abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate acetabular morphology and the prevalence of dysplasia in a Saudi population, and compare it with others in different geographical areas. METHODS:The study took place at King Fahd University Hospital, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from May 2005 to April 2006. We recruited radiographs of 104 p...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Moussa M,Alomran A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe and assess gender differences in current cigarette smokers' according to certain variables including prevalence, access to tobacco, knowledge and attitude, environmental tobacco smoke, cessation of smoking, tobacco related advertisements, and education on tobacco in school among adolescents in gra...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Abdalla AM,Al-Kaabba AF,Saeed AA,Abdulrahman BM,Raat H

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether venous blood gases (VBG) test can be replace by an arterial blood gases (ABG) in exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHODS:From October 2005 to March 2006, at the Emergency Room of Kashan Beheshti Hospital, the data of 107 patients with exacerbation of COPD ...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Razi E,Moosavi GA

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the clinical spectrum of tracheobronchial straight metallic pin aspiration in adults, assess predisposing conditions, evaluate the efficacy of bronchoscopy, and determine the outcome and complications at the largest 2 hospitals in Jordan. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of 60 consecutive clinical ca...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： El-Khushman HM,Sharara AM,Sa Ada MA,Hijazi MA

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the successful treatment of a patient that presented with bladder tumor, bilateral multiple renal stones, right lower ureteral stone, and bilateral hydroureteronephrosis with progressively rising serum creatinine. Initially, he was managed by drainage of the upper tract by left percutaneous nephrostomy tube ...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Al-Kohlany KM,Al-Badany TH,El-Nono IH

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the microbial and cytopathological changes and genital symptoms in oral contraceptive pill (OCP) and intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD) users. METHODS:Included in the study were 34 women using OCP and 34 women using IUCD for 24 to 36 months period and 34 women as control group. We conduc...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Ocak S,Cetin M,Hakverdi S,Dolapcioglu K,Gungoren A,Hakverdi AU

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of osteoporosis in healthy Saudi men. METHODS:We randomly recruited 429 Saudi men from the community. The recruited Saudi men were subjected to an interview to reveal their lifestyle parameters, calcium intake and level of activity. Bone densitometry was assessed at lumbar spine (...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： El-Desouki MI,Sulimani RA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the serum transforming growth factor-beta 1 level in type II diabetic patients with diabetic nephropathy (DN) and to assess its use as a marker of renal injury in type II diabetes. METHODS:Sixty patients with type II diabetes mellitus (DM), who attended the outpatient internal medicine clinic in ...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Ibrahim S,Rashed L

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of risk factors in the diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolism. METHODS:This was a retrospective study of 295 patients with suspicion of pulmonary embolism (PE), of whom 154 were referred from outpatient and 141 from inpatient departments for a period of 24 months (2000-2001) in Hace...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Salanci BV,Kiratli PO,Demir A,Selcuk T

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A term baby had cyanosis 2 hours after delivery; echocardiography showed hypoplastic left heart syndrome HLHS and valvular pulmonary stenosis PS. The opinions of the cardiac centers in Saudi Arabia were taken; however, the baby was not accepted probably because the associated PS made him a poor candidate for a Norwood...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Abbag FI,Alhayani AA,Moussa HA,Al-Qahtani JM,Al-Barki AA

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy (ESWL) is an effective and safe way for treatment of upper urinary system stones. For pediatric patients, throughout ESWL, sufficient sedation and analgesia is needed to cope with the procedural pain. In this study, our goal was to compare 2 methods of intravenous anesthes...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Erden IA,Artukoglu F,Gozacan A,Ozgen S

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Quality assurance (QA) is an increasingly important element in the administrative management of Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This is not only to improve clinical practices and patient's outcome, but also helps in proper resource utilization. We introduced a comprehensive quality assurance program in ICU at King...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Iqbal M,Rehmani R,Venter J,Alaithan AM

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia SIOD is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome, immune deficiency, and osseous dysplasia. SW/SNF2 related, matrix associated, actin dependent regulator of chromatin, subfamily a-like 1 SMARCAL 1 is the gene responsible for SIOD but the...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Basiratnia M,Fallahzadeh MH

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prevalence of refluxing pelvic veins among female patients with lower extremity varicose veins and the role of embolization treatment in these cases. METHODS:Of 158 female patients suffering from primary varicose veins of the lower extremities presented to the Venous Disease Clinic at Dhahran...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Ashour MA,Soliman HE,Khougeer GA

