RESUMEN
A cross-sectional survey of primary-school children in Bahrain was conducted to estimate the prevalence of goitre and iodine deficiency according to age, sex and area of residence. During January-May 1999, 1600 children were randomly chosen from all government schools. Children were examined for goitre and of those, 50% were randomly selected for urinary iodine level assessment. Only 26 children (1.7%) had goitre. Although median urinary iodine was above 100 microg/L, 121 of 749 children (16.2%) had low urinary iodine levels. Although iodine deficiency does not pose a significant public health problem in Bahrain, education about the nutritional value of iodized salts in the prevention of this disorder could increase public awareness.
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Trastornos de la Nutrición del Niño/epidemiología , Bocio Endémico/epidemiología , Yodo/deficiencia , Distribución por Edad , Bahrein/epidemiología , Niño , Trastornos de la Nutrición del Niño/diagnóstico , Trastornos de la Nutrición del Niño/etiología , Trastornos de la Nutrición del Niño/orina , Análisis por Conglomerados , Estudios Transversales , Estudios Epidemiológicos , Femenino , Bocio Endémico/diagnóstico , Bocio Endémico/etiología , Bocio Endémico/orina , Educación en Salud , Humanos , Masculino , Evaluación Nutricional , Encuestas Nutricionales , Vigilancia de la Población , Prevalencia , Características de la Residencia/estadística & datos numéricos , Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad , Distribución por Sexo , Cloruro de Sodio Dietético , Estudiantes/estadística & datos numéricos , Encuestas y CuestionariosRESUMEN
A cross-sectional survey of primary-school children in Bahrain was conducted to estimate the prevalence of goitre and iodine deficiency according to age, sex and area of residence. During January-May 1999, 1600 children were randomly chosen from all government schools. Children were examined for goitre and of those, 50% were randomly selected for urinary iodine level assessment. Only 26 children [1.7%] had goitre. Although median urinary iodine was above 100 microg/L, 121 of 749 children [16.2%] had low urinary iodine levels. Although iodine deficiency does not pose a significant public health problem in Bahrain, education about the nutritional value of iodized salts in the prevention of this disorder could increase public awareness
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Distribución por Edad , Trastornos de la Nutrición del Niño , Análisis por Conglomerados , Estudios Transversales , Estudios Epidemiológicos , Bocio Endémico , Evaluación Nutricional , Encuestas Nutricionales , Prevalencia , Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad , Distribución por Sexo , YodoRESUMEN
The first case of primary sacrococcygeal chordoma metastasising to the mandible and presenting with obstructed labour is described. The pathological features of this tumour, its clinical presentation and management are discussed.
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Cordoma/secundario , Neoplasias Mandibulares/secundario , Complicaciones Neoplásicas del Embarazo , Sacro , Neoplasias de la Columna Vertebral , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , EmbarazoRESUMEN
Injuries resulting from trauma are over-represented in Bahrain's intensive care unit beds. Using data from 1984 and 1985, this study examines the most severe etiologic agents and high-risk population groups among ICU trauma patients. Road traffic accidents were the principal cause of admission, accounting for 57% of all injury admissions. Most occurred in pedestrians suffering from severe head injury. Poisonings were the second largest category, followed by falls. In comparison with medical cases admitted to the ICU during the same 2-year period, the trauma cases included a disproportionate number of children and males in their most productive years of life, further adding to the economic burden which injuries have inflicted on this small country. The authors call for a new approach, namely passive prevention such as environmental modifications and legislation and tertiary prevention such as improvement of the country's underutilized ambulance service.