abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this cross-sectional study was to identify the infant feeding practices and to evaluate the attitudes and beliefs of mothers on breast-feeding in Turkey. METHODS:This study was established in 10 provinces of Turkey between December 2000 and March 2001 and the study group was comprised of 1,767 wom...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Hizel S,Ceyhun G,Tanzer F,Sanli C

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the bone scintigraphy findings with a carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and cancer antigen 15-3 (CA 15-3) levels in breast carcinoma patients. We also investigated the relationship between anatomical bone type and its effect on tumor marker levels. METHODS:The study was consisted of retrospective eva...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Gedik GK,Kiratli PO,Tascioglu B,Aras T

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) in susceptibility to psoriasis vulgaris in the Northeast region of Turkey and to contribute to the data related to HLA and psoriasis. METHODS:The study included 72 unrelated psoriatic patients (43 men and 29 women; aged 11-76 years) admitted to the Der...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Atasoy M,Pirim I,Bayrak OF,Ozdemir S,Ikbal M,Erdem T,Aktas A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prompt recognition and early intervention, with pertinent management and medication, may reduce subsequent neurologic deficits in stroke, which constitutes a devastating event in children. This is due to the tasking and demanding consequences including death or residual neurological deficits, which may last for many d...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Salih MA,Abdel-Gader AG

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relationship between serum adenosine deaminase (AD) activity and serum total sialic acid (TSA) levels in obese individuals. METHODS:We performed this study at the Department of Chemistry, Division Biochemistry, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University Arts and Science Faculty, Turkey from 2003 to ...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Kurtul N,Akarsu E,Aktaran S

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency and types of congenital heart diseases (CHDs) and other congenital anomalies among Down syndrome (DS) patients, and the short-term survival rate. METHODS:This is a retrospective review of 98 DS patients seen in Aseer Central Hospital from July 1994 to June 2005. The clinicians note...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Abbag FI

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A sensitive and accurate dot blot assay using recombinant p24 (gag), gp41 and gp120 (env) proteins of HIV-1 and also recombinant gp36, the specific HIV-2 antigen was developed to confirm the presence of antibodies in sera reactive in screening enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. METHODS:We collected sera fro...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Ravanshad M,Sabahi F,Mahboudi F,Kazemnejad A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To use 2% tea lotion as natural plant remedy in the treatment of acne vulgaris. METHODS:We conducted this study in the Department of Dermatology and Venereology in Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Iraq during the period between October 2002 and October 2004. In this single blind randomly controlled therapeutic stu...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Sharquie KE,Al-Turfi IA,Al-Shimary WM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) involves a heterogeneous group of diseases that places some patients at risk of progression to cirrhosis. In this study, our aim was to investigate the relationships between the histopathological features of NAFLD, hepatic stellate cell activation, and capillarization ...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Akyol G,Erdem O,Yilmaz G

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the cytogenetic findings in Omani children referred for suspected chromosomal anomalies that caused a variety of clinical disorders. Secondly, to study the frequency of chromosomal abnormalities in these patients and to compare our results with those reported elsewhere. METHODS:We performed chro...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Goud MT,Al-Harassi SM,Al-Khalili SA,Al-Salmani KK,Al-Busaidy SM,Rajab A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare plasma N-terminal-probrain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels with echocardiographic data in patients with systolic heart failure. METHODS:The study included 101 patients with systolic heart failure admitted to Al-Assad and Al-Moussa Hospitals, Damascus, Syria over a 10-month period from Febru...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Al-Meslmani BM,Fahoum SK,Shamia MG

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Kidney repair reconstruction techniques are controversial. The conventional technique is suturing, but this is usually with further loss of viable tissue as it promotes scaring. In this animal model, we investigated the parenchymal effect of different sutures and methods. METHODS:We carried out this study in...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Akay AF,Sahin H,Nergiz Y,Aflay U,Bircan MK

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydatid disease HD is an endemic disease found in various regions of the world. The organs mostly affected are the liver and lung. Cardiac involvement in HD is rare. The symptoms are mainly due to the mass effect of the calcific hydatid cyst obstructing the blood or the lymphatic vessels. Other manifestations are seco...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Al-Mahroos HM,Garadah TS,Aref MH,Al-Bannay RA

