Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics 2014, No. 1
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Editorial Board

TABLE  OF  CONTENTS

Editorial                      
Professionalism in medicine and hyposkillia                                                                                                                      6
Mustafa Abdalla M Salih, Mohammed Osman Swar

Special Communication
Hyposkillia: A sign of sagging medical profession - A pediatric perspective                                                              11
Khalifa Abdel Rahim Adam

Current  Highlight                 
The control of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: a call to raise the awareness                                     21
Sirageldin M Kheir, Sulafa Khalid M Ali

Review Articles
Patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infant: Basic pathology and when to treat                                                          25
Abdulrahman M H Al Nemri 

Teaching professionalism in medicine: what, why and how?                                                                                        31
Khalid Altirkawi

Original Articles
Cystic fibrosis in Sudanese children: First report of 35 cases                                                                                      39
Salah A Ibrahim, Munadhil A Fadl Elmola, Zain A Karrar, Ali M E Arabi, Mohamed A Abdullah,  Sulafa K Ali, Fathelrahman Elawad, Tag Elsir A Ali, Mashair B Abdulrahman, Salma O Ahmed, Abelrazzag S Gundi

Vitamin A-rich porridge for Boarding Khalwa students with night blindness                                                              45
Mohamed Osman Swar, Ishraga Alhaj, Atika Mohamed Osman

The quality of life among Sudanese children with epilepsy and their care givers                                                      51
Zahia Abbas, Maha A Elseed, Inaam N Mohammed

Physical methods used by Sudanese mothers in rural settings to manage a child with fever                                  59
Hanadi M E Mukhtar, Mustafa K Elnimeiri

Neonatal respiratory distress in Omdurman Maternity Hospital, Sudan                                                                      65
Sirageldin MK Abdelrahman, Selma MA Hamed, Abdelhaleem Nasr

Fast food intake and prevalence of obesity in school children in Riyadh City                                                            71
Monira Abdulrahman Almuhanna, Mohammed Alsaif, Muslim Alsaadi, Ali Almajwal

Case Reports
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Southern Kordofan                                                                               81
Haydar Awad Abdelrazig Abdelhakam, Mohamed Ahmed Taha

Pentalogy of Cantrell: case report and review of the literature                                                                                    85
Abdelmoneim E M Kheir, Elghazali A Bakhiet, Salma M M Elhag, Mohamed Z Karrar

Education and Practice
Managing traumatic brain injury in children: When do we need a computed tomography of the head?                 89  
Mohammed A Kambal, Manal E Abou, Iman Al Gadi, Ahmad Amer Al Boukai, Nasir A Al Jurayyan, Amir M I Babiker

Historical Perspectives
Albert Chalmers: Perpetual honours for a prominent tropical medicine career in the Sudan                               101
Ahmed Awad A Adeel