The perceptions of medical students of online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national survey from Jordan.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jordan declared a state of emergency on 19 March 2020, implementing a 10-week curfew and closing all educational institutions. Consequently, online learning commenced to ensure educational continuity amid the pandemic. The aim of this study was to assess medical students' perception of online teaching during this period in a limited-resource setting and to identify associated challenges.

Frequency, Clinical Characteristics and Predictors of Ketoacidosis at Diagnosis of Type One Diabetes Mellitus in Children and Adolescents from Jordan.

Objective: Data regarding diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at diagnosis of type one diabetes (T1D) in developing countries are scarce. The aim of this study was to describe the frequency of DKA at the onset of T1D in children and adolescents in Jordan and to compare the clinical and biochemical characteristics between the group that presented with DKA and the group that did not.

Methods: The records of 341 children and adolescents, less than sixteen years of age, who were diagnosed with T1D between 2015 and 2019 were evaluated retrospectively.

Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on presentation and referral patterns of newly diagnosed children with type 1 diabetes in a developing country.

Objectives: The global spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), had a great impact on patients worldwide, including those with chronic diseases. We aim to study the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on presentation patterns of patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in Jordan, as an example a developing country with limited resources.

Methods: Medical charts were reviewed for patients presented with new-onset T1D to Jordan University hospital during the first year of pandemic and the preceding year.

Recessive mutation in GALNT3 causes hyperphosphatemic familial tumoral calcinosis associated with chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis.

Albaramki J, Dmour H, Shboul M, Bonnard C, Venkatesh B, Odeh R. Recessive mutation in GALNT3 causes hyperphosphatemic familial tumoral calcinosis associated with chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis. Turk J Pediatr 2019; 61: 130-133.

Urinary tract infection caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing bacteria: Risk factors and antibiotic resistance.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the risk factors for acquisition of extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria in community-acquired urinary tract infection (UTI) and to evaluate their antimicrobial resistance.

Methods: The medical records of hospitalized children were retrospectively evaluated. Children with ESBL-producing bacteria UTI were matched with controls with non-ESBL-producing bacteria UTI of the same age and gender.

Congenital glucose-galactose malabsorption: A case report with a novel mutation.

A three-day-old newborn girl presented with decreased feeding and dehydration. She was sick and in shock. She had renal impairment and hypernatremia.

Pediatric focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in Jordan: A tertiary hospital experience.

Our objective is to study the demographical data, clinical course and outcome of children with primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in Jordan. A retrospective chart review of patients with a diagnosis of FSGS at a tertiary care hospital from the period July 2010 to July 2016 was conducted. A total of 99 patients were analyzed.

Neurological and cardiac complications in a cohort of children with end-stage renal disease.

Adult patients with chronic kidney disease are at risk of major neurologic and cardiac complications. The purpose of this study is to review the neurological and cardiac complications in children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). A retrospective review of medical records of children with ESRD at Jordan University Hospital was performed.

HENOCH-SCHONLEIN PURPURA IN CHILDHOOD A FIFTEEN-YEAR EXPERIENCE AT A TERTIARY HOSPITAL.

Objective: To examine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of children diagnosed with Henoch Sch6nlein purpura (HSP) and to compare them with other areas in the world.

Methods: The medical records of children with HSP were retrospectively reviewed at the Jordan University Hospital between the years 1998 and 2012. The clinical and demographical features, laboratory tests, management and outcome were assessed.

A family with five siblings affected with nephronophthisis.

Nephronophthisis is an autosomal recessive disease that leads to end-stage renal disease. These days, molecular genetic analysis is used pre-emptively for making a definitive diagnosis in patients who have clinical and radiological data suggestive of the disease. Herein, we are reporting a 12-year-old girl who was genetically diagnosed to have juvenile nephronophthisis, which explained the mystery of the chronic kidney disease in her four affected siblings.

Parenteral versus oral iron therapy for adults and children with chronic kidney disease.

Background: The anaemia seen in chronic kidney disease (CKD) may be exacerbated by iron deficiency. Iron can be provided through different routes, with advantages and drawbacks of each route. It remains unclear whether the potential harms and additional costs of intravenous (IV) compared with oral iron are justified.

Rituximab therapy in two children with autoimmune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare disease among pediatric patients, in whom it may be mistaken for hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). Familial forms are caused by mutations in the ADAMTS13 gene, whereas acquired forms may result from an inhibitory antibody directed against ADAMTS13, a metalloprotease that cleaves very large multimers of Von Willebrand factor (VWF), thereby preventing platelet aggregation in blood vessels. We report two cases of TTP.