Preventing the Preventable

Preventing the preventable: role of transamine in total knee arthroplasty.

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy and safety of perioperative intravenous Tranexamic Acid in reducing blood loss and transfusion requirements in patients undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty. METHODS The prospectivedouble-blind randomised control trial was conducted from March to July 2014 at the Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, and comprised patients below 85 years of age undergoing unil...

Preventing the preventable through effective surveillance: the case of diphtheria in a rural district of Maharashtra, India

BACKGROUND Epidemic diphtheria is still poorly understood and continues to challenge both developing and developed countries. In the backdrop of poor immunization coverage, non-existent adult boosters, weak case based surveillance and persistence of multiple foci, there is a heightened risk of re-emergence of the disease in epidemic forms in India. Investigating each outbreak to understand the ...

Obstructed labour: the preventable factors.

Sixty-two cases of obstructed labour were reviewed during 6 months at a district head quarter hospital, Faisalabad to highlight the prevalence of obstructed labour and ascertain how to manage and possibly avoid this complication with special emphasis on preventable factors. There were 1584 deliveries during this period giving an incidence of obstructed labour as one in 25 deliveries. Five patie...

Unsafe abortion: the preventable pandemic.

Ending the silent pandemic of unsafe abortion is an urgent public-health and human-rights imperative. As with other more visible global-health issues, this scourge threatens women throughout the developing world. Every year, about 19-20 million abortions are done by individuals without the requisite skills, or in environments below minimum medical standards, or both. Nearly all unsafe abortions...

Preventable Cancer