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A Rare Case of Unexpected High Plasma Vitamin B12 levels: A Case Report 血浆维生素 B12 水平意外偏高的罕见病例：病例报告

Journal of applied medical sciences Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.47260/jams/1331

Sarla Kumari, Mukesh Kumar, Emilia Kadour, Asl Abdulameer Majeed Abu Nayla

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Screen Time and Psychosocial Health Conditions Amongst University Students 屏幕时间与大学生的社会心理健康问题

Journal of applied medical sciences Pub Date : 2024-04-24 DOI: 10.47260/jams/1322

Hamza Alshareh, Asad Waseem, J. Sreedharan, Ameneh Parmoodeh, Sarah Ali

{"title":"Screen Time and Psychosocial Health Conditions Amongst University Students","authors":"Hamza Alshareh, Asad Waseem, J. Sreedharan, Ameneh Parmoodeh, Sarah Ali","doi":"10.47260/jams/1322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47260/jams/1322","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract\u0000\u0000University students, predominantly young adults, spend vast periods of the day utilizing technology and looking at screens to complete assignments, study and relax. These students also commonly complain of several mental health disorders. The aim of this study is to determine how neurological stress, such as anxiety, depression and more, affects average screen time and to assess the weekly fluctuations in neurological stress and their influence on screen use. Additional factors (gender, quality of sleep, alcohol, etc.) were also considered with regards to their relation to screen time. The data collection was conducted in 2022, targeting university students of ages 18-24 in Ajman, UAE, via a self-administered questionnaire. 425 responses were collected and crosstabulation, using the Chi square test (p <0.05), was performed to assess statistical significance. Significant statistical association was found between depression and other psychological states (mood swings, insomnia, addictive tendencies) with screen time during the week and weekend. No other associations were identified. Overall, this study affirms the relation between negative mental health and its effects on the average user screen time amongst university students in Ajman. Additional studies are needed to clarify what specific contents and types of screens are more impactful on mental health.\u0000\u0000JEL classification numbers: I12, I19.\u0000Keywords: Screen time, Depression, Stress, University Students.","PeriodicalId":89795,"journal":{"name":"Journal of applied medical sciences","volume":"55 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140660873","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}

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Navigating a Tubo-ovarian Abscess: A Case Report 输卵管卵巢脓肿导航：病例报告

Journal of applied medical sciences Pub Date : 2024-03-13 DOI: 10.47260/jams/1321

Hala Al-khalidy, Ahila A. M. Abu-Nayla, Khalid W. Alkaissi, Umniyah Abu-nayla

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A Rare Case of Hairy Cell Leukemia with COVID Infection: A Case Report 毛细胞白血病合并 COVID 感染的罕见病例：病例报告

Journal of applied medical sciences Pub Date : 2024-03-05 DOI: 10.47260/jams/1312

Sarla Kumari, Emilia Kadour, Ahila Abdulameer Majeed Abu Nayla, Asl Abdulameer Majeed Abu Nayla

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Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Outcome of Patients Affected by Covid-19 Virus Reported to a Tertiary Care Hospital Ajman, United Arab Emirates 阿拉伯联合酋长国阿治曼一家三级医院接报的 Covid-19 病毒感染患者的社会人口学特征和预后

Journal of applied medical sciences Pub Date : 2024-02-20 DOI: 10.47260/jams/1311

Roudah AlRaeesi, Farah Hosny, Zeinab Susi, Jayakumary Muttappallymaylil

{"title":"Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Outcome of Patients Affected by Covid-19 Virus Reported to a Tertiary Care Hospital Ajman, United Arab Emirates","authors":"Roudah AlRaeesi, Farah Hosny, Zeinab Susi, Jayakumary Muttappallymaylil","doi":"10.47260/jams/1311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47260/jams/1311","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract\u0000\u0000The goal of this study was to assess association between social demographic characteristic including Age and gender, patients past medical history, and outcome of Covid 19 admitted cases. Data was collected from the electronic data base of Thumbay hospital Ajman UAE. All registered cases of Covid19 from January 2020 to August 2021 were included in the research. The study identified that individuals above 40 years were more susceptible to Covid-19, with a higher prevalence in males than females. Diabetes mellitus emerged as the most common non-communicable disease among patients. The majority of cases were categorized as mild, followed by moderate, with a smaller proportion classified as severe. Notably, a significant percentage of cases showed improvement, while a minority experienced complication, and a small percentage resulted in mortality. Overall, this study provides valuable insights into the demographics and outcomes of Covid-19 patients in the specified healthcare setting. Capturing and understanding the information is important to state preventive measures that can help in reducing the number of cases in the country.\u0000\u0000Keywords: COVID-19 outcomes, Risk Factors.","PeriodicalId":89795,"journal":{"name":"Journal of applied medical sciences","volume":"15 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139958402","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}

