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Volume 36 Number 5 Year 2018

53 articles in this issue 

Shaukat Ali Jawaid; Masood Jawaid

doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.5.3009How to cite this:Jawaid SA, Jawaid M. Challenges faced by the Medical Editors in COVID19 Pandemic era. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(5):855-856.   doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.5.3009This is an Open A... see more

 

Nazish Imran, Masood Jawaid

doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.5.3042How to cite this:Imran N, Jawaid M. Artificial intelligence in medical education: Are we ready for it? Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(5):857-859.  doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.5.3042This is an Open Ac... see more

 

Zain Ali, Shahid Waseem, Riffat Aysha Anis, Mariam Anees

Objective: Cell Free mitochondrial DNA (CF mt-DNA) has emerged as a novel biomarker to investigate disease pathophysiology of different infections. The present study was designed to elucidate the association between CF mt-DNA, IL-6 and viral load in HIV, ... see more

 

Syed Tatheer Abbas, Dr, Ahmad Raza, Dr, Ihtasham Muhammad Ch, Dr, Tahira Hameed, Dr, Nausheen Hasham, Dr, Naveed Arshad

Background and Objectives: Milligan Morgan Hemorrhoidectomy is one of the most commonly performed surgeries. Post-operative pain is the major cause of morbidity in post hemorrhoidectomy patients. Metronidazole has an established role in relieving post hem... see more

 

Yi Sun, Liang Hong, Changbai Gao

Objective: To evaluate the correlation among 14-3-3? protein, inflammation, bone remodeling and osteoporosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the RA patients treated in our hospital were analyzed between Januar... see more

 

Emced Khalil, Sedat Ozcan

Background & Objective: Revascularization of the target vessel and restoration of distal flow is critical not only to reduce mortality and morbidity but also improve health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with critical limb ischemia. However, ... see more

 

Serap Tekbas, Ganna Pola

Objective: To determine the gender equality attitudes of nursing students studying at a private university, the sociodemographic factors affecting gender equality, and the difference in gender attitudes between Turkish and foreign students.Methods: This c... see more

 

Muhammad Azhar, Naima Zamir, Mishraz Shaikh, Inayat ullah

Objective: To evaluate clinical presentation and surgical outcome in children with enteric perforation.Methods: A descriptive retrospective study was conducted in Department of Paediatric Surgery at National Institute of Child Health, Karachi from August ... see more

 

Rashida Parveen, Mehnaz Khakwani, Munazza Latif, Ayesha Uzaima Tareen

Objective: To determine maternal and perinatal outcome after Ramadan fasting during pregnancyMethods: This cross sectional study was conducted at The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nishtar Hospital, Multan from May to October 2019. A total of 2... see more

 

Chunyan Luan, Zhigang Liu, Yongzhu Li, Tao Dong

Objectives: To study the correlations among helicobacter pylori infection, gastrin and colorectal cancer in patients aged over 50 years old.Methods: In this study, the patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer treated in the department of digestion of our... see more

 

Sabeen Nasir, Sara Ziaullah, Sadaf Alam, Muhammad Mumtaz Khan

Objectives: To study the morphological spectrum of endometrial changes with the thyroid hormone levels in infertile women.Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at Department of Pathology, Peshawar Medical College, Health Care Centre and Madina... see more

 

Nasir Ahmad, Dr, Nasir Shaheen, Dr, Sajjad Hussain, Dr

Background and Objectives: Internal displacement causes mental health problems and effect education of school going children. This study intended to find the relationship between mental health problems and education of children displaced during violence i... see more

 

Faryal Akbar Jalbani, Shiraz Shaikh, Subhani Fatima

Objective: To determine the time from onset of symptoms to start of fibrinolysis and treatment in acute ST elevated myocardial infarction patients and identify the factors which cause delay in treatment.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted at Na... see more

 

Huma Mamun Mahmud, Hormatz Diar Dara Dastoor

Objectives: To analyse the frequency, co morbidities and outcome ofAcute Kidney Injury (AKI) in elderly patients.Methods: This is an observational retrospective study performed in a secondary care Hospital located in Abu Dhabi. Study include adult patient... see more

