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OBJECTIVES: The Saudi healthcare and medicolegal systems have seen several developments to improve quality of services and ensure patient safety. However, violation claims have seen an upward trend in the past few years. Several studies have analyzed medical litigation to better understand violations within healthcare…

INTRODUCTION: Glaucoma, the second most common cause of blindness, is normally detected in clinic. With technological improvements, tele-glaucoma exams can identify these changes off-site. The quality of tele-glaucoma exams needs to be compared with that of traditional exams. This study's purpose was to validate the te…

PURPOSE: This study's purpose was to determine whether rinsing with water or cleansing teeth after topical fluoride therapy affected plaque acidity. METHODS: This randomized, controlled, crossover, in situ study was conducted on 25 dental students who wore an acrylic mandibular appliance containing one enamel block. T…

BACKGROUND: The use of complementary methods (CMs) is widespread and increasing in the United States. Most literature on CM use among cancer survivors focuses on the treatment period, whereas only a few studies address use further along the cancer continuum. METHODS: This study analyzed the prevalence and the medical…

BACKGROUND: Several studies have analyzed the correlation between digital and standard videotape echocardiographic images. The advantages of digital echocardiography are a faster exam, lower costs and a greater number of exams performed. Our study's aim was to evaluate the correlation and agreement between cardiac dime…

BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of stroke at different geographical locations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has not been adequately investigated. METHODS: In this study, clinical types and risk factors of stroke were compared among patients at low-altitude (Riyadh, 620 m) and high-altitude (Al Baha > 2000 m) areas using…

This study's purpose was to evaluate the fasting human plasma lipid and lipoprotein responses to dietary beef fat (BF) by comparison with coconut oil (CO) and safflower oil (SO), fats customarily classified as saturated and polyunsaturated. Nineteen free-living normolipidemic men aged 25.6 +/- 3.5 yr consumed centrally…

The study's aim was to assess the behavioural validity of participants using of a newly developed bicycle simulator with respect to a range of cycling performance measures collected both using the cycling simulator and on-road. The validation study consisted of a within-subjects study design comparing participants ridi…

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Dermatomyositis (DM) and juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) are inflammatory myopathies affecting multiple organs, including muscle and skin. Calcinosis is a complication of DM/JDM that causes significant morbidity; however, few tools exist to assess calcinosis in DM/JDM patients This study aimed to e…

The Generation Study is a large-scale research initiative led by Genomics England in partnership with the National Health Service, aiming to evaluate the use of whole genome sequencing in newborn screening, as well as ongoing research use of these genomic data. The Generation Study will sequence 100 000 newborn…

Medication prescribing and use is a normative aspect of health care for the elderly, rendering medication taking by elderly persons problematic. In an earlier qualitative study, we examined how medicine-use is negotiated (used/refused/resisted, and assessed against expected outcomes) by older persons with limited fluen…

PURPOSE: The purpose of the study is to explore the role of the nurse practitioner (NP) in facilitating knowledge exchange within multidisciplinary primary healthcare teams. The rationale for the study is that most knowledge transfer and exchange literature is from a single profession perspective; yet, an increasing nu…

This study aimed to understand the heterogeneity of school violence experiences among South Korean youth, explicitly examining how each type of violence experienced transitions into different reporting behaviors. A latent profile analysis was conducted to classify different types of violence victimization and reporting…

It has been suggested that the outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are better in individuals having recently received an influenza vaccine than in non-vaccinated individuals. We hypothesized that this association depends on the humoral responses against influenza viruses. We aim to assess the relationship b…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The association between smoking and inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] relies on old meta-analyses including exclusively non-Jewish White populations. Uncertainty persists regarding the role of smoking in other ethnicities. METHODS: We systematically searched Medline/PubMed, Embase, and Scopus for s…

The study by Dos Santosmarks a significant advancement in understanding the genetics of colorectal polyposis, particularly within the underrepresented Brazilian population. Utilizing whole-exome sequencing in 27 patients with unexplained polyposis, the researchers identified 16 candidate genes in 44.4% of cases-an impr…

OBJECTIVES: In chronic diseases, there have been issues with low levels of participant adherence and retention during well-supported lifestyle behaviour change interventional studies. Theoretically informed, the objective was to explore the types of challenges participants are experiencing to inform future designs. DE…

This case-control study seeks to investigate the influence of histological findings, specifically regression, its extent and tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TILs), on result of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy, 5-year melanoma-specific survival (MSS), and relapse-free survival (RFS). We included all patients with cutane…

BACKGROUND: Malignant transformation (MT) of low-grade astrocytoma (LGA) produces a poor prognosis in benign tumors. Currently, variables linked with MT of LGA have proven equivocal. The present study aims to evaluate the risk variables, indicating that LGA gradually differentiates to malignant astrocytoma. METHODS: R…

INTRODUCTION: Despite ongoing efforts to vaccinate communities against COVID-19, the necessity of face mask use in controlling the pandemic remains subject to debate. Several studies have investigated face masks and COVID-19, covering smaller and less diverse populations than this study's sample. This study examines a…