Disease relevance of FAHD1

• SETTING: IVF Center, King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Buraidah, Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia. PATIENT(S): One 31-year-old woman with 8 years of primary infertility [1].
• This paper reports on the prevalence of oral lichen planus among 4277 Saudi patients, aged 18-73 yr, seen in the dental department of King Fahd Central Hospital, Gizan, Saudi Arabia, between 1982 and 1987, 63% of the patients were males [2].
• A total of 28 patients affected with bronchial asthma were given immunotherapy in the allergy clinic of King Fahd Hospital of the University. Of the 28 patients, 12 were females and 16 were males [3].
• 73 children with acute osteomyelitis seen at King Fahd University Hospital, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia were reviewed [4].
• This is a review of 147 patients suspected of foreign body (FB) inhalation, admitted to King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Al Gassim, Saudi Arabia from July 1989 to December 1994 [5].

High impact information on FAHD1

• METHODS: We conducted this prospective study at King Fahd Hospital of the University, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, between January 2002 and June 2003 [6].
• One hundred and two questionnaires of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) were sent to the qualified orthopedic surgeons with a self-addressed stamped envelope, from the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar [7].
• OBJECTIVES: To describe the pattern of skin disease in the Eastern Province and compare it with similar studies carried out in other regions of Saudi Arabia. METHODS: All new dermatology cases reporting at King Fahd Hospital of the University in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, seen between August 2002 to July 2003 were reviewed [8].
• METHODS: A prospective study was carried out in the Gastroenterology Division, King Fahd Central Hospital, Gizan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from January 1995 to December 1998 [9].
• METHODS: Eighty-six outpatients with heart disease with intention to fast were studied in the month of Ramadan 1996 (1416 H) at the King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Detailed clinical and biochemical assessments were performed within 3 days before the start of Ramadan and then on the last day of Ramadan [10].

Chemical compound and disease context of FAHD1

• SETTING: King Fahd Hospital of the University at Al-Khobar and College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. RESULTS: Two-hundred and one patients were treated for acute osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease [11].

Biological context of FAHD1

• METHODS: The study was conducted over a period of 8 years and included 189 cases of multiple pregnancy, all of which were delivered at the King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, between July 1986 and August 1994 [12].
• A pilot study collecting data both retrospectively and prospectively covering a span of 4 years (January 1989 to December 1992) was carried out at King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Al-Gassim, Saudi Arabia. The aim was to study the epidemiology of facial clefts in the exclusively Saudi population [13].
• METHODS: This study presents a retrospective analysis of birth-related fractures of long bones seen at the King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia. RESULTS: There were 21 fractures (clavicle 11, femur 6, humerus 3 and radius 1) during the 10-year period, with an overall incidence of 0.67 per 1000 live births [14].

Anatomical context of FAHD1

• METHODS: The requests and reports of all bone marrow biopsies and aspirations carried out during a 12-year period from January 1988 through to December 1999, in King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were retrospectively reviewed [15].
• This paper reports a new procedure used successfully in the reconstruction of 12 radical mastoid cavities in King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia. A composite pedicled flap composed of temporalis muscle and its fascia attached along one border, based posteriorly, is rotated in to the radical cavity [16].
• For the past two years at the King Fahd Hospital of the University in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, a modified incision for the trans-septal trans-sphenoidal approach to the skull base around the area of the sella turcica has been undertaken in eight cases [17].
• METHODS: A retrospective study of 61 patients who underwent thyroidectomy with routine thyroid frozen section examination at King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Results were compared with the final diagnosis to evaluate its effectiveness in predicting malignancy [18].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of FAHD1

• This retrospective study at King Fahd University Hospital was undertaken to assess the hospital-based incidence and the complication rate among young Saudi nationals with a fracture of the femur [19].
• METHODS: The records of all women para > or = 5 with one previous cesarean section (n = 238) delivered at King Fahd Hospital of the University between the January 1 1994 and December 31 2000 were reviewed and compared with women who delivered at the hospital in the year 2000 (n = 2470) [20].
• Prospective surveillance for hemodialysis vascular access-related infection was performed for all patients undergoing hemodialysis from November 1999 through April 2001 at King Fahd Hospital of King Faisal University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia. The total number of dialysis sessions was calculated [21].
• At King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom, splenectomy is performed frequently for various reasons on patients drawn from all the Provinces [22].
• METHODS: A 7-year retrospective review of blood bank records for results of serological tests at the King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, KSA, from January 1995 to December 2001 was conducted [23].

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