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A M Memon

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PubMed1994

Anaemia in pregnancy--its cause in the underprivileged class of Karachi.

A prospective study of the frequency and type of anaemia amongst poor urban parturients of Karachi was done. It was performed at 2 large teaching hospitals over the time span January to September, 1990. Out of 318 women studied, 104 (32.7%) were anaemic (Hb levels < 10gm/dl). The type of anaemia was assessed. Iron deficiency predominated and was seen amongst 63.5% of the anaemic population. There was an even distribution of other kinds of anaemia amongst the remainder of the population.

Adult↗
PubMed1989

Grandmultiparity: a continuing problem in developing countries.

Four hundred and thirty-one grandmultiparae and 1,070 less parous women who delivered at Civil Hospital, Karachi over a 2-year period (Jan. 1982 to Dec. 1983) have been reviewed retrospectively. The purpose was to estimate the incidence of grandmultiparity at this hospital and compare the incidence of obstetric and medical complications in the grandmultiparae with the less parous women. A higher incidence of anaemia, spontaneous abortions, abruptio placentae, postpartum haemorrhage, spontaneous uterine rupture and fetal loss was found in the grandmultiparae compared with other parturients. The grandmultipara continues to be a "high-risk" obstetric problem.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1982

Successful supervised ambulatory management of tuberculosis treatment failures.

Twenty-one patients with long histories of failed treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis, most of whom were recalcitrant in taking medications, were treated on a primarily ambulatory basis with various antituberculosis drugs. Supervision ensured that medication was taken. Convenient, personalized, comprehensive medical care and social services were provided without cost to patients during the early phase of treatment. Management during the continuation phase was unsupervised. Fourteen patients had drug-resistant tuberculosis and 16 were either alcohol or opiate abusers. Treatment success was achieved in 19 of 21 patients with a mean follow-up of 26 months. Two patients failed to achieve a sputum-negative status for Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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PubMed1979

A multidisciplinary clerkship in emergency medicine.

An obligatory, multidisciplinary, fourth-year emergency medicine clerkship is described and the particular problems of multidisciplinary courses discussed. The course is designed to produce medical students who adequately demonstrate: knowledge of emergency care and facility in specified skills, familiarity with the appropriate use of an emergency room, and conversance with treatment of nonemergency cases. Students are required to complete successfully an advanced cardiac life support providers course, serve on ambulance duty, rotate through a community hospital emergency room, and participate in the more traditional clinical experiences. The course offers the fourth-year student an opportunity to synthesize prior knowledge within the context of a multidisciplinary patient care experience.

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