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Bench-to-bedside review: early tracheostomy in critically ill trauma patientsNehad Shirawi
Intensive Care Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Crit Care 10:201. 2006..It also reviews the predictors of prolonged mechanical ventilation, which may guide the decision regarding the timing of tracheostomy...
The critically ill avian influenza A (H5N1) patientYaseen Arabi
Intensive Care Department, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Crit Care Med 35:1397-403. 2007..This review examines perspectives of human infection with avian influenza A H5N1 (AI H5N1), specifically focusing on the presentation, diagnosis, and management of those critically ill with AI H5N1...- Study designs in healthcare researchYaseen Arabi
Intensive Care Department (MC 1425, King Abdul-Aziz Medical City, PO Box 22490, Riyadh 11426, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Med J 26:1175-9. 2005 - Emergency room to the intensive care unit in Hajj. The chain of lifeYaseen M Arabi
Acting Chairman, Intensive Care Department, King Abdul Aziz Medical City and College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Health Sciences, MC 1425, PO Box 22490, Riyadh, 11426, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Med J 27:937-41. 2006..The purpose of this article is to outline the admission criteria from the emergency room to the intensive care and to review some of the unique features of providing these services during the Hajj season... - Critical care medicine in Saudi ArabiaY Arabi
Department of Intensive Care, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
East Mediterr Health J 12:225-30. 2006..The future needs of the profession are also addressed... - Early tracheostomy in intensive care trauma patients improves resource utilization: a cohort study and literature reviewYaseen Arabi
Intensive Care Department MC 1425, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Crit Care 8:R347-52. 2004..The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of early tracheostomy on the duration of mechanical ventilation, ICU length of stay, and outcomes in trauma ICU patients... - Percutaneous tracheostomy in a patient with mandibulo-maxillary interfixation with modified approach for bronchoscopic guidance--case reportYaseen Arabi
Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Division of Maxillofacial, Department of Surgery, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, KAMC, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Middle East J Anesthesiol 18:897-902. 2006..Our case demonstrates the feasibility of percutaneous tracheostomy in the setting of mandibulo-maxillary interfixation. To our knowledge this is the first report of percutaneous tracheostomy in this indication... - Risks and benefits of open-lung biopsy in the mechanically ventilated critically ill population: a cohort study and literature reviewYaseen Arabi
Department of Intensive Care, King Abdualziz Medical City, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Med Sci Monit 13:CR365-71. 2007..The study's objective was to determine the diagnostic yield, morbidity, mortality, and therapeutic impact of open-lung biopsy (OLB) in mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients... - The characteristics of very short stay ICU admissions and implications for optimizing ICU resource utilization: the Saudi experienceYaseen Arabi
Department of Intensive Care, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Int J Qual Health Care 16:149-55. 2004..Our aim was to study their characteristics with the aim of developing strategic approaches for better and more appropriate utilization of ICU resources... 
Ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults in developing countries: a systematic reviewYaseen Arabi
Intensive Care Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, ICU 1425, PO Box 22490, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia
Int J Infect Dis 12:505-12. 2008....- Pro/Con debate: should 24/7 in-house intensivist coverage be implemented?Yaseen Arabi
Intensive Care Department, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, ICU 1425, PO Box 22490, Riyadh, 11426 K S A
Crit Care 12:216. 2008..You wonder about the sustainability of each model... - Improving resource utilization in the intensive care units. A challenge for Saudi HospitalsYaseen Arabi
Department of Intensive Care, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Med J 24:131-7. 2003..Measures to reduce re-admissions to ICU must also be implemented. Improving ICU resource utilization requires teamwork not only the intensivists but also the administrators and other health care providers... - Can we predict prognosis using mortality probability model IIo?Yaseen Arabi
Intensive Care Department, MC 1425, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, PO Box 22490, Riyadh 11426, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Med J 23:1115-9. 2002..To evaluate Mortality Probability Model (MPM) IIo as a tool to predict very poor prognosis after intensive care unit admission... - Mortality reduction after implementing a clinical practice guidelines-based management protocol for severe traumatic brain injuryYaseen M Arabi
Intensive Care Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 11426
J Crit Care 25:190-5. 2010..The objective of this study was to examine the effect of implementing a clinical practice guidelines-based management protocol on the outcome of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)... - The feasibility of nitric oxide delivery with high frequency jet ventilationYaseen Arabi
Department of Intensive Care, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Respirology 10:673-7. 2005..In this case we were able to achieve reliable and constant levels of NO. The purpose of this report is to discuss the technical aspects and pitfalls of this method... - Weekend and weeknight admissions have the same outcome of weekday admissions to an intensive care unit with onsite intensivist coverageYaseen Arabi
Intensive Care Department and College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Crit Care Med 34:605-11. 2006..These findings suggest that such coverage helps in ensuring consistency of care and therefore represents a potentially improved model for intensive care unit practice... - A prospective study of prolonged stay in the intensive care unit: predictors and impact on resource utilizationYaseen Arabi
Department of Intensive Care, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Int J Qual Health Care 14:403-10. 2002..To evaluate the predictors of prolonged Intensive Care Unit (ICU) stay and the impact on resource utilization... - Assessment of performance of four mortality prediction systems in a Saudi Arabian intensive care unitYaseen Arabi
Consultant ICU Program Director, Critical Care Fellowship, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Crit Care 6:166-74. 2002.... - The challenge of a multicultural environment for critical care nursing in Saudi ArabiaHelena Brady
Adult Branch ENB 100 General Intensive Care Nursing, Patient Care Committee, ICU2, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Middle East J Anesthesiol 18:541-50. 2005..In this article it is endeavored to discuss these challenges and to suggest some possible solutions to the problems encountered... - The epidemiology of the first described carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia: how far do we go?H H Balkhy
