Acute kidney injury in a teaching hospital in Oman.
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To determine the incidence, etiology and outcome of acute kidney injury (AKI) at a teaching hospital in Oman, we studied all adult cases that developed AKI at our hospital from July 2006 to June 2007. Data from the hospital information system (HIS) for all adult admissions in the wards and intensive care units for the study period were obtained, and included baseline serum creatinine, serum creatinine on the day of diagnosis, peak serum creatinine, urine output in the last six and 12 hours at the time of diagnosis, etiology of acute renal failure, presence of any co-morbid conditions, and renal replacement therapy and outcome. Of the 19,738 adult admissions, there were 108 episodes of AKI in 100 patients. The incidence of acute renal failure was 0.54%. The etiology of AKI was pre-renal in 55 (50.9%), obstructive in 5 (4.6%) and acute tubular necrosis (ATN) in the remaining 48 (44.4%) patients. Renal replacement therapy (RRT) was required in 24.1% of cases. Of the patients who developed AKI, 36 (33.33%) died during same hospital admission, 37 (34.26%) recovered to discharge with no renal impairment, 32 (29.63%) recovered with residual renal impairment and 2 (1.85%) recovered with dialysis dependence. (+info)
Terrestrial snakebites in the South East of the Arabian Peninsula: patient characteristics, clinical presentations, and management.
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BACKGROUND: This paper gives a profile of the cancer incidence in Oman for a nine-year period from 1998-2006. METHODS: Data from the population-based national cancer registry were consolidated for the said nine-year period and analyzed. A breakdown of the incidence by year and gender have been given. Age-standardized incidence of common cancers in Oman and their age-specific rates have been tabulated. Further, a graphical comparison between common cancers in Omani men and women have been made with those of other Gulf countries and some developed countries. RESULTS: There were a total of 8,005 (4,224 males and 3,781 females) cases reported and registered in the registry from January 1998 till December 2006 with a male female ratio of 1.1:1. The crude incidence rate was 49.4 per 100,000 males and 45.7 per 100,000 females. The corresponding age-standardized rates were 91.4 and 80.4 per 100,000 in males and females respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Incidence of cancer in Oman is lower than in some Gulf countries and many developed countries. Stomach cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and leukemia are three commonest cancers in males and breast, thyroid and cervical cancers are the most common in females in the nine-year period. (+info)
Use of health systems and policy research evidence in the health policymaking in eastern Mediterranean countries: views and practices of researchers.
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Breastfeeding is not associated with risk of developing childhood leukemia in the Sultanate of Oman.
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BACKGROUND: Recent case-control studies on breastfeeding and childhood leukemia risk have indicated that longer duration of breast feeding (> 6 months) is associated with decreased risk of the disease. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between duration of breastfeeding and risk of childhood leukemia in Oman. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a case control study all recently diagnosed and registered cases of childhood leukemia at the National Registry during (1999-2009), a total of 70 cases, were recruited. For each case, a gender and age matched control was selected either from the family relatives or from the neighbors of family siblings. RESULTS: Breastfeeding is culturally favored for longer periods of time (up to 24 months) in Oman. Data of this study revealed that 21% of cases and 12 % of their gender and age matched controls were breastfed for an average duration of 6-12 months. In 75% of the cases and 81% of controls the period of breastfeeding was between 12-24 months. Only 4% of the cases and 7% of controls were breastfed for a period more than 24 months. No significant (P>0.05) differences were observed between the cases and controls with respect to breastfeeding and the risk of childhood leukemia in Oman. Similarly the duration of breast feeding did not have any significant (P>0.05) effect on the risk. CONCLUSION: This study indicated that duration of breastfeeding was not associated with risk of childhood leukemia in Oman and there may be some other environmental and genetic factors that might be responsible for the occurrence of this disease that must be explored further. (+info)
A new chronotype of Schistosoma mansoni: adaptive significance.
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