Omar Saadah MBBS, DCH, MRCP, CABP

Publications

• Saadah OI, ALsaiari AS, Al-Mughales JA. Saudi children with celiac disease: are they at risk of developing type-1 diabetes mellitus? J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Jul 5:/j/jpem.ahead-of-print/jpem-2019-0588/jpem-2019-0588.xml. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2019- 0588. Online ahead of print
• Adam H, Alqassas M, Saadah OI, Mosli M. Extraintestinal Manifestations of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Middle Eastern Patients. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health 2020. In press corrected proof DOI: https://doi.org/10.2991/jegh.k.200330.001; ISSN 2210-6006; eISSN 2210-6014
• Ainosah RH, Hagras MM, Alharthi SE, Saadah OI.The effects of ursodeoxycholic acid on sepsis-induced cholestasis management in an animal model, Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2020.04.007
• Bokhari HA, Shaik NA, Banaganapalli B, Nasser KK, Ageel HI, Al Shamrani AS, Rashidi OM, Al Ghubayshi OY, Shaik J, Ahmad A, Alrayes NM, Al-Aama JY, Elango R, Saadah OI. Whole Exome Sequencing of a Saudi Family and Systems Biology Analysis Identifies CPED1 as a Putative Causative Gene to Celiac Disease. Saudi J Biol Sci. 2020 Jun;27(6):1494-1502. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.04.011. Epub 2020 Apr 14.
• Mosli M, Alourfi M, Alamoudi A, Hashim A, Saadah O, Al Sulais E, AlAmeel T, Alharbi O, Bakari S, Meeralam Y, Alshobai S, Alsahafi M, Jawa H, Qari Y. A Cross-Sectional Survey on the Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients in Saudi Arabia. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2020 Jun 19. doi: 10.4103/sjg.SJG_220_20. Online ahead of print
• Saadah OI, Annese V, Mosli MH. Prevalence and Predictors of Reduced Bone Densityin Child and Adolescent Patients With Crohn's Disease. J Clin Densitom. 2020 May 18:S1094-6950(20)30085-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2020.05.004. Online ahead of print.
• Mosli MH, Saadah OI. Metabolic Bone Disease in Children and Adolescent Patients With Ulcerative Colitis. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2020 Apr 24:S0021-7557(20)30136-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jped.2020.03.003. Online ahead of print.
• Qutub LM, Saadah OI. Prevalence of Combined Growth Hormone Deficiency and Celiac Disease Among Saudi Arabian Children With Short Stature: A Tertiary Care Center Experience. Chin Med J (Engl). 2020 Mar 20;(6):729-731. doi: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000000715.
• Saadah OI, Fallatah KB, Baumann C, Elbaradie AA, Howladar FT, Daiwali MT, Alshuaibi OH, Alsahafi MA, Bokhary RY, Qari YA, Peyrin-Biroulet L, Mosli MH. Histologically Confirmed Upper Gastrointestinal Crohn's Disease: Is It Rare or Are We Just Not Searching Hard Enough? Intest Res. 2020 Apr;18(2):210-218. doi: 10.5217/ir.2019.00091. Epub 2020 Feb 7.
• Ali AS, Altayari AA, Khan LM, Alharthi SE, Ahmed OA, El-Shitany NA, Ali SS, Saadah OI. Colon-Targeted Therapy of Tacrolimus (FK506) in the Treatment of Experimentally Induced Colitis. Pharmacology. 2020 Jan 15:1-9. doi: 10.1159/000505101. Online ahead of print.
• Saadah OI. Short Children With Impaired Growth Hormone Secretion. Do They Have Celiac Disease? Saudi Med J. 2020 Jan;41(1):68-72. doi: 10.15537/smj.2020.1.24785.
• Al Nofaie ND, Al Ahmadi JR, Saadah OI. Health Related Quality of Life Among Saudi Children and Adolescents With Celiac Disease. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2020 Jan-Feb;26(1):26-31. doi: 10.4103/sjg.SJG_74_19.
• Kamal NM, Sahly AN, Banaganapalli B, Rashidi OM, Shetty PJ, Al-Aama JY, Shaik NA, Elango R, Saadah OI. Whole Exome Sequencing Identifies Rare Biallelic ALMS1 Missense and Stop Gain Mutations in Familial Alström Syndrome Patients. Saudi J Biol Sci. 2020 Jan;27(1):271-278. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2019.09.006. Epub 2019 Sep 11.
