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Illegal Motorcycle Street Racing- A Growing Threat To Public Safety, Madiha Mumshad, Aisha Ashraf
Illegal Motorcycle Street Racing- A Growing Threat To Public Safety, Madiha Mumshad, Aisha Ashraf
Department of Emergency Medicine
No abstract provided.
Safety Netting Through The Prevention And Detection Of Child Abuse In Low And Middle Income Countries: Lessons From Pakistan, Kanwal Nayani, Muhammad Akbar Baig, Nick Brown, Asad Mian
Safety Netting Through The Prevention And Detection Of Child Abuse In Low And Middle Income Countries: Lessons From Pakistan, Kanwal Nayani, Muhammad Akbar Baig, Nick Brown, Asad Mian
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
No abstract provided.
Intentional And Unintentional Poisoning In Pakistan: A Pilot Study Using The Emergency Departments Surveillance Project., Nadeem Ullah Khan, Ricardo Pérez-Núñez, Nudrat Shamim, Uzma Rahim Khan, Naureen Naseer, Asher Feroze, Junaid Abdul Razzak, Adnan A. Hyder
Intentional And Unintentional Poisoning In Pakistan: A Pilot Study Using The Emergency Departments Surveillance Project., Nadeem Ullah Khan, Ricardo Pérez-Núñez, Nudrat Shamim, Uzma Rahim Khan, Naureen Naseer, Asher Feroze, Junaid Abdul Razzak, Adnan A. Hyder
Department of Emergency Medicine
Background: Acute poisoning is one of the most common reasons for emergency department visits around the world. In Pakistan, the epidemiological data on poisoning is limited due to an under developed poison information surveillance system. We aim to describe the characteristics associated with intentional and unintentional poisoning in Pakistan presenting to emergency departments.
Methods: The data was extracted from the Pakistan National Emergency Department Surveillance (Pak-NEDS) which was an active surveillance conducted between November 2010 and March 2011. All patients, regardless of age, who presented with poisoning to any of Pakistan's seven major tertiary care centers' emergency departments, were included. …
District Hospital Based Injury Data-Are They An Option In A Developing Country?, Junaid Abdul Razzak, David Marsh, S. Stansfield
District Hospital Based Injury Data-Are They An Option In A Developing Country?, Junaid Abdul Razzak, David Marsh, S. Stansfield
Department of Emergency Medicine
No abstract provided.