Incidence of breakthrough infections after COVID-19 vaccination among the COVID-19 vaccine recipients at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Srinagar.

COVID-19 infections despite complete vaccination are called breakthrough infections. Breakthrough infections may decrease the vaccination confidence among people. This study was conducted soon after the Covishield vaccine was approved for use in J and K to find out the incidence of breakthrough infections among the recipients of the Covishield vaccine at SKIMS and to find out the associated factors.

Out Come Of Trial Of Scar In Patients With Previous Caesarean Section.

Background: Patients who had one caesarean section were previously not given a trial of scar due to fear of increased morbidity. However, recently there has been a trend to give a trial of labour to patients with a previous caesarean section for a non-recurrent cause. Medical evidence indicates that 60-80% of women can achieve vaginal delivery after a previous lower segment caesarean section.

Histological Pattern Of Endometrial Samples In Postmenopausal Women With Abnormal Uterine Bleeding.

Background: Abnormal uterine bleeding is one of the most common clinical problems in gynaecological practice and is an indicator of various underlying disorders. An endometrial biopsy should be done in all women over 35 years with AUB to rule out endometrial cancer or pre-malignant lesion and to initiate treatment. However, wide range of histological patterns on endometrial biopsy offer a diagnostic challenge to practicing pathologists.

Maternal mortality: a ten year review in a tertiary care setup.

Background: Maternal mortality ratio of a country is indicative of its health and development status. Information on maternal mortality is required to determine this status and to set priorities for policy making and programmatic and operation research strategies. This study was conducted to determine the causes of maternal mortality in a tertiary care hospital.

Association of maternal hypertension with placental abruption.

Background: Placental abruption is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity. Many causes predispose an expecting mother to placental abruption, such as trauma, previous history, smoking, ethnicity and hypertension. The present study concentrated on maternal hypertension as a cause of abruption.

Ectopic pregnancy management in Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad: a ten year survey.

Background: Ectopic pregnancy is a common life-threatening emergency in the developing world. It is a cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in the first trimester and these mortalities can be reduced if it is properly managed. The objective of this study was to assess the variable clinical presentations and outcome of treatment of ectopic pregnancy in Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad.

A ten year review of emergency peripartum hysterectomy in a tertiary care hospital.

Background: Emergency peripartum hysterectomy (EPH) is a life saving procedure considered in cases of severe haemorrhage unresponsive to medical and conservative surgical procedures. The aim of present study was to review the frequency, indications, maternal morbidity and mortality associated with emergency peripartum hysterectomy in a tertiary care hospital in a developing country.

Methods: This was a cross sectional study in which data was retrospectively collected from January 2000 to December 2010.