Back ground : Chronic renal failure (CRF) is characterized by progressive destruction of renal mass with irreversible sclerosis and loss of nephrons over a period of at least months to many years which is treated either by dialysis which includes hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) or renal transplantation.
Objective : To document the elevation of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in Iraqi HD patients, and to what degree that elevation influences secretion of C-reactive protein (CRP), in addition to its
association with other acute phase proteins and kidney function tests .
Method : A total of 75 individuals were included in the present study, 50 individuals were treated with HD compared to 25 healthy volu

Background:Seventy eight patients with beta - thalassemia major were Collected randomly from the thalassemia center in Ibn-Al-Baldy Hospital (all of them were transfusion dependent),
together with fifty six age and sex matched healthy children were collected as a control.
Aim of the study: To determine the incidence of thromboembolism among them and to evaluate the precipitating factors.
Patients and Methods: History was taken and physical examination was done . EDTA Anticoagulated blood samples were taken prior to the next transfusion , platelet parameters were
estimated for both groups using the MS – 9 coulter counter.
Results: Thromboembolic events was detected in five patients (6.41%).The main site was

Background: Hydatid disease is a serious infection of man caused by larval stage (hydatid) of the small dog tapeworm. Serological tests are important in the diagnosis of hydatid
disease.
Objectives: The study was carried out to detect the rate of seropositivity of hydatid cysts in Kirkuk and Tikrit cities.
Materials and Methods: The retrospective hospital based and seroepidemiological studies were carried out in Kirkuk and Tikrit cities, during the period from beginning of January
2000 until the end of October 2003. The hospital based study included 125-hydatid cyst operations in hospitals of Kirkuk (82) and Tikrit (43). The serological tests used for
detection of hydatid cysts antibody were latex agglu

backgrund:

Background: Upper air way obstruction secondary to chronically inflamed adenoid and / or tonsil is a common problem, in the presence of recurrent infection; tonsillectomy and or adenoidectomy are the most common surgery applied among pediatric population.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the type of bacteria encountered with- in the core of the adenoid tissue at time of operation.
Subject and Methods: During a period from Feb.2005 to May 2005, twenty two adenoid samples were removed by surgery ,and cross sectioned and sent for culture and sensitivity, at the department of ENT in Al-jerahat hospital for surgical specialties , most of the patients were under 10 year’s
old.
Results: This

Background:

الخلفية: نوعية الحياة للناجين من السرطان قد  تتضرربصورة مباشرة بسمية الأمعاء؛ نتيجة للعلاج بالإشعاع في منطقة الحوض.  12000 مريض في المملكة المتحدة يعالج سنويا بالعلاج الإشعاعي الجذري لأنواع الأمراض السرطانية في منطقة الحوض؛ وهذا ينطوي على مخاطر كبيرة للآثار الجانبية للأنسجة المحيطة العادي.

 الغرض من الدراسة:  الهدف من هذه الدراسة ه

المقدمة: تعد السمنة من الامراض المنتشرة بشكل واسع في انحاء العالم المعاصر والمسببة لمشاكل صحية جمة كان لها الاثر الكبير في ارتفاع معدلات الوفيات وباقي الاعراض الناجمة عن علل صحية خطرة. هدف الدراسة: لتقييم مستويات هرمون الجريلين في مصل الدم  وعلى مقاومة الانسولين والتغييرات المتسلسلة في  تركيز الأنسولين بعد عملية تكميم المعدة بالناظورعند المرضى  الذين يعانون من السمنة المفرطة.

الخلفية: يعد تصلب الشرايين من اهم العوامل المتسببة في مرض  قصورالشرايين التاجية ويعد فحص قياس ضغط الدم الشرياني للكاحل نسبة للعضد من الفحوصات الآمنة وطريقة اجراءه سهلة وبسيطة لتشخيص أمراض الشرايين الطرفية السفلى واستخدم في وقت لاحق كمؤشر على تصلب الشرايين في مواقع أخرى للأوعية الدموية.

الهدف:  تقييم فائدة ودقة فحص قياس ضغط الدم الشرياني للكاحل نسبة للع

الهضم الوظيفي. تتوفر معلومات قليلة حول ما إذا كان تناول الطعام بشكل سريع هو واحد من عوامل الخطر لعسر الهضم الوظيفي.

الهدف من الدراسة: دراسة العلاقة بين تناول الطعام بسرعة وعسر الهضم الوظيفي.

