Dengue knowledge and its management practices among physicians of major cities of Pakistan.

Objective: To assess knowledge and practices related to dengue management among physicians.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at hospitals in Islamabad, Lahore, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Quetta and Karachi between June and December 2012Physicians from public and private sectors filled a self-administered questionnaire about dengue knowledge and its management practices. A maximum score of 100 was assigned to the knowledge portion.

Assessment of pattern for consumption and awareness regarding energy drinks among medical students.

Background: Energy drink is a type of beverage which contains stimulant drugs chiefly caffeine and marketed as mental and physical stimulator. Coffee, tea, soft drinks and other caffeinated beverages are not considered as energy drinks. Purpose of our study was to evaluate the awareness of medical students regarding energy drinks and their pattern and reason of energy drinks consumption.

Post-traumatic stress disorder in patients with acute burn injury.

Objective: To determine the risk of PTSD in patients with acute burn incidents.

Method: This was an observational prospective cross-sectional study conducted in admitted patients in Burns Ward of Civil Hospital, Karachi during a period of 6 months from January 1 to June 30, 2011. Data was collected through questionnaire having socio demographic variables and the Impact of Event-Scale (IES-R) was used to determine the risk of PTSD.

Factors associated with duration of hospitalization and outcome in burns patients: a cross sectional study from Government Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.

Objective: Burns are important contributors toward mortality in trauma related injuries in Karachi, Pakistan. The aim of the present study was to delineate the factors contributing to the duration of hospitalization and mortality in such patients.

Methods: We performed a single center retrospective study of patients admitted during a 2 year period (January 2009 till December 2010) in Burns Center, Karachi.

Comparison of statistical methods, type of articles and study design used in selected Pakistani medical journals in 1998 and 2007.

Objectives: To compare the statistical methods, types of article and design of studies used in 1998 and 2007 articles of leading indexed and non-indexed medical journals of Pakistan.

Methods: Six leading medical journals of Pakistan: (1) JCPSP, (2) JPMA, (3) JAMC, (4) PJMS, (5) PJMR and (6) PAFMJ, were selected for this study. Articles reviewed were 1057 to achieve the above mentioned objective.

Comparison of complications of circumcision by 'Plastibell device technique' in male neonates and infants.

Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of the circumcision by Plastibell technique with comparison of complications among neonate and infant age groups.

Methods: A retrospective, descriptive study was conducted in all the plastibell circumcisions performed by the first author, during the period October 2006 to December 2008 at a private hospital Karachi. The record of all the cases fulfilling the inclusion criteria were obtained and analyzed for determining the outcome and complications if any in neonates and infants and to compare it with in these two groups.

Comparison of oral versus injectable vitamin-D for the treatment of nutritional vitamin-D deficiency rickets.

Objective: To assess the safety and acceptability of a single dose of vitamin-D versus the efficacy of injectable Vitamin-D versus oral vitamin-D.

Study Design: Case control.

Place And Duration Of Study: It was carried out at the Department of Paediatrics, Kharadar General Hospital, Karachi, from August 2003 to April 2004.