Volume 14, Issue 4 (2014)
Editorial/Commentary
Children and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection : Opportunities and challenges
Moeness M. Al-Shishtawy and Department of Community Medicine & Public Health, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
Reviews
Graduated Driver Licensing : An international review
Lyndel J. Bates, Siobhan Allen, Kerry Armstrong, Barry Watson, Mark J. King, and Jeremy Davey
Advancing Tobacco Dependence Treatment Services in the Eastern Mediterranean Region : International collaboration for training and capacity-building
Feras I. Hawari and Rasha K. Bader
Mechanical Prosthetic Valves and Pregnancy : A therapeutic dilemma of anticoagulation
Prashanth Panduranga, Mohammed El-Deeb, and Chitra Jha
Medical History
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, and Medhat El-Sayed
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, and Shahina Daar
The Correlation between Electroencephalography Amplitude and Interictal Abnormalities : Audit study
Sami F. Al-Rawas, Rajesh P. Poothrikovil, Khidir M. Abdelbasit, and Robert S. Delamont
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, and Ali A. Al-Jabri
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 and Ayman S. Amer
Antibiotic Prescribing Trends in an Omani Paediatric Population
Khalid Al-Balushi, Fatma Al-Ghafri, Fatma Al-Sawafi, and Ibrahim Al-Zakwani
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, and Gábor Katona
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, and Tarkan Karahan
Opportunistic Infections and Complications in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1-Infected Children : Correlation with immune status
Jaivinder Yadav, Sanjeev Nanda, and Deepak Sharma
Assessment of Breast Cancer Awareness among Female University Students in Ajman, United Arab Emirates
Shatha S. Al-Sharbatti, Rizwana B. Shaikh, Elsheba Mathew, and Mawahib A. Al-Biate
Challenges and Strategies for Building and Maintaining Effective Preceptor-Preceptee Relationships among Nurses
Gerald A. Matua, Vidya Seshan, Raman Savithri, and Dennis C. Fronda
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, and Lina Shakman
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, and Mohamed El-Naggari
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, and Nelofer Khan
Hepatobiliary Complications of Sickle Cell Disease among Children Admitted to Al Wahda Teaching Hospital, Aden, Yemen
Hana A. Qhalib and Gamal H. Zain
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, N/A, Amal Al-Maani, George Paul, and Sumaiah Al-Arimi
Primary Extradural Meningioma Presenting as Frontal Sinusitis with Extensive Bony Changes : Case report
Rajeev Kariyattil, Venkatesh Govindaraju, Rana S. Hamid, and Muthukuttiparambil Unnikrishnan
Radioactive Iodine-131 Therapy in the Management of Ectopic Thyroid Tissue
Omayma T. El-Shafie, Samir Hussain, Dilip Sankhla, and Nicholas Woodhouse
Syringocystadenoma Papilliferum of the Upper Lip
Hamdan A. Al-Habsi, Mustafa Al-Hinai, Ahmed Al-Waily, Salim Al-Sudairy, and Vipula de Silva
A Case of an Undifferentiated Embryonal Sarcoma of the Liver Mimicking a Liver Abscess
Mohammad Hanafiah, Azyani Yahya, Zamri Zuhdi, and Yazmin Yaacob
A Possible Case of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting with Generalised Oedema
Kawther T. El-Shafie, Ali Al-Shirawi, Buthaina Al-Maskari, and Nafisa Samir
Medical Images
Bilateral Wrist Drop at Presentation in a Child with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type I
Roshan Koul, Rana Abdelrahim, Susan Al-Nabhani, and Amna Al-Futaisi
Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma, Leg Type : A diagnosis not to forget in the elderly
Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde and Francisco Ramos-Pleguezuelos
Letters to the Editor
Pirates of Plagiarism : Proposed courses of action to deal with plagiarism
Syed I. Shehnaz and Anoop K. Agarwal
Re: Maternal and Fetal Outcomes of Triplet Gestation in a Tertiary Hospital in Oman
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi
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