 

Saleha Aziz, Maaha Ayub, Laiba Masood, Muneer Amanullah, Rukhsana Hameed, Shiraz Hashmi, Waris Ahmad

Objective: To compare pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative parameters in Down syndrome (DS) and non-DS patients with atrioventricular septal defects (AVSD) and inlet ventricular septal defects (VSD) in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan.Me... see more

 

Sana Kaleem, Rabia Ghafoor, Sidra Khan

Objectives: To compare the efficacy of tranexamic acid mesotherapy versus 0.9% normal saline for melasma by split-face study.Methods: It was a non-randomized clinical trial performed at the Dermatology ward of JPMC from September 2018 to June 2019 after g... see more

 

Ru-de Sui, Chun-guo Wang, Jin-cai Zhang, Hai-tao Wang

Objective: To explore the clinical effect of the application of CT navigation in the treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis with minimally invasive surgery - transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF).Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on ... see more

 

Madeeha Hassan, Fatima Shahzad, SH Waqar

Objective: To determine the motivational factors of medical students for selecting medical career as a profession.Methods: This was a survey based cross-sectional study. Medical students of first and second year from private and public medical colleges of... see more

 

Ayesha Kashmala Ghauri, Mohsin Wahid, Talat Mirza, Jahan Ara Ainuddin

Objectives: The purpose of our study was isolation of umbilical cord blood derived mesenchymal stem (UCB-MSCs), their direct differentiation towards keratinocytes without using feeder layers, cAMP inducers and hormones known for morphological maintenance ... see more

 

Tayyiba Wasim, Natasha Bushra, Saher Riaz, Hafiza Iqra Iqbal

Objectives: To assess maternal and fetal morbidity associated with placenta previa and morbidly adherent placenta (MAP).Methods: All patients with placenta previa who delivered in services hospital from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2019 were included. Mater... see more

 

Fadwa Taher, Bayan Hafiz, Taghreed Alnajjar, Bayan Almehmadi, Bayan Besharah, Abdulrahim Gari, Yasir Katib

Objectives: This study aims to compare the students’ performance in Obstetrics and Gynecology by using two teaching modalities, i.e., Flip the classroom (FTC) compared to Traditional lectures (TL) among final year medical students and assessment of the st... see more

 

Anam Aftab, Waqar Ahmed Awan, Shaista Habibullah, Jae Young Lim

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of Fragility Fracture Integrated Rehabilitation Management (FIRM) on mobility, activity of daily living and cognitive functioning in elderly with hip fracture.Methods: A randomized control trial was conducted at S... see more

 

Saba Asif, Azka Muddassar, Talala Zainab Shahzad, Mobeen Raouf, Tehmina Pervaiz

Objective: The main objective of the present study was to explore the frequency of Depression, anxiety and stress among university students in Sialkot, Pakistan.Method: Survey research method was used to collect data from three universities of Sialkot by ... see more

 

Shao-wei Xue, Yu-kun Luo, Yu-rong Zhao, Zi-yu Jiao

Objective: To explore the role of musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) in the differential diagnosis of gouty arthritis (GA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to analyze the ultrasound imaging features of the two diseases.Methods: A retrospective study was c... see more

 

Madiha Sajjad, Samina Iltaf, Rehan Ahmed Khan

Objectives: To analyze the low to medium distractor efficiency items in a multiple-choice question (MCQ) paper for item writing flaws.Methods: This qualitative study was conducted at Islamic International Medical College Rawalpindi, in October 2019. Archi... see more

 

Riaz Shahbaz Janjua, Jamilah Riaz, Wafa Omer

Objective: The students and teachers are major stakeholders whenever there is a change in the curriculum. Objective of the study was to assess the views of Third Year MBBS students and college teachers involved in teaching Third Year MBBS class regarding ... see more

 

Fahim Vohra, Abdulelah Andejani, Osamah Alamri, Abdulaziz Alshehri, Rana S Al-Hamdan, Thamer Almohareb, Tariq Abduljabbar

