Objectives: The available assessment tools to determine asthma control do not include
components assessing factors that may directly affect control. Our aim was to evaluate the …

… OA Al-Rawas continued patient assessment after JHG left our department and contributed
to analysis of data. MM Cotton shared the assessment of patients with OA AR, modified the …

Background Incense burning has been reported to adversely affect respiratory health. The
aim of this study was to explore whether exposure to bakhour contributes to the prevalence of …

Background Early detection of smear positive TB cases by smear microscopy requires high
level of suspicion of TB among primary care physicians. The objective of this study is to …

Heart transplantation is an established treatment for end stage heart failure. In addition to
increased life expectancy, heart transplant recipients report a remarkable improvement in …

Sarcoidosis, a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown cause, has been described
worldwide and in all populations with notable differences in clinical characteristics, organ …

Objectives: The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Children (ISAAC) highlighted
the presence of wide variations in asthma prevalence between and within countries. The …

Objectives: Normal lung function has been shown to be population specific. The aim of this
study was to derive normal reference spirometric values for Omani children and adolescents. …

Objective: To evaluate the correctness of metered-dose inhaler (MDI) technique in a sample
of healthcare providers practising in Oman, considering that poor inhaler technique is a …

International guidelines recommend the use of population-specific reference values to
eliminate the well-recognized influence of ethnic variation on lung function. This study was …