Outcome measures of the 6 minute walk test: relationships with physiologic and computed tomography findings in patients with sarcoidosis.

Background: We assessed the relationship between physiologic parameters, computed tomography patterns, 6 minute walk distance (6MWD) and the distance-saturation product [DSP; defined as the product of the 6MWD and the lowest oxygen saturation during the 6 minute walk test (6MWT)]. In addition, we investigated factors affecting 6MWD in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study of patient demographics, treatment, pulmonary function, 6MWT, echocardiography and computed tomography results.

Sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension: Clinical features and outcomes in Arab patients.

Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) occurs in many patients with interstitial lung disease, including sarcoidosis. We explored the frequency, clinical characteristics and outcomes of PH in Arab patients diagnosed with pulmonary sarcoidosis.

Methods: A retrospective study in three tertiary hospitals was performed on 96 patients who underwent Doppler echocardiography.

The Saudi Initiative for Asthma.

The Saudi Initiative for Asthma (SINA) provides up-to-date guidelines for healthcare workers managing patients with asthma. SINA was developed by a panel of Saudi experts with respectable academic backgrounds and long-standing experience in the field. SINA is founded on the latest available evidence, local literature, and knowledge of the current setting in Saudi Arabia.

Clinical characteristics and computed tomography findings in Arab patients diagnosed with pulmonary sarcoidosis.

Background And Objective: Sarcoidosis is prevalent worldwide with significant heterogeneity across different ethnic groups. We aimed To describe the clinical characteristics and computed tomography findings among Arab patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis.

Methods: A retrospective study of patient demographics, symptoms, co-morbid illness, sarcoidosis stage, treatment, pulmonary function and CT results.

Asthma control assessment using asthma control test among patients attending 5 tertiary care hospitals in Saudi Arabia.

Objective: Evaluation of asthma control using the Asthma Control Test (ACT).

Methods: The ACT was used to assess asthma control among patients with bronchial asthma visiting pulmonary clinics in 5 major tertiary care hospitals in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Each hospital had a target of 300 patients to recruit over the period of the study from the 1st September to 30th November 2006.