Marc Saad
Staten Island University Hospital
11 Papers
24 Citations
Marc Saad is an academic researcher from Staten Island University Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hemodialysis & End stage renal disease. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 11 publications. Previous affiliations of Marc Saad include Emory University & Emory University Hospital.
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Papers
Predictors of quality of life in patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis
Marc Saad,Youssef El Douaihy,Christine Boumitri,Chetana Rondla,Elias Moussaly,Magda Daoud,Suzanne El Sayegh +6 more
TL;DR: Prior studies have shown variables such as serum phosphate level, intradialytic weight gain, and dialysis adequacy are associated with lower KDQOL scores; however, this was not evident in this analysis likely due to smaller sample size.
Relevance of B-Lines on Lung Ultrasound in Volume Overload and Pulmonary Congestion: Clinical Correlations and Outcomes in Patients on Hemodialysis.
Marc Saad,Jeanne Kamal,Elias Moussaly,Boutros Karam,Wissam Mansour,Emad Gobran,Saqib Abbasi,Ahmed Mahgoub,Puja Singh,Ross Hardy,Devjani Das,Cara Brown,Monica Kapoor,Seleshi Demissie,Morton J. Kleiner,Elie El Charabaty,Suzanne El Sayegh +16 more
TL;DR: At DW, BLUS is an independent risk factor for death and cardiovascular events in patients on HD, and New York Heart Association class strongly correlated with B-line classification but not with heart function.
Relationship between platelet count and hemodialysis membranes
TL;DR: Newer membranes have no significant effect on platelet count, which suggests that they are, in fact, more biocompatible than their predecessors and may explain their association with increased survival.
IgA-dominant post-infectious glomerulonephritis presenting as a fatal pulmonary-renal syndrome
TL;DR: An 86-year-old Filipino man presented with worsening dyspnea, hemoptysis, and decreased urine output over 2 weeks, and this nondiabetic patient had normal complement IgA-PIGN with fatal pulmonary-renal syndrome.