Background: The surgical management of patients with peritonitis is complex and demanding. The patients are prone to have high morbidity and mortality. The surgical procedure under general anesthesia ... Read More
Background: Transurethral Prostatectomy is most commonly carried out under spinal anesthesia in elderly males, it is of outmost importance to limit dose of LA and distribution of block in these patien ... Read More
Objective: To compare the frequency of hematuria and mean length of stay as outcome of holmium laser enucleation of prostate (HoLEP) and transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) group with benign pr ... Read More
Background: Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) is a neurological disorder that is sensory motor in nature. It occurs at rest and is reduced with movement. Lack of exercise is considered a risk factor for RLS ... Read More
Background: Vascular malformations of head and neck region are present in approximately 0.3% to 0.5% population and usually noticed in early childhood. They keep on growing in proportion to growth of ... Read More
Burnout is a syndrome comprising of personal exhaustion and poor work performance experienced by an individual. Burnout is widespread among medical professionals, particularly doctors in training, and ... Read More
Background: Superficial Parotidectomy (SP) has been considered the standard treatment for benign parotid tumors. In recent years, extracapsular dissection (ECD) is gaining popularity. Literature addre ... Read More
Background: Cord around the neck is a common occurrence, frequently found in the labour room and in the operation theatre at the time of delivery. It causes panic and alarm for the obstetrician and is ... Read More
Background: Malaria is endemic in Pakistan and physicians should be fully aware of varied clinical and laboratory manifestations of malaria in children to maintain high index of suspicion for diagnosi ... Read More
Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic and proliferative inflammatory condition of the skin which is quite common in both sexes. Environmental and genetic factors both are involved in its occurrence. Va ... Read More
Background: Various congenital and acquired defects affect the different sites of oral cavity. There are multitude of reconstructive options available for oral cavity defects, but for smaller oral muc ... Read More
Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a global challenge affecting more than 45 million people with a significant mortality. Objective: To determine the frequency of hepatic and gastrointesti ... Read More
Background: Radiological role is not only in the early detection of lung disease, but also to determine its severity, its complications like acute respiratory distress syndrome and superadded bacteria ... Read More
The fateful year of 2020 will go down the annals of history as the year of the pandemic 2020 originating from the city of Wuhan in China, the COVID-19 virus spread to more than 215 countries worldwide ... Read More
These are 'SAD' People; my eyes widened and I started listening carefully to that great wizard of a teacher,Faisal sahib. He was teaching us “Aortic Stenosis” a condition where the heart is unable to ... Read More
There is a story told about Allama Muhammad Iqbal: when he was offered a knighthood by Her Majesty's government, he insisted that he would only accept if his beloved teacher Maulvi Mir Hassan was awar ... Read More
Objective: The importance of nursing care is unquestionable; therefore, it is important to explore the impact of Coronavirus disease pandemic on nurses and the associated challenges. Methodology: A d ... Read More
Background: This worldwide outbreak has disrupted a steady world of healthcare. Until now, diagnostic radiology and laboratory tests had been reasonably accurate in confirmed disease. Methods: The rev ... Read More
Pakistan is facing serious economic slump as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rate of Pakistan was 3.29% in year 2019 which was less than previous GDP rate of 5.53% for year 2018. Moreover current out ... Read More
Abstract Objective: The importance of nursing care is unquestionable; therefore, it is important to explore the impact of Coronavirus disease pandemic on nurses and the associated challenges. Metho ... Read More
Pakistan is facing serious economic slump as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rate of Pakistan was 3.29% in year 2019 which was less than previous GDP rate of 5.53% for year 2018. Moreover current out ... Read More
Pakistan is facing serious economic slump as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rate of Pakistan was 3.29% in year 2019 which was less than previous GDP rate of 5.53% for year 2018. Moreover current out ... Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic poses several challenges for oncology services. Providers must consider how to safeguard the morbidity and mortality of their patients as well as to minimize their patients' expo ... Read More
Background: It was expected that Corona will spread in Pakistan, once first case was reported in late February 2020. Data from china, Europe and USA suggested more prevalence in Elderly. We also start ... Read More
