Volume 18, Issue 3 (2018)
Editorial/Commentary
Diabetes and Stroke: More than just accelerated atherosclerosis?
Arunodaya R. Gujjar
Reviews
Sources and Clinical Applications of Mesenchymal Stem Cells: State-of-the-art review
Roberto Berebichez-Fridman and Pablo R. Montero-Olvera
Noninvasive Ventilation and High-Flow Nasal Cannulae Therapy for Children with Acute Respiratory Failure: An overview
Khaloud S. Al-Mukhaini and Najwa M. Al-Rahbi
Special Contribution
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, and Yousef Al-Weshahi
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, and María D. Camarillo-Romero
Prognostic Significance of Blood Glucose Levels and Alterations Among Patients with Aluminium Phosphide Poisoning
Arvind Sharma, Prasanth Balasubramanian, Kiran D. Gill, and Ashish Bhalla
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, and Santaya L. Kela
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, and Faisal A. Al-Mulla
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, and Abdul Aleem
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, and Kusum Kapila
Spectrum of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in Oman
Darshan Lal, Arunodaya R. Gujjar, Nandagopal Ramachandiran, Ammar Obaidi, Sunil Kumar, Mortada El-Tigani, Faizal Al-Azri, and Abdullah R. Al-Asmi
Diabetic Foot Disease Research in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A bibliometric analysis
Ibrahim S. Al-Busaidi, Nadia N. Abdulhadi, and Kirsten J. Coppell
Attitudes Towards and Perceptions Regarding the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice Among Omani Nurses
Mohammed A. Al-Maskari and Barbara J. Patterson
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, and Mohammad H. Al-Bar
Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes of Pregnant Indian Pilgrims: A three-year experience at the Indian Hajj Medical Mission
Shazia Khan and Inam D. Khan
Implementing Lean Management Techniques at a Radiation Oncology Department
Mustafa M. Al-Balushi and Zahid Al-Mandhari
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, and Rizka Andalusia
Brief Communication
Current Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Practices Following Endovascular Electrophysiological Procedures in the UK: A retrospective study
Christopher Saunderson, Sally Hickman, Elaine Wilkinson, and Muzahir Tayebjee
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, and Zainab Al-Balushi
Primary Gastric Yolk Sac Tumour
Asim Qureshi, Mansour Al-Moundhri, Maha Al-Shaibi, Ibrahim Al-Haddabi, and Alok Mittal
A New Variant of Dual Left Anterior Descending Artery Anomaly: Type XI
Rashid S. Al-Umairi, Faiza A. Al-Kindi, and Saqar A. Al-Tai
Two Different Causes of Paediatric Hypercalcaemia
Stepan Kutilek, Ivana Plasilova, and Viktor Chrobok
Nodular Pulmonary Amyloidosis Mimicking Metastatic Pulmonary Nodules: A case report and review of the literature
Rashid S. Al-Umairi, Fatma Al-Lawati, and Fadhila M. Al-Busaidi
Primary Plasma Cell Leukaemia: Case report and review of the literature
Sarika Singh, Ashutosh Rath, and Surekha Yadav
Medical Images
Large Thrombus on a Prosthetic Mitral Valve During Early Pregnancy
Yasser A. Kamal, Mohamed Zahran, and Ahmed Oreiby
Pyogenic Granuloma in an Atypical Location Following Isotretinoin Treatment
Carlos Cuenca-Barrales, Teresa Ródenas-Herranz, Laura Linares-Gonzalez, and Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde
Chronic Discoid Lupus: An uncommon cause of nail atrophy
Francisco J. Navarro-Triviño and Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde
Letter to the Editor
Re: Perceptions of Plagiarism Among Medical and Nursing Students in Erbil, Iraq
Sora Yasri and Viroj Wiwanitkit