Farheen Aslam¹, Maria Mahmud², Zakir Ali³
Proteinuria is an important indicator to diagnose preeclampsia. We compared the results of urinary protein-creatinine ratio (PCR) with 24-hour urine protein excretion (UPE) in women with preeclampsia. Materials and Methods: 84 patients with preeclampsia who had undergone 24-hour urine protein measurement were included in the study. The patient with protein excretion of 500mg/24 hr was assigned as positive case proteinuria. Of these, 65 patients were found to meet the inclusion criteria...

Mughees Amin¹, Farhat-ul- ain Tayyaba², Saleha Zafar³
In the past decade, autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy has seen increasingly widespread integration into medical specialties. PRP application is known to accelerate wound epithelialization rates. This preliminary study was carried out to explore whether platelet growth factors from platelet rich plasma could be used for enhancement of split thickness skin graft survival...

Amna Shahid¹
This study was conducted to determine the difference between maternal and fetal outcome in the cesarean sections performed electively with those performed as emergency. Materials and Methods: A prospective observational study carried out in the Unit-1 of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, in Lahore General Hospital/ Ameer-ud-Din Medical College, Lahore, in a duration of 1 year from 1^st January 2016 to 31^st December 2016...

Shanza Ikram¹, Zunaira Arshad¹, Asma Afzal²
Cutaneous tuberculosis, although forms a small fraction of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis but is one of the most common skin lesion in developing countries. It is widely spread in Pakistan but has not been well documented. The present study was conducted to determine the clinicopathological profile of cutaneous tuberculosis...

Muhammad Sajid¹, Faryal Waheed², Atiq Ahmad³, Nauman Jamil⁴
Cholelithiasis has become the leading cause of abdominal morbidity and hospitalization. There is evidence that advanced age and female gender are well established risk factors. Usually 5 F’s help the doctors to remember the patient i.e. Fair, Faulty, Forty, Fertile, Female. The objective of this study was to collect data from a specific high risk group of population having cholelithiasis and to access their lifestyle that is leading to this disease...