Annals of ASH-KMDC

WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF ANNALS OF ASH AND KMDC (Journal Published Quarterly) APPROVED BY: PMDC (Pakistan Medical & Dental Council) No.PF.HF-97. RECONGNIZED BY: HEC, Master List Thomson Reuters, Pak Medinet, Pak Med, EMRO (WHO) and ASIA NET

Contents of Volume 1 of 2015

EDITORIAL
	PRACTICING SUBSPECIALTY HISTOPATHOLOGY IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY: IS IT FEASIBLE?
	MUHAMMED MUBARAK
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
	EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE OF DENGUE INFECTIONS: A COMMUNITY BASED STUDY IN RURAL, KARACHI (2010 - 2012)
	SYED MUSTAFEEL ASER QUADRI, MAHJABEEN KHAN, NIKHAT YASMIN
	RESULTS OF A HEALTH FACILITY ASSESMENT SURVEY IN FIVE HEALTH DISTRICTS OF KUWAIT
	RIHAB ALWOTAYAN, KASHMIRA NANJI, WARIS QIDWAI
	HYPERTENSION IN PEOPLE CONSUMING HARD WATER IN HAJI SAMOA GOTH KETI-BUNDAR SINDH
	SALMA RAZZAQUE, FADIELEH AIDRUS, ASHOK KUMAR, AJEET KUMAR, ISHAQ GHAURI, SALEEM ULLAH
	GENDER DIFFERENCES IN RISK FACTORS AND PATTERNS CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS DELIBERATE SELF-POISONING
	FARHAT BASHER, AJEET KUMAR, RAJESH, NAHIDA BEGUM, MUHAMMAD ALI SHOAIB, MUHAMMAD ISHAQ GHAURI
	PATTERN OF BACTERAEMIA AFTER NON-SURGICAL EXTRACTION OF TOOTH
	SUFYAN AHMED, MEHWASH KASHIF, ATIF IQBAL BUTT, SYED SHAH FAISAL
	SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS & SMOKELESS TOBACCO CONSUMPTION IN FISHERMEN COMMUNITY OF A COASTAL AREA OF KARACHI
	SHAHZEB PATOLI, NUSRAT JABEEN, RAI TARIQ MASOOD, ATIF IQBAL BUTT
	ORAL HYGIENE AND GESTATIONAL AGE AT DELIVERY; A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY CONDUCTED AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
	ALIYA IMRAN, AREEBA ARIF, SOMIA JAMAL, SAADIYA AZIZ KARIM
	ANTENATAL COUNSELLING ON BREASTFEEDING- IS ADEQUATE COUNSELLING BEING PROVIDED?
	RAHILA IMTIAZ, RUBINA IZHAR, SAMIA HUSAIN, SONIA HUSAIN
REVIEW ARTICLE
	DENGUE FEVER UPDATE
	FATIMA RIAZ, QUDSIA ANJUM
CASE REPORTS
	ABDOMINAL PAIN, DYSENTERY & BILIOUS VOMITING AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION OF HENOCH SCHONLEIN PURPURA: A CASE STUDY
	MUHAMMAD WAQAS SAEED BAQAI, FATIMA MANNAN, MARIJ ZAHID, ROGER GILL
	RASMUSSEN ENCEPHALITIS: IN A TWO AND A HALF YEAR OLD INFANT PRESENTING AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN KARACHI
	AFSHAN EHSAN, SOMIA JAMAL, SAADIQ MIRZA, SINA AZIZ
	INFRATEMPORAL, MASTICATOR SPACE INFECTION AND ORBITAL ABCESS FOLLOWING CARIOUS MAXILLARY FIRST MOLAR EXTRACTION IN A FOUR MONTH PREGNANT PATIENT. A CASE REPORT
	HIRA EJAZ, MUHAMMAD YOUSUF ALI, MEHWASH KASHIF, ZUBAIR AHMED ABBASI, SHEERAZ ABBAS
	MISDIAGNOSIS OF DEXTRO CARDIA AND SITUS INVERSUS IN A TWO YEAR OLD FEMALE
	INCREASED FREQUENCY OF PLEURAL EFFUSION WITH PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN PRESENTING AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF KARACHI
	AMBER BAIG, MAHA MASOOD, SAADIQ MIRZA, SINA AZIZ
SHORT COMMUNICATION
	FAMILY MEDICINE MADE COMPULSORY SUBJECT IN MBBS PROGRAM: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH CARE IN PAKISTAN AND THE REGION
	WARIS QIDWAI
SHORT COMMENTARY
	POLIO ERADICATION: PAKISTAN AND 2015. NEW STRATEGIES AND AN UPDATE
	ALI FAISAL SALEEM
STUDENT CORNER
	LETTER TO EDITOR: BELATACEPT FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PATIENTS- ADDITIONS TO THE IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TASK FORCE
	MUHAMMAD ASAD KHAN, NIDA ZUBAIR
	LETTER TO EDITOR: UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES TO MEDICAL STUDENTS OF KARACHI MEDICAL & DENTAL COLLEGE
	MARIA IDREES DAWSON