BACKGROUND Pakistan has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, with widely prevalent maternal and neonatal tetanus. The purpose of this study was to estimate the coverage and determine the factors associated with tetanus toxoid vaccination status among females of reproductive age in Peshawar. METHODS A Cross-sectional study was conducted in Peshawar, Pakistan, from 9 June t...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible epidemiological relationship between Oral Lichen Planus (OLP) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection in Peshawar. Methods: This case control study was conducted on three groups of patients who were investigated for HCV infection. Group I (78 Patients) clinically and histological confirmed OLP were tested for HCV infection. Grou...

Background: Radioactive contamination in soil arises due to various activities of human being, such as nuclear energy generation, use of radioisotopes in industrial applications, science, technology, medicine and release of radiation in nuclear weapon tests. Materials and Methods: The two districts (Peshawar and Nowshera) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan were selected for the study of anthropoge...

BACKGROUND Hypertension, a condition developed as a result of high blood pressure is strongly correlated with body mass index (BMI). Obesity was noted to be a single best predictor of hypertension incidence, and was regarded as a major controllable contributor to hypertension. Overweight and obesity is conveniently determined from BMI. Present study was conducted in Khyber Medical College (KMC)...

This research is focused to find what are the key success factors for fast food industry in region of Peshawar Pakistan. Fast food concepts developed very rapidly in last few years in Peshawar region. The failure or success of a fast food industry based on some factors like Promotion, Service quality, Customer expectations, Brand, Physical Environment, Price, and Taste of the product. To find w...

Objectives: To estimate coverage rate and factors associated with the failure of DPT vaccination in urban and rural areas of Peshawar. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 509 children in selected areas of Peshawar University, Peshawar Saddar, Naway Kalay and Pawaka Village. Parents were asked about demographics, the DPT (Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus) vaccination ...

OBJECTIVE To assess age, gender distribution and relative frequency of congenital heart disease (CHD) in children who underwent palliative or corrective cardiac surgery at Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar. METHODOLOGY This retrospective study was conducted in Department of Cardiac Surgery at Rehman Medical Institute (RMI), Peshawar from May 2008 till May 2010. One hundred and twenty three p...

The study is designed to identify the basic causes of unemployment among the educated segments in Peshawar Division of Pakistan. A sample having 442 individuals belongs to Peshawar Division and having least first degree (graduation degree) or capable of any professional/technical job whether they are employed or unemployed. This paper is an attempt to determine important factors effecting unemp...

Objective: To find out the causes of lymphocytic exudative pleural effusion as revealed by percutaneous pleural biopsy, in Peshawar. Type of Study: It was a retrospective study. Place & Duration: The study was conducted on patients admitted in the Pulmonology Department, Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar and Medical A unit, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar during January to December 2003. Methods...

Purpose: In this descriptive study we evaluated the frequency of bladder perforation after transurethral resection of superficial bladder tumor in institute of kidney disease hayatabad Peshawar. MATTERIAL AND METHODS: The Transurethral resection done on 2000 patients presented with superficial bladder tumor from July 2008 to July 2012. RESULTS: The prospective study was carried out by 2000 pati...