Abstract:
:Endoscopy within 24 hours from the onset of upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding was carried out on 853 Jordanian patients. Lesions as a bleeding source were identified in 799 (93.7%) patients. Radioactively tagged red blood cell (RBC) scan, angiography and upper gastrointestinal follow-through radiography were complementary studies in endoscopy negative patients. Etiology remained unidentified in 16 patients. The six most common causes of UGI bleeding in this study were duodenal ulcer, gastric erosions, duodenal erosions, esophagitis, gastric ulcer and esophageal varices. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) were a significant predisposing factor for UGI bleeding (28.6%). Mortality at the first admission was 3.4% and increased during 12 month follow-up to 6.9%. To our knowledge, this is the first study from Jordan concerning the causes of upper GI bleeding of all clinical types.
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Ann Saudi Medjournal_title
Annals of Saudi medicineauthors
Shennak MMdoi
10.5144/0256-4947.1995.54subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-01-01 00:00:00pages
54-9issue
1eissn
0256-4947issn
0975-4466pii
15-54journal_volume
15pub_type
杂志文章abstract::The patterns of smoking in Jordan were determined in a sample of 3489 subjects representing various strata of society. The sample included 2103 students and 1386 nonstudents. In the nonstudent population, 58.5% of the male and 27.4% of the female subjects were smokers; overall, 96% smoked manufactures cigarettes. Male...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1991.144
更新日期:1991-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Pena-Shokeir phenotype is a unique pattern of lethal multiple congenital anomalies with variable expression. The history of a family in which two sibs conform to Pena-Shokeir phenotype is detailed and substantiates the criteria for definition of the phenotype. The addition of a peculiar ultrasound presentation in the ...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1991.264
更新日期:1991-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The clinical features of acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) and its response to therapy in adult patients in Saudi Arabia are not well defined, as only scanty data has been available. This situation will likely continue unless experience with AML is reported from different institutions in the Kingdom. PATIEN...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1998.221
更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Five cases of enteric fever due to multi-resistant Salmonella typhi are reported. Four of these patients most probably contracted the disease in India and the fifth in Egypt. All of them were successfully treated either with ceftriaxone or ciprofloxacin. ...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1993.246
更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Case records of 33 patients treated for thyroglossal duct lesions at the King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar between 1982G and 1992G were reviewed. There were 22 males and 11 females, their ages ranging between one and 35 years. Sixteen patients presented as cysts and 17 as sinuses. All cases were diagnose...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1994.136
更新日期:1994-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Many countries now struggle to provide cost-effective, quality healthcare services to their citizens. Saudi Arabia has experienced high costs along with concerns about quality of care in its public facilities. To address these issues the country is currently restructuring their healthcare system to privatize public ho...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2008.243
更新日期:2008-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Data on thyroid surgery in children are scarce. OBJECTIVE:Analyze outcome data on thyroid surgery in a pediatric population. DESIGN:Medical record review. SETTING:Tertiary health care institution. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We collected demographic and clinical data on patients 18 years or younger who had thyr...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2020.316
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::During December 1987 to December 1990 the incidence of neural tube defects in the Asir region located in southwestern Saudi Arabia was 0.82/1000. These results were drawn from a survey conducted of all cases of neural tube defects referred to the main hospital at Abha City (Asir Central Hospital) (ACH). Anencephaly wa...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1992.449
更新日期:1992-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Fetal growth is the result of interactions between various factors and can be estimated by ultrasonic measurements. Fetal femur length is a scale for estimating the fetal weight in individual races because fetal growth patterns differ among different races. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:This was a prospective study ...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2007.179
更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::To evaluate the significance of IgE antibodies in postoperative follow-up studies of patients with primary hydatidosis, 24 patients with detectable levels of Enchinococcus granulosus-specific IgE as determined by radioallergosorbent test (RAST) were re-examined one month and four months after surgical resection of the...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1991.616
更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Toxoplasmosis, caused by Toxoplasma gondii, is diagnosed mainly by serological methods that are hindered by insufficient sensitivity. When it fails, it becomes necessary to rely on either direct detection of the parasite or DNA detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We aimed to establis...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2012.14.7.1200
更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis is now recognized as an important cause of respiratory tract infections. Over a two year period, Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis was isolated in pure culture from 3.4% of the sputums collected from patients with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infections. It was the third mo...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1992.562
更新日期:1992-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Different types of modified ultrafiltration (MUF) systems evaluated showed that none of the MUF techniques adhered to the normal venous to arterial blood flow dynamics. This study compared a conventional arteriovenous modified ultrafiltration (AVMUF) system to a custom- designed venoarterial m...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2014.18
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study looks at the incidence of head and neck cancer in the Southwest Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Asir Region). There were a total of 204 newly diagnosed patients seen at Asir Central Hospital between 1987 and 1992; 113 males and 91 females. All were Saudi patients. Frequency at various sites with refe...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1994.383
