OBJECTIVE: To determine the early outcomes of surgery in patients who underwent CABG plus CEA and those in whom carotids left untreated in patients having concomitant coronary artery plus carotid ar ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To assess the knowledge, perception and information sources of nurses about climate change. METHODOLOGY: A cross sectional study conducted with total number of 105 respondents and duratio ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the quality of intraoral periapical radiographs (IOPA) taken by dental assistants in the department of operative dentistry. METHODOLOGY: The study design was cross-sectional de ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To find out the correlation of habitual footwear with balance and foot pain among Physiotherapy students. METHODOLOGY: This co-relational study was performed in Faculty of Physiotherapy f ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: This study was carried out to investigate the medical students’ skill in notifying bad news based on SPIKES. METHODOLOGY: The descriptive-analytic studywas conducted in which medical stud ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To assess the results of operative treatment of intra-articular fractures of distal humerus in adult. METHODOLOGY: This descriptive, non-randomized, uncontrolled study using convenience s ... Read More
OBJECTIVES: To determine the association of meningitis among children 1-18 months of age with first attack of fever and seizure but examination finding of meningitis are absent. METHODOLOGY: This De ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To have estimation of sexual functioning in married men and women in Lahore, Pakistan. METHODOLOGY: This is a cross sectional design study, Community Sample was drawn from lower, middle a ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of cigarettes smoking on hearing loss in young adult’s aged ≤ 35 years. METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional research was carried out in the ENT department of Combine ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of green tea on serum lipid profile of healthy and hyperlipidemic individuals. MATHADOLOGY: This case control, comparative study conducted in the Department of Phy ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To compare the serum magnesium levels in normal population, non-complicated patients of type – II diabetes mellitus and complicated patients of type- II diabetes mellitus with retinopathy ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To determine the association of 2-hour plasma glucose (2h-PG) duration with lipid profile in families suffering from diabetes mellitus type-2with impaired lipid metabolism. METHODOLOGY: A ... Read More
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine the demographic, clinical and immunological manifestations of SLE among the Omani population and to compare the results with a previous study in 2003and glo ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: The current study was designed to determine the incidence of latent TB and its predictive factors. METHODOLOGY: This was cross-sectional prospective study. Two tuberculin skin tests (TST) ... Read More
Misuse of Over the Counter (OTC) medication is a common issue however, the long term consequences of this unchecked act are less stressed particularly in child care. The current case is of an eight y ... Read More
A 25 year old Sindhi speaking Pakistani male presented to his physician with history of dysphagia and weight loss. After initial evaluation and routine investigations patient was referred to gastroen ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To acquire and collect information regarding Dengue Fever (DF) awareness in rural population. METHODOOGY: A descriptive cross sectional observational study was conducted among 100 indivi ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To explore the factors influencing the quality of life among the elderly population of rural Thailand. METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Khon Kean Province, Thailan ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To determine the clinical and radiological findings of mandibular cystic lesions. METHODOLOGY: This study was descriptive case series, conducted on 40 cases of mandibular cystic lesions a ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of Anxiety and Depression among Diabetic patients and association with duration of Diabetes Mellitus. METHODOLOGY: Descriptive cross-sectional study conducted a ... Read More
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the frequency of iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy and to analyzed the diagnostic value of RDW and compared it with non-anemic pregnant women. METHODOLOGY: Descriptive / ob ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the biochemical significance of Hyaluronic acid in liver fibrosis among chronic hepatitis C patients to eliminate repetitive liver biopsies. METHODOLOGY: Cross Sectional Compa ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To determine the corticotrophin releasing hormone as a diagnostic marker of preeclampsia METHODOLOGY: Prospective cross sectional study included 100 pregnant women diagnosed as a case of ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To compare the use of drains vs. no drains in post TKR patients on the basis of mean days to achieve first straight leg raise. METHODOLOGY: This Cohort Observational Study was carried out ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To correlate levels of thyroid stimulating hormone with plasma homocysteine and lipid profile in hypothyroid patients METHODOLOGY: This observational study was carried out at Department o ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to provide the authentic information about the incidence of reticuloendotheliosis virus in Pakistan because several epidemiological studies suggested a link bet ... Read More