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this study, we applied immuno- histochemical techniques on the functionally little known organ of Chievitz (juxtaoral organ [JOO]) in dogs to determine its origin and possible function. METHODS:The term abortive materials of 6 Doberman dogs were used for experimental procedures in July 2002 to June 2003 a...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Bahcelioglu M,Calguner E,Erdogan D,Elmas C,Gozil R,Keskil S,Kadioglu D

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the clinical efficacy of ketoconazole (KCZ) as an inhibitory enzyme on ovarian steroidogenesis, in prevention of ovarian hyper- stimulation syndrome (OHSS) during assisted reproductive technology (ART) in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). METHODS:We included 58 PCOS patients, enroll...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Owj M,Tehrani-Nejad ES,Amirchaghmaghi E,Baghestani AR,Ahmadi J

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal infravesical obstruction in females is less common than in boys and rarely reported. In this article, we report on 3 cases of infravesical obstruction in female neonates with different etiologies. We also reviewed the literature on this topic. Including our cases, 17 cases of neonatal infravesical obstruction...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Hammad FT,Upadhyay VA

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to determine antibody prevalence to Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) virulence factors CagA and VacA in asymptomatic H. pylori seropositive children in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The possibility of differences in antibodies response patterns was also investigated in relation to gen...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Jaber SM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the pregnancy outcome of parturients with less than 16 years of age to parturients with 24-28 years of age. METHODS:The hospital admission charts of 100 women aged below 16 as the study group and one-hundred women aged 24-28 years as the control group who delivered in Zeinabieh Hospital affiliated...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Jahromi BN,Daneshvar A

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral unusual coursed ovarian arteries were found in a 45-year-old female cadaver. The ovarian arteries arose from the abdominal aorta at a level inferior to the corpus of L1 vertebra bilaterally. The right ovarian artery was coursing behind the inferior vena cava. The left one was coursing between the left renal ...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Sulak O,Albay S,Tagil SM,Malas MA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The present study aimed to build a baseline profile for knowledge and attitudes of Saudi paramedical students toward human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). METHODS:The study was a cross-sectional one conducted on a sample selected from health institutes and colleges in S...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Al-Mazrou YY,Abouzeid MS,Al-Jeffri MH

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effect of rubbing breast milk versus lanolin in the treatment of symptoms of sore nipples. METHODS:We carried out this randomized clinical trial on 225 mothers with sore nipples in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Imam Reza Hospital in Mashhad, Iran from April 2001 for 2 years. We randomly ...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Mohammadzadeh A,Farhat A,Esmaeily H

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematic cyst refers to accumulation of blood or blood breakdown products in a non epithelium-lined fibrous tissue capsule. Hepatic cyst is a term often used for deeply placed, incompletely resorbed hematoma hemorrhagic cyst, which may remain unchanged and unidentified for long periods of time. Trauma is the major caus...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Orhan K,Nishiyama H,Mitsunobu K,Furukawa S,Delilbasi C

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the number of patients presently awaiting renal transplantation exceeding the number of cadaveric organs available, there is an increasing reliance on live renal donation. Of the 11,869 renal transplants performed in 2002 in the US, 52.6% were living donors from the United Network for Organ Sharing Registry. Rena...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Hasan WA,Al-Akraa MM

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate glycoprotein-1b (GP-1b) expression on platelets from patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). METHODS:Purified platelets, obtained from AML-patients and normal control subjects, were examined for surface membrane GP1b-expression by flow cytometry and GP1b-mediated aggregation responses by a...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Aziz KA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection with a fatal outcome is presented. The disease has not been reported from our region before. The patient presented initially with hemiparesis and non-enhancing lesion on computed tomography scan that was thought...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Al-Maslamani MA,Al-Soub HA,El-Deeb YM,Al-Khuwaiter JA,Mujeeb IB

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study dealt with the question of possible association between the diagonal ear lobe crease (ELC) and diabetes mellitus, hypertension, myocardial infarction, coronary artery diseases. METHODS:The present study was carried out as a field study with the contributions of 6 Primary Health Care Centers...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Bahcelioglu M,Isik AF,Demirel B,Senol E,Aycan S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extramedullary plasmacytomas are rare manifestation of plasma cell malignancies. After hematopoietic stem cell transplantation HSCT, presentation of localized plasmacytoma with extramedullary growth is very unusual. We report a case of a 56-year-old woman with Dune-Salmon stage IIIA immunoglobulin A-kappa multiple mye...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Erkus M,Bolaman Z,Meteoglu I,Kadikoylu G

