Parents' views on pediatric COVID-19 vaccine in Saudi Arabia.

Background: To end the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to reach herd immunity. A successful pediatric COVID-19 immunization program is the only way to achieve this goal. The objective of this study was to determine the views of parents in Saudi Arabia on the COVID-19 vaccine in children.

The burden and management strategies of hypertensive crisis in adult patients presenting to emergency departments of district and regional hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Background: Hypertensive crisis is among the causes of morbidity and mortality in adult patients with hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to determine the burden, risk factors and describe the management strategies of hypertensive crisis among adult patients seen at emergency departments of district and regional hospitals in Tanzania.

Methods: This was a prospective multicenter longitudinal study which included all 162 district and regional hospitals in Tanzania.

COVID-19 pandemic impact on primary immunization uptake.

Purpose/background: Pediatricians across the world are seeing a steep drop in the number of children coming in for appointments due to COVID-19 pandemic. To prevent outbreaks of serious diseases that pose an even greater threat to children than COVID-19, it is important that children not skip their routine vaccines. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on primary immunization activities in Saudi Arabia.

Teaching bioengineering using a blended online teaching and learning strategy: a new pedagogy for adapting classrooms in developing countries.

Research and academia have been recently affected by the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and physical classrooms and laboratory experiments have been affected significantly due to the recent laboratory closures. This has led to innovative approaches to curb this problem. To address these difficulties in teaching bioengineering related courses that is of significant interest to students of the Faculty of Engineering in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and of course, useful for engineering-based higher education institutions (HEI), a transitional pedagogy: Communicate, Active, Collaborate, Problem-based Solving, Learning and Assessment (CACPLA), which encompasses blended learning, was developed as a new teaching and learning strategy.

Attitude and hesitancy of human papillomavirus vaccine among Saudi parents.

Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is closely associated with cervical cancer. The HPV vaccine is expected to protect against two-thirds of cervical cancer cases in Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: To determine the awareness and attitude regarding the HPV vaccine among Saudi parents attending family medicine clinics in Riyadh.

Attitudes and perceptions towards HPV vaccination among young women in Saudi Arabia.

Background: Rising incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical cancer can be reduced by effective vaccination. Saudi Food and Drug Administration approved prophylactic HPV vaccine in 2010 for females of 11-26 years.

Objectives: To determine the awareness of HPV infection, its health sequel and the attitude and barriers to the acceptance of HPV vaccine by young women in Saudi Arabia.

Circular mapping and ablation of the pulmonary vein for treatment of atrial fibrillation: impact of different catheter technologies.

Objectives: We conducted this study to compare the efficacy and safety of different catheter ablation technologies and of distal versus ostial pulmonary veins (PV) isolation using the circular mapping technique.

Background: Electrical isolation of the PVs in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) remains a technical challenge.

Methods: Two hundred eleven patients (163 men; mean age 53 +/- 11 years) with symptomatic AF were included in this study.