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1. Implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery protocols for gastrostomy tube insertion in patients younger than 14 years of age: a retrospective cohort study

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Ali Alassiri, Afaf AlTayeb, Hawazin Alqahtani, Lama Alyahya, Raghad AlKhashan, Waad Almutairi, Mohammed Alshawa, Saleh Al-Nassar, Zakaria Habib, and Saud AlShanafey

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Medicine
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BACKGROUND: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols have improved treatment outcomes and have standardized patient care. OBJECTIVES: Identify the benefit of introducing the ERAS protocol for feeding after gastrostomy insertion with or without Nissen fundoplication, the effects on the time of reaching the full feeds the length of stay single-center experience, and complications associated with early feeding protocols. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study SETTING: Tertiary hospital METHODS: The study review included cases performed between 2015 and 2021 by four surgeons, and cases performed in 2022 by all surgeons using ERAS feeding protocol (P) in a tertiary hospital. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Comparison the mean and mode of the length of stay (LOS) and the time until the patient reached full feed (TFF). SAMPLE SIZE: 224 patients; 181 by the four surgeons and 43 cases by the ERAS protocol group. RESULTS: The difference in the ERAS protocol from the four surgeons in TFF and LOS was statistically significant (P

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2023
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2. Depression and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia

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Haifa Alsheikh, Abdulrahman Alqahtani, Afrah Alsomali, Shahd Alyousof, Afaf Altayeb, Muhammad Raihan Sajid, and Noara Alhusseini

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medicine.medical_specialty, Population, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, obsessive compulsive disorders, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, law, Quarantine, Pandemic, medicine, education, Psychiatry, Depression (differential diagnoses), education.field_of_study, business.industry, quarantine, General Engineering, Mental health, Patient Health Questionnaire, Distress, covid-19, Epidemiology/Public Health, depression, Public Health, Curfew, business, mental health, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic with significant morbidity and mortality. The Saudi government adopted mandatory home quarantine and curfew hours for all residents, excluding essential service workers. During the lockdown, the public's fear of infection can adversely impact mental health, causing psychological distress. The objective of this research is to assess frequency of depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) among the general population during COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised assessment test (OCI-R) in Arabic and English languages distributed via social media platforms. Chi-square test was used with significance determined at p

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2021
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