Effects of Different Stretching Times on Range of Motion in Patients with Hamstring Tightness: A Randomised Control Trial ... Read More
Migraine being one of the common and disabling causes of headaches, has been described by World Health Organization as close to quadriplegia and dementia.Among the headache complaint visitors in the e ... Read More
Obesity is a state of excess body adipose tissue. Impaired glucose tolerance is a risk factor for developing diabetes Mellitus & is associated with hyperglycemia and insulin resistance. To determine t ... Read More
Many of the research studies have shown that usually people with disabilities and specifically women with disabilities are at increased risk of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse as well as to othe ... Read More
Leptospirosis is a global zoonotic infectious disease having alarming public health concerns. Generally this is an occupation related disease and the victims belong to animal slaughtering, owners of p ... Read More
Pregnancy and childbirth is an event celebrated worldwide. During pregnancy physiological changes and increasing demand causes fall in hemoglobin level leading to anemia and adverse pregnancy outcome ... Read More
Pakistani population is seriously malnutritioned and is hunger redisposed. Based on the Global Hunger Index Pakistan is ranked at 107 of 118 countries .Food insecurity is among major causes of under-n ... Read More
The study was carried out in ENT Department ofKEMU, Lahore from December 2012 to November 2015 to assess theoutcome of early tracheostomy in grade II (moderate) tetanus patients.A total of fifty-six a ... Read More
Endometriosis is an estrogen-regulated disease, and is signified by the existence of a particular endometrial tissue exterior to the uterus. It is a principal cause of long lasting morbidity, mostly f ... Read More
Leadership is an obligatory inter-personal skill for executive positions and medical professionals are no exception. They play crucial roles in variety of scenarios including leading wards, camps, cam ... Read More
Diabetes is a chronic disease and non-compliance attitude of patients poses a great challenge to the success of therapy. Multiple factors influence compliance among diabetics and other chronic disease ... Read More
The study was planned to assess the effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on preterm and stable neonates in reducing neonatal morbidity and mortality. This is a case series design of 121preterm and low birth ... Read More
The study was designed to investigate the effect of berberine toxicity on liver enzymes, renal function, serum uric acid and blood cell counts of Sprague-Dawley rats. For this purpose, twenty Sprague- ... Read More
The aim of this study was to assess career aspiration and its three subscales (leadership, achievement, educational) and their relationship with life-satisfaction in final year medical school students ... Read More
Controlling the population growth is one of the most feasible solutions to reduce burden on the country and it can be achieved by effective use of contraception. This study was designed to analyze the ... Read More
Hypertension is a multifactorial chronic disease and a silent cause of high causalities around the globe. Both hyper and pre-hypertension affect all ages and professions, and are as common as flu infe ... Read More
The purpose of this project was to evaluate the pattern of transmission in patients suffering from Multidrug resistant (MDR) Tuberculosis by assessing their contact information. Data were obtained and ... Read More
Spinal anesthesia is frequently used in pregnant female undergoing caesarean section due to its safety than general anaesthesia. Post dural puncture headache (PDPH) is commonly occurring problem assoc ... Read More
To look into the correlation between demographic variables, perceived social support and professional quality of lifeof nurses in public hospitals. A sample of 160 nurses of age (M=33.48, SD=9.18) was ... Read More
Incidence of neck pain is increasing day by day due to changed, sedentary, non-ergonomic environment and life style. This becomes the reason of an increased load of human resource and cost. To shed th ... Read More
To determine and compare the effectiveness of routine physical therapy with and without eccentric strength training in patients with rotator cuff (RC) tendinopathy. This single blinded randomized clin ... Read More
There is a lack of awareness about hepatitis C due to poverty, involvement of quacks and less penetration of mass media. To develop the awareness of hepatitis C among primary grade students. A total o ... Read More
The current research study investigated the differences in reported quality of life and perceived marital satisfaction in parents of children with leukemia with that of normal cohort. Case control stu ... Read More
To determine the effectiveness of both topically applied Betamethasone valerate and Calcipotriol ointments for the therapy of mild and moderate types of psoriasis. This comparative study was conducted ... Read More
Preeclampsia with generalized tonic-clonic convulsions is termed as eclampsia. Eclampsia isassociated with multiple maternal and fetal complications. Eclampsiais an obstetric emergency and quick deci ... Read More
The Importance of ICU’s Intensive/Critically care facility cannot be denied in any good hospital. May it be a District General hospital or an Academic teaching hospital in a public or private sector? ... Read More