• Algethmi W, Baumann C, Alnajjar W, Sroji A, Alsahafi M, Jawa H, Qari Y, Peyrin-Biroulet L, Saadah OI, Mosli M. Environmental Exposures and the Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Case-Control Study From Saudi Arabia. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Mar;32(3):358-364. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000001619.
• Saadah OI, ALNosani NM. Celiac Disease in Saudi Children With Isolated Short Stature: Is It Rare or Are We Not Screening Rigorously Enough?. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Jan 28;33(1):89-93. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2019-0348.
• Al-Harbi HR, Harthi S, Suliman M, Saadah O, Esmat A, Khan LM, et al. Antidepressant-like effects of barley (Hordeum vulgare) in a mouse model of reserpine-induced depression. Phcog Res 2020; 12:199-204.
• El Mouzan MI, AlSaleem BI, Hasosah MY, Al-Hussaini AA, Al Anazi AH, Saadah OI, Al Sarkhy AA, Al Mofarreh MA, Assiri AA. Diagnostic delay of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in Saudi Arabia. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2019 Jul-Aug;25(4):257-261
• Hamed O, Jabbad HH, Saadah OI, Al Ahwal MS, Al-Sayes FM. An explanatory mixed methods study on the validity and validation of students' assessment results in the undergraduate surgery course. Med Teach. 2018 May 2:1-12.
• Al-Jahdali E, Mosli M, Saadah OI. A cross-sectional survey of Saudi gastroenterologists: Transition strategies for adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2017 Jul-Aug;23(4):233-237.
• Al-Aama JY, Shaik NA, Banaganapalli B, Salama MA, Rashidi O, Sahly AN, Mohsen MO, Shawoosh HA, Shalabi HA, Edreesi MA, Alharthi SE, Wang J, Elango R, Saadah OI. Whole exome sequencing of a consanguineous family identifies the possible modifying effect of a globally rare AK5 allelic variant in celiac disease development among Saudi patients. PLoS One. 2017 May 15;12(5):e0176664. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176664. eCollection 2017
• Banaganapalli B, Rashidi O, Saadah OI, Wang J, Muhammed IA, Al-Aama JY, Shaik NA, Elango R. Comprehensive Computational Analysis of GWAS Loci Identifies CCR2 as a Candidate gene for Celiac Disease Pathogenesis. J Cell Biochem. 2017 Jan 6. doi: 10.1002/jcb.25864
• Al-Hussaini A, El Mouzan M, Hasosah M, Al-Mehaidib A, ALSaleem K, Saadah OI, Al- Edreesi M. Clinical Pattern of Early-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Saudi Arabia:A Multicenter National Study. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2016 Aug;22(8):1961-70. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000796.
• El Mouzan MI, Al Mofarreh MA, Saadah OI, Al-Hussaini AA, Al-Saleem KA, Al Mehaidib AI. Impact of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease on linear growth: Data from a national cohort study in Saudi Arabia. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2016 Mar-Apr; 22(2):106-8. doi: 10.4103/1319-3767.178524.
• Saadah OI, Al-Harthi SE, Al-Mughales JA, Bin-Taleb YY, Baeshen RS. Serum Interleukin-33 level in Saudi children with inflammatory bowel disease. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2015 Dec 1; 8(12):16000-6.
• Saadah OI, El Mouzan M, Al Mofarreh M, Al Mehaidib A, Al Edreesi M, Hasosah M, Al-Hussaini A, AlSaleem K. Characteristics of Pediatric Crohn's Disease in Saudi Children:A Multicenter National Study. Gastroenterol Res Pract. 2016; 2016:7403129. doi:10.1155/2016/7403129.
• El Mouzan MI, Al Edreesi MH, Al-Hussaini AA, Saadah OI, Al Qourain AA, Al Mofarreh MA, Al Saleem KA. Nutritional status of children with inflammatory bowel disease in Saudi Arabia. World J Gastroenterol. 2016 Feb 7;22(5):1854-8. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i5.1854.
• Saadah OI, Shaik NA, Banaganapalli B, Salama MA, Al-Harthi SE, Wang J, Shawoosh HA, Alghamdi SA, Bin-Taleb YY, Alhussaini BH, Elango R, Al-Aama JY. Replication of GWAS Coding SNPs Implicates MMEL1 as a Potential Susceptibility Locus among Saudi Arabian Celiac Disease Patients. Dis Markers. 2015; 2015:351673. doi: 10.1155/2015/351673.
