{"title":"A conservative surgical strategy for spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leakage: a rare case report","authors":"Yong Kim","doi":"10.5455/rmj.20230517121449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/rmj.20230517121449","url":null,"abstract":"A 59-year-old male with no history of trauma or surgery presented with clear rhinorrhea occurring when he bent his head forward. A CT scan revealed localized fluid accumulation and a lateral wall defect involving the left sphenoid sinus. Using the transpterygoid approach, we widened the anterior wall of the sphenoid sinus inferolaterally to expose the lesion as much as possible. Reconstruction involved placing an interposition graft between the dura and the bony defect using the underlay technique, followed by free mucosal grafting. Histopathological examination revealed neuroglial cells, confirming the diagnosis of spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea due to a meningoencephalocele.","PeriodicalId":20844,"journal":{"name":"Rawal Medical Journal","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135709357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mothers’ knowledge regarding National Immunization Program in Al-Diwaniyah City, Iraq","authors":"Wael Naieli, Sajida Abdullah","doi":"10.5455/rmj.20230722031720","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/rmj.20230722031720","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To assess the knowledge of mothers in Al-Diwaniyah city about child immunization, and the link between these factors and the demographic characteristics of the mother. Methodology: This study was carried out from January to May 2022 using the G. Power program. It took from 15 to 20 minutes to fill out the questionnaire for mothers at healthcare centers in the Iraqi city of Diwaniyah. The number mothers was 390. Results: The results showed that mothers with higher educational levels had better knowledge, toward vaccination. We found that 58.7% of the mothers had poor knowledge toward vaccination. Conclusion: Mothers who hesitate to go to primary health care centers had poor knowledge. There is need to create an educational program taking into account the educational level of the mothers.","PeriodicalId":20844,"journal":{"name":"Rawal Medical Journal","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135709804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diversity of E. faecalis isolated from different clinical specimens by using RAPD-PCR in Hilla Province, Iraq","authors":"Shymaa hussainy, Lamees Lateef","doi":"10.5455/rmj.20230309083906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/rmj.20230309083906","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: To use RAPD analysis to rapidly detects genomic polymorphisms. Methodology: Diagnosis and genotyping of E. faecalis by using specific primer. Results: out of the 105 specimens, 70 (66.6%) had a positive bacterial culture. The remaining 35 (33.3%) showed no growth. Out 70 positive samples, 15 (14.2%) cultured on chromogenic ager medium were found to be E. faecalis. Following the molecular detection method use of a specific primer based on the D-alanine D-alanine ligase gene as a genetic marker for E. faecalis by PCR, the results showed that all isolates were positive for ddlE. RAPD-PCR was used to determine the relationships between 15 E. faecalis isolates. M13 primer shown polymorphism in the isolates tested, yielding 7-14 bands with sizes ranging from 95 to 3000 bp. Two clusters formed the cladogram, which divided the 15 isolates. The first cluster (A) included one isolate, whereas the second cluster (B) contained 14 isolates. Conclusion: The RAPD analysis indicated a clonal dissemination among most of the selected enterococcal isolates, which suggested they belonged to the same isolate","PeriodicalId":20844,"journal":{"name":"Rawal Medical Journal","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135709816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Burnout among academic clinicians: A sample from medical colleges in Baghdad, Iraq","authors":"N. Khalil","doi":"10.5455/rmj.20221224050207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/rmj.20221224050207","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To determine academic clinicians' burnout level and the association between their burnout and socio-demographic characteristics. Methodology: This cross-sectional study surveyed 111 academic clinicians from six Medical Colleges in Baghdad City. A questionnaire was used between March and May 2022. The questionnaire consisted of an interface and two sections with a total number of 44 items. Results: Most academic clinicians were found to experience a moderate level of burnout (46.8%), and 39.6% of respondents experienced a high level of burnout, whereas only 13.5% experienced a low level of burnout. The number of monthly day-offs was the only factor significantly affecting the burnout score (p=0.004). Conclusion: Most academic clinicians experienced a moderate level of burnout with a negligible proportion of the high level of burnout.","PeriodicalId":20844,"journal":{"name":"Rawal Medical Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70839821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mother’s knowledge concerning preventive measures for their children during the\u0000 COVID-19 period","authors":"S. Badr, M. Abed, H. Faris","doi":"10.5455/rmj.20230114031923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/rmj.20230114031923","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To assess mother’s knowledge concerning preventive measures for their children during the covid-19 period and determine the association between mother’s knowledge concerning preventive measures and sociodemographic characteristics of the sample. Methodology: This descriptive study was carried out at Health Center, Karbala city, Iraq from 15/4/2021 to 15/5/2021. The sample consisted of 103 mothers. The instrument was adopted and finalized following thorough literature research and each participant spent 15-20 minutes with it. Results: The highest percentage of mothers were aged from <=28 years (55.3%). Concerning the environment of mothers, most were living in an urban area (77.7%). Majority of mothers had a poor level of knowledge (88.3%). Conclusion: The majority of participants had inadequate knowledge of covid-19 prevention measures. The income had the effect on mother’s knowledge on preventive measures about covid-19.","PeriodicalId":20844,"journal":{"name":"Rawal Medical Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70839853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}