Aiham Qdaisat, MD, MS

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Byun JY, Han S, Qdaisat A, Park C. Long QT syndrome after using EGFR-TKIs in older patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Expert Opin Drug Saf 23(8):1007-1015, 2024. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38088244.
2. Wechsler AH, Sandoval M, Viets-Upchurch J, Cruz Carreras M, Page VD, Elsayem A, Qdaisat A, Yeung SJ. Prior Advanced Care Planning and Outcomes of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the Emergency Department of a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Cancers (Basel) 16(16), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39199606.
3. Lipe DN, Qdaisat A, Krishnamani PP, Nguyen TD, Chaftari P, El Messiri N, Srinivasan A, Galvis-Carvajal E, Reyes-Gibby CC, Wattana MK. Myocarditis, Myositis, and Myasthenia Gravis Overlap Syndrome Associated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Systematic Review. Diagnostics (Basel) 14(16), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39202282.
4. Zoghbi M, Moussa MJ, Dagher J, Haroun E, Qdaisat A, Singer ED, Karam YE, Yeung SJ, Chaftari P. Brain Metastasis in the Emergency Department: Epidemiology, Presentation, Investigations, and Management. Cancers (Basel) 16(14), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39061222.
5. Yeung SJ, Qdaisat A, Bischof JJ, Caterino JM, Kyriacou DN, Coyne Md C. A case series of adrenal insufficiency (likely due to hypophysitis) in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Am J Emerg Med 80:227.e1-227.e5, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38705758.
6. Wattana MK, Lindsay A, Davenport M, Pettit NR, Menendez JR, Li Z, Lipe DN, Qdaisat A, Bischof JJ. Current gaps in emergency medicine core content education for oncologic emergencies: A targeted needs assessment. AEM Educ Train 8(3):e10987, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38765712.
7. Byun JY, Aiyeolemi A, Qdaisat A, Park C. Association between epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors and venous thromboembolism among older patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38848305.
8. He X, Ji J, Qdaisat A, Esteva FJ, Yeung SJ. Long-term overall survival of patients who undergo breast-conserving therapy or mastectomy for early operable HER2-Positive breast cancer after preoperative systemic therapy: an observational cohort study. Lancet Reg Health Am 32:100712, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38495316.
9. Reyes-Gibby CC, Qdaisat A, Ferrarotto R, Fadol A, Bischof JJ, Coyne CJ, Lipe DN, Hanna EY, Shete S, Abe JI, Yeung SJ. Cardiovascular events after cancer immunotherapy as oncologic emergencies: Analyses of 610 head and neck cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Head Neck 46(3):627-635, 2024. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38151809.
10. Reyes-Gibby CC, Caterino JM, Coyne CJ, Kyriacou DN, Qdaisat A, McQuade J, Owen DH, Bischof JJ, Shete S, Yeung SJ. Immune-related adverse event in the emergency department: methodology of the immune-related emergency disposition index (IrEDi). Emerg Cancer Care 3(1), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38725994.
11. Singer ED, Faiz SA, Qdaisat A, Abdeldaem K, Dagher J, Chaftari P, Yeung SJ. Hemoptysis in Cancer Patients. Cancers (Basel) 15(19), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37835458.
12. Dragomir MP, Fuentes-Mattei E, Winkle M, Okubo K, Bayraktar R, Knutsen E, Qdaisat A, Chen M, Li Y, Shimizu M, Pang L, Liu K, Liu X, Anfossi S, Zhang H, Koch I, Tran AM, Mohapatra S, Ton A, Kaplan M, Anderson MW, Rothfuss SJ, Silasi R, Keshari RS, Ferracin M, Ivan C, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Lopez-Berestein G, Georgescu C, Banerjee PP, Basar R, Li Z, Horst D, Vasilescu C, Bertilaccio MTS, Rezvani K, Lupu F, Yeung SC, Calin GA. Anti-miR-93-5p therapy prolongs sepsis survival by restoring the peripheral immune response. J Clin Invest. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37261908.
13. Lipe DN, Qdaisat A, Chaftari P, Wattana MK, Krishnamani PP, Reyes-Gibby C, Yeung SJ. Emergency department use by patients who received chimeric antigen receptor T cell infusion therapy. Front Oncol 13:1122329, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37007139.
14. Krishnamani PP, Qdaisat A, Wattana MK, Lipe DN, Sandoval M, Elsayem A, Cruz Carreras MT, Yeung SJ, Chaftari PS. Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Cancer Pain Placed in an Emergency Department Observation Unit. Cancers (Basel) 14(23), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36497353.
