Annals of Saudi medicine
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Annals of Saudi medicine · May 2023
Association of intraoperative lactate elevation and postoperative mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing craniotomy: retrospective analysis.
Intraoperative lactate levels increase in patients undergoing craniotomy, but the reason is not yet fully known. High levels of intraoperative lactate are associated with mortality and morbidity in patients with septic shock and abdominal and cardiac surgery. ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · May 2023
Clinical features of Omicron variant infection in 445 patients with coronavirus 19 disease.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) can mutate frequently and many new strains have emerged thus far. The clinical and epidemiological characteristics differ with each dominant strain. ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · May 2023
Demographic, clinical and genetic factors associated with COVID-19 disease susceptibility and mortality in a Kurdish population.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a devastating pandemic that causes disease with a variability in susceptibility and mortality based on variants of various clinical and demographic factors, including particular genes among populations. ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · May 2023
Prevalence of bacterial bloodstream infections and association between neutropenia and 30-day mortality among oncology inpatients at a university hospital in Saudi Arabia.
Cancer patients are highly prone to develop bacterial bloodstream infections (BSI) and are also at risk of neutropenia. Knowledge of the prevalence of these infections and whether neutropenia is associated with a change in mortality is important to more effective management and reducing mortality and morbidity. ⋯ None.