Publications by authors named "Rabia Rathore"

Pre-diabetes is a state of intermediate hyperglycaemia. Helicobacter (H) pylori infection is an established risk factor for pre-diabetes. This comparative cross-sectional study was done in Mayo Hospital Lahore from November 2015 to August 2016 in which 270 patients underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with antral biopsy.

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Objective: : To determine the efficacy of high-dose allopurinol in reducing left ventricular mass in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy by comparing its efficacy with febuxostat..

Methods: The randomised controlled interventional study was conducted at Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan, from April to December 2015, comprising patients with left ventricular hypertrophy on echocardiography.

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Objective: To determine the efficacy of Vitamin D supplementation in achieving an early sputum conversion in vitamin D deficient smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients.

Methods: This randomized clinical trial was done at Mayo hospital Lahore from November 2015 to August 2016. One hundred twenty patients with sputum smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis were selected and randomized to Group-A (taking anti-tuberculous therapy (ATT) only) and Group-B (taking ATT with Vitamin D supplementation).

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Objective: To measure the correlation between microalbuminuria and serum uric acid level in Type-2 diabetic nephropathy.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was done in department of Medicine, Mayo hospital Lahore from August 2014 to February 2015. A total of 200 patients with Type-2 diabetic nephropathy were enrolled in the study.

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