Pak J Med Sci
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Our understanding of homicide-suicide (H-S), a rare yet tragic event, is sparse. While the phenomenon has been studied in the West for many years, only limited literature is available from Asia and none to our knowledge from Pakistan. There is evidence of complexity of the interaction between cultural, societal, and psychological mechanisms underlying this phenomenon; therefore, research findings from the Western countries cannot be directly applied in non-Western societies. Our objective was to study homicide-suicides in Pakistan, describe the characteristics of offenders and victims, determine the types of H-S, and examine possible motives and any events prior to the offense. ⋯ The study highlights several unique patterns (predominance of familicide, multiple victims including high proportion of children) and a series of vulnerabilities (incidents related mostly to familial/ financial and social stressors) that overlap each other and ultimately lead to this tragic end. There is need to increase our understanding and develop effective evidence-based prevention strategies for H-S in Pakistan. It is also very important to have a national surveillance network and national violent death reporting system in the country for studying H-S cases, and for evaluating the impact of prevention programs.
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Pakistan, a South Asian developing country, is experiencing a rapid increase in number of diabetes cases. High prevalence ratio of diabetes in Pakistani population and lack of genetic research studies prompted us to design this study. This present study investigated Pakistani Pashtun population for (known and novel SNPs) and its possible correlation with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). ⋯ This study reports new genetic risk variants for T2DM in Pashtun population providing valuable insights into the genetic basis of T2DM in this group.
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To access the frequency of depression and anxiety among the various blood groups of medical and physiotherapy students. ⋯ Severe anxiety was common in blood Group-B while severe depression was common in people with blood Group-A. While mild anxiety and mild depression was found in blood Group-A, however, sever anxiety was common in positive Rhesus factor blood types while severe depression was found in negative Rhesus factor blood types.
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To evaluate the efficacy of titanium locking plate combined with suture anchor (SA) repair in the treatment of ankle fractures (AF). ⋯ Titanium locking plates combined with SA repair for the treatment of AF can significantly improve ankle joint functional recovery, improve the quality of life of patients, and is associated with a lower incidence of complications.
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To explore the efficacy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) acupuncture-assisted blind insertion of bullet nasointestinal tube method in patients with ischemic stroke. ⋯ TCM acupuncture-assisted blind insertion of bullet nasointestinal tube method improves the success rate of tube insertion, shortens the average catheterization time from the stomach to the jejunum and improves patient's comfort and satisfaction.