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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jul 1994
Retrospective analysis of assisted conception techniques: A three year experience.
In this retrospective survey, we present the results of infertility treatment by various assisted conception techniques at the assisted conception unit, New Jeddah Clinic Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. During a three year period from January 1990 to December 1992, a total of 249 treatment cycles were started in patients with long-standing infertility. There were 107 ovulation induction cycles carried out in patients with chronic anovulation and patent tubes and normal spermogram using rigorous ovulation induction therapy with intensive ultrasound monitoring. ⋯ A total of 54 pregnancies resulted from these treatments, giving an overall pregnancy rate of 21.6%. The highest pregnancy rate of 32.35% is seen in the CSO and intrauterine insemination (IUI) in the GIFT. The pregnancy rate in the IVF/ET group was 22.2%/oocyte pickup and 30.8%/embryo transfer.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jul 1994
Hepatitis B, delta and human immunodeficiency virus infections among Omani patients with renal diseases: A seroprevalence study.
The prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis delta virus (HDV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections were determined in 102 patients on regular hemodialysis, 82 kidney recipients and 1030 nondialyzed, nontransplanted patients with various renal diseases. The prevalence rates of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in dialysis and renal transplant patients (12.7% and 11.0% respectively) were significantly higher than the rate in a control group of patients who had never been dialyzed nor transplanted (2.9%, P<0.05). ⋯ HIV infection was confirmed in only two of 102 (2.0%) and three of 82 (3.7%) hemodialysis and kidney recipients respectively. These data indicate hepatitis B, delta and HIV infections are major health problems among hemodialysis and renal transplant patients in the Sultanate of Oman.
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Retrospective analysis was carried out for 447 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of the spine. The overall mean age +/- SD of the entire series was 38.7 +/- 12.9 years. Degenerative spinal lesions and prolapsed intervertebral disks were detected in 62% and 73% of all the studies and of those which showed spinal abnormalities respectively. ⋯ Comparing the numbers of CT and CT myelograms requested in the year prior to the installation of the MRI to the numbers requested during the year where the MRI was functioning did not show any change in the frequency of ordering CT studies. We conclude that our hospital-based series has shown an interesting pattern for spinal disorders. The first year experience of the utilization of MRI in various spinal diseases has been satisfactory with prevailing diagnostic superiority for that modality.
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With an increase in travel to tropical countries, the need to improve the disease-risk perceptions of travelers who are either naive or given inappropriate or ineffective advice is becoming increasingly important. More widely available, specialized centers that can provide advice on tropical or travel-related diseases have been established, but their efficacy on travelers' knowledge and health has not been verified. Therefore, this study was undertaken to evaluate the impact of the service provided by a routine travel consultation at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases Travel Clinic, London, England. ⋯ Our results show that a face-to-face interview for an average of 18 minutes by trained staff is an effective way of improving travelers' knowledge on certain topics. The slight improvements overall are explained by the levels of experience of travel and previously acquired knowledge of the clients in our study. Effective advice on malaria prevention and some health risks is given during an average consultation; however, there is still a need for improvement in giving information on the management of diarrhea, fever, and other travel diseases.
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From 1985 to 1990, the CFC has monitored the growing national epidemic of Lime disease, which appears to parallel increased public awareness and knowledge of Lyme disease. Cases have now been reported from all 50 states, but the national surveillance program has been hampered by persistent confusion between the two diseases, with clinicians frequently reporting a case of Lime disease as Lyme disease. Analysis of surveillance reports of cases fulfilling the case-definition of Lime disease indicates that Lime disease is distributed uniformly throughout the United States (in contrast to the focal geographic occurrence of Lyme disease); the...