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Early assessment of outcome by ST segment elevation after acute myocardial infarction. Observational study. This study was conducted at Shaheena Jamil Teaching Hospital Abbotabad and Islam Teaching Hospital Sialkot from 1[st] January 2012 to 30[th] April 2013. 160 cases of acute myocardial infarction were randomly selected from the patients attending to OPD and emergency of Shaheena Jamil Teaching Hospital Abbotabad and Islam Teaching Hospital Sialkot and their peripheral Districts. During the study period, 160 patients met the criteria for inclusion and were given thrombolytic therapy. Out of these, 136 [85%] patients were males and 24 [15%] patients were females. Mean age at the time of presentation was 51.0 tears. 91 [56.8] patients had acute anterior myocardial infarction, 58 [36.2%] had acute inferior myocardial infarction and 11 [6.8%] patients had miscellaneous findings. Average time lapse was 4.03 hours from onset of the chest pain to administration of streptokinase. Group A' [complete ST segment resolution] included 67 [41.8%] patients while there were 49 [30.6%] patients in group 'B' [partial ST segment resolution] and 44 [27.5%] patients on group 'C' [no ST segment resolution]. The ST segment was raised in all of the acute myocardial infarction cases. But ST segment was resolved in patients in which streptokinase injection was given 4 to 5 hours back
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To study the incidence of Inguinal Hernia with relation to age, sex, occupation, socio economic status, dietary habits and urban or Rural area of District Sialkot and its peripheral districts. Original study. This study was conducted at Islam Teaching Hospital Sialkot from 1[st] January 2012 to 31[st] December 2012. 100 cases of Inguinal Hernia were selected randomly from patients attending to OPD and emergency of Islam Teaching Hospital Sialkot. The result are shown in the Table No. 1 to Table No. 6. There was maximum percentage of Inguinal Hernia in age group 10-20 years [24%] and minimum in age group 81-90 years [04%] [Table No. 1]. The incidence of Inguinal Hernia was maximum in male [80%] as compared to female [20%] as shown in Table No. 2. There was maximum incidence of Inguinal Hernia in students [28%] and in factory workers, laborers, farmers was [20%] in each group and minimum in shop keepers and service men [06%] in each group as shown in Table No. 3. The incidence of Inguinal Hernia was maximum in people of low socio economic status [50%], [35%] in middle class and [15%] in people of high class as shown in Table No. 5. The incidence of Inguinal Hernia was [66%] in patients on low fibre diet and [34%] in patients on normal fibre diet as shown in Table No. 4. The incidence of Inguinal Hernia was [70%] in patients coming from rural area and [30%] in patients coming from Urban area as shown in Table No. 6
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To study the incidence of Hepatitis A, B and C with relation to age, sex, occupation, socio economic status, medical and surgical treatment, blade used for shaving and urban or rural area of Hazara division and district Sialkot. Original study. This study was conducted at Shaheena Jamil Teaching Hospital Abbotabad and Islam Teaching Hospital Sialkot from 1[st] January 2010 to 30[th] April 2013. 300 cases of Hepatitis A, B and C were randomly selected from the patients attending to OPD and emergency of Shaheena Jamil Teaching Hospital Abbotabad and Islam Teaching Hospital Sialkot and their peripheral districts. Results are shown in Table No. 1 to Table No. 9. The sanitary conditions of drinking water should be improve. The medical and paramedical staff should take care against syringe needle prick, surgical knife cut and blood transfusion. In barber shop during hair cutting and clean shave the blade should be new one and not reused. The sexual contact should be restricted to the life partner. The dental surgery is also one toll for Hepatitis spread. The aggravating factors such as occupation and socio economic status, medical and surgical treatment, blade used for shaving, surgical instruments, syringe, blood transfusion dentistry instruments should be free of infection and sanitary conditions should be improved
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To study the incidence of tuberculosis in patients with relation to age, sex, occupation, socio economic status, medical and surgical treatment, blade used for shaving and urban or rural area of Hazara division and district Sialkot. Original study. This study was conducted at Shaheena Jamil Teaching Hospital Abbotabad and Islam Teaching Hospital Sialkot from 1[st] January 2010 to 30[th] April 2013. 500 cases of tuberculosis were randomly selected from the patients attending to OPD and emergency of Shaheena Jamil Teaching Hospital Abbotabad and Islam Teaching Hospital Sialkot and their peripheral districts. Results are shown in Table No. 1 to Table No. 5. The maximum incidence of tuberculoses was in age group [31-40 years] and 23.4%. The incidence of tuberculoses was in age group 71-80 years [08%] which was minimum with relation to age group as shown in Table No. 1. There was more incidence of tuberculosis [55.4%] in women as compared to men [44.6%] because men have more resistance against tuberculosis as compared to women as shown in Table No. 2. As shown in Table No. 3 the victims of tuberculosis were maximum in laborer [23%] and factory workers [22.2%] and minimum incidence of tuberculosis was found [1.6%] in house wives as compared to other groups of people. There was maximum incidence of tuberculosis in low socio economic group of people [65.4%] in middle class of people and 2.8% in high gentry as shown in Table No. 4. Which was minimum as compared to other groups of people. As shown in Table No. 5 there was 42.6% incidence of tuberculosis as compared to rural area 57.4%
