Effectiveness of Face Mask for Prevention of Respiratory Tract Infection during Hajj: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

The Hajj is an annual mass gathering of people in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Respiratory infections are common due to their potential for rapid spread in crowded settings. There is a lack of data regarding the effectiveness of face masks in preventing respiratory tract infections (RTIs), specifically during Hajj.

Exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis manifestations and complications: a case report.

Introduction: Rhabdomyolysis is a medical condition that results from damage to striated muscles that causes the release of their components into the bloodstream. Laboratory indications include high levels of creatinine kinase and myoglobin in the serum.

Importance: This case report emphasizes the importance of having professional trainers in gyms and training centers who respect trainees' limitations and physical capabilities and ensure that physical exercise programs are being conducted safely and effectively.

Patients' preference approach to overcome the moral implications of family-centred decisions in Saudi medical settings.

Background: In Saudi clinical settings, cultural influences can give a patient's family authority to override the patient's autonomous right to make informed health-related decisions. Cultural values should not prevent patients from exercising their genuine preferences when making medical decisions in their own best interests.

Discussion: This article discusses the moral implications of family-centred medical decisions for autonomous patients who are competent and capable of making decisions.

Justification for requiring disclosure of diagnoses and prognoses to dying patients in saudi medical settings: a Maqasid Al-Shariah-based Islamic bioethics approach.

Background: In Saudi clinical settings, benevolent family care that reflects strongly held sociocultural values is commonly used to justify overriding respect for patient autonomy. Because the welfare of individuals is commonly regarded as inseparable from the welfare of their family as a whole, these values are widely believed to obligate the family to protect the welfare of its members by, for example, giving the family authority over what healthcare practitioners disclose to patients about their diagnoses and prognoses and preventing them from making informed decisions about their healthcare.

Discussion: Family dominance over the healthcare decisions of competent patients is ethically problematic when the family prevent healthcare practitioners from disclosing diagnoses and prognoses to patients who have the capacity to consent and make decisions in their own best interests.