OBJECTIVES: To introduce the role of online social networks in raising the level of self-care of pregnant women. METHODOLOGY: This was a observational cross-sectional study. Four hundred and four pr ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study is to investigate the relationship between ergonomics, lifestyle and job satisfaction among Sonographers in Riyadh KSA. METHODOLOGY: Predictive Correlational De ... Read More
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to assess the Knowledge and Practices regarding infection control among nursing staff working at Civil hospital Khairpur, Sindh. BACKGROUND: Hospital acqu ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to know the leading responsible factors affecting health in the Punjab province. METHODS: The universe of the study was all Teaching, District Headquarters ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To determine the number and morphology of root canals in mandibular third molar teeth in Pakistani population. METHODS: This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in department ... Read More
Rapunzel syndrome is a rare entity when the undigested tuft of hairs accumulated in the stomach and extends beyond the pylorus in the small intestine with a presentation of vomiting, pain in epigastr ... Read More
BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia with their complications disclose unscrupulous impact on human health, and increase the rate of mortality all over the world. The allopathic medicine is ... Read More
BACKGROUND: Nursing education in Pakistan has evolved over the last two decades, and it has shifted from the traditional three-year diploma program to the baccalaureate degree program. However, still ... Read More
BACKGROUND: Hearing loss has been reported linked with the physical obesity. Waist circumference (WC) is one of the calculated ratios that have been proposed to be used for assessing obesity. It is ... Read More
OBJECTIVES: Pre-eclampsia is leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity throughout the world. In Pakistan the mortality rate of pregnancy related problems is estimated to be approximately 500 ... Read More
BACKGROUND: Ilizarov external fixator is now considered a suitable alternate treatment modalityfor treatment of complex tibial pilon fractures with questionable soft tissue integrity; it allows early ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the role of intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) in treatment of vitreous hemorrhage due to proliferative diabetic retinopathy. METHODS: This quasi-experimental trial was conduc ... Read More
BACKGROUND: Serum glucose levels can get close to a normal level by an appropriate diet. The present study aims to investigate the effect of low-calorie diets (1200, 1500, 1800 Kcal) on glucose and ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency and types of medical complications that occur during stroke inpatient rehabilitation at a tertiary care rehabilitation hospital in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: A retr ... Read More
The aim of this letter is to shed light on the current scenario of Type-2 diabetes and its affected victims in Pakistan. Diabetes is a condition of persistent hyperglycaemia with or without glycosu ... Read More
Lipoid proteinosis is an autosomal recessive disorder and caused by the mutations of ECM1 (extracellular matrix protein 1) gene on chromosome 1q21. It is an autosomal recessive disorder that results ... Read More
BACKGROUND: Lower back and pelvic girdle symptoms are a common problem during pregnancy. Lumbo-pelvic pain is known to have detrimental effects on quality of life in pregnant women in many domains i ... Read More
BACKGROUND: Mastitis is not uncommon among lactating woman. This is caused by local inflammation and/or infection of terminal lactiferous ducts. Incision and drainage followed by postoperative antib ... Read More
BACKGROUND: Consequent upon blunt abdominal trauma liver, spleen and kidneys are most vulnerable organs to be affected. Rapid diagnosis and appropriate management are key factors to reduce the risk ... Read More
BACKGROUND: Health Science graduates are increasingly in demand for improving and providing life services among the ageing population. Having substantial knowledge and positive attitude towards agei ... Read More
BACKGROUND: Acne Vulgaris is a frequently seen dermatological condition having physical and psychosocial implications. Current study aims to assess Quality of life (QoL) in acne patients and study t ... Read More
BACKGROUND: Cognition function refers to memory, the ability to learn new information, language, and reading conception. Mental stress may disrupt cognitive function. The medical students are exposed ... Read More
BACKGROUND: Nicotine use is reported more in Schizophrenic patients as compared to general population, which results is decrease efficacy of psychotropic medicines, thus increased severity of illness. ... Read More
INTRODUCTION: New Public Management (NPM) is a special management philosophy used by governments. OBJECTIVES: The aim of NPM is to increase efficiency, effectiveness and cost saving in public sector ... Read More
BACKGROUND: Healthcare waste is considered as neglected public health problem in developing countries. OBJECTIVES: We aimed this study to explore the factors affecting the Knowledge, attitude and pr ... Read More
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