Nusrat Shah

• MBBS, MCPS, FCPS, MHPE
• Managing Director at Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi (DUHS)

Objective: The purpose of this research was to investigate the perceptions of undergraduate medical students, faculty and administrators, regarding their experience of emergency distance online teaching, the challenges faced, and future opportunities digital learning. Study Design and Setting: A qualitative study design was used with a phenomenolog...

Covid-19 is a huge global public health crisis. The world has not seen such an extensive health emergency for the last hundred years. We report the detailed symptomology, epidemiology, and demography of the first few cases reported in Pakistan. After review of medical records at a private hospital in Karachi, six patients (four men and two women) a...

Objective: To explore the effects of COVID 19 on reproductive and child health services and gender relations. Methods: This is a Qualitative Exploratory Research. Due to lockdown, setting was online interviews on Zoom. Sampling was purposive. Five in-depth interviews were conducted in June 2020 followed by compilation of results and manuscript w...

Background: Violence against women is a global phenomenon. WHO reported a 35% global prevalence of domestic violence. Most of it is perpetrated by an intimate partner. In Patriarchal societies,domestic configuration is such that males are unquestionable leaders and violence within the home is private and acceptable. The predisposing factors to viol...

Objective To identify the perceptions of the faculty about their current level of pedagogical skills and their desire to improve these skills in future. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted at two medical colleges of Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi from March 1, 2015 to April 30, 2015. A re-validated questionnaire was used c...

Objectives Recently pharmaceutical marketers have expanded their audience by directly to the consumers advertising (DTCA) which is almost always limited to non-prescription drugs. DTCA has substantial effects on patient behavior and physician prescription. The aim of this study was to assess the perspectives of physicians regarding the rapidly prol...

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of medium fidelity simulator in teaching normal vaginal delivery to medical students. Methods: The quasi-experimental study was conducted at the professional development centre of the Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, from June to December 2015, and comprised medical students. Third-year medical stu...

Objective: To evaluate and compare the cognitive professionalism in resident medical officers (RMOs) of public and private hospitals of Karachi. Study design: Across-sectional survey. Place and duration of study: Civil Hospital and Ziauddin Medical University Clifton Campus, Karachi, from August to December 2014. Methodology: This survey was...

Objective: To study the perceptions of medical students about factors responsible for physicians'migration. Study design: Cross-sectional survey. Place and duration of study: Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital, Karachi, from April to May 2015. Methodology: Aself-administered structured questionnaire was used including demographic details...

Objective: To assess medical students' perceptions about patient safety issues before the teaching of "patient safety" can be recommended. Methods: The cross-sectional survey was undertaken at the Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital, Karachi, in September, 2013. Data collection tool was a structured questionnaire administered to medical stude...

Objective: To determine the demographic features and psycho-social and economic determinants of nutritional neglect in order to suggest interventional strategies. Study design: Cross-sectional, observational study. Place and duration of study: Department of Paediatrics, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) and Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK),...

To compare the obstetric outcome of teenage pregnancies with that of non teenage pregnancies. A prospective case-control study was conducted in three tertiary care hospitals of Sindh, Pakistan from September 2008 to November 2008. The data regarding obstetric outcome of all teenagers (13-19 years) delivering in the three hospitals was compared with...

To study the mortality and morbidity of unsafe abortion in a University Teaching Hospital. A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted in Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Unit III, Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital Karachi from January 2005 to December 2009. Data regarding the sociodemographic characteristics, reasons and metho...

To determine the practice of transfusion of blood and blood products in cases of postpartum haemorrhage, at a tertiary referral center. A retrospective study was conducted where medical records were reviewed for women, who either delivered or were admitted in labour suite with diagnosis of postpartum haemorrhage. The study period extended from Jan...

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To identify the reasons and adverse outcomes of home deliveries in women presenting to a tertiary care hospital. A prospective, descriptive study was undertaken in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Unit III, Civil Hospital Karachi from 1st April, 2007 to 31st August, 2007. All patients who were admitted with any complication of home del...

To compare the efficacy of sublingual and vaginal misoprostol in the medical management of missed miscarriage. Fifty women diagnosed as having missed miscarriage of gestational age less than 20 weeks were assigned randomly to receive 400 microg of either sublingual or vaginal misoprostol every three hours, up to a maximum of five doses. The primary...

To describe the socio-demographic characteristics and the three delays of maternal mortality in a tertiary teaching hospital. Retrospective, observational study. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Unit III, Civil Hospital, Karachi, from April 2005 to May 2008. One hundred and four consecutive maternal deaths were reviewed. Data regarding age...

ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the frequency, indications, types and outcomes of emergency obstetric hysterectomy. Material and Method: This retrospective review was undertaken in the Department of obstetrics and Gynecology Unit III of Civil Hospital Karachi from July 2002 to December 2007. Data regarding frequency of hysterectomy, maternal age,...

Objective: To assess the magnitude, causes and substandard care factors responsible for the third delay of maternal mortality seen in our unit III, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Civil Hospital, Karachi. Methods: This Cross-sectional, retrospective study was carried out on 152 mothers who died over a period of eight years from 1997 to 200...

To describe the clinical features and risk factors in ectopic pregnancy. A descriptive study. The study was conducted in Unit III of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Civil Hospital, Karachi from January 2002 to December 2003. A total of 38 women diagnosed with ectopic pregnancy were included in the study. Data was retrieved from the ch...