OBJECTIVE: To test the feasibility of short message service (SMS) usage between the clinic
visits and to evaluate its effect on glycemic control in uncontrolled type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence and trends of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)
in Bahrain from 2002 to 2010, and to investigate 2 possible risk factors within the affected …

Background Adult patients with sickle-cell disease (SCD) often have multiple bone compactions
causing tissue hypoxia and osteonecrosis. The impact on bone abnormalities lesion …

Background Adrenal, thyroid, and parathyroid gland hormonal changes are recognized in
children with homozygous (HbSS) sickle-cell anemia (SCA), but are not clear in adult patients …

Objectives This study aimed to determine students’ overall satisfaction with clinical simulation
sessions and compare the satisfaction levels of obstetrics/gynaecology (OBGYN) students (…

Background and Objectives: Vitamin D deficiency is recognized as a global public health
problem. Studies of vitamin D levels in mothers in labor and their newborns in Bahrain are …

Background: Risk factors and short-term mortality in patients presented with Acute Coronary
Syndrome (ACS) in Bahrain has not been evaluated before. Aim: In this prospective …

Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) has been implicated as an important factor in the development
or aggravation of systemic lupus erythematous (SLE). Patients with SLE are especially prone …

Background: COVID-19 pandemic forced educational institutions to adopt online methods
which were inevitable to keep continuity of education across all academia after suspension of …

Background Inflammatory markers are increased during vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) in adult
patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA), but this is not clear in clinical steady state. Aim The …