Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Nov 2022
Frequency and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (CA-MRSA) in Uncomplicated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections.
To determine the frequency and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of CA-MRSA in patients with uncomplicated skin and soft tissue infections reporting to the dermatology outpatient of a tertiary health care hospital. ⋯ Uncomplicated skin and soft tissue infections, Community-associated Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA), Antibiotic susceptibility pattern.
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Nov 2022
Meta AnalysisThe Effect of Orthokeratology Lens on the Axial Length of Globe in Children with Myopia in Asia.
The aim of this meta-analysis was to determine the effect of orthokeratology (OK) lens on the axial length of the eye globe of Asian children with myopia of low and moderate degree compared with children treated with glasses. PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library were searched to collect relative researches on the treatment of OK lens in myopia children from January 2000 to July 2021. The authors adopted the standardised mean difference (SMD) as effect size, to estimate the pooled changes of axial length in Asian myopic children. ⋯ According to the follow-up time, the subgroup analysis demonstrated that, SMD = -0.68 (95%CI: -1.43 ~ 0.08, p>0.05) for six months; SMD = -1.00 (95 %CI: -1.38~-0.62, p<0.05) for 12 months; SMD=-0.71 (95%CI: -1.20~-0.21, p<0.05) for two years. In conclusion, in the early treatment, compared with glasses, children with low and moderate myopia wearing OK lenses were more effective in reducing axial elongation in Asia. Key Words: Axial length, Orthokeratology, Myopia, Meta-analysis.
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Nov 2022
Randomized Controlled TrialPercutaneous Radiologic Gastrostomy in Patients with Stroke.
To investigate the effectiveness, safety, adverse events (AEs), and outcomes of percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy (PRG) in patients with dysphagia caused by cerebral infarction. ⋯ Percutaneous Gastroscopy, Gastrostomy, Dysphagia, Nutrition status, Complications.
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This cross-sectional analytical study was carried out to determine the frequency of frailty in patients on haemodialysis and to identify predictive clinical parameters. Patients were selected using convenience sampling. Exclusion criteria included acute kidney injury, non-compliance to hemodialysis, limited physical mobility due to cerebrovascular or rheumatological diseases, acute infections and unwillingness. ⋯ On univariate analysis, increasing age, female gender, triceps skin fold thickness and hand grip strength were predictive of frailty. However, only increasing age (p<0.001) was predictive of frailty in multivariate analysis. Key Words: Haemodialysis, Physical performance, Renal replacement therapy.