The peer review process is essentially the quality control mechanism. Scientific discoveries and advancements have far reaching implications especially in health and medical publications. The quality ... Read More
Although induced abortion is common in early pregnancy and termination of pregnancy but very rarely after 2nd trimester. Retention of fetal bone after termination of pregnancy is an uncommon Gynecolog ... Read More
Although induced abortion is common in early pregnancy and termination of pregnancy but very rarely after 2nd trimester. Retention of fetal bone after termination of pregnancy is an uncommon Gynecolog ... Read More
Cementoblastoma is the abnormal growth of tissue resembling cementum of the tooth root, rarely endangering any surrounding vital structures. In this article, a case is presented in which pre-operative ... Read More
Background: Neurology and neurosciences is most under-recognized field in most of the developing world. There is no statistical data available from Pakistan reporting the exact prevalence of neurologi ... Read More
Punjab produces nurses holding diploma in general nursing, while globally this qualification is increasingly been replaced with baccalaureate and master in nursing. As a consequence, whereas the quali ... Read More
Objectives: This is a study of one year to find out the pattern of deaths due to mechanical asphyxia found on scrutiny of the record of autopsies conducted during 1-1-2016 to 31-12-2016. Methodology: ... Read More
Background: Genetic milieu increases the risk of diabetes; it results in disturbance of a number of metabolic pathways involved in blood glucose levels regulation and body weight. Family history of ty ... Read More
Introduction: Trachyspermum copticum (Carom seeds) has been reported to have anti-platelet aggregatory, hypolipidemic and anti-oxidant effects. In the present study ,this was evaluated for its efficac ... Read More
Introduction: Antibiotic use has become very common in the Asian countries due to which the community is at risk for producing adverse effects and resistance. Various researches have proved the malpre ... Read More
Introduction: Bone segment transport leads to new bone formation (distraction osteogenesis). It is a type of bone healing in which regeneration process fills the bone defects. These long bone defects ... Read More
Background: Preeclampsia is a pregnancy peculiar disorder with an incidence of 5-7%. It leads to placental insufficiency that results in fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality. Its etiology howeve ... Read More
Background: Pakistan is a middle income, developing country with an immense disease burden. A sensitive perspective of what afflicts the general population will help the policy makers, to plan befitti ... Read More
Background: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is the pain that lasts for more than 12 weeks. The causes of low back pain are; the decrease strength of superficial trunk and abdominal musculature, insuffici ... Read More
Objectives: Parotid gland surgery is the second most frequently performed endocrine surgery at our hospital after thyroid surgery. The objectives of our study was to see the incidence of the complicat ... Read More
Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most commonly known entrapment neuropathy in which median nerve of the body is compressed or traumatized. The problem is described by numbness and tingl ... Read More
Objective: To determine the rates of mortality, default, relapse and treatment success in MDR TB patients during the last few years and to observe other risk factors associated with this disease. Met ... Read More
Objective: To evaluate the frequency of Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) in patients with common hematological malignancies after first course of chemotherapy and to determine the association of different b ... Read More
Ghrelin, a peptide hormone is responsible for change in energy homeostasis affected by food intake and growth hormone (GH) secretion. Moreover, it also modulates glucose metabolism. Studies have sugge ... Read More
Background: Celiac disease (CD) is an auto-immune disease that usually occurs in genetically susceptible persons and is activated by gluten components of wheat. Type 1 diabetes is associated with CD w ... Read More
Objectives: To determine the pulmonary functions of patients with type 1diabetes mellitus. To correlate the pulmonary functions with duration of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Material and Methods: This Cr ... Read More
Systemic lupus erythematosus is associated with various complications with kidney involvement Lupus Nephritis(LN) being the most common. The routine biomarkers for the diagnosis of Lupus Nephritis hav ... Read More
Background: No community is safe from child sexual abuse (CSA) even conservative ones. Objective: The objective of this study was to find outparental knowledge and understanding about preventing child ... Read More
Back ground: Cervical spondylosis is the most common degenerative condition of the cervical spine affecting the intervertebral joints and diss. Mechanical stresses increase load which leads to formati ... Read More
Objective: To determine the outcome of use of glabrous intermediate thickness plantar (ITP) skin graft for the coverage of defects on palmar aspect of hand after release of post burn contractures (PBC ... Read More
