Introduction: Pregnancy in reproductive age is associated with many threats. Preconception care has since been implemented to encourage wellbeing during conception and enhance pregnancy-related outcomes. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the degree of awareness, behaviors and activities relevant to preconception care among women attending prenatal care appointments. Methodology: A cross-sectional analysis undertaken at King Saud University Medical City from April to December 2020. A questionnaire was administered to 1135 respondents aged 18 to 45 years. The questionnaire consisted of four areas, evaluating socio-demographic data and awareness, perceptions and experience of preconception. Results: The mean (SD) behaviors, practice and awareness scores were [11.37(3.94%), 15.39 (2.12%)/ and 10.13(2.30%)] respectively. Overall, 98.5 per cent of respondents had positive perceptions, 45.2 per cent had good methods and 51.9 per cent had good understanding of preconception treatment. Conclusion: The majority of women had moderate awareness and a neutral approach to preconception treatment. Educational intervention focused on a wellbeing belief paradigm is also suggested in order to enhance women's education and perceptions and establish preconception habits in these persons.
Introduction: Pregnancy in reproductive age is associated with many threats. Preconception care has since been implemented to encourage wellbeing during conception and enhance pregnancy-related outcomes
Introduction: Myxoma is a benign tumor with slow-growth and rare presence in the maxilla and mandible
Background: Oral use of smokeless tobacco has been documented as a prime cause of oral cancer. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the merit of combined use of AgNORs and oral mucosal keratinization for early prediction of cytological atypia associated with smokeless tobacco use
It found that stress is significant in mothers of children with amblyopia. In Saudi Arabia the prevalence of amblyopia among children ranges from 1.3 to 3.9%.
Objectives: Chronic Hepatitis C Virus infection is highly prevalent in Egypt. The introduction of the new direct acting antivirals has revolutionized the treatment of HCV patients.
Chronic kidney disease is an important public and medical problem, as it is associated with high risks of complications which lead to a reduction in physical capacity, psychological status, and quality of life
Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the physicians' most common conditions and accounts for approximately 12% of primary healthcare units' visits.
Lichen nitidus (LN) is a relatively rare chronic inflammatory skin condition of unknown etiology. Here-in we present this is a 28- year-old male patient presented to the outpatient clinic complaining of very itchy persistent skin lesions which have been observed for 6 months.
Background: The management of data related to eye injury can improve the process of care and treatment, and the implementation of preventive programs
Background: Globally, breast cancer accounts for a third of womens’ cancer cases. It is experinced in 1-3% of females with clinical breast findings, negative mammogram and ultrasound
Background: Diabetes mellitus type 1 (T1D) is a metabolic disease. Those diagnosed with T1D, need special care, especially children, to prevent complication and provide proper care to T1D children, school staff they should have a high level of awareness and knowledge to deal with diabetic children because they are responsible for them in school
Background: Saudi Arabia is witnessing a rapid increase in the overall epidemiology of cancer. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the key cancers in Northern Saudi Arabia
Silicone oil injection at the end of vitrectomy is common. Cataracts are also common when silicone oil needs to be removed from the eye. The question arises; should we remove the silicone oil first and at least two months later perform cataract and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation surgery
Background: Heart Failure (HF) occurs more commonly in patients with type II Diabetes Mellitus (DM). Conversely, recent publications suggesting that the reverse is also true
Introduction: Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a rapidly evolving confused state. Like other front line health care workers (HCWs), physiotherapists are also providing their valuable services to COVID-19 patients
Background: A survey of breast surgeons in Saudi Arabia was conducted to evaluate changes in clinical practice regarding sentinel node biopsy (SNB) among clinically node-negative patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer with axillary node metastasis.
Background: Retroperitoneal liposarcoma is the commonest adult’s soft tissue sarcoma. It is a slowly growing tumor commonly presents >10cm & at advanced stage
Background: Headache is a common health problem among physicians; it could leads to adversative influences on their work performance and quality of life
Background: The interaction between heart and kidneys has increased, and parts of the pathophysiological background for the cardiorenal syndrome have been established
Tooth eruption and shedding is a continuous process, which replaces the exfoliated primary teeth with permanent teeth. The tooth eruption is defined as the occlusal or axial movement of the tooth from its developmental position within the jaw
Phyllodes tumor is described to a small portion of primary tumors of the breast. We report a case of a 64-year-old woman presenting with a lump in the left breast progressive over 4 years reaching her waist level
Background: Osteoprosis is a common systemic disaes most prvalent in menopausal women. In absence of many studies from Saudi Arabia that have been published in this topic, we conducted this study to assess the public knowledge and awareness towards osteoporosis
Objectives: Monitoring hemodynamics in septic shock is very challenging issue in all septic patients in pediatric intensive care units and to choose the most appropriate vasoactive drug
Background: The epidermoid cyst of the testes is an exceptional benign tumor. Furthermore, inguinal orchidectomy is the treatment of choice for testicular tumors; conservative therapy can be attempted if an epidermoid cyst is suspected
Introduction: DVT deaths are caused by massive pulmonary embolism (PE) due to the migration of the formed thrombus, but awareness of DVT or PE was significantly higher among those with a personal or family history of VTE
Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is an obstruction of the principal pulmonary artery, or one of its parts, by a material that has passed into the bloodstream from elsewhere in the body
Objectives: To determine the diagnostic value of immature granulocyte (IG) count before treatment in patients with invasive bladder cancer and to compare this marker with other routine inflammation markers
Objective: Evaluate the efficacy and safety of 4% topical minocycline in treating moderate-to-severe acne vulgaris (AV).
Objective: investigate the use redivac drainage tubes to drain septic knee arthritis in patients who are unfit for general anesthesia using local anesthesia as an alternative method in treating septic knee arthritis
Objective: assess the effect of using statins on liver enzymes in patients with dyslipidemia. Methods: A prospective observational study, the study involved 140 participants that were initiated on statin therapy at the end of the study 104 patients completed the study.
This study aimed to define the efficacy of clove’s oil and its aqueous extract against dermatophytes clinical isolates in comparison to some antifungal drugs namely, fluconazole, ketoconazole, itraconazole, terbinafine and griseofulvin, by using the in vitro susceptibility test
