Vol 18, No 3 (2018)

August

Table of Contents

Editorials

Diabetes and Stroke: More than just accelerated atherosclerosis?
Arunodaya R. Gujjar
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e261-263

Reviews

Sources and Clinical Applications of Mesenchymal Stem Cells: State-of-the-art review
Roberto Berebichez-Fridman, Pablo R. Montero-Olvera
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e264-277
Noninvasive Ventilation and High-Flow Nasal Cannulae Therapy for Children with Acute Respiratory Failure: An overview
Khaloud S. Al-Mukhaini, Najwa M. Al-Rahbi
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e278-285

Special Contributions

Teaching the Role of Health Advocate: Reflections on two cross-cultural collaborative advocacy workshops for medical trainees and instructors in Oman
Jessica Breton, Louis H. Francescutti, Yousef Al-Weshahi
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e286-290

Original Studies

Correlation of the Homeostasis Model Assessment Index and Adiponectin, Leptin and Insulin Levels to Body Mass Index-Associated Gene Polymorphisms in Adolescents
María D. Martínez-Martínez, Hugo Mendieta-Zerón, Luis Celis, Cristian F. Layton-Tovar, Rocío Torres-García, Laura E. Gutiérrez-Pliego, Eneida Camarillo-Romero, José D. Garduño-García, María D. Camarillo-Romero
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e291-298
Prognostic Significance of Blood Glucose Levels and Alterations Among Patients with Aluminium Phosphide Poisoning
Arvind Sharma, Prasanth Balasubramanian, Kiran D. Gill, Ashish Bhalla
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e299-303
High Efficacy of Praziquantel in Schistosoma haematobium-Infected Children in Taraba State, Northeast Nigeria: A follow-up study
Robert S. Houmsou, Binga E. Wama, Hemen Agere, John A. Uniga, Elizabeth U. Amuta, Santaya L. Kela
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e304-310
Relationship Between Glycated Haemoglobin and Carotid Atherosclerotic Disease Among Patients with Acute Ischaemic Stroke
Saima Nazish, Azra Zafar, Rizwana Shahid, Aishah Albakr, Fahd A. Alkhamis, Danah Aljaafari, Majed Alabdali, Abdullah Alsulaiman, Faisal A. Al-Mulla
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e311-317
Lactate Dehydrogenase and β-Glucuronidase as Salivary Biochemical Markers of Periodontitis Among Smokers and Non-Smokers
Syed A. Ali, Ravi L. Telgi, Amit Tirth, Irfan Q. Tantry, Abdul Aleem
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e318-323
Prevalence of Infectious Organisms Observed in Cervical Smears Between 1997–2014 at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait
Rana Al-Awadhi, Azza Al-Shaheen, Ahlam Al-Juwaiser, Sara S. George, Prem Sharma, Kusum Kapila
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e324-328
Spectrum of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in Oman
Darshan Lal, Arunodaya R. Gujjar, Nandagopal Ramachandiran, Ammar Obaidi, Sunil Kumar, Mortada El-Tigani, Faizal Al-Azri, Abdullah R. Al-Asmi
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e329-337
Diabetic Foot Disease Research in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A bibliometric analysis
Ibrahim S. Al-Busaidi, Nadia N. Abdulhadi, Kirsten J. Coppell
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e338-343
Attitudes Towards and Perceptions Regarding the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice Among Omani Nurses
Mohammed A. Al-Maskari, Barbara J. Patterson
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e344-349
Association Between Voice Handicap Index and Reflux Symptom Index: A cross-sectional study of undiagnosed general and teacher cohorts in Saudi Arabia
Rawan Alanazi, Ahmed Alrahim, Sara Bayounos, Abdulrahman Al-Ghuwainem, Mohammad H. Al-Bar
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e350-354
Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes of Pregnant Indian Pilgrims: A three-year experience at the Indian Hajj Medical Mission
Shazia Khan, Inam D. Khan
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e355-361
Implementing Lean Management Techniques at a Radiation Oncology Department
Mustafa M. Al-Balushi, Zahid Al-Mandhari
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e362-366
Evaluation of Antibiotic Use Among Sepsis Patients in an Intensive Care Unit: A cross-sectional study at a referral hospital in Indonesia
Ratna S. Dewi, Maksum Radji, Rizka Andalusia
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e367-373

Brief Communications

Current Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Practices Following Endovascular Electrophysiological Procedures in the UK: A retrospective study
Christopher Saunderson, Sally Hickman, Elaine Wilkinson, Muzahir Tayebjee
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e374-378

Case Reports

A Triad of Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis, Mandibular Retrognathia and Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: Case report
Issa K. Al-Nuumani, Abdulaziz Bakathir, Ahmed Al-Hashmi, Mohammed Al-Abri, Hussein Al-Kindi, Intisar Al-Macki, Zainab Al-Balushi
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e379-382
Primary Gastric Yolk Sac Tumour
Asim Qureshi, Mansour Al-Moundhri, Maha Al-Shaibi, Ibrahim Al-Haddabi, Alok Mittal
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e383-385
A New Variant of Dual Left Anterior Descending Artery Anomaly: Type XI
Rashid S. Al-Umairi, Faiza A. Al-Kindi, Saqar A. Al-Tai
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e386-388
Two Different Causes of Paediatric Hypercalcaemia
Stepan Kutilek, Ivana Plasilova, Viktor Chrobok
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e389-392
Nodular Pulmonary Amyloidosis Mimicking Metastatic Pulmonary Nodules: A case report and review of the literature
Rashid S. Al-Umairi, Fatma Al-Lawati, Fadhila M. Al-Busaidi
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e393-396
Primary Plasma Cell Leukaemia: Case report and review of the literature
Sarika Singh, Ashutosh Rath, Surekha Yadav
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e397-401
A Probable Case of Mucosal Fixed Drug Eruption Following Treatment with Silodosin
Eleni Klimi
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e402-404

Medical Images

Multifocal Skin Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake in a Patient with a Large Abdominal Mass
Run Yu
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e405-406
Large Thrombus on a Prosthetic Mitral Valve During Early Pregnancy
Yasser A. Kamal, Mohamed Zahran, Ahmed Oreiby
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e407-408
Pyogenic Granuloma in an Atypical Location Following Isotretinoin Treatment
Carlos Cuenca-Barrales, Teresa Ródenas-Herranz, Laura Linares-Gonzalez, Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde
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e409-410
Chronic Discoid Lupus: An uncommon cause of nail atrophy
Francisco J. Navarro-Triviño, Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde
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e411-412

Letters to the Editor

Re: Perceptions of Plagiarism Among Medical and Nursing Students in Erbil, Iraq
Sora Yasri, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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e413

Conference Abstracts

2nd International Nursing Conference: Transforming nursing future - Technology, innovation and collaboration
 
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e414-424