32 results match your criteria: "Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital[Affiliation]"
Ramadan fasting and diabetes 2019: The year in review.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract
February 2021
National Centre for Diabetes, Tripoli, Libya; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya.
Introduction: The literature on health aspects of Ramadan fasting is widely spread in many journals making it not readily available to those interested in the subject.
Materials And Methods: A narrative, non-systematic review of the international literature from two major online databases (viz. Scopus, PubMed) in one year (2019).
Tiered healthcare in South Africa exposes deficiencies in management and more patients with infectious etiology of primary adrenal insufficiency.
PLoS One
January 2021
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine (University of Cape Town), Cape Town, South Africa.
Objective: We wished to determine the prevalence, etiology, presentation, and available management strategies for primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI) in South Africa (SA), hypothesizing a prevalence greater than the described 3.1 per million. There is great inequity in healthcare allocation, as two parallel healthcare systems exist, potentially modifying PAI patients' clinical profiles, private being better resourced than public healthcare.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEvolving physicians' perceptions and practices regarding use of SGLT2 inhibitors for type 2 diabetes during Ramadan fasting.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract
October 2020
The Endocrinology Clinic, Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Objectives: We followed up the evolving perceptions and practices regarding use of SGLT-2 inhibitors in Ramadan.
Methods: We compared results of the three survey in 2015, 2017, 2019.
Results: Senior doctors represented 43.
Management of adrenal insufficiency during Ramadan fasting: a survey of physicians.
Endocr Connect
August 2020
Department of Endocrinology, Medical Subspecialties Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Introduction: Appropriate dose adjustments of glucocorticoids replacement therapy for adrenal insufficiency (AI) is vital.
Objective: We sought to scope physicians' perceptions, and practices regarding Ramadan fasting (RF) impact on the management of AI.
Methods: A web-based survey of a convenience sample of endocrinologists.
The Added Benefit of the CHADS2 Score.
Am J Cardiol
September 2020
Department of Cardiology, Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Electronic address:
Significant barriers to diagnosis and management of adrenal insufficiency in Africa.
Endocr Connect
May 2020
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Background: The burden and management of primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI) in Africa have not been well documented. We aimed to identify specific disease characteristics, patient demographics, and patterns of clinical management in established PAI in Africa.
Methods: An online survey of physicians' experience relating to PAI.
Physicians' Understanding of Nutritional Factors Determining Brain Development and Cognition in the Middle East and Africa.
Pediatr Gastroenterol Hepatol Nutr
November 2019
Department of Pediatrics, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Kuwait Oil Company Hospital, Al Ahmadi City, Kuwait.
Purpose: Proper nutrition is essential for brain development during infancy, contributing to the continued development of cognitive, motor, and socio-emotional skills throughout life. Considering the insufficient published data in the Middle East and North Africa, experts drafted a questionnaire to assess the opinions and knowledge of physicians on the impact of nutrition on brain development and cognition in early life.
Methods: The questionnaire consisted of two parts: The first focused on the responders' demographic and professional characteristics and the second questioned the role of nutrition in brain development and cognition.