Annals of Saudi medicine
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2013
Pathological responses and long-term outcome analysis after neoadjuvant chemotheraphy in breast cancer patients from Kuwait over a period of 15 years.
The attainment of pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy has been taken as a surrogate marker for disease-free survival and overall survival. This is however dependent on various other parameters such as stage, grade, and biologic markers. ⋯ Though the achievement of pCR retains its significance, it is more prognostic in HR negative tumors. The importance of HR receptor status, grade, and histopathological subtype in the long-term survival has been emphasized.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2013
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyA comparison of nasogastric tube insertion techniques without using other instruments in anesthetized and intubated patients.
Several techniques are available to facilitate nasogastric (NG) tube insertion with or without using other instruments to guide the NG tube to the stomach. This study aimed to determine the success rate and time required for inserting NG tube by 2 non-instrumental methods of NG tube insertion and compare the findings with the common method of NG tube insertion. ⋯ Neck flexion with lateral pressure and lifting of the thyroid cartilage are convenient and reliable techniques for NG tube insertion without using any other instruments. Lifting of the thyroid cartilage had the highest success rate and was less time consuming than the other NG tube insertion techniques. Familiarization with the procedure influenced the success rate and the time required for insertion.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2013
Review Case ReportsGastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis: mimicking Crohns disease case report and review of the literature.
Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB) is an unusual fungal infection that manifests in the skin and rarely involves other systems. All of the few cases of GIB reported so far were diagnosed with difficulty, necessitating laparotomy and resection of the inflamed part of the bowel. We report a child with GIB who was successfully diagnosed endoscopically without surgical intervention.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialIngestion of honey improves the symptoms of allergic rhinitis: evidence from a randomized placebo-controlled trial in the East coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
The role of honey in the treatment of allergic rhinitis (AR) is controversial. We studied the complementary effect of ingestion of a high dose of honey, in addition to standard medications, on AR. ⋯ Honey ingestion at a high dose improves the overall and individual symptoms of AR, and it could serve as a complementary therapy for AR.