Clinical Manifestations' Spectrum of Smartphone Addiction: Moving from an Addiction toward a Clinical Syndrome.

Background: Smartphone addiction is an emerging type of addiction in the digital era, characterized by smartphone dependence that negatively affects human health with a wide range of psychological and physical manifestations.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the detailed clinical manifestations of smartphone addiction as a delineated clinical syndrome.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design was employed to assess smartphone addiction prevalence and its health impacts among Syrian undergraduates using the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV 2013), the Kessler psychological distress scale (K-6), and a comprehensive assessment of the clinical manifestations frequently linked to smartphone addiction in the literature.

Anxiety and Depression and Associated Risk Factors among Outpatients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.

Background: Although mood disorders are prevalent among systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, they are usually underrecognized. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of anxiety and depression among Saudi SLE patients.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among SLE patients from July 2022 to June 2023 in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

Prevalence and Patterns of Renal Involvement Among Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematous at a Tertiary Center.

Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by widespread inflammation and damage to multiple organ systems. One of the most common and severe manifestations of SLE is lupus nephritis (LN).

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of LN among subjects with SLE and to identify the demographic, clinical, and laboratory parameters of SLE in subjects diagnosed with LN.

Hypereosinophilic vasculitis: A case report.

Introduction: The Revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference 2012 subdivides vasculitides based on combinations of features that separate different forms of vasculitis into definable categories. Hypereosinophilic vasculitis with sparing of the respiratory tract and renal system is a rare presentation that is yet to be described in the Revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference 2012 report that addresses nomenclature of vasculitides. This is a condition that involves a vascular injury due to either a primary eosinophilic vasculitis or an underlying connective tissue disease and it predisposes patients to a prothrombotic state.

Metabolic Syndrome Presenting as Abdominal Pain.

Metabolic syndrome represents a sum of risk factors that lead to the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. The early detection of metabolic syndrome is extremely important in adults who are at risk. Although the physiopathological mechanisms of the metabolic syndrome are not yet clear, insulin resistance plays a key role that could explain the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus in untreated metabolic syndrome patients.