Interdisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation of acquired brain injury - Part II - a proposed model of care for Pakistan.

Rehabilitation of acquired brain injury (ABI) is a complex and costly intervention in which the comprehensive rehabilitation services should be integrated with neurosciences units to provide best possible opportunities of recovery to the patients. Keeping in view the diversity and chronicity of impairments, the follow up needs to be well planned in terms of duration and patient convenience. These types of services need to be run by the government and funded by government, with parallel efforts to make national guidelines and registry to keep a track of patients suffering from ABI.

Interdisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation of acquired brain injury - Part-1: impairment based assessment and rehabilitation.

The objective of this review is to describe the major impairments resulting from acquired brain injury (ABI) and their rehabilitation interventions resulting in better functional outcomes. Because of the nature of deficits and treatment cost, these patients may be lost to follow up. Comprehensive rehabilitation services integrated with neurosciences units are scarce in Pakistan.

Effect of Exercise on Inter-Recti Distance and Associated Low Back Pain Among Post-Partum Females: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

This study aimed to emphasize facilitation training and strengthening of abdominal and core muscles in improving the inter-recti distance (IRD) and associated low back pain (LBP) among young postpartum females. A single-blinded randomized controlled trial, among forty young postpartum females, was conducted at a community health center. The females were divided into two equal groups through the envelope method where Group A received abdominal crunch training protocol whereas group B received double straight leg raise (DSLR) exercise protocol for 6 weeks and pre and post IRD and Oswestry disability index (ODI) scores were recorded.

Six-minute walk distance, ECOG Performance Status, and Modified Borg Scale scores in a cohort of Pakistani patients with noncancerous end-stage liver disease selected for liver transplant.

Objective: To evaluate the functional status of Pakistani patients with non-cancerous end-stage liver disease selected for liver transplant and to compare results acquired through various assessment tools.

Methods: The study was conducted at the Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Shifa International Hospital Islamabad, Pakistan, from August 2017 to November 2019 and comprised end-stage liver disease patients of either gender who had been selected for liver transplant. Assessment tools included the Six-Minute Walk Distance, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status and Modified Borg Dyspnoea Scale across age, gender, ethnicity, primary aetiology, and Model for end-stage liver disease score.

SARS-CoV2 Outbreak: Emergence, transmission and clinical features of human coronaviruses.

The novel coronavirus was emerged from China Wuhan city and spread around the globe within a few days. COVID-19 is rapidly transmitted from one human to another, and it is also a highly pathogenic infection. Genetic analysis confirmed that SARS-CoV 2 is phenotypically related to SARS-CoV; therefore, the possible reservoir for SARS-CoV 2 could be bats.

Barriers To Family Planning In Pakistan.

According to the last census conducted in Pakistan in 2017, Pakistan's population reach up to 207.7 million and a growth rate of 2.4.

Synthesis biological screening and molecular docking studies of some tin (IV) Schiff base adducts.

The search for an alternative to platinum anticancer agents is a major motivation for continuing investigations concerning the antitumor properties of other transition metal-based compounds. Keeping this in view, synthesis, antitumor and antimicrobial activity of diorganotin (IV) complexes was studied. A novel series of diorganotin (IV) complexes of the Schiff base ligand derived from 7-methoxy-2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde, 1,2-phenylenediamine, Salicylaldehyde were synthesized.

The Role of Intraarticular Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Injection in Patients with Internal Knee Derangements.

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is an emerging biotechnology which uses patient's own blood components to create healing effect to their own injured tissues. This study was carried out to evaluate the clinical effects, adverse reactions and patient satisfaction after intraarticular injection of platelet rich plasma in a small group of patients with internal derangements of knee at Combined Military Hospital, Panoaqil, Pakistan. In this single center, open study, 10 patients with internal derangements of knee fulfilling the inclusion criteria received two doses of 3 ml of platelet rich plasma as intraarticular knee injection at two weeks interval.

The pattern of peripheral nerve injuries among Pakistani soldiers in the war against terror.

Objective: To determine the pattern of peripheral nerve injuries in Pakistani soldiers in the War against terror.

Study Design: Case series.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Electrodiagnosis at Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFIRM), Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from June 2008 to June 2011.

Methyl 1-ethyl-7-methyl-4-oxo-1,4-di-hydro-1,8-naphthyridine-3-carboxyl-ate monohydrate.

In the structure of the title compound, C(13)H(14)N(2)O(3)·H(2)O, all atoms of the organic molecule except the terminal methyl group of the ethyl group attached to the N atom of the pyridinone ring are roughly coplanar, with an r.m.s.