Can blood glucose levels predict biochemical and haematological abnormalities in COVID -19 patients - Experience from a tertiary care hospital in Balochistan.

Objective: To find out the association between poor glycaemic levels and biochemical and haematological abnormalities in patients of corona virus disease-2019.

Methods: The prospective, observational, cohort study was conducted at the Combined Military Hospital, Quetta, Pakistan, from September 2020 to February 2021, and comprised all patients who tested positive for coronavirus disease-2019 on polymerase chain reaction test and were subsequently admitted. The patients were divided into two groups on the basis of random blood glucose level at the time of admission; ≥11.

Central Nervous System Tuberculosis With Shower Like Pattern of Intracranial Tuberculomas in an Immunocompetent Patient.

Central nervous system tuberculosis (CNS TB), though comparatively uncommon as compared to other forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB), results in high morbidity and mortality. The symptoms are non-specific and of a progressive nature resulting in delayed diagnosis. We present a case of CNS TB that presented two months after the onset of symptoms.

Occlusal Plane Evaluation In Dentate Patients For Complete Denture Prosthodontic Practice.

Background: Preclinical determination of occlusal plane is an important clinical step in construction of complete denture. Objective of present study was to find out the parallelism of occlusal plane to ala-tragus line in dentate subjects to provide a guideline for establishment of occlusal plane for edentulous patients.

Methods: In local dental College from April to October 2017 using purposive sampling technique this comparative study was conducted.

Genotyping of rotaviruses detected in children admitted to hospital from Faisalabad Region, Pakistan.

Rotavirus infection is very common in developing countries and occurs at least once in children under the age of 5 years. The rate of detection of rotavirus infection in various age groups (0-5 years) in patients with gastroenteritis admitted to hospital from the Faisalabad region, Pakistan is reported. Out of 300 fecal samples, 189 (57.