BACKGROUND Cardiac arrest remains a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the cornerstone intervention to optimize the survival rates. OBJECTIVES The main aim of this study was to determine and compare the incidence, characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes of CPR in a referral university hospital following in-hospital cardiac arrests (IHCAs) an...

Objective The objective of this study was to elaborate patient’s views of diabetic foot care within the Jordanian healthcare system. Design A qualitative approach with unstructured face‐to‐face interviews was used in this study. Setting Participants were recruited from six hospitals throughout Jordan plus a university affiliated healthcare centre. Subjects Seven patients with diabetes and suffe...

1Qasemi Research Center, Al-Qasemi Academy, P.O. Box 124, 30100 Baqa El-Gharbia, Israel 2Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Arab American University-Jenin, P.O. Box 240, Jenin, State of Palestine 3Department of Biochemistry, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow 226003, India 4Division of Biochemistry, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226031, India 5Department of Pharmacology, Unive...

The objective of this study is to investigate the differences between Jordanian depressed women and non-depressed women in terms of their sociodemographic characteristics during their pregnancy. A convenience sample of 218 Jordanian pregnant women in their third trimester was selected for this study from three major Governorates in Jordan (Amman, Irbid and Zarqa), and the antenatal clinics of t...

9 Cancer Research UK & Medical Research Council Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, 10 Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ,UK 11 Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, Oxford, 12 OX1 3TA,UK. 13 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Oxford Acute Vascular Imaging Centre, 14 University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxf...

Cardiorespiratory and sensory responses to exercise in adults with mild cystic fibrosis 1 2 Bradley S. Quon, Sabrina S. Wilkie, Yannick Molgat-Seon, Michele R. Schaeffer, 3 Andrew H. Ramsook, Pearce G. Wilcox, Jordan A. Guenette 4 5 1 Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 6 Vancouver, BC, Canada 7 2 Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, Providence...

1 Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, 06330 Ankara, Turkey 2 Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan 3Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Malaysia 4Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, KLE University, Belgaum, Karnataka 590010, India 5 Department of Molecular and I...

Postoperative pain management is nowadays considered an integral part of modern surgical practice. An audit was made in 2010 to assess the status of acute postoperative pain management at Jordan University Hospital. Data were collected from patients' files and through face-to-face interviews of all patients aged over 16 years who underwent general, gynaecological, ear-nose-throat and orthopaedi...

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate that Rocuronium Bromide can be used for rapid sequence induction in emergency conditions. METHODS Our study was performed between December 2005 and May 2006 in Jordan University Hospital, Jordan. We studied the efficacy and intubating conditions after administrating of Rocuronium Bromide 1 mg/kg at 60 second in group of 60 pregnant women undergoing elective or emergen...