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Introduction: Patient satisfaction with health care is considered to be one of the main objectives of quality ‎care. The satisfaction of the patients has been investigated in different colleges of dentistry in ‎many countries. Assessment of the patients’ feedback could help in promoting best quality of ‎treatment. Aims & Objective. The objective of this study is to determine patients’ satisfaction regarding the quality ‎of treatment at dental clinics of the College of Dentistry at Majmaah University.‎ Material & Method: Self-administrated questionnaire was distributed to patients attending to dental clinics. It was ‎composed of twenty-four closed questions measuring patient satisfaction regarding the dental ‎care provided. This questionnaire had three main themes. First, was the reason why patients chose ‎the dental school and the purpose of the visit. Second, was based on the ease of getting an ‎appointment and staff behavior. Third was related to student/doctor communication and attitude. ‎ Results: A total of 442 questionnaires were collected. Response rate was 88.4% as 442 out of 500 ‎questionnaires were returned. The most of the patients were male (68.1%) whereas female were ‎‎(31.9%). A total of 424 (95.9%) of the participants agreed that it was easy to get an ‎appointment in the dental clinics and a total of 278 (62.9%) were very satisfied with the ‎performance of the reception. Regarding to the treatment Majority of the participant were ‎satisfied with the treatment provider, 295(66.7%) very satisfied.‎ Conclusions: The results of the study reported that dental clinics in the college of dentistry in ‎Majmaah university has been successful in achieving participant’s satisfaction regarding the ‎services, staff, treatment and patient–dentist interaction. Key words: Dental care, Education, patient satisfaction

To describe the acute and late complications of organophosphate (OP) poisoning.Case series.Medicine Department at Peoples Medical College Hospital, Nawabshah, from June 2008 to December 2009.A total of 300 patients with organophosphate poisoning admitted to the Medical ICU were included. Baseline investigations included blood complete picture, urea, creatinine, arterial blood gas values, and serum cholinesterase levels. Data was retrieved from the files on a structured proforma. Studied variables included gender, mode of exposure, acute (occuring within 4 weeks) and delayed (occuring after 4 weeks onwards) complicationsThere were 50 (16.66%) males and 250 (83.33%) females with ratio of 1:5. Two hundred and forty eight (82.6%) had ingested while 18 (6%) had inhaled the poison. Acute complications included fits in 50 (16.66) bradycardia in 30 (10%) and hyperglycemia in 15 (5%) patients. Delayed complications (after 4 weeks and later) included monoplegia and mild sensory loss of lower limbs in 4 (2.66) and paraplegia and weakness of upper limbs in 2 (0.66%) patients each. A total of 50 patients died due to different complications in acute period making a mortality rate of 16.66%.Frequency of acute organophosphate (OP) poisoning complications is much higher and related with high mortality and morbidity and where as late complications are less frequent and less life threatening.