Bücher von Aamir Al Mosawi

Child psychiatry is a branch of pediatrics concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders in children, adolescents, and their families Children can not be considered small adults and this fact can not be ignored when it comes to pediatric psychiatry. A board certified pediatric psychiatrists are available in the most developed countries like the United States, while pediatric psychiatry has not emerged as a separate subspecialty in many regions of the world. Adult psychiatrists by definition of their certificate are not qualified to deal with childhood psychiatric disorders. Therefore, there has been a demand that pediatricians and family physicians have adequate clinical knowledge about childhood psychiatric disorders, so they can make the appropriate referral or providing satisfactory counseling and management when necessary. The aim of this book is to describe a training course entitled ¿Pediatric psychiatry: An accredited training course¿ which aims at providing introductory knowledge about the practice of pediatric psychiatry.

The New Iraqi Journal of Medicine (2005-2013) the official journal of the Iraqi Ministry of Health and Iraq headquarter of Copernicus Scientists International Panel was the first Iraqi medical journal to be listed and indexed by international index which is the Copernicus Journal master list. The journal also was the first Iraqi medical journal to acquire impact factor and H-index. The aim of this book is to publish the important scientific articles and research published in issues of ¿The New Iraqi Journal of Medicine¿ Volume three, 2007.

It has been widely recognized that effective leadership is essential for healthcare organizations and healthcare systems to provide high quality care and financial success. The aim of this book is to describe an accredited training course entitled ¿ Medical and Healthcare Leadership¿ which will serve as a compendium and a useful guidebook for professional trainers working in this field. The training course aims at providing the participants the essentials of Medical and Healthcare leadership. The knowledge and skills acquired during the course are expected to motivate the participants and enable them to make projects and changes in their work environment that is associated with better medical practices and improved healthcare services in their organizations.

Michelin tire baby syndrome is a very rare heterogeneous disorder, characterized by congenital generalized circumferential folding of excess skin occurring as an isolated abnormality or in association with various phenotypic abnormalities. About 30 cases of Michelin tire baby syndrome have been reported in the literature, including very few cases with the extended form of the syndrome which is associated with multiple congenital abnormalities and mental retardation. Kondoh et al (2004) reported the second case of a type of the extended Michelin tire syndrome associated with significant non-cutaneous abnormalities and mental retardation associated with hearing impairment, undescended testis. The aim of this book is to report the third case of the extended Michelin tire syndrome associated with significant non-cutaneous abnormalities and mental retardation associated with hearing impairment, undescended testis which occurred in an Iraqi child with the novel occurrence of excessive gyration of brain tissues seen on ultrasonography.

There is no satisfactory therapy for many of the disabling genetic disorders such as Wohlfart Kugelberg Welander syndrome. However, it is hoped that advances arising from the accumulating research evidence can contribute to improving treatment of such conditions. Therefore, reviewing the literature for the recent research evidence is recommended to improve the therapeutic services for patients with such disorders. The occurrence of Wohlfart Kugelberg Welander syndrome in Iraq has not been documented before. In addition to providing the historical documentation of this syndrome, particularly the early history of its documentation, this book describes the occurrence of the syndrome in two unrelated Iraqi children. This book also reviews the available research evidence which may contribute to improving its treatment.

There is no satisfactory therapy for many of the disabling genetic disorders such as Ekman-Lobstein syndrome (osteogenesis imperfecta). However, it is hoped that advances arising from the accumulating research evidence can contribute to improving treatment of such conditions. Therefore, reviewing the literature for the recent research evidence is recommended to improve the therapeutic services for such disorders. The occurrence of Ekman-Lobstein syndrome in Iraq has not been documented. In addition to providing the historical documentation of this syndrome, particularly the early history of its documentation, this book describes a case of Ekman-Lobstein syndrome in an Iraqi patient. This book also reviews the available research evidence which may contribute to improving its treatment.

This book describes a study aiming to update Iraqi pediatricians¿ research productivity in the field of nephrology using bibliometric methods, and analysis of the contribution of Iraqi pediatricians to the field of pediatric nephrology literature. Papers published by Iraqi pediatricians¿ in the field of pediatric nephrology were retrieved from ¿Web of Science¿ and ¿PubMed¿ . The number and types of papers, and author¿s h-index (Hirsch index) were analyzed. Papers published by researchers other than pediatricians such urologic surgeons, and basic sciences researchers were not included in this study. The vast majority of papers, 49 (92.4 %) were published by Aamir Jalal Al-Mosawi. Only four our papers were published by authors other than Aamir Jalal Al-Mosawi, and was carefully examined and found to include unreliable, non-authentic and largely misleading information. The work of Aamir Jalal Al-Mosawi represented the authentic reliable source about childhood renal disorders in Iraq.