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the susceptibility of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) to oxidation in the plasma of male patients with wet type age related macular degeneration (AMD) and in a similar control group, in order to evaluate the LDL oxidative status as risk factor of AMD. METHODS:We conducted this study in the Retina ...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Javadzadeh A,Ghorbanihaghjo A,Rashtchizadeh N,Rafeey M,Rahimi-Ardabili B

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian vein thrombosis is a rare but potentially serious complication following childbirth. The majority of patients present during the first week postpartum, with fever and right lower quadrant abdominal pain. We report an unusual case of postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis who presented with fever, low backache, and...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Hakim FA,Khan NN,Qushmaq KA,Al-Shami SY

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of coronary bypass grafting on left ventricular (LV) function, exercise capacity and symptom profile in patients with LV impairment and retrospectively evaluate the role of the different factors affecting LV. METHODS:A total of 45 patients (33 men, 12 women, mean age 63.49 +/- 7.38 years...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Erentürk S,Yildiz CE,Gulbaran M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the different clinical aspects of malignant melanoma and their varieties in Iraqi patients. METHODS:We carried out this study in the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq during the period from 1985-2005. Eighteen patients with malignant melanoma were e...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Sharquie KE,Al-Meshhadani SA,Al-Nuaimy AA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate and evaluate the prevalence of 4 kinds of synovial plicae named according to patella, which are inferior, medial, lateral and superior. METHODS:We evaluated plicae in 318 knee arthroscopies through video records, obtained from January 1994 to December 2002 in the Arthroscopy Unit, Department o...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Gurbuz H,Calpur OU,Ozcan M,Kutoglu T,Mesut R

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the awareness, attitude and practice of evidence base medicine (EBM) among Al-Taif Consultant Physicians and to define the perceived barriers for practicing EBM. METHODS:It is a cross-sectional study conducted during December, 2004, at all governmental hospitals in Western region of Saudi Arabia at...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Al-Omari FK,Al-Asmary SM

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present data of cases with choanal atresia (CA) from Saudi patients, and to compare them to the data from the international literature. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of the data available from the files of 37 consecutive patients with the diagnosis of CA at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Riyadh, ...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Al-Ammar AY

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of retinopathy in hypertensive patients referred to a teaching hospital in Yazd, Iran. METHODS:This cross-sectional study included 213 hypertensive patients referring to a teaching hospital in Yazd, Iran between November 2004 and June 2005. Data were collected using a questionnair...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Besharati MR,Rastegar A,Shoja MR,Maybodi ME

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ant allergy is a rare clinical problem that ranges from local to systemic reaction and life-threatening anaphylaxis. Different types of ants including the imported fire ants, the black (samsum) ants, and others, are considered health hazard in many parts of the world. We report a 32-year-old Saudi female from Hafr-Al-...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Al-Shahwan M,Al-Khenaizan S,Al-Khalifa M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the most common liver pathologies seen in our center, to find the prevalence of advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B and C, and to correlate the histological and laboratory features of the most common diseases and compare between them. METHODS:Liver biopsy procedur...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Abdo AA,Azzam NA,Al-Faleh FZ,Al-Jebreen AM,Al-Mofleh IA,Al-Amri SM,Al-Rashid RS,Al-Freihi HM,Habbal TA,Al-Swat KE,Isnani AC,Alsheikh A,Ahmed SS

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence, clinical manifestations, and laboratory features of Neuro-Behçet's disease. METHODS:This prospective study was carried out in the Behçet's Research Clinic in Shiraz (south-west Iran) and included the patients referred from 1990-1999. The patients' clinical records, images, CSF an...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Borhani-Haghighi A,Samangooie S,Ashjazadeh N,Nikseresht A,Shariat A,Yousefipour G,Safari A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of pseudoaneurysm of the aorta or its main branches is a challenge in patients with blunt chest trauma. Computed tomography helps to demonstrate intrathoracic hemorrhage and suspected great vascular injury when a chest radiograph reveals widening of the mediastinum. Aortic angiography remains the gold standa...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Chen SY,Chang H,Lee SC,Hsu HH,Tzao C

