Factors influencing the length of stay among patients admitted to a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia.

This study aimed to assess the variables contributing to the length of stay in the pediatric intensive care unit. This study utilized a retrospective design by analyzing data from the Virtual Pediatric Systems web-based database. The study was conducted in a tertiary hospital-King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2019.

Atypical presentation of adenosine deaminase 2 deficiency with bi-allelic ADA2 mutation.

Herein, we report a case of VAIHS with atypical clinical presentation of perianal abscess, fistula fever, and bi-cytopenia including pathogenic ADA2 mutation suggesting that ADA2 deficiency be considered as a differential diagnosis of enlarging cutaneous abscess with no evidence of wound healing in the setting of leukopenia and neutropenia.

Effectiveness of health education programme: Level of knowledge about prevention of cervical cancer among Saudi female healthcare students.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of health education programme on the knowledge of human papilloma virus among female medical students.

Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2014 at the Princess Nourah bint Abulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and comprised female medical students. An intervention programme was implemented in the form of lectures, videos, posters, etc.