There is a large number of dysmorphic mental-growth retardation syndromes associated with various combinations of low set ears, ocular abnormalities such as microphthalmia, microcornea, ocular hypopigmentation, and colobomatas of the iris, uvea , and optic disc. The aim of this book is to report the novel occurrence of a new dysmorphic mental-growth retardation syndrome associated with asymmetric ocular abnormalities including microphthalmia, microcornea, iris and uvea colobomata, transient ocular hypopigmentation, and contralateral optic disc colobomata, and dilated third ventricle.

Little is known about the uncommon, rare, and very rare genetic disorders in Iraq. The aim of this book is to report a study of the pattern of uncommon, rare and very rare genetic disorders observed by one pediatrician at single tertiary pediatric center during three-year period. During three-year period (2016-2018), 43 patients (29 males, 14 females) with uncommon, rare and very rare genetic disorders were observed by one pediatrician at one tertiary pediatric center. Their ages ranged from 5 days to 17 years. In this series, very rare genetic disorders in Iraq included the thirty six case of Cutis laxa type II (Debre type) in the world, the case number 104 in the world of Sanjad-Sakati-Richardson-Kirk syndrome, the case number 130 in the world of Townes Brocks syndrome, and the case number 170 in the world of Coffin Siris syndrome.

Mental retardation is a group of heterogeneous disorders associated with generalized developmental delay during infancy and early childhood, while impairment in cognitive functions and adaptive behaviors became generally apparent during pre-school and early school years depending on the severity of the condition. Although the World Health Organization is still using the term mental retardation in its ICD-10 publication, the American Psychiatric Association has recently called the condition ¿Intellectual disability¿. There are two main types of mental retardation: The syndromic mental retardation is associated with other abnormalities caused by chromosomal and non-chromosomal genetic defects, endocrine disorders, and inborn errors of metabolism. Non-syndromic or idiopathic mental retardation is not associated with other abnormalities or underlying metabolic or endocrine disorder. Mental retardation may also occur in various forms of cerebral palsy, bilirubin encephalopathy, and atypical autism. Little is known about the pattern of mental retardation in Iraq. The aim of this book is to describe the pattern of mental retardation in a sample of Iraqi children.

Heller syndrome is a rare heterogeneous clinical syndrome that is distinctive from autism and Asperger syndrome. Several authors have emphasized the rarity of the disorder including Fombone (2002), Burd and colleagues (1988), Charan (2012), Malhotra et al (2013), and Tapanadechopone (2015) who reported the first patient in Thailand. However, the disorder has been reported in several countries including Austria, United Kingdom, United States of America, Japan, India, Canada, Denmark, Spain, Thailand, and France. We have previously observed Heller syndrome in Iraqi patients, however, the syndrome has not been well documented or reported from Iraq in the medical literature. The main aim of this book is to describe two Iraqi patients with Heller syndrome, one of them have changes in brain MRI suggestive of cerebral vasculitis. The second aim of this book is to describe the historical documentation of the syndrome in the medical literature.

There are a large number of dysmorphic syndromes associated with various combinations of hypertelorism (with or without flat mid-face), epicanthic folds, convergent squint, low set ears, upward and downward slanting of the palpebral fissures, and eyebrows abnormalities occurring in association with hypotonia and developmental delay. The aim of this book is to report the occurrence of a new dysmorphic syndrome with the novel occurrence of unique eyebrows abnormalities consisting of splitting with a relatively thick upward slanting medial parts and thin non-slanting lateral parts in association with downward slanting palpebral fissures, bilateral convergent squint, hypertelorism with flat mid-face, epicanthic folds, large ears, developmental delay, and infantile hypotonia mostly attributed to congenital myopathy.

von Recklinghausen syndrome is a complex genetic disorder that range from mild hardly noticed condition to an extremely terrifying progressive disorder with numerous complications and serious disfigurement of the body caused by generalized or huge growth of tumors. The condition was named after Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen who published in 1882 a detailed description of the disorder including information from previous literature. However, the condition has not been well described or documented in Iraqi children despite it is believed that the condition was observed. The main aim of this book is to describe a unique case of von Recklinghausen syndrome in an Iraqi child associated with right sided basal ganglion abnormalities on brain MRI. A second aim of this book is to describe the early historic documentation of the syndrome in the literature.

There is no effective therapy for many neurological disorders associated with significant neurological damage such as kernicterus. The aim of this book is to describe a novel therapeutic approach which in one month produced obvious and rather dramatic improvement of the neurological dysfunction caused by kernicterus. Before treatment, the girl was not speaking and was not saying any word. She was lacking the balance (co-ordination) without obvious muscle weakness. She was unable to maintain the sitting posture on a chair for few minutes. She was unable to maintain straight standing posture when supported on chair at all. She had difficulty in holding things. After treatment: Speech development was initiating and she was saying few words. She was able to sit normally on the chair and maintaining the sitting posture indefinitely. She was unable to maintain more straight stable standing posture without holding a chair and with the ability to hold things at the same time indicting improved coordination. She developed improved ability to hold a pen. A second aim of this book is to describe the early documentation of this disorder in the literature.

