The Utility of Early Warning Score in Adults Presenting With Sepsis in the Emergency Department of a Low Resource Setting.

Background Sepsis is a condition with high mortality and morbidity. Delay in early recognition and prompt management results in higher mortality. There are many clinical scores to identify early sepsis; however, Early Warning Score (EWS) has clinical/physiological parameters that are easy to apply in the ED for timely diagnosis and management.

Prevalence of pelvic organ prolapse in women, associated factors and impact on quality of life in rural Pakistan: population-based study.

Background: Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a gynecological condition resulting from pelvic floor dysfunction in women. The objective of this study is to estimate "the prevalence of pelvic organ prolapse" associated factors, duration and impact on women's quality of life in rural Pakistan.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a three stage random sampling strategy.

Effects of ciprofloxacin and zinc chloride in adult albino rat and pre-natal conceptus.

Background: Administration of quinolone therapy is controversial during growing age as stated by earlier authors. The flouroquinolones are currently not indicated for young children because of arthropathy and adverse effect as new born shown by studies. However the effects of ciprofloxacin and ZnCl2 on prenatal conceptus have remained undocumented.

Safe delivery and newborn care practices in Sindh, Pakistan: a community-based investigation of mothers and health workers.

Objective: to determine the prevalence of specific intrapartum practices in Sindh province, Pakistan.

Design: a cross-sectional, questionnaire based study.

Setting: 6 health clinics in Mirpurkhas, Sindh province, rural Pakistan.

Stillbirths: why they matter.

In this first paper of The Lancet's Stillbirths Series we explore the present status of stillbirths in the world-from global health policy to a survey of community perceptions in 135 countries. Our findings highlight the need for a strong call for action. In times of global focus on motherhood, the mother's own aspiration of a liveborn baby is not recognised on the world's health agenda.

Making stillbirths count, making numbers talk - issues in data collection for stillbirths.

Background: Stillbirths need to count. They constitute the majority of the world's perinatal deaths and yet, they are largely invisible. Simply counting stillbirths is only the first step in analysis and prevention.

An intervention involving traditional birth attendants and perinatal and maternal mortality in Pakistan.

Background: There are approximately 4 million neonatal deaths and half a million maternal deaths worldwide each year. There is limited evidence from clinical trials to guide the development of effective maternity services in developing countries.

Methods: We performed a cluster-randomized, controlled trial involving seven subdistricts (talukas) of a rural district in Pakistan.