Background: Nocturnal enuresis (NE), commonly referred to as nighttime bed wetting, is a common condition characterized by involuntary urination during sleep. This condition affects a significant number of children worldwide with a higher prevalence in boys than girls aged 6-12 years old. This study aims to evaluate the symptoms, assess the risk factors and address the response to different management types of this disorder among children and adolescents living in the Qassim region, Saudi Arabia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHybridization of spirooxindole with different pharmacophores such as triazole and heterocycle such as thiophene and furan moiety was achieved by the [3 + 2] cycloaddition (32CA) reaction approach. Structural investigations of the compounds 4a and 4b were performed using X-ray single crystal structure determinations and Hirshfeld analysis. Both compounds crystallized in monoclinic crystal system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: PPHN is a common cause of neonatal respiratory failure and is still a serious condition and associated with high mortality.
Objectives: To compare the demographic variables, clinical characteristics, and treatment outcomes in neonates with PHHN who underwent ECMO and survived compared to neonates with PHHN who underwent ECMO and died.
Methods: We adhered to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guideline and searched ProQuest, Medline, Embase, PubMed, CINAHL, Wiley online library, Scopus and Nature for studies on the development of PPHN in neonates who underwent ECMO, published from January 1, 2010 to May 31, 2023, with English language restriction.
Rotator cuff (RC) and long head of the biceps tendon (LHBT) tears are common shoulder problems presented to the orthopedic clinic. The aim of this study was to assess the association between RC and LHBT tears among a Saudi population sample. A total of 243 patients who were diagnosed with shoulder pain due to RC or LHBT tear between 2016 and 2018 using a magnetic resonance imaging scan were included in this study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSchiff bases of chitosan (CS) were prepared by reaction of four different heterocyclic compounds, namely, 1,3-dimethyl-2,4,6-trioxohexahydropyrimidine-5-carbaldehyde (M1), 3-acetyl-2-chromen-2-one (M2), 5-chloro-3-methyl-1-phenyl-1-pyrazole-4-carbaldehyde (M3), and 4-oxo-4-chromene-3-carbaldehyde (M4), with CS using thermal and ultrasound approaches. CS Schiff base formation was confirmed by using FT-IR, XRD, and TGA. Characteristic data show that amino groups in chitosan reacted with the functional group in the heterocyclic compound to form the Schiff base.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCurrently, novel technologies are highly prerequisite as an outstanding approach in the field of photocatalytic water splitting (PWS). Previous research has shown that copolymerization technology could improve the photocatalytic performance of pristine carbon nitride (CN) more efficiently. As this technology further allows the charge carrier recombination constraints, due to novel monomer-incorporated highly abundant surface-active sites of metals in polymeric carbon nitride-based heterojunction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCarbon materials technology provides the possibility of synthesizing low-cost, outstanding performance replacements to noble-metal catalysts for long-term use. Graphdiyne (GDY) is a carbon allotrope with an extremely thin atomic thickness. It consists of carbon elements, that are hybridized with both sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is considered the most common central nervous system (CNS) helminthic infection. The prevalence of NCC cases in the Middle East has increased in recent years. Thirty-nine cases of NCC were reported between 2003-2011 in the Arabian Peninsula, among, five cases being from the kingdom Saudi Arabia (KSA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives This study aims to measure the level of awareness about stroke symptoms, risk factors, and preventive health practices that could be taken to reduce the risk of stroke among diabetic patients in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia in 2020. The sample included a total of 202 male and female Saudi adults aged 18-65 years, with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus, and living in Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn Saudi Arabia, tourism is becoming increasingly popular, and forms an essential element of Vision 2030. Accordingly, food service establishments (FSEs) including hotels, ordinary restaurants, heritage restaurants and productive families (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere is a pertinent need to develop prognostic biomarkers for practicing predictive, preventive and personalized medicine (PPPM) in colorectal cancer metastasis. The analysis of isoform expression data governed by alternative splicing provides a high-resolution picture of mRNAs in a defined condition. This information would not be available by studying gene expression changes alone.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground Varicose veins (VV) are abnormally swollen, tortuous, and prominent veins caused by insufficient venous valves leading to venous congestion and elevated venous pressure. Prolonged standing at work has been proposed to be an important risk factor for varicose veins. Teachers are prone to have varicose veins due to prolonged standing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The study aims to understand the role of tumor suppressor genes in colorectal cancer initiation and progression.
