Table of Contents

Original Article

• Open Access

  The long-term outcomes and histological transformation in class II lupus nephritis

  Abdulkareem O. Alsuwaida, Amaar A. Bakhit, Feras A. Alsuwaida, Junaid J. Wadera, Hala M. Kfoury and Sufia Husain

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2018, 39 (10) 990-993; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.10.22435
• Open Access

  Histopathological pattern of skin cancer in Western region of Saudi Arabia

  Abdulkader M. Albasri and Walaa M. Borhan

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2018, 39 (10) 994-998; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.10.22679
• Open Access

  Assessment of histopathological alterations in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection following long-term oral antiviral therapy

  Ahmet Şahin, Mustafa Namıduru, Ayhan Balkan, İlkay Karaoğlan and Murat T. Gülşen

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2018, 39 (10) 999-1005; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.10.23056
• Open Access

  Evaluation of the perfusion index according to the visual analog scale in postoperative patients

  Hakan Tapar, Mustafa Suren, Serkan Karaman, Serkan Dogru, Tugba Karaman, Aynur Sahin and Fatih Altıparmak

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2018, 39 (10) 1006-1010; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.10.23095
• Open Access

  Can we use serum Anti-Mullerian hormone to differentiate the diagnosis between polycystic ovary syndrome patients and healthy women with polycystic ovarian morphology and regular menstrual cycles

  Hüseyin Aydoğmuş, Sefa Kelekçi, Ferhan Elmalı and Serpil Aydoğmuş

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2018, 39 (10) 1011-1016; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.10.23413
• Open Access

  Evaluation of the effects of dexmedetomidine and remifentanil on pain with the analgesia nociception index in the perioperative period in hysteroscopies under general anesthesia

  Mustafa Gazi, Süheyla Abitağaoğlu, Güldem Turan, Ceren Köksal, Fatma Nur Akgün and Dilek E. Arı

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2018, 39 (10) 1017-1022; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.10.23098
• Open Access

  Effect of preoperative hydromorphone in patients undergoing laparoscopic radical gastrectomy

  Jinguo Wang, Na Wang, Honglan Zhou and Yuanyuan Wang

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2018, 39 (10) 1023-1027; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.10.22852
• Open Access

  Evaluation of the effects of different treatment modalities on angiogenesis in heart failure patients with reduced/mid-range ejection fraction via VEGF and sVEGFR-1

  Ismail Erturk, Kenan Saglam, Sadi Elasan, Musa B. Aykan, Ramazan Acar, Fatih Yesildal, Fevzi N. Aydin and Taner Ozgurtas

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2018, 39 (10) 1028-1034; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.10.22946
• Open Access

  High antimicrobial resistant rates among Gram-negative pathogens in intensive care units

  Mutasim E. Ibrahim

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2018, 39 (10) 1035-1043; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.10.22944
• Open Access

  The importance of hand hygiene education on primary schoolgirls’ absence due to upper respiratory infections in Saudi Arabia

  Abrar A. Alzaher, Sami S. Almudarra, Muna H. Mustafa and Ibrahim M. Gosadi

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2018, 39 (10) 1044-1049; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.10.23344