Prevalence of obesity, overweight, underweight, and stunting among school children in Argo city, Northern Sudan.

School children pass through great physical and mental changes, which affect both their growth and school performance. We aim at determining the prevalence of obesity, overweight, underweight, and stunting among the primary school children in Argo city, Northern Sudan. This cross-section study recruited all primary school children aged 6 to 14 years in the city.

Clinical characteristics and aetiology of early childhood epilepsy: a single centre experience in Saudi Arabia.

Seizures in children and neonatal period have variety of causes; however, most of childhood seizures are idiopathic. The aim of this study was to review the causes of epilepsy in children presenting in the first 2 years of life using the International League Against Epilepsy classification released in 2010. This was a retrospective chart review study that was conducted at a tertiary center in Saudi Arabia.

A novel variant in ATM gene causes ataxia telangiectasia revealed by whole-exome sequencing.

Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by variants in ATM gene and characterized by progressive neurologic impairment, cerebellar ataxia, and oculo-cutaneous telangiectasia. Immunodeficiency with a recurrent sinopulmonary infections are observed in patients with A-T. Here, we report a novel stop codon variant, c.

The perception of safety culture among nurses in a tertiary hospital in Central Saudi Arabia.

Developing a patient safety culture was one of the recommendations made by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to assist hospitals in improving patient safety. Nurses are the key to safety improvements in hospitals. It is necessary to know their awareness and perception regarding institutional safety climate.

Factors affecting the retention of nurses. A survival analysis.

Objective: To identify and explore factors that mostly influence nurses' turnover and retention, and to estimate the length of employment for nurses in the hospital.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study examining the standard Exit Questionnaires completed by all the female pediatric nurses who joined and left the hospital during the period between January 2006 and October 2010. The Developed Questionnaires where completed by nurses who were still employees in October 2010.