FOOD SECURITY OF THE SAUDI ARABIAN الأمن الغذائی العربی السعودی

Saudi Arabian hospitals

Objectives-To compare the perceptions ofphysician executives and clinicians regarding ethical issues in Saudi Arabian hospitals and the attributes that might lead to the existence of these ethical issues. Design-Self-completion questionnaire administered from February to July 1997. Setting-Different health regions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Participants-Random sample of 457 physicians (317...

Viability of Saudi Arabian Agriculture

The acetylator phenotypes of Saudi Arabian diabetics.

There is a significant association between the rapid acetylator phenotype and diabetes in European populations. Diabetes is a common problem in Saudi Arabians with some clinical features differentiating it from the disorder in Europeans. A series of 100 Saudi diabetics and 100 Saudi controls has been acetylator phenotyped. The controls showed 33 rapid acetylators (R) and 67 slow acetylators (S)...

Collapsing glomerulopathy, the Saudi Arabian scenario

OBJECTIVES To compare the clinico-pathological features of collapsing glomerulopathy (CG) at a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia with the world literature. Methods: In a retrospective study, all biopsy-diagnosed cases of CG between 2004-2015 were identified and analyzed, at King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh. The clinico-pathological findings along with prognosis were...

Stroke in a Saudi Arabian

Background and Purpose: We sought to determine the crude incidence rate, patterns, and risk factors associated with different types of stroke in a defined Saudi population. Methods: Records of 500 (342 male, 158 female) consecutive patients with first-ever stroke admitted from December 1982 to June 1992 in a hospital that exclusively serves the Saudi Arabian National Guard community were review...