Effectiveness of generic sofosbuvir in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in Saudi patients.

Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of generic sofosbuvir (SOF) and branded daclatasvir (DCV) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)infected patients.

Methods: This retrospective study, performed in a single center in Saudi Arabia between August 2017 and July 2022, we enrolled 140 consecutive patients with HCV who received generic SOF and branded DCV. The primary outcome was sustained virologic response at week 12 (SVR12).

Liver disease in cystic fibrosis patients in a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia.

Background: Internationally, Cystic fibrosis-associated liver disease (CFLD) is considered the third leading cause of death, following lung disease and transplantation complications.

Aims: To identify the prevalence of CFLD in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients.

Methodology: A retrospective chart review for all patients with CF liver disease from a tertiary care center.

The first report on the association of celiac disease and cystic fibrosis in a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia.

Introduction: Celiac disease (CD) has been described before in Saudi Arabia (SA) to be at the range of 1%-2% in the general population, but the association of celiac disease and cystic fibrosis (CF) has never been described before in the Middle East.

Objectives: To describe the prevalence of the association of CD and CF in patients with gastrointestinal symptomatology in a tertiary care center.

Method: ology: A retrospective charts review of all confirmed CD and CF patients for the years 1989-2018.

Plasma ghrelin and leptin in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and its association with nutritional status.

Background/aims: Ghrelin and leptin are thought to play a role in the loss of appetite in active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This study seeks to probe into the association of these markers with regards to IBD and the nutritional status of these patients. A case-control study was conducted between May 2015 and March 2016 at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH).

Correlation between obesity and sleep disturbance in Saudi medical students.

[Purpose] The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between sleep duration, quality and obesity in the medical students of Saudi population. [Subjects and Methods] This is a cross-sectional study carried out in 408 medical students from King Khalid University Hospitals, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, based on well-designed questionnaire study and consent form. [Results] The results of this study revealed 39.

The Impact of Healthcare Privatization on Access to Surgical Care: Cholecystectomy as a Model.

Background: Privatization is widely perceived as a tool to improve healthcare access; however, its impact on the access of surgical care has not been quantified. We used cholecystectomy as a model to assess the variation in access between coexisting public (PB) and private providers (PVs).

Methods: We performed cross-sectional analysis of patients who underwent cholecystectomy at two major PB and PV groups serving Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Medical students' awareness of and compliance with the hepatitis B vaccine in a tertiary care academic hospital: An epidemiological study.

Background: The hepatitis B virus (HBV) poses a health risk to healthcare workers who are in close proximity to infected individuals. Medical students are a particularly high-risk group due to the lack of an obligatory vaccination program and a post-vaccination screening program to determine immunity status, which results in a lack of awareness of and compliance with the HBV vaccine.

Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted in King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), a tertiary care academic hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from November 2013 to March 2014.