[Thrombolysis alert in ischemic stroke: experience of the international private clinic Al Badie in Fez (cross-sectional study of 60 cases)].

Intravenous thrombolysis is the standard treatment for acute ischemic stroke. We here report the cases of thrombolysis alert in the private sector in Morocco We conducted a prospective study of all patients with neurological deficit of sudden onset occurred within the first 12 hours admitted to the Emergency Department of the Al Badie international private clinic from January 2022 to September 2023. Epidemiological, clinical and etiological characteristics as well as data on outpatient and inpatient delays were collected.

[Horse tail syndrome revealing spinal-medullary hydatid disease].

Hydatid disease is an anthropozoonosis caused by the larval stages of the genus Echinoccus granulosus in humans. It mainly occurs in subjects living in the rural and livestock areas in the Mediterranean basin, South America, Near and Middle East. Spinal hydatid disease is rare but it is the most severe form of bone hydatid disease.

Physical activity pattern and its relationship with overweight and obesity in saudi children.

Background: Overweight and obesity among children and adolescents are emerging public health problems. Modifiable lifestyle factors such as physical inactivity and eating out are responsible for the increased prevalence of obesity and related health risks.

Objective: To examine physical activity level and weight status among Saudi children in relation to age and gender.

Relationship between pediatric adiposity and cardiovascular risk factors in Saudi children and adolescents.

Background: The etiology of childhood obesity is growing at alarming rates in developed and developing countries. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, dyslipidemia, and hyperglycemia) in a sample of Saudi children and to assess their association with different measures of body adiposity.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted of 200 Saudi children, who were randomly selected from the pediatric clinics at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Relationship between serum resistin, body fat and inflammatory markers in females with clinical knee osteoarthritis.

Objectives: Adipokines have gained much interest in osteoarthritis (OA) pathogenesis studies over the past years in that they play crucial roles in bone and cartilage homeostasis. Obesity is known to be one of the well-recognized and modifiable causes of OA burden. Key mediators in this metabolic link between obesity and OA could be resistin, among other cytokines secreted by the adipose tissue.