BACKGROUND Approximately, 80% of the many cases of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) confirmed worldwide were diagnosed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The risk of the disease spreading internationally is especially worrying given the role of KSA as the home of the most important Islamic pilgrimage sites. This means the need to assess Arab pilgrims' awareness of ...

Imtiaz A. Chaudhry1, Yonca O. Arat2 and Waleed Al-Rashed3 1Senior Academic Consultant, Ophthalmic Plastic Reconstructive Surgeon Oculoplastic and Orbit Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh 2Department of Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, Wisconsin 3Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist, Division of Anterior Segment King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospit...

Ali Nawaz Khan1, Durr-e-Sabih2, Klaus L. Irion3, Hamdan AL-Jahdali4 and Koteyar Shyam Sunder Radha Krishna1 1North Manchester General Hospital Manchester, 2Multan Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Radiotherapy, Nishtar Medical College & Hospital, Multan, 3Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool NHS Trust, The Royal Liverpool University Hospitals, Liverpool, 4Division of Pulmonology, Dept. of Medicine, H...

The incidence of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is not uniform around the world. It varies from 0.9-4.7 per 100,000 children per year (Zhang et al., 2011).The 1Hematology, Oncology and Pharmacogenetic Engineering Sciences (HOPES) Group, Health Sciences Laboratories, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, 9Centre for Advanced Molecular Biology & Nation...

Automatic subsea operations using real-time underwater optical wireless sensor networks are mooted as a new paradigm of Internet Things in this paper. To end, we develop an network prototype called AquaE-net, which consists hub and two nodes with temperature, salinity, conductivity, pH sensing capabilities. Clock synchronization is realized paves the way for future positioning navigation. Moreo...

This work was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competiveness (Project MEDSHIFT, CGL2015-71809-P), Science, Innovation Universities (SUMAECO, RTI2018-095441-B-C21) King Abdullah University for Science Technology (3834 KAUST-CSIC Research Collaboration base line funding to CMD). We thank Ioannis Savva, Julius Glampedakis, Scott Bennet Raquel Vaquer-Sunyer field assistance Joan Manuel...

This paper summarizes data on 30 consecutive spinal tumors treated at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH) between 1984-1991. The male:female ratio was 2.75:1. Thirty percent of cases were less than 20 years of age while 71% were more than 60 years of age. The brain to spinal cord tumor ratio in our unit was 12.3:1. The ratio of Schwannoma to meningioma was 1.6:1. Metastatic carcinoma account...

BACKGROUND Recent attempts were made to identify early indicators of acute kidney injury (AKI) in order to accelerate treatment and hopefully improve outcomes. This study aims to assess the value of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) as a predictor of AKI, severe AKI, and the need for renal replacement therapy (RRT). METHODS We conducted a prospective study and include...