Prescription of medicines by medical students of Karachi, Pakistan: a cross-sectional studySyed Nabeel Zafar
Medical College, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi, Pakistan
BMC Public Health 8:162. 2008
..We aimed to determine the practice and attitudes of drug prescription by medical students and: a) how non-medical students respond to this practice, b) How this compares with the attitudes and practices of non-medical students...
- Perceptions about the cause of schizophrenia and the subsequent help seeking behavior in a Pakistani population - results of a cross-sectional survey
Syed Nabeel Zafar
Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
BMC Psychiatry 8:56. 2008
..Duration of untreated psychosis is a bad prognostic indicator. We aimed to determine the perceptions regarding the etiology of schizophrenia and the subsequent help seeking behavior...
Recall errors in a weekly survey of diarrhoea in Guatemala: determining the optimal length of recallS N Zafar
Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Epidemiol Infect 138:264-9. 2010
..Diarrhoea was underreported when the recall period extended beyond 2 days. Surveys that use longer recall periods risk underestimating diarrhoea incidence and selectively capturing more severe episodes...
- Open versus closed method of establishing pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Ghulam Asghar Channa
Department of General Surgery, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 19:557-60. 2009
..To compare the efficacy and safety of the Hasson cannula (open) and Veress needle (closed) method to gain access in the abdominal cavity for laparoscopic cholecystectomy...
- Surgery, public health, and Pakistan
Syed Nabeel Zafar
Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P O Box 3500, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan
World J Surg 35:2625-34. 2011
..In light of recent evidence, developing countries, such as Pakistan, must acknowledge surgical disease as a major public health issue and prioritize research and intervention accordingly...
Self-medication amongst university students of Karachi: prevalence, knowledge and attitudesSyed Nabeel Zafar
Aga Khan University, Karachi
J Pak Med Assoc 58:214-7. 2008
..To determine the prevalence, attitude and knowledge of self-medication amongst university students of Karachi, Pakistan...
- Health and needs assessment of geriatric patients: results of a survey at a teaching hospital in Karachi
Syed Nabeel Zafar
Aga Khan University, Karachi
J Pak Med Assoc 56:470-4. 2006
..CONCLUSION: We documented health and needs of the elderly population which need to be taken into account by practicing family physicians, social service workers and also the policy makers of the country...
- Geriatric health in Pakistan: current status and challenges
Ather Mohammad Taqui
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 18:262. 2008
