Pak J Med Sci
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Sports activities are highly beneficial for improving the human health and reducing the risk of diseases. This cross sectional study aimed to investigate the prevalence of prediabetes and Type-2 diabetes mellitus in cricket players compared to population based non-elite athlete control subjects. ⋯ The cricket sports activities decrease the prevalence of prediabetes and Type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among the cricket players compared to population based matched non-elite athlete control subjects. The study findings demonstrate the urgent need for promoting sports activities, more cricket grounds as a physiological preventive strategy against the global growing diabetes epidemic.
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Myofascial neck pain is a common musculoskeletal problem caused by presence of trigger points and local and referred pain patterns. Chronic neck pain is responsible for the involvement of joints, ligaments, fascia and connective tissue as well. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of Maitland mobilization in patients with myofascial chronic neck pain. ⋯ The study concluded that Maitland mobilization grades (I-IV) are effective in reducing pain and improving functional level of NDI scale and the ranges of cervical spine in patients with myofascial chronic neck pain.
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There has been concerns regarding the safety of Warfarin in pregnant females due to its teratogenic potential. At the same time warfarin provides best anticoagulation in patients with prosthetic valves. Various dosage regimes have been tried to strike a balance between safety of mother and the avoidance of congenital anomalies in the newborn. This study was conducted to observe the effect of Warfarin in pregnant mothers taking different doses of warfarin, and their neonatal outcome, in our outdoor patients. ⋯ No case of embryopathy was found in each group which signifies that warfarin in lower doses is safe anticoagulant in patients with prosthetic valve replacements.
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To assess the role of abdominal binder in patients with midline wound dehiscence after elective or emergency laparotomy in terms of pain, psychological satisfaction and need for reclosure. ⋯ Although abdominal binder helps in reducing the pain and improving the psychological satisfaction in patients with midline abdominal wound dehiscence yet it doesn't help in healing of wound and reclosure of the dehisced abdominal wound is needed.
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To evaluate the clinical effect of apatinib combined with chemotherapy in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). ⋯ Apatinib combined with conventional chemotherapy is effective in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer, the quality of life can be significantly improved, tumor markers can be significantly reduced, and adverse reactions will not be significantly increased.