Saudi Med J
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To identify the causes, modes, and timing of death in a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). ⋯ Infections remain a significant cause of death in the PICU. Further improvement of prevention programs and early therapy of severe infections could lower pediatric mortality. This report highlights the need for enhancing palliative care programs. The low rate of brain death diagnoses warrants further investigation.
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Case Reports
Woodhouse-Sakati syndrome (WSS): A case report of 3 Saudi sisters with urogenital anomalies.
Woodhouse-Sakati syndrome (WSS) is a rare genetic condition of autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. The disease is characterized by a group of disorders, including diabetes mellitus, alopecia, hypogonadism, intellectual disability, and progressive extrapyramidal signs. This syndrome is related to an inherited neurodegenerative disorder's heterogeneous group characterized by the accumulation of iron in the brain, caused by a mutation in the DCAF17 gene. ⋯ The sisters initially had normal developmental growth with deprived scholastic performance because of the intellectual difficulties. At puberty, the secondary sexual characteristics were not developed in the patients, and they faced primary amenorrhea. They were found to have features typical of WSS, but they also had gynecological anomalies, which are considered unusual findings in WSS patients.
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To examine the effects of desflurane and cerium oxide (CO) on lung tissue following ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). ⋯ Intraperitoneal CO with desflurane, reduced oxidative stress and corrected the damage in lung. Cerium oxide given before and desflurane given during IRI have been shown to have protective effects on lung damage in rats.