A survey of violence and vulgarity in children television programmes: A content analysis, and assessment of perceptions of parents and children (ViCTiM study).

Objective: To quantify the depiction of violence and vulgarity in television programmes for children, and to assess the perception and practices of parents and children about television programmes meant for children.

Methods: We conducted this mixed-methods cross-sectional study in Karachi, Pakistan in the months of August-September 2018, after approval from the ethics review board of Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi. First, a content analysis of over 102 hours of various television programmes meant for children was performed in the light of the guidelines set out by the World Health Organisation, the United States Federal Communication Commission and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority.

Indigenous knowledge and quantitative ethnobotany of the Tanawal area, Lesser Western Himalayas, Pakistan.

Ethnobotanical field surveys were carried out in the Tanawal area of the Lesser Himalayan Region, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, Province from April 2016 to October 2017. The area is located between 34.36 (34° 21' 30 N) latitude and 73.

Comparison of analgesic effects of Gabapentin and Paracetamol post-operatively in patients with hand injury.

Objectives: To compare the analgesic effects of gabapentin and paracetamol post-operatively in patients with hand injury.

Methods: The double-blind, randomised control trial was conducted at the Department of Plastic Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, from March to August 2019, and comprised subjects aged 18-60 years with hand injury who were randomly divided into group I which received gabapentin 600mg and group II which received paracetamol 1000 mg through anonymous packaging. Pain intensity was assessed using the visual analogue scale along with a self-designed questionnaire which was filled twice post-operatively; first at the time of drug intake once orally allowed; and thereafter six hours later.

Perceptions, Practices, and Challenges Regarding Menstrual Hygiene Among Women in Karachi, Pakistan: A Comparison Between General Population and Healthcare Workers.

Background Menstruation is a natural physiological phenomenon, yet considered a stigmatized subject, particularly in low- and middle-income countries like Pakistan. It is seldom discussed openly, leading to flow of incorrect and incomplete knowledge. The resultant unhealthy practices not only affect the health of the menstruator but can also contribute to considerable psychosocial stress.

Oral and cutaneous myiasis in a five-year-old child from Karachi, Pakistan.

Myiasis is a pathological condition in which there is a pestilence of fly larvae feeding on living or dead tissues. This disease is common in the tropics and subtropics of Africa and America and rarely affects humans. Our case report describes a five-year-old boy from Karachi, Pakistan with a history of extraction sockets and incisional biopsy of the left parotid lymph node.