Saudi Medical Journal

Article	Citations
Advantages and disadvantages of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic era among physicians in Taif, Saudi Arabia	44
Healthcare workers experience in dealing with Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic	40
Health care worker burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic	35
Prevalence and reasons of increased type 2 diabetes in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries	35
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on glycemic control in children and adolescents	32
Radiation therapy in head and neck cancer	32
Clinical characteristics and in-hospital mortality of COVID-19 adult patients in Saudi Arabia	31
The use of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) as a marker for COVID-19 infection in Saudi Arabia	24
Effects of the Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on routine pediatric immunization coverage rates at the main University Hospital in Saudi Arabia	24
Risk factors for hospital admission among COVID-19 patients with diabetes	24
A comparative study of online learning in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic versus conventional learning	23
Effects of chronic pain on sleep quality and depression	23
Prevalence and characteristics of autistic children attending autism centres in 2 major cities in Saudi Arabia	21
Sleep quality and insomnia during the COVID-19 lockdown among the Saudi public	21
Prevalence of primary dysmenorrhea and its effect on the quality of life amongst female medical students at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	20
Electronic medical records and health care promotion in Saudi Arabia	20
Diagnosis and management of childhood sleep-disordered breathing	17
Post-vaccination survey for monitoring the side effects associated with COVID-19 vaccines among healthcare professionals of Jazan province, Saudi Arabia	17
Diabetes mellitus as a comorbidity in COVID-19 infection in the United Arab Emirates	16
Mapping COVID-19 related research from Saudi Arabia, a scoping review	16
The prevalence of internet gaming disorder among medical students at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	15
General population knowledge about osteoarthritis and its related risk factors in Jeddah Saudi Arabia	15
Remotely monitored inactivity due to COVID-19 lockdowns	15
Synergistic efficacies of thymoquinone and standard antibiotics against multi-drug resistant isolates	14
Artificial intelligence in radiology	14

Role of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the upgrading of personal hygiene. A cross-sectional study in Saudi Arabia	13
Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in rheumatoid arthritis patients	13
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia	13
Impacts and effects of COVID-19 infection in pregnancy	12
The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the development of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in Saudi Arabia	12
Side-effects of COVID-19 vaccines among the Saudi population	12
Frequency and factors associated with inadequate self-care behaviors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Najran, Saudi Arabia	11
Effects of health literacy on type 2 diabetic patients’ glycemic control, self-management, and quality of life	11
Ischemic stroke after AstraZeneca (Covid-19) vaccination	11
Phenotypic and genotypic detection of carbapenemase production among gram negative bacteria isolated from hospital acquired infections	11
Epidemiology of burn-related infections in the largest burn unit in Saudi Arabia	11
Prevalence and determinants of burnout syndrome and depression among medical students at Qassim University, Saudi Arabia	11
Comorbidities and severity of coronavirus disease 2019 patients	10
Prevalence of migraine among the general population, and its effect on the quality of life in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	10
Stress and psychological resilience among general surgery residents during COVID-19 pandemic	10
Caffeine modulates pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles of pioglitazone in diabetic rats	10
Diabetic foot and peripheral arterial disease	9
The effect of COVID-19 vaccine on ovarian reserve	9
Role of fine-needle aspiration cytology in evaluating thyroid nodules	9
Incidence of newborn screening disorders among 56632 infants in Central Saudi Arabia	9
Prevalence of anosmia among COVID-19 patients in Taif City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	9
Evaluation of early biomarkers of renal dysfunction in diabetic patients	9
Assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practices of Saudi adults about calorie labeling in central Saudi Arabia	9
Asthma control and its association with knowledge of caregivers among children with asthma	9
Effect of seminal redox status on lipid peroxidation, apoptosis and DNA fragmentation in spermatozoa of infertile Saudi males	8