Department of Infection Prevention and Control, WHO Collaborating Center and GCC center for Infection Control, National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City, P O Box 22490, Riyadh, 11426, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 31:1901-9. 2012..Contact isolation, hand hygiene, environmental cleaning, and staff education may control CRKP outbreak in the acute care setting, but did not prevent endemicity... - Assessment of six mortality prediction models in patients admitted with severe sepsis and septic shock to the intensive care unit: a prospective cohort studyYaseen Arabi
Department of Intensive Care, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Crit Care 7:R116-22. 2003..In addition, SAPS II and MPM II24 were customized for septic patients in a previous study, and the customized versions were included in this evaluation... - Changing sedation practices in the intensive care unit--protocol implementation, multifaceted multidisciplinary approach and teamworkYaseen Arabi
Intensive Care Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University, Riyadh, 11426, Saudi Arabia
Middle East J Anesthesiol 19:429-47. 2007..Sedation protocols have demonstrated effectiveness in improving ICU sedation practices. However, the importance of multifaceted multidisciplinary approach on the success of such protocols has not been fully examined... - Association of obesity with increased mortality in the critically ill patientA Aldawood
Department of Intensive Care, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Anaesth Intensive Care 34:629-33. 2006..Obesity might have a protective effect, although further studies are needed to substantiate this finding... - Sedation in ICU: are we achieving goals?Samir Haddad
Intensive Care Department, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Middle East J Anesthesiol 20:389-96. 2009.... - The practice of do-not-resuscitate orders in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The experience of a tertiary care centerMasoor Ur Rahman
Intensive Care Unit (MC 1425, King Abdul-Aziz Medical City, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Med J 25:1278-9. 2004 - Intensive care management of traumatic brain injurySamir Haddad
King Fahad National Guard Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, P.O. Box: 22490, Riyadh, 11426 KSA
Middle East J Anesthesiol 18:69-84. 2005 - External validation of a modified model of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II for orthotopic liver transplant patientsYaseen Arabi
Intensive Care Department, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Crit Care 6:245-50. 2002.... - Comparison of US and non-US central venous catheter infection rates: evaluation of processes and indicators in infection control studyZiad A Memish
King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, PO Box 22490, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia
Am J Infect Control 31:237-42. 2003..These findings suggest that many aspects of the standards of care do not differ between the 2 groups... - Outcome predictors of cirrhosis patients admitted to the intensive care unitYaseen Arabi
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, King Abdul Aziz Medical Centre, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 16:333-9. 2004..To evaluate outcome predictors of patients with cirrhosis admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU)... - Developing and managing a team to participate in trials involving acute respiratory failure: advice for the inexperiencedYaseen Arabi
King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Curr Opin Crit Care 12:8-12. 2006..This review evaluates the need for and grassroots process of teamwork and considers the challenges facing teamwork in the specific context of conducting acute respiratory failure research today... - Ventriculostomy-associated infections: incidence and risk factorsYaseen Arabi
Department of Intensive Care, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Am J Infect Control 33:137-43. 2005..Routine surveillance cultures of CSF were no more likely to detect infection than cultures obtained when clinically indicated. These findings need to be considered in infection control policies addressing this important issue... - Initial management of traumatic brain injurySamir Haddad
King Fahad National Guard Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, P.O. Box: 22490, Riyadh, 11426 KSA
Middle East J Anesthesiol 18:45-68. 2005 - Effect of corticosteroids on adult varicella pneumonia: cohort study and literature reviewNaeem Adhami
Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Infection prevention and control, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Respirology 11:437-41. 2006..The duration of ICU and hospital LOS were not significantly different. All patients survived. CONCLUSIONS: Corticosteroids in severe VP accelerate the physiological recovery and may shorten the duration of mechanical ventilation... - The safety of percutaneous tracheostomy in patients with coagulopathy or thrombocytopeniaAbdulaziz Al Dawood
Intensive Care Dept, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Middle East J Anesthesiol 19:37-49. 2007..3) due to major bleeding in spite of transfusion of both platelets and FFP. Our data suggest the incidence of bleeding is low in patients with coagulopathy and or thrombocytopenia-undergoing PT without bronchoscopic guidance... - Ventilation strategy using low tidal volumes, recruitment maneuvers, and high positive end-expiratory pressure for acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: a randomized controlled trialMaureen O Meade
Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
JAMA 299:637-45. 2008..Low-tidal-volume ventilation reduces mortality in critically ill patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Instituting additional strategies to open collapsed lung tissue may further reduce mortality... - Magnesium supplementation and the potential association with mortality rates among critically ill non-cardiac patientsOusama C Dabbagh
Department of Intensive Care Unit, King Fahad Hospital, King Abdul-Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Med J 27:821-5. 2006..The exact cause of this effect is unknown. An aggressive magnesium supplementation protocol may be warranted. A larger scale randomized study is necessary to evaluate this effect... - Health risks at the HajjQanta A Ahmed
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Lancet 367:1008-15. 2006..We examine the response of clinicians, the Saudi Ministry of Health, and Hajj authorities to these unique problems, and list health recommendations for prospective pilgrims... - Nosocomial infective endocarditis in critically ill patients: a report of three cases and review of the literatureSamir H Haddad
Department of Intensive Care, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, P.O. Box 22490, Riyadh 11426, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Int J Infect Dis 8:210-6. 2004..We have reviewed the literature concerning NIE in critically ill patients and describe the epidemiology, microbiology and clinical features of this uncommon infection and comment on its diagnosis and management...