Background: Mechanical neck pain is a discomfort that rises from posterior aspect of skull and travels towards the lower cervical spine and shoulders. In this discomfort, vertebral arrangements are di ... Read More
Youth of 11-24 years comprise 30% of the world population and the proportion is rising, more so in the developing countries. Out of Pakistan's180 million population, 52% comprise of youth in the age g ... Read More
Extensive research has been done to investigate and treat malignant conditions of the breast. Benign breast lesions are, however, more common than breast malignancies. Patients presenting with acute m ... Read More
Objectives: To study relation of stress in pregnancy and congenital malformations in newborns delivered at various hospitals of public sector in Lahore. Materials and Methodology: Descriptive cro ... Read More
Abstract Objective: To assess the effect of company during academic years on the habit of cigarette smoking. Materials and Methods: This Cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in130 d ... Read More
Foreign body ingestion is quite a common pheno-menon in pediatric population and presents with a wide range of clinical manifestations. This is a case report of hair pin ingestion which presented in p ... Read More
Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder, previously called as Conversion disorder, is very common psychological disorder in eastern countries like Pakistan. This case study is describing how psychoso ... Read More
Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome is the hormonal imba-lance that is by and large considered to affect more or less 10% of the female population. PCOs is more com-mon in obese and overweight women, which fur ... Read More
Objective: This study is designed to systematically review the prevalence of preterm birth from previously published studies of Pakistan and to find pooled prevalence from available local data. Me ... Read More
Background: With Pakistan failing to achieve Millennium Development Goals we have now entered into a new era of Sustainable Development Goals. Decreasing child mortality, improving maternal health an ... Read More
Background: Nutrition and health have become one of the most intriguing focuses in the world today. Technological advancement, nutritional imbalances and sedentary lifestyle have ascended numerous he ... Read More
Objectives: To determine clinical application of GRACE risk score in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Patients and Methods: It was an observational analytical study conducted in the C ... Read More
Objectives: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a very good and safe procedure for the removal of gall bladder. The objective of our study was to see the conversion rate of laparoscopic cholecystectomy i ... Read More
Amongst diabetes, type 2 diabetes encompasses more than 80% and even higher percentage is present in un-industrialized countries. Kidney disease in diabetic patients is clinically characterized by inc ... Read More
Ovarian tumors, or ovarian neoplasms, are benign or malignant tumors arising from the ovaries. They may arise from any of the three components of ovary i.e. surface epithelium, germ cells and the stro ... Read More
Objectives: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) develop anemia which is treated with erythropoietin-stimulating agents (ESAs). However, ESAs do not reduce the risk of cardiovascular mortality. ... Read More
Background: Prostate cancer is the world’s foremost and second cause of cancer associated death typically in males after lung cancer. Histopathological diagnosis of prostatic hyperplasia and prostati ... Read More
Background: Diabetes mellitus is an extremely common endocrine metabolic disorder that results in chronic hyperglycemia. It has effects on various tissues of the body. Due to this increased blood glu ... Read More
Objective: The objective of this study was to find out frequency of anastomotic leak at a hospital and deplore the morbidities, duration of hospital stay. Methods: A total of 102 patients of both ... Read More
Objectives: The objective of this research work was to observe the testicular morphological changes produced by fluoroquinolones in the reproductive organs of adult male albino rats, and to see wheth ... Read More
Abstract Objective: Postpartum obesity leads to long-term maternal obesity and promotes drastic health complications. Low glycemic index diet is suggested to have a beneficial impact on blood lipi ... Read More
Abstract The increased risk of caesarean section after induced labour is well documented. Rate of induction of labour has doubled in the past decade from 10 to 20%. Low Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI) a ... Read More
Objective: This prospective study was designed to see the outcomes in two different types of surgical repairs (suture or mesh) of primary ventral hernia. Methods: A total of 70 adult patients und ... Read More
Background: The issues of long working hours and short sleep among professional drivers are increasing worldwide, making it necessary to study their health hazards. Obesity among professional drivers ... Read More
A controversy exists regarding the association between subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) and dyslipidemia. Moreover, studies on lipid ratios in SCH are rare, particularly in Asian Countries. The study ... Read More
Numerous effects on metabolism of Lipids, its absorption, amalgamation, and control is under the influence of Thyroid Hormone. The scientists at international are exploring the possibility of establis ... Read More