Clinical characteristics and in-hospital outcome of medical staff infected with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia	8
The correlation between fear of falling and upper extremity muscle strength	8
COVID-19 in pregnant women	8
Subclinical atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis patients of the Gulf Cooperated Council	8
Vitamin B12 deficiency in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus using metformin and the associated factors in Saudi Arabia	8
Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 mortality in Saudi Arabia	8
Immunohistochemistry of mammary Paget’s disease	8
Awareness of head and neck cancers in Saudi Arabia	8
Quality of life assessment among patients suffering from different dermatological diseases	8
Efficacy of gluten- and casein-free diets on autism spectrum disorders in children	8
Quality of life in vitiligo patients in central Saudi Arabia	7
COVID-19 in children ranging from asymptomatic to a multi-system inflammatory disease	7
Prediction of retinopathy of prematurity using the screening algorithm WINROP in a Saudi cohort of preterm infants	7
The epidemiology and incidence of dengue in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, during 2017-2019	7
Management of adult laryngeal hemangioma with CO2 laser	7
Peptic ulcer associated with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia	7
Diagnostic performance of waist-to-height ratio in identifying cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome among adult Saudis	7
Association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and Helicobacter pylori infection in Dali City, China	7
Assessment of disaster preparedness at general hospitals in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah Province, Western Region of Saudi Arabia	7
Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in female patients with fibromyalgia	7
Effects of androgens and estrogens on sirtuin 1 gene expression in human aortic endothelial cells	7
Combining bioinformatics and biological detection to identify novel biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis of pulmonary tuberculosis	7
Translation, cultural adaptation, and evaluation of the psychometric properties of an Arabic diabetes distress scale	7
Evaluation of irisin, retinol-binding protein 4, and leptin serum levels as biomarkers of macrovascular complications involvement in Saudi type 2 diabetes mellitus. A case-control study	7
Saudi Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine guidance on pregnancy and coronavirus disease 2019	7

Chryseobacterium/Elizabethkingia species infections in Saudi Arabia	7
Prevalence of COVID-19 antibodies among operating room and critical care staff at a tertiary teaching hospital	7
Social media use for public health promotion in the Gulf Cooperation Council	7
Age and gender differences in the prevalence of chronic diseases and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk scores in adults in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia	7
Complications of esophageal strictures dilatation in children	6
Clinical significance of Saussurea Costus in thyroid treatment	6
Prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use in brain tumor patients at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	6
Serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin concentrations are significantly associated with the severity of COVID-19 in pregnant patients	6
Prevalence and outcome of isoniazid-monoresistant tuberculosis at a university hospital in Saudi Arabia	6
Sociodemographic, clinical characteristics, and service utilization of young children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at a research center in Saudi Arabia	6
Exploring the predictors of depression among Saudi adolescents	6
Physical inactivity and its predictors among adolescents in Saudi Arabia	6
Effect of preoperative gabapentin after transurethral prostate resection under general anesthesia	6
The effect of virtual reality on anxiety, stress, and hemodynamic parameters during cesarean section	6
Prevalence and determinants of distress among oncology patients at a tertiary care medical city in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	6
Prevalence of cerebral venous thrombosis with the use of oral contraceptive pills during the Holy month of Ramadan	6
The use of progesterone during pregnancy to prevent preterm birth	6
Impact of diabetes mellitus and co-morbidities on mortality in patients with COVID-19	6
Clinical profiles and outcomes of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in young adults in a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia	5
Prevalence of toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes (TORCH) infections among women attending the antenatal care clinic, maternity hospital in Abha, Southwestern Saudi Arabia	5
Serostatus of IgG antibody against mumps virus in adult population of Al Madinah Al Munawarah, Saudi Arabia	5
The trends and patterns of congenital heart diseases at Madinah Cardiac Center, Madinah, Saudi Arabia	5
