Percutaneous liver biopsy (PLB) is the standard procedure for obtaining hepatic tissue for
histopathological examination, and remains an essential tool in the diagnosis and …

Background Recent studies have reported a high prevalence of relative adrenal insufficiency
in patients with liver cirrhosis. However, the effect of corticosteroid replacement on mortality …

Efforts in colorectal cancer (CRC) research aim to improve early detection and treatment for
metastatic stages which could translate into better prognosis of this disease. One of the …

… Al-Knawy, and Dr. Arabi helped with supervision; Drs. Al-Dorzi, Tamim, Taher, Al-Knawy,
and Arabi helped with critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; Dr. …

Importance COVID-19 has highlighted widespread chronic underinvestment in digital health
that hampered public health responses to the pandemic. Recognizing this, the Riyadh …

Covid-19 caught the West by surprise, but the legacy of Ebola, MERS, and SARS meant that
several Asian and African nations had systems in place to mitigate the severity of the …

OBJECTIVES: In Saudi Arabia, viral hepatitis ranked the second most common reportable viral
disease in 2007, with almost 9000 new cases diagnosed in that year. The objective of this …

Objectives This study examines perceptions of the operational and organisational management
of a major outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) caused by a novel …

contraception, 4 other considerations are important for those who need emergency
contraception and are not using hormonal methods; for instance the progestogenonly pill can be …

Background: Endoscopic band ligation combined with sclerotherapy has been postulated to
be superior to ligation alone for the treatment of esophageal variceal bleeding. Methods: A …