BACKGROUND: Annual influenza vaccination is recommended for healthcare workers (HCWs)
in order to reduce the morbidity associated with influenza in healthcare settings. The …

Objective: To report trauma outcome from a developing country based on the Trauma and
Injury Severity Scoring (TRISS) method and compare the outcome with the registry data from …

Objectives. The study was conducted to understand the prehospital system in Karachi, the
mode of transport that adult inpatients use to reach the emergency departments (EDs), and …

OBJECTIVES: Peer review of trauma deaths can be used to evaluate the efficacy of trauma
systems. The objective of this study was to estimate the proportion of preventable trauma …

Background There is little data surrounding the survival of patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) who are admitted to the critical care unit with exacerbation of …

Objective To examine the changes in emergency department (ED) utilization over a 3-year
period and identify the factors that affect utilization. Methods We performed an analysis of …

Background: Urine dipstick is a useful and commonly used test in the Emergency Department
because of its rapidity and low cost; however its diagnostic accuracy is debatable. Our …

There is ample evidence that many investigations sent from the accident and emergency
department are inappropriate, thus affecting the quality of patient care. A study was designed to …

Objective To measure the stigma of psychiatric illness in a general hospital setting, and to
test the connection between common ideas people have of patients with psychiatric illness (…

Acute kidney injury (AKI) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is commonly caused by severe sepsis
and septic shock. There is limited data regarding the incidence and outcomes of patients …