Vol 14, No 4 (2014)

November

Table of Contents

Editorials

Children and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection : Opportunities and challenges
Moeness M. Al-Shishtawy
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428-431

Reviews

Graduated Driver Licensing : An international review
Lyndel J. Bates, Siobhan Allen, Kerry Armstrong, Barry Watson, Mark J. King, Jeremy Davey
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432-441
Advancing Tobacco Dependence Treatment Services in the Eastern Mediterranean Region : International collaboration for training and capacity-building
Feras I. Hawari, Rasha K. Bader
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442-447
Mechanical Prosthetic Valves and Pregnancy : A therapeutic dilemma of anticoagulation
Prashanth Panduranga, Mohammed El-Deeb, Chitra Jha
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448-454

Medical History

A Trio of Exemplars of Medieval Islamic Medicine : Al-Razi, Avicenna and Ibn Al-Nafis
Ritu Lakhtakia
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455-459

Original Studies

Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components : Secondary analysis of the World Health Survey, Oman
Mahmoud Abd El-Aty, Ruth Mabry, Magdi Morsi, Jawad Al-Lawati, Asya Al-Riyami, Medhat El-Sayed
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460-467
Non-Invasive Haemoglobin Estimation in Patients with Thalassaemia Major
Murtadha K. Al Khabori, Arwa Z. Al-Riyami, Khalil Al-Farsi, Mohammed Al-Huneini, Abdulhakeem Al-Hashim, Nasser Al-Kemyani, Issa Al-Qarshoubi, Hammad Khan, Khalfan Al-Amrani, Shahina Daar
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468-472
The Correlation between Electroencephalography Amplitude and Interictal Abnormalities : Audit study
Sami F. Al-Rawas, Rajesh P. Poothrikovil, Khidir M. Abdelbasit, Robert S. Delamont
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473-477
Fluctuation in the Levels of Immunoglobulin M and Immunoglobulin G Antibodies for Cardiolipin and β2-Glycoprotein among Healthy Pregnant Women
Mohammed S. Al-Balushi, Sidgi S. Hasson, Elias A. Said, Juma Z. Al-Busaidi, Muna S. Al-Daihani, Mohammed S. Othman, Talal A. Sallam, Mohammed A. Idris, Moza Al-Kalbani, Nicholas Woodhouse, Ali A. Al-Jabri
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478-485
Co-Application of Corticosterone and Growth Hormone Upregulates NR2B Protein and Increases the NR2B:NR2A Ratio and Synaptic Transmission in the Hippocampus
Ghada S. Mahmoud, Ayman S. Amer
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486-494
Antibiotic Prescribing Trends in an Omani Paediatric Population
Khalid Al-Balushi, Fatma Al-Ghafri, Fatma Al-Sawafi, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani
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495-499
Comparison of Postoperative Pain in Children with Two Intracapsular Tonsillotomy Techniques and a Standard Tonsillectomy : Microdebrider and radiofrequency tonsillotomies versus standard tonsillectomies
Levente Deak, David Saxton, Keith Johnston, Palma Benedek, Gábor Katona
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500-505
Increased Resistin Levels in Intra-abdominal Sepsis : Correlation with proinflammatory cytokines & Acute Physiology & Chronic Health Evaluation II scores
Tonguç U. Yilmaz, Mustafa Kerem, Canan Y. Demirtaş, Özge Pasaoǧlu, Öge Taşcilar, Ömer Şakrak, Kürşat Dikmen, Tarkan Karahan
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506-512
Opportunistic Infections and Complications in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1-Infected Children : Correlation with immune status
Jaivinder Yadav, Sanjeev Nanda, Deepak Sharma
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513-521
Assessment of Breast Cancer Awareness among Female University Students in Ajman, United Arab Emirates
Shatha S. Al-Sharbatti, Rizwana B. Shaikh, Elsheba Mathew, Mawahib A. Al-Biate
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522-529
Challenges and Strategies for Building and Maintaining Effective Preceptor-Preceptee Relationships among Nurses
Gerald A. Matua, Vidya Seshan, Raman Savithri, Dennis C. Fronda
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530-536
Evidence-Based Practice : Knowledge, attitudes, practice and perceived barriers among nurses in Oman
Ali A. Ammouri, Ahmad A. Raddaha, Preethy Dsouza, Renu Geethakrishnan, Judith A. Noronha, Arwa A. Obeidat, Lina Shakman
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537-545

Brief Communications

Evidence-Based Practice : Knowledge, attitudes, practice and perceived barriers among nurses in Oman
Anas-Alwogud A. Abdelmogheth, Alddai M. A. Al-Nair, Abdullah A. S. Balkhair, Akram M. Mahmoud, Mohamed El-Naggari
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546-550
Is More Nutrition Education Needed in the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum? : Perceptions of graduates from a medical university in the United Arab Emirates
Kadayam G. Gomathi, Syed I. Shehnaz, Nelofer Khan
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551-555
Hepatobiliary Complications of Sickle Cell Disease among Children Admitted to Al Wahda Teaching Hospital, Aden, Yemen
Hana A. Qhalib, Gamal H. Zain
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556-560

Case Reports

Primary Cytomegalovirus-Related Eosinophilic Pneumonia in a Three-year-old Child with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia : Case report and literature review
Mohammed Al Reesi, Amal Al-Maani, George Paul, Sumaiah Al-Arimi
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561-565
Primary Extradural Meningioma Presenting as Frontal Sinusitis with Extensive Bony Changes : Case report
Rajeev Kariyattil, Venkatesh Govindaraju, Rana S. Hamid, Muthukuttiparambil Unnikrishnan
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566-570
Radioactive Iodine-131 Therapy in the Management of Ectopic Thyroid Tissue
Omayma T. El-Shafie, Samir Hussain, Dilip Sankhla, Nicholas Woodhouse
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571-574
Syringocystadenoma Papilliferum of the Upper Lip
Hamdan A. Al-Habsi, Mustafa Al-Hinai, Ahmed Al-Waily, Salim Al-Sudairy, Vipula de Silva
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575-577
A Case of an Undifferentiated Embryonal Sarcoma of the Liver Mimicking a Liver Abscess
Mohammad Hanafiah, Azyani Yahya, Zamri Zuhdi, Yazmin Yaacob
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578-581
A Possible Case of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting with Generalised Oedema
Kawther T. El-Shafie, Ali Al-Shirawi, Buthaina Al-Maskari, Nafisa Samir
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582-584

Medical Images

Bilateral Wrist Drop at Presentation in a Child with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type I
Roshan Koul, Rana Abdelrahim, Susan Al-Nabhani, Amna Al-Futaisi
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585-586
Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma, Leg Type : A diagnosis not to forget in the elderly
Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde, Francisco Ramos-Pleguezuelos
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587-588

Letters to the Editor

Pirates of Plagiarism : Proposed courses of action to deal with plagiarism
Syed I. Shehnaz, Anoop K. Agarwal
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589-590
Re: Maternal and Fetal Outcomes of Triplet Gestation in a Tertiary Hospital in Oman
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi
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591-592

Conference Abstracts

2nd Genetics Conference Genetics in developing countries, unique challenges and opportunities Sultan Qaboos University, 9–11 March 2014
 
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564-573