المواد وطرق الدراسة: تم إجراء الدراسة على 132 من الأطباء المقيمين في مدينة الطب / بغداد ، من خلال طرح استبيان مستمدة من معايير روما III لتشخيص عسر ال

الخلاصه: الشقيقه تعتبر من الامراض المزعجه والتي توثر على انجاز الاعمال اليوميه ,التغيرات الهرمونيه العصبيه تعتير من الاسباب لحدوث الصداع الاولي .

الاهداف: ايجاد العلاقه بين داء الشقيقه ومستوى الهرمونات الذكريه والانثويه

الطريقه: 27 مريض بالغ ذكر وانثى تم تشخيصهم بداء الشقيقه و20 شخص بالغ ذكر وانثى سليم تم قياس مستوى الهرمونات الذكريه والانثويه في مستوى الدم لد

لفية الموضوع: هذا المقال يدخل في نطاق الطب الشرعي، في علم الوراثة العدلية على وجه التحديد. درست هذه القضية في مختبر الوراثة في مركز الطب الشرعي في اوديسا-اوكرانيا

الهدف: الهدف من عملنا هو تحديد شخص مجهول، وذلك باستخدام التقنيات: فحص و تحديد كروموسوم Yو الحمض النووي للمايتوكوندريا.

المواد و النظرية: قُطع من الأنسجة الجثة الشخص المجهول حُفظت في علب خاصة لحفظ الانس

Back ground: A urinary tract infection is one of the most common diseases occurring from neonate up to geriatric age groups
Patients and Methods: A total of (100) Midstream urine (MSU) samples were collected from patients having signs and symptoms of Lower urinary tract infection. These patients were attending Urology Clinic, Ramadi General Hospital.
Result: Culturing of (100) MSU samples on MacConky and blood agar resulted in (5) types of bacteria which included: Escherichia coli (46%) and it was found the most frequent bacteria causing LUTI. This is followed by Klebsiella pneumonia (23%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (13%), Proteus mirabilis (10%) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (8%).
Conclusion: Out of

Background:

Background: New data suggests that joint damage in Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA) may be caused by systemic factors like adipose tissue products; Adipokines, which may provide a
metabolic link between obesity & KOA. Recently, one of the known adipokines named LEPTIN has been linked to KOA because it can be detected in serum & synovial fluid of
patients with KOA.
Objective: To evaluate the contribution of Leptin & serum lipids to the pathophysiology of Osteoarthritis in Iraqi patients with Knee OA.
Subjects& Methods: The study was carried on 90 subjects divided into four groups: Knee Osteoarthritis cases group (n=60). Control group (n=30). Obese subjects group (n=60).
Non-obese subje

Background: Problem-based learning is becoming increasingly adopted in universities of higher education throughout the world.
Objective: This study is carried out to evaluate the application of this innovative approach in teaching in Hadramout University College of Medicine (HUCOM) in Yemen.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was designed to collect data from students through a well structured questionnaire. Students were classified into two groups: students in preclinical
phase (1-3 levels) and students in clinical phase (4-6 level). 
Results: Out of 372 students participated in the study; 19% in the preclinical phase know about PBL before joining the college while only 16% of students in clinical phas

Background: Molecular DNA hybridization has confirmed more than 120 different human papilloma virus (HPV) genotypes. A small group of them have high- risk oncogenic potential. Many studies have described an association of such high risk-HPV genotypes with a variety of oral lesions including squamous cell carcinoma, leukoplakia, and lichen planus. 
Materials and Methods: A total number of 42 tissue specimens, representing 27 patients with oral lichen planus and 15 apparently-healthy oral tissues, were included in this study. The molecular methods for HPV detection and genotyping were performed by in situ hybridization(ISH) using cocktailed- and specific high- risk HPV DNA probes, respectively.
Resu

Background:

خلفية البحث: ظهر البروستاكلاندين دي 2 كواحد من الدهون الوسيطة ومنشط قوي ومنظم للخلايا اللمفية المساعدة 2 وللنوع الثاني من الخلايا اللمفية الفطرية, لتكون وظيفته كدلالة تشخيصية ومعالج مرتجى لمرض الربو.

الاهداف: لتحديد دور البروستاكلاندين دي 2 كمؤشر حيوي لشدة الربو وعوامل الخطورة وتقادم المرض.

