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To determine the reporting time of ischemic stroke patients within the time window for thrombolysis at Military Hospital [MH] Rawalpindi. A descriptive study. Military Hospital Rawalpindi over a period of four months from Dec 2013 to Mar 2014. Patients admitted to MH Rawalpindi with symptoms suggestive of stroke and having objective focal neurologic deficits consistent with stroke were included in the study. A CT scan of brain was carried out immediately to rule out intracranial bleed. The CT scan of brain was either normal or revealed radiological findings suggestive of an infarct. A total of 86 patients met the inclusion criteria of the study. Only 19 [22%] patients with ischemic stroke presented to the hospital within 4a/2 hours after onset of their symptoms. Only a small number of ischemic stroke patients report to the hospital within the therapeutic window for thrombolytic therapy
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To evaluate the frequency of peptic ulcer disease in patients of dyspepsia on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Descriptive study. The study was conducted at Combined Military Hospital, Multan between 20th Feb, 2006 to 26th May, 2006. A convenient non probability sampling was done and one hundred patients were selected from out patient department presenting within six months of dyspeptic symptoms. They were all subjected to upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Of all patients 61% [n=61] were males and 39% [n=39] were females with age ranging between 20 - 45 years. Study revealed functional dyspepsia [76%], duodenal ulcer [11%], gastric ulcer [4%] and esophagitis including gastoesophageal reflux disease [9%]. This showed an overall frequency of peptic ulcer disease to be 15% in the studied population. Peptic ulcer disease is a common structural cause of dyspepsia and was responsible for 15% of dyspepsia