Dear guests and colleagues On behalf of the Iraqi association for medical research and studies I welcome all of you in the Third IAMRS International Conference (27-28 March 2020), it’s my honor to announce that this Conference will be one of the best events in medical territory in Iraq. The Conference will be a platform for IAMRS members and other participants to discuss the current situation, challenges and solutions relating to Iraq health issues in light of the relevant national measures. IAMRS will seek to share experience and best practices on their work to promote health, medical research and medical actions related to the health of Iraqi population. Further, discussions will include practical suggestions on how to eliminate such problems. The main conclusions of the conference will be reflected and incorporated into the 2nd Basrah declaration to be considered and adopted by the participants at the conference and national ruling establishments. We are proud to say that the articles that will be presented in this Conference are of high quality and informative and meet the Conference title (Health Challenges in Iraq). I urge you to spend a wonderful, informative and exciting couple of days in the lovely city (Basrah). Dr. Hayder Abdulrazzaq Altameemi President of IAMRS President of the Conference
Committees
Scientific Committee
Prof. Jawad Ibrahim Asst. Prof. Noori Hanoon
Prof. Ali Alsaaedy Asst. Prof. Ahmad Najam
Prof. Khaleel Alhamdi Asst. Prof. Jawad Ramadhan
Prof. Mazen Alhawaz Asst. Prof. Raed karim
Prof. Yaseen Obaid Asst. Prof. Dhia Shamekh
Prof. Basil Mohammed Consultant Inas Alhamdani
Prof. Hazem Raisan Consultant Nazar Almahfooz
Asst. Prof. Muhammed Saeed Consultant Akram Abd Hassan
Prof. Hassan muslim Consultant Mushtak Gasib
Prof. Maysoon Sharif Consultant Falih Mohssen
Prof. Issam Merdan Consultant Asaad Hassan
Prof. Muhammed Aljawher Consultant Ahmed Alansari
Prof. Abbas Ali Mansour Consultant Sadiq Ghaleb
Prof. Janan Ghalib Consultant Mustafa Saleh
Prof. Nadhem Kadhem Consultant Hassan Hadi
Prof. Imad Ouda Consultant Asaad Abdulameer
Prof. Najah Rayish Consultant Moaied A. Hassan
Asst. Prof. Mubder abdulraheem Consultant Rafid Abduljabbar
Asst. Prof. Abdulameer Abdulbare Dr. Khaleel Ibrahim
Asst. Prof. Nawfel Ali Dr. Muhsen Jarullah
Prof. Omran S Habib
Emeritus Professor of epidemiology and health care
Chairperson of the Scientific committee
Organizing Committee
Dr. Basim Abdulkareem Abdulhassan Dr. Nabeel Salim Khudhair
Dr. Dhurgham Arif Alajwady Dr. Uday Abdulhussain
Asst. Prof. Sadik Hassan Dr. Rafid Abdulameer
Asst. Prof. Amer Salman Dr. Adel Ghassab
Asst. Prof. Haithem Hussein Dr. Ali Aljesaery
Dr. Ahmed Qasim Jebrah Dr. Saif Muhammed
Dr. Waleed Jawad Dr. Dhaigham Almuhfoodh
Consultant Ali Dawood Dr. Hekmet Luaibi
Dr. Ahmad Jaafer Dr. Ali Saadoon
Dr. Hadi Raheem Dr. Hussein Khadhair
Dr. Safaa Gateae Dr. Qusay Hussein
Dr. Amjed Haider Dr. Firas Shenshal
Dr. Ussama Malullah Dr. Dhiaa Abdullah
Dr. Ahmed Fadhil Dr. Luay Hassan
Dr. Ibraheem Abood Dr. Alaa Hussein abed
Dr. Mohamed Baqer Dr. Waleed Yahia
Dr. Wissam Jabar Pharmacist Muntasser yaqoob
Dr. Hisham Salman Pharmacist Haider thamir
Dr. Fahad Khaled
Financial Committee
Dr. Zuhair Abdulkareem
Asst. Prof. Sadik Hassan
Media Committee
Dr. Wael Jassim
Asst. Prof. Abbas Abdulzahraa
Dr. Saleh Mudher
Day One Friday, March 27, 2020
Workshop
Title: Enhancing Scientific Research
Venue: Basrah International Hotel, Al-Faraheedi Main Hall
Date: Friday, March 27, 2020
Time: 9:00AM – 12:00 PM
Fees: 100,000 IQD
Fees for IAMRS member: 50,000 IQD
Number of participants: 30
Tutors:
Prof. Omran S Habib
Dr. Asaad Al-Yassen
Dr. Alaa Hussein Abed
Dr. Sadik Hassan
For registration: Call 00964 771 355 0196
Note:
1. Each participant is required to have personal laptop.
2. Participants will receive signed certificate.
Panel discussion
Title: The health care system in Iraq: Challenges and future perspectives
Venue: Basrah International Hotel, Al-Faraheedi Main Hall
Date: Friday, March 27, 2020
Time [4:00 – 6:00] PM
Panelists: Invited speakers
Audience: Open to any interested
Tutors: Professor Omran S Habib, Dr. Ali Azeez Aljumaili
Opening Ceremony
Friday, March 27, 2020
7:30-9:00 PM
Basrah International Hotel
Al-Faraheedi Main Hall (Ground Floor)
Day Two Saturday, March 28, 2020
Scientific Research Presentations
Session One Cardiovascular Diseases Saturday March 28, 2020 [9:00 -11:00] AM
Al-Faraheedi Main Hall (Ground Floor)
Time Title of presentation Speaker
09:00-09:08 Tetralogy of Fallot Surgery: Experiences in Pulmonary Valve Preservation and Low Pulmonary Index Patients
İsmail Balaban,
09:08-09:16 Surgical treatment of mitral stenosis accompanying mitral insufficiency
Dilek Suzan
09:16-09:24 No Point to stop to help the patient: A case presentation from Basra cardiac center
Hamid Abdulwahab Abdulsada
09:24-09:32 Does vertigo predict hypertension in cervical spondylosis Talib Kadhim Akar
09:32-09:40 Knowledge and practice of adults attending primary health care centers regarding major coronary heart disease risk factors in Basrah city
Jhood A.S. Molan
09:40-09:48 Evaluation of Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus Aureus in Iraqi Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
Derya Bayırlı Turan
09:48-09:56 Management of the single ventricle and potentially obstructive systemic ventricular outflow undergoing single ventricle palliation
Dilek Suzan
09:56-10:04 Results of a New Established Cardiac Transplant Center in Istanbul, Turkey Oguz Konukoglu
10:04-10:12 Outcome and Techniques of Transcatheter Closure of Complex Secundum Atrial Septal Defects
Khalid A. Albahadely
10:12.10:20 Pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: results from 2 years follow-up.
Mustafa Yolcu
10:20-10:28 Evaluation of early detection program for hypertension in Basrah city
Anfal Qasim Ali
10:28-11:00 DISCUSSION All
Session Two Surgery and traumatology
Saturday March 28, 2020 [9:00 -11:00] AM
Al-Asmak Hall (Fifth Floor)
Time Title of presentation Speaker
09 :00-09 :08 The Surgical Approach in Our Pancreatic Cystic Echinococcosis Patients
Mehmet Çağlıkülekçi
09 :08-09 :16 Delayed Chest Closure For Oversized Lung Allograft In Lung Transplantation
Ali Yeginsu
09 :16-09 :24 Closure of fistula in ano by laser : A sphincter-saving and minimally invasive technique
Modhar Saadaldeen Alomary
09 :24-09 :32 The use of anatomical locked plate as an external fixator for Schatzker VI fracture.
