The petrous portion of the temporal bone as shown on sonography between 14 and 40 weeks' gestation.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility of sonographically identifying, measuring, and constructing nomograms of the fetal petrous bone, the part of the temporal bone that houses the auditory apparatus.

Methods: A total of 248 consecutive pregnant women between 14 and 40 weeks' gestation were included. During a routine scan using transvaginal or transabdominal sonography, the fetal head was assessed in transverse sections.

Insertion of double J stent as a therapeutic test in management of adults presenting with loin pain and equivocal ureteropelvic junction obstruction.

Purpose: To evaluate temporary double J ureteric stenting (TDJS) as a test to diagnose ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) in equivocal cases.

Materials And Methods: One hundred and nine consecutive adult patients with loin pain and ipsilateral equivocal UPJO (EqUPJO) on radioisotope diuretic renogram (RDR) were enrolled in the present study. All patients underwent TDJS for 3 weeks.

Accuracy of Arabic versions of three asthma symptoms questionnaires against the clinical diagnosis of asthma.

Validation studies of asthma symptom questionnaires against provocation tests of bronchial hyperresponsiveness have shown comparable performances of written and video taped questionnaires. This study aimed to determine the test characteristics of Arabic versions of two written and one video taped questionnaires when compared to the clinical diagnosis of asthma made by two respiratory physicians. The written International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire had higher sensitivities and greater accuracy than the other two questionnaires.

Risk factors predicting outcome in patients with pneumonia in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Objective: To determine the predictive value of commonly used clinical and laboratory factors for mortality in patients with pneumonia in the Arab world.

Methods: We retrospectively analyze the data collected from all inpatients over the age of 16 years with a diagnosis of pneumonia in Tawam Hospital, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates between the years 1997 and 2002. Patients were grouped into those who survived and those who died in the hospital.

Demographics and microbiological profile of pneumonia in United Arab Emirates.

Background: Pneumonia is a common respiratory disease, which has a mortality rate of approximately 14% worldwide. The management of pneumonia is based on the patient and microbiological profile existing in the community. There is a paucity of data regarding patient demographics and the microbiological profile for pneumonia in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).