Objective: The use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) is increasing rapidly. However, its discoloring effect on dental restorations is not known. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of ENDS aerosol when compared to conventional cigarette s... see more

 

Malik Mahmood Ahmed, Sanniya Khan Ghauri, Arslaan Javaeed, Nazish Rafique, Wajid Hussain, Nasir Khan

Objective: To determine the trends of utilization of CBC parameters in patient management among doctors in different hospitals in Kashmir, Pakistan.Methods: A self-administered questionnaire-based survey was carried out amongst doctors working in four hos... see more

 

Asadullah Khan, Muhammad Haroon, Farhan Bashir, Zia ud Din

Objective: To analyze the clinical manifestation of patients with Behcet’s disease, and performance of different classification criteria of Behcet’s disease in our population.Methods: It was a retrospective analysis of all Behcet’s disease patients attend... see more

 

Na Cui, Zhanbiao Yu, Zhi Chen, Ning Chen

Objective: To explore the correlation of procalcitonin (PCT) and gelsolin (GSN) with the prognosis of urosepsis patients.Method: The data of 71 urosepsis patients from March 2015 to April 2019 who were admitted to and treated in Affiliated Hospital of Heb... see more

 

Ghulam Mustafa, Dr., Muhammad Khalid, Ijaz Ahmed, Dr., Muhammad Abu Talib, Dr.

Background and Objective: Parathormone (PTH) and serum Vitamin D3 (VD3) share a complex interplay where increased VD3 leads to a negative response on parathormone level. Our objective was to determine the correlation of parathormone (PTH) and Vitamin D3 (... see more

 

Anbreen Aziz, Usman Mahboob, Ahsan Sethi

Objective: To explore problems faced by struggling undergraduate medical students and their impact on student’s academics.Methods: A qualitative case study was carried out from March to August 2019. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposi... see more

 

Jian Liu, Liya Zhou, Sanren Lin, Bei Yao

Objective: To determine the clinical value of a matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) antibody array in diagnosing gastric cancer (GC).Methods: In this prospective study, serum samples of patients with GC (n=66) and non-neoplastic gastric disease (NGD; n=34) wer... see more

 

Samara Siddique, M. Yaser Imran, Muhammad Naeem Afzal, Uzma Malik

Background and objective: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a common inflammatory disorder affected by various factors, including fasting. The objective of the study was to establish the effect of Ramadan fasting on DAS 28 in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients... see more

 

Nazia Mumtaz, Ghulam Saqulain

Objectives: To investigate the Barriers and Priorities accorded by hospital and health administrators to neo-natal hearing screening.Methods: This qualitative exploratory descriptive study employing purposive sampling technique was conducted in Islamabad,... see more

 

Shahid Bashir, Ghulam Murtaza, Sultan Ayoub Meo, Abeer Al-Masri

Objectives: Cigarette and Shisha smoking is becoming a common practice in young generation worldwide. Since, this is a growing threat to public health, our study aims to investigate the cognitive function responses of cigarette and Shisha inhalation ... see more

 

Shaista Jabeen, Rukhsana Kausar

Objective: Frequency data on mental disorders is a crucial requirement for primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. However, such local data is sparse. The study aimed to estimate frequency and gender differences of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) ... see more

 

Lubna Feroz, Syed Fawad Rizvi, Saliha Naz, Tanweer Hassan Khan

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of macular hole index (MHI) as a predicting factor of visual outcome after full thickness macular hole surgery.Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted at LRBT Free Base Eye Hospital, Karachi from Janu... see more

 

Ngozi R. Njeze, Joseph O. Ogbochukwu, Josephat M. Chinawa

Background & Objectives: Estimation of fetal maturity is common in obstetric practice especially when the women do not keep accurate menstrual records. An accurate establishment of expected date of delivery is fundamental to the management of both high ri... see more

 

Melike Mercan Baspinar, Okcan Basat

Objectives: To assess inappropriate analgesic use (IAU) by comparison of STOPP/START Version-2 and Beers 2019 criteria.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of 331 elderly patients admitted to family medicine clinics at a tertiary hospital between Febr... see more

