SENSITIVITY PATTERNS OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA ISOLATES OBTAINED FROM CLINICAL SPECIMENS IN PESHAWAR.

Background: Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is a highly virulent opportunistic pathogen and a leading cause of nosocomial infections. Affected patients are often hospitalized in an intensive care unit, and are immuno-compromised as a result of disease and treatment.

Cataract: trends in surgical procedures and visual outcomes; a study in a tertiary care hospital.

Objective: To determine the current procedures in practice and visual outcome following a cataract surgery.

Methods: The study was conducted from January 7 to April 7, 2011 in the Eye Unit of the Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, involving 181 patients. Basic demographics of the patients as well as the type of cataract surgery were noted.

Factors associated with low hepatitis B vaccination; a user and provider perspective study in Peshawar.

Hepatitis B is a major burden in Pakistan. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Peshawar, from 9th June to 19th June 2010. Cluster random sampling was done.

Coverage and causes of missed oral polio vaccine in urban and rural areas of Peshawar.

Background: Poliomyelitis mainly affects children under five years of age. Pakistan is one of the few countries where wild polio is still endemic. The purpose of this study was to find out the coverage rate and factors associated with the failure of OPV in urban and rural areas of Peshawar.

Inequity in childhood immunization between urban and rural areas of Peshawar.

Background: Purpose of this study was to find coverage of vaccines in EPI and compare the factors related to vaccine failure or missed vaccination in urban and rural areas of Peshawar.

Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted in Urban and rural of Peshawar from 20th to 31st of June 2010. A questionnaire was used to interview parents of 548 children, aged 1 year and below, about demographics, vaccination status, reasons for missed vaccination and views on immunization.

Coverage and causes of missed Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccination in urban and rural areas of Peshawar.

Background: Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Pakistan. Hib vaccine was introduced in 2009 in EPI programme. The purpose of this study was to find out the coverage and factors associated with non-immunization of Hib in urban and rural areas of Peshawar.

Coverage and factors associated with tetanus toxoid vaccination among married women of reproductive age: a cross sectional study in Peshawar.

Background: Pakistan has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, with widely prevalent maternal and neonatal tetanus. The purpose of this study was to estimate the coverage and determine the factors associated with tetanus toxoid vaccination status among females of reproductive age in Peshawar.

Methods: A Cross-sectional study was conducted in Peshawar, Pakistan, from 9 June to 19 June 2010.