OBJECTIVE To review the intestinal parasites diagnosed in a university hospital in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODS This is a retrospective analysis of intestinal parasitic infections reported in patients visiting at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), Riyadh, KSA from 1996 to 2003. Information regarding positive cases detected during the study period was collected from the ...

1Executive Office of the GCC States for Health Ministers, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Correspondence to S.A. Bawazir: [email protected]). Received: 03/09/03; accepted: 30/11/03 ABSTRACT An important issue in health care today is the cost of essential pharmaceuticals and medical supplies. To control the increase of health c...

Four days after cranial trauma, a 41-year-old man presented with fever, headache, confusion, and neck stiffness. He had received antibiotics in an outside hospital for these symptoms. There was no history of CSF rhinorrhea or otorrhea or chronic suppurative otitis media. He underwent cranial diffusion weighted MRI (Figures 1A & 1B), post contrast T1 weighted image (Figure 1C), apparent diffusio...

This study analyzed the information seeking behaviour of the teachers and students at College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In this study, data collected from 150 teachers and students by administering questionnaires on their information seeking and requirements of the College of Engineering, indicates that guidance in the use of library resources and se...

OBJECTIVE The current research evaluated the prevalence of pernicious anemia (PA) in patients with macrocytic anemia (high MCV) and low serum B12 in Riyadh. METHODS Blood testing was done in 77 patients (males: 45.5%, females: 54.5%) with macrocytic anemia; 84 patients; (males: 23.8%, females: 76.2%) with low serum B12 and 30 healthy subjects. Complete blood count, differential count, folic a...

The novel coronavirus disease outbreak in Saudi Arabia in 2012 predominately affected males and those living in urban areas. Since September and October 2012, when the first 2 cases were published, a total of 15 confirmed cases have been reported. All but 2 have been linked to conuntries of the Arabian peninsula; Saudi Arabian nationals accounted for a majority, 8 in all, and only 1 case was fe...

Electrical load forecasting is very crucial for electrical power systems’ planning and operation. Both buildings’ demand meteorological datasets may contain hidden patterns that are required to be investigated studied show their potential impact on forecasting. The data analyzed in this study through different mining techniques aiming predict the of a factory located Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. used ...

Aims: This study aims to reveal misconceptions about keratoconus, assess the level of knowledge among Saudi nationals and compare awareness keratoconus between affected unaffected individuals.
 Methodology: A cross-sectional was conducted through an online survey on a population that consisted over age 18 from November until December 2020 in Riyadh, Arabia population.
 Results: Three ...