Treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Results of a community mobile outreach directly observed Treatment, Short-course (DOTS) project, compared to a standard facility-based DOTS: A randomized controlled trial.

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health threat affecting people in many developing countries, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Maintaining a long-term treatment regimen has always been the cornerstone of successful treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients. In the Jeddah region, the National Tuberculosis Control and Prevention Program is now treating TB patients by means of a community mobile outreach team approach.

High non-compliance rate with anti-tuberculosis treatment: a need to shift facility-based directly observed therapy short course (DOTS) to community mobile outreach team supervision in Saudi Arabia.

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global public health problem in many developing countries including Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Patient compliance with anti-tuberculosis treatment is a determining factor in controlling the spread of TB. This study compares the default rate and the perception of their treatment among TB patients being treated by means of a community mobile outreach approach, with those of patients being treated by means of a facility-based Directly Observed Treatment Short course (DOTS) in the Jeddah region of Saudi Arabia.

Patients' Satisfaction after Primary Health Care Centers' Integration with Ministry of Health Hospitals, Jeddah.

In today's competitive and media-influenced health care environment, resource utilization is driven by patient outcome. A key criterion to evaluate the quality of health care services is to assess patients' satisfaction. The objectives of this study were to compare patients' satisfaction in the first and last quarters after Primary Health Care Centers' (PHCCs) integration with Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals in Jeddah, and to identify the factors contributing toward patient's satisfaction in first and last quarters.

Traumatic adrenal gland injury: epidemiology and outcomes in a major Australian trauma center.

Introduction: Adrenal gland injury (ADGI) is quite rare and mostly associated with other organ injuries secondary to blunt thoracoabdominal trauma. Bilateral ADGI has severe consequences if not discovered in the treatment course of trauma victims.

Purpose: To review our experience of management of ADGI, epidemiology, and outcomes in a major Australian trauma institute.

Management of blunt bowel and mesenteric injuries: Experience at the Alfred hospital.

Background: The incidence of blunt bowel and mesenteric injury (BBMI) has increased recently in blunt abdominal trauma, possibly due to an increasing number of high-speed motor accidents and the use of seat belts.

Objective: Our aim was to identify the factors determining the time of surgical intervention and how they affect the outcome of the patient with BBMI. This was achieved by reviewing our experience as a major Victorian trauma service in the management of bowel and mesenteric injuries and comparing this to the experiences reported in the literature.