Annals of Saudi medicine
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jul 2016
Growth reference for Saudi school-age children and adolescents: LMS parameters and percentiles.
Information on LMS parameters and percentiles reference for Saudi children and adolescents is not available. ⋯ This report does not reflect regional variations in growth.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jul 2016
Review Meta AnalysisPredictive value of p16/Ki-67 immunocytochemistry for triage of women with abnormal Papanicolaou test in cervical cancer screening: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
The Papanicolaou (Pap) test is one screening strategy used to prevent cervical cancer in developed countries. The p16/Ki-67 immunocytochemistry is a triage test performed on Pap smears in women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) or low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion. ⋯ No study in the meta-analysis examined the accuracy of the p16/Ki-67 dual stain for inter.pretation of glandular neoplasms.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jul 2016
Elevated alanine aminotransferase levels in HIV-infected persons without hepatitis B or C virus coinfection.
Mortality related to human immunodeficiency (HIV) has improved with the use of antiretroviral therapy; however, liver disease-related mortality remains a major concern for the HIV population. Elevation of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) has been noted in HIV-infected persons even without viral hepatitis infection. ⋯ The limitations of this report are its retrospective nature and lack of a control group.
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Patient attendance in the emergency department (ED) is inherently variable and unpredictable. Resources might be better allocated if use of the ER could be predicted during the month of fasting (Ramadan), healthy adult Muslims do not eat or drink from dawn to sunset and in the Middle East, social activities occur mostly during night. There is no published data that has reported changes in local ED attendance pattern during Ramadan. ⋯ We believe that the majority of our patients fast, but it is not known how many ED patients were actually fasting during the study period. This study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital and the patient population presenting to our ed is predominantly Muslim; therefore, the results may not be generalized to populations that are not predominantly Muslim.