Research Publications - College of Medicine and Health Science

Department of Paediatrics
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This is a collaborative study with Lund University,
Sweden.
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Growth Retardation. Subclinical myocardial
injury has been reported in newborns with fetal
weight below 2 standard deviations for the gestational
age. Our aim was to investigate whether
impaired intrauterine growth affects cardiac
function and coronary flow. This is a collaborative
study with Lund University, Sweden.
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and inflammatory markers before and after
cardiac surgery with Heart Lung Machine. How
to prevent the myocardial injuries? An animal
study. This is a collaborative study with Lund
University, Sweden.
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patients with Down and its associated problems.
The aims are to assess the prevalence
of overweight/obesity and to establish the
references for body mass index (BMI) percentile
curves for Emirates children with uncomplicated
Down syndrome. We are looking at the markers
of Alzheimer Disease in these children. Also,
we will study the epidemiology of CHD in these
children. We are planning to carry out analysis
of peripheral blood T-cell subsets, Natural killer
cells and serum levels of cytokines in these
Emirates children with Down syndrome.
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in-house examination at the end of
clerkship with regard to the NBME examination
has identified the key components of our
examination which can predict the NBME marks.
These results, when used as a formative assessment,
will help identify students predicted not
to perform well at the NBME and offer remedial
action. (H Narchi)
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of the paediatric in-house examination at
the end of clerkship and of the NBME examination,
using Bloom’s taxonomy of educational
objectives, has identified which objectives
are duplicated and which are unique to each
examination. This will allow proper alignment of
our assessment methods with our educational
objectives set out in our paediatric curriculum.
(H Narchi)
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the individual faculty evaluation – Survey (E
Aburawi, S. Shaban)