Key factors that a hospital finance leader should focus on when considering a potential co-management agreement with physicians, in which the physicians are compensated at fair market value, include: Fee structure of the agreement. The quality metrics that will be used. Benchmarking to set appropriate targets for metrics. Historical performance against the metrics. Legal guidelines regarding su...

Two siblings of Pakistani origin, karyotype 46 XY, were born with predominantly female external genitalia with minute phallus, bifid scrotum, urogenital sinus, and palpable gonads. The older sibling at the age of 8 days showed an adequate testosterone response to human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) stimulation. The diagnosis of Sa-reductase deficiency was made at age 6 years when no 5areduced g...

OBJECTIVE To determine the outcome and devise a protocol for emergency management of cut injuries in Flexor Zone 5 of hands. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Plastic Surgery and Burn Unit, Mayo Hospital, KEMU, Lahore, Pakistan, from January 2009 to March 2013. METHODOLOGY All patients above 12 years of age with single sharp cut injuries in Flexor Z...

Selective phosphodiesterase type-5 (PDE5) inhibitors such as sildenafil, vardenafil and tadalafil are commonly used first-line therapy for erectile dysfunction (ED). The safety and high tolerability of these drugs has garnered substantial interest among researchers to investigate further beneficial nonerectogenic uses for such drugs. PDE5 expression has shown to be increased in several human ma...