OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and demographic features of subjects with Brugada-Type ECG pattern in apparently healthy young population. STUDY DESIGN Cross sectional descriptive study. METHODS This study was conducted at School of Nursing Hayatabad Medical Complex, Public Health School, Post Graduate College of Nursing, Qurtaba College, Brain's Post Graduate College and Gandhara Inst...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to report the socio demographic risk factors of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). METHODS This study was conducted in the Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar. In this study 103 GDM and 97 healthy pregnant women (HPW) were registered in Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH), Peshawar, Pakistan. Women with gestational diabetes were diagnos...

BACKGROUND Diverticula of small intestine are rare. Jejunal diverticula can be single or multiple. Diverticula in the jejunum tend to be large and multiple. Clinically they may be asymptomatic or may give rise to symptoms like pain, flatulence and borborygmi, may produce malabsorption syndrome or may present in emergency with different acute pathologies like perforation, haemorrhage, obstructio...

OBJECTIVE To determine the surgical outcome of patients with axial cervical spine fractures. METHODS The study was conducted at the Spine Unit of Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, and Aman Hospital, Peshawar, from January 2012 to March 2013. Patients with sub-axial cervical spine fractures were treated surgically. The outcome was measured using Visual Analogue Score, Neck Disability Index,...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of ABO blood group and Rhesus (Rh) D antigen in the females of "District" Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 429 women having pregnancy induced hypertension, admitted in the three teaching hospitals of Peshawar, over a period of one year. Blood sample was collected from each subject after ta...

OBJECTIVES To assess the association of adenomyotic foci with co-existing benign ovarian cysts.  METHODS This prospective cross-sectional study consisted of 100 consecutive hysterectomy specimens referred to Histopathology Section of Pathology Department, Peshawar Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan by its attached teaching hospitals from January 2011 to December 2012. Hematoxylin and eosin s...

BACKGROUND The number of oesophagoscopies performed annually provides an indication of the extent of oesophageal disorders in any particular setting. The present study aimed to provide such data for rigid oesophagoscopy at the only referral centre for this procedure in Peshawar. METHODOLOGY An audit of all available records of patients undergoing rigid oesophagoscopies from January 2002 to De...

Objectives: To find the coverage and factors associated with low immunization with respect to user and provider in urban and rural areas of Peshawar. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in selected areas of Peshawar from 9th to 19th of June 2010. 486 children, aged 4 years and below, were included in the study. Infants below 9 months were excluded. Parents were asked ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze desire for sons/daughters among ladies of Peshawar, Pakistan, with a view to rule out son preference and to study impact of various demographic characteristics on the subject. METHODS Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted at Combined Military Hospital, Peshawar, from August 2015 - January 2016; sampling technique was random/probability/non-purposive. Self-designed q...

The background I, along with my wife Veronica Doubleday, have been engaged with the music of Afghanistan for the last 35 years. The foundation of my knowledge of Afghan music comes from 2 years fieldwork in Herat, and to a much lesser extent Kabul, in the 1970s. My first foray into the Afghan diaspora was in 1985, making the film Amir: An Afghan refugee musician's life in Peshawar, Pakistan. Si...