Children's body mass index and associated factors in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Twenty million children under 5 years old are estimated to suffer from malnutrition worldwide. The objective of this study is to determine factors associated with Riyadh children's nutritional status. An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among children aged 6-12, excluding mentally ill children.

Deferent Anatomical Presentations of Iliolumbar Ligament: A Cadaveric Study.

This work was carried out to describe the detailed gross anatomy of the iliolumbar ligaments in human cadavers and to shed more light on these disputes regarding the configuration and direction of these ligaments. Twenty partially dissected human formalin-preserved cadavers originating from North America and Europe were investigated in this study. Blunt dissection was made through the ventral and dorsal aspects of the pelvic area of the cadavers.

Awareness and perception of COVID-19 among final-year dental students, Sudan.

Background: Infection with COVID-19 has serious consequences, which may lead to severe pneumonia and even death. There is a high risk of infection between dental personnel and patients due to working in proximity while performing dental treatments.

Objective: This study aims to assess the awareness about COVID-19 and its preventive measures among final-year dental students.

Sleep pattern and dozing chance among university students.

Background: Sleep is defined as a naturally occurring state of the body within a relatively inhibited sensory activity, reduced metabolic rate and decreased interaction with the surrounding. Impaired sleep affects students' productivity, this area is not fully covered in the literature.

Objectives: To assess sleep patterns and dozing chance among university students.

Patient-dependent factors for fractures union failure among Riyadh population 2016.

Background: The primary care has an important role to prevent fractures and make sure of complete healing without any complications like a Malunion which arises when a fracture has healed in a non-anatomical position, and a delayed union which defined as a healing time of more than 12 weeks and a non-union which occurs when absence of fracture healing progression on series of radiographs or with no evidence of healing over 10 weeks.

Objectives: To identify the proportion of fracture healing failure types and identify Patient-dependent Factors.

Methodology: cross sectional study consecutive sampling till completing sample size (90) patients.

Pathological and clinical profile of hearing loss among Sudanese children attending the Khartoum Teaching Hospital.

Background: Hearing loss is a common disability affecting nearly 360 million people in the world and 75% of cases live in developing countries. Many children are vulnerable to diseases causing hearing loss that often go untreated. The aim of this study is to identify the possible etiological factors and clinical presentations of children who presented with hearing loss at the Khartoum Teaching Hospital.