Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic On Perceived Stress And Its Association With Having Children Among Physicians In Saudi Arabia.

Background: The global pandemic of COVID-19 has led to unprecedented psychological stress on frontline health professionals. The objective of our study was to determine the prevalence of perceived stress and its association with having children among physicians in Al Madinah city, Saudi Arabia, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A web-based analytical cross-sectional study was conducted among the physicians working in Al-Madina, Saudi Arabia.

Work schedule and substance abuse in vocational students.

Background: Drug abuse is one of the world's most serious and rapidly rising problems, causing a wide variety of health issues with significant morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to explore the association between part-time work and substance abuse among vocational students.

Design And Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analytical study that included all part-time working male students from five vocational male schools, and we used a standardized pretested questionnaire after obtaining written informed consent.

Variant etiologies of neonatal cholestasis and their outcome: a Middle East single-center experience.

Aim Of The Study: Neonatal cholestasis (NC) constitutes a large proportion of pediatric liver disorders. Nevertheless, awareness of the variant etiologies and how to manage them appropriately are lacking. So, out of a few specialized centers, many cases pass without appropriate management.

Correction to: LC3B globular structures correlate with survival in esophageal adenocarcinoma.

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an omission in the affiliations.

Intention to Quit Smoking among Intermediate and Secondary School Students in Saudi Arabia.

Background: Smoking is one of the most preventable causes of disease and death, including cancer, and quitting at an early age can reduce smoking-related morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and to identify factors affecting the "intention to quit" among intermediate and secondary school current cigarette smoker students in Al Madinah city, Saudi Arabia.

Materials And Methods: This study cohort included 307 current smoker students in a school-based survey.

Second-Hand Smoking among Intermediate and Secondary School Students in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.

Background And Objectives: Second-hand smoke (SHS) is an important public health problem worldwide. The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of SHS exposure and its associated risk factors among intermediate and secondary school students.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 among 3400 students from 34 intermediate and secondary schools in Madinah City, Saudi Arabia.

LC3B globular structures correlate with survival in esophageal adenocarcinoma.

Background: Esophageal adenocarcinoma has the fastest growing incidence of any solid tumor in the Western world. Prognosis remains poor with overall five-year survival rates under 25 %. Only a limited number of patients benefit from chemotherapy and there are no biomarkers that can predict outcome.

Therapeutic rather than prophylactic platelet transfusion policy for severe thrombocytopenia during liver transplantation.

Platelet transfusion (PTx) has been identified as an important risk factor for morbidity and mortality after liver transplantation (LTx). Our aim was to evaluate the safety of therapeutic rather than prophylactic PTx policy in severe thrombocytopenic patients undergoing LTx. Recipients of LTx were divided into two groups: group I (GI) (n = 76) platelet count (PC) ≥ 50 × 10(9)/l and group II (GII) PC < 50 × 109/l (n = 76).

Preferred learning styles among prospective research methodology course students at Taibah University, Saudi Arabia.

Background: Knowledge of students' preferred learning styles is important while developing teaching strategies that influence student commitment during the course. The VARK questionnaire is one of the commonly used learning style inventories.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine and assess the sex-based differences in learning style preferences among second-year medical students at Taibah University who were prospective students for the research methodology course.