Safety and Feasibility of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Acute Cholecystitis.

Objective: To have an audit of the outcome of laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis at a tertiary care centre.

Study Design: An observational study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Surgery, Prime Teaching Hospital, Peshawar Medical College, Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan, from January 2011 to December 2015.

Analyzing communication skills of Pediatric Postgraduate Residents in Clinical Encounter by using video recordings.

Objective: To analyze communication skills of pediatric postgraduate residents in clinical encounter by using video recordings.

Methods: This qualitative exploratory research was conducted through video recording at The Children's Hospital Lahore, Pakistan. Residents who had attended the mandatory communication skills workshop offered by CPSP were included.

A Commentary on Telerehabilitation Services in Pakistan: Current Trends and Future Possibilities.

A 2014 World Health Organization (WHO) study reported that almost 27 million people with disability live in Pakistan with fewer than one allied rehabilitation professional per 10,000 people. The current study sought to determine the attitudes toward telerehabilitation via a survey administered to 329 Pakistani rehabilitation professionals. Study results indicate that rehabilitation professionals in Pakistan are knowledgeable about telerehabilitation and Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and are receptive to employing telerehabilitation programs and applications.

Association of IL-6 C-174G (rs 1800795) single nucleotide polymorphism with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Pakistani population.

Objective: To determine the association of interleukin-6 C-174G single nucleotide polymorphism with type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic parameters.

Methods: This case-control study was conducted from June 2012 to December 2013 at the Military Hospital Rawalpindi, the Centre for Research in Experimental and Applied Medicine, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, and the Institute of Biomedical and Genetic Engineering, Islamabad, Pakistan. Two cohorts of subjects were genotyped for the single nucleotide polymorphism.

Medical errors; causes, consequences, emotional response and resulting behavioral change.

Objective: To determine the causes of medical errors, the emotional and behavioral response of pediatric medicine residents to their medical errors and to determine their behavior change affecting their future training.

Methods: One hundred thirty postgraduate residents were included in the study. Residents were asked to complete questionnaire about their errors and responses to their errors in three domains: emotional response, learning behavior and disclosure of the error.

Effect of HCV on fasting glucose, fasting insulin and peripheral insulin resistance in first 5 years of infection.

Objective: To assess the effects of hepatitis C virus infection in the first 5 years on fasting glucose, fasting insulin and peripheral insulin resistance.

Methods: The case-control study was conducted at the Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, from December 2011 to November 2012, and comprised subjects recruited from a government hospital in Rawalpindi. The subjects included known cases of hepatitis C virus infection for at least 5 years, and normal healthy controls.