Kalid Yunis

Summary

Affiliation: American University of Beirut
Country: Lebanon

Publications

  1. ncbi Patterns and predictors of tobacco smoking cessation: a hospital-based study of pregnant women in Lebanon
    Kalid Yunis
    Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
    Int J Public Health 52:223-32. 2007
  2. ncbi Maternal predictors of small-for-gestational age in uncomplicated births
    K A Yunis
    Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
    Int J Gynaecol Obstet 79:33-5. 2002
  3. ncbi False-negative primary neonatal thyroid screening: the need for clinical vigilance and secondary screening
    K A Yunis
    Department of Pediatrics, Daher, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
    J Med Screen 10:2-4. 2003
  4. ncbi Intrauterine growth standards in a developing country: a study of singleton livebirths at 28-42 weeks' gestation
    Khalid A Yunis
    Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 21:387-96. 2007
  5. ncbi Consanguineous marriage and congenital heart defects: a case-control study in the neonatal period
    Khalid Yunis
    Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon
    Am J Med Genet A 140:1524-30. 2006
  6. ncbi Risk factors for term or near-term fetal growth restriction in the absence of maternal complications
    Khalid A Yunis
    Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
    Am J Perinatol 21:227-34. 2004
  7. ncbi Effect of consanguinity on birth weight for gestational age in a developing country
    Ghina Mumtaz
    Department of Pediatrics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
    Am J Epidemiol 165:742-52. 2007
  8. ncbi Predicting neonatal outcomes: birthweight, body mass index or ponderal index?
    Hala Tamim
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
    J Perinat Med 32:509-13. 2004
  9. ncbi Caesarean route of delivery and hyaline membrane disease: a hospital-based case-control study in Greater Beirut
    Hind Beydoun
    Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 17:363-8. 2003
  10. ncbi Perinatal outcome of vaginally delivered twin gestations with a larger twin B
    Ihab M Usta
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
    J Perinatol 23:409-13. 2003

Collaborators

  • Hala Tamim
  • Marwan Khawaja
  • S Muwakkit
  • Oona M R Campbell
  • Ghina Mumtaz
  • George Ferzli
  • Ihab M Usta
  • Hind Beydoun
  • Fadi F Bitar
  • Mustafa Khogali
  • Mona Kanaan
  • Gerard Wakim
  • Salman Mroueh
  • Johnny T Awwad
  • Muhieddine A-F Seoud
  • Antoine A Abu Musa
  • Anwar H Nassar
  • Ihab Usta
  • Mustapha Khogali
  • Hala Bitar
  • Ayman Tawil
  • Michael Nasser
  • Marwan El Sabban
  • Ghassan S Dbaibo

Detail Information

Publications13

  1. ncbi Patterns and predictors of tobacco smoking cessation: a hospital-based study of pregnant women in Lebanon
    Kalid Yunis
    Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
    Int J Public Health 52:223-32. 2007
    ..To describe patterns of cigarette and narghile (hubble-bubble or water-pipe) smoking before and during pregnancy and identify predictors of successful smoking cessation...
  2. ncbi Maternal predictors of small-for-gestational age in uncomplicated births
    K A Yunis
    Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
    Int J Gynaecol Obstet 79:33-5. 2002
  3. ncbi False-negative primary neonatal thyroid screening: the need for clinical vigilance and secondary screening
    K A Yunis
    Department of Pediatrics, Daher, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
    J Med Screen 10:2-4. 2003
    ..Clinical vigilance must be maintained by practitioners. A second screening between two and six weeks of age may be useful in order to detect the few cases missed at first screening...
  4. ncbi Intrauterine growth standards in a developing country: a study of singleton livebirths at 28-42 weeks' gestation
    Khalid A Yunis
    Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 21:387-96. 2007
    ..The current growth charts present useful tools for assessing the general health status of newborn infants delivered at sea level in the urban areas of Lebanon and other East Mediterranean countries...
  5. ncbi Consanguineous marriage and congenital heart defects: a case-control study in the neonatal period
    Khalid Yunis
    Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon
    Am J Med Genet A 140:1524-30. 2006
    ..The results of this study suggest a familial factor in the multifactorial etiology of CHDs. Additional epidemiologic and family-based genetic studies are needed to understand the complex cause of CHDs...
  6. ncbi Risk factors for term or near-term fetal growth restriction in the absence of maternal complications
    Khalid A Yunis
    Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
    Am J Perinatol 21:227-34. 2004
    ..57 to 4.28), and low pregnancy weight gain (OR, 1.75; 95% CI, 1.21 to 2.55). Anthropometric characteristics of mothers are important modifiable determinants of fetal size in our developing urban population of uncomplicated births...
  7. ncbi Effect of consanguinity on birth weight for gestational age in a developing country
    Ghina Mumtaz
    Department of Pediatrics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
    Am J Epidemiol 165:742-52. 2007
    ..8% (beta = -0.018, 95% confidence interval: -0.027, -0.008). The largest effects on fetal growth were seen with lower parity and smoking during pregnancy...
  8. ncbi Predicting neonatal outcomes: birthweight, body mass index or ponderal index?
    Hala Tamim
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
    J Perinat Med 32:509-13. 2004
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  9. ncbi Caesarean route of delivery and hyaline membrane disease: a hospital-based case-control study in Greater Beirut
    Hind Beydoun
    Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 17:363-8. 2003
    ..The impact of caesarean section on HMD was considerably more important in infants delivered < or = 32 weeks' gestation (OR = 2.10, [95% CI 0.79, 5.52]) as compared with those delivered afterwards (OR = 1.13, [95% CI 0.40, 3.21])...
  10. ncbi Perinatal outcome of vaginally delivered twin gestations with a larger twin B
    Ihab M Usta
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
    J Perinatol 23:409-13. 2003
    ..That twin B is larger than A is not itself a contraindication to attempted vaginal delivery...
  11. ncbi Cesarean delivery among nulliparous women in Beirut: assessing predictors in nine hospitals
    Hala Tamim
    School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Canada
    Birth 34:14-20. 2007
    ..5%) and the rest of the National Collaborative Perinatal Neonatal Network (NCPNN) "study hospitals" with a higher cesarean delivery rate (31.4%)...
  12. ncbi Surfactant protein B deficiency: a rare cause of respiratory failure in a Lebanese newborn
    George Ferzli
    Ann Saudi Med 26:69-70. 2006
  13. ncbi Modulation of ceramide content and lack of apoptosis in the chronically hypoxic neonatal rat heart
    Fadi F Bitar
    Department of Pediatrics, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
    Pediatr Res 51:144-9. 2002
    ..Lower ceramide levels may help suppress apoptosis and allow compensatory right ventricular cardiomyocyte proliferation...