Prime reasons for premature discontinuation of antituberculous therapy: at Mayo hospital, Lahore, Pakistan

The objective of this study was to determine the reasons of premature discontinuation of antituberculous therapy. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study that was carried out on 200 diagnosed patients of pulmonary tuberculosis at the Department of Chest Medicine, Mayo Hospital Lahore. The study showed that among the 200 patients, 44 discontinued anti-tuberculous therapy for various reasons. Poverty, feeling of being cured, use of alternative medicine and local remedies were the most common reasons for discontinuation of anti-tuberculous therapy

prevalence of renal complications in NIDDM

Background: Diabetic nephropathy is a specific micro vascular disease occurring commonly in diabetes and may sometimes be in very severe form

Material and Method: The aim of this study was to determine the severity of Nephropathy with progressive diabetes. A cross-sectional study of 100 patients attending the diabetic clinic, Mayo Hospital, Lahore was carried out in which blood urea: serum creatinine and albuminuria were evaluated by standard methods

Results: The number of patients having their test values in control range was 34 while the rest 66 patients were grouped according to the severity of nephropathy

Conclusion: The study data analysis leads to the conclusion that nephropathy, prevalent in 66% of study sample, indicated progressive complications with advancement in diabetic history