Publications by authors named "M Abdel-Latif"

Background: Hospital care for neonates can be challenging for parents, and a negative parental experience can affect the well-being of the infant after discharge. A family-centred approach is the gold standard of care in neonatology.

Aim: This study aimed to identify common themes in voluntary unstructured feedback received from parents and caregivers of infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, special care nursery or postnatal ward or followed up by neonatal outpatient services at a tertiary Australian Women and Children's Hospital.

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An important dimension in the education of health professionals is developing their English language performance to help them meet academic and professional needs. Though understanding Saudi university medical students' English language needs is key to helping them perform well in their academic studies and future workplaces, there has been scarce research on these needs. The present study investigated Saudi university medical students' English language difficulties, the strategies they use for overcoming these difficulties, their evaluation of the English language instruction received at their colleges and perceptions of their English language needs.

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Ginger rich in polyphenols, possesses various biomedical properties. Researchers investigated the effects of dietary ginger supplementation on turkey performance traits, biochemical parameters, haematological parameters and mRNA gene expression. Ginger root powder was administered at different doses (0, 10, 20 and 40 g/kg) to the turkeys.

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: Medication errors in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are prevalent, with dosage and prescription errors being the most common. : To identify the common medication errors reported over twelve years using a voluntary, nonanonymous incident reporting system (RiskMan clinical incident reporting information system) at an Australian tertiary NICU. : This was a single-centre cohort study conducted at a tertiary NICU.

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Background: Lemongrass (LG) had various phytochemical components such as saponins, phenols, resins, alkaloids, tannins, flavonoids, glycosides and terpenes, minerals as well as vitamin C which had various pharmacological actions (antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antibiotic, and antifungal) and growth promoter. The use of LG in broiler nutrition can be optimized the bird performance and gut health. Based on the high nutrition value of LG and absence of sufficient studies on the effect of lemongrass aqueous extract (LGX) on broiler performance and gut health (antioxidant and immune biomarkers and intestinal morphology), the aim of the present study is to investigate the impact of using LGX on productive performance, blood biomarkers, immunity and gut health of broilers.

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