Popularity and Perceptions of Protein Supplementation: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Undergraduate University Students Aged 18 to 25 Years in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Background And Aim:  Young adults, particularly those aged 18-25, exhibit varying perceptions and choices regarding the use of protein supplements (PS). Understanding these perceptions can significantly enhance professional guidance and nutrition education for undergraduate students. This study, conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, aims to explore the perceptions of PS use and identify the most popular PS among university students.

Comparative analysis of the clinical aspects of colorectal cancer in young adult and older adult patients in Saudi Arabia.

Introduction: Recent studies have shown an increase in the prevalence of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) in people aged 20-49 compared to those aged 50-74, with a more rapid increase in the younger age groups. Poorly differentiated, left-sided, and rectal tumors were more common in young adults than in older adult CRC patients. We aimed to improve the understanding of early-onset CRC and to guide primary care physicians on strategies to mitigate its impact.

Long-term incompatibility of nutritional status and early childhood caries-A call to revamp perinatal and early childhood dietary care and follow-up.

Background And Aim: Dietary pattern and diet quality can influence the incidence of dental caries and can be indicated by decay missing filled (Dmf) scores in the primary dentition. This study aims to find the relationship of nutritional status and oral hygiene practices on Dmf scores of preschool children.

Materials And Methods: Semi-structured and self-administered questionnaires, distributed among 60 preschoolers' parents, were used to assess the demographic and diet related data.

The Prevalence and Awareness of Dietary Supplement Use Among Saudi Women Visiting Fitness Centers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Background Dietary supplements are used for a variety of reasons, some of which are for medical conditions, to compensate for dietary insufficiency, to improve physical performance, and to boost immunity. Generally, individuals who visit sports facilities seek different benefits; it could be for health and well-being, to achieve the desired body shape, for enjoyment purposes, or as a way to socialize. To help achieve some of these goals, dietary supplements can be taken.

Knowledge on added sugar content in food labels among adult out-patient clinic visitors at a tertiary care teaching hospital, Riyadh, KSA.

Consumption of added sugars is reported as an etiological factor for high prevalence of diet-related diseases. Food labels of food products indicate the presence of added sugars. Knowing the different terms used to describe added sugars helps people to avoid food products rich in added sugars.

Pediatric triage variations among nurses, pediatric and emergency residents using the Canadian triage and acuity scale.

Background: Emergency care continues to be a challenge, since patients' arrival is unscheduled and could occur at the same time which may fill the Emergency Department with non-urgent patients. Triaging is an integral part of every busy ED. The Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) is considered an accurate tool to be used outside Canada.

Characteristics of Nonaccidental Fractures in Abused Children in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Background: Child abuse is a major problem globally. Nonaccidental fractures are the second most common injury among physically abused children; however, there is a lack of studies describing the characteristics of nonaccidental fractures in Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the characteristics of nonaccidental fractures among abused children in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, using radiography.

Diagnosis and treatment of developmental dysplasia of the hip: A current practice of paediatric orthopaedic surgeons.

Background: Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is one of the prevalent musculoskeletal conditions in young adults and is a leading cause of hip osteoarthrosis in this age group. The optimum age for surgical intervention when needed is not well established in the literature and the lack of management guidelines and standard practice of DDH leads to different practices worldwide. This study aims to investigate the current practice of paediatric orthopaedic surgeons in diagnosing and treating DDH worldwide and identify points of agreement and disagreement.

A prospective, randomized pilot trial of perfluorocarbon-induced lung growth in newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Background/purpose: Initial laboratory and clinical data suggest that partial liquid ventilation (PLV) can enhance pulmonary function and that lung growth can be induced via distension of the newborn lung using perfluorocarbon in patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). The authors, therefore, performed a prospective, randomized pilot study evaluating PLV and perfluorocarbon-induced lung growth (PILG) in newborns with CDH on extracorporeal life support (ECLS) at 6 medical centers.

Methods: Patients were selected randomly using a permuted block design to PLV/PILG (n = 8) or conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV/control, n = 5).

A variable threshold edge-detector for improved quantitation of gated tomographic imaging of the left ventricular blood pool.

The accurate measurement of left ventricular volume from tomographic MUGA studies is difficult due to the limited resolving power of the gamma camera, which causes errors in the detection of the correct ventricular boundaries. Therefore, the use of fixed threshold or second-derivative edge-detectors results in overestimates at small volumes. A variable threshold edge-detection technique was developed to overcome this.

Decreased axial and peripheral bone density in patients taking long-term warfarin.

Impaired vitamin K metabolism is associated with under-carboxylation of the non-collagenous bone-matrix protein osteocalcin, which is required in its fully carboxylated state for normal bone formation. Post-menopausal women have under-carboxylation of osteocalcin which increases with age and is marked in the elderly. A similarly marked degree of impaired carboxylation occurs during coumarin therapy, and a key question is whether this may lead to accelerated loss of bone mass which is clinically important.

Criteria and scientific basis for RDA (PRI).

Nutritional science is blossoming once more and the attempts by national or European Union communities to specify an appropriate diet for long-term health is becoming ever more difficult. The issue of antioxidants is also becoming very complex and it seems likely that over the next decade an integration of nutritional physiology, cell biology and epidemiology will allow us to produce a more coherent overview of the interplay between dietary bioactive molecules and the relative amount of antioxidant micronutrients. Once this understanding emerges then I foresee the need to revise--perhaps substantially--this first attempt by the SCF to produce European figures for the requirements for nutrients.

The changing phenotypic appearance of a malignant vulval neoplasm containing both carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements.

We describe the changing phenotypic appearance over a 7-year period of a malignant neoplasm of the vulva. This lesion was studied by light and electronmicroscopy and immunohistochemical techniques. The tumour contained both carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements including osteosarcomatous differentiation.

[Intraocular ossification in clinically unsuspected malignant melanoma of the uvea and in phthisis bulbi].

Phthisical eyes of 2 patients revealed clinically unsuspected, partially necrotic and partially vital malignant melanomas of the uvea and extensive intraocular ossification. Both eyes had had recurrent intraocular inflammatory episodes for years before they were enucleated because of pain. Intraocular ossification does not rule out the presence of clinically unsuspected malignant melanoma of the uvea.

Acute hepatitis due to Herpes simplex virus in an adult.

A case is described of herpetic hepatitis in a pregnant woman with primary herpetic stomatitis. Intranuclear inclusion bodies and virus particles were found in hepatocytes, and herpes virus was isolated from a liver biopsy and from oral swabs but not from blood. From rising titres of neutralizing and complement-fixing antibody it is concluded that the oral infection was a primary one.