The Knowledge, Concerns, and Beliefs of Mothers Towards Febrile Convulsions and Its Management in Aseer, Saudi Arabia.

Introduction Febrile convulsions are common in children aged six months to five years, causing significant parental distress despite being generally harmless. Various beliefs about their causes exist, including high fever and supernatural factors. Previous studies indicate that mothers' education levels and occupations influence their knowledge and attitudes toward febrile convulsions.

The Management of Root Perforation: A Review of the Literature.

Root canal perforation is defined as an opening or communication of the root to the outer oral tissue that occurs either accidentally during root canal therapy or due to unknown pathological causes, which generally result in complications in patients due to the passage of microorganisms to the surrounding tissues. These complications may necessitate extraction of the affected tooth. In this literature review, 42 articles were reviewed initially; 33 of them were included in the final analysis based on exclusion and inclusion criteria.

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis.

Background: The unprecedented emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the development and global distribution of vaccines, making the understanding of global vaccine acceptance and hesitancy crucial to overcoming barriers to vaccination and achieving widespread immunization.

Objective: This umbrella review synthesizes findings from systematic reviews and meta-analyses to provide insights into global perceptions on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy across diverse populations and regions.

Methods: We conducted a literature search across major databases to identify systematic reviews and meta-analysis that reported COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy.

Status of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in species of wild birds: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Wild birds could be a reservoir of medically relevant microorganisms, particularly multidrug-resistant Enterococcus spp. Resistant bacteria's epidemiology and transmission between animals and humans has grown, and their zoonotic potential cannot be ignored. This is the first study to evaluate the status of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) in various wild bird species using meta-analysis and a systematic review.

Critical Case of a Preterm Infant Infected With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Managed in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Case Report.

We describe a critical case of a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in a preterm infant resulting in respiratory failure with advanced respiratory interventions and discharge from our hospital without the requirement for home oxygen therapy or tube feeding. The infant, delivered at 35 weeks gestation due to a premature rupture of the membranes with a birth weight of 2 kg, initially demonstrated a stable postnatal course. The baby required no resuscitation, with Apgar scores of 8 and 9 at one and five minutes, respectively.

Recurring food source-based outbreaks in the United States: An unsolved puzzle of concern?

Recurring outbreaks in the United States is a growing public healthcare concern. Although no associated reported death, 17 were hospitalized out of the 18 reported illnesses in the recent outbreak in 15 US states. The United States has experienced about 30 outbreaks in the last decade with 524 Listeriosis cases and 80 deaths.

Global health concern on the rising dengue and chikungunya cases in the American regions: Countermeasures and preparedness.

Background And Aim: Severe morbidity and mortality due to seasonal infectious diseases are common global public health issues. Vector-borne viral illnesses like dengue and chikungunya overload the healthcare systems leading to critical financial burden to manage them. There is no effective drug or vaccine currently available to control these two diseases.

Rupture of a Huge Pancreatic Pseudocyst in a Superobese Patient: A Condition Mimicking Pulmonary Embolism.

Pancreatic pseudocysts are fluid-filled collections that can arise from acute or chronic pancreatitis and may lead to a range of complications, like rupture, infection, hemorrhage, etc. Morbid obesity may further complicate the diagnosis and management of such cases. The present report describes the case of a 26-year-old superobese female (BMI: 58 kg/m²) with a pancreatic pseudocyst that presented diagnostic challenges and mimicked pulmonary embolism when the pseudocyst had ruptured.

A Challenging Case of Fournier's Gangrene With Multiple Complications.

Fournier's gangrene, a not-so-common urological emergency, is a fast-progressing necrotizing bacterial infection that affects the perineum and external genitalia and can be rapidly fatal unless diagnosed and aggressively managed promptly. Fever, erythematous edema of the scrotum, and palpation of classic scrotal crepitation are among the clinical symptoms. The treatment involves rapid administration of empirical broad-spectrum antibiotics with gram-positive, gram-negative, and anaerobic coverage and rigorous surgical debridement down to the bleeding tissues.

Exploring Missed Nursing Care in the NICU: Perspectives of NICU Nurses in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Health Cluster.

