Objectives: To ascertain the prevalence of stress and anxiety disorder affecting the learning behaviors on Medical students during pandemic of COVID-19, so that strategies to cope would be streamlined. Methodology: This Cross sectional study was carried out at AL-Aleem Medical College, Lahore attached with Gulab Devi Educational Complex, over a period of three months from September 2020 to November 2020 after approval from Institutional Review Board. Non probability convenience sampling technique was used, a total of 150 willing medical students 50 from each class (1st, 2nd and 3rd) were included in this study. The Data was collected by handing over “The 7- item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7)” Perfprma, it was entered and then analyzed with SPSS version 23. Results: Total prevalence of stress and anxiety disorders in medical students was 81%, it was more prevalent in host élite 68.20% and in females 69%, the P-Value between female /male was 0.016 that is statistically significant. The mean age of students was 20.43 years Conclusions: This study highlight the significant level of stress and anxiety disorders in Pakistani Medical Students during COVID-19 Pandemic. To reduce this stress and anxiety special preventive strategies and its implementation are the need of the hour in order to produce seven stars doctors.
Background: Caesarean section is a procedure in which delivery of the fetus is carried out through a surgical incision on the abdomen and uterus of the mother. It is said to be a life-saving both for mother and fetus during pregnancy and labor. Objectives: To determine the Fetal Outcome in Emergency Caesarean Section. Methodology: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted in Obstetrics and Gynecology department, of Al-Aleem Medical College attached with Gulab Devi Educational Complex Lahore from 1st March 2020 to Feb 2021. All emergency caesarean sections during above mentioned period were enrolled in the study. Information’s regarding Mother Age, Gravida Parity, Booking status, Socio-economic status, Mode of onset of labor and Fetal outcome as Apgar score, fetal maturity, Birth weight and Nursery admission were gathered by entering all information in the predesigned Performa. Results: There were 635 deliveries during the said time, SVD were 380 (60%) and caesarean section were 255 (40%). The rate of ECS was 54.90% (140 women), whereas elective CS was 45.09% (115 women). The prevalence of ECS was 22% (140 of 635 deliveries). Nursery admission rate was 27.85% percent due to different indication, majority of them 89.74% discharged and unfortunately 10.25% expired due to prematurity, sepsis and birth asphyxia. Conclusion: Fetal distress was the commonest cause of Emergency Caesarean Sections and resulted high perinatal morbidity and mortality.
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