更新日期:1994-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::A treatable and preventable disorder, congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is still a common cause of mental retardation. A 17-year-old Saudi boy with CH due to an ectopic thyroid gland was diagnosed by the neonatal screening program.Thyroxine replacement therapy was started for one month when the family chose to discontinu...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2012.26.5.1137
更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::A prospective study of 109 patients with non-classical symptoms of appendicitis using the standard ultrasound (US) machine and plain abdominal x-rays demonstrated that US was superior to plain x-ray with a sensitivitiy, specificity and overall accuracy of 89%, 96% and 91%, respectively as compared with plain x-ray wit...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1993.41
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The illegal use of melamine in powdered baby formula resulted in a widespread outbreak of melamine-associated pediatric urolithiasis and kidney damage in China in 2008. We conducted this study because more needs to be known about the long-term effects of melamine-associated urolithiasis and kidney damage. O...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2016.252
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Thyroglossal duct cyst carcinoma is a rare malignancy, with an incidence of 0.7% to 1.6%. Most cases of thyroglossal duct cyst carcinoma are papillary carcinoma, with follicular carcinoma having been rarely reported. In this study, a 33-year-old man presented with a typical thyroglossal duct cyst and underwent surgica...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2018.305
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to help to predict low birth weight infants by measuring placental diameter and thickness. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:A prospective study was conducted of 70 consecutive singleton pregnancies to evaluate placental diameter and thickness by ultrasonographic measurement at 36 weeks gestatio...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2002.312
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The authors reviewed six cases of multiple brain abscesses that were treated at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH) over an eight year period. This represented 22% of the total brain abscesses treated during the same period. The series is unusual in that the infective pathogens were fungi (Fonsecaea pedrosoi) in tw...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1994.30
更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Indeterminate pulmonary nodules (IPNs) are common during initial evaluation of bladder cancer patients. Their significance is still unknown. OBJECTIVE:Determine the significance of indeterminate pulmonary nodules, including their size and number, in muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients before definitive ...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2019.42
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::This retrospective study was performed to compare the pregnancy rates (PR) in patients treated with either in vitro fertilization (IVF) or controlled ovarian superstimulation (COS) and intrauterine insemination (IUI) in patients with unexplained infertility. In Group A, 77 females underwent 125 treatment cycles of IVF...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1995.462
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Because there are no reference standards for body mass index (BMI) in Saudi children, we established BMI reference percentiles for normal Saudi Arabian children and adolescents and compared them with international standards. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Data from a stratified multistage probability s...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4103/0256-4947.55162
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Dentists suffer a high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) but studies are quite limited. The present study was carried out to investigate the prevalence of MSDs among dentists in the Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia. DESIGN AND SETTINGS:A cross-sectional, questionnaire study was conduct...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2015.456
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The results of the National Nutrition Survey of the people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia showed that the prevalence of arterial hypertension (BP >/= 160/95 mmHg) among the adult population is 5.3% and 7.3% for systolic and diastolic hypertension, respectively. The objective of this study, which is part of t...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1998.401
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Although epidemiological studies have persistently shown a high prevalence of diabetes in Arabs, the control of diabetes is still poor and complications of diabetes are common. We examined the prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DN), neuropathic foot ulceration (FU) and peripheral vascular disease ...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2007.25
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have presented an interesting case of an unexpected orbital tumor in a 5-month-old female healthy baby who presented initially with a 1-week history of acute left proptosis, swollen eyelid, conjunctival chemosis and exposure keratopathy. She was treated with intravenous antibiotics without any improvement and was r...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2013.623
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Because breast cancer in men is rare, few patients are available for prospective studies. To learn more about its epidemiology, risk factors, clinical features, genetics and pathology in our country, we conducted a retrospective study of all cases seen in recent decades at our institution. PA...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4103/0256-4947.55314
更新日期:2009-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The hair tourniquet syndrome is a rare disorder. This syndrome has been described as involving the fingers, the toes and even the genitals. We report a case of hair tourniquet syndrome affecting multiple toes of an infant. After the hair fiber was removed there was a fast healing period and no signs of tissue necrosis...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4103/0256-4947.67088
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in both developing and industrialized countries, especially among young children and in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals. It is implicated in both invasive (e.g. meningitis and septicemia) as well as noni...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4103/0256-4947.83214
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00