15. Qdaisat A, Wechsler AH, Cruz Carreras MT, Menendez JR, Lipe D, Highsmith EA, Kamal M, Al-Breiki A, Rojas Hernandez CM, Wu CC, Yeung SJ. Concomitant Deep Vein Thrombosis in Cancer Patients with Unsuspected Pulmonary Embolism. Cancers (Basel) 14(18), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36139673.
16. Lipe DN, Qdaisat A, Rajha E, Al-Breiki A, Cruz Carreras MT, Chaftari P, Yeung SJ, Rice TW. Characteristics and predictors of venous thrombosis recurrence in patients with cancer and catheter-related thrombosis. Res Pract Thromb Haemost 6(6):e12761, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36000091.
17. Kamal M, Baudo M, Joseph J, Geng Y, Qdaisat A. Clinical Outcomes after Immunotherapies in Cancer Setting during COVID-19 Era: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression. Reports, 2022.
18. Krishnamani PP, Sandoval M, Chaftari P, Lipe DN, Qdaisat A, Elsayem A, Wattana MK. The Value Proposition of Observation Medicine in Managing Acute Oncologic Pain. Curr Oncol Rep 24(5):595-602, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35192121.
19. Qdaisat A, Yeung SJ, Rojas Hernandez CH, Samudrala P, Kamal M, Li Z, Wechsler AH. Characteristics and Outcomes of Intracranial Hemorrhage in Cancer Patients Visiting the Emergency Department. J Clin Med 11(3), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35160096.
20. Qdaisat A, Bedrose S, Ezzeldin O, Moawad AW, Yeung SJ, Elsayes KM, Habra MA. The prevalence and spectrum of reported incidental adrenal abnormalities in abdominal computed tomography of cancer patients: The experience of a comprehensive cancer center. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 13:1023220, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36457558.
21. Chaftari P, Lipe DN, Wattana MK, Qdaisat A, Krishnamani PP, Thomas J, Elsayem AF, Sandoval M. Outcomes of Patients Placed in an Emergency Department Observation Unit of a Comprehensive Cancer Center. JCO Oncol Pract:OP2100478. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34905410.
22. Chaftari P, Qdaisat A, Chaftari AM, Maamari J, Li Z, Lupu F, Raad I, Hachem R, Calin G, Yeung SJ. Prognostic Value of Procalcitonin, C-Reactive Protein, and Lactate Levels in Emergency Evaluation of Cancer Patients with Suspected Infection. Cancers (Basel) 13(16), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34439240.
23. He X, Ji J, Dai X, Qdaisat AZ, Esteva FJ, Hortobagyi GN, Yeung SJ. Association of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors with Late Cardiotoxicity and Survival in HER2-positive Breast Cancer Survivors. Clin Cancer Res. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34117035.
24. Wu J, Yeung SJ, Liu S, Qdaisat A, Jiang D, Liu W, Cheng Z, Liu W, Wang H, Li L, Zhou Z, Liu R, Yang C, Chen C, Yang R. Cyst(e)ine in nutrition formulation promotes colon cancer growth and chemoresistance by activating mTORC1 and scavenging ROS. Signal Transduct Target Ther 6(1):188, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34045438.
25. Liu W, Lopez G, Narayanan S, Qdaisat A, Geng Y, Zhou S, Spano M, Underwood S, Eclache MG, Dev R, Dalal S, Bruera E, Cohen L. Acupuncture for Cancer-Related Anorexia: a Review of the Current Evidence. Curr Oncol Rep 23(7):82, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33948746.
26. Liu W, Qdaisat A, Ferrarotto R, Fuller CD, Guo M, Meyer LA, Narayanan S, Lopez G, Cohen L, Bruera E, Hanna EY, Yeung SJ. Hypomagnesemia and survival in patients with head and neck cancers who received primary concurrent chemoradiation. Cancer 127(4):528-534, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33085092.
27. Liu W, Qdaisat A, Zhou S, Fuller CD, Ferrarotto R, Guo M, Lai SY, Cardoso R, Mohamed ASR, Lopez G, Narayanan S, van Dijk LV, Cohen L, Bruera E, Yeung SJ, Hanna EY. Hypomagnesemia and incidence of osteoradionecrosis in patients with head and neck cancers. Head Neck 43(2):613-621, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33094893.
28. Yeung SJ, Qdaisat A, Chaftari P, Lipe D, Merlin J, Rajha E, Wechsler A, Sandoval M, Viets J, Al-Breiki A, Shah M, Pandey R, Kamal M, Khattab O, Toale K, Wattana M, Elsayem A, Gaeta S, Brock P, Reyes-Gibby C, Alagappan K. Diagnosis and Management of Immune-Related Adverse Effects of Immune Checkpoint Therapy in the Emergency Department. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open 1(6):1637-1659, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33392573.
