background/objective: neonatal septicemia is one of the major causes of mortality in newborns. the aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical manifestations and laboratory findings in positive blood culture in neonatal septicemia. methods: in this retrospective study, we allocated 100 records positive blood culture of neonates suffering from septicemia. a questionnaire was completed for each...

Objective: To document the number, disease pattern and outcome of patients admitted to a tertiary care neonatal unit. Design: Descriptive study. Place and duration of study: The study was conducted in the Neonatal Unit of Services Hospital Lahore from 1st January 2006 to 31st December 2006. Patients and methods: The data of all the admitted neonates was analyzed for age and weight at the time o...

introduction: abnormal uterine bleeding (aub) is among the most complex gynecological problems, especially during the middle and old age. the aim of this study was to assess the pathological findings in endometrial curettage samples of abnormal uterine bleeding and the risk factors associated with them. methods: in our cross-sectional study, we included all the referring women with aub complain...

Background: Discharge with personal satisfaction means the patient's withdrawal from the permission that had previously been given to the care unit for services. Discharge with personal satisfaction is initiated with the untimely termination of treatment by the patient or parents and in some cases leads to hospitalization or even death of the patient. This study aimed to determining the main ca...

obscure gastrointestinal (gi) bleeding is defined when the source of gi bleeding could not be determined by upper endoscopy, colonoscopy or barium small bowel transit. in this report, a 41 year-old man presented with a history of over ten recurrent episodes of melena since four years prior to admission. the source of bleeding was not detected by multiple upper and lower gi endoscopies. during t...

background: copper sulfate ingestion is a relatively popular method for committing suicide in indian subcontinent. it causes a high mortality rate, and so a growing concern has been raised to identify the severe alarming signs suggestive of poor prognosis and to improve treatment approaches. case report: a 22-year-old unmarried man working as a painter was found unconscious at his friend reside...

INTRODUCTION Little information exists on the burden of intensive care unit (ICU) to the posttransplant rehospitalizations of kidney allograft recipients. We do not clearly know the extent of the need for ICU during rehospitalizations and causes of readmissions. In this study, we aimed to assess ICU admissions of kidney transplant recipients, to determine the risk factors of ICU admissions in r...