Compared to the other Arab countries, the United Arab Emirates is in an advanced position regarding ICT in the educational setting. Yet, more efforts are still needed to put the UAE in a global competitive status. This chapter is meant to investigate the current educational situation in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to: a) discuss the impact of technology integration and the pr...

Brand Names: Cardigox (Belgium); Cardiogoxin (Argentina); Cardioxin (India); Digacin (Germany); Digitek (US); Digomal (Italy); Digosin (Japan, Korea); Digoxina (Peru); Digoxine Navtivelle (France); Digoxin-Sandoz (Benin, Burkina-Faso, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory-Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Kuwait, Oman, Qutar, Saudi-Arabia, United-Arab-...

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is the main cause of gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric cancer and MALTlymphoma. H. pylori eradication has been shown to have a prophylactic effect against gastric cancer. However, the most challenging point in eradicating H. pylori is the antibiotic resistance. In the United Arab Emirates, eradication of H. pylori is based on a triple therapy regimen com...

OBJECTIVES To report the characteristics of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients and their outcomes in the emirates of Sharjah, Ras-al-Khaimah, Umm Al-Quwain, Fujairah, and Ajman in the United Arab Emirates (collectively known as the Northern Emirates). Methods: This is a prospective descriptive cohort study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidents transported by the national ambulance cr...

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OBJECTIVES The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in developing countries has increased dramatically. This study aimed to explore the practice patterns of non-dialysis-dependent CKD care in an affluent developing country. SETTINGS Primary and specialised healthcare facilities of public and private sectors in the United Arab Emirates. PARTICIPANTS 159 non-nephrologist physicians prac...

MM Naguib 1 2 , A Graaf 1 , A Fortin 3 , C Luttermann 4 , U Wernery 5 , N Amarin 6 , HA Hussein 7 , H Sultan 8 , B Al Adhadh 9 , MK Hassan 2 , M Beer 1 , I Monne 3 , TC Harder 1 1. Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Greifswald-Riems, Germany 2. National Laboratory for Veterinary Quality Control on Poultry Production, Animal Health Research Institute, Giza, Egypt 3. ...

1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (Correspondence to O.E. El-Rufaie: [email protected]). Received: 05/06/03; accepted: 07/04/04 ABSTRACT There is substantive evidence of significant psychiatric morbidity among primary care patients, mainly in the form of anxiety and depress...