The Future Importance of Travel Health in the Middle East: Oman’s opportunity to enhance its services
Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 2020, Vol 20, Issue 2
Abstract
EDITORIAL
Authors and Affiliations
Seif Al-Abri, Said Al-Lamki, Eskild Petersen, Ahmed Al-Mandhari
Non-dipping blood pressure in normotensive patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
To investigate circadian blood pressure profiles in normotensive patients with moderate te severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), in relatien te their apnea indices and left ventricular parameters, we studied twenty one m...
Sonographic Detection of Pseudoaneurysm in Vascular Injury in Emergency Department
A 31-year-old man suffered from a stab wound to the lower extremity. Te patient had a hard sign of a vascular injury (a diminished distal pulse) and therefore probably should have undergone operative repair, but refus...
Decision-to-Delivery Time Intervals in Emergency Caesarean Section Cases Repeated cross-sectional study from Oman
Objectives: In cases of fetal intolerance to labour, meeting the standard decision-to-delivery time interval (DDI) of ≤30 minutes is challenging. Tis study aimed to assess DDIs in emergency Caesarean section (CS) cas...
Multi-Factorial Causes of Torsade De Pointes in a Hospitalised Surgical Patient
A 55-year-old chronic alcoholic male known to be positive for human immunodefciency virus (HIV) was admitted to a surgical ward following perianal abscess drainage. He was noted to have sinus bradycardia, ventricular p...
In-vitro activity of synercid and related drugs against Streptococcus oralis isolated from septicaemia and endocarditis cases
– The increase in resistance to gram positive organisms and seriousness of infective endocarditis, makes it necessary to look for an alternate treatment. – In-vitro activity of synercid was compar...