Knowledge and Competence Towards Critical Care Concepts Among Final Year Medical Students and Interns: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Purpose: Critical care knowledge constitutes an essential component in medicine. Unfortunately, ICU knowledge acquisition is limited in many medical schools. This study is intended to measure the knowledge background, gaps, and the confidence toward critical care concepts among final year medical students and interns at Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia.

Neuropsychiatric Lupus and Lupus Nephritis Successfully Treated with Combined IVIG and Rituximab: An Alternative to Standard of Care.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with unpredictable course and flares. The clinical manifestation can vary from mild to severe and life-threatening disease. Infection is the primary cause of mortality in hospitalized SLE patients.

Post-COVID-19 Vaccine Parosmia: A Case Report.

We present the case of a healthy 38-year-old male who developed parosmia following a second dose of AstraZeneca with a negative nasal swab of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. The patient noted parosmia that started suddenly after one week of receiving the second dose of AstraZeneca with no association with other symptoms. The patient has still not recovered from his parosmia until the publication of this article.

Hereditary Hemochromatosis Associated With Idiopathic Refractory Aplastic Anemia in a Five-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report.

Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is a multisystem disease characterized by iron overload and various clinical presentations, including cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus, and heart failure. HH can be caused by the human homeostatic iron regulator (HFE) and non-HFE gene mutations. Aplastic anemia is a rare, life-threatening bone marrow failure in which fat replaces pluripotent stem cells, resulting in pancytopenia and hypoplasia of bone marrow.