Saudi Med J
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To assess the prognostic value of pentraxin 3 (PTX3) in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) after bare-metal stent (BMS) implantation. ⋯ Pentraxin 3 might be better serum prognostic marker than IL-6, IL-10 or high sensitivity CRP for MACEs after BMS-PCI. It might help to make better risk stratification of those patients who are undergoing BMS-PCI.
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Case Reports
Pectoral nerve block as the sole anesthetic technique for a modified radical mastectomy in a comorbid patient.
Breast surgery operations are generally performed by general anesthesia. In order to decrease postoperative pain, regional anesthesia is usually combined with general anesthesia. ⋯ We performed pectoral nerve block I and pectoral nerve block II as a sole anesthetic technique with sedation by dexmedetomidine for modified radical mastectomy, for a 75-year-old female patient with multiple diseases. Pectoral nerve blocks with sedation could be a good technique for breast surgery than general anesthesia in comorbid patients.
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To assess the effectiveness and safety profile of the new disease modifying drugs (fingolimod, teriflunomide, and dimethyl fumarate) at a local hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ⋯ The study results were able to capture the effectiveness rate for the targeted treatment in the studied population, with the frequency of incidence of side effects. However, as these results cannot be generalized for the entire Saudi population.