Abstract Introduction Patients are routinely started on strong opioid analgesia after surgery with most receiving a prescription for these to continue discharge. We examine the prescribed in our unit, comparing ERAS principles from EACTS. aimed reduce total equivalent dose of morphine discharge by implementing principles. Method undertook retrospective analysis prescribing patients post open an...

Aim: To study the spectrum of Pituitary tumours, their presentation, treatment and compliance with follow-up. Study design: Mixed retrospective prospective Place duration study: Medicell Institute Diabetes, Endocrinology Metabolism Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Karachi from 1st January 2012 to 31st July 2022. Methodology: One hundred seventy three cases pituitary were enrolled. Data regard...

SUMMARY 2000 ,Tehran schoolaged children, were included in a randomized trial to evaluate the risk factors for otitis media with effusion through interviews, a written questionnaire, otoscopy pneumatic and tympanometry. We found that the incidence of OME increased in children with parents who smoke (P<0.001) and were bottle fed as babies (P<0.005). Others factor such as, allergy, sinusitis, p...

BACKGROUND Whether gestational age per se increases perinatal mortality in post-term pregnancy is unclear. We aimed at assessing gestational week specific perinatal mortality in small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and non-SGA term and post-term gestations, and specifically to evaluate whether the relation between post-term gestation and perinatal mortality differed before and after ultrasound was i...

AIMS To establish whether development of eczema is influenced by feeding practices in preterm infants, while taking account of confounding factors. METHODS Data were assembled from 257 infants born prematurely and studied to 12 months post-term. Logistic regression analysis was performed to establish the association between feeding practices and eczema, allowing for potential confounding fact...

Objective: In recent years, various treatment programs have been implemented in Iran aimed at rehabilitation and improvement of drug-dependent patients but so far, few studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of different treatment programs in terms of different outcomes. This study was conducted to determine the differences among patients participating in three therapeutic programs, ou...