Background: Sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC) develops through distinct molecular events. Loss of the 18q chromosome is a conspicuous event in the progression of adenoma to carcinoma.
Ingestion of foreign body may induce complications such as perforation, impaction, or penetration. Diagnosis rarely made preoperatively due to clinical symptoms are usually nonspecific and can mimic other surgical conditions. A 69-year-old male presented to emergency department with vague abdominal pain for few days.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of levetiracetam and phenytoin by evaluating the events of seizure termination and recurrence in children.
Methods: We used the internet databases PubMed, Embase, and Google Scholar to conduct a literature search for the appropriate studies. A meta-analysis was performed to calculate the odds ratio using fixed and random-effects models.
Persistent Mullerian duct syndrome (PMDS) is a rare form of male pseudohermaphroditism (MPH) which characterized by the presence of uterus, fallopian tubes and upper part of vagina in an otherwise normally differentiated 46, XY male. The syndrome is caused by either an insufficient amount of antimüllerian hormone AMH or by insensitivity of the target organ to this factor, It is usually discovered in patient who assessed for infertility, cryptorchidism or during intra-abdominal surgery. Herein We report a rare presentation case of PMDS with intra-abdominal mass which came to be seminoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNontraumatic splenic rupture and hematoma are rare in sickle cell disease. We present a case of a 22-year-old Saudi male with sickle cell disease. He presented to our hospital with a history of nontraumatic abdominal pain, hemodynamic instability, and abdominal tenderness, with a large mass extending to the umbilicus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Semliki Forest Virus (SFV) is an RNA virus with a positive-strand that belongs to the Togaviridae family's Alphavirus genus. An epidemic was observed among French troops stationed in the Central African Republic, most likely caused by the SFV virus. The two transmembrane proteins El and E2 and the peripheral protein E3 make up the viral spike protein.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe limited availability of human donor organs suitable for transplantation has resulted in ever-increasing patient waiting lists globally. Xenotransplantation is considered a potential option, but is yet to reach clinical practice. Although remarkable progress has been made in overcoming immunological rejection, issues with functionality are still to be resolved.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Coinfection with bacteria, fungi, and respiratory viruses in SARS-CoV-2 is of particular importance due to the possibility of increased morbidity and mortality. In this meta-analysis, we calculated the prevalence of such coinfections.
Methods: Electronic databases were searched from 1 December 2019 to 31 March 2021.
CDC42 (cell division cycle protein 42) belongs to the Rho GTPase family that is known to control the signaling axis that regulates several cellular functions, including cell cycle progression, migration, and proliferation. However, the functional characterization of the gene in mammalian physiology remains largely unclear. Here, we report the genetic and functional characterization of a non-consanguineous Saudi family with a single affected individual.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Laparoscopic 1- (single-) anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) was developed as a simplified technique of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), but super long-term data are lacking.
Objectives: To evaluate the risks and long-term results of OAGB over a period of 20 years.
Setting: Tertiary teaching hospital.
In this study, whole exome sequencing was conducted on tumor samples and paired germline samples from patients with Sertoli‐Leydig cell tumors to explore not only DICER1 mutations for Chinese populations but also other genetic variations related to pathogenesis and prognosis, which could lay a preliminary foundation for genetic counseling.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis letter to the editor remarks on additional considerations for the management of febrile neutropenia during the COVID‐19 pandemic, in response to the letter by Boutayeb et al.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly spread globally since being identified as a public health emergency of major international concern and has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). In December 2019, an outbreak of atypical pneumonia, known as COVID-19, was identified in Wuhan, China. The newly identified zoonotic coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), is characterized by rapid human-to-human transmission.
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