Table of Contents

Original Article

• Open Access

  Potential roles for vitamins E and C in combination in modulating exhaustive swimming and high altitude-associated lung injury in rats.

  Fahaid H. Al-Hashem

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2012, 33 (4) 367-374;
• Open Access

  Dose-response and mechanism of protective functions of selective alpha-2 agonist dexmedetomidine on acute lung injury in rats.

  Qi-Qing Shi, Hao Wang and Hao Fang

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2012, 33 (4) 375-381;
• Open Access

  Procalcitonin is a good tool to guide duration of antibiotic therapy in patients with severe acute pancreatitis. A randomized prospective single-center controlled trial.

  Rong Qu, Yan Ji, Yun Ling, Chu-Yang Ye, Si-Ming Yang, Yan-Yuan Liu, Ri-Yan Yang, Yu-Feng Luo and Zhi Guo

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2012, 33 (4) 382-387;
• Open Access

  Comparison of proseal laryngeal mask and endotracheal tube for airway safety in pediatric strabismus surgery.

  Rauf Gul, Sitki Goksu, Berna K. Ugur, Levent Sahin, Senem Koruk, Seydi Okumus and Ibrahim Erbagci

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2012, 33 (4) 388-394;
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  Outcomes of 3 hours part-time occlusion treatment combined with near activities among children with unilateral amblyopia.

  Abdullah G. Alotaibi, Samah M. Fawazi, Badriah R. Alenazy and Khaled K. Abu-Amero

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2012, 33 (4) 395-398;
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  The importance of second opinion in surgical pathology referral material of lymphoma.

  Jaudah A. Al-Maghrabi and Hassan H. Sayadi

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2012, 33 (4) 399-405;
• Open Access

  Is it feasible to perform coronary chronic total occlusion intervention with conventional angioplasty equipment.

  Ahmet Karabulut, Mahmut Cakmak and Bulent Uzunlar

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2012, 33 (4) 406-411;
• Open Access

  Gallstones in a group of Iraqi patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

  Sabeha Al-Bayati and Shaker Kodayer

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2012, 33 (4) 412-417;
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  Ewing's sarcoma family tumors in the western region of Saudi Arabia. A pathological experience from 2 tertiary medical centers.

  Wafaey M. Gomaa and Jaudah A. Al-Maghrabi

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2012, 33 (4) 418-422;
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  Presenting features of childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease in the central region of Saudi Arabia.

  Mohammad I. El Mouzan, Mohammed A. Al Mofarreh, Asaad M. Assiri, Yassin H. Hamid, Abdulrahman M. Al Jebreen and Nahla A. Azzam

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2012, 33 (4) 423-428;
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  Poor hand function in diabetics. Its causes and effects on the quality of life.

  Jolanta Lewko, Jan Kochanowicz, Wieslaw Zarzycki, Zenon Mariak, Maria Górska and Elzbieta Krajewska-Kulak

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2012, 33 (4) 429-435;
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  Breastfeeding practice and determinants among Arab mothers in Qatar.

  Sadriya Al-Kohji, Hana A. Said and Nagah A. Selim

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2012, 33 (4) 436-443;