Objective: To compare the frequency of recurrence and corneoscleral complications with pre-operative and intraoperative mitomycin C when used with excision of primary pterygium by bare sclera technique. Study Design: Quasi experimental study. Place of Study: Armed Forces Institute of Ophthalmology Rawalpindi Duration of Study: Ten months (October 2006 to July 2007). Patients and Methods: A tota...

Objective: To explore various risk factors associated with childhood asthma in Rawalpindi garrison and city among children 1-12 years old. Study Design: Case Control study Place and Duration of study: Pediatric departments of Military Hospital (MH) and Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Rawalpindi from 1st Aug to 30th Nov 2009. Patients and Methods: A total of 128 children with diagnosis of asthm...

port is submitted and include the following matters: (A) The results of an audit conducted during the calendar year covered by the report of the extent to which the blood samples required to be obtained as described in section 733(b) of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 from members of the armed forces before and after a deployment are stored in the bl...

The armed forces of the United States do not and cannot operate in isolation from the larger American society. They are part of a polity whose needs they must serve. Moreover, to win the trust and support of the larger polity, the armed services must be widely perceived as serving important social needs. Without this trust and support, the armed forces will not get the resources they need to fu...

Military activities in hot environments pose 2 competing demands: the requirement to perform realistic training to develop operational capability with the necessity to protect armed forces personnel against heat-related illness. To ascertain whether work duration limits for protection against heat-related illness restrict military activities, this study examined the heat strain and risks of hea...

This study was conducted in a general psychiatric unit of a zonal hospital of armed forces. 50 consecutive individuals, referred for psychiatric evaluation and sent back with diagnosis of Psychiatric Investigation NAD from 01 Jan. 1998 to 31 Dec. 1999, constituting 21.4% of total 234 first psychiatric referrals were included with an aim to study the sociodemographic and service profile of these...