Occupational and environmental exposures, the association with chronic sinusitis	5
Assessment of dermatologists’ perception of utilizing teledermatology during COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia	5
Child neglect in Saudi Arabia	5
Screening for body dysmorphic disorder among patients pursuing cosmetic surgeries in Saudi Arabia	5
Hemoglobinopathies	5
Efficacy of interspace between the popliteal artery and the capsule of the posterior knee (iPACK) block versus periarticular local infiltration analgesia after unilateral total knee arthroplasty	5
Normative data of olfactory abilities using cultural adaption Sniffin’ sticks smell test in different age groups	5
Clinical and ultrasonographic features in cancer risk stratification of indeterminate thyroid nodules	5
Causes, timing, and modes of death in a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit	5
Assessment of the quality of anticoagulation management with warfarin in a tertiary care center	5
Early neonatal sepsis and meningitis caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in Saudi Arabia	5
Outcomes of COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region in the first 4 months of the pandemic	5
Insulinoma in tuberous sclerosis	5
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in children	5
Assessment of obsessive-compulsive disorder comorbidity and obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions in patients with schizophrenia	5
Quality of home healthcare among Arab countries	5
Does lymph node ratio (metastasis/total lymph node count) affect survival and prognosis in gastric cancer?	5
Evaluation of COVID-19 myths in Saudi Arabia	5
Outcomes of multidisciplinary team interventions in the management of sickle cell disease patients with opioid use disorders	5
Celecoxib as an adjuvant to chemotherapy for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer	5
Woodhouse-Sakati syndrome (WSS)	5
Renal histopathology spectrum in children with kidney diseases in Saudi Arabia, 1998-2017	5
Frequency of the frontal sinus aplasia among Saudi Arabian population. A single-center retrospective case review	4
Recurrence rates and long-term survival factors in young women with breast cancer	4
Comparing the use of Arabic decision aid to usual care	4
The association between diabetes numeracy and diabetes self-management among Saudi adults with insulin-treated diabetes	4
Efficacy of manual therapy on psychological status and pain in patients with neck pain	4
Saudi Arabia Guidelines for diabetic macular edema	4
The effect of smoking on cognition as measured by Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CATNAB) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor plasma levels	4
Taxation and tobacco plain packaging effect on Saudi smokers quitting intentions in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia	4
Psychosocial predictors of quality of life among chronic hemodialysis patients	4
Surgical site infections in a tertiary hospital over 10 years	4
Screening for Fabry disease among 619 hemodialysis patients in Saudi Arabia	4
Reliability of the Arabic Glasgow children’s benefit inventory	4
Managing patients’ pain in the intensive care units	4
Barriers to routine checkups use among Saudis from the perspective of primary care providers	4
Nutritional status and its determinants in the Eastern Mediterranean region. A review	4
Evaluation of the community pharmacists’ performance in the screening of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs risks in Saudi Arabia	4
Long-stay patients in pediatric intensive care units	4
Incidence of delirium in the critical care unit and risk factors in the Central Region, Saudi Arabia	4
Immunoglobulin G4-related spinal pachymeningitis	4
The impact of an Education-Based Intervention Program (EBIP) on dyspnea and chronic self-care management among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients	4
Prevalence of sleep problems and habits among children in Saudi Arabia	4
Assessment of International Frontal Sinus Anatomy Classification among senior residents through inter- and intra-rater reliability	4
The management of prehypertension in young adults	4
Glutathione and oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) redox status in plasma and placental tissue of Saudi patients with intrauterine growth restriction	4
Blood culture contamination in a tertiary care hospital of Saudi Arabia	4
Antidiabetic and antioxidant potential of Gardenia latifolia in type-2 diabetic rats fed with high-fat diet plus low-dose streptozotocin	4
Utility of ferritin and inflammatory biomarkers in the diagnosis of different stages of breast cancer	4
Utilizing diabetes registry for exploring sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of type II diabetic patients in Saudi Arabia	4
Post-amputation pain among lower limb amputees in a tertiary care hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	4
Safety and cost-effectiveness of outpatient thyroidectomy	4