المرضى والطرق: شملت هذه الدراسة المستقبلية بمقارنة 44 مريض عراقي مصاب بالربو القصب

تزامن وجود نوعين منفصلين من الورم في الغدة الدرقية

Background: The critically ill patient is at risk of developing intensive care acquired infection, with the lungs being especially vulnerable. Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) occurring after two days of mechanical ventilation and it is the most nosocomial infection seen in the intensive care unit .The establishment of an accurate diagnosis of ventilator associated pneumonia remains problematic and yet there is still no accepted "gold standard" for the diagnosis.
Patients& Methods: This is a cross section study for 328 patients admitted to intensive care unit at medical city teaching hospital. Full history, physical examination and investigation were done after 48 hours of admission according to

Objective: To determine the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among blood donors and risky population in Diyala province.<br />Materials and methods: In this retrospective study, the records of HCV screening and confirmatory tests were reviewed for the period 1996-2001.Third generation Enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) and Enzyme immunoblot assay were used as screening and confirmatory tests respectively.<br />Results: The prevalence of HCV infection among blood donors was 0.15%, with the highest in 1997. The highest prevalence rates were found among multiple blood recipient; hemophilia, thalassemia and hemodialysis patients (27.3%, 16.9% & 14.3%) respectively. Whereas, the patients with chronic hepa

Background: a rapid and accurate identification of Methicillim-Resistant Staphylococci (MRS) is of a particular clinical significance because they have cross-resistance to other antibiotics with high ability to be transmitted among hospitalized patients known as epidemic MRS.
Objectives: the detection of MRS and the susceptibility of isolates to antimicrobial agents, also to determine inducible and constitutive macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLSB) resistance mechanisms by pharmacodynamic interpretative reading approaches.
Methods: standard disk diffusion method was performed for 30 Staphylococcus aureus and 10 Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from wound, burn patients admitted to Ramadi General Hospital in Ramadi and e

Background:

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses which may cause illness in animals or humans.  In humans, seven strains of coronaviruses were recognized to cause respiratory infections ranging from the common cold associated with HKU1, NL63, OC43 and 229E viruses to more severe diseases such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) during 2002, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) during 2012, and the COVID-19 that started during December 2019 in Wuhan, China.

This is a review for the current pandemic

This prospective study involved one hundred patients with colostomies admitted at the Central Pediatric Teaching Hospital for colostomy closure over the period of two years (Jan.2000-
Jan2002).
Patients were divided in to two groups according to the technique of colostomy closure. In the first group, the closure was done by single layer of interrupted non-absorbable suture material; in the  second group closure was done by double layer suturing technique. All patients were prepared by the same conventional method including fluid diet for three days
followed by two days washing enemas before operation with antimicrobial prophylaxis agents. Of these one hundred patients;(48) presented as cases of Hirschspr

Back ground: This is a prospective study of Head injury in Najaf.
Aim: to study the causes & out come & way of transferring the rat to the hospital & best way to investigate them.
Patients & methods:A prospective analytical study of 200 cases of Head injury patients, who were admitted to Saddam Teaching Hospital , in Najaf between 18 t" of November 1996 and 1st of September 1998.
Results: All age groups were included in this study, male to female ratio was 4:1 and the highest incidence was seen at the age group below 14 years. The two most common causes of
head injury were road traffic accident (RTA)(51 %) and assault (22%),of RTA pedestrians accounted for (87.25%). RTA accounted of (8

Background: During the past several years, there has been a rapidly escalating clinical need to perform IHC stains that require quantitative interpretation. Automated Cellular
Imaging System is used to analyze immunohistochemically stained slides, primarily for cancer-related diagnostics. Studies have shown that the device offers accuracy,
precision, and reproducibility of immunostained slide analysis exceeding that possible with manual evaluation, which was the prevailing method.
Aim of the study In this article we will demonstrate that meaningful image analysis of immunohistochemical staining studies can be performed using inexpensive, widely distributed
graphics software (Adobe Photoshop) on a personal

Background: Changes in the level of salivary magnesium could be of great clinical interest not only because of its relation with oral health but also with the physiological alteration occurring during pregnancy. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of pregnancy on the salivary magnesium level and their relations to gingivitis.
Materials and methods: Salivary samples were taken from 24 pregnant women, 17 non pregnant and 14 lactating women. Flow rate was calculated. The supernatant salivary samples were assayed using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Gingival Index was applied for the assessment of gingival inflammation.
Results: Salivary magnesium concentration was significantly the l