Association Between Low Serum Magnesium Level And Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus In Abbottabad.

Background: Magnesium serves as a cofactor for various oxidation reactions in the body and helps in glucose transport across cell membrane. Deficiency of magnesium is a common electrolyte abnormality in type 2 diabetic patients and is linked to development of various diabetic complications. This study was conducted to determine the association between low serum magnesium level and type 2 diabetes mellitus presenting at Medical B ward, BBS Hospital Abbottabad.

Pattern Of Leukaemia Patients Admitted In Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad.

Background: Any tissue of the body can give rise to cancer. However, those tissues which multiply rapidly are at high risk of developing cancer and haematopoietic system is one of them. Neoplasms of this system are known as leukaemia and lymphoma, according to the types of white cells involved.

Nail mine in stomach.

Ingestion of foreign bodies is a common clinical scenario in any emergency department. Presence of thousands ingested foreign bodies inside stomach is a rare scene. However, only a few such cases have been reported.

Correlation between plasma thyroid hormones and liver enzymes level in thyrotoxic cases and controls in Hazara Division.

Background: Thyrotoxicosis is defined as increased synthesis and secretion of thyroid hormones; when associated with defused goitre it is known as grave's disease. Hepatic changes in thyrotoxiosis are fatty changes, cirrhosis and centrilobular necrosis, resulting in elevated serum levels of liver specific enzymes ALT, AST and ALK. Objective of the study was to determine a correlation between plasma levels of 3 liver enzymes, and thyroid hormones in thyrotoxic cases, and matched controls in Hazara Division.