29. Qdaisat A, Wu W, Lin JZ, Al Soud R, Yang Z, Hu Z, Gao S, Wu CC, Liu X, Silvestre J, Hita AG, Viets-Upchurch J, Al Adwan S, Al Haj Qasem N, Cruz Carreras MT, Jacobson KL, Chaftari PS, Abdel-Razeq H, Reyes-Gibby CC, Jim Yeung SC. Clinical and Cancer-Related Predictors for Venous Thromboembolism in Cancer Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department. J Emerg Med 58(6):932-941, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32376060.
30. Qdaisat A, Kamal M, Al-Breiki A, Goswami B, Wu CC, Zhou S, Rice TW, Alagappan K, Yeung SJ. Clinical characteristics, management, and outcome of incidental pulmonary embolism in cancer patients. Blood Adv 4(8):1606-1614, 2020. PMID: 32311012.
31. Qdaisat A, Yeung SJ, Variyam DE, Badugu P, Ghaly F, Rice TW, Halm JK, Carter BW, Sun J, Gonzalez CE, Viets-Upchurch J, Steele JR, Wu CC. Evaluation of Cancer Patients With Suspected Pulmonary Embolism: Performance of the American College of Physicians Guideline. J Am Coll Radiol 17(1 Pt A):22-30, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31376398.
32. Liu W, Qdaisat A, Lopez G, Narayanan S, Underwood S, Spano M, Reddy A, Guo Y, Yeung SC, Bruera E, Cohen L. Association Between Acupoint Selection, Target Symptoms, and Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis in Real-Time Clinical Practice in a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Integr Cancer Ther 19:1534735420928490, 2020. PMID: 32508209.
33. Liu W, Qdaisat A, Lee E, Yeung J, Vu K, Lin JZ, Canada T, Zhou S, Cohen L, Bruera E, Yeung SJ. The association between weight stability and parenteral nutrition characteristics and survival in patients with colorectal cancer. Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf) 7(6):419-425, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31857903.
34. El Majzoub I, Qdaisat A, Chaftari PS, Yeung SJ, Sawaya RD, Jizzini M, Carreras MTC, Abunafeesa H, Elsayem AF. Association of emergency department admission and early inpatient palliative care consultation with hospital mortality in a comprehensive cancer center. Support Care Cancer 27(7):2649-2655, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30474736.
35. Qdaisat A, Wu CC, Yeung SJ. Normal D-dimer levels in cancer patients with radiologic evidence of pulmonary embolism. J Thromb Thrombolysis 48(1):174-179, 2019. PMID: 31041652.
36. Qdaisat A, Soud RA, Wu CC, Rojas Hernandez CM, Li J, Meng QH, Abdel-Razeq H, Yeung SJ. Poor performance of D-dimer in excluding venous thromboembolism among patients with lymphoma and leukemia. Haematologica 104(6):e265-e268, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30630988.
37. Liu W, Qdaisat A, Soliman PT, Ramondetta L, Lopez G, Narayanan S, Zhou S, Cohen L, Bruera E, Yeung SJ. Hypomagnesemia and Survival in Patients with Ovarian Cancer Who Received Chemotherapy with Carboplatin. Oncologist 24(6):e312-e317, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30940743.
38. Liu W, Qdaisat A, Yeung J, Lopez G, Weinberg J, Zhou S, Cohen L, Bruera E, Yeung SJ. The Association Between Common Clinical Characteristics and Postoperative Morbidity and Overall Survival in Patients with Glioblastoma. Oncologist 24(4):529-536, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30049883.
39. El Majzoub I, Qdaisat A, Thein KZ, Win MA, Han MM, Jacobson K, Chaftari PS, Prejean M, Reyes-Gibby C, Yeung SJ. Adverse Effects of Immune Checkpoint Therapy in Cancer Patients Visiting the Emergency Department of a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Ann Emerg Med 73(1):79-87, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29880440.
40. Liu W, Qdaisat A, Lopez G, Narayanan S, Underwood S, Spano M, Reddy A, Guo Y, Zhou S, Yeung SC, Bruera E, Garcia MK, Cohen L. Acupuncture for Hot Flashes in Cancer Patients: Clinical Characteristics and Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis as Predictors of Treatment Response. Integr Cancer Ther 18:1534735419848494, 2019. PMID: 31046489.
41. Yang Z, Yang R, Kwak MJ, Qdaisat A, Lin J, Begley CE, Reyes-Gibby CC, Yeung SJ. Oncologic emergencies in a cancer center emergency department and in general emergency departments countywide and nationwide. PLoS One 13(2):e0191658, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29462166.
