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  1. Article ; Online: Impact of climate change on health in Karachi, Pakistan

    Maryam Salma Babar / Saema Tazyeen / Hiba Khan / Christos Tsagkaris / Mohammad Yasir Essar / Shoaib Ahmad

    The Journal of Climate Change and Health, Vol 2, Iss , Pp 100013- (2021)

    2021  

    Abstract: Climate change is a key indicator of a country's durability in terms of environmental care. When climate shifts from the norm, the whole ecological cycle is disrupted. Karachi has suffered from severe precipitation events and heat waves that have caused ... ...

    Abstract Climate change is a key indicator of a country's durability in terms of environmental care. When climate shifts from the norm, the whole ecological cycle is disrupted. Karachi has suffered from severe precipitation events and heat waves that have caused outbreaks of malaria, dengue fever, and severe gastroenteritis. These health crises have led to a rise in morbidity and mortality rates in the already low-income city of Karachi. The goal of this review is to highlight the implications of climate change on the health of Karachi residents and actions which need to be undertaken for the betterment of future environmental policies.
    Keywords Public aspects of medicine ; RA1-1270 ; Meteorology. Climatology ; QC851-999
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
    Document type Article ; Online
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  2. Article ; Online: TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS AND MINOR STROKES

    Hiba Khan / Ashfaq Shuaib

    Khyber Medical University Journal, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 183-

    HOW NEWER TECHNOLOGIES ARE HELPING IN BETTER DIAGNOSIS OF HIGH-RISK PATIENTS AND RESPONSE TO TREATMENT

    2014  Volume 191

    Abstract: Stroke is a leading cause of disability and death. In more than 30% of patients a disabling stroke is preceded by milder transient symptoms. The risk of stroke in patients with transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and minor stroke may be very high in the ... ...

    Abstract Stroke is a leading cause of disability and death. In more than 30% of patients a disabling stroke is preceded by milder transient symptoms. The risk of stroke in patients with transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and minor stroke may be very high in the initial days following the symptoms. Identification of such patients and appropriate treatment can lead to a significant decrease in the risk of subsequent stroke. This review will focus on two important issues; the impact of introduction of newer technology on identification of high-risk patients and the recent advances in antithrombotic therapy in stroke prevention in patients with TIAs and minor stroke. Appropriate use of imaging and cardiac rhythm monitoring allow for identification of high risk patients and the use of dual antiplatelet therapy early, following an acute TIA or minor stroke, significantly reduces the risk of recurrence. Key Words: transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), Stroke, Ischemic Stroke.
    Keywords Medicine ; R
    Subject code 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Khyber Medical University
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  3. Article ; Online: ‘I’ve got a little list’—the scourge of a surgical junior. A quality improvement project to change the surgical patient list in a district general hospital

    Rob Bethune / Samuel Lawday / Hiba Khan / Elizabeth Flesher / James Marshman / Alexander Harding

    BMJ Open Quality, Vol 9, Iss

    2020  Volume 2

    Abstract: Background Junior doctors at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital spend hours every day creating and updating patient lists for all surgical specialties on Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. This not only consumes time that should be spent on clinical tasks, ... ...

    Abstract Background Junior doctors at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital spend hours every day creating and updating patient lists for all surgical specialties on Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. This not only consumes time that should be spent on clinical tasks, it allows for human errors, system errors and patient safety concerns. Our aim was to reduce time spent on the list and reduce the chance for error.Methods We measured the time junior doctors spent creating and updating the surgical lists for one specialty, and on-call shifts. Our first Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle was to introduce clinical secretaries; this reduced the time spent by ward teams on the list but had no effect on the on-call team. We then worked with the hospital application developer to adapt software currently used to suit all surgical teams. Once completed, this software was rolled out alongside the existing spreadsheet method with a view to a switch after a transition period.Results The introduction of clinical secretaries reduced the time spent on the colorectal surgery list from 99.22 min a day to 43.38 min. The on-call team however did not benefit from this intervention. Following the introduction of the new software, the day on-call team time spent on the list changed from 121 min a day to 4.66 min. The night on-call team time changed from 91 min to 7.38 min.Conclusion Reducing the time juniors spend compiling surgical lists has clear benefits to patients with extra time for junior doctors to clerk patients. The use of an automated system removes the chance of error in transcription of blood results. Due to the success of this project, colorectal, upper gastrointestinal, urology, vascular and on-call teams have adopted the new list permanently.
    Keywords Medicine (General) ; R5-920
    Subject code 650
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher BMJ Publishing Group
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  4. Article ; Online: Emergence of a medley of invasive fungal infections amidst the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in India