 

Zhaohui Ning, Xiping Liu, Guang Qin, Lei Wei, Xia Li, Jingjing Shen

Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics and treatment methods of rhabdomyosarcoma in children and the efficacy of the methods.Methods: The clinical data of 30 children with rhabdomyosarcoma who were admitted to our hospital from August 2013... see more

 

Saher Akbar Amanat, Dr Asad Aslam Khan, Dr Haroon Tayyab, Dr Sohail Sarwar

Objective: To investigate the effect of pan retinal photocoagulation (PRP) on Optic nerve head blood flow with OCT angiography in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy.Methods: This prospective interventional study was conducted at Eye Unit III... see more

 

Muhammad Tahir, Nadeem Ahmed, Dr, Muhammad Qasim Ali Samejo, Dr, Allah Rakhio Jamali, Prof

Objective: To determine the association of body mass index (BMI) with 30 days and 1-year mortality outcomes of orthopedic elderly patients after hip fracture surgery.Methods: This is prospective study conducted at Department of Orthopaedics, at a tertiary... see more

 

Tangxia Liu, Jing Wang, Chunmei Li, Lingzhi Jia

Objective: To analyze the effect of decitabine combined with conventional chemotherapy on myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and its influencing factors.Methods: Eighty patients with MDS who were admitted to our hospital were selected by this study between Fe... see more

 

Rahma Mohammad Alyami, Abdulrahman Mohammed Alhwaikan, Abdullah Rashed Alharbi, Ghada AL-Nafisah

Objectives: To assess the impact of supervised exercise training (SET) on pulmonary function Parameters, exercise capacity and Irisin biomarker in Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) patients.Methods: Ten (10) patients with ILD and 18 healthy controls of age ... see more

 

Naveed Ali Siddiqui, Saba Fatima, Fatima Bint Taj, Ayesha Shahid, Zulfiqar Ali Moosa

Objective: To study the depression among medical and engineering students of different medical and engineering colleges in Karachi, Pakistan.Methods: A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted at different medical and engineering colleges of Karach... see more

 

Syed Fayaz Mujtaba, Jawaid Akbar Sial, Prof, Musa Karim

Background and Objective: Depression and anxiety are very common in patients with cardiac diseases. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has not only decreased mortality but angina, heart failure and recurrent hospitalization all are improve... see more

 

Nazish Imran, Irum Aamer, Muhammad Imran Sharif, Zubair Hassan Bodla, Sadiq Naveed

As COVID-19 grips the world, many people are quarantined or isolated resulting in adverse consequences for the mental health of youth. This rapid review takes into account the impact of quarantine on mental health of children and adolescents, an... see more

 

Afzal Javed, E. Mohandas, Avinash De Sousa

COVID-19 is a viral infection that has multisystemic physical and psychological complications. The following paper looks at the various challenges seen while treating psychiatric patients during the COVID pandemic. There is a need for physician to be awar... see more

 

Sabri Selcuk Atamanalp

Sigmoid volvulus (SV), the wrapping of the sigmoid colon around itself, is a rare colonic obstruction form. SV requires emergency endoscopic or surgical treatment following an urgent resuscitation and the prognosis is relatively poor. Although many differ... see more

 

Muhammad Athar Sadiq; Marwa Salim Al Habsi; Sunil Kumar Nadar, Muhammad Mujtaba Shaikh, Hafidh Aqeel BaOmar

Contrast induced neurotoxicity (CIN) is a rare complication of cardiac catheterization and re-exposure to contrast medium carries the risk of recurrent CIN. We report a case of successful contrast re-challenge in a 60-year-old female patient who developed... see more

 

Malik Muhammad Ali Awan, PT, DPT, Sidra Qureshi, PT, DPT, Kiran Khushnood, PT, DPT

doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.5.2880How to cite this:Awan MMA, Qureshi S, Khushnood K. Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapist; A rescuer for the patients suffering from COVID-19. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(5):1143-1144. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.... see more