Effects of Yogic Interventions on Patients Diagnosed With Cardiac Diseases. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objective: Presently, evidence-based research studies on the efficacy of complimentary therapies like yoga for patients with different cardiac diseases are limited and conflicting. The objective of this study is to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on yogic interventions compared with usual care or non-pharmacological treatment in patients diagnosed with cardiac diseases.

Methods: We conducted an electronic search of literature published from 2006 to May 2021 through five databases.

L5 Spinal Nerve Axotomy Induces Distinct Electrophysiological Changes in Axotomized L5- and Adjacent L4-Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons in Rats .

Peripheral neuropathic pain (PNP) is a major health problem for which effective drug treatment is lacking. Its underlying neuronal mechanisms are still illusive, but pre-clinical studies using animal models of PNP including the L5-spinal nerve axotomy (L5-SNA) model, suggest that it is partly caused by excitability changes in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. L5-SNA results in two DRG neuronal groups: (1) axotomized/damaged neurons in L5- plus some in L4-DRGs, and (2) ipsilateral L4-neurons with intact/uninjured fibers intermingling with degenerating L5-fibers.

Granulomatous reaction following bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination: Successful response to clarithromycin.

We report a 3-year-old girl with a delayed nontuberculous granulomatous reaction on a bacillus Calmette-Guérin injection site with dissemination to distant sites who showed a favorable response to clarithromycin used for 12 weeks with no recurrence on a follow-up of more than 2 years.

Clinical, radiological and histopathological characteristics of surgically removed orbital hematic cysts: A case series.

Background: Hematic cyst is a rare orbital condition that has a wide range of clinical presentation and is characterized pathologically by lack of endothelial lining.

Purpose: To correlate clinical and radiological features of hematic cysts, to tissue diagnosis, and investigate the possible etiology behind this condition, its relation to trauma and other interesting histopathological findings.

Methods: Retrospective case series at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH) and King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH) of all orbital lesions with tissue findings supporting the clinical and/or radiological diagnosis of hematic cyst.

Angiopoietin-2 level as a tool for cardiovascular risk stratification in hypertensive type 2 diabetic subjects.

Objectives: This observational cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between serum Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) levels and cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors in drug controlled hypertensive diabetic subjects without cardiovascular complications.

Methods: All subjects were evaluated for fasting blood glucose (FBG), HbA1c, liver enzymes, lipid profile and serum Ang-2.

Results: Mean serum Ang-2 level was significantly higher in hypertensive diabetic subjects.

Chronic cutaneous graft-versus-host disease in children: A report of 14 patients from a tertiary care pediatric dermatology clinic.

Background/objectives: Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a treatment option for many life-threatening disorders in children. Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is a significant complication of HSCT, and its treatment is challenging. Skin is the most common organ affected in cGVHD, with protean manifestations posing a challenge in diagnosis and management.

Anthropometric cutoff values for predicting metabolic syndrome in a Saudi community: from the SAUDI-DM study.

Background: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome varies widely by ethnicity and by the criteria used in its definition.

Objective: To identify the optimal cutoff values for waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and body mass index (BMI) for identifying metabolic syndrome among the Saudi population.

Design: Nationwide household cross-sectional population-based survey.

Febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease (pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta fulminans) associated with parvovirus infection.

Febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease is a rare fulminant variant of pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta, characterized by a rapidly progressive course with predominant ulceronecrotic lesions associated with fever and systemic manifestations. It carries a great morbidity and is potentially fatal. The exact pathogenesis is not clear, and it has been proposed to be the result of hypersensitivity reaction to an infection.

The 'safe zone' for extra-articular screw placement during intra-pelvic acetabular surgery.

Objectives: Intra-articular screw placement during acetabular surgery must be avoided. To date, no anatomic guidelines exist to prevent intra-articular screw placement in the treatment of complex acetabular fractures by the ilioinguinal or Stoppa approach.

Methods: Ninety-three pelvic computed tomography scans were analyzed and the femoral head diameter (FHD) and the intersacroiliac joint distance (ISIJD) were referenced as anthropometric parameters.

Causative pathogens of severe diarrhea in children.

Objectives: To investigate the enteropathogens in children with diarrhea attending Salmaniya Medical Complex, Bahrain.

Methods: Fecal samples from 805 children up to 15 years were examined for parasites, ova and cysts by direct wet preparation, formol-ether concentration and modified Ziehl-Neelsen stain, during the period November 1998 through to June 2000. Samples were cultured for Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli.