Prevalence of hyperlipidemia in psoriatic arthritis patients in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of hyperlipidemia in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and to investigate the relationship between PsA and hyperlipidemia.

Methods: This retrospective study examined medical records of PsA patients from January 2010 to May 2023 at 2 medical centers in Riyadh. Patients over 18 years old with a lipid profile were included.

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of idiopathic inflammatory myositis in Saudi patients: A retrospective study in a single tertiary centre.

Objectives: Idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) in Saudi patients has been poorly studied owing to the lack of available data. This study aimed to identify the clinical and laboratory features of patients at a single tertiary care center.

Methods: This retrospective study reviewed the medical records of Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to collect clinical and laboratory data between December 2022 and February 2017 as follows: age at disease onset, gender, follow-up duration and disease duration; clinical symptoms; laboratory result; presence and type of myositis-specific autoantibody or myositis-associated autoantibody; and type of immunosuppression, presence of malignancy, disease course, and outcome.

Double malignancy and a mycobacterial infection in a rheumatoid arthritis patient.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a common autoimmune disease. Malignancy is a serious complication of rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment. In this article, we discuss a 61-year-old woman who is a known case of Rheumatoid arthritis and secondary Sjögren's syndrome treated with disease-modifying anti-rheumatoid drugs and multiple lines of biological therapies.

A limited form of granulomatosis with polyangiitis in an ulcerative colitis patient receiving sulfasalazine.

This is a case report of a 31-year-old lady who is known to have ulcerative colitis for 15 years and was on mesalazine. She presented with periorbital swelling, sinusitis, epistaxis, and was found to have positive anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody and anti-proteinase-3 of a high titer. Biopsy from the maxillary sinus showed chronic non-specific inflammation and biopsy from the periorbital fat revealed inflammation and granulomatous changes.

Diabetes mellitus as a comorbidity in COVID-19 infection in the United Arab Emirates.

Objectives: To compare risk factors and clinical outcomes among COVID-19 patients with or without diabetes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Methods: Data of 350 COVID-19 positive patients, admitted to Al Kuwait Hospital in Dubai, UAE, from February to May 2020 was collected retrospectively, including demographic data, clinical symptoms, blood tests, as well as radiographical assessments, and clinical outcomes of COVID-19. The design of the study is a retrospective cohort study.

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COVID-19 Global health crisis.

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Acute cardiac injury is associated with adverse outcomes, including mortality in COVID-19 patients. A single-center experience.

Objectives: To evaluate acute cardiac injury in COVID-19 patients and its association with adverse outcomes including mortality in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) population.

Methods: A retrospective study conducted between February and June 2020 in Dubai, UAE, for all laboratory-confirmed Coronavirus disease-19 patients. Demographic, clinical, laboratory, radiological, and clinical outcomes were compared between patients with and without acute cardiac injury.

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Saudi Medical Journal 40 Years of Excellence.

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Achieving comprehensive remission or low disease activity in rheumatoid patients and its impact on workability - Saudi Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry.

Purpose: Ability to work is an important endpoint in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is not clear what outcome measures should be used to guide treatment in order to maximize workability. This study addressed the impact of RA on workability in a Saudi population and examined the correlation between objective measures of disease activity and reduced workability.

Saudi Medical Journal (2018) continues upswing.

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Saudi Medical Journal 2018.

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A 36-year-old man with arthralgia and bone pain.

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Saudi Medical Journal 2016. A year in a review.

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Takayasu's arteritis and liver transplantation: Association and implications.

We present a 37-year-old lady who had liver transplantation for hepatitis B cirrhosis and was on immune suppressive treatment consisting of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and tacrolimus. She presented with undue fatigue and recurring pain in both arms. The diagnosis of Takayasu's arteritis was made, supported by angiographic findings of significant stenosis of the left subclavian and both renal arteries.