Assessment of neonatal glycaemic status and comorbidities in infants of diabetic mothers admitted to the neonatal care unit of Al-Ramadi Teaching Hospital for maternity and childhood, Iraq.

Objective: To assess neonatal and maternal characteristics, glycaemic status and comorbidities in the neonates of diabetic mothers.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2021 to May 2022 at the Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Mustansiriyah, Baghdad, Iraq, and comprised healthy women. Samples were raised by simple random technique.

Assessment of growth status in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus in Baghdad: a case-control study.

Objective: To assess growth parameters in adolescents and children with type 1 diabetes mellitus, and the factors influencing their growth.

Methods: The case-control study was conducted from February to December 2020 at the Endocrine Outpatient Clinic of the Central Child Teaching Hospital of Paediatrics, Baghdad, Iraq, and comprised patients aged 2-16 years who had type 1 diabetes for at least a year. The patients formed group A, while healthy controls matched for age and gender from different schools and kindergartens formed group B.

Short-term outcomes among patients with subclinical hypothyroidism undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

Objectives: This study aimed to examine possible associations between previously undiagnosed subclinical hypothyroidism and short-term outcomes and mortality in a sample of Iraqi patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

Design: This is a prospective observational cohort study.

Setting: The study was conducted in a single tertiary referral centre in Baghdad, Iraq.

COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS IN CHILDREN WITH TYPE I DIABETES.

Objective: The aim: To assess the patterns and severity of cognitive impairment in children with type 1 diabetes as well as its association with disease onset and poor glycemic control.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: We assessed higher mental function and screened for psychosocial functioning in 60 children with type 1 DM and 60 age-matched control using the Modified Mini-Mental State examination and Pediatric Symptoms Checklist and its relation with age, gender, socioeconomic status, age at the onset of disease, duration of disease, HbA1c level, frequency of diabetic ketoacidosis and hypoglycemic attacks and type of treatment.

Results: Results: Diabetic patients demonstrated a lower Modified Mini-Mental State examination score than controls (25.

Nutritional status of children and adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Baghdad: a case-control study.

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major life-long non-communicable illness correlated with obesity and chronic undernutrition. It is particularly important to monitor the nutritional status of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), as they are still growing and may be affected by the disease or associated conditions like celiac disease. This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status of children and adolescents with T1DM in Baghdad city and identify possible risk factors for undernutrition.