Awareness among Pregnant Women about Epidural Analgesia: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Epidural analgesia (EPA) is an effective anesthetic technique to overcome pain during labor. This study aimed to evaluate the current awareness of EPA among pregnant women.

Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional study using a questionnaire to measure awareness about EPA among pregnant women visiting the obstetrics and gynaecology clinic in King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah.

Tele-clinics in palliative care during the COVID-19 outbreak: Tertiary care cancer center experience.

Objectives: To investigate the effect of tele-clinics on palliative care patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study (chart review) carried out from March 17, 2020, to September 16, 2020, included all patients who were booked into the palliative care clinic. Patients were assessed by the palliative nurse specialist for COVID-19 symptoms using the acute respiratory illness screening form and Edmonton Symptoms Assessment System, also identifies the needs of the patient.

Social anxiety in E-Learning: Scale validation and socio-demographic correlation study.

During the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, over 1.5 billion students worldwide have been deprived of access to traditional learning. This situation has necessitated the use of social distancing-based educational methods; consequently, a tremendous shift towards e-learning has been observed.

Risk factors for the systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis following surgical management of acute intestinal obstruction.

Objectives: Infection is one of the major complications following intestinal obstruction surgery, yet predictors of its occurrence are not sufficiently reported. In this study, we examine the factors leading to postoperative inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis.

Methods: The data of 213 patients who underwent intestinal obstruction surgery between 2015 to 2020 in King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, were reviewed retrospectively.

Discrete Left Ventricle Outflow Tract Obstruction in Children: Incidence and Predictors of Recurrence. A Multi-Center Study.

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to measure the incidence of recurrence of discrete subaortic stenosis (DSS) after primary resection in two major cardiac centers in Saudi Arabia and to identify risk factors associated with recurrence.

Methods: Data on 234 patients who were diagnosed with DSS and underwent surgical resection between 1999 and 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Patient demographics as well as echocardiographic, surgical, and pathological data were compared between patients with recurrence and non-recurrence.

Exploring the outcome of multiple sclerosis among Saudi adult patients. A single-centered cross-sectional study at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Objective: To assess the outcome and impact of multiple sclerosis (MS) using validated Arabic versions of the Barthel index (BI) multiple sclerosis impact scale (MSIS-29), the modified Rankin scale (mRS), and the expanded disability status scale (EDSS).

Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, during July-November 2017. All Saudi adult patients diagnosed with MS between 2000-2016 (269 patients) were included.

Impact of birth characteristics, breast feeding and vital statistics on the eruption of primary teeth among healthy infants in Saudi Arabia: an observational study.

Objectives: This study aimed to explore the impact of gender, birth weight, maternal age, type of delivery, gestational age and feeding practices on the eruption of teeth in children with no underlying medical conditions or developmental defects in their first year of life.

Design: A cross-sectional observational study design was used.

Setting: A primary healthcare setting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.