To find frequency and review of causative factors of typhoid fever in patients who presented in mayo hospital surgical emergency department both during and pre-lockdown periods due to corona virus. Me ... Read More
The COVID 19 pandemic and the resultant quarantine and lockdowns have led to a shadow pandemic of mental health disorders, economic instability, racial bias, surge of domestic abuse and spread of misi ... Read More
The recent advent of Covid-T 19 pandemic has raised many questions globally. The diagnosis, data, tracking of disease and its control depended upon virology lab services which were not well-establishe ... Read More
Background: COVID-19 is a global pandemic with 12% mortality rate. This pandemic has shattered health care sector of many developed countries across the globe. According to World Health Organization ( ... Read More
COVID-19 is the recent and one of the severe pandemic faced by the whole world. No country was left without feeling its wrath. Due to blurred picture regarding the pathogenesis of this disease it pose ... Read More
Background: Pakistan is in the midst of the corona pandemic. In the absence of definite treatment or vaccines, the outcome of this pandemic depends highly on the public's behavior. Objective: To asses ... Read More
Objective: To explore the emic perspective of survivors and their family members with regards to their lived experience with COVID-19 Study Design: Cross sectional qualitative research using phenomen ... Read More
Introduction: Trauma is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Pakistan where tertiary care hospitals bear huge burden of trauma cases daily. We observed the effect of Covid 19 lockdown on pr ... Read More
Background: Hospitalization of children leads to physical and emotional exhaustion for the parents. Objective: This study investigates the psychological impact of COVID-19 related children's hospitali ... Read More
Background: Despite numerous developments, infectious diseases remain a complex public health threat and this situation is worst in low-income countries. Pakistan has enormous rising burden of infecti ... Read More
Background: Despite numerous developments, infectious diseases remain a complex public health threat and this situation is worst in low-income countries. Pakistan has enormous rising burden of infecti ... Read More
The Covid 19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc as the world scrambles to find the yet elusive cure. With millions of infected cases and mortalities worldwide, it is mainly a droplet infection though o ... Read More
Background: Hospitalization of children leads to physical and emotional exhaustion for the parents. Objective: This study investigates the psychological impact of COVID-19 related children's hospitali ... Read More
Due to onset of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) pandemic, produced by acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in Wuhan, a city of China, a state of financial crisis and m ... Read More
Objective: With sudden onset of online teaching and learning after the lockdown, this study aims to explore how COVID-19 has impacted medical education in Pakistan. Methods: A survey-based research wi ... Read More
Objective: The corona virus (COVID-19) outbreak which started in China now has become a pandemic. This disease is affecting the health of general population and causing severe psychological distress i ... Read More
Objective: To identify the psychological effects of COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers of a tertiary level pediatric hospital. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study done at the (Institut ... Read More
Coronavirus disease 2019 C (COVID-19) causing havoc in different parts of the world,1is haunting Pakistan also.101,468 confirmed corona cases have been registered in Pakistan till morning 8th June. Pa ... Read More
Objective: To see role of telemedicine in management of surgical patients during covid-19 lockdown and to see patient satisfaction levels with this treatment modality. Methods: This descriptive study ... Read More
Background: The knowledge, risk perception and behavior of the general population is likely to have an important role in managing the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Awareness of a thre ... Read More
Background: The COVID-19 outbreak has caused concerns for both general masses and healthcare workers globally and brought much of anxiety and fear, further complicated by the “infodemic” phrase. In th ... Read More
Background and Aims: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder complicating multiple organs in the human body. Diabetes may be associated with a severe form of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (C ... Read More
“Nihilism is a well-known phenomenon of attitude among the mass population with extreme skepticism believing that nothing in the world has a material existence or value. It is often times associated ... Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic poses T several challenges for oncology services. Providers must consider how to safeguard the morbidity and mortality of their patients as well as to minimize their patients' ex ... Read More
