Objectives. Despite improvements in the management of sickle cell disease (SCD), many patients still experience disease-related complications requiring hospitalizations. The objectives of this study were to identify causes of hospitalization among these patients and factors associated with the length of hospital stay (LOS) and readmission. Methods. Data from 160 patients (<14 years old) with SC...

imperative. The remainder of the gravely wounded cases were sent, on direct to Basra though there was at times, for various reasons, some departure from this rule. The great bulk of cases admitted were, therefore, of a less severe character, being chiefly through and through wounds of the soft parts or with comparatively slight implications of bones of the upper and lower extremities. A large p...

This study was performed to detect the antibodies against the virus-infectionassociated antigen (VIAA) in previously diseased and healthy sheep in Basra. The test is valuable in epizootiological surveys because only infected animals with foot and mouth disease virus will give positive reaction without detection of the virus serotypes. 241 sheep sera were collected from 13 suspicious infected sh...

Bu makalenin ilk iki bölümünde, Basra’nın bir Osmanlı eyaleti olarak idari yapısının özellikleri açıklanacaktır. Osmanlılar fetihten sonra Basra’yı iyi yönetebilmek için belirli ve ekonomik kural düzenlemeler uygulamıştır. Ancak, çeşitli sıkıntılar nedeniyle valileri hakkıyla idare edememişti. Bunun üzerine, idaresini bölgenin önde gelen ailelerinden Afrâsiyâblara tevdi etmişti. Fakat Afrâsiyâb...

the developments of the iran-iraq war scene following the iranian victory in faw which changed the balance of power in favor of iran caused the iraq not only to intensify her attacks against the residential areas and industrial circles, but also increases the using of chemical weapons during her attacks in ground battles as a deterrent factor. in other words, the iraqi decision-makers when unde...

imam ali’s newly established government faced anuproarcaused by a group named nakesin during its early ages when its foundations were still being strengthened. this group pledged allegiance to imam ali freely, but then they left medina with the excuse of going for omrehpilgrimage, yet indeed they had the intention to conspire against imam by forming a new front and challenging his government. i...