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Etiology Of Acute Undifferentiated Fever In Patients Presenting To The Emergency Department Of A Tertiary Care Center In Karachi, Pakistan, Noman Ali, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Shahid Shahid, Syed Mustahsan
Etiology Of Acute Undifferentiated Fever In Patients Presenting To The Emergency Department Of A Tertiary Care Center In Karachi, Pakistan, Noman Ali, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Shahid Shahid, Syed Mustahsan
Department of Emergency Medicine
Objective: Our study aimed at identifying the characteristics and etiology of various causes of acute undifferentiated fever in patients presenting to the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital.
Methods: This was a retrospective study conducted at the department of emergency medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital from January to June 2016. Adult patients presenting to Emergency department with acute undifferentiated fever were enrolled. Descriptive statistics were calculated in terms of mean±SD for continuous variables like age of the patients and duration of fever, whereas frequency and percentage were computed for categorical variables like gender and causes of fever.
Results: A …
Emergency Preparedness And Response To The Covid-19 Pandemic: Our Experience From The Emergency Department Of A Tertiary Care Hospital In Pakistan, Badar Afzal Khan, Noman Ali, Asad Mian
Emergency Preparedness And Response To The Covid-19 Pandemic: Our Experience From The Emergency Department Of A Tertiary Care Hospital In Pakistan, Badar Afzal Khan, Noman Ali, Asad Mian
Department of Emergency Medicine
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Pediatric Congenital Heart Diseases: Patterns Of Presentation To The Emergency Department Of A Tertiary Care Hospital, Surraiya Bano, Saleem Akhtar, Uzma R. Khan
Pediatric Congenital Heart Diseases: Patterns Of Presentation To The Emergency Department Of A Tertiary Care Hospital, Surraiya Bano, Saleem Akhtar, Uzma R. Khan
Department of Emergency Medicine
Objective: To observe presentation of Pediatric congenital cardiac defects to the Emergency Department (ED) of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan.
Methods: This is a retrospective chart review of patients under the age of 16 years with congenital cardiac defects presenting to the Emergency Department of Aga Khan University Hospital over a period of eighteen months, from January 2012 to June 2013. Study population was divided into two groups; first group constituted children with undiagnosed congenital cardiac defects, whereas second group constituted children with diagnosed congenial cardiac defects presented to ED. In previously diagnose cases each visit was counted as …