Fluoroscopic-Guided Removal of Jejunal Sharp Foreign Body: An Alternative Approach to Surgery.

Introduction: Foreign body (FB) ingestion represents a frequently encountered scenario in clinical practice. Most ingested FBs typically pass spontaneously, requiring no intervention. Endoscopic removal stands out as the least invasive method, with only a minimal 1% needing surgical intervention.

Assessing the relationship between burnout syndrome and irritable bowel syndrome among medical health providers and medical students in Saudi Arabia.

Burnout syndrome, characterized by chronic unmanageable workplace stress, has been linked to lower gastrointestinal disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome. However, the relationship between burnout syndrome and irritable bowel syndrome among medical health providers and medical students in Saudi Arabia has not been fully explored. This cross-sectional correlational study was conducted in Southern Saudi Arabia from 2021 to 2022 and involved 931 medical health providers and medical students who completed an electronic questionnaire.

Awareness of Lactose Intolerance Disorder in Saudi Arabia Population.

Background: Lactose intolerance is defined as "Lactose malabsorption with gastrointestinal symptoms." Also, lactose malabsorption can be defined as "Not all ingested lactose was absorbed and that some has reached the large intestine." The common symptoms associated with the maldigestion of lactose are bloating, diarrhoea, nausea, and abdominal pain.

Haematological Traits in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic COVID-19 Positive Patients for Predicting Severity and Hospitalization.

Objective: The present investigation aims on the clinical attributes and haematological parameters between symptomatic (COVID-19 ICU) and asymptomatic (COVID-19 homes isolation) patients as predisposing sign for COVID-19 related mortality.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective cohort research was conducted of admitted patients to ICU, who were suffering from severe COVID-19 in Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) from July 2020 until September 2020. The study included individuals with COVID -19 and ICU admission as symptomatic group and others who are COVID-19 positives with quarantine as asymptomatic group.

Predictors of survival from Acinetobacter in Saudi Arabian intensive care units: A prospective, one-year, six-city, ten-center cohort study.

Background: Antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is a continuously-emerging worldwide health crisis, with mortality rates approaching 50% in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The objective of this study was to evaluate regional, patient-related, and organism-related predictors of survival among critically-ill patients with confirmed Acinetobacter infection.

Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted within ten ICUs across six geographically- and climatologically-distinct cities across Saudi Arabia over 13 months.

Six-year multicenter study on short-term peripheral venous catheters-related bloodstream infection rates in 246 intensive units of 83 hospitals in 52 cities of 14 countries of Middle East: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates-International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) findings.

Background: Short-term peripheral venous catheters-related bloodstream infections (PVCR-BSIs) rates have not been systematically studied, and data on their incidence by number of device-days is not available.

Methods: Prospective, surveillance study on PVCR-BSI conducted from September 1st, 2013 to 31st Mays, 2019 in 246 intensive care units (ICUs), members of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC), from 83 hospitals in 52 cities of 14 countries in the Middle East (Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates). We applied U.

Correction to: Assessment Awareness of Public About Breast Cancer and its Screening Measurements in Asir Region, KSA.

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Assessment Awareness of Public About Breast Cancer and its Screening Measurements in Asir Region, KSA.

Breast cancer (BC) has a major impact on women's health worldwide. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is no exception, where it is considered the most common malignancy, embodying the second leading cause of cancer deaths after lung cancer. In today's world, people are more health conscious and more aware of different medical specialties.

Impact of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)'s multidimensional approach on rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units in 22 hospitals of 14 cities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Background: To analyze the impact of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) Multidimensional Approach (IMA) and use of INICC Surveillance Online System (ISOS) on ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) rates in Saudi Arabia from September 2013 to February 2017.

Methods: A multicenter, prospective, before-after surveillance study on 14,961 patients in 37 intensive care units (ICUs) of 22 hospitals. During baseline, we performed outcome surveillance of VAP applying the definitions of the CDC/NHSN.

Polymorphism rs13334190 in zinc finger protein 469 (ZNF469) is not a risk factor for keratoconus in a Saudi cohort.

Objective: Polymorphism rs13334190 in the zinc finger protein 469 gene has been suggested to predispose toward a "thin" cornea, which then becomes keratoconic or is directly pathogenic. Thus, we genotyped polymorphism rs13334190 in 127 unrelated keratoconus cases and 168 control subjects from Saudi Arabia using Taq-Man assay.

Results: The genotype frequency distribution did not deviate significantly from the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (p > 0.

Prospective multicentre study in intensive care units in five cities from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Impact of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) multidimensional approach on rates of central line-associated bloodstream infection.

Objective: To analyse the impact of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) Multidimensional Approach (IMA) and INICC Surveillance Online System (ISOS) on central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rates in five intensive care units (ICUs) from October 2013 to September 2015.

