Point-of-Care Airway Ultrasonography Prior to an Emergency Cricothyroidotomy Case report

Te use of ultrasonography in acute and critical care medicine is becoming increasingly common. However, use of an airway ultrasound as an adjunct to determine the type of intervention needed and assess complications is...

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Screening for Anti-Cancer Compounds in Marine Organisms in Oman

Objectives: Marine organisms are a rich source of bioactive molecules with potential applications in medicine, biotechnology and industry; however, few bioactive compounds have been isolated from organisms inhabiting t...

First Cytogenetic Profle of Omani Patients with de novo Myelodysplastic Syndromes Comparison with data from Asia, Africa, Europe and North and South America

Clonal cytogenetic abnormalities have been reported among 30–80% of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS); however, 20–70% of patients with MDS show a normal karyotype that may nevertheless harbour a crypti...

Silent Epidemic of Depression in Women in the Middle East and North Africa Region Emerging tribulation or fallacy?

As the world is being gripped by economic depression, international psychological epidemiologists have amassed evidence to suggest that psychological depression and its variants are becoming leading contributors to the...