Evaluation of educational environment for postgraduate residents using Post Graduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure.

The objective of this study was to determine the level of educational environment among residents working in our hospital using Post graduate hospital educational environment measure (PHEEM). This cross-sectional study was conducted at services hospital, Lahore. All the Post-graduate residents (PGR's) working at Services hospital, Lahore were asked to fill a proforma having 2 parts: Bio-data and PHEEM.

Burnout among gynaecological residents in Lahore, Pakistan: A cross-sectional survey.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of burnout among gynaecological residents and factors associated with it.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed at the University Medical and Dental College, Faisalabad, Pakistan, from March to April 2016, and comprised female medical students. Participants were divided into groups on the basis of their ABO blood groups and on body mass index criteria.

A Scottish multi-centre service evaluation examining the prevalence and diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis in symptomatic women attending sexual health clinics.

Trichomoniasis caused by the protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) is one of the most commonly occurring sexually transmitted infections of non-viral origin. This study examines the prevalence of TV infection amongst consenting symptomatic women attending three of the largest sexual health clinics in Scotland, United Kingdom. In addition, an evaluation of three testing methods to identify TV from vaginal fluid was performed involving the commercial Hologic APTIMA TV transcription-mediated amplification assay, a real-time PCR assay and microscopy.

TNF-alpha: a risk factor for ischemic stroke.

Background: Inflammatory markers are being explored to aid in stroke diagnosis especially, to differentiate between clinical varieties of stroke. This study aimed to compare plasma tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and Interleukin-10 (IL-10) levels between stroke patients and controls, as well as between hemorrhagic and ischemic varieties of stroke.

Methods: Stroke patients who were admitted to Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore and Services Hospital Lahore, Pakistan within 24 hours after the onset of stroke symptoms were consecutively asked to participate in this study from June 2011 to December 2011.

Assessment of Dengue fever severity through liver function tests.

Objective: To assess the utility of liver function tests (LFTs) for early recognition and prediction of severity of Dengue fever in hospitalized patients.

Study Design: An analytical study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Services Institute of Medical Science and Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore, from September - December 2010.

Tibial tenderness identifies secondary hyperparathyroidism responding to high-dose vitamin D in Pakistani women.

Objective: To assess the utility of anterior tibial tenderness (ATT) measured by visual analogue scoring (VAS) as a clinical diagnostic tool for vitamin D deficiency in a high-risk population of Pakistani women.

Methods: ATT was measured by VAS in 75 premenopausal women age 17 to 56 years (mean, 41.3 years) with generalized aches and pains and calcium <11 mg/dL (normal, 8 to 11 mg/dL) who were seen at a tertiary care center in Lahore, Pakistan.

Recording what happens in the under-16 consultation.

Background: Clinical staff offering sexual health services to young people need to balance the rights of the young person to confidentiality and good quality advice with the need to protect their wider interests. The needs of young clients may be complex and raise ethical and medico-legal questions for the staff involved in their care.

Methods: In our large, integrated sexual health service, a 'recording form' was introduced to prompt staff to record data systematically pertinent to consultations in clients under 16 years of age, to understand what kind of presentations dominate in these consultations, and to establish how common child protection concerns are.