Kuwait Medical Journal



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Table of Contents of the December 2004  Issue

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EDITORIAL
 

Personalized Medicine: Fantasy or a Realistic Goal?                                                                                                                    247                     Christopher HJ Ford                    

REVIEW ARTICLE
 

Total Hip Replacement: Past, Present, and Future                                                                                                                         250
Wieslaw Pospula

ORIGINAL ARTICLES
  Ethanol Ablation of Myocardial Tissue: Early Histochemical and Ultrastructural Changes                                    256
Jan Slezak, Narcis Tribulova, Ivan Gabauer, Jan Styk, Jan Slezak Jr, Igor Danelisen, Pawan K Singal

C-Reactive Protein Estimation in the Coronary Care Unit                                                                                 264
Reda Helal, Sameer Al-Shammari, Hasan Ali Khan, Adnan Al-Assousi, Aiad Al-Enzi, Soondal Koomar Surrun

An 8-Year Study of Meconium Stained Amniotic Fluid in Different Ethnic Groups                                                 266
Mohamad Reza Sedaghatian, Leena Othman, Nadira Rashid, Pallath Ramachandran, Abdul Bari Bener

Determinants of Poor Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Patients - An Area-based Study                            270
Amal M Al-Mehza, Ali A Al-Yahya, Majeda M Al-Qattan, Huda S Al-Duwaisan, Bader NMB Al-Otaibi

Circumcision in Infants/Neonates with or without Local Anesthesia                                                                  275
Aftab Ahmed, Mohammad Saeed Khan, Raimundo Pinto, Yousuf Abdul Aleem Issa, Mohammed Samir Abu Najam
 

SHORT COMMUNICATION

 

Hajj (1422H) In-patient Characteristics in Al-Noor Specialist Hospital                                                                                      278
Zohair Jamil Gazzaz, Khalid Obeid Dhaffar, Javeria Shahbaz
 

PRELIMINARY REPORT

 

Early Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Versus Chronic Cholecystitis: A Prospective Comparative Study   281                             Atef Shaheed, Mahmoud Sakr, Khaled Abdel-Majeed, Maged Ibrahim, Mahmoud Habib

CASE REPORTS
 

 

 

 

 

 

Thyrotoxic Heart Failure – Case Report                                                                                                                                              285                       Mohammad Husain, Ahmed Al-Dosari, Saleh Al-Enezi

Combined Intrauterine and Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy: A Case Report                                                                                        287                         Ashraf Talat Abdul-Fattah, Bakry H Tanoun, Ali Ezzat Shebl

 Isolated Pancreatic Tuberculosis - A case report                                                                                                                           290                           Riad A R Ali, Mohammad Azfar, Mohammad A Al-Jarallah

Fasciola hepatica Infestation Presenting as Biliary Obstruction 11 Years after Open Cholecystectomy and CBD Exploration                                                                                                                                                                                                 293                            Khalid Al-Mekhaizeem, Fahad Al-Mukhaizeem, Mahmoud Ali Habib

Acute Coronary Syndrome Presenting with Severe Pulmonary Edema due to Papillary Muscle Rupture Necessitating Urgent MVR andCABG                                                                                                                                                                                                      296                    Sanjay Dwivedi, Marwan Abu Risk, Hossam Eldin Mostafa

 

ADDENDUM                                                                                                                                                                    The name of the co-author, Bader A Abdul Kader, Department of Medicine, Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait was missed in the article titled “Increased Blood Pressure Variability in Hypertensive Patients with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy” published in the June issue 2004; 36(2):98-102, which is added to the authorship

SELECTED Abstracts of articles published elsewhere by authors In Kuwait                                                        299

FORTHCOMING Conferences AND MEETINGS                                                                                                                                     304

WHO-facts sheet                                                                                                                                                                                       315

1. Hepatitis E
2. Indoor Air Pollution - The Killer in the Kitchen
3. Stopping the Invisible Epidemic of Maternal Deaths
4. Definitive Atlas on Global Heart Disease and Stroke Epidemic
5. Suicide Huge but Preventable Public Health Problem, Says WHO

Arabic abstracts of articles published in this issue                                                                                                           321

YEARLY AUTHOR INDEX – kUWAIT MEDICAL JOURNAL (KMJ) 2004; VOLUME 36                                                                          325

YEARLY TITLE INDEX – kUWAIT MEDICAL JOURNAL (KMJ) 2004; VOLUME 36                                                                                327



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