Vol 16, No 1 (2016)

February

Table of Contents

Editorials

Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis : Challenges in translating evidence to practice
Seif S. Al-Abri, Mamoun Elsheikh
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1-2

Reviews

Cutaneous Scar Prevention and Management : Overview of current therapies
Sultan Al-Shaqsi, Taimoor Al-Bulushi
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3-8
The Use of Laparoscopy in the Management of Trauma Patients : Brief review
Yehia B. A. El-Bendary, Juhaina Al-Adawi, Hani Al-Qadhi
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9-14

Sounding Boards

Disaster Preparedness : Need for inclusion in undergraduate nursing education
Susan Achora, Joy K. Kamanyire
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15-19

Original Studies

Analysis of Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines in the Common Smokeless Tobacco Afzal in Oman
Nawal Al-Mukhaini, Taher Ba-Omar, Elsadig A. Eltayeb, Aisha A. Al-Shehi
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20-26
Outcomes of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Estimation of Healthcare Costs in Potential ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Cases
Akhwand S. Ahmad, Sayed Mudasser, Muhammad N. Khan, Hafiz N. H. Abdoun
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27-34
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Antenatal Depression among Omani Women in a Primary Care Setting : Cross-sectional study
Mohammed Al-Azri, Iman Al-Lawati, Raya Al-Kamyani, Maisa Al-Kiyumi, Aisha Al-Rawahi, Robin Davidson, Abdullah Al-Maniri
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35-41
Decisions to Perform Emergency Caesarean Sections at a University Hospital : Do obstetricians agree?
Silja A. Pillai, Gowri Vaidyanathan, Maryam Al-Shukri, Tamima R. Al-Dughaishi, Shahila Tazneem, Durdana Khan, Saniya El-Tayeb, Mariam Mathew
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42-46
Effectiveness of a Combined Dance and Relaxation Intervention on Reducing Anxiety and Depression and Improving Quality of Life among the Cognitively Impaired Elderly
Dina Adam, Ayiesah Ramli, Suzana Shahar
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47-53
Physical Activity and Quality of Life among Adults with Paraplegia in Odisha, India
Shankar Ganesh, Chittaranjan Mishra
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54-61
Measuring Empathy Levels among Kurdish Medical Students in Erbil City, Iraq : Cross-sectional study
Awring M. Raof, Bervian A. Yassin
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62-67
Attitudes of Saudi Arabian Undergraduate Medical Students towards Health Research
Sara M. Al-Hilali, Eman Al-Kahtani, Babar Zaman, Rajiv Khandekar, Abdullah Al-Shahri, Deepak P. Edward
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68-73

Brief Communications

Prevalence of and Reasons for Patients Leaving Against Medical Advice from Paediatric Wards in Oman
Mohamed Al-Ghafri, Abdullah Al-Bulushi, Ahmed Al-Qasmi
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74-77

Technical Notes

Single Breath-Hold Physiotherapy Technique : Effective tool for T2* magnetic resonance imaging in young patients with thalassaemia major
Surekha T. Mevada, Najma Al-Mahruqi, Ismail El-Beshlawi, Mohamed El-Shinawy, Mathew Zachariah, Abdul H. Al-Rawas, Shahina Daar, Yasser Wali
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78-81

Case Series

Atypical Presentations of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection : Case series
Nawal Al-Maskari, Jalila Mohsin, Amal Al-Maani, Nabil Al-Macki, Suad Al-Ismaili
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86-91

Case Reports

Mitochondrial Disorders May Mimic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis at Onset
Josef Finsterer, Sinda Zarrouk-Mahjoub
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92-95
Primary Combined Latissimus Dorsi and Serratus Anterior Flap Repair of Right-Sided Congenital Diaphragmatic Agenesis in a Neonate
Madan Samuel, Rajiv Parapurath
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96-100
Unusual Presentation of Dengue Fever : A child with acute myocarditis
Moaz Aslam, Numra A. Aleem, Mohammad F. Zahid, Arshalooz J. Rahman
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101-104
Renal Tuberculosis Presenting as a Mass Lesion in a Two-year-old Girl : Report of a rare case
Avradip Santra, Falguni Mandi, Abhishek Bandyopadhyay
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105-108
Combination of a Giant Dissected Ascending Aortic Aneurysm with Multiple Fistulae into the Cardiac Chambers Caused by Prosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis
Feridoun Sabzi, Reza Faraji
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109-112

Continuing Medical Education

Use of Prophylactic Inferior Vena Cava Filters in Trauma
Ahmed A. Naiem, Alreem K. Al-Hinai, Rashid Al-Sukaiti, Hani Al-Qadhi
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82-85

Medical Images

Electrocardiogram Abnormality Associated with Methadone Overdose
Mahsa Agahi, Vahid Shakoori, Sayed Mahdi Marashi
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113-114
Intrahepatic Portal Vein Aneurysm with Concurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Mohammad Hanafiah, Bushra Johari, Marymol Koshy, Mohamed N. Misni
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115-116
Cutaneous Metaplastic Synovial Cyst
Sunitha Ramachandra, Lakshmi Rao, Masoud Al-Kindi
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117-118
Fox-Fordyce Disease
Gonzalo Blasco-Morente, María J. Naranjo-Díaz, Israel Pérez-López, Antonio Martínez-López, Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde, José Aneiros-Fernández
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119-120

Letters to the Editor

Patient Survival after a Very Deep Penetrating Orbitocranial Injury
Hamid Rezaei, Anita Alenabi, Mostafa Dahmardeh, Zeynab Nasri-Nasrabadi, Sayed Mahdi Marashi
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121-122
Re: Serum Zinc Concentrations in Children with Acute Bloody and Watery Diarrhoea
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi
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123-124