The aim of this study is to collect more information about
Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) in Syria due to it being one of the
most common causes of preventable mental retardation if detected
at early stage and treatment is preventable, and to the
absence of any
published statistics regarding it in our country, and to emphasize on
the necessity of applying a mandatory newborn screening program
for early diagnosis of congenital hypothyroidism to improvement of
child’s life, by investigating the adequacy of the clinical
determination the physician's experience to get an early diagnosis.
This study aimed to identify the professional psychological pressures on a sample of nurses who are working in Al-assad University Hospital according to the variables (gender, marital status).The sample consistes of (120) nurses of various department
s in the hospital. The researcher has done a questionair of the pressure professional psychological, the study concluded to the following results:
-About (64.59) of the nurses have shown high levels of psychological stress. What comes first to the surface is the financial issues, then comes the work environment dimension and the psychological dimension.
-The study showed that there were statistical significant differencesin favor of femalescocerningthe psychological dimension, and towardmales inthe dimension of the relationship with doctors as we the financialdimension.
-The study showed that there were statistical significant differencesconcerning professional psychological pressures. These differences were related to the psychological dimension and in favor of unmarried people only.
It is evident that mercury and its use in healthcare institutions have attracted the attention of academics, research centers and governments. This paper conducts a preliminary induction analysis of the awareness level of healthcare providers at some
hospitals in Damascus about some key issues related to mercury. It
employed the statistical approach mainly the random sampling method to answer its questions and fulfill its aims. The data obtained from questionnaires were processed by Excel. The paper found differences in awareness and training levels among healthcare providers with regards to methods of exposure and
mercury transition to human body. It further identified sever weakness in testing and measuring the exposure of healthcare providers to mercury. The study pointed that there is an urgent need to train medical doctors and dentists with regards to the storage procedures of mercury and disposal methods of material and tools containing mercury. Finally, the research found that education efforts both at individual (personal) and aggregate (institutional) levels in all issues related to mercury are unsatisfactory.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the epidemiology of viral hepatitis in
children in Damascus University children hospital. A retrospective study on
(259) cases of viral hepatitis admitted to hospital within 4 yrs from the
beginning of 2000 to
the end of 2003. The number of hepatitis A virus cases
was (112) cases with an average of 2.9/ 1000 of admissions yearly. More than
a half of cases were between 1-5 years of age. The most common symptoms
and signs were jaundice, fever and hepatomegaly. About 76% of cases were
cured or improved, 21.4% of them were died. For hepatitis B virus the
number of cases was (42) cases with an average of 1.08/ 1000 of admissions
yearly.
