Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC
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Postoperative sore throat is a common complication of anaesthesia and can lead to dissatisfaction after surgery. Many factors can contribute to postoperative sore throat and the incidence varies with the method of airway management. ⋯ Awareness of the factors responsible for increased incidence of postoperative sore throat and appropriate care especially during endotracheal intubation can help to reduce the incidence of postoperative sore throat.
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J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad · Apr 2007
Cost effectiveness of screening of all newly recruited employees for diabetes at a tertiary care hospital.
Diabetes Mellitus is a disease which remains asymptomatic for long duration of time and usually diagnosed either when gets complicated or by routine or opportunistic screening. The practice of universal screening is not recommended, particularly in constraint resources. However, we embarked with a study to assess the yield of recommended screening for Type 2 diabetes in all the newly recruited employees at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi. ⋯ In this study, screening of all individuals for diabetes had a very low yield. Recommendation of universal screening for diabetes does not represent a good use of resources and perhaps not cost-effective. However, periodic screening of high risk individuals should be warranted.
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J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad · Apr 2007
Comparative StudyComparison of three prognostic scores (PRISM, PELOD and PIM 2) at pediatric intensive care unit under Pakistani circumstances.
To compare the performance of the Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM), the Pediatric Index of Mortality 2 (PIM 2) and Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction (PELOD) scores at general pediatric intensive care unit in a developing country setting, investigating the relation between observed and predicted mortality. ⋯ PRISM as well as PIM 2 is validated for PICU setting in Pakistani circumstances. PELOD performed poorly. PIM 2 has advantages over PRISM for stratification of patients in clinical trials.
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J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad · Apr 2007
Correlation of quality of life in patients of cirrhosis of liver with etiology and disease severity using disease-specific quality of life questionnaire.
Quality of Life has an important status in patient management suffering from chronic disease like cirrhosis and health related quality of life has significant impact on patient management. This study was conducted to evaluate the correlation of health related quality of life with disease severity in patients of cirrhosis of liver. ⋯ Health related CLDQ scores correlate with the severity of liver disease.