• Elshal MF, Aldahlawi AM, Saadah OI, McCoy JP. Reduced Dendritic Cells Expressing CD200R1 in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Correlation with Th17 and Regulatory T Cells. Int J Mol Sci. 2015 Dec 4;16(12):28998-9010. doi: 10.3390/ijms161226143.
• AlSaleem K, El Mouzan MI, Saadah OI, AlSaleem B, Al-Hussaini A, Hassosa M, Ali AM, Banemai MO, Halaby H, El Edreesi M. Characteristics of pediatric ulcerative colitis in Saudi Arabia: a multicenter national study. Ann Saudi Med. 2015 Jan-Feb;35(1):19-22.doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2015.19.
• Mohammed Hasosah M, El Mouzan M, Saadah O, Al-Saleem K, Al-Hussaini A , Al Mehaidib A , Al Saleem B , Alquair K , Jacobson K. Treatment Profile of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Saudi Arabia: Issues in Treatment Adherence. Advances in Pharmacology and Pharmacy 2015; 3(4): 82-86
• Al-Harthi SE, Khan LM, Osman AM, Alim MA, Saadah OI, Almohammadi AA, Khan FM, Kamel FO. Perceptions and knowledge regarding antimicrobial stewardship among clinicians in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Med J. 2015 Jul;36(7):813-20. doi: 10.15537/smj.2015.7.11833
• El Mouzan MI, Saadah OI, Al-Saleem K, Al Edreesi M, Hasosah M, Alanazi A, Al Mofarreh M, Asery A, Al Qourain A, Nouli K, Al Hussaini A, Telmesani A, AlReheili K, Alghamdi S, Alrobiaa N, Alzaben A, Mehmadi A, Al Hebbi H, Al Sarkhy A, Al Mehaidib A, Al Saleem B, Assiri A, Wali S. Incidence of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in Saudi Arabia: a multicenter national study. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2014 Jun;20(6):1085-90
• Saadah OI, Alghamdi SA, Sindi HH, Alhunaitti H, Bin-Taleb YY, Alhussaini BH. Congenital glucose-galactose malabsorption: A descriptive study of clinical
• characteristics and outcome from Western Saudi Arabia. Arab J Gastroenterol. 2014 Mar;15(1):21-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ajg.2014.01.004.
• Saadah OI, Bokhary RY, Jalalah SM, Bin-Taleb YY. Microvillus inclusion disease: A clinicopathological study from western region of Saudi Arabia. Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure. 2013 December: 1:, 84–88
• Saadah OI, Bokhary RY . Anti-mitochondrial antibody positive autoimmune hepatitis triggered by EBV infection in a young girl. Arab J Gastroenterol. 2013:14(3):130-2.
• Khan LM, Al-Harthi SE, Saadah OI. Adverse drug reactions in hospitalized pediatric patients of Saudi Arabian University Hospital and impact of pharmacovigilance in reporting ADR. Saudi Pharm J. 2013 Jul;21(3):261-6.
• Alsaggaf AH, Jan MM, Saadah OI, Alsaggaf HM. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Parents' perspectives. Saudi Med J. 2013 Jul;34(7):695-700.
• Saadah OI, Al-Mughales J. Serological markers of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in children from the Western region of Saudi Arabia. Arab J Gastroenterol. 2013 Jun;14(2):78-82.
• Saadah OI, Bokhari BE, Alshaeri TM, Jastaniah W. Haematological manifestations of arthrogryposis-renal dysfunction-cholestasis (ARC) syndrome: A case report. Arab J Gastroenterol. 2013 Mar; 14(1):26-8.
• Saadah OI, Al-Mughales J. “Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Cytoplasmic Staining of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies,” Clinical and Developmental Immunology, vol. 2013, Article ID 196012, 5 pages, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/196012
• Hamed O, Almazrooa A, Shaheen M, Saadah O, and Ghanim A. Integration of Standards of Accreditation Bodies as a Mean to Continous Quality Improvement of Healthcare Education. Life Science J 2013;10(2):711-721.
