المنشورات و المؤلفات
Abstract Healthcare organizations around the globe are increasingly turning to multicenter quality improvement collaboratives (QICs) to improve patient care and outcomes. Despite the increase in demand and popularity of establishing multi-...
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Objective: The aim of this research is to compare the development of emergency medicine in USA, Canada and Saudi Arabia. It is further aimed to identify the sort of measurements and procedures those are followed in Saudi Arabia, USA and...
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Purpose: ADAMTS13 level was evaluated as a predictor of mortality in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock, and compared with Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) scores.
Methods: This prospective...
Summary and Keywords
The fields of disaster medicine and public health preparedness have developed considerably with the natural hazards and humanitarian disasters over the past half-century. Developing countries, particularly Small Island...
Management of simple nail bed lacerations and subungual hematomas has remained somewhat controversial. This article presents a 30-year-old case admitted to emergency department (ED) due to subungual hematoma with tuft fracture. The nail was...
Keywords:
Pediatric asthma;
asthma control test;
risk factors;
Saudi Arabia;
medication compliance;
inhaler device;
MDI ;
DPI
Abstract
Background
Maintaining well control of asthma symptoms can help preventing exacerbations and its associated...
Objectives: To report the characteristics of adult out-of-hospital arrest patients and their outcomes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Methods: This is a prospective descriptive study of out-of-hospital adult arrests incident transported to King Khalid...
This practice guideline is a part of the larger
initiative of the Ministry of Health of the King-
dom of Saudi Arabia to establish a program of
rigorous development of guidelines. The ulti-
mate goals are to provide guidance for clini-
cians and...
Aims and objectives
"The provision of proper opportune care to patients visiting the emergency department
is greatly dependent on the appropriate interpretation of requested radiographs by the
emergency physician. Several studies have been conducted...
Objective: Sepsis syndrome is usually accompanied by activation
of blood coagulation mechanisms. Earlier studies found deficiencies
of the 3 main natural anticoagulants, antithrombin, protein C, and
protein S. However, none of these inhibitors...
Abstract Background Little is known about Emergency Medical Services (EMS) use and pre-hospital triage of patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in Arabian Gulf countries. Methods Clinical arrival and acute care within 24 h...
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the feasibility of using Arabic Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) to assess depression and anxiety among patients attending accident and emergency (A & E) at a University Hospital setting in Riyadh,...
Background
Depression and anxiety are prevalent psychiatric comorbidities that are known to have a negative impact on a patient’s general prognosis. But screening for these potential comorbidities in a hospital’s accident and emergency department...
Vital Indices to be used in Resuscitation of Patients with Shock in the Emergency Department Setting