Annals of Saudi medicine
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jan 2022
Poisoning-related emergency department visits: the experience of a Saudi high-volume toxicology center.
Acute poisoning is a major contributing factor to mortality and morbidity. There is a lack of research on the epidemiology of acute poisoning risk factors in Saudi Arabia. ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jan 2022
Common disease-associated gene variants in a Saudi Arabian population.
Screening programs for the most prevalent conditions occurring in a country is an evidence-based prevention strategy. The burden of autosomal recessive disease variations in Saudi Arabia is high because of the highly consanguineous population. The optimal solution for estimating the carrier frequency of the most prevalent diseases is carrier screening. ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jan 2022
Bladder cancer in Saudi Arabia: a registry-based nationwide descriptive epidemiological and survival analysis.
Our understanding of the risk factors, prevalence, incidence rate, and age distribution of bladder cancer (BC) in Saudi Arabia is insufficient due to limited data. ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jan 2022
Factors associated with mortality in younger and older (≥75 years) hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia.
Pneumonia is among the most serious infections in the elderly. The evaluation of prognosis and predicting the outcome is essential in managing the treatment of patients with pneumonia. ⋯ None.