King Abdulaziz Medical City

Protecting the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve During Esophagectomy: Clinical Impact of Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring

Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury remains one of the most consequential complications of esophagectomy, driving vocal cord palsy, aspiration, and pneumonia. Monitoring techniques, signal interpretation, and the underlying clinical evidence for intraoperative neurophysiologic...

Protecting the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve During Esophagectomy: Clinical Impact of Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring

Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury remains one of the most consequential complications of esophagectomy, driving vocal cord palsy, aspiration, and pneumonia. Monitoring techniques, signal interpretation, and the underlying clinical evidence for intraoperative neurophysiologic...

Integrating gut physicochemical gradients and mobile genetic element dynamics to decipher horizontal gene transfer in termite microbiomes

Abstract Mobile genetic elements drive horizontal gene transfer (HGT), which may have contributed to the functional diversity of termite gut microbiomes, although the environmental determinants of these processes remain poorly understood. Our proposed model integrates spatially r...

“A Transformational redesign of the global clinical workforce decision-making processes: Novel cognitive schemes embracing modern healthcare paradigms”

BackgroundGlobal healthcare systems continue to face a persistent quality gap driven by fragmented and inconsistent clinical decision-making. Although competency-based medical education (CBME) frameworks define clinician roles, they provide limited practical guidance and tools fo...

Assessment of Liver Stiffness in a Rat Model of Type 2 Diabetes Using Shear Wave Elastography

Background/Objectives: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with progressive hepatic alterations, including steatosis and fibrosis, which may affect liver mechanical properties. Shear wave elastography (SWE) is a non-invasive imaging technique that enables quantitative a...

Lipid accumulation product (LAP): a key indicator for metabolic dysregulation and inflammatory status in obesity

The Lipid Accumulation Product (LAP) is recognized as an indicator of lipid-induced cellular stress. While its predictive value for conditions like diabetes, liver disease, and metabolic syndrome is established, its specific correlations with individual metabolic and hematologica...

Evaluating raw versus body-weight–normalized McGill core endurance composite scores in recreational weightlifters: implications for strength and functional performance

The effectiveness of using McGill trunk endurance scores as raw values or body-weight-normalized metrics remains uncertain for evaluating weight classes, especially given the increasing number of recreational weightlifters. The study compared the raw McGill composite score with t...