Coronavirus disease 2019 C (COVID-19) causing havoc in different parts of the world, I is haunting Pakistan also.101,468 confirmed corona cases have been registered in Pakistan till morning 8th June. ... Read More
Pakistan is facing serious economic slump as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rate of Pakistan was 3.29% in year 2019 which was less than previous GDP rate of 5.53% for year 2018. Moreover current out ... Read More
In the beginning, the infection was thought to be limited to expatriates arriving in the country from disease affected areas or belonging to the religious gatherings. Since early April 2020 community ... Read More
COVID-19 pandemic challenge provided us with impetus to innovate and provide rapid solutions. We have successfully launched multiple tele-education online learning programs through a Pakistani diaspor ... Read More
The whole world is passing through an unprecedented time during the pandemic of COVID-19. COVID- 19 has affected all of medical practices in relation to patient management, availability of resources, ... Read More
Objective: The importance of nursing care is unquestionable; therefore, it is important to explore the impact of Coronavirus disease pandemic on nurses and the associated challenges. Methods: A descri ... Read More
Background: Hospitalization of children leads to physical and emotional exhaustion for the parents. Objective: This study investigates the psychological impact of COVID-19 related children's hospitali ... Read More
Objective: To see role of telemedicine in management of surgical patients during COVID-19 lockdown and to see patient satisfaction levels with this treatment modality. Methods: This descriptive study ... Read More
Objective: The corona virus (COVID-19) outbreak which started in China now has become a pandemic. This disease is affecting the health of general population and causing severe psychological distress i ... Read More
Background: It was expected that Corona will spread in Pakistan, once first case was reported in late February 2020. Data from china, Europe and USA suggested more prevalence in Elderly. We also start ... Read More
Background: Pakistan is in the midst of the corona pandemic. In the absence of definite treatment or vaccines, the outcome of this pandemic depends highly on the public's behavior. Objective: To asses ... Read More
Objective: To explore the emic perspective of survivors and their family members with regards to their lived experience with COVID-19 Study Design: Cross sectional qualitative research using phenomen ... Read More
Background: After the declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic by the WHO, every country took important measures to reduce its spread such as lockdowns and social distancing. However, lockdown and social ... Read More
Objective: To identify the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers of Psychosocial a tertiary level pediatric hospital. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study done at The Children's ... Read More
Background: COVID-19 is Corona virus disease that has occurred as pandemic involving more than 210 countries. Objective: To determine risk perception of COVID-19 among pregnant females, fear and anxie ... Read More
Objective: With sudden onset of online teaching and learning after the lockdown, this study aims to explore how COVID-19 has impacted medical education in Pakistan. Methods: A survey-based research wi ... Read More
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease which is caused by a newly discovered virus named Corona Virus. Objective: To explore HRCT findings of COVID-19 related pulmonary disease i ... Read More
Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) also known as COVID19, is a newly discovered virus that has been recently isolated from humans. A number of researches with speci ... Read More
Background: This worldwide outbreak has disrupted a steady world of healthcare. Until now, diagnostic radiology and laboratory tests had been reasonably accurate in confirmed disease. Methods: The rev ... Read More
Background: Despite numerous developments, infectious diseases remain a complex public health threat and this situation is worst in low-income countries. Pakistan has enormous rising burden of infecti ... Read More
Background: COVID-19 is a global pandemic with 12% mortality rate. This pandemic has shattered health care sector of many developed countries across the globe. According to World Health Organization ( ... Read More
Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder complicating multiple organs in the human body. Diabetes may be associated with a severe form of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). ... Read More
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc as the world scrambles to find the yet elusive cure. With millions of infected cases and mortalities worldwide, it is mainly a droplet infection though o ... Read More
COVID-19 is the recent and one of the severe pandemic faced by the whole world. No country was left without feeling its wrath. Due to blurred picture regarding the pathogenesis of this disease it pose ... Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant quarantine and lockdowns have led to a shadow pandemic of mental health disorders, economic instability, racial bias, surge of domestic abuse and spread of misi ... Read More
