Assessment of Medication usage in Geriatric Wards in a Teaching Hospital

Khan, Zahid; Khan, Junaid Sarfraz; Zafar, Shaista; Khan, Asghar; Khan, Faiz Ullah; Kamran, Sohail; Kamran, Muhammad; Jamal, Muhammad Nasir; Khan, Bazgha

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“…Inappropriate choice, the timing of administration, and the combination of SAP observed in Pakistan. 17…”

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“…Inappropriate choice, the timing of administration, and the combination of SAP observed in Pakistan. 17 Factors associated with an increased risk of SSI include; emergency procedures and longer duration of surgery. 18 Numerous risk factors are involved in SSI with a complex relationship as; surgery, patients, microbial, and environmentrelated factors.…”

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Occurrence, associated risk factors, and treatment of surgical site infections in Pakistan

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Globally, surgical site infections are one of the common infections which lead to a large amount of mortality and morbidity in postsurgical care. The risk for surgical site infection is multidimensional which includes mainly; patient, surgery, and hospital-related factors. This study is aimed to determine the burden of SSIs along with contributed risk factors. A prospective observational cross-sectional study was conducted in one of the largest public-sector hospitals in Pakistan. A total of 412 patients were recruited in the study with full consent and monitored for 30 days after surgery with direct and indirect surveillance. Overall, in seven different surgical procedures the incidence (29.8%) rate of SSI was observed; in appendectomy ( n = 17, 4.1%), exploratory laparotomy ( n = 51, 12.6%), laparoscopic cholecystectomy ( n = 12, 2.90%), mesh repair ( n = 17, 4.01%), thyroidectomy (5, 1.2%), transurethral resection of the prostate ( n = 11, 2.6%), and transurethral resection of the bladder (10, 2.4%). The average SSI rate in every single procedure was about 18 (4.27%) per surgical procedure out of 123 (29.85%) SSI cases. Types of SSI identified were superficial, deep incisional and organ/space ( n = 76, 18.4%, n = 23, 5.5%, and n = 24, 5.7%). Incidence of SSIs during admission, at readmission, and post-surveillance cases were ( n = 50, 12.1%, n = 25, 6.0% and n = 48, 11.6%). Associated risk factors found contributed to the incidence of SSI ( p < 0.05). Pre-operative ( n = 348, 84.5%) and 6 (1.5%) surgical patients did not received the post-operative antibiotics. The P. aeruginosa ( n = 15, 12.1%) and S. aureus (13, 10.5%). Cefoperazone and sulbactam were the most prescribed antibiotics. Associated risk factors and treatment outcomes of surgical patients have a direct association with the incidence of SSI. Hospital-based antimicrobial stewardship, implementation of surgical guidelines, patient care, and education are needed to develop at wards level in hospitals.

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“…Inappropriate choice, the timing of administration, and the combination of SAP observed in Pakistan. 17…”

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“…Pakistan’s army chief stated that Pakistan wants an enduring relationship with the USA while meeting with a US diplomat (Reporter, 2021). Recently, TV anchors and policy analysts considered close to the military establishment have openly criticised the harsh conditions in CPEC agreements and the economic viability of the CPEC projects (Khan, 2021). These TV analysts are debating whether Pakistan should recalibrate its ties with China vis-à-vis USA, given Pakistan’s massive dependence on US-led multi-lateral donor and regulatory agencies.…”

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Pakistan in 2023: On the Brink of a Full-Blown Crisis

Rahman

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2023

India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs

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Pakistan continues to face multiple sources of internal and external conflicts. Its all-powerful military is engaged in a subterranean battle to maintain its power. Economically, the country persisted in troubled waters as it has been for most of its recent history. In domestic politics, the failed experiment of a hybrid regime under Ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan forced the military to part ways with Mr Khan and install a coalition government of 13 political parties through a no-confidence vote in parliament in April 2022. Mr Khan’s political party is facing a severe crackdown in Pakistan after he accused the powerful military of his ouster from power. At the regional level, a favourable outcome in Afghanistan in the shape of the Taliban’s takeover has not yielded any significant positive results for Pakistan. After concluding the Afghan conflict on a favourable note, paradoxically, the military establishment hints at a desire to shift away from geo-security to geo-economics in its foreign policy goals. At the extra-regional level, the military is walking a tightrope to balance its ties between the USA and China to offset any adverse consequences arising from its strategic partnerships with China over China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). In this article, we explain a series of issues confronting Pakistan currently—including a deep economic crisis, political paralysis, and a resurgent terror threat—focusing on the military’s ambitions in the region and beyond.

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“…According to Jabeen (2016), there are three significant challenges: a) the challenge of defining the concept of child protection for practice, b) the establishment of formal administrative and institutional structures, and c) the need for systematic effort to cope with the environment of a societal reluctance. The child protection system in Pakistan centers on children and justice, preventing commercial and sexual exploitation, protecting children without adequate family care, and neglecting psychological care (Khan et al, 2013). Hence, psychological trauma and neglect that a child can face are not the centers of focus in the child rights system in Pakistan.…”

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Topic Modeling as a Tool to Analyze Child Abuse from the Corpus of English Newspapers in Pakistan

Ahmed

Khan

2022

Social Science Computer Review

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Child maltreatment is a global issue deeply rooted in cultural, economic, and social practices. The present study investigates the representation of child abuse in the mainstream newspapers of Pakistan (i.e., Dawn and The News) from 2013 to 2020. This specific time frame is that these cases increased during these years. The data regarding the child abuse cases were accessed from the LexisNexis database. A computational technique of topic modeling (Latent Dirichlet Allocations) was applied to discover the hidden topics from the filtered data. The study underpinned Computational Grounded Theory as a theoretical frame for this study. The results reveal topics related to awareness of child abuse, the types of child abuse, and the law and procedural matters specific to child abuse cases in Pakistan. The study brings possible implications that child protection laws are to be improved to overcome the menace of child abuse in Pakistan.

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Assessment of Medication usage in Geriatric Wards in a Teaching Hospital

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Occurrence, associated risk factors, and treatment of surgical site infections in Pakistan

Occurrence, associated risk factors, and treatment of surgical site infections in Pakistan

Pakistan in 2023: On the Brink of a Full-Blown Crisis

Topic Modeling as a Tool to Analyze Child Abuse from the Corpus of English Newspapers in Pakistan

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