The success of any health care system in any part of the world depends entirely on the strength and reliability of its primary health care (PHC) system. It is the first portal of entry for patients to the health care sys...
Objectives: Overweight and obesity at an early age are an important criterion for predicting chronic diseases. Each anthropometric method available to assess obesity has its limitations. Recently, one of the indices prop...
Objectives: In preterm infants, hyperbilirubinemia is common and can impair the central nervous system. The tests available for measuring bilirubin is to collect blood from heel pricking and occasionally taking blood sam...
Oman is undergoing significant social changes including demographics, public attitude and awareness about national issues.1 The pattern of diseases in Oman has significantly changed with coronary artery disease becoming...
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and specific parental risk factors that may contribute to the development of ADHD in children....
Primary Health Care in Oman: Shaping the Future
The success of any health care system in any part of the world depends entirely on the strength and reliability of its primary health care (PHC) system. It is the first portal of entry for patients to the health care sys...
Neck Circumference as a Useful Marker for Screening Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
Objectives: Overweight and obesity at an early age are an important criterion for predicting chronic diseases. Each anthropometric method available to assess obesity has its limitations. Recently, one of the indices prop...
A Novel Non-invasive Technique of Measuring Bilirubin Levels Using BiliCapture
Objectives: In preterm infants, hyperbilirubinemia is common and can impair the central nervous system. The tests available for measuring bilirubin is to collect blood from heel pricking and occasionally taking blood sam...
Do Lay People in Oman Know How to Perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?
Oman is undergoing significant social changes including demographics, public attitude and awareness about national issues.1 The pattern of diseases in Oman has significantly changed with coronary artery disease becoming...
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Parental Factors in School Children Aged Nine to Ten Years in Muscat, Oman
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and specific parental risk factors that may contribute to the development of ADHD in children....