Insights
On running a modern practice in Pakistan.
Heart & Blood Pressure
Acute Chest Pain Triage in the Low-Resource OPD: A GP Pathway
ECG in 10 minutes, aspirin 300 mg, HEART-informed sorting and safe referral: chest pain triage for GP clinics…
Read more →Hypertension in Primary Care: ACC/AHA, ESC 2024 and NICE NG136
BP stages, out-of-office confirmation, first-line drugs and over-80 targets: a reconciled hypertension pathwa…
Read more →Diabetes & Hormones
Type 2 Diabetes: Diagnosis and Management per ADA Standards 2026
Diagnostic cutoffs, HbA1c targets by age and frailty, metformin plus SGLT2i/GLP-1 choices, and complication s…
Read more →Gastroenterology & Liver
Hepatitis C in Primary Care: Screening and DAA Treatment (Pakistan)
Anti-HCV to PCR to pan-genotypic DAAs: how Pakistani GPs can screen, stage with APRI or FIB-4, and cure hepat…
Read more →General
The Urdu prescription: the cheapest adherence intervention there is
Half of treatment failure is patients not taking medicines as intended — often because the parchi was never r…
Read more →AI intake: the OPD visit that starts before the patient sits down
A 5-minute AI conversation before the visit collects the history, screens red flags, and suggests tests — so …
Read more →Why Pakistani clinics are finally going digital in 2026
Paper files lose 100% of their value the day a patient returns without their parchi. What changed to make EHR…
Read more →Infectious Diseases
XDR Typhoid in Pakistan: Diagnosis and Antibiotic Selection
Blood culture first, azithromycin and carbapenems as the last reliable options: a practical XDR typhoid guide…
Read more →Dengue Fever: OPD Risk Stratification and Management in Pakistan
WHO 2009/2023 dengue classification, warning signs, CBC-based monitoring and referral thresholds for GPs mana…
Read more →Women & Pregnancy
Anemia in Pregnancy: Screening and Management in the ANC Clinic
Trimester-specific Hb cutoffs, iron and folate dosing, thalassaemia traps and referral thresholds for antenat…
Read more →Child Health
Pediatric Pneumonia: IMCI Classification and Antibiotic Choices
Fast-breathing cutoffs by age, chest indrawing rules, amoxicillin dosing and referral triggers for childhood …
Read more →Pediatric Gastroenteritis: IMCI Dehydration Assessment, ORS and Zinc
IMCI dehydration classification, Plans A/B/C, low-osmolarity ORS volumes and zinc dosing for children with di…
Read more →Chest & TB
TB in Primary Care: Case Finding, GeneXpert and DOTS Referral
Cough over 2 weeks, GeneXpert Ultra first, 2HRZE/4HR via DOTS: a practical tuberculosis pathway for Pakistani…
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