Publications by authors named "S A Bin-Salih"
Importance: Sepsis screening is recommended among hospitalized patients but is supported by limited evidence of effectiveness.
Objective: To evaluate the effect of electronic sepsis screening, compared with no screening, on mortality among hospitalized ward patients.
Design, Setting, And Participants: In a stepped-wedge, cluster randomized trial at 5 hospitals in Saudi Arabia, 45 wards (clusters) were randomized into 9 sequences, 5 wards each, to have sepsis screening implemented at 2-month periods.
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to investigate how common hearing loss is among patients with dementia, the use of hearing aids, and whether the hearing loss originates from the brain or the ear.
- - Conducted from 2020 to 2023 in Saudi Arabia, the research involved 143 dementia patients over 60 years old, focusing on their hearing loss and associated factors while excluding those with Parkinson's and certain types of epilepsy.
- - Results showed that 88.8% of participants had dementia (mainly Alzheimer's), 18.2% reported hearing issues, and 14.7% experienced hearing loss, mostly bilateral and varying in severity, highlighting the importance of addressing hearing problems early in these patients.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has strained ICUs worldwide. To learn from our experience, we described the critical care response to the outbreak.
Methods: This is a case study of the response of the Intensive Care Department (75-bed capacity) at a tertiary-care hospital to COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in a high number of critically ill patients.
To examine the associations between sleep duration and a variety of demographic and clinical variables in a sample of Saudi adults. Methods: A cross-sectional study among 2,095 participants was conducted at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, between May and October 2014. A questionnaire was administered to collect data related to clinical health outcomes and demographic characteristics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNonadherence to antihypertensive medications and associated factors in general medicine clinics.
Patient Prefer Adherence
August 2016
Objectives: Nonadherence to antihypertensive medications has not been assessed in the Saudi population. The aim of this study was to address and evaluate the magnitude of nonadherence among hypertensive patients and the risk factors associated with it.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on hypertensive patients who attended the general internal medicine clinics at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, using a questionnaire that was modified after reviewing the literature.