• Saadah OI, Aburiziza AJ, Abu Shakra RI. Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children from Western Saudi Arabia: Relative Frequency, Clinical, Pathological, Endoscopic, and Immunological Study. Gastroenterol Res Pract. Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 328253, 7 pages
• Saadah OI. Childhood onset of Crohn disease: experience from a university teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia. Annals of Saudi Medicine 2012; 32 (6): 596- 602.
• Saadah OI, Sindi HH, Bin-Talib Y, Al-Harthi S, Al-Mughales J. Entecavir treatment of children 2-16years of age with chronic hepatitis B infection. Arab J Gastroenterol. 2012 Jun;13(2):41-4.
• Khan LM, Al-Harthi SE, Saadah OI, Al-Amoudi AB, Sulaiman MI, Ibrahim IM. Impact of pharmacovigilance on adverse drug reactions reporting in hospitalized internal medicine patients at Saudi Arabian teaching hospital. Saudi Med J. 2012 Aug;33(8):863-8.
• Saadah OI, Al-Agha AE, Al Nahdi HM, Bokhary RY, Bin Talib YY, Al-Mughales JA, Al Bokhari SM. Prevalence of celiac disease in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus screened by anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody from Western Saudi Arabia. Saudi Med J. 2012 May;33(5):541-6.
• Saadah OI, Farouq MF, Al Daajani N, Kamal JS, Ghanem AT. Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis in a child; an unusual fungal infection mimicking fistulising Crohn's disease. Journal of Crohn's and Colitis 2012; 6:368-72.
• Saadah OI, AlAama JY, Alaifan MA, Bin Talib Y, Al Mughales JA. Prevalence of celiac disease in children with Down syndrome screened by antitissue transglutaminase antibodies. Saudi Medical Journal 2012; 33(2):208-10.
• Saadah OI. Erosive gastritis mimicking watermelon stomach in a child. Arab Journal of Gastroenterology 2011 Dec;12(4):201-2
• Alghamdi SA, Saadah OI, Almatury N, Al Maghrabi J. Hepatic-associated immunoglobulin-A nephropathy in a child with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension.
• Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2012 May-Jun; 18(3):214-6.
• Saadah OI. Ulcerative colitis in children and adolescents from the Western region of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Medical Journal 2011; 32(9):943-947.
• Saadah OI. Celiac disease in children; experience from the Western Province of Saudi Arabia. Annals of Saudi Medicine 2011 Jan-Feb; 31(1):51-7.
• Saadah OI, Al-Hubayshi MS, Ghanem AT. Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome presenting as polypoid mass lesions in a young girl. World J Gastrointest Oncol. 2010 Aug 15; 2(8):332-4.
• Ouda S, Saadah O, El Meligy O, Alaki S. Genetic and dental study of patients with celiac disease. J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2010 Winter;35(2):217-23.
• Saadah OI. Anti-TNF {alpha} antibody infliximab treatment for an infant with fistulising Crohn's disease. BMJ Case Reports 2010 doi: 10.1136/bcr.04.2009.1739.
• Saadah OI. Helicobacter pylori infection in Saudi children; clinical, endoscopic and pathological findings. Arab Journal of Gastroenterology 2010; 11: 39-43
• Saadah OI. Gastro-oesophageal reflux in children with cerebral palsy after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: any predictors? Arab Journal of Gastroenterology 2009; 10:78-81.
• Jaber SM, Saadah OI, Farsi AJ, Marzougi HZ. Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C Infection in Healthy children from the Western Region of Saudi Arabia. Med. J. Cairo Univ. 2006; 74: 61-63.
• Saadah OI, Zacharin M, O’Callaghan A, Oliver MR, Catto-Smith AG. Effect of gluten-
• free diet and adherence on growth and diabetic control in diabetics with celiac disease. Arch Dis Child 2004; 89:871-876.
• Saadah OI, Oliver MR, Bines JE, Stokes KB, Cameron DJC. Anorectal stricures and genital Crohn disease: an unusual clinical association. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2003; 36:403-406.
• Saadah OI. Therapy of inflammatory bowel disease in children. The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology 2003; 9 (1): 52-55.
• Saadah OI. Celiac Disease Screening. The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology 2003; 9(2): 106-107.
• Saadah OI, Jaber S. Pattern of 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring in a group of children evaluated for gastroesophageal reflux. Journal of Arab Child. 2002; 13:733-741.
• Saadah OI, Smith A, Hardikar W. Long-term outcome of autoimmune hepatitis in children. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2001; 16: 1297-1302.