Staff radiation doses during Sentinel Lymph Node procedure of breast cancer from injection to surgeon.

The Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) or Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB) technique involves various professionals from different departments in clinical settings to manage breast cancer patients properly. Tracing the nodular involvement of breast cancer patients requires radiation source Tc labeled with colloidal albumin to be injected at the tumor site. The patient becomes a radiation source for a sufficient time, which concerns the Nuclear Medicine (NM) and surgical staff.

Measurement of interatrial septal thickness by echocardiography in patients with moderate to severe rheumatic mitral stenosis undergoing percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty.

Background: Longstanding severe rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) is associated with changes in the atrial chamber dimensions. It is not known whether there is an increased thickness of the inter-atrial septum (IAS) in patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. The objective of this study was to evaluate pre-procedural IAS thickness by echocardiography in patients with moderate to severe rheumatic mitral stenosis undergoing percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PBMV).

Mobile phone intervention to improve diabetes care in rural areas of Pakistan: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To determine the effect of mobile phone intervention on HbA1c in type-2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) patients living in rural areas of Pakistan.

Study Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Endocrinology, Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi, from December 2013 to June 2014.