Saudi Arabian Developments

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

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...

Saudi Arabian Cultural Factors and Personalised Elearning

With the support of the internet, many institutes in various countries have adopted the idea of introducing a web-based education system. In many countries, the government implements initiatives pushing eLearning solutions forward, such as in Europe (e.g, the UK, Malaysia and Singapore, but also in the Arab world (e.g., in Saudi Arabia and Kuwaiti). However, as a late comer to eLearning, Saudi ...

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...