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Saudi Royal Cabinet issued the Saudi Royal Decree No. 3 dated 11-7-1424, establishing the pre-marital examination as a health preventive measure for all Saudis, and requesting the 2 prospective partners (male and female) to carry out a pre-marital examination and present a certificate of pre-marital examination be...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： El-Hazmi MA

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the concentration of plasma leptin and other metabolic hormones in offspring of diabetic and none diabetic mothers after 2 weeks of age. The relationship between leptin and metabolic hormones was also investigated. METHODS:Included in the study were 79 newborns from the Neonatal Unit at King Abd...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Jaber SM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A study of perceptions and attitudes towards the use of evidence-based medicine (EBM) among family physicians in Bahrain. METHODS:A systematically developed, anonymous, self administered 13 item questionnaire was mailed to 124 Bahraini family physicians in the Ministry of Health, Bahrain between January and ...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Amin FA,Fedorowicz Z,Montgomery AJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To make a rapid and definite diagnosis of Salmonella enteritis, using an ultra rapid multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection method for major Salmonella serotypes, such as Salmonella typhi, Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Havana. METHODS:We performed this study at the Research Center of Mol...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Ali K,Zeynab A,Zahra S,Akbar K,Saeid M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the value of known prognostic factors for metastasis in breast cancer by accounting for patient-specific effect of patients who received surgical treatment followed by adjuvant treatment using the frailty model. METHODS:One hundred seventeen women with breast cancer who underwent surgery followe...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Gohari MR,Mahmoudi M,Mohammed K,Pasha E,Khodabakhshi R

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal stromal tumors GISTs are cellular spindle, or epithelioid tumors that occur in the stomach, intestine, and rarely in the esophagus. A 61-year-old man was complaining of resistant dry cough with dysphagia for one month duration. Upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopic examination showed a polypoid mass...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Al-Salam S,El-Teraifi HA,Taha MS

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The diagnosis of cutaneous T-cell lymphoid infiltrates may be difficult based on clinical and routine immunohistologic findings. In this situation, an ancillary technique demonstrating the presence of a monoclonal cell proliferation could help to rule in or out cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) in cases that c...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Khalil SH,Hamadah IR

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of single dose intramuscular methotrexate (MXT) as a treatment option for early unruptured ectopic pregnancies, and to compare the results with those of previously published studies. METHODS:We performed a prospective study on 30 patients with small unruptured ectopic preg...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Soliman KB,Saleh NM,Omran AA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hamartomas of the chest wall are rare benign lesions usually appear in infancy. We report an adult with giant hamartoma of the chest wall. A 21-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with swelling on his scapular region. An erythematous, swollen, and wide plaque formed mass lesion of 250 x 180 on the left scapular ...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Okutan O,Ilvan A,Kartaloglu Z,Tunc H

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the in vitro response of Plasmodium falciparum malaria to chloroquine (CQ), sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (SDX/PYR), Quinine (QU) and Mefloquine (MQ) and monitoring their resistance. METHODS:In 1999 to 2000, an in vitro study was carried out in Wad Medani district in Sudan. The standard protocol of the...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Nour BY,Faragalla IA,Saeed OK,Mohamadani AA

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate early changes occurring in both medial and lateral meniscus thickness from the knees of patients with osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS:We conducted this study in the Department of Anatomy and Division of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey during the period 2004 to 200...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Bamac B,Ozdemir S,Sarisoy HT,Colak T,Ozbek A,Akansel G

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among primary school children in Dhahira region of Oman. METHODS:The study took place in the Dhahira region of Oman from September 2004 to March 2005. We randomly recruited 436 students of 9-10 years of age. Their anthropometric measurements were...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Patel PK,Khandekar R

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between obesity, lipid profile and blood pressure, and to quantify the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) for the next 10 years, using the Framingham risk scoring scheme among Jordanian adult males. METHODS:We conducted this study in Al-Sarieh, Jordan during the period March to ...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Alboqai OK,Suleiman AA,Al-Natour MQ,Al-Hourani HM,Abuirmeileh NM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed at analyzing the metastatic involvement in interpectoral (Rotter's) lymph nodes (RLN) in relation to tumor marker CA 15-3. METHODS:The study included 177 female patients undergoing surgery for primary breast cancer at the University Hospital for Tumors, Zagreb, Croatia from November 2001 to March 20...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Vrdoljak DV,Knezevic F,Ramljak V

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00