abstract  introduction: hypertension is a very common cardiovascular disease with extensive effects on body organs. this study was conducted to compare the extent of target organ damage in hypertensive patients with and without significant nocturnal fall in blood pressure (dippers and non-dippers, respectively). methods: one-hundred patients with recently diagnosed hypertension underwent 24-hou...

Introduction: Median nerve (MN), one of terminal branches of brachial plexus, is commonly associated with several variations. This research aimed to review the literature related to the variations of MN from axillary region to cubital fossa. Methods: We searched Google Scholar, Science Direct, Springer, and PubMed electronic databases to compile reports related to the variation of MN published...

this study assesses the air quality of two urban localities, fahaheel and al-rabia city, to assistlocal authorities to generate information supporting the planning of pollution control strategies to keeppollutants within safe limits in the long run. in terms of diurnal and seasonal variations, almost all measured pollutants exhibited two peaks: one in the morning and another in the afternoon. t...

of all the unintentional injuries among children, about 38% are from children’s road traffic injuries (rtis). this denotes 16.5% of mortality among children out of the global mortality for due to rtis with fatal outcomes. as children grow older the predominant type of their injuries changes. children aged among 5-19 are more likely to be injured on roads. they are mainly victims of the adults’ ...