Objective To study results of diabetic foot infection treatment in a general surgery clinic and diabetes clinic. Patients and Methods Sixty patients with diabetic foot infection were enrolled in th ... Read More
Objective To determine variables, other than viral kinetics, associated with outcome in patients with chronic hepatitis C being treated with interferon and ribavirin therapy. Patients and Methods T ... Read More
Objective To determine the level of vitamin D3 in patients attending out patient department with aches and pains. Methodology This cross-sectional study was carried out at Imam Abdulrahman bin Fais ... Read More
Objective To estimate the frequency of depression and anxiety in dissociative (conversion disorder) patients reporting at a tertiary care Psychiatric facility of Fauji Foundation Hospital Rawalpindi. ... Read More
Objective To study the association of drinking water with water related diseases in Rawalpindi ans Islamabad area. Methods A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among residents of Rawal ... Read More
Objective To study mental and physical health of undergraduate medical students at various stages of traditional subject based curriculum. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted on medical ... Read More
Most of the useful physiological effects of selenium are related to the biochemical role of selenium as a component of selenoproteins which, in addition to other functions, are the important antioxida ... Read More
Objective To compare lecture based learning with problem based learning (PBL) and to identify the deficiencies in both teaching methodologies. Methods A cross sectional comparative study was carrie ... Read More
To assess the efficacy of the Problem Based Learning (PBL) system by comparing the results as well as the number of distinctions of the medical students who attended the PBL sessions as against tradit ... Read More
Objective To evaluate the frequency of abnormal urine routine examination (RE) in order to justify the clinician's frequent requests and use of test either as diagnostic aid to confirm provisional cl ... Read More
We describe a 44-year-old woman who had right tinnitus up to six times in recent seven years. Right reversible sensory hearing loss was identified, but vertigo did not attribute to canulolithesis of s ... Read More
Two cases of aortobronchial fistula are presented which developed several years after successful aortic coarctation repair. These were successfully managed with extra-anatomic conduit graft. (Rawal Me ... Read More
Bochdalek hernia is a pediatric disease, and in neonatal age group it is the most common diaphragmatic hernia. Symptomatic presentation in an adult patient is a rare condition and it might confuse the ... Read More
We describe a 27 year old female in her second trimester presented with a swelling over left outer pinna or concha for two weeks duration. She has been on antiplatelet agent for antiphospholipid syndr ... Read More
We report submucosal tonsillar carcinoma presenting with metastatic cervical lesion without obvious tonsillar lesion. The need of careful tonsillar evaluation and role of diagnostic tonsillectomy is h ... Read More
Objective To evaluate the efficacy of lateral internal sphincterotomy versus chemical (topical 0.2% glycerltrinitrate ointment) sphincterotomy for the treatment of anal fissure. Methods This was a ... Read More
Objective To ascertain presentation of constriction band syndrome and its association with other congenital anomalies seen at our institution. Patients and Methods This retrospective study was cond ... Read More
Objective To evaluate the efficacy of single bolus dose of xylocard before induction to provide perioperative hemodynamic stability in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Patients and ... Read More
Objective To evaluate patients who received bilateral elective nodal irradiation (ENl) alone as a sole treatment to clinically negative neck. Methods We retrospectively reviewed clinical records of ... Read More
Objective Todetermine the cause, clinical presentation and the most suitable method of treatment for retrieving foreign bodies from urinary bladder. Patients and Methods This descriptive study was ... Read More
Objective To evaluate the frequency of complications of ileostomy. Patients and Methods This descriptive study was conducted on 180 patients at surgical units of Chandka Medical College Hospital, L ... Read More
Objective To determine frequency of metabolic syndrome in patients with type-2 diabetes. Methods This was a cross sectional study was conducted in Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar and during an e ... Read More
Objectives To identify the common causes and risk factors of neonatal mortality in a tertiary care Hospital. Patients and Methods This descriptive study was carried out at department ppediatrics/nu ... Read More
