2 results match your criteria: "Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases Dow University of Health Sciences[Affiliation]"
Risk factors for mortality among inpatients with smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis.
Pak J Med Sci
January 2019
Dr. Syed Khalid Ali, MBBS, DTCD, MCPS (Pulm). Chest Unit-II, Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Objective: To evaluate risk factors having significant effect on mortality of smear positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) inpatients.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases, Dow University Hospital Ojha Campus, Karachi. One hundred and seventy (170) inpatients of smear positive PTB confirmed by Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) smear, aged between 13-80 years were enrolled by using consecutive sampling technique while patients with drug resistant Tuberculosis (TB) and extra pulmonary TB were excluded from the study.
Non-specific impairment of Lung Function on Spirometery in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis-C.
Pak J Med Sci
January 2019
Zunaira Nawaz, FCPS. Dow Medical College Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Objectives: To document frequency of non-specific impairment of lung functions (NILF) in patients of HCV and to compare according to gender, genotype, liver fibrosis score and smoking status.
Methods: Patients of chronic hepatitis C were included after informed consent. Demographic data was recorded, and they underwent baseline investigations, fibroscan, abdominal ultrasound and PFT.