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Academic and Clinical Background of Plastic Surgery Residents of the Saudi Training Program.

Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open

May 2020

Surgery Department, Plastic Surgery Division, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Unlabelled: Plastic surgery residents are required to contribute to the scientific milieu, apart from honing their surgical skills. Data regarding their academic and clinical background are limited locally in comparison with their counterparts. This is the first study of its kind on the Saudi training program, with suggested potential solutions to shortcomings.

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Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are serious neuropsychiatric disorders. Studies have found a high seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in psychiatric patients. This study aimed to estimate the seroprevalence of T.

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Background: Obesity-related cancers disproportionately affect the Black community. We assessed the relationship between diet quality, physical activity, and their combined effect on obesity-related cancer risk and mortality in Black women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI).

Methods: Data from postmenopausal (50-79 years of age) Black women enrolled in WHI clinical trials or observational studies were analyzed.

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Introduction: Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis is a rare, often postinfectious, syndrome characterized by the clinical triad of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and altered consciousness. Here, we present a probable case of recurrent, pediatric Bickerstaff encephalitis, whereby the patient acutely developed loss of consciousness and eventually brain death despite optimal management.

Case Report: A 3-year-old male patient initially presented to the emergency department with progressive ataxia, following history of upper respiratory tract infection.

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Objective: Adequate sleep is integral to better mental health and facilitates students' learning. We aimed to assess sleep quality among medical students and to see whether it was associated with their mental health (e.g.

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Background: There is limited data on sleep and its impact on mental health among expatriate nurses in Saudi Arabia. This study aimed to assess the association between sleep duration and symptoms of depression among expatriate nurses.

Methods: Nurses in government healthcare facilities in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia responded to an electronic survey (n = 977) on demography, lifestyle, job features, and symptoms of depression (Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21).

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Background: Insulin resistance has been proposed as a mediator of the increased cancer incidence and mortality associated with obesity. However, prior studies included limited cancer deaths and had inconsistent findings. Therefore, we evaluated insulin resistance and cancer-specific and all-cause mortality in postmenopausal women participating in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI).

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Background: The viscosity of a fluid is a measure of its resistance. It is the thickness and stickiness of blood, and a direct measure of the resistance of blood to flow through the vessels. Various factors in the blood have direct or indirect impact on blood viscosity.

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Randomized trials are frequently fragmented in multiple secondary publications.

J Clin Epidemiol

November 2016

Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, 1265 Welch Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), School of Medicine, Stanford University, 1265 Welch Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, 150 Governor's Ln, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Statistics, Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences, Building 1, Main Quad, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address:

Objective: To assess the frequency and features of secondary publications of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

Study Design And Setting: For 191 RCTs published in high-impact journals in 2009, we searched for secondary publications coauthored by at least one same author of the primary trial publication. We evaluated the probability of having secondary publications, characteristics of the primary trial publication that predict having secondary publications, types of secondary analyses conducted, and statistical significance of those analyses.

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The possibility of delaying treatment of HCV due to severe thrombocytopenia is challenging. This study aimed to detect the prevalence of active helicobacter infection as a claimed cause of thrombocytopenia in a cohort of Egyptian patients with chronic active HCV awaiting combined anti-viral therapy. The study included 400 chronic HCV patients with thrombocytopenia.

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Prevalence and correlates of overweight status among Saudi school children.

Ann Saudi Med

August 2016

Nazmus Saquib MD ., College of Medicine,, Sulaiman Alrajhi Colleges,, PO Box 777 Bukariyah,, Qassim 51941, Saudi Arabia, M: + 966533445899, F: +966-16-3169090,

Background And Objectives: There are limited data on changes in the prevalence of overweight among the Saudi school children and on associated risk factors. We compared recent prevalence data (2012) with early data (1994-98) and assessed risk factors.

Design And Setting: Data from a cross-sectional study of children in primary schools in two cities in Al-Qassim province.

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Staphylococcus aureus is well known for its biofilm formation with rapid emergence of new clones circulating worldwide. The main objectives of the study were (1) to identify possible differences in protein expression among various and closely related clonal types of S. aureus, (2) to establish the differences in protein expression in terms of size of protein spots and its intensities between bacteria which are grown statically (biofilm formation) with that of under aeration and agitation, and (3) to compare the differences in protein expression as a function of time (in hours).

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Background: In Saudi Arabia, where childhood obesity is a major public health issue, it is important to identify the best tool for obesity classification. Hence, we compared two field methods for their usefulness in epidemiological studies.

Methods: The sample consisted of 874 primary school (grade I-IV) children, aged 6-10 years, and was obtained through a multi-stage random sampling procedure.

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Mechanism linking diabetes mellitus and obesity.

Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes

December 2014

Sulaiman AlRajhi Colleges, Al Bukairiyah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Body mass index has a strong relationship to diabetes and insulin resistance. In obese individuals, the amount of nonesterified fatty acids, glycerol, hormones, cytokines, proinflammatory markers, and other substances that are involved in the development of insulin resistance, is increased. The pathogenesis in the development of diabetes is based on the fact that the β-islet cells of the pancreas are impaired, causing a lack of control of blood glucose.

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