{"title":"Recommendations for improving Quality of Research in Medical Institutes","authors":"A. Mughal","doi":"10.51846/jucmd.v1i1.1335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51846/jucmd.v1i1.1335","url":null,"abstract":"Research output from Pakistan is gradually increasing. The “Pakistan Research and Innovation Landscape Report” states that research output from Pakistan has increased three hundred times in the Web of Science Core Collection. Among the disciplines, the largest number was from Clinical Medicine and its Normalized Impact is greater than the World average. This achievement is due to a large number of medical colleges in the country. Pakistan currently has 114 medical colleges which are the fifth largest in the world after India, Brazil, China, and the United States of America.","PeriodicalId":434894,"journal":{"name":"Journal of University College of Medicine and Dentistry","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130096967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pollution; an Aftermath of Urbanization","authors":"M. Saleemi","doi":"10.51846/jucmd.v1i1.1455","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51846/jucmd.v1i1.1455","url":null,"abstract":"Human living, activity, refuse and waste burden the environment. The modern life has changed quantum of many aspects of human living. The present day living is attended with provision and consumption of water, electicity and fuel for cooking. The mobility from one place to another is mechanised. The modes of transport vary in different parts of country. At individual level motor cycle and cars are used. The public transport in shape of modified chingchi rickshaw, taxi and bus are available in Pakistan, which add tremendously to air pollution. \u0000 \u0000Author Biography \u0000Professor Dr Munir Akhtar Saleemi \u0000Head of Department of Community Medicine and Research, \u0000University College of Medicine, Lahore, Pakistan","PeriodicalId":434894,"journal":{"name":"Journal of University College of Medicine and Dentistry","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124809350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Bad Air Quality on the Morphology of Lungs - A Radiological Cross-Sectional Study Conducted at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Lahore.","authors":"S. N. Haider, M. Iqbal","doi":"10.51846/jucmd.v1i1.1371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51846/jucmd.v1i1.1371","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To radiologically examine the impact of bad air quality on the x-ray findings of patients visiting a tertiary care hospital in Lahore. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the outpatient department of CPTH, Lahore, from 1st of Oct. to 1st of Dec. 2021. A total of 40 patients from age groups between 21 – 60 years and from both genders, who presented with respiratory symptoms, were included in the study for their x-ray findings. As this was a radiological study, there was only one clinical parameter taken into consideration and that was x-ray chest. The patients enrolled in the study were divided into 4 groups, based on the severity of symptoms and findings on x-rays. Only non-smokers were included in the study. Results: Out of 40 patients, 18 showed no changes on x-ray chest, 12 showed minor appearance of unilateral peri bronchiolar shadows, 6 showed a more prominent appearance of peribronchiolar shadows bilaterally whereas 4 showed bilateral signs of lung fibrosis. Conclusion: Exposure to smog filled air can be linked to accelerated development of lung damage, even among people who have never smoked. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":434894,"journal":{"name":"Journal of University College of Medicine and Dentistry","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133637295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}