    Sudhan Rackimuthu / Hiba Khan / Anmol Mohan / Reem Hunain / Behram Khan Ghazi / Mohammad Mehedi Hasan / Ana Carla dos Santos Costa / Shoaib Ahmad / Mohammad Yasir Essar

    Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, Vol

    2021  Volume 1

    Keywords Infectious and parasitic diseases ; RC109-216 ; Public aspects of medicine ; RA1-1270
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Cambridge University Press
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  5. Article ; Online: Global impact of vaccine nationalism during COVID-19 pandemic

    Mehr Muhammad Adeel Riaz / Unaiza Ahmad / Anmol Mohan / Ana Carla dos Santos Costa / Hiba Khan / Maryam Salma Babar / Mohammad Mehedi Hasan / Mohammad Yasir Essar / Ahsan Zil-E-Ali

    Tropical Medicine and Health, Vol 49, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2021  Volume 4

    Abstract: Abstract Vaccines are the best chance to control the pandemic—unless leaders succumb to vaccine nationalism. Vaccine nationalism is a frequent recurrence, especially during a brand-new market distribution. The development of safe and effective COVID-19 ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Vaccines are the best chance to control the pandemic—unless leaders succumb to vaccine nationalism. Vaccine nationalism is a frequent recurrence, especially during a brand-new market distribution. The development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines in such a short space of time is a testament to modern scientific abilities. It will also test the world's political will and moral commitment to end this pandemic. As desperate as the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine nationalism is already setting a foundation for itself and is considered socially and economically counterproductive. Vaccine equity is not just a theoretical slogan, and it protects people worldwide from new vaccine-resistant variants. Understanding and anticipating the consequences is vital, and creating a global solution approach to avoid them. This article evaluates the common issues previously faced and the plausible ones during this pandemic. A few recommendations are made to warn and accentuate the reality of this dire matter.
    Keywords Vaccine ; Nationalism ; COVID-19 ; Impact ; Vaccine nationalism ; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ; RC955-962
    Subject code 940
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher BMC
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  6. Article ; Online: Malaria amidst COVID-19 in India

    Anmol Mohan / Um Ul Wara / Syeda Wania Amjad / Sudhan Rackimuthu / Reem Hunain / Hiba Khan / Ana Carla dos Santos Costa / Shoaib Ahmad / Mohammad Yasir Essar

    Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, Vol 12, Iss , Pp 100867- (2021)

    Challenges, Efforts, and Recommendations

    2021  

    Abstract: Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in India, the country has faced a slew of new challenges, spawning a slew of other deadly viruses and diseases while also serving as a breeding ground for them. Not only did Malaria (a vector-borne disease) emerge as a ... ...

