July 2009
86 posts
Taking a few more days off from clinic. Exhausted!
: Nabhan wants to watch Cartoon Network, Naufan POGO and I ESPN! All at the same time.
Power outage in our neighborhood for past 30 mins.
At Jalapeno to get lunch.
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Making sand castle on the beach. Aa Rasdhoo.
Swine Flu Hotline in Maldives →
A Swine Flu hotline has been launched in Maldives according to news media. The number is 3304829. I’d like to take this opportunity to urge the Ministry of Health and Family to make this number a…
Leaving some fish behind for locals to catch! Going back to Rasdhoo to BBQ the catch.
Out fishing near Rasdhoo.
Going to Alif Alif.
Leaving Male’ for a couple of days. Hope to be back by Tuesday.
First case of Swine Flu in Maldives. →
Haveeru Online reports that the Indonesian who was recently screened for Swine Flu has now been confirmed as a case of H1N1. This is the first confirmed case of Swine Flu in the Maldives, although…
Swine Flu: executing the National Pandemic...
I hope the authorities in control of the execution of the National Pandemic Preparedness Plan are aware that should Swine Flu come to Maldives they would need all clinicians and allied medical staff to be on the same wavelength to make the efforts effective.
The usual way of keeping the whole plan and its execution under a blanket and trying to get everything done on their own could be very...
I am surprised. This coming week I & other Maldivian pediatricians at IGMH get the usual 2 days off per week while the expats get 3 each.
[Original articles] Falling asleep: the... →
Background: Difficulty falling asleep (prolonged sleep latency) is a frequently reported problem in school-aged children.
Aims: This study aimed to describe the distribution of sleep latency…
My Online Clinic is up again after maintenance work.
A quick, summary, update on what I have been up to... →
Since returning from New Delhi in April I have been struggling to get the blog “fixed”. The new working hours as a Civil Servant was also taking its toll on all my personal projects. Anyway, I have…
Back online. →
After a long delay I have finally got all components of the blog online again. It has taken more time than I anticipated but it is finally back with a few tweaks.
Hope to be able to update weekly…
Breastfeeding counseling training at IGMH. →
Eighteen participants are, by end of this week, a quarter of the way into UNICEF training on Breastfeeding Counseling and Lactation Management. Organized by the Department of Child Health (Neonatal…
If commercial flight and other passengers on flight; were they informed of their fellow passengers condition? Is this endangerment of lives?
Were appropriate masks used during transfer? Normal masks are not effective!
This raises very important epidemiological and infection control questions: I hope the media would ask these questions.
Haveeru Online quotes DGHS confirming that an Indonesian working at Coco Palm is the first case of Swine Flu in the Maldives.
1. How are the contacts in the resort being managed?
2. How was the case transfered to Male’? If public commercial flight who else exposed?
It takes many attempts to get some people to think straight and do the right thing. Finally sense prevails!
[Original articles] Predicting neonatal mortality... →
Objective: To validate CRIB and CRIB II mortality prediction scores in a UK population of infants born at <=32 weeks gestation and investigate CRIB II calculated without admission temperature.
[Original articles] The association of clinical... →
Background: Little is known about the exposure profiles of melamine in children. We evaluated the association of clinical findings, exposure patterns, and biomarkers with nephrolithiasis in…
[Papers] Prolonged Neutropenia after... →
Genetic polymorphisms of uridine diphosphate glucuronosyl transferase 1A1 (UGT1A1), and SLCO1B1 coding organic anion-transporter polypeptide 1B1 are independent risk factors known to increase…
[Original articles] Blood pressure in children... →
Background and objective: The aims of this study were to collect normal data on blood pressure in healthy children aged 4-8 and to compare measurements of blood pressure made in the same subjects…
[Original articles] How well do vital signs... →
Objectives: To determine whether vital signs identify children with serious infections, and to compare their diagnostic value with that of the Manchester triage score (MTS) and NICE traffic light…
Today we have started UNICEF 18 hour Breastfeeding Counselor Training Course at IGMH for a fresh batch. Participants from IGMH, ADK & CCHDC.
[Original articles] Mothers' experiences of bottle... →
Objective:
Most babies receive at least some formula milk. Variations in formula-feeding practices can have both short- and long-term health consequences. We systematically reviewed the…