OBJECTIVE To evaluate the magnitude of prostate cancer in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). DESIGN A descriptive retrospective study. SETTING Tawam and Al-Ain Teaching Hospitals, Al-Ain Medical District, UAE. SUBJECTS Analysis based on patient admissions into the main referral teaching hospital, categorizing age, nationality groups and type of cancer. All prostate cancer patients, diagnosed...

PURPOSE ACHROMATOPSIA RESULTS FROM MUTATIONS IN ONE OF THREE GENES: cyclic nucleotide-gated channel, alpha-3 (CNGA3); cyclic nucleotide-gated channel, beta-3 (CNGB3); and guanine nucleotide-binding protein, alpha-transducing activity polypeptide 2 (GNAT2). We report the responsible mutations in two United Arab Emirates families who have this autosomal recessive disease. METHODS Clinical exami...

BACKGROUND The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is developing rapidly, with many foreign construction, farm and industrial workers. AIMS To assess the epidemiology of occupational injury hospitalizations using a trauma registry. METHODS Surgical admissions from March 2003 to April 2005 were recorded in the registry at the main trauma hospital in Al Ain city (population 348,000). Prevention-relate...

The mechanisms and outcome of trauma in hospitalized elderly patients were studied. The data of Al-Ain Hospital Trauma Registry were prospectively collected over a period of 3 years (2003-2006). All elderly trauma-patients above 60 years who were admitted to surgical ward or who died on arrival were studied. Demography of patients, mechanism of injury, Injury Severity Score (ISS), hospital stay...

Background The CTX-M family of extended-spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) enzymes is comprised of over 60 blaCTX-M gene variants with the predominance of blaCTX-M-15 in many regions. In this report, we present the first description of blaCTX-M-28 in the United Arab Emirates. Methods Forty-five non-duplicate ESBL producing isolates identified in a secondary care facility in the United Arab Emirat...

Objectives: The aim of this prospective study was to assess the extent of dissemination of extended-spectrum  -lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae at the hospital level in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Materials and Methods: A total of 662 Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae samples were collected from three UAE hospitals between January and December 2008. ESBL screening and...

BACKGROUND Therapeutic intervention with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol-lowering agents known as statins has been demonstrated to reduce cardiovascular risk. However, many patients on statin treatment have persistent dyslipidemia and remain at a high risk of cardiovascular disease. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the frequency of lipid abnormalities in patients receivi...