1. Fever (temp >37.8 0 C) 2. Production of purulent sputum 3. Cough 4. Leucocytosis (WBC count >10000/ cumm) 1 The etiological agents of CAP are different in different countries. It varies with time and geographical distribution within the same country. Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common etiological agent in United Kingdom, Europe, United States of America and Iraq. In India S. pneumon...

BACKGROUND Mucilage compounds are pharmaceutically important polysaccharides that have an extensive range of applications, including binding agents, thickeners, water retention agents, emulsion stabilizers, suspending agents, disintegrates, film formers, and gelling agents. A historical approach to medical science written by Iranian scholars could help in identifying excellent ideas and provide...

Cross- infection from patient to patient or from hospital personnel to patients represents constant hazards. It is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality especially in Intensive Care Unit all over the world. To identify the types and the source of bacterial contamination in ICU and to study the sensitivity of bacterial isolates to commonly used antibiotics in hospitals this...

BACKGROUND The insurgency tactics that characterize modern warfare, such as suicide car bombs and roadside bombs, have the potential to significantly impact road traffic injuries in conflict affected-countries. As road traffic incidents are one of the top ten causes of death in Iraq, changes in incidence have important implications for the health system. We aimed to describe patterns of road tr...

Emad Yousif 1,*, Ali Hasan 1 and Gamal A. El-Hiti 2,* 1 Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad 64021, Iraq; [email protected] 2 Cornea Research Chair, Department of Optometry, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 10219, Riyadh 11433, Saudi Arabia * Correspondence: [email protected] (E.Y.); [email protected] (G.A.E....

like other religions, there are various currents in imami shiite in the first centuries. this article, relying on discourse analysis and by concentrating on oppositions, attempts to identify the internal shiite currents in iraq and iran in the second and third centuries. according to historical evidences, the opposition between school of hisham ibn al-hakam and majority of shia, which was schoo...

A reliable electrical energy supply is a prerequisite for improving the standard economic and quality of life levels in a country. As is the case in many countries, Iraq is home to a collection of remote villages. Since it is uneconomical to connect these villages to the existing grid, the installation of standalone electrical power generators has become common practice. As a result, diesel sta...