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The effect of wet cupping on quality of life of adult patients with chronic medical conditions in King Abdulaziz University Hospital.
Conclusion: There are promising effects in favor of using wet cupping for improving HRQOL of patients with chronic conditions. Cupping is recommended as a complementary treatment modality for chronic medical conditions, especially pain.
PMID: 28042631 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - January 4, 2017 Category: Middle East Health Tags: Saudi Med J Source Type: research
Group A Streptococcal bacteraemia. Experience at King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Conclusions: We have noted a minimal change in the disease pattern over the 28 years in Saudi Arabia. The management of invasive GAS infection depends on an accurate and timely diagnosis with an appropriate use of antimicrobial therapy. The highest risks appear to be related to chronic illness. Invasive Group A Streptococcal infection is known to have a high mortality rate.
PMID: 28917068 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - September 18, 2017 Category: Middle East Health Tags: Saudi Med J Source Type: research
Invasive Candidiasis in pediatric patients at King Fahad Medical City in Central Saudi Arabia. A 5-year retrospective study.
Conclusion: Candida albicans is the most common isolate among all Candida species. Gender, low birth weight, prolonged ICU stay, presence of vegetation, positive blood culture, and mechanical ventilation as a strong predictive risk factors for death in children with invasive candidiasis, a finding that could be applied as prophylactic indicator in critically ill children especially neonates.
PMID: 29114700 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - November 10, 2017 Category: Middle East Health Tags: Saudi Med J Source Type: research
Association of psychological stress with skin symptoms among medical students.
Conclusion: Various common skin conditions could appear in context of psychological stress among medical students.
PMID: 29332110 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - January 16, 2018 Category: Middle East Health Tags: Saudi Med J Source Type: research
Trends in antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Conclusion: Streptococcus pneumoniae susceptibility to penicillin significantly improved over time, which might be because of the introduction of the pneumococcal vaccine. Conversely, the upward trend in resistant gram-negative organisms is worrisome and warrants the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programs.
PMID: 30834420 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - March 6, 2019 Category: Middle East Health Tags: Saudi Med J Source Type: research
Knowledge and attitude towards hematopoietic stem cell transplantation among medical students at Jazan University, Saudi Arabia.
Conclusion: Most students lack the knowledge on HSCT. However, the students who registered in SSCDR had better knowledge and attitudes towards HSCT than the unregistered. Long-term side effects of HSCT were the most common concern of the participants. However, time commitment was the major concern of the registered students.
PMID: 31588485 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - October 9, 2019 Category: Middle East Health Tags: Saudi Med J Source Type: research
Risk factors for thromboembolism in burn patients admitted to the burn unit at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Conclusion: Electric burns were found to be the only independent significant risk factor of developing VTE.
PMID: 31588482 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - October 9, 2019 Category: Middle East Health Tags: Saudi Med J Source Type: research
Knowledge of diabetic foot care management among medical students at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Conclusion: Students were found to have high level of knowledge regarding diabetic foot management. Students who educated patients about diabetic foot risk, performed foot examination on patients and students who took elective rotations in a diabetic foot care team had a higher knowledge level.
PMID: 31915796 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - January 11, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Tags: Saudi Med J Source Type: research
The role of hydroxyurea in decreasing the occurrence of vasso-occulusive crisis in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease at King Saud Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Conclusion: Hydroxyurea treatment significantly decreased episodes of VOC and LOS, it also led to reductions in hospitalizations and significant improvement in complete blood count indices.
PMID: 31915794 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - January 11, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Tags: Saudi Med J Source Type: research
Electronic medical records and health care promotion in Saudi Arabia.
Authors: AlSadrah SA
Abstract
A few decades ago, the government of Saudi Arabia introduced electronic medical records (EMRs) in some health care facilities. However, the progress in adopting these systems on a national level was slow. In 2008, the Saudi Ministry of Health started an initiative to expand and optimize the use of EMRs in governmental health care institutions. However, some obstacles facing this ambitious plan remain, including negative attitudes of some health care professionals toward EMR systems. Other barriers include poor computer literacy, lack of system customization to hospital needs, and poor ...
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - June 12, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Tags: Saudi Med J Source Type: research
Impact of inpatient rehabilitation services on the functional levels of cancer patients at King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
CONCLUSIONS: In patient cancer rehabilitation service demonstrated statistically significant functional gains during rehabilitation at King Fahad Medical City. This study may help the policymakers to provide similar rehabilitation services to all cancer patients as well as in other health care hospitals to improve the functional status of cancer survivors.
PMID: 32893281 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - September 8, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Tags: Saudi Med J Source Type: research
The association between plasma homocysteine level and metabolic syndrome. A record-based study of Saudi patients attending King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Conclusion: Plasma Hcy levels were elevated in 40% of the MS patients. Homocysteine had weak association with the presence of MS. Additionally, it was associated with some of its components individually. This study has raised the importance of investigating the association between Hcy status and MS among a representative sample of Saudi population. Additionally, examining possible association and interaction between Hcy level and specific component of MS is suggested to be explored in future studies.
PMID: 32893276 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - September 8, 2020 Category: Middle East Health Tags: Saudi Med J Source Type: research
Prevalence and determinants of distress among oncology patients at a tertiary care medical city in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
CONCLUSION: Approximately half of cancer patients were found to have distress. Anxiety, advanced cancer stage, and radiotherapy were independently associated with distress.PMID:34187920 | DOI:10.15537/smj.2021.42.7.20210121
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - June 30, 2021 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Luluh Y Alsughayer Lamees A Altamimi Futoon S Alsaleh Lamya Alsaghan Ibrahim Alfurayh Nashwa M Abdel-Aziz Khalid A Alsaleh Fahad D Alosaimi Source Type: research