    Abstract Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in India, the country has faced a slew of new challenges, spawning a slew of other deadly viruses and diseases while also serving as a breeding ground for them. Not only did Malaria (a vector-borne disease) emerge as a coincidental outbreak during the pandemic, but many others did as well, causing severe diseases in humans due to flaws in health-care systems that were already overburdened with identifying, preventing, and treating the recently introduced coronavirus disease. Inadequate water cleanliness, as well as the delayed and misdiagnosis of Malaria with COVID-19 due to overlapping symptoms, are major impediments in the incidence of these unique outbreaks. Appropriate steps, such as providing clean water and diagnostic facilities to control Malaria cases, should be adopted to prevent such epidemics in the country.
    Keywords Malaria ; COVID-19 ; India ; Public aspects of medicine ; RA1-1270
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
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  7. Article: Phylogenetic investigation of human FGFR-bearing paralogons favors piecemeal duplication theory of vertebrate genome evolution

    Ajmal, Wajya / Amir Ali Abbasi / Hiba Khan

    Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. 2014 Dec., v. 81

    2014  

    Abstract: Understanding the genetic mechanisms underlying the organismal complexity and origin of novelties during vertebrate history is one of the central goals of evolutionary biology. Ohno (1970) was the first to postulate that whole genome duplications (WGD) ... ...

    Abstract Understanding the genetic mechanisms underlying the organismal complexity and origin of novelties during vertebrate history is one of the central goals of evolutionary biology. Ohno (1970) was the first to postulate that whole genome duplications (WGD) have played a vital role in the evolution of new gene functions: permitting an increase in morphological, physiological and anatomical complexity during early vertebrate history.Here, we analyze the evolutionary history of human FGFR-bearing paralogon (human autosome 4/5/8/10) by the phylogenetic analysis of multigene families with triplicate and quadruplicate distribution on these chromosomes. Our results categorized the histories of 21 families into discrete co-duplicated groups. Genes of a particular co-duplicated group exhibit identical evolutionary history and have duplicated in concert with each other, whereas genes belonging to different groups have dissimilar histories and have not duplicated concurrently.Taken together with our previously published data, we submit that there is sufficient empirical evidence to disprove the 1R/2R hypothesis and to support the general prediction that vertebrate genome evolved by relatively small-scale, regional duplication events that spread across the history of life.
    Keywords chromosomes ; humans ; life history ; multigene family ; phylogeny ; prediction
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2014-12
    Size p. 49-60.
    Publishing place Elsevier Inc.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 33610-5
    ISSN 1095-9513 ; 1055-7903
    ISSN (online) 1095-9513
    ISSN 1055-7903
    DOI 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.009
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  8. Article ; Online: Yemen’s triple emergency

    Hashim Talib Hashim / Adriana Viola Miranda / Maryam Salma Babar / Mohammad Yasir Essar / Hasham Hussain / Shoaib Ahmad / Saema Tazyeen / Haya Mohammed Abujledan / Nusaibah Tawfik ALsanabani / Hiba Khan / Mustafa Ahmed Ramadhan / Yahya Dheyaa Tuama / Mashkur Abdulhamid Isa / Attaullah Ahmadi / Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno, III / Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam / Ashraf Fhed Mohammed Basalilah

    Public Health in Practice, Vol 2, Iss , Pp 100082- (2021)

    Food crisis amid a civil war and COVID-19 pandemic

    2021  

    Abstract: Yemen has been termed as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis by the United Nations. About 20.1 million (more than 50% of population) Yemenis are facing hunger and 10 million are severely food insecure according to reports by the World Food Programme. ... ...

    Abstract Yemen has been termed as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis by the United Nations. About 20.1 million (more than 50% of population) Yemenis are facing hunger and 10 million are severely food insecure according to reports by the World Food Programme. With the spread of COVID-19, the situation in Yemen has worsened and humanitarian aid from other countries has become the basis of life for hundreds of thousands of Yemenis after the threat of famine. Yemen is practically one of the poorest countries in the world. It has structural vulnerabilities that have developed over a protracted period of conflict and poor governance and more than 50% live in starving, they suffer for getting one meal a day. To prevent a total collapse of Yemen’s food crises, the government and the international community should act now more decisively.
    Keywords Food crisis ; COVID-19 ; Yemen ; Emergency ; Civil war ; Public aspects of medicine ; RA1-1270
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z
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