Publications by authors named "Mansour Al-Janadi"
Central venous catheters (CVCs) are life-saving and the majority of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) have them placed in order to receive medicine and fluids. However, the use of these catheters can result in serious bloodstream infections. The rate of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI) in Adult Intensive Care Units (ICUs) at King Abdulaziz Medical City Jeddah (KAMC-J) at the start of the project was 2.
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- - The study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and causes of epilepsy in individuals aged 60 and older in Western Saudi Arabia, where epilepsy is recognized as a significant neurological issue in the elderly.
- - Researchers reviewed medical records of patients with new-onset seizures from King Khalid National Guard Hospital between 1999 and 2007, finding that the majority had partial seizures, and the primary cause was found to be strokes.
- - The findings suggest that symptomatic epilepsy is most common in older adults, emphasizing the need to manage risk factors like hypertension and diabetes to potentially reduce the occurrence of epilepsy in this demographic.