Prevalence of gastro-esophageal reflux in diabetic patients at a tertiary hospital in Central Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) among diabetic patients and to investigate GERD's potential association with diabetic complications, and patients' sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

Methods: This cross-sectional study used the GERD questionnaire (GerdQ) in 403 diabetic patients attending the outpatient clinics at King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University; a tertiary hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between January and February 2019. On the basis of a cuto GerdQ score of 8, we distinguished GERD and non-GERD groups.

Clinical and endoscopic significance of bowel-wall thickening reported on abdominal computed tomographies in symptomatic patients with no history of gastrointestinal disease.

Background: Bowel-wall thickening (BWT) is a commonly reported finding on diagnostic abdominal pelvic computed tomographies (CT) in patients with no history of gastroenterologic disease. The significance of this nonspecific finding is not clear.

Methods: Medical records from the Vancouver General Hospital were reviewed from October 27, 1999, to October 27, 2009.

Patients awareness of their medical conditions in multi-specialty outpatient clinics in Saudi Arabia.

Objective: To assess the patients awareness of their medical conditions, identify the factors affecting their awareness, and assess patient's satisfaction with their doctors explanations of medical conditions.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in October 2005 in the outpatient clinics of King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection.