Child sexual abuse: A burning issue by Shaista Taufiq Meghani, Muslim Shah, Neelam Saleem Punjani, Salima Shams, Rashid Abbas

Get full text

Hip replacement for femur neck fracture in elderly, effects of delayed surgical intervention on morbidity and mortality, a retrospective comparative study by Ahmed Abdul Habib, Shah Fahad, Muhammad Atif, Javeria Saeed, Pervaiz Hashmi, Mujahid Jamil Khattak

Get full text

Ewing Sarcoma of Larynx: A Rare Case in a 5-Year-Old Boy by Hamdan Ahmed Pasha, Shayan Khalid Ghaloo, Muhammad Wasif, Moghira Iqbaluddin Siddiqui, Nasir Ud Din

Get full text

Imparting Research Ethics in Emergency Medicine-A Perspective from the Developing World by Shahan Waheed, Muhammad Akbar Baig, Asad Iqbal Mian

Get full text

Point-of-care HPV molecular diagnostics for a test-and-treat model in high-risk HIV populations by Shahin Sayed, Michael Chung, Marleen Temmermans

Get full text

Primary Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of Breast: A Rare Form of Gestational Breast Cancer by Yumna Ahmed, Fatima Shaukat, Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan, Rabia Tahseen, Maria Tariq, Sehrish Abrar, Nasir Ali

Get full text

Risk factors for mortality of patients with ceftriaxone resistant E. coli bacteremia receiving carbapenem versus beta lactam/beta lactamase inhibitor therapy by Nosheen Nasir, Sara Ahmed, Samrah Razi, Safia Awan, Syed Faisal Mahmood

“…A retrospective cohort study was conducted at the Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. Adult patients with sepsis and monomicrobial ceftriaxone resistant E. coli bacteremia were enrolled. …”
Get full text

Correlation of Serum Calcium with severity of acute ischemic stroke by Ainan Arshad, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Ahmed Ayaz, Mehsa Hashim, Eisha Hanan

“…Methods: A retrospective review of medical records of those patients admitted with a diagnosis of acute stroke and fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria was conducted at Aga Khan University from a period of January 2018 to December 2018. …”
Get full text

The impact of COVID-19 mitigation measures on sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries: a rapid review by Elizabeth Ochola, Maheshwari Andhavarapu, Poppy Sun, Abdu Mohiddin, Okwaro Ferdinand, Marleen Temmerman

Get full text

Outcomes of preterm neonates with patent ductus arteriosus: a retrospective review from a tertiary care hospital by Waqar Khowaja, Saleem Akhtar, Uswa Jiwani, Muhammad Mohsin, Fariha Shaheen, Shabina Ariff

“…Data of neonates admitted to the Aga Khan University Hospital from January 2012 to December 2016 were retrieved from patient records. …”
Get full text

TRENDS OF ANTIBIOTIC UTILIZATION OVER A PERIOD OF 13 YEARS AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTER IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN by N. Nasir, S. Sattar, S. Tajuddin, B. Mehmood, S. Awan

“…Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study in which inpatient data on antibiotic utilization was abstracted from electronic health records of patients admitted to Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. Data on patient demographics, type, and the number of antibiotics prescribed were recorded from 2006 to 2019 to analyse the trends of antibiotic utilization. …”
Get full text

Patterns of suicide and self-harm in Pakistan: a retrospective descriptive study protocol by Nargis Asad, Farhat Mirza, Murad M Khan, Shahina Pirani, Summaiya Tariq, Asra Qureshi, Mohammad Zaman, Mustafa Aslam

“…The data will be collected using structured proforma and it will be analysed using descriptive and inferential analysis.Ethics and dissemination The study was approved for exemption from Aga Khan University, Ethical Review Committee. The findings of the study will be disseminated by conducting seminars for healthcare professionals and stakeholders including psychiatrists, psychologists, counsellors, medicolegal officers, police surgeons, mental health nurses, general and public health physicians and policy makers. …”
Get full text

SonoGames: sounds of the right kind introducing gamification into radiology training by Maria Fatima Ali, Naila Nadeem, Farah Khalid, Naveed Muhammad Anwar, Ghulam Nabie, Charles Docherty

Get full text

FREQUENCY OF ABNORMAL PAP SMEAR AND ASSESSMENT OF RISK FACTORS FOR CERVICAL CANCER IN AN OUTPATIENT CLINIC by Firdous Jahan, Naheed Nabi, waris Qidwai, Tasneem Borhany, Samina Hossein, Iqbal Azam

“…Objective: To estimate the frequency of abnormal Pap smear and assessment of risk factors for cervicalcancer in an out-patient clinic of a tertiary care hospital Study Design: A cross sectional study Patients and Methods: All married female patients attending the preventive health check up (familymedicine) clinics, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi from December 2004 to April 2005 for generalcheckups and had Pap smear after informed consent, were included. …”
Get full text

Life-threatening complication of retropharyngeal abscess in an infant: a case report by Ayaz Ur Rehman, Salman Khan, Awais Abbas, Hamdan Ahmad Pasha, Qalab Abbas, Naveed Ur Rehman Siddiqui

Get full text

Referral indications for foetal echocardiography in a low resource setting by Asma Ladak, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Shazia Mohsin, Salima Ashiqali, Saima Malik, Admin

“…Methods: A retrospective record review was conducted of all women who have had a foetal echocardiogram between January 2015 and December 2016 at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. Information regarding maternal clinical characteristics, anomaly scan findings, indications for echocardiography, and findings on foetal echocardiogram was collected. …”
Get full text

FREQUENCY OF ABNORMAL PAP SMEAR AND ASSESSMENT OF RISK FACTORS FOR CERVICAL CANCER IN AN OUTPATIENT CLINIC by Firdous Jahan, Naheed Nabi, waris Qidwai, Tasneem Borhany, Samina Hossein, Iqbal Azam

“…Objective: To estimate the frequency of abnormal Pap smear and assessment of risk factors for cervicalcancer in an out-patient clinic of a tertiary care hospital Study Design: A cross sectional study Patients and Methods: All married female patients attending the preventive health check up (familymedicine) clinics, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi from December 2004 to April 2005 for generalcheckups and had Pap smear after informed consent, were included. …”
Get full text

Development of COVID-19 severity assessment score in adults presenting with COVID-19 to the emergency department by Faysal Subhani, Abdul Ahad Chhotani, Shahan Waheed, Rana Osama Zahid, Kiran Azizi, Ahmed Raheem Buksh

Get full text

Availability and use of Automated External Defibrillators in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study by Huma Shoukat Ali, Russell Seth Martins, Quratulain Maha, Syeda Sadia Fatima, Charles Docherty

“…Methods: The telephone-based survey was conducted from March to August 2019 in Karachi after approval from the ethics review committee of the Aga Khan University, Karachi, and comprised public and private establishments identified through purposive sampling based on the standard requirements for automated external defibrillators installation. …”
Get full text

Assessment of the normal pediatric pineal gland – MR findings of a single center retrospective study by Kumail khandwala, Kiran Hilal, Raima Zakaria, Nida Sajjad, Muhammad Azeemuddin, Zafar Sajjad

“…Method: The retrospective study was conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, and comprised data of patients aged <18 years who had magnetic resonance imaging done between 2007 and 2017. …”
Get full text