Design: Prospective, before-after surveillance study of 3769 patients hospitalised in four adult ICUs and one paediatric ICU in five hospitals in five cities. During baseline, we performed outcome and process surveillance of CLABSI applying CDC/NHSN definitions.

Thromboprophylaxis using combined intermittent pneumatic compression and pharmacologic prophylaxis versus pharmacologic prophylaxis alone in critically ill patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) remains a common problem in critically ill patients. Pharmacologic prophylaxis is currently the standard of care based on high-level evidence from randomized controlled trials. However, limited evidence exists regarding the effectiveness of intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) devices.

Predictive factors of supraventricular arrhythmias after noncardiac thoracic surgery: a multicenter study.

Background: Supraventricular cardiac arrhythmias are the most common rhythm disturbances in patients following thoracic surgery. The purpose of our study was to determine which of the clinical parameters are the most valuable in predicting postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) after lung surgery.

Methods: Retrospective analysis was carried out on 987 patients after noncardiac thoracic surgery to define the prevalence, associated risk factors, and clinical course of postoperative arrhythmias.

Primary thyroid lymphoma: case series with review of literature.

Primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) is a rare disorder accounting for about 2 % of all malignant lymphomas. It is an aggressive extranodal non Hodgkin lymphoma mostly of B lineage. We report four cases of PTL and highlight the clinical issues and challenges posed by this rare disease.

Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in nosocomial infections caused by Acinetobacter species in Asir Region, Saudi Arabia.

This study aimed at evaluating the sensitivity of antibiotics towards nosocomial infections caused by Acinetobacter species. The study took place during the period Dec. 2011- Dec.

Levetiracetam may worsen myoclonus in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: case reports.

Levetiracetam was approved for generalized and partial epilepsy in pediatric and adult population. It is also an effective antimyoclonus, but the evidence only supports its use as an adjunctive agent along with other antiepileptic drugs, such as sodium valproate, and it is commonly used in cases with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. We report here 2 cases with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy who were switched from sodium valproate to levetiracetam to avoid the cosmetic or future teratogenic effect, but this switch was associated with exaggerated myoclonus despite escalating the dose of levetiracetam but resolved completely after reintroducing sodium valproate.

Assessment of gray matter heterotopia by magnetic resonance imaging.

Aim: To evaluate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of different types of gray matter heterotopia.

Methods: Between June 2005 and December 2009, the medical records and MRI studies of patients with gray matter heterotopia were reviewed. The MRI morphologic findings of heterotopia were recorded along with the presence and type of associated cranial malformations.

Down's syndrome as a factor in the diagnosis, management, and outcome in patients of Morgagni hernia.

Purpose: The purpose was to study the impact of Down's syndrome (DS) in the diagnosis, management, and outcomes of patients with Morgagni hernia (MH).

Methods: Twenty-two (22) patients with MH treated at a tertiary center were retrospectively studied for history, findings, associated anomalies, referral diagnoses, hospital admissions, radiological procedures for diagnosis, age at which operated on, operative procedure, complications, and recurrences. Eleven did not have DS (group 1); 11 others had associated DS (group 2).

Primary small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the urinary bladder: a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural evaluation.

Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (SCNEC) of the urinary bladder is a rare but aggressive neoplasm that usually exhibits neuroendocrine differentiation. Here, the authors report a case of SCNEC in an 80-year-old man. The patient had gross hematuria and nodular mass involving the wall of the urinary bladder.

Lung cysts following pulmonary artery operations: diagnostic and therapeutic implications.

We describe the case of a child suffering from congenital cyanotic heart disease - double outlet right ventricle (DORV) with transposition of great vessels (TOGV). She underwent a left Blalock-Tausig (BT) shunt at one month of age followed by a Glen procedure with left pulmonary artery augmentation at six months. Following the second procedure she developed extensive cyst formation in the upper lobe of the left lung and pneumothorax.

Skin metastasis: a pathologist's perspective.

Skin metastasis is defined as the spread of malignant cells from a primary malignancy to the skin. It is one manifestation of systemic spread of cancer. The tumor cells originate either from an internal malignancy or from a primary skin cancer.

Pulmonary renal syndrome associated with Wegener's granulomatosis: a case report and review of literature.

Pulmonary renal syndromes are rare but serious complications of systemic vasculitis. The majority of these cases are related to ANCA-associated vasculitis. These syndromes represent a combination of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis.

Huge pulmonary artery aneurysm.

Pulmonary artery aneurysms (PAAs) are uncommon entities. PAAs are caused mostly by trauma (often iatrogenic), infections and Behcet's disease (BD). Less common causes are pulmonary hypertension, congenital heart disease and neoplasm.