Clinical Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Outcome of Critically Sick Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia Admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Lahore, Pakistan: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a multisystem disease that primarily involves the respiratory tract. The first case of COVID-19 was identified in late 2019 in the province of Wuhan, China, which was followed by the rapid spread of the disease globally, becoming a present-day pandemic. Objectives The aim of this study is to describe the clinical characteristics, comorbidities, and outcomes of critically sick patients with COVID-19 pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore, from March 2021 to August 2021.

Non-motor Symptoms in Patients with Parkinson's Disease: A Cross-sectional Survey.

Background In multiple studies around the globe, non-motor symptoms (NMS) have been identified as a source of immense disability in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, there is a scarcity of data from Asia. This is the first study of the Pakistani population to assess the impact of NMS in PD on patients.