Annals of Saudi medicine
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jan 2017
Clinical TrialEffect of Nigella sativa supplementation over a one-year period on lipid levels, blood pressure and heart rate in type-2 diabetic patients receiving oral hypoglycemic agents: nonrandomized clinical trial.
Diabetic patients with hypertension and dyslipidemia are at a high risk of cardiovascular complications. ⋯ There were 9 subjects in each group lost to follow up; thus the sample size could not be maintained as per the sample size calculation. The study was nonrandomized and thus there was a possibility of allocation bias. (Clinical trial registration number: CTRI/2013/06/003781, Clinical Trial Registry of India).
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jan 2017
Observational StudyEffects of blood transfusion on oxygen extraction ratio and central venous saturation in children after cardiac surgery.
Red blood cell transfusion is common in critically ill children after cardiac surgery. Since the threshold for hemoglobin (Hb) transfusion need is not well defined, the threshold Hb level at which dependent critical oxygen uptake-to-delivery (VO2-DO2) status compensation is uncertain. ⋯ The limitation of this study is the small number of patients that had increased O2ER before transfusion. There were few available variables to assess oxygen consumption.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jan 2017
Case ReportsA rare case of Erdheim-Chester disease in the breast.
Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is rare non-Langerhans histiocytosis with distinctive radiologic and pathologic entities. We report a rare case of which ECD was involving the breast with only eight similar cases reported in the English literature. ⋯ The patient received a new novel treatment as part of a clinical trial in the United States and showed clinical and radiological improvement. SIMILAR CASES PUBLISHED: 8
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jan 2017
Outcomes of road traffic injuries before and after the implementation of a camera ticketing system: a retrospective study from a large trauma center in Saudi Arabia.
Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are the third leading cause of death in Saudi Arabia. Because speed is a major risk factor for severe crash-related injuries, a camera ticketing system was implemented countrywide in mid-2010 by the traffic police in an effort to improve traffic safety. There are no published studies on the effects of the system in Saudi Arabia. ⋯ The study findings represent a trauma center at a single hospital in Riyadh, which may not generalize to the Saudi population.