The use of radiological modalities for early diagnosis of tumours should be instituted, observed the health experts during the various public awareness programmes and scientific sessions held at the 49th Annual Medical Symposium of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC).
They said that around 900 cases of osteosarcoma are reported every year in Pakistan. The management of pain should be done with pharmacological and with invasive modalities, they added.
The experts said that rehabilitation of patients with prosthetic devices and with training sessions should be carried out.
They explained the main causes of blindness and methods to prevent them by presenting various cases.
The indications and complications of various ophthalmological procedures were also presented at the session.
The objective and outcome of the session was to have a good interactive session, including basic ophthalmology topics like non excisional optical biopsy.
The panel was chaired by Dr Imran Ghayoor. The speakers in a session on endocrinology observed that metabolic syndromes are increasing and there is a need to manage them in a proper manner.
They said that thyroid diseases need evaluation so they could be treated accordingly. They advised that the patients undergoing surgery for the parathyroid disease should be monitored for parathyroid levels.
To deliver recent studies and topics of general medicine, the health experts recommended that functional dyspepsia should be evaluated thoroughly and its etiological agents should be emphasised critically.
The experts said that safe sharp waste management should be considered important and the paramedical staff should also be trained.
Awareness programmes should be arranged for the general public to highlight the hazards of gadgets and electronic items, they added.
They also said that manifestations of vitamin D deficiency must be given importance. They also stressed building a liaison among the departments of neurosurgery, neuromedicine and psychiatry.
Congratulatory tokens and souvenirs were awarded to the participants and winners of the posters and papers presentation.
Another session was organised on general medicine, which was chaired by Dr Zaigham Abbas. Meanwhile, a session was also held titled ‘Chronic Hepatitis-C Management’, which was chaired by Prof Saeed Hamid.
A case-control study was also presented on the factors associated with diabetic foot ulcers in Karachi. Chronic hepatitis C management with pegylated interferon would be replaced by oral antiviral therapy in the near future.
A scientific interaction between all the neuroscientific fields, including Neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry was also organised, which was chaired by Prof Hasan Aziz of the JPMC.
A study from primary healthcare setting in Karachi was presented on the prevalence of anxiety and depression in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and its effects on health related quality of life.
Prevalence of depression and its associated factors among resident doctors working in a training hospital in Karachi were also discussed.
