Publications by authors named "Najmush Shakireen"
Unlabelled: spp. have been a primary cause of nosocomial infections worldwide, causing significant morbidity and mortality, especially in Pakistan. The purpose of this study was to investigate the trend of antimicrobial resistance over a 5-year period in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute Kidney Injury In Hospitalized Covid-19 Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study.
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad
November 2022
Background: Published studies have reported that acute kidney injury (AKI) and other kidney related manifestations are associated with COVID-19 and linked with poor outcome. This study aimed to determine the incidence, risk factors and outcomes of AKI in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Methods: This retrospective study of 154 patients involved retrieving data from hospital records confirm COVID-19 infection admitted to the Northwest General Hospital & Research Center, Peshawar from 1st April to 31st July 2020.
Clinical Determinants of Frailty in End-stage Renal Disease.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak
November 2022
Article Synopsis
- - The study analyzed frailty levels in 79 patients on hemodialysis, finding a significant frailty rate of 64.56%, with an average patient age of about 52 years.
- - Frailty was assessed using a Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), handgrip strength, and triceps skinfold thickness, revealing a strong correlation between SPPB scores and both handgrip strength and skinfold thickness.
- - While univariate analysis identified factors like age, gender, and physical measures as predictive of frailty, only increasing age remained significant in multivariate analysis, suggesting it is the primary predictor of frailty in these patients.
Objectives: To determine the frequency of diabetes mellitus and diabetic ketoacidosis and associated factors in COVID-19-positive patients.
Background: High mortality amongst SARS-Cov2 patients may be attributed to diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis.
Methods: A total of 220 COVID-19 positive patients, hospitalized in North West General Hospital & Research Center, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan, from April to September 2020, were analysed using STATA 14.
Objective: To determine causative uropathogens and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern among Type-2 diabetics (T2D) with good and suboptimal glycemic control.
Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study was carried out in Peshawar from April-October, 2019. Four hundred consecutive T2D patients with symptomatic UTI or showing numerous pus cells on routine urinary examination attending outpatient clinic were included.