Huntington disease is a fatal, autosomal-dominant neurodegenerative disorder of adults that was most probably first described in 1841 by Charles Oscar Waters. However, the disorder was named after George Huntington who published a paper about this rare disorder in1872. During the 1960s, the rare occurrence of childhood and adolescent forms of Huntington disease was increasingly recognized and reports about it was published in English and other languages including French ,German, Italian and ,Serbian. Pediatric Huntington disease typically has different presentation when compared with adults. Early diagnosis and symptomatic treatment may contribute to enhancing the quality of life of affected patients. However, most clinicians are unaware that Huntington disease can present during childhood and adolescence, and the diagnosis can be delayed. Therefore, appropriate genetic counseling are commonly not witnessed. Pediatric Huntington disease has not been reported before in Iraq. The main aim of this book is to describe the first case of this disease in Iraq. The book also describes the early historic documentation of the syndrome in the literature.

There is often limited professional knowledge, experience and awareness of the manifestations of very rare genetic disorders, and their most appropriate management because of the small number of patients having each one of them. It is generally difficult to diagnose a rare disease or disorder because it is impracticable for doctors to be familiar with thousands of rare conditions. However, the early diagnosis of rare genetic disorders plays a vital role in preventing the disorder through appropriate genetic counseling. Townes Brocks syndrome is a very rare genetic syndrome with 129 well-documented patients reported in the medical literature. Townes Brocks syndrome has not been reported before in Iraq. The main aim of this book is to describe the first case of this syndrome in Iraq which seems to be the case number 130. The book also describes the historic documentation of the syndrome in the literature.

The syndrome of complete absence of one ear and ear canal, and ipsilateral facial palsy is one of the extremely rare manifestations of genetic abnormalities. The occurrence of microtia/anotia syndrome in association with congenital facial palsy has been reported in association with: 1-Teratogenic effect of thalidomide and retinoic acid. 2-Well-Known syndromes including Berry Treacher Collins and Goldenhar. 3-A poorly characterized cardiofacial syndrome or syndromes. There have been very few reports of the occurrence of microtia/anotia syndrome in association with congenital facial palsy without other congenital cardiac defects or other congenital abnormalities. These reports include the reports of Parkash and colleagues (1982), Gathwala and, colleagues (2013), and Mahale et al (2016). The aim of this book is to describe the extremely rare occurrence of the syndrome of complete absence of one ear and ipsilateral facial palsy in an Iraqi infant. This Iraqi patient most probably represents the fourth patient with the syndrome of microtia/anotia syndrome and congenital facial palsy without other abnormalities.

It is generally difficult to diagnose a rare disease or disorder because it is impracticable for doctors to be familiar with thousands of rare conditions. However, the early diagnosis of rare genetic disorders plays a vital role in preventing the disorder through appropriate genetic counseling. It can be very harmful for the parents when the possible recurrence of a genetic condition is neglected by attributing the abnormalities caused by a rare genetic disorder to non-inherited conditions such as congenital infection or administration of medications during pregnancy. Adams Oliver syndrome is a very rare genetic disorder with some of its manifestations commonly attributed to congenital infection or administration of medications during pregnancy. Adams Oliver syndrome has not been reported before in Iraq. The main aim of this book is to describe the first case of this syndrome in Iraq. The book also describes the historic documentation of the syndrome in the literature.

There is no curative or satisfactory effective therapy for the nervous tissue damage associated with myelomeningocele which results in a serious disability. The aim of this book is to describe a novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of the nervous tissue damage associated with myelomeningocele. The novel approach aimed at regeneration of spinal cord cells, and strengthening the muscles of legs. The therapeutic approach resulted in a significant improvement that has never been reported before.

There is no known curative therapy for pervasive developmental disorders which include autism, Asperger syndrome, and atypical autism. Marked improvement or disappearance of autistic features in these disorders have not been reported with any therapy before. The aim of this book is to describe a new therapeutic medical approach for the treatment of pervasive developmental disorders including autism and Asperger syndrome. All the patients with autism and Asperger syndrome treated with this new approach showed improvement and marked lessening of the autistic features with some patients showed complete disappearance of the main autistic features. No patient developed any side effects. Patients observed during the same year who didn¿t receive this new treatment or were treated with other treatments such as omega-3 and risperdone didn¿t show any lessening effect in the autistic features. However, one patient treated with citicoline injection showed improvement in the autistic features.