Publications by authors named "Farouk Al-Qadasi"
Introduction: There is little published information on type 1 diabetes (T1D) in children in Yemen. We aimed to identify the clinical characteristics, biomarkers and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at diagnosis of T1D among children and adolescents in a diabetes centre in Sana'a, Yemen.
Methods: A total of 485 children and adolescents aged ≤18 years diagnosed with T1D during the period 2010-2020 were included in the study.
Background The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is a global health threat that has affected patient care enormously. Moderate to severe asthma was listed as a risk factor for severe SARS-CoV-2 disease by the Centers for Disease Control. Little is known about the impact of the pandemic on asthma control in children, particularly African American children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To calculate a 30-year incidence rates of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in Sana'a city, Yemen during peace and wartimes.
Methods: A total of 461 patients aged between 8 months and 18 years with newly diagnosed diabetes were registered between 1989 and 2018. We used a standardized protocol for counting cases over time.
Article Synopsis
- Pharmacists play an important role in reporting Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), and underreporting is viewed as professional malpractice globally.
- A study of 385 final-year pharmacy students in Sana'a, Yemen, revealed male students and those from private universities had better knowledge and confidence in ADR reporting compared to their female and public university counterparts.
- The results highlighted that students from private universities had a more positive perception of pharmacovigilance and were better informed about causality assessment of ADRs than those from public universities.