Annals of Saudi medicine
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2022
Multicenter StudyImpact of diabetes mellitus on periprocedural and 18-month clinical outcomes in Korean patients requiring rotational atherectomy: results from the ROCK Registry.
Diabetes mellitus (diabetes) increases the risk of severe coronary artery calcification, which increases the complexity of percutaneous coronary intervention requiring rotational atherectomy (RA) by interfering with lesion preparation, and limiting final stent expansion. ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2022
Diagnostic value of strain elastography and shear wave elastography in differentiating benign and malignant breast lesions.
Conventional B-mode breast ultrasonography, though the primary modality to determine benign or malignant nature of a solid breast lesion, sometimes encounters overlapping sonographic morphological features in a single lesion. Elastography leads to improvement by evaluating the structural aspects and characterization of the lesion as benign or malignant on the basis of multi-parametric assessment. ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2022
Time in therapeutic range for virtual anticoagulation clinic versus in-person clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic: a crossover study.
COVID-19 infection affects the quality of the medical services globally. The pandemic required changes to medical services in several institutions. We established a virtual clinic for anticoagulation management during the pandemic using the Whatsapp application. ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2022
Evaluation of expelled droplets through traditional Islamic face coverings.
Expelled droplet count is an important factor when investigating the efficacy of face coverings since higher droplet counts indicate an increased possibility of disease transmission for airborne viruses such as COVID-19. While there is some published work relating facemask style to expelled droplet count during speech, there is no published data regarding the effectiveness of traditional Islamic face coverings such as the ghutra and niqab commonly worn by men and women in the Arabian Peninsula. ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2022
Meta AnalysisMeta-analysis of total versus partial graft excision: Which is the better choice to manage arteriovenous dialysis graft infection?
Arteriovenous graft infection (AVGI) is a major cause of hemodialysis access failure. Delayed diagnosis and inappropriate treatment may lead to increased morbidity (3-35%) and mortality up to 12%. ⋯ None.