Surgical site infections (SSI) are considered one of the leading preventable causes of morbidity and mortality among postoperative patient's worldwide, and increasing awareness and knowledge regarding surgical site infection will improve the quality of care. This study aims to use the appropriate tools to assess and analyze the level of awareness and understanding regarding surgical wound infection among medical and surgical interns, residents, specialists and consultants working in Riyadh city hospitals and how each of them plays a crucial role in providing the optimal healthcare for patients and prevent any unwanted devastating complications. Additionally, the objective of this study is to provide the necessary data to help identify the gaps in the participants understating of surgical site infections. In which a cross-sectional study was conducted between March 2022 and October 2022. The Data was collected using a 20-Item multiple-choice questionnaire which was adopted and validated from a previous study. The questionnaire was randomly distributed among physicians working in Riyadh city hospitals. The sample study included 390 participants who completed the questionnaire in 5 minutes on average. The analyzed data showed that 74.8 % of the responders are medical interns, 18.2% are residents, 5.8% are specialists, and 0.12% are consultants. The Results of the study showed that only 3% of all participants have a high level of knowledge and awareness regarding surgical site infection, while the rest of the responders have moderate to low levels of knowledge and awareness regarding the subject. And we recommend improving the awareness and understanding regarding surgical site infection by offering more courses and events on infection control and prevention; in turn, it would decrease the length of hospital stay, improve healthcare out, decrease morbidity and mortality rates and economic costs caused by surgical site infection.

Background: Hypertension is a chronic disease attributed to underlying multifactorial causes. Awareness and management of modifiable risk factors of hypertension can increase the quality of life and health outcomes. Aim:Assessment of knowledge of secondary school teachers in KSA regarding the association between hypertension and lifestyle habits and daily behaviours. Methodology: A Cross-Sectional research targeting secondary school teachers in Saudi Arabia. The study period was from March 2022 to May 2022. An online questionnaire was distributed; data was gathered with a pre-structured data collection tool. The survey tool was used after an intensive literature review and expert's consultation. A pilot study on 25 teachers evaluated tool applicability, clarity and reliability with α-Cronbach of 0.71. Results: The study was conducted on 400 Saudi teachers, averaging 41.1 ± 7.9 years old. The study showed that 243 (60.8%) were interested in raising awareness regarding high blood pressure, and 39.3% participated in hypertension educational activities. A percentage of 79.5% of teachers were well educated in regards to high blood pressure, and 62.3% had given a precise definition of it. A total of 73.8% have stated the correlation between hypertension and diet. Moreover, 76.8% understand the importance of treatment compliance. Conclusions: In conclusion, secondary school teachers in Saudi Arabia were found to be well educated about hypertension, its risk factors, symptoms, outcomes, and complications. Teachers with a family history of hypertension were found to have more knowledge regarding hypertension.

Background: Objective of the study was to be able to know various measurement or devices for blood pressure (BP) used in primary care (PC).Methods: Cross-sectional multicenter study, sample is consecutive cases, study done in kingdom of Saudi Arabia in health institution of Primary care that treat patients who already diagnosed with hypertension aged more than 18 years old, the method used in the study is observation of devices which measure blood pressure through two following BP measurements.Results: Blood pressure was measured for 14,137 from 3,592 PC physicians, blood pressured measured by a mercury sphygmomanometer, in 69.8% of the patients, while it is measured by electronic device in 16.5% but measured by aneroid manometer in 11.8% while 1.9% measured by more of a measurement method. Electronic devices and aneroid manometers were the most used measurement of blood pressure in rural areas. Also, there were differences in the BP values between different methods of the measurement.  Conclusions: The best methods of blood pressure measurement between medical staff is mercury sphygmomanometers and aneroid devices in primary care and to avoid biases in the measurement we encourage to use electronic devices to measure BP.

An imbalance of cholesterol serum concentrations characterizes dyslipidemia. It can cause plaque formation in the arteries, increasing the chance of atherosclerotic cardiovascular illness events, such as stroke or coronary artery disease. In individuals with mixed dyslipidemia and primary hypercholesterolemia without reaction to exercise, diet, or different non-pharmacological treatments, all statins were suggested. They have shown positive outcomes in preventing cardiovascular events risk in such patients. To review the risk factors of dyslipidemia and the role of statins in treating such a disease in the recent literature. Articles were selected by the PubMed database, and these keys were utilized in the Mesh (("Dyslipidemia" [Mesh]) AND ("Statins"[Mesh]) OR ("management" [Mesh])). Statins have been shown to lower major non-fatal atherothrombotic events and cardiovascular mortality in various groups' primary and secondary preventive studies. Therefore, they are recommended for individuals with established heart disease, diabetes mellitus, an LDL above 190 mg/dL, and those with a 7.5% or greater 10year risk of cardiovascular events.