Publications by authors named "Mohammed Paracha"
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- Pakistan has one of the highest rates of tuberculosis (TB) in the world, and a study was conducted to assess the prevalence of TB in adults and the risk of M. tuberculosis infection in children in Karachi, focusing on areas with and without prior active case-finding (ACF) activities.
- The research involved surveys between March 2018 and May 2019, with almost 35,000 adults and over 1,500 children participating, revealing a higher prevalence of TB in areas with no prior ACF (421 cases per 100,000) compared to areas with prior ACF (279 cases per 100,000).
- The findings indicated that ACF efforts in Korangi district likely reduced TB prevalence and transmission,
A 52-year-old woman with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease presented with severe dyspnea due to bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis severely compromising respiratory function. There was little in the available literature to guide us regarding management of this unusual condition, and after deliberation, we decided to treat her with a staged plication of bilateral hemidiaphragms. Postoperatively, she demonstrated very good symptomatic relief supported by objective evidence, including improvement in lung function tests.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine the frequency of symptomatic and asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) at a tertiary care center in Karachi.
Methods: A total of 350 consecutive patients presenting with ACS were recruited in this cross-sectional study. All patients were enrolled from the emergency department of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), Karachi.