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This book includes the important research papers and articles published in volume three of The New Iraqi Journal of Medicine which is the first Iraqi international medical journal

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Ataxic cerebral palsy is a heterogeneous chronic disabling neurological disorder associated with significant motor impairment. It has a variety of causes including congenital abnormalities, birth asphyxia and kernicterus. It can also be associated with cognitive and visual impairment and abnormal speech. There are no specific therapies, but we have previously reported with use of novel multi-factorial therapies with benefits in patients with a...

Researchgate has emerged as the single most important tool for the evaluation of physicians' academic stature, prowess, and scholar productivity, and also for the evaluation of academic leadership. More than 200 Researchgate profiles were examined during the last four days of August 2021 with aim of determining Iraqi academic medical leaders who have a scientific reputation (RG) Score at Researchgate of 40 or higher. Aamir Jalal Al-Mosawi was ...

The possibility of providing of the expensive maintenance dialysis therapy for all the population of chronic renal failure, is not expected in the near future. Advances in the management of chronic renal failure that have been increasingly used in the more developed countries, are obviously not expected to offer an appreciable advantage for a large population of patients living in economically disadvantaged and underdeveloped countries. Theref...

Heller syndrome is a rare heterogeneous clinical syndrome that is distinctive from autism and Asperger syndrome. Several authors have emphasized the rarity of the disorder including Fombone (2002), Burd and colleagues (1988), Charan (2012), Malhotra et al (2013), and Tapanadechopone (2015) who reported the first patient in Thailand. However, the disorder has been reported in several countries including Austria, United Kingdom, United States of...

Little is known about the pattern of pervasive developmental disorders in Iraq. This is a retrospective clinical study aiming at describing the pattern of pervasive developmental disorders in Iraqi children observed at the pediatric psychiatry clinic in a tertiary pediatric referral center. During nine months period (18 November 2018 to 18 July 2019), fifty one patients with pervasive developmental disorders (30 males and 21 females) were obse...

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There is no known curative therapy for pervasive developmental disorders which include autism, Asperger syndrome, and atypical autism. Marked improvement or disappearance of autistic features in these disorders have not been reported with any therapy before. The aim of this book is to describe a new therapeutic medical approach for the treatment of pervasive developmental disorders including autism and Asperger syndrome. All the patients with ...

There is no curative therapy for many of the rare genetic disorders such as Bartter syndrome. Many patients with such disorders will be treated to a large extent with symptomatic therapies, and many of them will continue to have some symptoms, and growth and mental retardation despite the traditional therapies generally known by the treating physician. The occurrence of a rare genetic disorder ¿Bartter syndrome¿ in Iraq has not been documented...

Peer reviewed medical journals are established with main aim of publishing scientific reliable articles that accurately reflect current medical knowledge and add additional information to the available medical information. Medical editorship and medical editing represent some of the important tools and practices of medical knowledge management which enables doctors to generate knowledge, and to share, translate and apply what they know to crea...

Physicians particularly consultants are frequently placed in teaching and training positions. Many doctors are teaching medical students in medical schools and training residents in teaching and university hospitals. In addition, many doctors have an obligation to the development of their students, trainee, and their organizations. Therefore, the principles and concepts of development have become increasingly relevant to doctors running hospit...

It has been widely recognized that effective leadership is crucial for healthcare organizations and healthcare systems to provide high quality care and financial success. It has also been realized that the quality of leadership is crucial to how work gets done in an organization. The aim of this book is to describe an accredited training course entitled "Leadership in Medicine and Healthcare" which will serve as a compendium and a useful guide...

The importance of professional training and development has become well recognized and accepted by many organizations and institutions throughout the world. However, when training and development programs don't follow the accepted scientific principles and can not be accredited, it become unnecessary burden and a source of distraction. The aim of this practical book is to provide trainers of the trainers all the necessary materials to conduct ...

It is expected that at least one third of rare syndromes and disorders are misdiagnosed more than once, or the diagnosis is delayed unnecessarily for a variety of reasons. This book illustrates not only the difficulty experienced to reach a diagnosis of a rare genetic syndrome, but also it demonstrates how experience and mastering the skills of clinically approaching a genetic disorder can change all the assumptions. All the complexities, obsc...

Syndromes in medicine including genetic syndromes are generally named after the physician or group of physicians that discovered them or initially provided the full clinical picture or the best description of the syndrome. However, many of the rare genetic syndromes have been described by doctors in many areas of the world before the era of the internet which has been associated with easy access to clinical reports throughout the world. Unfort...

Churg Strauss syndrome is a rare disorder that is extremely rare during childhood. A total of 63 cases of pediatric Churg Strauss syndrome have been reported in the world. The aim of this book is to describe the 64th case of pediatric Churg Strauss syndrome which is the first case of childhood Churg Strauss syndrome in Iraq. The patient illness was misdiagnosed as tuberculosis and the use of anti-tuberculosis medication was associated with lif...

The use of nutritional supplements for sport continues to increase, with athletes and recreationally active trainees increasingly look for methods to improve performance. Many athletes have turned away from drugs like anabolic steroids toward nutritional supplements in the hope of gaining a competitive edge without threatening their health. Sport supplements can be defined as any product taken by the mouth, and that has been proposed to have a...

Data about rare genetic disorders in Iraqi patients is not available. Iraq is a country that has been in turmoil due to the devastating impact of three major wars and a long period of imposed economic sanctions over three decades. The development of genetic research in this country has been markedly hampered. Relatively common genetic disorders in Iraq include Down's syndrome, hemoglobinopathies (B-thalassemias, and sickle cell anemia), glucos...