Patient Satisfaction and Its Predictors With Perioperative Anesthesia Care at Two General Hospitals in Southwestern Saudi Arabia.

Introduction  Patient satisfaction is one of the most crucial quality assessment and improvement indicators in anesthesia. Different factors reflect satisfaction such as postoperative pain, procedure duration, patient-physician relationship, inpatient services, and waiting time. A high level of satisfaction can lead to better outcomes in many ways, such as decreasing future surgeries fear and strengthening the healthcare system trust among the population.

Chronic Infection with Hidden Malignancy Mimicking the Clinical Presentation of an Autoimmune Disease.

Infections of the paranasal sinuses are common and usually occur in patients who are immunocompromised. Many atypical clinical presentations have been reported but rarely in the elderly population. We report a 71-year-old female patient with a 20-year history of an autoimmune disease who had recently become resistant to treatment.