The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease of 2019) pandemic started later in 2019 sending billions of people into lockdown. This health crisis brought a destructive effect to the lives of many and was a great ... Read More
Background: Ankylosing spondylitis, a chronic disease, in which spinal inflammation develops which continuously causes backache and inadequacy in the functions of spine. Anti-inflammatory medications ... Read More
Background: The overall annual incidence of caesarean delivery in Pakistan has been steadily rising over the past two decades from 14% in 2012-13 to 22% in 2017-18. Primary caesarean often leads to re ... Read More
Objective: Objective: Considerable variations exist in geometry of proximal femur across populations, which play an important role in total hip replacement surgeries. However, a rigorous characterizat ... Read More
Objective: To determine the frequency of family history of breast cancer among women with breast cancer. Study type settings & duration: This cross sectional study was carried out at the Department o ... Read More
Objective: To investigate the relationship between personality disorders (PDs) among adults, their fathers and grandfathers and to explore the inter-generational differences (between these three gener ... Read More
Background: Lifespan of female encompasses several distinct epochs, each with characteristic hormonal, psychological and physiological changes. Women experienced a variety of symptoms after menopause. ... Read More
Background: Occupational health and safety is an important issue. Occupations requiring high physical demands from workers may cause both physical and psychological fatigue. Prolonged standing is an i ... Read More
Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2).1 While early research on Covid-19 focused on its respiratory ... Read More
Death of loved one has put MS. HG in post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which incapacitates her physical, emotional, cognitive functioning for last three months after the traumatic loss. Present re ... Read More
Background: Irisin is known as a miracle myo-adipokine that is secreted by skeletal muscle and fat tissue that increases insulin sensitivity. Current literature supports its role as a pathogenic agent ... Read More
Background: Emphysema Thoracis, an infectious condition is a historically recognized clinical problem with annual incidence of up to 80,000 cases worldwide. Despite the advent of effective antibiotics ... Read More
Objective: To investigate the knowledge and attitudes toward perceived causes of infertility and adoption of child among infertile couples in Pakistan Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive study. ... Read More
Background: Ocular misalignment (Strabismus) is one of the major reasons of refractive error in children. Growing children of school age perceive this important condition differently. Objective: To a ... Read More
Background: Heart stroke is one of the ever burning worldwide concern due to its high impact on global burden of morbidity, mortality and disability. Objective: The present study examined the mediati ... Read More
Objective: The study intended to investigate the moderating role of protective factors between domestic migration stress and delayed PTSD among displaced persons. Study type settings & duration: This ... Read More
During this difficult time the week health systems of developing countries including Pakistan are under threat of dengue outbreak, which is a viral disease spread by mosquito ... Read More
Background: Suicidal behavior is one of the serious consequences of depression. Depression disrupts the daily life functioning including ability to think properly, planning, problem solving and decisi ... Read More
Oro-facial tissue engineering forms the basis of regenerative dentistry. A few decades ago, tissue engineering was just a coined proposition and now it is progressing rapidly towards a clinical realit ... Read More
Background: Good oral hygiene and regular dental visits are recommended to prevent and manage oral health problems. Lack of utilization of dental services and barriers in seeking regular dental care c ... Read More
Background: Attending a university for the first time can be a stressful experience for many college or university freshmen. They are often confronted with a variety of new personal and interpersonal ... Read More
Background: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a procedure performed for end stage knee osteoarthritis to reinstate leg function, pain control and improve quality of life. The surgery, however, is assoc ... Read More
Background: Prostate carcinoma is the second most common cancer and fifth preeminent cause of cancer associated deaths globally in men. Inspite of significant changes in the clinical and histologic di ... Read More
Background: Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most significant public health concerns. The prevalence of DM has enlarged dramatically in nearly all countries in the world. Apart from emotional difficult ... Read More
Objective: To compare the pattern of dyslipidemia among newly diagnosed and known type 2 diabetic patients. Study design, settings and duration: This retrospective study was conducted at Baqai instit ... Read More
Factor analysis is helpful to judge the relevance of any tool items with specific domains of that tool. Therefore,this technique has great implications in data diminution ... Read More
Background: Bilateral sagittal split osteotomy aims to improve and correct functional problems related with facial defects and aesthetics. But osteotomies are placed in closed vicinity with the inferi ... Read More
Objective: To determine mean femoral neck shaft angle (NSA) in local adult population of Islamabad Pakistan. Study settings & duration: A Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the Depart ... Read More
Background: Stroke is one of the most common cause of disability in adults. Impaired gait and balance is a common manifestation after having a stroke attack. Different treatment approaches exist for s ... Read More
Background: Studies have shown that viewing internet pornography is like addiction. Addictions have been implicated in the development of psychosocial issues. It is important to develop an indigenous ... Read More
Background: Caffeine is the most commonly used psychoactive drug, being widely enjoyed and open handedly taken all around the world. The use of tea, coffee, soft drinks, chocolates etc is quite common ... Read More
Objective: To determine the association of estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) with HbA1c and microvascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes. Study design, settings & duration: ... Read More
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is considered as one of the major disease responsible for the morbidity and mortality. Pakistan is ranked 5th in terms of disease burden of TB which is very alarming for ... Read More
Novel Coronavirus 2019 (n Cov-2019) and corona viruses (CoV) are large virus family containing strains which trigger deadly diseases in mammals and birds. Corona virus are ... Read More
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