Rafid Al-Adhab
09 :32-09 :40 Review on baclofen pump insertion procedure in Basrah Wisam Abdullah Jasim
09 :40-09 :48 Evaluation of Surgical Approach on Prognosis in Subglottic Laryngeal Stenosis Cases
Mehti Şalvız
09 :48-09 :56 Intracranial deeply located arteriovenous malformation (AVM) with navigation excision
Mete Karatan
09 :56-10 :04 Outcome of Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approach in Comparison with Open Thyroidectomy for Benign Thyroid Nodules
Sadeq G Kadhim
10 :04-10 :12 Is it necessary to reinforce the staple line after laparoscopic sleeve gasterectomy (LSG): Review Article
Jassim Hassan Salim
10 :12-10 :20 Comparing two surgical techniques, the closing and reverse wedge osteotomy for the treatment of Clinodactyly
Arwa Kasim Almajidy
10 :20-10 :28 A Comparative study of three different intrathecal bupivacaine doses during combined spinal epidural anesthesia for Cesarean delivery
Hamed Abed Alnabi Flaifel
10 :28-10 :36 Role of Bone Scan in Musculoskeletal Pathologies Rafid Riyadh Al -Tuma
10 :36- 10 :45 Post traumatic Snapping Iliotibial Band A Case Report Jasim Mohammed
10:45-11:00 Discussion All
Session Three Scientific Research and Public Health
Saturday March 28, 2020 [9:00 -11:00] AM
Al-Sa’afa Hall (First Floor)
Sub-session A: Scientific Research
Time Title of presentation Speaker
09 :00-09 :08 Editing “The Medical Journal of Basrah University” My 5 years’ Experience
Ameen Abbas Ameen
090 :8-09 :16 Practical Steps to conduct scientific studies Oday Sajjad Alsawad
09 :16-09 :24 Fundamentals of clinical trials Loma AL-Mansouri
09 :24-09 :32 Writing a scientific paper: result section Jawad H Ahmed
09 :32-09 :40 How to write a case report Majid Alabbood
09 :40-09 :48 The Necessity of Implementing Electronic Health Records in Iraqi Healthcare Settings
Ali Azeez Al-Jumaili
09:48-09:56 Notes on Research Ethics Hassanain Mohammed
09:56-10:04 Discussion All
Sub-session B: Public Health
Time Title of presentation Speaker
10 :04-10:12 Ballast water is a risk for the Basrah public health: Current efforts and future direction
Noori Abdul-Nabi Nasir
10:12-10 :20 Patient's satisfaction on health care services in Basra hospitals in 2018
Huda Hassan Mehaibes
10 :20-10 :28 Prevalence of Proneness to Maladaptive Daydreaming Syndrome In Basrah Medical Student
Zainab Ali Kammadc
10 :28.10 :36 Role of Forkhead box O3 (FoxO3) Protein in Iraqi Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA)
Estabraq Abdulrasool Al-wasiti
10 :36-10 :44 Genetic Polymorphisms of AT1 Receptor and its Relationship with Clinical Outcome of Valsartan therapy in Iraqi (Mid-Euphrates) Patients with Hypertension
Forqan Y Alhashemi
10 :44-11 :00 Discussion All
Session Four Endocrinology
Saturday March 28, 2020 [11:30 AM -01:30 PM]
Al-Faraheedi Main Hall (Ground Floor)
Time Title of presentation Speaker
11:30-11:38 Best time for Levo-thyroxine intake in Ramadan (THYRAM). Basrah experience
Ammar M Saeed
11:38-11:46 The study of association of serum parathyroid hormone levels with obesity in subjects admitted to a tertiary care center in Basrah
Ali Hussein Alhamza
11:46-11:54 Difficult situation in treatment of medullary thyroid carcinoma in patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type2B
Adel Gassab Mohammed
11:54-12:02 Efficacy and safety of 1.2 mg per day liraglutide in obese patients with or without type 2 diabetes
Haider Ayad Alidrisi
12:02-12:10 Rare K-ATP channel gene mutations as a cause of congenital hyperinsulinemic hypoglycaemia: Case report:
Ahmed Jaafar Hendi
12:10-12:18 The precision of three HbA1c measurement systems in Basrah
Ibrahim Abbood Zaboon,
12:18-12:26 The reliability of pituitary macroadenoma volume measurement using two methods
Ibrahim Hani Almttory
12:26-12:34 The performance of three systems of glycated hemoglobin measurements among patients with sickle cell trait in Basrah, Iraq
