Quality of Life among Renal Transplant Recipients in Bahrain: A Single-Center Experience.

Although a positive effect of renal transplantation on quality of life (QOL) scores was demonstrated in numerous international studies, there are a few studies in renal transplant recipients in Arabic countries. The purpose of this study was to assess the QOL in renal transplant recipients in Bahrain. We used the standard QOL Index (QOLI) score instrument in Arabic languages.

A toolbox for conducting an online OSCE.

This toolbox highlights the lessons learned and the tools used to run the online OSCE at the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University (CMMS-AGU) using Zoom™️. The examiners considered the examination to be valid in assessing all clinical skills except for psychomotor skills and students found it to be highly acceptable. We describe three phases.

Validating the modified System for Evaluation of Teaching Qualities: a teaching quality assessment instrument.

Construct: We assessed the validity of the modified System for Evaluation of Teaching Qualities (mSETQ) in evaluating clinical teachers in Bahrain.

Background: Clinical teacher assessment tools are essential for improving teaching quality. The mSETQ is a teaching quality measurement tool, and demonstrating the validity of this tool could provide a stronger evidence base for the utilization of this questionnaire for assessing medical teachers in Bahrain.

The high-molecular weight multimer form of adiponectin is a useful marker of polycystic ovary syndrome in Bahraini Arab women.

Background & Aims: We tested if decreased total and high molecular weight (HMW)-adiponectin, and altered HMW/total adiponectin ratio (HMWR) constitute reliable markers of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) among Bahraini Arab women.

Methods: Case-control study involving 122 Bahraini Arab women with PCOS and 89 ethnically-matched control women. PCOS was evaluated according to 2003 Rotterdam criteria.

Leutinizing hormone/choriogonadotropin receptor and follicle stimulating hormone receptor gene variants in polycystic ovary syndrome.

Purpose: Previous studies identified follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) and luteinizing hormone/choriogonadotropin receptor (LHCGR) genes as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) susceptibility loci, which was dependent on the racial/ethnic background of studied population. We investigated the association of genetic variants in FSHR and LHCGR with PCOS in Bahraini Arab women.

Methods: A retrospective case-control study, involving 203 women with PCOS, and 211 age- and ethnically-matched control women.

DENND1A gene variants in Bahraini Arab women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Recent genome-wide association studies and replication analyses reported an association between variants of DENND1A gene and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), mostly in Asians. We therefore examined whether the common DENND1A SNPs rs10818854, rs2479106, and rs10986105 are associated with PCOS in Bahraini Arab population. This case-control study involved 191 women with PCOS diagnosed according to the Rotterdam criteria, and 202 control women.

Comparison of palpation-guided versus ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsies of thyroid nodules in an outpatient endocrinology practice.

Objective: To investigate the role of thyroid ultrasonography in our outpatient endocrine practice.

Methods: We compared the efficacy of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (US-FNAB) of thyroid nodules with that of palpation-guided aspiration (P-FNAB) and determined the malignancy rates of palpable and nonpalpable nodules. All patients referred for assessment of thyroid nodular disease from October 1997 through August 2001 were included in the study.

Contribution of selective HLA-DRB1/DQB1 alleles and haplotypes to the genetic susceptibility of type 1 diabetes among Lebanese and Bahraini Arabs.

Context: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II genes contribute to the genetic susceptibility of type 1 diabetes (T1D), and both susceptible and protective alleles were implicated with its pathogenesis, which varies among various ethnic/racial groups.

Objective: This study investigated the heterogeneity in HLA class II haplotypes distribution among Bahraini and Lebanese T1D patients.

Design: This was a cross-sectional retrospective study.

Susceptible and protective human leukocyte antigen class II alleles and haplotypes in bahraini type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus patients.

Whereas the genetic risk for type 1 diabetes is linked to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II genes, the HLA association in type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes is less clear. The association between HLA class II genotypes and type 2 diabetes was examined in adult Bahrainis, an Arab population with a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes. HLA-DRB1* and -DQB1* genotyping of 86 unrelated type 2 diabetes patients (age, 51.

Dramatic improvement of BMD following vitamin D therapy in a bone marrow transplant recipient.

Bone marrow transplantation is now an established successful treatment for several hematologic malignancies. Bone loss is among the long-term adverse effects of this procedure. The underlying pathophysiology is believed to be multifactorial.