HspX-mediated survival pathways of pathogenic mycobacteria	4
Bacteria profiles and risk factors for proven early-onset sepsis in preterm neonates	4
Testicular adrenal rest tumors in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia	4
Nicotine and cotinine quantification after a 4-week inhalation of electronic cigarette vapors in male and female mice using UPLC-MS/MS	4
Assessing the cognitive status of older adults attending primary healthcare centers in Saudi Arabia using the Mini-Mental State Examination	4
Public awareness, beliefs and attitude towards depressive disorders in Saudi Arabia	4

The prevalence of cardiovascular disease in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Saudi Arabia - CAPTURE study	4
Magnet and receiver-stimulator displacement after cochlear implantation	4
Efficacy of breast cancer screening program in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	4
Parental neglect of feeding in obese individuals	4
Saudi experts’ recommendation for RSV prophylaxis in the era of COVID-19	4
Prevalence of retinopathy and associated risk factors among high- and low-risk patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus	4
Epilepsy trigger factors in Saudi Arabia	4
Temporomandibular joint involvement in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis	3
The trends of cancer patients’ perceptions on the causes and risk factors of cancer over time	3
Correlation between the clinical severity of laryngomalacia and endoscopic findings	3
Childhood nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis caused by metabolic diseases and renal tubulopathy	3
Efficacy comparison of oseltamivir alone and oseltamivir-antibiotic combination for early resolution of symptoms of severe influenza-A and influenza-B hospitalized patients	3
Micro-RNA-21 rs1292037 A>G polymorphism can predict hepatocellular carcinoma prognosis (HCC), and plays a key role in cell proliferation and ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in HCC cell model of I	3
Emphasizing the link between blood types in multi-ethnic disparities and COVID-19 infection in Makkah, Saudi Arabia	3
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma metastasis to the breast	3
Superior mesenteric artery syndrome	3
Challenges in diabetic foot treatment during pandemic of COVID-19	3
Time of appearance of ossification centers in carpal bones	3
Sociodemographic and clinical predictors of refractory type 2 diabetes patients	3
Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells and wound healing	3
Are women diagnosed with early pregnancy loss at risk for anxiety, depression, and perinatal grief?	3
Prevalence of transfusion-transmitted infections in Saudi Arabia blood donors	3
Melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer among patients who attended at King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 2007 - 2018	3
Factors associated with mortality and morbidity among pediatrics with burn injuries in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	3
The effect of laryngoscope types on hemodynamic response and optic nerve sheath diameter	3
A combination of the preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratios as a useful predictor of survival outcomes following the transarterial chemoembolization of huge hepatocell	3
Acute cardiac injury is associated with adverse outcomes, including mortality in COVID-19 patients	3
The antimicrobial activity of ceftobiprole against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa	3
Oncology research in Saudi Arabia over a 10-year period	3
Risk factors of early postoperative cardiac arrhythmia after pediatric cardiac surgery	3
The efficacy of vancomycin powder in total knee arthroplasty	3
Cyclooxygenase-2 immunohistochemical expression is associated with worse prognosis in breast cancer	3
Leeds sleep evaluation questionnaire in Jordanian university students	3
Predictive value of platelet to lymphocyte ratio and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in evaluating both lung involvement and severity of patients with coronavirus disease 2019	3
Comparison of bone mineral density and Fracture Risk Assessment Tool in Saudi women with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus	3
A prospective double-blinded randomized control trial comparing erector spinae plane block to thoracic epidural analgesia for postoperative pain in video-assisted thoracic surgery	3
The effect of low flow anesthesia on hemodynamic and peripheral oxygenation parameters in obesity surgery	3
The association between plasma homocysteine level and metabolic syndrome	3
Risk factor for 31-day unplanned readmission to hospital in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in China	3
Ramadan fasting among advanced chronic kidney disease patients	3
A retrospective study of the incidence and predisposing factors of third- and fourth-degree perineal tears	3
Influence of family environment on the outcomes of cochlear implantation in pediatric recipients	3
