Yacoub Abuzied

King Fahad Medical City | KFMC · Spinal Cord Injury

Introduction Creative art therapy is a psychotherapeutic approach used to enhance the mental health status of patients. Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the effect of creative art therapy on the levels of depression, anxiety, and stress in Jordanian patients following stroke. Methods One-group pretest–posttest design was used; it included...

Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is considered an aggressive rare variant of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma that has a predilection to develop in immunocompromised patients, particularly HIV-positive individuals. This report highlights the development of such a rare and aggressive malignancy in a 55-year-old immunocompetent male. It outlines the atypica...

Introduction COVID-19 has impacted all dimensions of life and imposed serious threat on humankind. Background In Jordan, understanding how nurses experienced providing care for patients with COVID-19 offers a framework of knowledge about similar situations within the context of Arabic culture. Aim To explore nurses' experience with providing hand...

Background: Ovarian vein thrombosis (OVT) is an uncommon condition, occurring in ∼1 in every 600–2,000 pregnancies. It is associated with various conditions, including thrombophilia, malignancy, sepsis, intra-abdominal and pelvic inflammatory conditions, pregnancy, and the postpartum period, and specific surgical interventions, particularly gynecol...

Background Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) are frequently prescribed for contraception, to regulate ovulation and treat endometriosis, and to control menopausal symptoms. A major risk of hormonal contraceptives is vascular thrombosis. Methods A retrospective chart review of female patients with deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE...

Palliative care (PC) virtual visits have had high satisfaction rates, especially with patients in remote areas. Due to a number of factors, further studies are needed to develop tools that can be helpful and cost effective in improving patient’s quality of life.

Abuzied Y, Maymani H, AlMatouq B, AlDosary O. Reducing the length of stay by enhancing the patient discharge process: using quality improvement tools to optimize hospital efficiency. Glob J Qual Saf Healthc. 2021; 4:44–49. DOI: 10.36401/JQSH-20-27.

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a number of shifts on healthcare. Conventional face-to-face visits were shifted during lockdown to virtual ones. Palliative care (PC) virtual visits have had high satisfaction rates, especially with patients in remote areas. Due to a number of factors, further studies are needed to develop tools that can be helpful an...

This article described our experience in implementing a quality improvement project to overcome the bed overcapacity problem at a comprehensive cancer centre in a tertiary care centre. We formed a multidisciplinary team including a representative from patient and family support (six members), hospice care and home care services (four members), mult...

A patient's length of stay (LOS) in the hospital is related to their clinical, operational, and financial outcomes. Moreover, extended LOS increases the risk of hospital-acquired infections. Reducing LOS is, therefore, imperative for increasing the efficiency of hospitals and medical institutions. But, how exactly can the LOS be reduced A new study...

Objective: During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a significant decrease in the number of operated elective cases due to the shutdown procedures. This situation created a substantial surgical backlog. Several visits are generally necessary before a surgical decision making and booking the surgery time. Improving patient access by creating “one-sto...

Introduction and importance Messenger RNA vaccines, commonly known as mRNA vaccines, are the first COVID-19 vaccines that have been authorized and licensed in the United States. Two mRNA vaccines, BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) and mRNA-1273 (Moderna) are available. Mass vaccination remains the most critical way to halt the spread of the COVID pandemic...

Researchers from Saudi Arabia demonstrate improved hospital efficiency through optimized patient discharge facilitated by a quality intervention protocol Timely discharge of patients from hospitals is as important as their timely admission. Delays in discharge leading to extended length of stay (LOS) affects both the patient and hospital efficiency...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a number of shifts on healthcare. Conventional face-to-face visits were shifted during lockdown to virtual ones. Palliative care (PC) virtual visits have had high satisfaction rates, especially with patients in remote areas. Due to a number of factors, further studies are needed to develop tools that can b...

Background Coronavirus 19 pandemic impacted the health system with more pressure on the critical areas, leading to direct manpower working in the Operating Room to help treat this new problem by postponing elective surgical cases and affecting some urgent ones. However, elective surgical services start to recover by establishing one or more hospita...

This article described our experience in implementing a quality improvement project to overcome the bed overcapacity problem at a comprehensive cancer centre in a tertiary care centre. We formed a multidisciplinary team including a representative from patient and family support (six members), hospice care and home care services (four members), mult...

Objective To evaluate the effects of therapeutic heparin compared with prophylactic heparin among moderately ill patients with covid-19 admitted to hospital wards. Design Randomised controlled, adaptive, open label clinical trial. Setting 28 hospitals in Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and US. Participants 465 adults...

Introduction Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a pandemic of international concern that has caused significant physical and psychological health challenges to healthcare workers worldwide. This study aimed to assess and evaluate the psychological responses of healthcare workers who provided hands-on care for patients with COVID-19 at King Fahad Med...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a number of shifts on healthcare. Conventional face-to-face visits were shifted during lockdown to virtual ones. Palliative care (PC) virtual visits have had high satisfaction rates, especially with patients in remote areas. Due to a number of factors, further studies are needed to develop tools that can b...

Background Heparin, in addition to its anticoagulant properties, has anti-inflammatory and potential anti-viral effects, and may improve endothelial function in patients with Covid-19. Early initiation of therapeutic heparin could decrease the thrombo-inflammatory process, and reduce the risk of critical illness or death. Methods We randomly assign...

In response to the request of the Saudi Health Council, an expert palliative multi-disciplinary central committee was created to develop a model of the essential Saudi palliative medication list (EML), to be updated every 2 years, based on the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria for EML. Objectives: Our aim was to explore the degree of consen...

Introduction Delays in the discharging process can affect hospital efficiency. Improving patient flow in acute care hospitals is an essential issue that hospital management and research aim to achieve. Admission volume and LOS for hospitalized patients in the medical specialties department was examined at a tertiary care center in Riyadh, Saudi Ara...

Introduction Regular testing of the international normalized ratio (INR) is essential for people taking vitamin K antagonists as part of anticoagulation therapy. This study was undertaken to ascertain the efficacy of point-of-care testing (POCT)-INR versus conventional core laboratory testing in terms of result adequacy, waiting-time reduction, and...

Introduction: Regular testing of the international normalized ratio (INR) is essential for people taking vitamin K antagonists as part of anticoagulation therapy. This study was undertaken to ascertain the efficacy of point-of-care testing (POCT)-INR versus conventional core laboratory testing in terms of result adequacy, waiting-time reduction, an...

Introduction: Data on concomitant control of both glycemia and cardiovascular risk factors among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are very limited in Saudi Arabia. The aim of this study was to assess the degree of achieving glycemic control and concomitant control of cardiovascular risk factors at a primary care setting. Methods: Between Februar...