Abstract Background: Hepatitis C virus infection is a very serious and alarming public health concern worldwide. The virus is transmitted through blood and blood related infected products. However ... Read More
Background: Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in adolescent girls has strong health implications during re-productive years. Current research aimed to assess prevalence and determinants of iron deficiency ... Read More
Structural and physical changes take place in pregnancy such as altered function of urinary tract. The mechanism lying behind low urinary tract function can be described in terms of effects of hormone ... Read More
Abstract Background: Imposter syndrome (IS) first described in 1978 is recently gaining more importance due to its long lasting, strong and detrimental implications on the Medical students as well ... Read More
Objective: To evaluate occurrence of nosocomial infections and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of bacterial pathogens isolated from Intensive Care Units (IC-Us) in a tertiary care hospital of Kara ... Read More
Ethics and collegiality in medical profession requires a doctor to treat fellow professional as brother and sister. Ethnography was employed to study the status of collegiality in public sector hospit ... Read More
The practice of medicine has been transformed by antimicrobials. However, overuse and misuse of anti-microbials is one of the major global health problems. Longer and expensive hospital stays are expe ... Read More
I am honored for being an alumnus of KEMC, and am delighted to write this editorial for the Annals. I have, ever since done my research and taught qualitative methods, felt that clinical methods are q ... Read More
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women in the world and second commonest cancer in less developed countries. It is estimated that 528, 000 cases are reported ever year with 80% repo ... Read More
In the past, several futile attempts were carried out at different forums to change the name of subject of Forensic Medicine to Forensic Pathology. In that scenario, it is pertinent to seriou ... Read More
A systematic review of literature on emotion regulation is carried out with the aim to identify, analyze and compare the commonly used emotion regulatory strategies (cognitive reappraisal and expressi ... Read More
Background: Learning styles are the ways students learn, intake and process new information. The contribution of learning styles for educational quality is evident and have important implications to ... Read More
Physical activity is known to decrease stress and improve academic performance (cognitive skills, attitudes and academic scores) in students as it increases the blood flow to the brain thereby increas ... Read More
Various factors may affect the outcome of patients in perioperative period. Obesity is considered as one of these factors which increases the risk of perioperative complications. The wound complicatio ... Read More
A major cause of maternal mortality and morbidity in developing world is postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). Different management options have been in use including use of oxytocins, prostaglandins, surgical ... Read More
Objective: To determine the association of hyponatremia in chronic liver disease patients with presentation of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) at Isra university Hospital Hyderabad. Methods: This stu ... Read More
Abnormal Uterine bleeding (AUB) is one of the frequent complaints of female patients of all ages. AUB is present in 33% of women referred to gynecologists and this increases to 69% in perimenopausal a ... Read More
We are living in an era of technology where smart phones and hence social media has entered into many aspects of our life. Many professions are using social media to improve communication between coll ... Read More
Objectives: To explore the relationship between work environment and situational motivation among doctors. Methods: Cross sectional research design was used and a sample of N = 100 doctors were e ... Read More
Objective: To determine the toxic effects of quinolones on serum testosterone level in male albino rats. Methods: Eighty male albino rats were randomly divided into A, B, C and D groups each grou ... Read More
Objective: The objective of this study was to see treatment outcome of morbidly adherent Placenta. Methodology: This descriptive case series was carried out in Obstetrics and Gynae Unit-2 Lady Wi ... Read More
Surgical management of ischial pressure sores has always been a challenge due to high recurrence rate. Ischial pressure sores develop due to unrelieved pressure over the Ischium. Inferior gluteus maxi ... Read More
Objective: To report our experience with renal biopsy and histopathological pattern of renal disease in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan over 11 years period. Methods: All the kidney biopsies ... Read More
Acne having a prevalence of > 90% in adolescents persisting in adulthood, causes inflammation and scaring. Acne scars cause severe social, psychological and cosmetic problems. There are many remedies ... Read More
Objectives: To determine fetomaternal outcome in patients undergoing planned vaginal breech delivery at term. Methods: It was a descriptive cross sectional study conducted at Lady Aitchison hospita ... Read More
