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Objective: To determine the motivational factors of medical students for selecting medical career as a profession. Methods: This was a survey based cross-sectional study. Medical students of first and second year from private and public medical colleges of Rawalpindi and Islamabad were recruited via convenient sampling and a self-based questionnaire was distributed to them. Besides demographics, questions were based on factors influencing medical students to pursue medical career. Data was collected and descriptive analysis was done using SPSS 21. Results: A total of 300 medical students participated in the study; 129 (43%) of them were males and 171 (57%) were females with mean age of 19.35 years. Among Humanitarian based questions; Serving Humanity gained highest percentage, followed by sympathies for mankind and health for everyone sequentially. In Societal factors, Prestigious Profession and in Scientific factors based questions Challenging Field ranked first. Amongst all the questions Prestigious Profession takes the lead. Conclusion: Major motivation behind selecting medical field was prestigious profession followed by altruism. By understanding medical students’ motivational factors for pursuing medical field we would be able to analyze the future trend of professionals. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.5.2799 How to cite this:Hassan M, Shahzad F, Waqar SH. Seeking motivation for selecting Medical Profession as a Career Choice. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(5):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.5.2799 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Dengue fever (DF) is mosquito born disease infecting 390 million individuals globally. It may present with several classical DF, dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) or Dengue shock syndrome. Clinical symptoms included headache, fever, bone pain or some time flue like symptoms. It is commonly diagnosed by serological detection of IgM, NS1 antigen in patients’s serum. The disease progression and management is monitored by a simple complete blood picture test. This hematological test is readily available at all health care facilities. This study was designed to investigate the differentiation of hematological parameters in DF and DHF. This was a retrospective cross sectional study, performed on 158 patients. The data was collected from the Allied Laboratory Lahore, Pakistan between March 2020 to February 2022. Demographic and clinical data was analysed by SPSS V.26. Data suggest that the dengue infection was more common in active age group i.e.15-30 years of age. The data showed significance difference between of the hematological parameters in both groups (P value less than 0.05). The group comparison of hematological parameters showed TLC (DF: Mean=4.25, DHF: Mean=3.21), RBC count (DF:DHF, Mean=5.66:6.68), Platelets count (DF:DHF, Mean=129.31: 84.39) and Hb levels (DF:DHF, Mean=13.08: 14.27) and HCT (DF:DHF, Mean=51.08: 59.27). Results showed that in DHF, malfunction in intrinsic coagulation pathway is observed. DF patients might have no bleeding while DHF can have no shock or shock, resulting in DSS. The study concludes that these laboratory findings help in efficient understanding of clinical picture of dengue fever and in early identification of the disease in narrow resources areas. The development and implementation of sustainable preventive and control strategies that will reverse the trend of emerging dengue hemorrhagic fever is a serious problem for public health experts in Pakistan and the world at large.

The population of Pakistan is increasing rapidly and so is the ratio of blood borne conditions, and diseases. To further aggravate the situation, the furthermost alarming threat is the fact that the ratio of blood donors in Pakistan is just less than 10% of the whole population. This is clearly insufficient to meet the high rising medical demands of the blood in emergency situations. In majority cases, the cause of patient demise in Pakistan is merely due to the sole reason that the blood donor cannot communicate with the recipients properly from any platform. The aim of this research project is to create awareness and motivation for people through a “Cost Free” blood donation application to donate the blood on just one click. The blood bank tab will provide the perfect path to find a potential person willing for the donation. By using maps, everyone can trace the blood banks according to the required need. Likewise, the recipients and the donors can be accessed from the application to find the nearest blood banks and the hospitals via using search bar. This application specifically targets age group ranging from 20 to 50 years; and encourages youth to participate in blood donation. This app enables individuals as well as larger organizations to create profile so that the community may benefit from donors. All blood banks and the hospitals can join the application for best services. This prototype app will be designed and developed according to the required needs; and will be presented through advertising techniques that includes: branding, poster, standees, billboards and an installation for understanding. Index Terms: Android app, blood donation, blood bank, prototype design, tracking donors, Vector-art style.

Objectives: To review the strategies for controlling COVID-19 transmission among doctors involved in aerosol generating procedures. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad from September to November 2020, using a 21-itemed initially piloted self-administered questionnaire designed on Google forms. It was shared with doctors involved in Aerosol generating medical procedures (AGMPs) by using social media applications. After the data was collected, it was analyzed using SPSS version 21. Results: A total of 136 doctors participated in the study that included 59 female and 77 male participants. Our 67 (49.3%) participants screened their patients for signs and symptoms of COVID-19 before a routine checkup. The most common disinfectant used for reusable medical equipment by 62 (45.6%) respondents was alcohol swab, 57 (41.9%) did not disinfect reusable equipment and 17 (12.5%) used Dettol water spray. Conclusion: Majority of the doctors involved in AGMPS are not following the guidelines provided by international and national bodies. As such adherence to guidelines can help prevent COVID19 transmission in frontline doctors especially those involved in aerosol generating procedures. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.4.3971 How to cite this: Hassan M, Waqar SH, Shahzad F, Minhaj us Siraj. Adherence with standard guidelines among doctors involved in aerosol generating procedures to control COVID-19 transmission. Pak J Med Sci. 2023;39(4):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.4.3971 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.