The rapid tests had no role. The standards were laid down and an attempt was made to streamline the diagnostic work. Why enough tests are not being done for Corona-virus? Why so late and so little? W ... Read More
SARS-CoV-2 can vary on a spectrum of an asymptomatic disease process, to a severe stage characterized by a “Cytokine Storm”. This phenomenon is a pro-inflammatory state marked by an intricate interpla ... Read More
Background: COVID-19 illness has the ability to remarkably influence the mental well-being of healthcare workers (HCWs), who are facing this situation standing on frontline. Hence it is of foremost im ... Read More
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread globally to more than 200 countries with more than 5 million confirmed cases. World Health Organization and other global public health organization ... Read More
Introduction: COVID-19 was declared as ''Pandemic'' by World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11th, 20120. Since this time, various awareness campaigns by health authorities and healthcare professio ... Read More
Background: The COVID-19 outbreak has caused concerns for both general masses and healthcare workers globally and brought much of anxiety and fear, further complicated by the “infodemic” phrase. In th ... Read More
Background: The knowledge, risk perception and behavior of the general population is likely to have an important role in managing the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Awareness of a thre ... Read More
Background: Globally, the increased transmission rate of the novel Corona virus has created unprecedented state of emergency especially among the healthcare professionals where only preventive measure ... Read More
Due to onset of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) pandemic, produced by acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in Wuhan, a city of China, a state of financial crisis and m ... Read More
These are 'SAD' People; my eyes widened and I startedlistening carefully to that greatwizard of a teacher,Faisal sahib. He was teaching us “Aortic Stenosis” a condition where the heart is unable to pu ... Read More
January 1990, I was a newly minted house officer in North Medical Ward. I had a new case to present to Dr. Faisal Masud, for which I had practiced hard to prepare . Nervously, I started and finished m ... Read More
There is a story told about Allama Muhammad Iqbal: when he was offered a knighthood by Her Majesty's government, he insisted that he would only accept if his beloved teacher Maulvi Mir Hassan was awar ... Read More
Background: Role modeling plays a major role in shaping the identity of a medical graduate. Medical students adopt various characteristics of their teacher's role modelling. ... Read More
Background: Role modeling plays a major role in shaping the identity of a medical graduate. Medical students adopt various characteristics of their teacher's role modelling. ... Read More
V arious techniques have been employed to achieve Maxillomandibular fixation (MMF). Although eyelet wiring and arch bars provide an efficient and flexible method of MMF, but th ... Read More
Background: Vulvo-vaginal candidiasis [VVC] is the most common cause of vaginitis and the incidence of candidiasis almost doubles in pregnant women, particularly in the third t ... Read More
Background: Port wine stain (PWS) is a low flow vascular malformation. The gold standard treatment for PWS in childhood is pulsed dye laser (PDL).There is very little evidence in literature ... Read More
Objective:- T o assess the adequacy of our current management of Permanent Hypoparathyroidism using Calcium and Vit, D3 supplements and life long follow up. Methods:- All patients of ... Read More
Background: It is always crucial to assess and analyze how public health professional recognize diseases of community like Chikungunya. It is also important to know about their knowledge about Chikung ... Read More
Background: Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia poses major concern. Total serum bilirubin (TSB) measurement is invasive method. Transcutaneous bi1irubin(TcB) screening is an attractive modality as it is quic ... Read More
Background: Pakistan is one of the highest burden countries for HCV. Hepatitis has unique transmission risk factors which vary based on geography and other factors. Objective: To assess risk factors ... Read More
MRI has pivotal role in early diagnosis of hip joint involvement in JRA. As a chronic inflammatory disease, JRA is multi-systematic with predominance in hip joints. Thirty-five pa ... Read More
ackground: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is frequent in chronic liver disease and there is an increased association of DM with Hepatitis C andhepatic encephalopathy (HE). In our se ... Read More
Background: Speech language pathologists besides clinical setups also work in cross-sector setups. They work to assess and manage speech language as well as cognitive issues and face barriers while pe ... Read More
