Naseem Ahmad Matari

Resident Doctor, King khalid University, Jazan City, Saudi Arabia

Publications

• Reviews   
  Pulmonary Thromboembolism (PTE) and Nephrotic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prevalence
  Author(s): Jumanah Meshari Muammar*, Najd Fahad Aldakkan, Hadeel Hamad Albraik, Alotaibi Turki Bander, Bakr Ghazi Ghaith, Naseem Ahmad Matari and Raed Khalaf Alshammari
  
  Background: The incidence of thromboembolic complications in nephrotic children varies between 2% to 5% with a higher incidence in nephrotic syndrome than steroid responsive NS. Thrombosis is probably less recognized or under-reported in children with nephrotic syndrome. Aim: This work aims to determine the prevalence of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in nephrotic syndrome patients. Materials and Methods: Careful search was performed over multiple medical databases to locate Internal Medicine studies, which studied the outcome of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in nephrotic syndrome patients. Using the meta-analysis process, either with fixed or random-effects models, we conducted a meta-analysis on PTE prevalence as the main outcome. Results: 10 studies were identified involving 9926 pat.. Read More»