42. Win MA, Thein KZ, Qdaisat A, Yeung SJ. Acute symptomatic hypocalcemia from immune checkpoint therapy-induced hypoparathyroidism. Am J Emerg Med 35(7):1039.e5-1039.e7, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28363614.
43. Lin J, Peng J, Qdaisat A, Li L, Chen G, Lu Z, Wu X, Gao Y, Zeng Z, Ding P, Pan Z. Severe weight loss during preoperative chemoradiotherapy compromises survival outcome for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 142(12):2551-2560, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27613188.
44. Lin JZ, Peng JH, Qdaisat A, Lu ZH, Wu XJ, Chen G, Ding PR, Li LR, Gao YH, Zeng ZF, Wan DS, Pan ZZ. Preoperative chemoradiotherapy creates an opportunity to perform sphincter preserving resection for low-lying locally advanced rectal cancer based on an oncologic outcome study. Oncotarget 7(35):57317-57326, 2016. PMID: 27374175.
45. Yang Z, Qdaisat A, Hu Z, Wagar EA, Reyes-Gibby C, Meng QH, Yeung SC. Cardiac Troponin Is a Predictor of Septic Shock Mortality in Cancer Patients in an Emergency Department: A Retrospective Cohort Study. PLoS One 11(4):e0153492, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27077648.
46. Gao S, Fang L, Phan LM, Qdaisat A, Yeung SC, Lee MH. COP9 signalosome subunit 6 (CSN6) regulates E6AP/UBE3A in cervical cancer. Oncotarget 6(29):28026-41, 2015. PMID: 26318036.
47. Qdaisat S, Zhao M, Qdaisat A, Harper Allen E, Qdaisat T, Gu J, Hopwood V. Bone Marrow Cultures Stimulated with IL-2/CpG Oligonucleotide Benefits Chromosomal Aberration Detection of CLL Patients when Compared with Standard Culture. J Assoc Genet Technol 40(4):219-22, 2014. PMID: 26030416.

Abstracts

1. W. Liu, A. Qdaisat, E. Lee, J. Yeung, G. Borthakur, L. Cohen, E. Bruera, S.-C. Yeung. Nitrogen energy of parenteral nutrition and survival in patients with leukemia. Clinical nutrition ESPEN 40:P569-570, 2020.
2. Wechsler A, Qdaisat A, Yeung SC. Survival in Cancer Patients with Intracranial Hemorrhage Presenting to the Emergency Department. The Journal of Emergency Medicine 59(5):P767, 2020.
3. Qdaisat A, Kamal M, Al-Breiki A, Yeung SC. Association of Cancer-Related Factors and Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department of a Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Journal of Emergency Medicine 57(3):P425-426, 2019.
4. Qdaisat A, Al-Breiki A, Kamal M, Yeung SC. Characteristics of Unscheduled Emergency Department Revisits in Cancer Patients. The Journal of Emergency Medicine 57(3):P425-426, 2019.
5. Qdaisat A, Wu C, Yeung SJ. Clinical prediction rule for cancer-associated venous thromboembolism in patients presenting to the emergency department. National Comprehensive Cancer Network 23rd Annual Conference, 2018.
6. Qdaisat A, Wu C, Alsoud S, Yeung SJ. Performance of clinical decision rules in detective venous thromboembolism in cancer patients presented to the emergency department. Oncologic Emergency Medicine Conference, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2018.
7. Qdaisat A, AlSoud R, Wu C, Abdel-Razeq H, Yeung SJ. Diagnostic accuracy of D-dimer in cancer-associated venous thromboembolism. Oncologic Emergency Medicine Conference, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2018.
8. Liu W, Qdaisat A, Yeung J, Lopez G, Weinberg JS, Choen L, Bruerar E, Yeung S-CJ. Association between clinical and biochemical indices and survival in glioblastoma patients. American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2017.
9. Win MA, Thein KZ, Qdaisat A, Han MM, Yeung SJ. Side efects of immune checkpoint therapy in cancer patients visiting the Emergency Department of a comprehensive cancer center. National Comphrehensive Cancer Network 22nd Annual Conference, 2017.
10. Wechsler AH, Qdaisat A, Yeung SC. Incidence and mortality of spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage in oncologic patients presenting to the Emergency Department of a comprehensive cancer center. Division of Internal Medicine 2017 Research Retreat, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2017.
11. Yang Z, Yang R, Kwak MJ, Qdaisat A, Lin J, Begley CE, Reyes-Gibby CC, Yeung SC. Oncologic emergencies in a cancer center Emergency Department and in general Emergency Departments countywide and nationwide. Division of Internal Medicine 2017 Research Retreat, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2017.