Background: Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism are prevalent conditions with potentially crippling health consequences that globally affect all populations. Hyperthyroidism is overproduction and persi ... Read More
Introduction: Suture-less skin closure for better scars is fast gaining popularity. We compared the scar outcome of tissue adhesive closure and the standard Polypropylene 6/0 suture. Objective: To co ... Read More
Background: Adolescent years are critical for building good nutritional status through nutritionally wise choices. V arious factors influence and shape food consumption patterns of adole ... Read More
ederalisation on Nepal's progress towards UHC; and is conceived in the follow up to country signing up to UN 2030 Agenda for SDG. It includes, inter-alia a goal for achieving UHC, and alongside that ... Read More
hroughout the human history, multiple disease outbreaks have affected millions of people around the globe. Such pandemics with high morbidity and mortality rates affected the countries in the worst po ... Read More
Corona Virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has taken the world by storm and shattered the global socioeconomic system. COVID-19 has challenged the health care systems across the world but the vulne ... Read More
We report two cases of children presenting with surgical abdomen who had no respiratory symptoms and their chest x-ray revealed bilateral infiltrations, findings seen in patients suffering from Covid ... Read More
Outbreak of infection caused by novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread across the globe since the beginning of 2020 and healthcare systems world over have struggled to cope with this pandemic. Radiol ... Read More
Background: Although all healthcare employees are open to work-related injuries but medical laboratory workers are more exposed to blood and other possibly contagious items are at greater risk of deve ... Read More
Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify psychosomatic symptoms and experiences of mothers. Methods: Ethics committee approval and institutional permission were obtained before starting the s ... Read More
Background: Inadequate sleep influences mental functioning, increases stress levels, and has a substantial impact on a student’s academic performance. Objectives: The study objective was to ascertain ... Read More
Background: Prolonged low levels of calcium in blood is a common finding in patients having longstanding liver disease as breakdown, degradation and digestion of calcium is related to stores of Vitami ... Read More
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major burden of chronic illnesses. It has been observed that majority of the patients refuse hemodialysis leading to very high mortality even in younger o ... Read More
Background: Amputation is the surgical excision of all or part of extremity. After amputation patient may suffer various physical and psychological consequences. These symptoms may be due to adaptive ... Read More
Objective: To establish the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal Doppler ultrasound in distinguishing malignant and benign ovarian masses, taking histopathology as gold standard. Methods: This cross-se ... Read More
Background: Current medical training focuses more on hard skills training and technical aspects of medicine with less emphasis on soft skills including Medical Ethics and Professionalism. Objective: T ... Read More
Background: Gold standard for the diagnosis is High Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT). It provides all detailed morphological depiction of a minimal interstitial lung involvement. However exposure ... Read More
A novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), distinguished in Wuhan City at the end of December 2019, is producing a rapidly progressing health crisis in the world due to this number of patients are increasing and ... Read More
Objective: To examine the disease course in COVID-19 affected pregnant women. Methods: A series of pregnant women with positive COVID-19 test result treated in a dedicated ward at a Teaching Hospital ... Read More
Introduction: COVID-19 has a great impact on the practice of maxillofacial surgery. To fulfill our professional obligations, we continued the services of department by carrying out emergency procedure ... Read More
Objective: This study has been done to assess Malaysia's effectiveness in handling COVID-19 compared to other countries in South East Asia. Methods: Stochastic Frontier Analysis is capable of compilin ... Read More
Objective: To assess psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic among healthcare workers (HCWs) in a University Teaching Hospital, the main referral center for COVID-19 in Lahore Pakistan, by quantifyi ... Read More
Hyperbilirubinemia (jaundice) is defined as the increase in bilirubin plasma level to stain the skin and sclera yellow.1 Neonatal jaundice progresses from head to toe, first starts from the infant's h ... Read More
COVID-19 is currently one of the greatest problems the world is facing. A viral disease by nature, it emerged in city of China named Wuhan. Within few months it turned to be a global health emergency. ... Read More