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To study the incidence of appendicitis with relation to age, sex, occupation, socio economic status, dietary habits and urban or rural area of district Sialkot. Retrospective study. This study was conducted at the Islam Teaching Hospital Sialkot from 1[st] January 2012 to 31 December 2012. 100 cases of appendicitis were randomly selected from the patients attending to OPD and emergency of Islam Teaching Hospital Sialkot and its peripheral Districts. The data was collected on written pro forma and analyzed for results. In this study the incidence of appendicitis was the highest 39 % at the age 11 - 20 years and the lowest at the age of 71 - 80 years [03 %] It was seen that incidence of appendicitis was 52 % [52 cases] in male and 48 % [48 cases] in female as shown in Table No.2. The incidence was the highest in students 36 % [36 cases] as compared to business man 03 % [03 cases] as shown in Table No.3. In this study the incidence of appendicitis was 37 % [37 cases] in people having high fiber diet as compared to those people who had low fiber diet 63 % [63 cases] as shown in Table No 4. The incidence of appendicitis was 62 % [62 cases] in people living in urban area has compared to people living in rural area 38 % [38 cases] which was half of the urban area as shown in Table No 5. At the last it was seen that the incidence was 60 % [60 cases] in lower class and 40 % [40 cases] high gentry as shown in Table No 6. The incidence of appendicitis is much more in 11-20 year of age and Males were more prone as compare to Female. Students and laborers were more prone as compared to other groups of patients. Low fiber dietary habits were more in percentage as compared to patient having high fibre dietary habits and percentage of patients of appendicitis were double in Urban area as compared to rural area. The incidence of appendicitis was more in patients of low socio economic status as compared to high socio economic status
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To study the incidence of Bacteria resistance to antibiotics in hospitals. Experimental study. This study was conducted at Shaheena Jamil Teaching Hospital Abbotabad and Islam Teaching Hospital Sialkot from 1[st] January 2012 to 30[th] April 2013. 100 cases of Bacteria resistance to antibiotics in hospital patients were selected by doing culture and sensivity test in labs of Shaheena Jamil hospital Abbottabad and Islam teaching hospital Sialkot. Bacteria resistant to Penciline was the most highest, 147 cases [36.75%] and the lowest incidence of bacteria resistant to Levofloxin, 20 cases [05%] as shown in table No.l. The incidence of bacteria resistant to antibiotics with relation to age was maximum at 1-10 years, 15 cases [3.75%] and maximum in age group 21-30 years, 105 cases [25.75%] as shown in table No.2. The incidence of bacteria resistant to antibiotics in females were, 207 cases [51.75%] and in male, 193 cases [48.25%] as shown in table No.3. The incidence of bacteria resistant to antibiotics was the highest in office servants and factory workers, 54 cases [13.50%] and 53 cases [13.25%] respectively and the lowest in students, 20 cases [05%] as shown in table No.4. The incidence of bacteria resistant to antibiotics was highest in middle class of peoples, 189 cases [47.25%], 159 cases [39.75%] in low socio-economic group of peoples and 52 cases in high gentry, 52 cases [13%] as shown in table No.5. The incidence of bacteria resistant to antibiotics was more in peoples living in rural area, 221 cases [55.25%] as compared to peoples living in urban area. 179 cases [44.75%] as shown in table No.6. The incidence of Bacteria resistance to antibiotics was rising day by day misuse of antibiotics, therefore the use of antibiotics should be only by a qualified doctor prescription
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To study the mortality in air disasters in Pakistan. Original study. This study was conducted in the Department of Forensic Medicine, Frontier Medical and Dental College, Abbottabad and Fountain University Medical College, Rawalpindi from January 2009 to November 2012. The mortality data was collected from Internet, Civil Aviation Authority, Newspapers and research journals. The results are shown in tables and graphs. The air disasters are one of the significant cause of mortality. The factors responsible for air disasters should be minimized to reduce mortality