(1) Background: Missed nursing care, an omission error characterized by delayed or omitted nursing interventions, poses significant risks to patients' safety and quality of car.; (2) Methods: This is a quantitative cross-sectional study on 151 nurses who work in NICUs in three main networks in the Eastern Health Province, Saudi Arabia: Dammam ( = 84), Qatif ( = 53), and Jubail ( = 14). The study uses a self-reported questionnaire (MISSCARE) and applies the 5-point Likert Scale.

Giant Hydatid Cyst of the Liver Presenting With Severe Chest Pain and Deformity.

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a parasitic disease caused by a larval stage (metacestode) of (), which is still endemic in many countries worldwide, despite the efforts of the World Health Organization (WHO) to reduce the disease burden in those countries. The hydatid cysts of the liver tend to grow gradually over a long period of time and may cause a variety of symptoms, either related to compression of adjacent organs or rupture. Here we report an unusual case of a giant hydatid cyst of the liver presenting to the emergency room (ER) of our hospital with chest deformity and severe chest pain, heralding impending rupture.

Subhepatic Appendicitis Presenting With Recurrent Abdominal Pain.

Gut malrotation may result in failure of descent of the cecum to the right iliac fossa, resulting in the anomaly where the cecum and appendix are situated in the subhepatic/gallbladder region. Although the true incidence of subhepatic cecum or appendix is not known, there is a handful of case reports in the literature describing the diagnosis and management of subhepatic appendicitis and associated challenges. Some case reports describe subhepatic appendicitis, where the cecum is in a normal position, but the subhepatic tip of the long appendix gets perforated or inflamed, resulting in the process being in the subhepatic region.

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Morbidly Obese Patient With Situs Inversus Totalis: A Case Report.

Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital condition characterized by a mirror-image transposition of both the abdominal and the thoracic organs. Due to the reversal of organs, laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) poses a significant challenge in patients with SIT. After the first reported case of LC in a patient with SIT in 1991, 120 more such reports have been published in the literature, but very few of them were carried out on morbidly obese patients.

A Rare Combination of Arterial and Venous Thrombosis as a Sequalae of COVID-19.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a devastating condition claiming millions of lives, crippling countless people, and causing economic turmoil all over the world since the outbreak started in Wuhan Province of China in December 2019. Numerous papers have been published in the literature about COVID-19-related complications affecting almost all systems in the human body. One of the severe complications of this disease is thromboembolism, which affects both the arterial and venous systems and is well documented.

Partial Infarction of Cecal Wall Presenting as Acute Appendicitis.

Acute appendicitis is one of the most common causes of acute abdomen in children and young adults, with differential diagnoses involving several surgical, medical as well as obstetrics and gynecology (OB-GYN)-related conditions. Cecal wall necrosis is not usually included in the differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis, mainly because of the rare nature of the condition and the relatively low level of awareness among surgeons. We present a case of isolated cecal wall necrosis presenting as acute appendicitis.

A Rare Complication of Perforated Appendicitis: A Case of Necrotizing Fasciitis.

Acute appendicitis is considered one of the most common surgical emergencies with low morbidity and mortality. However, delay in the diagnosis may lead to perforation of the appendix. Hence, complications may arise, including necrotizing fasciitis, a rare complication of a perforated appendix.

Oral health-related quality of life in children with celiac disease.

Purpose: There is limited knowledge about oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in children with celiac disease (CD). This study aimed to assess OHRQoL in children with CD compared to healthy controls.

Methods: This case-control study included children with CD and healthy controls.

Impact of COVID-19 severity on health-related quality of life among Saudi adult patients.

COVID-19 patients may experience varying degrees of symptom severity, significantly impacting the health-related quality of life. As a result, the current study examines the impact of symptom severity on health-related quality of life among Saudi adult COVID- 19 patients. In this cross-sectional study 310 adult COVID-19 patients were recruited through a snowball technique in Saudi Arabia.

Oral and dental manifestations of celiac disease in children: a case-control study.

Background: Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated enteropathy. CD may also involve complications with the oral cavity, which can result in various dental and oral pathologies. There are currently a limited number of studies on the oral manifestation of CD.

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.