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report ocular abnormalities among identified hearing impaired children and their prevalence in relation to normal hearing children. METHODS:A sample of 302 identified children with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital and Rehabilitation Medical Center of the Ministry...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Al-Abduljawad KA,Al-Hussain HA,Dasugi AA,Zakzouk SM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study represents the experience of a tertiary care center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on the long-term effect on the lungs of esophageal atresia (EA) and tracheoesophageal fistula repair (TEF), and to emphasize the magnitude of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) post-EA or post-TEF repair. METHODS:A...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Banjar HH,Al-Nassar SI

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was planned to compare the outcomes between supervised and home-based exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure. METHODS:The study was conducted at the Department of Physical Therapy in Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Turkey between 2000 and 2001. Twenty-two patients with st...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Daskapan A,Arikan H,Caglar N,Tunali N,Ataman S

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the anthropometric parameters of Southwestern Saudi newborns in Abha (a high altitude area) and Baish (a sea level area of Southwestern Saudi Arabia); to compare these parameters with those of the United States Center for Disease Control 2000 growth charts and to estimate the incidence of low birth ...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Al-Shehri MA,Abolfotouh MA,Dalak MA,Nwoye LD

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of obesity and overweight among Saudi adolescents, using the 2 most widely used international references. METHODS:A cross-sectional study conducted towards the end of 2001 on a random sample of third grade intermediate and all 3 grades of secondary school Saudi students of both ge...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Al-Almaie SM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spondylodiscitis is a rare but serious complication of epidural catheter use. It is controversial as to which mechanism is responsible for development of this complication. It may develop due to direct contamination or hematogenous spreading. We report a 54-year-old woman who developed spondylodiscitis after epidural ...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Erol FS,Kaplan M,Kizirgil A,Ozveren MF

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate whether traffic police of a big city who are exposed to urban pollutants are at risk to alterations in plasma insulin concentrations compared with controls. METHODS:The class of workers examined in this study were employees of the municipal police in Rome, Italy. The ...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： De Sio S,Rosati MV,Cherubini E,Ciarrocca M,Baccolo TP,Grimaldi F,Caciari T,Tomao E,Tomei F

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases of children. To fill the gap in data concerning this disease in Iraq, we investigated the socio-demographic and other risk factors related to asthma occurrence among primary school children. METHODS:A case control study was conducted in Baghdad, Iraq among pr...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Al-Kubaisy W,Ali SH,Al-Thamiri D

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In health care today, scientific and technological frontiers are expanding at unprecedented rates, even as economic and financial pressures shrink profit margins, intensify competition, and constrain the funds available for investment. Therefore, the world today has more economic, and social opportunities for people t...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Cilingiroglu N

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Follicular lymphoma (FL), a common subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in the West, represents a rare subtype in Jordan. Bcl-2 gene rearrangement plays a crucial role in the biology of the vast majority of FL and a substantial number of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in the West; but its presence h...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Almasri NM,Al-Alami J,Faza M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A retrospective analysis of acute pain service (APS) was performed to look at the epidural and patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with respect to their indications, duration and quality of pain control, dosage regimen and common side effects. METHODS:This study was conducted in the Armed Forces Hospital, Riy...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Anwari JS,Ahmed F,Mustafa T

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to investigate the significance of p53 and bcl-2 as prognostic factors among others in renal cell carcinoma patients. METHODS:We evaluated the stages, histological grades, tumor diameters, cellular patterns and the presence of mutant p53 protein and bcl-2 overexpression in 57...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Uzunlar AK,Sahin H,Yilmaz F,Ozekinci S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to determine patient's gender preferences in choosing general practitioners and specialists for both general and specific health issues at primary health care centers in Alexandria, Egypt. METHODS:A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at Smouha Health Center, Alexandria G...

journal_title：Saudi medical journal

authors： Zaghloul AA,Youssef AA,El-Einein NY

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00