Methods This retrospective observational study is conducted in intensive care unit of combined military hospital Peshawar. Total of 2041 patients are included in this study during a period from 2011 to 2014. Only those patients were included in the study who were 12 years or older, those who require organ support and had ICU stay for at least 24 hours . Patients with advanced disease who requir...

Dr. W.P. Warner was appointed as the first Director General of Treatment Services of the Canadian Department of Veterans Affairs, in March 1945. Prior to his appointment, Warner had been the Deputy Director General of Medical Services in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC). During his 10 years as Director General, Warner dramatically re-organized Treatment Services to ensure the right...

Background and Aim: There are a lot of unique challenges for the military medical personnel assigned to Afghanistan. We evaluate the results of the co-operation between a German and a Greek surgical team during a 3-month period in a role II hospital. Materials and Methods: Patients who were admitted to the role II German hospital of Kunduz were evaluated. We reviewed the type of diseases, mecha...

Since 1993, many studies on the health of Persian Gulf War Veterans (PGWV) have been undertaken. These studies have concluded that there has been an increased mortality due to external causes, no excess of recognized diseases, and no effect on PGWV children. When compared with the non-deployed, PGWV have reported a higher frequency of infertility as well as different symptoms, but a specific Gu...

The aim of this study was to investigate the health care available for the poor citizens of Split during the first half of the 19th century. Soon after being constructed in 1797, the Civic Hospital in Split founded by the Ergovac brothers for the needs of the poor was transformed into a military hospital. Consequently, caring for this social stratum was taken over by two inadequate shelters and...

A retrospective analysis of the experiences of two military hospitals over 4 years in the recovery of organisms from biliary tract specimens was done. Bacterial growth was obtained in 123 bile specimens. Aerobic and facultative bacteria only were present in 59 specimens (48%), aerobic bacteria only were present in 4 specimens (3%), and mixed anaerobic and aerobic or facultative bacteria were pr...

There appears to be scanty evidence as to the exact renal threshold for bilirubin. Van den Bergh (1928) states that it is 1/50,000 (2 mg. /100 ml.) with remarkably few exceptions, but does not say how exact this estimate is, apparently basing his statement on numerous disconnected observations. This figure appears to be quoted by others. Weiss (1935) observes: "It is stated that bile does not a...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) has become a major public health problem in Pakistan and research is now focused to characterize the host's immune response, its clinical correlation and subsequent implications in management in this disease. This study was done to evaluate cellular immune host response in patients with active and healed CL and its possible implications in prevention of d...

INTRODUCTION Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are common among Malaysian military patients but has not been studied closely. The purpose of this study was to assess the type of activities leading to the ACL injury and the outcome of reconstructive ACL surgery at one year follow up. METHODS From the registry record, military patients who had undergone ACL reconstruction in two Malaysi...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to evaluate the knowledge of ER physicians with different specialties, experience and hospital sectors for the management of avulsed teeth in the emergency rooms of eight major hospitals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It also covers their attitude towards receiving further education on tooth avulsion management. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted at t...