Vol 8, No 2 (2008)

July

Table of Contents

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Physicians, Climate Change and Human Health
Lamk Al-Lamki
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125-127

Editorials

Genetic Services in the Sultanate of Oman and other Gulf Countries Progress is needed now!
Sandy Raeburn
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129-135

Reviews

Major Advances in the Treatment of Cancer What does a Non-Oncologist need to know?
Ikram A Burney, Mansour S Al-Moundhri
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137-148
Medical Education Units History, Functions, and Organisation
Nadia M Al-Wardy
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149-156

Original Studies

Regional Variation in the Prevalence of Asthma Symptoms among Omani School Children : Comparisons from Two Nationwide Cross-sectional Surveys Six Years Apart
Omar A Al-Rawas, Bazdawi M Al-Riyami, Hussein Al-Kindy, Abdullah A Al-Maniri, Asya A Al-Riyami
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157-169
Familial Mineralocorticoid Induced Hypertension in the Sultanate of Oman
Nicholas JY Woodhouse, Omayma T Elshafie, Fatma Ben Abid, Suhail A Doi
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165-169
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) in Omani Children : Study of prevalence, risk factors and clinical outcomes at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Sultan
Zakariya Al Muharrmi, Akbar M Rafay, Abdullah Balkhair, Salem Al-Tamemi, Ali Al Mawali, Hilal Al Sadiri
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171-177
Control and Management of Hypertension at a University Health Centre in Oman
Abdulaziz Almahrezi, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Ayman Al-Aamri, Samia Al-Khaldi, Nisrin Al-Zadjali, Mohammed Al-Hatali, Abdullah Al-Shukeili
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179-184
Assessment of the Relationship of Hepatic Enzymes with Obesity and Insulin Resistance in Adults in Saudi Arabia
Ali Ibrahim Al-Sultan
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185-192
Varied Presentations of Acute Glomerulonephritis in Children Single centre experience from a developing country
Kalpana Malla, Moinak S Sarma, Tejesh Malla, Anna Thaplial
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193-199
Hydrogen Peroxide 3%: Is it Beneficial in Tonsillectomy?
Ahmed M Al-Abbasi, Zahra K Saeed
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201-204

Case Reports

Intravenous Lidocaine for Refractory Chronic Orofacial Pain : Two case reports and a literature review
Abdulaziz Almahrezi, Louise Lamb, Mark A Ware, Yoram Shir, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani
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205-209
Cushing’s Disease : Pituitary Surgery versus Adrenalectomy
Omayma El-Shafie, Fatma B Abid, Nayal Al-Kindy, Dilip Sankhla, Nicholas J Woodhouse
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211-214
Occlusion of Upper Genital Tract Following Lower Segment Caesarean Section for Placenta Praevia
Mini B Poothavelil, Ilham Hamdi, Geeta Zunjurwad
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215-218
Traumatic Rupture of the Right Hemidiaphragm:Diagnosis aided by Computerized Tomography and Image Reformation : A Case Report
Ranjan R William, Dilip Sankhla, Badriya Al-Qassabi, Khalsa Al Ramadani
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219-222
Fracture of Supracondylar Process of the Humerus
S S Suresh
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223-225
Unilateral Anomalous Arterial Pattern of Human Upper Limb Anatomical Description and Clinical Implications
Vandana Mehta, Jyoti Arora, R K Suri, Gayatri Rath
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227-230

Medical Images

Tracheal Bronchus
Anupam K Kakaria, Sukhpal Sawhney, Rajeev Jain
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231-232

Book Reviews

Caring for Arab Patients A Biopsychosocial Approach
Samir Al Adawi
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233-234
Wounded by Reality
Hazar Al-Zadjali
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235-236
Molecular Anatomic Imaging: Pet-CT and SPECT-CT Integrated Modality Imaging : 2nd Edition, 2007
Hadia Bererhi
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237-239

Letters to the Editor

Re: Continuity of Care - Literature Review and Implications
George Carruthers, Hussain Saadi
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241-242
Re: Prevalence and Determinants of Waterpipe (‘sheesha’) Tobacco use among Adolescents in Oman
Ragini Vaishnav, Talal Al-Aghbari, Thuraiya Al-Masoudi, Maha Al-Jabri
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243-243

Conference Abstracts

1st International Conference on Quality Management in Health Care Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman
 
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245-254