Publications by authors named "Fawaz M AlZubaidi"
Background: Blood transfusion is one of the most important aspects of managing patients with a variety of medical disorders like thalassemia and sickle cell anemia. Despite this fact, many Saudis hesitate to donate blood and do not know whether blood banks need blood.
Objectives: To evaluate the knowledge, attitude, motivators, and barriers to blood donation among adults in Al-Qunfudah governorate, Saudi Arabia.
The genus of bacteria is a group of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria in the Enterobacteriaceae family. It is an uncommon cause of infection in humans except in specific settings, including hospital-acquired infections and in immunocompromised patients. In this report, we describe the case of a 12-year-old girl with sickle cell disease who presented with a picture of sepsis and was found to have species in her blood culture which was treated with antibiotics with a good response.
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- The article with DOI: 10.7759/cureus.19249 has been officially retracted.
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The thoracolumbar region is the most vulnerable segment of the spine to traumatic injuries. It represents a region of transition of the relatively fixed and immobile thoracic spine and flexible lumbar spine. Injuries to the thoracolumbar region often result from high-energy trauma.
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