Al-Umairi, Rashid S Al-Kindi, Faiza Al-Tai, Saqar
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Coronary artery anomalies (CAAs) are uncommon congenital abnormalities with a prevalence ranging from 0.2-2%. CAAs can be asymptomatic or less commonly present with life-threatening symptoms. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and spectrum of CAAs in patients who underwent coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) in Oman. This re...
Rodrigues, Gabriel Jayasankar, Balaji Janumpalli, Krishna K R
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Yu, Run
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Al-Battashi, Abeer Al Hajri, Zahra Perry, Arie Al-Kindi, Hunaina Al-Ghaithi, Ibrahim
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New groups of high-grade neuroepithelial tumours (HGNET) have emerged from the reclassification of central nervous system (CNS) embryonal tumours that have recognised CNS HGNET with BCOR alteration (CNS HGNET-BCOR). We report a two-year, nine-month-old Omani boy who presented to the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman, in 2015 with subacute head tilting a...
Al-Hariri, Mohammed T Eldin, Tharwat G Hashim, Tarek Chathoth, Shahanas Alswied, Abdullah
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This study aimed to determine the effects of propolis on immune mediators and tissue histopathology in rats with L-arginine-induced acute pancreatitis (AP). This study was conducted at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudia Arabia between September and November 2017. A total of 24 male albino Wistar rats were divided into three equa...
Malik, Azhar A Aziz, Faisal Beshyah, Salem A Aldahmani, Khaled M
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This study aimed to evaluate the aetiologies of hyperprolactinaemia in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This retrospective study used laboratory databases to identify all patients who underwent evaluation for prolactin at Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE, between 2009 and 2015. Of those 2,280 patients, all patients with low or normal prolactin (n = 1,315...
Al Balushi, Amal A
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Photography in the medical profession is an asset that may help during patients' follow-up, monitoring the progression of diseases, getting a second opinion and in medical educational activities. Advances in technology, specifically smartphones, have enabled medical professionals to obtain high-quality photographs with minimal effort and photograph...
Masters, Ken
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Alqattan, Hamad Morrison, Zoe Cleland, Jennifer A
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This review aimed to identify methodological aspects of qualitative studies conducted to assess patient safety culture (PSC) in hospital settings. Searches of Google Scholar (Google LLC, Menlo Park, California, USA), MEDLINE® (National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA), EMBASE (Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands), PsycINFO (American Psych...
Kamona, Ameen Al Lawati, Fatma Kamona, Atheel Al Busaidi, Nasser Al Mahrooqi, Yaqoob Al-Tai, Saqar Al Lawati, Nabil Al-Umairi, Rashid S
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Pulmonary hyalinising granuloma (PHG) is a rare fibrosclerosing inflammatory lung condition of unknown aetiology. It is characterised by solitary or multiple pulmonary nodules that are usually found incidentally while imaging the chest for other reasons. We report two cases of histologically proven PHG diagnosed at the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman....
