Beyond COVID-19: Prospect of telemedicine for obstetrics patients in Pakistan.

Objective: To explore obstetrics patients' experiences with telemedicine during COVID-19 and assess their intent for its future use.

Design: An exploratory design was applied considering that telemedicine was a new phenomenon in Pakistan particularly for antenatal care services during COVID-19.

Method: Primary data was collected through a telephonic survey of 132 respondents randomly selected from the pool of obstetrics patients who used telemedicine services of Shifa International Hospital (SIH) in Islamabad, Pakistan during the pandemic.

Misoprostol for term labor induction: a randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of vaginal misoprostol with vaginal dinoprostone for term labor induction.

Material And Methods: It was a randomized controlled trial done in the Obstetrics Department, Shifa Community Health Centre, Shifa International Hospital (Teaching Hospital of Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad). All pregnant women at term pregnancy coming for induction of labor were enrolled.

Change in trend of contraceptive uptake--effect of educational leaflets and counseling.

Background: The study was conducted to determine the impact of counseling and educational leaflets on contraceptive practices of couples.

Study Design: Randomization of 600 women was done in two groups matched for age, parity and socioeconomic status at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Shifa Foundation Community Health Centre, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan. In Group A, the intervention group was exposed to contraceptive counseling and educational leaflets in the postnatal ward after delivery, whereas in Group B, the nonintervention group was not given any formal contraceptive advice.

Precocious pseudopuberty due to juvenile granulosa cell tumor.

A case of precocious puberty occurring in a young girl is presented. Vaginal bleeding and secondary sexual characteristics had occurred at 7 years of age associated with an abdominal mass. These findings were due to a functional juvenile granulosa cell tumor in the right ovary.