Publications by authors named "Ramiz Iqbal Hashmi"
ISOLATION STUDIES ON THE PREVALENCE OF SALMONELLAE IN CHICKEN ORGANS, EGGS AND FEED COMPONENTS.
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad
February 2016
Background: Salmonella is an important zoonotic pathogen and its prevalence in the chicken meat and eggs acts as a continuous threat to human population. The current studies covering a time period of three years, was carried out to report the isolation of salmonellae from the chicken tissues, eggs and feed ingredient.
Methods: A total of 1747 random samples from twelve different sources and 56 locations in Islamabad and Northern Punjab area of Pakistan, were screened for isolation studies according to the already published established protocols.
Objectives: To assess the prevalence of self medication among Pakistanis in rural and urban settings.
Methods: A door-to-door survey was carried out during June and July 2008 and 2009 after due verbal consent taken from the residents. The houses were randomly selected from ultra posh area, quarters of government employees, residents of Barani Training Institute, low socio-economic population in the surrounding of Adiallah road near Rawalpindi, and a remote village Raye Chak, (population 5000) some 50 kilometers away from the city.
Objective: To study the five years survival rate after resection for gastric carcinoma.
Methods: Fifty six patients with gastric carcinoma in different stages were followed up for 5 years after gastric surgery to see recurrence, complications and survival rate.
Results: Of the 56 patients, 6 underwent total gastrectomy, 50 partial gastrectomy, 7 Billroth I and 43 modified DI resection with Billroth II reconstruction.