Outcomes of emergency appendectomies and cholecystectomies performed at weekends.

Purpose: To determine the impact of hospital admissions and operations at weekends on two common emergency general surgeries (cholecystectomy and appendectomy) and their outcomes.

Methods: A total of 539 patients were included in the study. Information on patient demographics, comorbidities, admission date, surgery date, complications, readmission, and follow-up details were collected from electronic medical records.

Recurrent intestinal obstruction due to gallstone ileus during same hospital admission: a case report and literature review.

Gallstone ileus (GSI) is an uncommon entity that causes obstruction of the intestinal lumen due to gallstones. It affects mainly the elderly with multiple comorbidities, leading to a high mortality rate. In this case, an 81-year-old woman was admitted due to GSI.

Successful surgical management of a through-and-through right atrial penetrating injury with a complete transaction of the right internal mammary artery: a case report.

An injury to the pericardium or the great vessels is considered a true medical emergency, with a poor survival rate. The early identification and immediate response from all the medical services play a significant role in the management of this type of injury. In this case report, we report a young male patient brought to the emergency room (ER) after sustaining two stab wounds to the chest.

Outcomes of common general surgery procedures for patients discharged over weekends at a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia.

Background: Hospitals usually reduce staffing levels and services over weekends. This raises the question of whether patients discharged over a weekend may be inadequately prepared and possibly at higher risk of adverse events post-discharge.

Objectives: To assess the outcomes of common general surgery procedures for patients discharged over weekends, and to identify the key predictors of early readmission.

The prevalence and association of stress with sleep quality among medical students.

Introduction: Medical students tend to reduce their sleep, in an effort to adjust and cope with their workload and stressful environment. This study estimated the prevalence of and the relationship between poor sleep quality and stress among medical students.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted using a stratified random sample of male and female medical students in King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Burnout and its association with extracurricular activities among medical students in Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: To assess levels of burnout in medical students, and to explore the influence of extracurricular activities on burnout at a medical school in Saudi Arabia.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with first to fourth year medical students at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Socio-demographic, burnout level (the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey, MBI-SS) and participation in extracurricular activities data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire.