Aso Salih

University of Sulaimani | UNIVSUL · Department of Pediatrics

Background: Lifelong blood transfusion is recommended for patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT) that lead to iron overload and results in cardiomyopathy (CM). Aim: To assess the accuracy of several electrocardiographic (ECG) data in patients at high risk of arrhythmia, early detection of structural and functional changes in left...

Over the last few decades, there have been several global outbreaks of severe respiratory infections. The causes of these outbreaks were coronaviruses that had infected birds, mammals and humans. The outbreaks predominantly caused respiratory tract and gastrointestinal tract symptoms and other mild to very severe clinical signs. The current coronav...

Background COVID-19 is a severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by SARS-CoV-2. Objective To study the demographic and clinical presentations of COVID-19 with their types including MIS-C and Kawasaki among children who were admitted to Doctor Jamal Ahmad Rashid Pediatric Teaching Hospital (DJARPTH) at Sulaimaniyah city, Iraq. Patients and method...

An atrial septal defect (ASD), sometimes called a hole in the heart is a type of congenital heart defect in which there is an abnormal opening in the dividing wall between the upper filling chambers of the heart (the atria). To determine the outcome of surgical closure in patients with atrial septal defects, we designed a retrospective study, inclu...

Background: Paediatric cardiac nurses should provide appropriate health information and guiding the parents to take care of their congenital heart diseases children effectively and family wellbeing. The aim of this study is to evaluate nursing management for admitted cardiac patients with congenital heart diseases in Sulaimani Pediatric intensive c...

BackgroundBackground Vitamin D supplementation can lead to a rare condition of vitamin D intoxication in infants develop. Thus, its supplementation had to raise concerns because the frequency of its intoxication is increasing. Objectives The aim was to look for frequencies of vitamin D intoxication among infants who had vitamin D supplements...

A prospective study was conducted on 60 thalassemia major patients (33 males and 27 females ) in whom the LV function and its parameters where assessed by echocardiography in relation to serum ferritin during the period from 2nd October 2007 to 2nd February 2008, in Sulaimani pediatric teaching hospital. Patient and method: The age ranges of patien...

Anomalous right coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ARCAPA) is a rare congenital anomaly of right coronary artery, most of the patient are asymptomatic, although myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac arrest has been reported. Herein we present a 5 month old infant presented with chest infection, during routine examination cardiac murmur detec...

Most ofnewborns with Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs) can be detected by using echocardiography. However, if such defects are not diagnosed in earlier time, therefore a severe hypoxemia, shock, acidosis and death are considered of some potential sequelae. A prospective study from January 2012 to the end of 2013 was performed and 2181 neonates were e...

Background and objectives: Cerebral palsy is a common neurodevelopmental condition encountered by pediatricians. The condition may present itself in many different clinical spectra. The etiological and risk factors are many and an awareness of the interplay of multiple factors in the causation of cerebral palsy is crucial. The aim of the study is t...

Backgrounds and objectives: Persistent patency of the ductus arteriosus is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in premature infants. Cyclooxygenase inhibitors remain the mainstay of medical therapy for patent ductus arteriosus. The aim of this study is to evaluate pharmacological closures of Patent Ductus Artriosus in premature babies. Patient...

Background and objectives: : Coarctation of aorta is the fourth most prevalent heart disease in infants requiring catheterization and surgery during the first year of life. Unfortunately the initial clinical manifestations in infants are

Congenital heart diseases (CHD) are common causes of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among young children and adolescents. It is the most common form of structural congenital defects. Little is known about incidence and type of these disorders in Sulaimani. Therefore, this study was undertaken to determine the incidence of congenital heart d...

Aortic stenosis occurs when the heart's aortic valve narrows. This narrowing prevents the valve from opening fully, which obstructs blood flow from the heart into the aorta and onward to the rest of the body. The aim of the study was to performed the echocardiographic study of the major morphological types of aortic valve stenosis in the pediatric...

Prospective study included babies born at maternity hospital in sulaimany and babies born in private hospitals and referred to pediatric first day of life detection of life threatening CHD march 2013. 2181 were enrolled in the study. they were premature, and the majority of them are hypoxic at birth due to immaturity of respiratory center which mig...

Background and objectives Congenital cardiac disease is the commonest cause of death in patients with Down's syndrome during the first two years of life, with 40-65% of the patients having congenital cardiac malformations. The lesions can be single or multiple. Our objective was to evaluate the frequency and type of such congenital cardiac malforma...