Background: In developing countries like Pakistan, Biomedical waste management is still considered as one of the public health challenge to control hazardous infections. Specific knowledge and awarene ... Read More
Background: The aim of the study was to determine the most likely risk factor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and to model the prevalence of CVD in patients arriving at Abbas Institute of Medical Scie ... Read More
Background: Event Based Surveillance (EBS) is the organized and rapid captures of information about events that are a potential risk to public health. Information can be about events related to occurr ... Read More
Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of fresh dental graduates of Karachi regarding pursuing research. Study type, settings & duration: A cross sectional study conducted at six r ... Read More
Background: Acute appendicitis is one of the commonest causes of acute abdomen in emergency departments, of them most patients require surgery. However, at times the clinical diagnosis of appendicitis ... Read More
Background: Esophageal Atresia (EA) with or without associated tracheo-esophageal fistula (TEF) is one of the common congenital anomaly that can be life threatening if left unattended. In low and midd ... Read More
Objective: To compare the mean hospital stay, mean operative time and frequency of port site infections in patients with early-perforated appendix managed laparoscopically versus open approach. Study ... Read More
The relatively new concept of DURC has primarily emerged from the experimentation on H5N1 which the researchers claimed well conducted to abreast with the know ... Read More
Background: Flagellation with blades has been a ritual performed exclusively by Shiite population. People share blades during this ritual and become prone to various blood borne infections including t ... Read More
Background: Hirsutism is one of the medical condition related to the physical appearance of the women and is extra hair growth on their body areas which are usually without hair, like chest, abdomen, ... Read More
Background: Health profession has been declared among the top 15 professions exposed to a high risk of occupational hazards by US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Threats may range from anxiety and allergy ... Read More
Objective: To study health care professionals’ perspective working at tertiary care settings regarding gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and to recognize differences in the practice and approach amo ... Read More
Objective: To observe the post-operative anatomical and visual results of primary vitrectomy alone versus vitrectomy plus encircling scleral buckle (SB) for the treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal det ... Read More
Background: Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is an inherited enzymopathy that is associated with hemolytic anemia. Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of G6PD biosensor ... Read More
Background: Hypertension is a prevalent disease worldwide. Despite availability of effective treatment, it remains uncontrolled. Multiple factors are responsible but one of the important contributing ... Read More
Background: In spite of great progress and success in tuberculosis treatment, incidence rate is still growing by 1% each year globally. Comorbidities are also quite common among TB patients. However, ... Read More
It is evident that, LMICs are suffering from double-edged sword burden. At one hand, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes, hypertension, heart and renal disease a ... Read More
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