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To assess the frequency of Hepatitis C viruses in patients with decompensated cirrhosis of liver at a tertiary care hospital. It is a descriptive study conducted at Medical unit-Ill Allied Hospital Faisalabad from January 2005 to June 2005. 112 patients were enrolled after taking verbal consent. After complete physical examination and investigations a sample size of 100 patients was calculated using 5% level of significance and margin of error as 5%. In a total of 100 patients 66 were Hepatitis C virus positive, 20 patients were found to be Hepatitis B virus positive. 9 patients were both Hepatitis B and C virus positive, 5 patients were found negative on virus screening with Elisa method. Hepatitis C virus is the most common cause of decompensated liver disease. It is the need of the hour to create more awareness and to launch educational campaigns regarding the modes of spread and prevention against Hepatitis C virus and to increase the compliance of Hepatitis B virus vaccination
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To find out the frequency of major categories of stroke [i.e. cerebral infarction, intra cerebral hemorrhage and sub-arachnoid hemorrhage]. A descriptive study. Medical unit III Allied Hospital Faisalabad from January 2005 to June 2005. 112 patients were enrolled after taking verbal consent. After complete physical examination and investigations a sample size of 100 patients was calculated using 5% level of significant and margin of error as 5%. This study revealed frequency distribution of various categories of stroke as cerebral infarction 62 cases [62%], cerebral haemorrhage 30 cases [30%] and sub-arachnoid haemorrhage 8 cases [8%] out of 100 cases in total. Intra-cerebral bleed has got a higher trend in Asia than in western countries and is more common in female gender while cerebral infarction is more common in males and its frequency although the highest among the major categories of stroke in Asia but relatively less as compared to that in western countries