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Treatment Failure Of Tuberculosis Due To Concomitant Pathology, Z A. Qasim, A R. Sarwari, S M. Jilani
Treatment Failure Of Tuberculosis Due To Concomitant Pathology, Z A. Qasim, A R. Sarwari, S M. Jilani
Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care
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Tuberculosis Diagnosis And Treatment Practices Of Private Physicians In Karachi, Pakistan, J Khan, A Malik, H Hussain, N K. Ali, F Akbani, S J. Hussain, G N. Kazi, S F. Hussain
Tuberculosis Diagnosis And Treatment Practices Of Private Physicians In Karachi, Pakistan, J Khan, A Malik, H Hussain, N K. Ali, F Akbani, S J. Hussain, G N. Kazi, S F. Hussain
Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care
In a densely populated urban area of Karachi, Pakistan, a questionnaire survey was made of the knowledge and practices of 120 private general practitioners about the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB). The majority knew that cough, fever and weight loss were the main symptoms of TB, but less than half knew that blood in sputum, poor appetite and chest pain were associated with the disease. Only 58.3% of physicians used sputum microscopy for diagnosing TB and 35.0% used it as a follow-up test. Only 41.7% treated TB patients themselves, the remaining referring their patients to specialists. Around 73.3% of …
General Physicians' Perspective Of Sleep Apnea From A Developing Country, Syed Fayyaz Hussain, Sumaiya Zahid, Raana Haqqee, Javaid Ahmed Khan
General Physicians' Perspective Of Sleep Apnea From A Developing Country, Syed Fayyaz Hussain, Sumaiya Zahid, Raana Haqqee, Javaid Ahmed Khan
Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care
To assess the knowledge of general physicians about the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a self-administered questionnaire, containing 15 questions, was distributed to 160 doctors attending a pulmonary CME program in March 2002. After 15 minutes of response time, the questionnaires were collected. The data were entered and analyzed using SPSS (Version 10.0) software. One hundred and twenty (75%) questionnaires were returned. Only 41% of responders had ever read an article about OSA and 36% had suspected it at least once in their practice. The majority (61-77%) of responders were aware of the common symptoms of OSA, …
Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Muhammad Irfan, Javed Hussain, Riaz Lakdawala, Fayyaz Hussain, Javaid Khan
Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Muhammad Irfan, Javed Hussain, Riaz Lakdawala, Fayyaz Hussain, Javaid Khan
Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care
No abstract provided.