Objectives: This study aimed to validate pulse CO-oximetry-based haemoglobin (Hb) estimation in children and adults with thalassaemia major (TM) and to determine the impact of different baseline variables on the accuracy of the estimation. Methods: This observational study was conducted over a five-week period from Mar …
Objectives: Critically ill patients have been shown to have raised troponins. The aim of our study was to assess the incidence of myocardial injury in the intensive care unit (ICU) a tertiary care hospital in Oman and assess their management and prognosis. Methods: This was a retrospective study involving adult patient …
Objectives: This study sought to determine whether early prone positioning of patients with moderate to severe COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) lowers the mortality rate. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study using data from intensive care units of two tertiary centers in Oman. Adult pa …
The concept of brain death is still foreign in the Omani community. The notion that an individual is dead, according to medical definition, while the heart is still beating causes a lot of turbulence between the patient’s family and the caring physician. This lack of understanding of the concept of brain death prevents …