Physicians’ and nurses’ perceptions and attitudes toward sickle cell disease patients in Jazan, Saudi Arabia	3
Natural immunity to influenza A and B among Saudi blood donors in Al Madinah Al Munawarah, Saudi Arabia	3
Reliability and validity study of the translated Arabic version of Moorehead-Ardelt Quality of Life Questionnaire II	3
Impact on the survival of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-lymphocyte ratio, and monocyte-lymphocyte ratio on prognosis in children with Hodgkin lymphoma	3
Epidemiological characteristics of cervical cancer in a tertiary care hospital, western Saudi Arabia	3
Pre-hospital delay among patients with acute myocardial infarction in Saudi Arabia	3
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus development in intensive care patients	3
Effect of a low dose of empagliflozin on short-term outcomes in type 2 diabetics with acute coronary syndrome after percutaneous coronary intervention	3
The battle against Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	3
D-dimer as a predictive and prognostic marker among COVID-19 patients	3
Early infection in post-autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients	3
Economic perspective of evaluating fertility treatment in obese and overweight infertile women	3
Pregnancy outcomes at advanced maternal age in a tertiary Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	3
Disease phenotype and diagnostic delay in Saudi patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome	3
Complete blood cells count abnormalities in COVID-19 patients and their prognostic significance	3
A descriptive online survey about the knowledge of palliative care residents of Saudi Arabia has compared to the general worldwide population	3
Incidence of peripancreatic fluid collections in patients presenting with acute pancreatitis	3
A preliminary study of cytokine gene polymorphism effects on Saudi patients with colorectal cancer	3
Microbiome	3
Childhood anxiety disorders prevalence in Saudi Arabia	3
Indices of insulin resistance and adiposity can detect obesity-related morbidity in pediatrics	3
The diagnostic accuracy of RT-PCR from self-collected saliva versus nasopharyngeal sampling	3
Clinical profile and management of revision cochlear implant surgeries	3
Evaluation of the relationship between the disease severity and the level of physical activity in patients followed up with COVID-19 diagnosis	2
Prediction of squamous cell carcinoma cases from squamous cell hyperplasia in throat lesions using CT radiomics model	2
Perceived awareness of sleep paralysis phenomenon (old hag syndrome) and its most common risk factors among people from Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia	2
Predictive value and reference ranges of anogenital distance for determining fetal gender in the first trimester	2
The role of teleradiology during COVID-19 outbreak	2
The relation between regular outpatient follow-up and frequency of emergency department visits in sickle cell pediatric patients	2
Effect of natural honey on lowering lipid profile	2
Effect of waiting time estimates on patients satisfaction in the emergency department in a tertiary care center	2
Pathological spectrum of endometrial biopsies in Saudi women with abnormal uterine bleeding	2
Prevalence of preterm birth and risk factors associated with it at different gestational ages	2
Enhancing the utilization of packed red blood cells stock in maternity hospitals	2
Acute myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination	2
Factors influencing patients’ preferences for their treating physician	2
Phenotypical evaluation of lymphocytes and monocytes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Saudi Arabia	2
Validation and clinical application of the Arabic rhinoplasty outcomes evaluation questionnaire	2
Clinical and functional results of radiofrequency ablation and microwave ablation in patients with benign thyroid nodules	2
Peri-areolar double-pedicle technique in the treatment of iatrogenic gynecomastia	2
Kaposi’s sarcoma associated with adult dermatomyositis	2
Rosai-Dorfman disease	2
Survival, mortality, and related comorbidities among COVID-19 patients in Saudi Arabia	2
Immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis post COVID-19 vaccination in a patient with concomitant Brucellosis	2
Molecular basis of immunoglobulin heavy constant G4 gene (IGHG4)-related low serum IgG4 subclasses in Down syndrome	2
Prevalence of primary anti-tuberculosis drug resistance at the tertiary center in Saudi Arabia and associated risk factors	2
COVID-19 Global health crisis	2
Association between sex hormones and migraine in young Saudi females	2
The prevalence of hypocalcemia following total thyroidectomy	2
Trends in COVID-19	2
Eye lens opacities and cataracts among physicians and healthcare workers occupationally exposed to radiation	2
Risk factors and predictors that influence SARS-Cov-2 IgG positivity	2
The effect of wet-cupping therapy (hijama) in modulating autoimmune activity of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis	2