Growth and endocrinopathies among children with β-Thalassemia major treated at Dubai Thalassemia centre.

Background: β-Thalassemia major (BTM) is one of the most common hereditary anemias worldwide. Patients suffer from iron overload that results from repeated blood transfusion This in turn leads to multiple organ damage and endocrinopathies. This study aims to assess the prevalence of growth retardation, hypothyroidism, and diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents with BTM treated at Dubai Thalassemia Centre.

Cerebral folate deficiency: A report of two affected siblings.

Cerebral folate deficiency (CFD) is a rare progressive neurological condition characterized by normal blood folate level and low 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF) levels in the cerebrospinal fluid. Patients present with different neurological findings including hypotonia and microcephaly. Later, patients develop ataxia, seizures, para or quadri-plagia.

Surgical management of pediatric eye injuries.

Background: Eye injury is a leading cause of unilateral childhood blindness. The purpose of this research was to study the management and visual outcome of pediatric eye injuries necessitating hospitalization and surgical repair.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective study of children having eye injury that needed surgical repair over the period of 2012 and 2017.

Relationships and boundaries: Learning needs and preferences in clerkship medical environments.

Purpose: Relationship boundaries recognition is an essential element of medical practice. The aim of the study was to assess final year medical students' perceived need for education regarding professional boundaries.

Materials And Methods: This was a cross-sectional study.

Informed consent learning: Needs and preferences in medical clerkship environments.

Purpose: Limited information exists regarding students' routine educational needs in support of ethics and professionalism practices faced in real clinical practice. As such the authors aimed to explore medical students learning needs and preferences for informed consent and relevant ethical issues in the clerkship environments.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study using a self-administered, printed survey distributed to final year clinical clerks.