Saudi Journal for Health Sciences
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Saudi Journal for Health Sciences is a quarterly peer-reviewed international journal published by Taif University. The journal covers basic and applied medical and health sciences including ethical and social issues.
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences
3y ago
Ashwani Jain, Ayushi Chhabra, Ankur Malhotra, Deepti Arora, Sarika Goel, Satish Pathak
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences 2020 9(2):167-171
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a major health burden in developing countries. It can be pulmonary or extrapulmonary, but involvement of tendon sheaths is extremely uncommon. Due to nonspecific clinical features and wide differentials, diagnosis is often delayed. Here, we report one such rare case, where a male patient presented with multiple, painless swellings over the wrist and hand and posed a diagnostic challenge on radiological investigations (ult ..read more
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences
3y ago
Prachala Rathod, Abha Sharma, Bibhabati Mishra, Archana Thakur, Poonam Loomba, Ashish Bajaj, Madhusmita Das
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences 2020 9(2):160-163
Strongyloidiasis is endemic in tropical and subtropical countries. It can become fatal and life-threatening in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of a 36-year-old female who was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis and type II diabetes mellitus. The patient complained of diarrhea with fever, vomiting, and dyspnea. On examination of stool in wet mount, 10–15 motile larvae/high-power field were seen. A methylene blue sta ..read more
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences
3y ago
Nishith Govil, Kumar Parag, Hariom Khandelwal, Bharat Bhushan Bhardwaj
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences 2020 9(2):164-166
Scrub typhus or tsutsugamushi disease is characterized by nonspecific signs and symptoms. Disease manifestation are acute fever, eschar formation at the site of chigger bite and serious respiratory complication. We report the case of a 22-year-old girl admitted in our intensive care unit (ICU) with the chief complaints of fever with chills, rigor, and severe headache diagnosed as scrub typhus. She was treated well for 7 days, cured, and discharged from the ICU. For a phy ..read more
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences
3y ago
Lina H Raffa, Mohammed R Algethami
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences 2020 9(2):146-151
Background: The development of visual impairment in young children can negatively impact visual, motor, and cognitive function, and subsequently, affect the child's psychosocial functioning. Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the eye care status among children with intellectual disabilities (IDs). Methodology: A questionnaire was designed to explore the attitudes of parents toward eye care for their intellectually disabled children aged 3–17 years and possible barriers to ..read more
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences
3y ago
Abdulrahman Abdullah Alasqah, Faisal Ibrahim Aldosari, Abdullah Ibrahim Almutaz
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences 2020 9(2):152-159
Background: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the severe complications of diabetes that can result in complete blindness when it presents late in the course of the disease. The role of primary care physicians (PCPs) in the screening, prevention, and possibly referral of patients with this complication is of great importance. Materials and Methods: An analytic cross-sectional study was conducted in all primary care clinics in Buraidah city, Qassim region, Saudi ..read more
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences
3y ago
Dareen Khalid Aljehani, Fawaz Pullishery, Omer Abdelgadir Elfaki Osman, Basem Mohamed Abuzenada
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences 2020 9(2):84-87
Background: Item writing flaws while constructing multiple-choice questions (MCQs) have serious impact on different psychometric properties of questionnaire. The study aimed to evaluate the relationship of length of questions of (MCQs) items on difficulty factor (DF), discrimination index (DI), and Point Bi-serial (rBP) of a dental program assessment. Materials and Methods: The cross-sectional study included 627 MCQs. The data were analyzed from th ..read more
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences
3y ago
Abdulellah Al Thobaity
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences 2020 9(2):141-145
Background: The roles of emergency nurses include providing high-quality health care to patients, ensuring their safety, and liaising with their families. Identifying barriers by nurses to achieving patients' safety in Saudi Arabia is vital as there is a lack of the evidence on the topic. Objective: The study aim was to identify major barriers to the provision of patients' safety by nurses in the emergency department. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the nursing departments of two hosp ..read more
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences
3y ago
Rina Tripathi, Ahmed A Albarraq, Hafiz A Makeen, Saad S Alqahtani, Pankaj Tripathi, Shyam Sunder Pancholi
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences 2020 9(2):122-129
Background: National antimicrobial stewardship program (AMS) is an initiative to prevent antibiotic misadventures. Currently, AMS is not compulsory as part of the undergraduate health-care students in Saudi Arabia. Identifying gaps in knowledge and a better understanding of their perceptions about AMS could assist in recommendations for appropriate changes to the curricula that may lead to more appropriate use of antimicrobials within t ..read more
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences
3y ago
Sisir Chakraborty, Prithwijit Banerjee, Rajdip Hazra, Somnath Maity, Swati Banerjee, Niladri Sarkar
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences 2020 9(2):130-135
Background: Snakebite-related fatality is among the highest in West Bengal and such patients display variety of clinical features. Precious time is also lost during the transport to health-care centers. Aim: The study was undertaken to find out the incidences and mortality associated with different snakebites and to compare the clinical features between the survivor and nonsurvivors. Materials and Methods: The data were derived from 286 indoo ..read more
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences
3y ago
Abhay Vilas Deshmukh, Shubhangi Natthuji Mangam, Pravinkumar Vijaykumar Ghongade, Vitaladevuni Balasubramanyam Shivkumar
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences 2020 9(2):109-113
Background: Filariasis is one of the common health problems in tropical countries. The parasite causing the disease primarily resides in lymphatic channels or lymph nodes. It can remain viable in these places for decades. The clinical presentation may vary from superficial palpable swelling to pain and erythema. The cytopathological diagnosis of microfilaria on fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) helps in prompt recogn ..read more