Associations of Pass-Fail Outcomes with Psychological Health of First-Year Medical Students in a Malaysian Medical School

Objectives: Te demanding and intense environment of medical training can create excessive pressures on medical students that eventually lead to unfavorable consequences, either at a personal or professional level. Tese...

Central Venous Catheter-Related Infection in Critically Ill Patients

We read with great interest recent studies about infections related to central venous catheter (CVC) and associated risk factors in critically ill postoperative patients evaluated in Iran, Oman and Egypt.1–4 Beigmohamma...

Reconstruction of Exenterated Orbit using Combined Surgical and Prosthetic Approach

Reconstruction of an exenterated orbit remains a challenge. Orbital prostheses are nowadays are made of silicone elastomers. A major limitation with silicone orbital prostheses is their relatively short life span. Tis...

Stress in the Medical Profession and its roots in Medical School

Screening of Five Common Beta Thalassemia Mutations in the Pakistani Population A basis for prenatal diagnosis

Talassemia is one of the most common autosomal single-gene disorder worldwide. Te highest prevalence of the disease is in the “thalassemia belt” which includes the Mediterranean region, parts of the Middle East, th...