Annals of Saudi medicine
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jul 2018
Outcome of continuous renal replacement therapy in critically ill children: a retrospective cohort study.
Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) has become the preferred mode of dialysis to support critically ill children with acute kidney injury. However, there are limited pediatric data on CRRT use, especially in our region. ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · May 2018
Comparative StudyExtracorporeal membrane oxygenation improved survival in patients with massive pulmonary embolism.
Current guidelines for massive pulmonary embolism (PE) treatment recommend primary reperfusion therapy and the option of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). However, these recommendations might not be optimal for patients with poor prognoses who are in cardiogenic shock (CS) or require cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · May 2018
Stress and coping among consultant physicians working in Saudi Arabia.
Exposure to stressful working conditions without adequate stress-coping strategies may lead to stress and even psychiatric morbidity. There are a dearth of studies on stress-coping strategies among consultant physicians in the Arabian Gulf. ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jan 2018
Gender differences in mortality among ST elevation myocardial infarction patients in Malaysia from 2006 to 2013.
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of death in Malaysia. However, the prevalence of CAD in males is higher than in females and mortality rates are also different between the two genders. This suggest that risk factors associated with mortality between males and females are different, so we compared the clinical characteristics and outcome between male and female STEMI patients. ⋯ Retrospective registry data with inter-hospital variation.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jan 2018
Nonmelanoma skin cancer in Saudi Arabia: single center experience.
Skin cancer is the most common cancer worldwide; one in every three diagnosed malignancies is a skin cancer. However, skin cancer is rarely reported in Saudi Arabia so we conducted this study to highlight these underreported neoplasms. ⋯ Retrospective in a single tertiary care setting.