Effect of changed sleep pattern on academic performance of Medical Students at Quaid-e-Azam Medical college, Bahawalpur

Background: Sleep circadian rhythm is influenced by physiological control and any change in this cycle effects individual cognitive functions

Objectives: To study sleep-wake pattern and academic performance of medical students at Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur

Participants and Method: This retrospective study was carried out on 258 students, selected by convenient sampling technique, of which 108 were males and 150 were females. They were asked to fill a specially designed questionnaire regarding their sleep pattern after admission in the medical college and academic performance in the medical college. This was compared with their pre-medical performance

Results: Majority [52.3%] of participants reported a decreased sleep duration in the medical college and they scored 60-70% marks in their last professional examination. About one-fourth [24%] of students reported an increased sleep duration after admission into medical college and they scored less than 60% marks in their last professional examination. Another one-fourth [23.7 %] claimed that they had no change in their sleep duration after admission into medical college, and they scored more than 70 % marks in their last professional examination. All the participants scored more than 85% in their pre-medical examination

Conclusion: Any change in sleep duration, increase or decrease affects the students' performance adversely. Increased sleep duration in the medical college seems more harmful than decreased sleep duration

To compare the efficacy and complications of misoprostal and prostaglandin F[2] alpha for second trimester pregnancy termination

To compare the efficacy and complications of Misoprostal and Prostaglandin F[2] alpha for Second Trimester Pregnancy termination. Sixty pregnancy women at 14-24 weeks of gestation divided into two group A and B. Group-A Misoprostal, Group-B Prostaglandin F[2]alpha. Patients needing terminations of pregnancy were 10%. The mean induction expulsion interval found in Group-A 19.13 hours and in Group-B 20.07 hours. The complication in Misoprostal group like dead fetus, pelvic infection, coagulopathy, rupture, incomplete abortion were less as compare to PGF[2] alpha group. Misoprostal is more effective then PGF[2] alpha for second trimester pregnancy terminations