Nassar Taha Alibrahim
12:34-12:42 A study of postmenopausal symptoms among Iraqi women in Basrah, Iraq
Rawnaq A Al-Adhab,
12:42-12:50 A review of recent advances in the pathogenesis of human diabetic peripheral neuropathy: Theories and Observations
Muna Z. Al-Hamdany
12:50-12:58 Characteristics of Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Predictors of Surgical Intervention in Basrah, Southern Iraq
Abdulhussein K. Marzoq,
12:58-01:06 Changing trends in type 1 diabetes in Basrah over 10 years. Dhaighum Imad Al-mahfoodh
01:06-01:30 Discussion All
Session Five Oncology and Hematology
Saturday March 28, 2020 [11:30 AM -01:30 PM]
Al-Asmak Hall (Fifth Floor)
Time Title of presentation Speaker
11:30-11:38 Asymptomatic hypoglycemia among children with acute
lymphoblastic leukemia on maintenance therapy Janan G. Hassan
11:38-11:46 Cancer care in Iraq: current status and future road-map Haydar Hamza Al-
Abedi
11:46-11:54 Pattern of Primary Brain Tumors among Children in Basrah Pediatric Oncology Center
Omar Najim Abdullah
11:54-12:02 Assessment of 5 – year breast cancer risk among Iraqi women in 2019
Ahmed Ramadhan,
12:02-12:10 Delay in presentation and management of breast cancer patients in Baghdad, Iraq
Mustafa Majid
12:10-12:18 Peripheral Neuropathy in Five Years Survivors of Children and Adolescent with Cancer in Basra Oncology Center
Ra'afat Raid Aziz
12:18-12:26 Associations between body mass index and hormonal receptor, Her2neu receptor as well as other clinical characteristics of breast cancer
Ahmed Qasim Hadi
12:26-12:34 Cancer statistic in Iraq Alya AL Zubair
12:34-12:42 Parvovirus B19 Infection in Individuals with Normal Hemoglobin Variant
Sadeq K. Ali
12:42-12:50 Aromatase inhibitor induced Rheumatoid arthritis in Breast Cancer Survivors: possible causes and strategies for management
Asia Selman Abdullah
12:50-12:58 Newly diagnosed case with Gilbert syndrome after 20 years suffering from jaundice
Noor Mohammed Abdulrahman
12:58-01:06
A Preliminary Molecular Study to Assess the Prevalence of 8 Most Common Mutation in Coagulation Factors Genes that Predispose for Hypercoagulability Status in Basrah city population
Noor AL –Huda Abdul Kareem Mohammed
01:06-01:30 Discussion All
Session Six
Nutrition, Infection and special groups issues Saturday March 28, 2020 [11:30 AM -01:20 PM]
Al-Sa’afa Hall (First Floor)
Time Title of presentation Speaker
11:30-11:38 Morbidly obese girl with oligomenorrhea and hirsutism “New headache changes everything” Case presentation
Hayder Ayad Alidrisi
11:38-11:46 Morbid obese woman with polyarthralgia. What is behind obesity?
Mahmood Thamer Altemimi
11:46-11:54 A study on obesity among preschool children at Al-Zubair district
Sajjad S. Issa
11:54-12:02 A new vitamin D deficiency cut off value in Basrah, Iraq Majid Alabbood,
12:02-12:10 The relation between vitamin D deficiency and Tuberculosis
Dheyaa Bukheet
12:10-12:18 Impaired Recovery from Influenza A/X-31(H3N2) Infection in Mice with 8-Lipoxygenase Deficiency
Rana Al-Fardan
12:18-12:26 Detection of Borrelia Spp in body fluid of psychiatric Patients
Awatif H. Issa
12:26-12:34 Antibacterial activity of Aloe Vera oil against pseudomonus aeroginosa in vitro and in vivo studies
Maysaa A. abdul khaleq,
12:34-12:42 Health issues raised during Iraqi protests in Al-Tahrir square from 25th October until 19th November, 2019
Mohammed Mutar
12:42-12:50 Success rate of vaginal birth after cesarean section in Kerbala maternity hospital
Maysaloon Adnan Abdul Razzak
12:50-12:58 Levels of liver enzymes in full-term neonates with perinatal asphyxia
Aida abdulkareem
12:58-01:06 The differentiation between premenstrual tension syndrome and dysmenorrhea in young age group in karballa city: Cross-Sectional Study
Manal Nasih Ahmed
01:06-01:30 Discussion All