Economic impact of diabetic foot ulcers on healthcare in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective study.

Background: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are a critical complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) affecting life quality and significantly impacting healthcare resources.

Objective: Determine the direct medical costs associated with treating DFU in King Fahad Hospital of the University and identify factors that could assist in developing resource management guidelines in Saudi Arabia.

Design: Retrospective study.

The ugly face of deep vein thrombosis: Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens-Case report.

Introduction: Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens (PCD), a rare & life-threatening condition caused by a massive deep venous thrombosis that is associated with arterial occlusion caused by the subsequent compartment syndrome.

Case Presentation: A 56-year-old male was diagnosed as a case of extensive left femoral DVT & pulmonary embolism. Two days after being managed by systemic thrombolytics & heparin, his condition worsened as he developed cyanosis of the affected limb, compartment syndrome & foot drop so he was referred to our facility for further management.

Tuning the Fabrication of Nanostructures by Low-Energy Highly Charged Ions.

Slow highly charged ions have been utilized recently for the creation of monotype surface nanostructures (craters, calderas, or hillocks) in different materials. In the present study, we report on the ability of slow highly charged xenon ions (^{129}Xe^{Q+}) to form three different types of nanostructures on the LiF(100) surface. By increasing the charge state from Q=15 to Q=36, the shape of the impact induced nanostructures changes from craters to hillocks crossing an intermediate stage of caldera structures.

Extensive vascular occlusions as initial presentations of systemic lupus erythematosis. A case report and review of literature.

Widespread arterial and venous thrombosis is a very rare initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report a case with extensive vascular occlusion as the initial manifestation of SLE. Although these cases have high morbidity and mortality, yet our patient recovered with minimal complications.

Study of peripheral stem cells mobilization as a treatment line of pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy.

Background: Mobilizing hematopoietic stem cells may be a promising intervention for the treatment of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM) in infant and children. So the aim of the work is to evaluate the efficacy of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) as a therapeutic modality in pediatric IDCM.

Methods: A randomized clinical trial was conducted on 40 pediatric patients with IDCM.

Intravenous lornoxicam is more effective than paracetamol as a supplemental analgesic after lower abdominal surgery: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: The aim of this prospective, randomized, double-blind study was to determine the more effective supplemental analgesic, paracetamol or lornoxicam, for postoperative pain relief after lower abdominal surgery.

Methods: Sixty patients scheduled for lower abdominal surgery under general anesthesia were randomly allocated to receive either isotonic saline (control group), intravenous paracetamol 1 g every 6 h (paracetamol group), or lornoxicam 16 mg then 8 mg after 12 h (lornoxicam group). Additionally pain was treated postoperatively with morphine patient-controlled analgesia.

Single ion induced surface nanostructures: a comparison between slow highly charged and swift heavy ions.

This topical review focuses on recent advances in the understanding of the formation of surface nanostructures, an intriguing phenomenon in ion-surface interaction due to the impact of individual ions. In many solid targets, swift heavy ions produce narrow cylindrical tracks accompanied by the formation of a surface nanostructure. More recently, a similar nanometric surface effect has been revealed for the impact of individual, very slow but highly charged ions.