Objective To evaluate the role of panendoscopy and biopsy in diagnosing occult primary site of cancer in the head and neck region. Methods A retrospective review of patient clinical notes, radiolog ... Read More
Among approximately 650,000 people who die from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) each year, at least two-thirds live in Asia1 and there is a continuation of long-term increases in its incidence.2 Hepati ... Read More
Objective To compare the differences in outcome when embryo transfer was performed on day 2, day 3 and day 5 following ICSI. Subjects and Methods A total of 644 subjects undergoing ICSI at Islamaba ... Read More
Objective To ascertain the features and characteristics of colorectal cancer in North Jordan in patients at Prince Rashid Military Teaching Hospital during 2005-2007. Patients and Methods Patients ... Read More
Objective To determine whether antioxidant ascorbic acid supplementation holdup the lung function deterioration in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. Patients and Methods The si ... Read More
Objective To highlight the pattern of electrical injuries seen in our environment and the management problems faced in our set up. Methods This retrospective observational study was carried out at ... Read More
Objective To determine the frequency of various etiological factors responsible for causing congestive heart failure (CHF) in a tertiary care hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. Subjects and Methods Th ... Read More
Objective To assess the impact of surgical treatment of ruptured cerebral aneurysms on physical and cognitive functioning of patients. Patients and Methods From January 2008 to May 2009, 18 patient ... Read More
Objective To examine the effects of Psyllium husk on HDLCholesterol levels. Patient and Methods This single blind placebo controlled study was conducted at Department of Pharmacology and Therapeuti ... Read More
Objective To determine utility of cervical spine radiograph, clinical notes writing trends, and find out radiograph abnormalities seen. Methods One Thousand cervical spine X-Rays were studied at th ... Read More
Objective To evaluate short term results of open reduction and internal fixation after failed close reduction in Gartland Type III Supracondylar fracture of humerus in our institution. Patients and ... Read More
Objective To determine the most significant factors in clinical and laboratory investigations that can help in pointing presence or absence of serious surgical condition. Methods It’s a retrospec ... Read More
Objectives To assess the efficacy of drug hemodialysate (solcoseryl) on liquor volume in intrauterine growth restricted (IUGR) babies and their outcome in view of APGAR score and their health status. ... Read More
Objective To determine the annual rate of breast cancer in North of Jordan and describe their main epidemiological characteristics through the year 2007. Subjects and Methods In the period between ... Read More
Objectives To evaluate various abnormalities of semen and assess azoospermia in Sukkur region of Sindh. Methods Five hundred seven semen samples were analyzed. They were either advised by their cli ... Read More
Objective To compare characteristics of the chronic fissures which healed with pharmacological agents with those which ultimately required sphincterotomy. Methods This cross sectional comparative s ... Read More
Objective To evaluate the effect of vitamins C and E combined on lipid profile and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in hemodialysis patients. Methods A total of 38 hemodialysis patients received or ... Read More
Objective To present the local experience of decompressive surgery in massive cerebellar strokes at Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad. Patients and Methods This retrospective non-randomized ... Read More
The patient is a 50 years old woman, known case of major depression, brought to emergency ward of Tabriz Imam Reza hospital with chief complaint of blindness. Half an hour before coming to ED, she s ... Read More
We report a 25-year-old female with florid hypothyroidism, subtle hypogonadism, with pituitary mass with suprasellar extension encroaching the optic chiasma and lymphocytic hypophysitis in associati ... Read More
One year old girl presented with history of a polypoidal neck lesion. This was present at birth and remained asymptomatic and parent’s only worry was nature of the lesion. She underwent surgical e ... Read More
We report a case of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) caused by Listeria monocytogenes in a cirrhotic patient. The listeria was isolated from ascitic fluid. Although a third generation cephalo ... Read More
We report a case of Takayasu disease that was associated with relapsing polychondritis with an unfortunate outcome. Up to our knowledge, this is the first case to be reported from Jordan with fatal ... Read More
We describe a young woman who developed vesicouterine fistula after cesarean section which was repaired in team work. (Rawal Med J 2010;35: ). Key words: Vesicouterine fistula, urogenital fistula, ... Read More
