The Impact of Midodrine Tapering Versus Nontapering Regimens on the Clinical Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: Midodrine has been used in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting to reduce the time to vasopressor discontinuation. The limited data supporting midodrine use have led to variability in the pattern of initiation and discontinuation of midodrine.

Objectives: To compare the effectiveness and safety of 2 midodrine discontinuation regimens during weaning vasopressors in critically ill patients.

Assessment of the knowledge and practice toward male's participation during their wives' prenatal and postnatal care at King Saudi Medical City, Riyadh: KSA.

Background: Access to skilled health care services during pregnancy, childbirth, and postnatal period for obstetric care is one of the strongest determinants of maternal and newborn health outcomes. The main objective of the present study is to assess the knowledge and practice toward male's participation during their wives' prenatal and postnatal care at King Saud Medical City.

Methods: We conducted a single center, a quantitative, cross-sectional study based on a personal-interviewed structured questionnaire in 2019 adopting a stratified random sampling technique.

Outcomes of Trauma Patients Present to the Emergency Department with a Shock Index of ≥1.0.

Introduction: The study aimed primarily to evaluate the association between the initial shock index (SI) ≥1.0 with blood transfusion requirement in the emergency department (ED) after acute trauma. The study's secondary aim was to look at the outcomes regarding patients' disposition from ED, intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital length of stay, and deaths.

The Prevalence of Peritonitis among Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Patients at Large Saudi Center.

Peritonitis is a common and serious complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD) and it is a direct or major contributing cause of death in around 16% of PD patients. Severe or prolonged peritonitis leads to structural and functional alterations of the peritoneal membrane, eventually leading to membrane failure, PD technique failure, and conversion to long-term hemodialysis (HD). This is cross-sectional record-based study in which the records of all children aged <14 years with end-stage renal disease on PD either on coiled or straight PD catheter had been reviewed at pediatric nephrology department in a tertiary care hospital, Riyadh, over the period of three years from 2017 to 2019.

Prescription Pattern of Empirical Antibiotic Therapy in the Burn Unit of a Tertiary Care Setting in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Background: It is crucial to follow rational prescribing practices while prescribing antibiotics for burn patients, thus leading to better patient outcomes. The objective of this study was to assess the initiation of empirical antibiotics in the burn unit.

Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in a large tertiary care setting of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between August 2016 and December 2018.