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Atypical Pathogens Causing Community-Acquired Pneumonia In Adults., Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Afia Zafar, Nawal Salahuddin, Ahmed Suleman Haque, Shahan Waheed, Javaid Khan

Department of Medicine

Objective: To determine the frequency of community-acquired respiratory pathogens with special focus on atypical organisms in patients presenting to a tertiary care facility with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

Methods: The descriptive study on adult patients was conducted from February 2007 to March 2008 at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. It comprised 124 consenting patients of age 16 and above who presentd with a diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia. The diagnostic modalities used were based on significant changes in antibody titer or persisting high antibody titers in the case of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chalmydia pneumoniae infections, or bacterial antigen in urine, in …

Cross-Sectional Study Identifying Forms Of Tobacco Used By Shisha Smokers In Pakistan., Sameer Ur Rehman, Mohammed Ali Sadiq, Maria Adnan Parekh, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Javaid Khan, Philippe M. Frossard

Department of Medicine

Objectives: To estimate the frequency of different forms of tobacco intake such as smoker's tobacco, chewable tobacco and snuff tobacco among shisha smoker's and to study the patterns and predictors of shisha smoking affecting youth from different cities of Pakistan.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted including youth from four cities. Participants were asked to fill out a data collection tool at shisha cafes, shopping malls and restaurants. Data was analyzed using SPSSv.18.

Results: A total of 406 participants, 296 (73%) males and 110 (27%) females were included in the study. There were 163 (40%) cigarette smokers; 65(16%) chewed tobacco …

Apache Ii Scores As Predictors Of Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation Outcome: Evidence From A Tertiary Care Institute In A Low-Income Country, Muhammad Junaid Patel,, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Muhammad Furqan, Safia Awan, Muhammad Sohaib, Waqar Kashif, Ayesha L. Sorathia,, Syed Ather Hussain,, Mohammed Umer Mir

Department of Medicine

Aim: The aim of this study was to demonstrate that APACHE II scores can be used as a predictor of the cardio-pulmonary resuscitation(CPR) outcome in hospitalized patients.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients admitted, from 2002 to 2007, at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, was done for this study. Information was collected on 738 patients, constituting all adults admitted in general ward, ICU, CICU and SCU during this time, and who had under-went cardiac arrest and received cardiopulmonary resuscitation during their stay at the hospital. Patient characteristics, intra-arrest variables such as event-witnessed, initial cardiac rhythm, pre arrest need …