General seroprevalence of hepatitis B in Pakistan varies from 2.5%,1 to 5%,2 though there is trend toward decrease in this infection.3 There are multiple means of transmission and inoculation by con ... Read More
Objective To asses effects of mini dose suxamethonium to facilitate laryngeal mask airway (LMA) insertion and its post operative complications. Patients and Methods Sixty ASA 1 and 2 patients aged ... Read More
Objectives To determine the suitable and ideal doses of remifentanil which provide acceptable tracheal intubating conditions in children given propofol. Methods This prospective double blind trial ... Read More
To determine the contribution of selected demographic characteristics and dietary practices in relationship to overweight and obesity in Jordanian young adults. Subjects and Methods This cross sect ... Read More
To determine the out come of endoscopic treatment of vesical calculi in children and its long-term effect on urethra. Patients and Methods This quasi-experimental study included five hundred patien ... Read More
Objective To determine the cesarean section (CS) rate and to evaluate the factors leading to increased CS rates so that preventive measures can be adopted to safely reduce the CS rate. Patients and ... Read More
To asses maternal and perinatal outcome in patients presenting with eclampsia. Patients and Methods This prospective descriptive study was carried out at Ghulam Mohammad Mahar Medical College Hospit ... Read More
Objective To present the local experience of fat graft use for sella closure in case of intraoperative CSF leak to prevent the post operative CSF rhinorrhea. Patient and Methods We retrospectively ... Read More
Objective To study demographic pattern of colonic polyps in Yazd province of Iran. Methods This descriptive study was done on 158 patients referred for colonoscopy to Shahid Sadoughi General Hospi ... Read More
Objective To determine the prevalence of Hepatitis C in general surgical patients. Subjects and Method This observational study was performed at Margalla Teaching Hospital Pirwadhai and United Med ... Read More
To determine the knowledge and practices of barbers from Bahra Kahu, Islamabad, regarding risk of transmission of HBV and HCV. Subjects and Methods Forty-one barbers were selected by consecutive sa ... Read More
To evaluate the result of dynamic condylar screw in terms of operative time, blood loss, hospital stay, union, range of motion of knee, complication and need for bone grafting, and to compare it wit ... Read More
Objective To evaluate the efficacy of the newly available endox endodontic system on isolated Enterococcus faecalis from single rooted canals. Methods Two hundred and fifty extracted single rooted ... Read More
We explored knowledge and perceptions of physicians regarding management of hypertension in acute ischemic stroke patients and use of various anti-hypertensive medicines as primary and secondary pre ... Read More
To observe the relationship between malnutrition and Myocardial Infarction (MI) in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods This cross sectional comparative study was carried out among the population ... Read More
To determine the frequency of silent myocardial ischemia (SMI) in type 2 diabetic patients. Patients and Methods This study was conducted in Medical units of Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar fro ... Read More
To determine the frequency of thyroid carcinoma in multinodular goiter in patients undergoing thyroidectomy. Patients and Methods This retrospective study was carried out at two private hospitals i ... Read More
Objective To evaluate the diagnostic features, treatment strategies and post operative complications in Mirizzi Syndrome. Patients and Methods Our experience with 12 cases with Mirizzi syndrome is ... Read More
Objective To determine the successs of early surgical intervention in management of ileal enterocutaneous fistula. Patients and Methods It is a prospective non-randomized study of 28 patients who d ... Read More
Objective To evaluate the role of CISC in management of recurrent urethral strictures. Patients and Methods The study consisted of 111 patients of urethral stricture disease, who developed recurre ... Read More
Objectives To evaluate use of objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in Jordanian medical schools for the first time to compare this with classical clinical examinations. Methods A quest ... Read More
Objective To assess the patient satisfaction in emergency unit by evaluating the healthcare delivery system, attitude and behavior of healthcare givers and extent of available health facilities. Me ... Read More
Objective To evaluate use of neuronavigation in interdisciplinary surgery for complicated tumors or trauma of the anterior or lateral skull base. Methods Neuronavigation image guidance was used in ... Read More
