Nagat Sayed El-shmaa

The Effect of Cardiometry Guided Fluid Management on Outcome of Patients Presented for Intracranial Surgeries: Randomized Controlled Study

Amgd Shaaban El-Sheikh, Sameh Abdelkhalik Ismael, Nagat Sayed El-shmaa & Soheir Mostafa Soliman · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2021

Background: Fluid management in neurosurgical patients is critical and important during the perioperative period. Electrical cardiometry (EC) is a new noninvasive technique for measuring cardiac output (COP). EC works based on the application of a high frequency transthoracic cur...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1230936

Evaluation of Sarcopenia by Ultrasound of the Rectus Femoris Muscle as a Predictor of Outcomes of Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients, A Prospective, Observational Study

Aya Hassan Hegazy, Mohammad Samir Abd El-Ghafar, Nagat Sayed El-shmaa & Sohair Moustafa Soliman · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2021

Background: Muscle wasting is a frequent finding in critically ill patients and is associated with worse short- and long term outcomes. Loss of mass and function of skeletal muscles starts early - in the first 24 hours after admission to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) - and may persis...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1030908