The patterns and causes of neonatal mortality at a tertiary hospital in oman.

Objective: To report the patterns and causes of neonatal death from a tertiary care neonatal intensive care unit over a period of four years.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study where four years data (January 2006 - December 2009) of all inborn neonatal admissions and deaths were collected from the neonatal intensive care unit at Sultan Qaboos University hospital on predesigned forms. All out born admissions and deaths were excluded.

Cytogenetic profile of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Oman.

Background: Chromosomal abnormalities have important diagnostic and prognostic significance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The purpose of this study was to define and classify the frequency and type of chromosomal abnormalities among newly diagnosed children with ALL and compare the results with those reported from other geographical regions of the world.

Methods: Bone marrow chromosomal studies with GTG banding were performed in untreated ALL pediatric patients aged from 7 days to 14 years.

Comparison of plain potassium hydroxide mounts, fungal cultures and nail plate biopsies in the diagnosis of onychomycosis.

Objective: To compare the relative sensitivity of direct microscopy, fungal culture and nail plate biopsy in the diagnosis of onychomycosis.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: The Skin Department, Military Hospital, Rawalpindi from February 1998 to February 1999.