https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/27550 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:57:49 GMT 2026-04-09T20:57:49Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/8255 Title: Depicting the analyses of the first National Maltese Childhood BMI study Authors: Grech, Victor E.; Aquilina, S.; Camilleri, E. Abstract: Introduction Obesity is a chronic disease that often commences in childhood. Several publications have shown that a quarter to a third of Maltese children are overweight or obese. Malta will be the first country to measure height and weight (and hence Body Mass Index) for all school children in order to quantify the extent of the problem. Methods This study would include 46,000 children in 150 schools. This would be the first time that any country measured its entire childhood cohort, as opposed to sampling. Hence, it was decided to attempt to facilitate data collection and analysis with the use of bespoke spreadsheets. Results This paper will demonstrate how standard Microsoft Excel was used to accomplish this, greatly speeding up the data analysis process. Conclusion Software should be prepared in advance in anticipation of large amounts of data that need to be analysed and summarised. Particular care must be taken in order to prepare the requisite graphs and tables in advance so as to process the data once and present it in a suitable format for consumption and evaluation. Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/8255 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/8254 Title: Free left ventricular wall rupter in a newborn Authors: Hutter, Damian; Kreiter, Bianca; Riedel, T.; Wagner, B.; Kadner, Alexander; Pfammatter, Jean-Pierre Abstract: Free left ventricular wall rupture is very rare but mostly fatal complication of acute myocardial infarction in the elderly. Without the presence of congenital heart disease, preceding cardiac surgery or an isolated ventricular diverticulum, spontaneous rupture of the free left ventricular wall in neonates has not been described to date. We present a newborn baby who was brought to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of the University Children’s Hospital in Bern, Switzerland in hemodynamic shock. Clinical assessment revealed bi-ocular cataract and a severe form of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, both highly suspicious findings for an underlying mitochondrial myopathy. The newborn underwent extensive metabolic and genetic screening and was discharged from the PICU to the regular ward. Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/8254 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z