Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Cardiovascular Medical Emergencies Among Dental Students: An Institutional-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

Background:  Dental health and treatment are impacted by cardiovascular disease trends, complications, and related treatments. Every dentist should be prepared to handle the most serious cardiovascular emergencies and should expect to encounter them. Colleges have liability toward students to receive sufficient instructions so that they are prepared and self-assured to handle potentially life-threatening circumstances.

Public awareness of side effects of systemic steroids in Asir region, Saudi Arabia.

Background: Corticosteroids have been used since the 50s and it represent the most important and frequently used class of anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive drugs for the treatment of several diseases such as numerous neoplastic, asthma, allergy, rheumatoid arthritis, and dermatological disorders. This study aims to determine the public awareness of side effects of systemic steroids in Asir region, Saudi Arabia.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional web-based study was used.

Impact of MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 Viral Infection on Immunoglobulin-IgG Cross-Reactivity.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has posed a considerable threat to public health and global economies. SARS-CoV-2 has largely affected a vast world population and was declared a COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, with a substantial surge of SARS-CoV-2 infection affecting all aspects of the virus' natural course of infection and immunity. The cross-reactivity between the different coronaviruses is still a knowledge gap in the understanding of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Acute encephalopathy in a 6-year-old child with concurrent COVID-19 infection: a case report from Saudi Arabia.

COVID-19 is a global health crisis that has impacted the world with heavy economic and social losses. In the early days of the pandemic, pediatric COVID-19 was well-known for its low infectivity and mortality rates as well as its benign clinical outcomes. Herein, we report the case of a 6-year-old girl with COVID-19-associated encephalopathy without respiratory symptoms.

Job satisfaction among family medicine physicians in Saudi Arabia.

Objective: Physicians are subject to chronic stressors, depression, and burnout due to long working hours, high requirements, and critical decision-making.[12345] All those reasons contribute to the dissatisfaction of physicians. The dissatisfaction of physicians might lead to lower health-care quality.

Applications of CBCT in dental practice: a review of the literature.

This article reviews the various clinical applications of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). A literature search was conducted via PubMed for publications related to dental applications of CBCT published between January 1998 and June 15, 2010. The search revealed a total of 540 articles, 129 of which were clinically relevant and analyzed in detail.