Effectiveness of routine urine analysis of patient attending rural health centers in Abbottabad.

Background: Renal diseases may be discovered accidentally during routine urinalysis. This study was done to see the significance of urinalysis and study the magnitude of abnormal urinalysis in patients with no symptoms of renal disease.

Methods: From 15th February to 16th March 2005, a total of 1000 samples of urine were collected from the patients attending three rural health centers of Abbottabad.

Malaria in children: study of 160 cases at a private clinic in Mansehra.

Background: This study was conducted in a private clinic to report frequency, presentation and management of malaria in children presenting with fever.

Methods: 160 Children of age varying from 42 days to 15 years were included in this study, during a period of 1999-2004.

Results And Conclusions: Malaria was confirmed in 154 cases, including 114 male and 46 female children.

An audit of serological tests carried out at clinical laboratory of Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad.

Background: Clinical audit is an important tool for reviewing and improving the quality of service in clinical laboratories. Here we present an audit of total serology test requests and the frequency of positive tests out of these in a calendar year.

Methods: This is an audit of serology tests carried out at Microbiology section of Clinical Laboratory of Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad.

HBsAg and HCV: increasing test requests and decreasing frequency of positive tests at clinical laboratory of Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad.

Background: This audit was carried out to assess the frequency of positive results out of the total test requests made for HBsAg and HCV at our laboratory. The frequencies for three years were compared for significance. We have reported monthly total test requests and frequency of positive tests for each of these years in this article.

Frequency of antitoxoplasma antibodies in patients with ocular pathology.

Background: Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide disease caused by toxoplasma gondii. This disease is prevalent in many parts of the world including Pakistan. Besides other conditions, ocular diseases are also caused by it.