Berq J. Hadi Al-Yasseri

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) levels can be measured accurately down to a very low serum concentration with an immunoassay. When the serum TSH level is in the normal range, measuring the T3 and T4 levels is redundant. The objective of this study is to study the relation of TSH levels postoperatively in thyroid surgeries with the timing for thyr...

Introduction Improper antibiotics utilization permits the emergence of resistant organisms. The World Health Organization has highlighted the role of people in preventing and controlling antibiotics resistance. Objectives To investigate public knowledge and attitude towards antibiotics use and resistance in Baghdad, Iraq; and to identify deficienc...

Background: Obese individuals are at increased risk for many chronic and life-threating conditions. The most significant burden on the musculoskeletal system resulted from osteoarthritis, mainly knee osteoarthritis. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of obesity and central obesity among a group of patients with knee osteoarthritis, analyz...

Objective: Acromegaly is a rare chronic condition in adults resulted from continuous over secretion of growth hormone (GH) and hence increased production of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). Pituitary adenoma is the underlying cause in vast majority of cases. This study aims to evaluate clinico-epidemiological characteristics for a group of Ira...

Background: Bedside teaching enables students and trainees to acquire many clinical skills and professional behaviors during process of learning. Objective: To investigate views of patients towards presence of undergraduate medical students during consultation. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in Al-Imamein Al-Kadhimein Medical Ci...

Background: We organised a four-university collaboration to estimate mortality attributable to the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq, including both direct and indirect deaths. The 12 researchers involved were all volunteers, crossing boundaries of three nations to participate in the study. Methods: We did a survey of 2000 randomly-selected hous...

Previous estimates of mortality in Iraq attributable to the 2003 invasion have been heterogeneous and controversial, and none were produced after 2006. The purpose of this research was to estimate direct and indirect deaths attributable to the war in Iraq between 2003 and 2011. We conducted a survey of 2,000 randomly selected households throughout...