The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the frequency of orodental pain and to determine various age groups and gender of the patients who visited various dental clinics in Peshawar, Pakistan. A cross sectional study on 3000 dental patients of age 15 to 75 years complaining of pain in orodental region during a period of one year (1st March 2008 to 28th February 2009) was carried out. ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine the relation Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) with Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio among adult girls. METHODOLOGY A descriptive or cross-sectional conducted adolescent girls 18 plus by BS students at Jinnah college for women’s University Peshawar, in collaboration Pakistan Health Research Council (PHRC) Khyber Medical College Peshaw...

Objective: To assess hypertension in elderly people aged 60 and above residing university campus Peshawar. Methodology: This cross-sectional study included a total of 103 above, selected from Peshawar by simple random sampling January to April 2019. Blood pressure was measured manually. Subjects with systolic blood more than 140 diastolic 90 mm Hg signs & symptoms were considered as hyperte...

Objective: To determine the incidence of complications in patients undergoing tonsillectomy at lady reading hospital Peshawar. Material and methods: This descriptive prospective study was carried out at the department of Ear, Nose, Throat, Head and Neck Surgery, Postgraduate Medical Institute Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar from Jan. 2008 to Dec. 2010.In these 2 years duration 4557 tonsillectomi...

Background: Neural tube defects are common and major birth defects. Their incidence varies according to the geographic conditions, race, sex of the baby and certain maternal conditions. This study was conducted to determine the incidence of neural tube defects and its risk factors in Peshawar. Material and Methods: It was retrospective study of deliveries at Gynae A unit of Lady Reading Hospita...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has surgically treated 49 946 war wounded from all sides of the Afghan conflict. Two hospitals were established in Peshawar (1981) and Quetta (1983) on the Afghan border of Pakistan and inside Afghanistan in Kabul (1988). One quarter of all war wounded were injured as a result of antipersonnel mines. In 1980 a UN weapons convention adopted spe...

BACKGROUND Purpose of this study was to find coverage of vaccines in EPI and compare the factors related to vaccine failure or missed vaccination in urban and rural areas of Peshawar. METHODS This cross-sectional survey was conducted in Urban and rural of Peshawar from 20th to 31st of June 2010. A questionnaire was used to interview parents of 548 children, aged 1 year and below, about demogr...

BACKGROUND In many developing countries measles is a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. Despite of vaccination thousands of children have been infected by measles virus during last couple of years in Pakistan. The objective of this study was to determine the measles vaccination coverage rate and frequency of measles among vaccinated children of age 1.5-3 years in rural communit...