Characterizing cutaneous leishmaniasis in a conflict-affected region: a study from North Waziristan, Pakistan.

Background/aim: Cutaneous leishmaniasis is an emerging tropical disease that remains a serious public health issue in Pakistan, particularly in North Waziristan. The current research was carried out to investigate the presence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in this region.

Materials And Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted from October 2018 to December 2020 at District Head Quarter Hospital Miranshah in North Waziristan with the collaboration of the Pathology Department of Gomal Medical College Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Predicament Of Doctors; Discerning Burnout Level Amongst Surgical Residents Of Karachi, Pakistan.

Background: Stress and burnout have been soaring among doctors. It does not only have deleterious effects during working hours but also impact personal lives of the doctors. The primary focus of this study is to gauge level of burnout among surgical residents working in two major tertiary care hospital of Karachi, Pakistan.

The adequate breast cancer knowledge assessment: A cross-sectional study done among nonmedical women of Karachi.

Background: Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in females' worldwide. Pakistan has higher incidence of the disease than the neighboring countries and one in every nine Pakistani women suffers from breast cancer which is one of the highest incidence rate in Asia. Numerous risk factors such as nulliparity, family history, genetic mutations, increasing age, early menarche, and late menopause are associated with the development of breast cancer.

Clinicopathological analysis of myelodysplastic syndrome according to French-American-British classification.

Objective: To evaluate the age of onset, gender ratio, clinical presentation of Myelodysplastic syndrome patients, and to classify these patients according to French-American-British classification on the basis of morphological features in blood and bone marrow.

Study Design: A case series.

Place And Duration Of Study: The Department of Haematology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, from April 2004 to March, 2007.