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Factors Associated with Early Pregnancy Losses Among Residents of the UAE 阿联酋居民早期妊娠损失的相关因素

Journal of applied medical sciences Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.47260/jams/1221

Asl Abdulameer Majeed Abu Nayla, E. Surovtseva, Amina Al Dababsekh, Mustafa Al-Hamoodi Al-Dahlaki

{"title":"Factors Associated with Early Pregnancy Losses Among Residents of the UAE","authors":"Asl Abdulameer Majeed Abu Nayla, E. Surovtseva, Amina Al Dababsekh, Mustafa Al-Hamoodi Al-Dahlaki","doi":"10.47260/jams/1221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47260/jams/1221","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract\u0000\u0000The goal of this study was to determine the factors that contribute to early pregnancy losses among UAE residents. An early pregnancy loss is defined as loss of fetus in the first trimester of pregnancy, before week 12. Our study assessed several risk factors that can lead to a pregnancy loss such as: maternal age, ethnicity, marital status, occupation, lifestyle, stress, previous history pregnancy losses or significant family history, and previously diagnosed illnesses or abnormalities of female reproductive system.\u0000The data was collected from pregnant women of all nationalities, ages 18 to 45 attending Thumbay Hospital and Thumbay University Hospital, Ajman. The sample size of the study was 135 cases of early pregnancy loss and 134 controls, women with successful pregnancies.\u0000The risk of a pregnancy loss among pregnant women was significantly increased by history of previous pregnancy losses, bleeding during pregnancy, cervical weakness, and PCOS. Among other less significant factors that could possibly lead to a pregnancy loss was smoking during pregnancy and consanguinity of the couple. Therefore, we recommend couples screening and preconception counseling, especially for women who had experienced pregnancy losses before and those diagnosed with PCOS or cervical weakness.\u0000\u0000Keywords: Risk factors, Pregnancy loss.","PeriodicalId":89795,"journal":{"name":"Journal of applied medical sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44705542","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}

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Autoimmune Pancreatitis: A Case Report 自身免疫性胰腺炎1例报告

Journal of applied medical sciences Pub Date : 2023-04-05 DOI: 10.47260/jams/1211

M. Sabri, Ahila A. M. Abu-Nayla, Ranim Jamal Alomar

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Intrauterine Spontaneous Subdural Hematoma with Hydrocephalus 子宫内自发性硬膜下血肿伴脑积水

Journal of applied medical sciences Pub Date : 2022-10-24 DOI: 10.47260/jams/1122

M. Jabbar, Fidan Nadmi Nadim Alhurmuzi

{"title":"Intrauterine Spontaneous Subdural Hematoma with Hydrocephalus","authors":"M. Jabbar, Fidan Nadmi Nadim Alhurmuzi","doi":"10.47260/jams/1122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47260/jams/1122","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract\u0000\u0000Subdural hematoma in newborn baby is associated with history of maternal trauma, complicated vaginal delivery, instrumental delivery, foetal / maternal thrombocytopenia, coagulopathy, hepatic disease, infection or using drugs during the pregnancy; but in the absence of the above, intrauterine subdural hematoma is a rare event.\u0000We present a newborn delivered to a healthy mother at 38 weeks by elective caesarean section after he had been diagnosed with macrocephaly by routine obstetric growth scan ultrasound at 35 weeks of gestational age. The baby’s APGAR score was 4 at 1 minute, he was pale, his fontanel was tense and his Occipitofrontal circumference (OFC) was 46 cm, therefore, he was intubated immediately and transferred to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Brain Computed tomography (CT –scan) revealed huge right sided subacute subdural hematoma that was almost occupying the entire right hemicranial space and severely compressing the underlying brain tissue. In addition, there was marked dilatation of the left lateral ventricle with blood clots at the occipital horn.\u0000Subdural hematoma was evacuated by two burr holes surgery, followed by repeated subdural tap. Intraventricular haemorrhage treated by repeated ventricular tap until Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) became clear, then ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery was done for him.\u0000\u0000Keywords: Subdural hematoma, Newborn, Hydrocephalus, Burr hole, Shunt surgery.","PeriodicalId":89795,"journal":{"name":"Journal of applied medical sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43887020","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}

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Adult-onset Still’s Disease after COVID 19 Infection: Case Report COVID - 19感染后成人发病Still 's病1例报告

Journal of applied medical sciences Pub Date : 2022-07-11 DOI: 10.47260/jams/1121

Abdulameer M. Abu Nailah, Ahila A. M. Abu-Nayla, Umniyah A. M. Abu-Nayla

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Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD): A Case Report 菊池藤本病一例报告

Journal of applied medical sciences Pub Date : 2022-02-03 DOI: 10.47260/jams/1111

I. Abu-Nayla, Abdulameer M. Abu Nailah, Umniyah A. M. Abu-Nayla

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