Successful treatment of acute renal failure secondary to complicated infective endocarditis by peritoneal dialysis: a case report.

Background: Infective endocarditis is one of the most common infections among intravenous drug addicts. Its complications can affect many systems, and these can include acute renal failure. There is a scarcity of cases in the literature related to acute renal failure secondary to infective endocarditis treated with peritoneal dialysis.

Hodgkin's Lymphoma as a Multiloculated Lung Cavity Lesion.

Background: Pulmonary manifestation of Hodgkin's lymphoma is common, and recently, single and/or multiple lung cavities with air-fluid levels has been reported as a primary manifestation of Hodgkin's lymphoma. However, the unusual presentation of the lung cavity itself has not been previously reported for Hodgkin's lymphoma, especially as the first presentation of the disease.

Case Presentation: We report a 16-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with chief complaints of fever, unintentional 10-kilogram weight loss, a productive cough and pulmonary cavity for investigation.

The history and epidemiology of Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus.

Corona viruses cause common cold, and infections caused by corona viruses are generally self-resolving. During the last 4 years, corona viruses have become the most important viruses worldwide because of the occurrence of several recent deaths caused by corona viruses in Saudi Arabia. Spread of the infection occurred worldwide; however, most cases of mortality have occurred in the Middle East.

Is Cronbach's alpha sufficient for assessing the reliability of the OSCE for an internal medicine course?

Background: The number of medical students accepted into medical programs is increasing, which has made the traditional long/short case style of examination difficult to conduct. At Dammam University, the program is shifting to the use of the Objective Structural Clinical Examination (OSCE), which may solve some of these difficulties, including issues with reliability, validity index and exam duration.

Results: A pilot study was conducted over one semester.