The Outcome of Ultrathin-Strut Biodegradable Polymer-Coated Sirolimus-Eluting Stents in Coronary Artery Disease Patients - A Feasibility Study.

Background: Drug-eluting coronary stents with ultrathin struts and biodegradable polymers have been shown to reduce inflammation, neointimal proliferation, and thrombus formation, leading to less early and late complications in patients with coronary artery disease as compared to thinner strut and durable polymer second-generation stents. In Oman, currently, second-generation stents are used for all patients.

Objective: The purpose of this feasibility study was to evaluate the clinical safety and performance of ultrathin-strut (60 μm) biodegradable polymer-coated sirolimus-eluting stents in an all-comers patient population.

Management of outbreak in a tertiary-care setting in Saudi Arabia.

Objective: To describe local experience in managing an outbreak of Candida auris in a tertiary-care setting.

Methods: In response to emerging Candida auris, an outbreak investigation was conducted at our hospital between March 2018 and June 2019. Once a patient was confirmed to have Candida auris, screening of exposed patients and healthcare workers (HCWs) was conducted.

Appropriateness of antimicrobial use among septic patients managed by the critical care response team: an opportunity for improvement through de-escalation.

Background: Most septic patients managed by critical care response teams (CCRT) are prescribed antimicrobials. Nevertheless, data evaluating their appropriateness are lacking both locally and internationally. The objective was to assess antimicrobial use among septic and non-septic patients managed by CCRT.

Neurological recovery from multiple cardiac arrests due to acute massive pulmonary embolism managed by cardiopulmonary resuscitation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Anoxic-ischemic encephalopathy resulting from cardiac arrest is the third leading cause of coma requiring admission to the intensive care unit (following trauma and drug overdose). In this article, we aim to report a case of multiple cardiac arrests due to acute massive pulmonary embolism managed by cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) with an excellent neurological recovery.

Concurrent chemoradiation in locally advanced head and neck cancers: a comparative study of weekly Paclitaxel versus Cisplatin-based regimen.

Background: Concurrent chemoradiotherapy is the standard of care for patients with unresectable locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck (LASCCHN). The optimal chemotherapy agents and their dose schedules have yet to be defined. Cisplatin improves the anti-tumour efficacy of radiation therapy (RT) with 5-year loco-regional control rates between 35-70%.

Are we missing osteoporosis-related vertebral fractures in men?

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Purpose: To assess the prevalence of osteoporosis related spinal fractures among Saudi Arabian males.

Overview Of Literature: Vertebral fractures are the most common complication of osteoporosis and is the first sign in both sexes and only 25 to 30% of radiographically observed vertebral deformities are recognized.

Dynamic post-treatment response of olive mill effluent wastewater using activated carbon.

Olive mill eflluent (OME) wastewater represents a serious environmental problem in the Mediterranean area. It has extremely high values of COD, BOD, and phenolic content. A new approach of treatment steps composed of settling, centrifugation, and filtration is suggested to be used to condition OME wastewater.