Attitudes of the adult residents of different communities towards reproductive health education in Dera Ismail Khan

Reproductive health implies that people are able to have a responsible, satisfying and safer sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so. The purpose of the study was to explore the attitudes of adults of different communities towards reproductive health education in Dera Ismail Khan. The population of the study consisted of adult residents of different communities in Dera Ismail Khan. The sample of the study consisted of 100 adults selected through convenience sampling. A Questionnaire was used for data collection. The data show that the attitude of adult residents of different communities was positive towards reproductive health education in Dera Ismail Khan. However, demographic variables do not seem to influence the attitudes of respondent's towards reproductive health education

Early post-operative complications after thyroidectomy for benign goiters

To find frequency of early complications after thyroid surgery for benign thyroid conditions. Quasi-experimental study. Combined Military Hospital [CMH] Lahore, from March 2005 to Sep 2007.Early complications after thyroid surgery for benign thyroid conditions were studied. One hundred patients with FNAC confirmed benign goiter or follicular growth admitted for elective thyroidectomies were included in the study. Data was collected in the pre-designed proforma and entered in SPSS-10 version. Descriptive statistics was used to calculate frequency of each complication in the early post-thyroidectomy period. The frequency of complications after thyroidectomy was 27%. Out of them 8 patients [8%] developed subcutaneous haematoma, 5 patients [5%] wound infection, 4 patients [4%] tension haematoma, 4 patients [4%] hypocalcaemia, 3 patients [3%] respiratory obstruction and 3 patients [3%] developed recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis. Surgery for benign thyroid enlargement but may be associated with significant numbers of post operative complications including wound haematoma, wound infection and hypocalcaemia