increased mortality in the critically ill patient.
TL;DR: Mortality of obese critically ill patients was not higher than patients with normal weight, and the hospital mortality was lower for patients with BMI >40 kg/m2 compared to the normal BMI group despite similar severity of illness, suggesting obesity might have a protective effect.
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Interferon Beta-1b and Lopinavir-Ritonavir for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
Yaseen M. Arabi,Ayed Y. Asiri,Abdullah M. Assiri,Hanan H. Balkhy,Ali Al Bshabshe,Majed Al Jeraisy,Yasser Mandourah,Mohamed H Azzam,Abdulhadi Bin Eshaq,Sameera M. Al Johani,Shmeylan Al Harbi,Hani Jokhdar,Ahmad M. Deeb,Ziad A. Memish,Jesna Jose,Sameeh Ghazal,Sarah Al Faraj,Ghaleb A. Al Mekhlafi,Nisreen Murad Sherbeeni,Fatehi Elnour Elzein,Fahad Al-Hameed,Asim Al Saedi,Naif Khalaf Alharbi,Robert A. Fowler,Frederick G. Hayden,Abdulaziz Al-Dawood,Mohamed Abdelzaher,Wail Bajhmom,Badriah M. Almutairi,Mohamed A. Hussein,Adel Alothman +30 more
TL;DR: A combination of recombinant interferon beta-1b and lopinavir-ritonavir led to lower mortality than placebo among patients who had been hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed MERS, and the effect was greatest when treatment was started within 7 days after symptom onset.
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Professional burnout among physicians and nurses in Asian intensive care units: a multinational survey.
Kay Choong See,Ming Yan Zhao,Emiko Nakataki,Kaweesak Chittawatanarat,Kaweesak Chittawatanarat,Wen-Feng Fang,Mohammad Omar Faruq,Bambang Wahjuprajitno,Yaseen M. Arabi,Wai Tat Wong,Jigeeshu V Divatia,Jose Emmanuel M Palo,Babu Raja Shrestha,Khalid Mahmood Khan Nafees,Nguyen Gia Binh,Hussain N. Al Rahma,Khamsay Detleuxay,Venetia Ong,Jason Phua,Saba Study Investigators +19 more
TL;DR: The study results suggest that individual-level interventions could include religious/spiritual practice, and organizational-level intervention could include employing shift-based coverage, stay-home night calls, and regulating the number of work days per month.
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The results of a 6-year epidemiologic surveillance for ventilator-associated pneumonia at a tertiary care intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia
Hasan M. Al-Dorzi,Aiman El-Saed,Asgar H. Rishu,Hanan H. Balkhy,Ziad A. Memish,Yaseen M. Arabi +5 more
TL;DR: The study showed a reduction in VAP rates with active surveillance, reporting and evidence-based preventive strategies and identified several modifiable risk factors, which should be the focus of additional interventions.
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Structure, Organization, and Delivery of Critical Care in Asian ICUs.
Yaseen M. Arabi,Jason Phua,Younsuck Koh,Bin Du,Mohammad Omar Faruq,Masaji Nishimura,Wen-Feng Fang,Charles D. Gomersall,Hussain N. Al Rahma,Hani Tamim,Hasan M. Al-Dorzi,Fahad Al-Hameed,Neill K. J. Adhikari,Musharaf Sadat +13 more
TL;DR: This survey highlights considerable variation in critical care structure, organization, and delivery in Asia, which was related to hospital funding source and size, and country income.