Abstract This cross sectional descriptive study was carried out at Iskan medical center and Elgref garb ultrasound departments in Khartoum state Sudan during the period from September to December 2018. The aims of the study are to find the underlying causes of epigastric pain .The study evaluated the epigastric pain using the standard abdominal ultrasound scan including gall bladder, liver, pancreas and spleen to determine the findings that may cause epigastric pain, as well as to assess mos...
Abstract Celiac disease is one of the most common lifelong disorders. It is genetic autoimmune disorder occur when the ingestion of gluten leads to damage in the small intestine. Vitamin B12 malabsorption are common in celiac disease as the proximal small intestine is predominantly affected. We aimed to study serum vitamin B12 levels in celiac disease patients. This was a cross sectional study, conducted, to estimate the serum levels of vitamin B12 among 40 Sudanese patients with celiac dise...
Rhythm controllers in the brainstem 1. Medulla Dorsal respiratory group – associated with inspiration Ventral respiratory group – associated with expiration. Pre-Botzinger Complex - pattern generator, also ventral 2) Pons Apneustic center – has an excitatory function Pneumotaxic center – can inhibit inspiration Other regions of the brain that can affect respiration 1. Cortex Can exercise voluntary control...
Abstract Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most common medical complication of pregnancy. It is associated with maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes. Fibrinogen level has been the intensive study in latest years. In addition, there is an association mentioned in previous records between fibrinogen level and newborn metabolic diseases, liver disorders and some cancers. Objectives: To evaluate and estimate fibrinogen level in newborn cord blood of gestational diabe...
Abstract Quality is an important issue in medical laboratories, it leads to right and trusted results, which will guide the doctor and patient to the right treatment without wasting time and money, and then it will lead to healthy individuals and communities. In this study, we assessed the quality measures in eleven microbiology laboratories in Khartoum State hospitals by applying the standard clauses of ISO 15189 and checking the reproducibility of these laboratories by using three NC...
Abstract Background: Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a common condition estimated to affect around 100000 patients each year in the UK.. it is associated with increased mortality in some thrombotic disorders . Objectives: This study conducted to assess the serum uric acid, and albumin in DVT patients. Methods: This was case control study based on 50 DVT patients as cases, and 50 apparently healthy individuals as controls (age and gender were matched between two groups) Blood sample was taken...
Abstract This study is an experimental intervention study aimed to study the effect of the consumption of green tea on pro thrombin time level among apparently healthy Sudanese volunteers. A total of 40 healthy Sudanese volunteers participate, aged between 20-45 years, twenty-one of them were females and nineteen were males. Each subject recruited into the study instructed to consume steamed green tea for one month (two cups per day). Two and half milliliter (ml) of venous blood was collecte...
ABSTRACT This is a across sectional study, aimed to identify the aerobic bacterial pathogens associated with diabetic wounds in Khartoum State and testing the antimicrobial susceptibility of the most commonly used antibiotics in treatment of wound diabetic person comparison with the activity of plant extract, in the period between February to August, 2016.Fifty wound swab samples were collected and cultured in MacConkey and Blood agar medium. After identification, the isolates were su...
ABSTRACT The serological prevalence of Coxiella burnetii in domestic livestock in Saudi Arabia was studied using two serological tests: indirect enzyme linked Immunosorbent assay (ELISA) as the main test and indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) as a confirmatory test and for .comparison with ELISA A total of 1970 farm animals of both sexes were tested serologically to determine the prevalence of C. burnetii specific IgG antibodies using indirect ELISA. The samples were collected fro...
Abstract This is a case control study , conducted in Omdurman Locality during the period from February to May 2015 , to determine CBC (Hb, RBCs, HCT , MCV , MCH ,MCHC, Plets , WBCs, leukocyte differential count , RDW and MPV) of (80) healthy Sudanese pregnant women at second trimester as case and (40) non pregnant women at matched age in Omdurman locality were used as control in this study . Pregnant women at second trimester were informed about the study and agreed for participatin as cases...
Abstracts Background Thrombin is the central protease in the cascade of blood coagulation and having many biologically important functions such as the activation of platelets, conversion of fibrinogen to a fibrin network, and feedback amplification of coagulation. Objective This study aimed to examine the effect of the consumption of green tea(Camellia sinensis) on thrombin time level among healthy adult Sudanese volunteers. Materials and Methods Forty (40) healthy adult volunteers in thi...
Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the role of ultrasound in postmenopausal women with vaginal bleeding in order to find out the most common causes of post-menopausal vaginal bleeding on 100 post-menopausal patients with age range (43-80yrs) with vaginal bleeding occurring at least one year after the last menstruation. This was a cross sectional retrospective study was carried out in Khartoum state, Sudan, in ultrasound departments of Dar Alelag Hospital and East Nile Hospital during peri...
Abstract This is an analytical case control study, conducted during the period from July to November in Best Care Hospital. The study aimed to evaluate prothrombin time, international normalized ratio (INR), activated partial thromboplastin time and platelets count among patients with diabetes type II. Thirty samples were collected from 12 males and 18 females their age range between 30—80 and a means of 51 years, and diabetic duration from 1—30 years. The patients were divided into diab...
Abstract This research is designed to detect the urinary tract infection (UTI) as common cause of abortion using the ultrasound B-mode scan. At August 2016, in Alshik Mohamed Ali Fadull teaching hospital for obstetrics and gynecology in Omdurman city, republic of Sudan, the pelvic and kidneys of 100 aborted women were examined using B-mode scan, with transvaginal and convex probes for the pelvic examination, and convex porbe alone for the kidneys, andbeside that the clinical history of s...
Abstract A cross sectional study was conducted from March to May 2015 for determination of ovine haemonchosis and investigation of associated potential Risk Factors in Khartoum State, Sudan. A total of 170 fecal samples from Sheep were collected and examined using Direct smear and Centrifugal flotation test and then culture of faeces. The result indicated that natural Haemonchus contortus infection was prevalent among sudanese sheep at Khartoum State with an overall prevalence 6.5%. The foll...