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Spontaneous perforation of the common bile duct (CBD) is a rare con-dition encountered in infants and children due to a variety of causes. It is even rarer in adults with very few cases reported in li ... Read More
Ameloblastoma, is the commonest odontogenic tumor. Solid ameloblas-toma is the most common aggressive type with highest recurrence rate. Treatment varies from enucleation, curettage to resection of th ... Read More
OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of microbiologically con-firmed urinary tract infection (UTI), pattern of causative organisms and their antimicrobial susceptibility in uncontrol ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To compare the severity of arthritis induced by low and high doses of pristane in female Sprague-Dawley rats.METHODS: The study was conducted in Postgraduate Medical Insti-tute, Lah ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To find out the surgical outcome of supratentorial gliomas in terms of improvement in seizures.METHODS: This prospective hospital-based study was conducted on patients with supraten ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To find out improvement in sitting balance by using univer-sal exercise unit (UEU) along with gym ball and rocker board training in children with spastic and athetoid cerebral palsy (CP). M ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to assess the chemical quality of drinking water in the urban areas of District Peshawar, Pakistan.METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in five urban a ... Read More
OBJECTIVES: To assess the efficiency of an open access upper gastro-intestinal endoscopy (Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy, OGD) service at Taranaki base Hospital, New Zealand by comparing the diagnos ... Read More
“It is much more important to know what sort of patient has a disease than what sort of disease a patient has”. Sir William Osler MD (1849 - 1919).Family Physicians, a term synonymous ... Read More
A twenty-one year old male presented to orthopedic surgeon, with severe pain and swelling in right knee joint. He was diagnosed as a case of Pigmented Villo nodular (PVN) on MRI ... Read More
OBJECTIVE:To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among nurses working in a public hospital of Peshawar, Pakistan.METHODS: This descriptiv ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To find out the electrophysiological changes including pulse, blood pressure, Oxygen saturation and ECG after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) under Propofol General Anaesthesia (GA) ... Read More
OBJECTIVE:To analyze the research proposals and challenges faced by postgraduate fellowship trainees in internal medicine and allied disciplines when writing a proposal.METHODS: The ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects on hemodynamic stability, level of block, patient’s comfort, nausea and vomiting using 0.5% and 0.75% hyperbaric bupivacaine in lower segment caesarean section.METHOD ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To examine suicide trends and patterns among people of Chitral District, Northern Pakistan; and to explore causes for suicide in this population.METHODS: This cross-sectional study was ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To examine the socio-demographic factors, associated with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among Pakistani males.METHODS: Bivariate and binary logistic regression analysis carried out ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To explore and compare the level of depression among male and female patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in different hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan.METHODS: This comparative stud ... Read More
The prevalence of disability is substantially higher in the low-income countries as compared to the high-income countries.1 An estimated 80% of the people with disabilities live in the low-income ... Read More
The prevalence of disability is sub-stantially higher in the low-income countries as compared to the high-in-come countries.1 An estimated 80% of the people with disabilities live ... Read More
We are reporting here a unique cascade-like arrangement of single cusps in the right internal jugular vein observed in a formalin-fixed embalmed cadaver of a 65 year old male whic ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To determine the significance of students’ feedback on improving teachers’ performance.METHODS: The students’ feedback on teachers’ performance was an-alyzed for 38 faculty members ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To determine demographic, dietary and psychological fac-tors leading to coronary heart disease in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.METHODS: This cross-sectional retrospective study was conducte ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency and pattern of primary brain tumors of infancy and childhood in hospitalized patients at neurosurgery department Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar.METHODS: This des ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors associated with under utilization of anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) with high risk profile for thromboembolism.METHODS: This descriptiv ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: to evaluate various socio-demographic risk factors of iron deficiency anemia in young males of Upper Egypt.METHODS: One thousand Egyptian young males aging from 18 to 25 years were surveyed ... Read More
OBJECTIVES: to identify the demographic factors that can make re-cipients vulnerable to develop poorer perceptions of health despite a healthy graft functioning and to evaluate recipients’ pe ... Read More
The oxford medical companion is a very useful resource to have in the arsenal of any health professional dealing with illness and disease. But perhaps one of its greatest contribution to public health ... Read More
Self-embedding behavior (SEB) is a type of self-injury in which individuals insert foreign objectsinto their soft tissues (e.g. into the muscle or under the skin). This report is acase of ... Read More
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the frequency of dyslipidemias in 6-12 years old Pakistani children attending pediatric clinic. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted at private clinic Peshawar, Pa ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in married; sexually active patients presenting with vaginal discharge.METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To find out the frequency of knowledge, attitude and prac-tices of women regarding contraception.METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1000 random-ly selected females of ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance system in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan.METHODS: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at directorate-gener ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: The study was aimed at identifying the potential barriers to polio rehabilitation treatment in patients of Karachi, Pakistan.METHODS: A mix-methods study was conducted in the city of Karach ... Read More
OBJECTIVES: To isolate total flavonoids from Achillea Wilhelmsii and Teucrium Stocksianum and screen them for possible analgesic activity and to determine the safe dose range of tota ... Read More
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) versus therapeutic ultrasound (US) on pain intensity and cervical range of motion (ROM) in patients with upper t ... Read More
Global population is growing rapidly with recent figures of 7.3 billion people living across the world. As ex-pected, more than 6 billion people are living in less developed cou ... Read More