56 articles in this issue
Shaukat Ali Jawaid
doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.2278How to cite this:Jawaid SA. Plight of Dentistry in Pakistan. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(3):299-302. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.2278This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the... see more
Lubna Ansari Baig
doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.2396How to cite this:Baig LA. Women Empowerment or Feminism: Facts and Myths about Feminization of Medical Education. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(3):303-305. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.2396This is an O... see more
Ikram Ullah Khan, Abdul Latif, Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Kashif Chishti, Sadia Sadiq
Objective: To find out the outcome of management of brain abscess in children.Methods: This is prospective observational study conducted in the Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery at Children’s Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Multan from July 20... see more
Aisha Rafi, Sana Sayeed, Muhammad Idrees Anwar
Objective: To determine the morphological variations and location of pterion in Pakistani male population.Methods: This retrospective observational study was carried out in the Department of Radiology, Shifa International Hospital from December 2018 to Ju... see more
Imran Khan Jalbani, Syed Mohammad Nazim, Dr, Maria Ahmed, Dr, Farhat Abbas, Professor
Background and Objective: Open partial nephrectomy (PN) is still considered gold standard procedure for T1 localized renal tumors. Conventional technique involves clamping of the renal artery with or without vein however, renal ischemia produces a certain... see more
Yanfeng Sun, Xiaohui Guo, Lingling Zhang, Wenqian Zhang, Yuqin Zuo
Objective: To compare and analyze the clinical efficacy of brain radiotherapy combined with targeted therapy and concurrent radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with brain metastasis.Methods: Fifty-eight pat... see more
Mukhtiar Baig, Zohair Jamil Gazzaz, Mohamed Farooq
Objective: To explore the impact of Blackboard (Bb) formative assessment on the final score in the endocrine module and determine the medical students’ perception of the impact and effectiveness of Bb.Methods: This exploratory case study was carried out a... see more
Surraiya Bano, Dr, Saleem Akhtar; Uzma Rahim Khan
Objective: To observe presentation of Pediatric congenital cardiac defects to the Emergency Department (ED) of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan.Methods: This is a retrospective chart review of patients under the age of 16 years with congenital cardiac... see more
Hala Haq, Nasir Uddin, Saleem Ahmed Khan, Sunia Ghaffar
Objective: To find out the frequency of ZAP-70, CD38 and CD49d in patients diagnosed with CLL in our population.Methods: This is a cross sectional study conducted in Army Medical College in collaboration with Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and Milita... see more
Muhammad Hafeez, Muhammad Nadeem, Mahmood Ahmed, Faheem-ur- Rehman
Objective: To identify the stage of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) at the time of presentation.Methods: This cross sectional observational prospective study was carried out at Gastro Department of Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Multan from August 2017 t... see more
Creteanu Razvan, Monica Popa, Ana-Maria Incze, Creteanu Cristina
Objective: This study estimated the concentration of Ca, Mg and F in drinking water from five counties in Transylvania, Romania and correlated these with mineral values found in the dentine of permanent carious teeth. The role of these minerals on the re-... see more
Saba Latif, Quratulain Kalam, Bader Faiyaz Zuberi
Objective: To determine correlation between transient elastography values with serum ferritin and duration of infection in patients of hepatitis C.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at medical units of Civil Hospital, Karachi. The study protoc... see more
Kaleem Ullah Toori, Asma Chaudhry
Background and Objective: Data about causes of chronic cough are lacking in our part of world. The aim of our study was to look for spectrum of causes in our setup and to determine a correlation between causes of cough and baseline factors of age, gender,... see more
Saira Jafri, Naseem Ahmed, Nausheen Saifullah, Mehak Musheer
Objective: The literature on interstitial lung diseases is limited. The aim of this research was to make this entity of diseases more understandable to clinicians and general population of the region of Pakistan.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional stu... see more
Turgut Sahinöz, Saime Sahinöz
Objective: To determine the lifestyles, healthy living strategies and socio-cultural characteristics of elderly people who lived long and healthy.Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study. This study was conducted on 472 elderly patients, aged 80 ye... see more
Lijiang Han, Xinjiang Song, Bin Yu, Mingliang Zhou, Liping Zhang, Guogang Sun
Objective: To evaluate the safety of preoperative stent insertion and compare the short- and long-term outcomes between preoperative stent insertion and emergency surgery in the treatment of obstructive left-sided colorectal cancer.Methods: The clinical d... see more
Attia Bari, Nighat Sultana, Sana Mehreen, Nadia Sadaqat, Izza Imran, Rashida Javed
Objective: To determine the patterns of maternal nutrition status by using mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) and to examine the association of maternal nutritional status with the nutritional status of malnourished children under two years of age.Me... see more
Benash Altaf, Anam Rehman, Shireen Jawed, Abdul Raouf
Objective: To investigate the association of gold standard liver biomarkers with serum cytokeratin 18 (CK18), serum Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and serum aspartate (AST).Methods: This was cross sectional study. It was conducted at Mayo Hospital from Ja... see more
Ghulam Sarwar Pirkani, Mohammad Arif Awan, Ferhat Abbas, Mohammad Din
Objectives: Urinary tract infections are the second most common bacterial infections occurring at all ages and both sexes. The increasing rate of antibiotic resistance is a global concern. The use of routinely used antibiotics is resulting in treatment fa... see more
Yuqin Zhao, Xuemei Dai, Jinzhi Ji, Ping Cheng
Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy of bronchial lavage under fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the treatment of severe pulmonary infection.Methods: One hundred forty eight patients with severe pulmonary infection who were admitted to our hospital fr... see more
Salman Jamil, M Hammad Ather
Objective: To evaluate the impact of nephrostomy tube type on postoperative pain and blood loss following percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL).Methods: This is a prospective non-randomized study performed at Aga Khan University Hospital from July 2017 to J... see more
Alia Ali Muhammed, Azeem Taj, Muhammed Uthman Ahmed, Elsa Tabrez
Objectives: To determine the frequency of impaired fasting glucose in first degree relatives of people with Type-II diabetes and its association with BMI.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Diabetic clinic of Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore... see more
Imran Altaf, Shahzad Shams, Anjum Habib Vohra
Background & Objective: A Craniotomy (CO) or decompressive craniectomy (DC) are the two main surgical procedures employed for evacuation of acute traumatic subdural hematoma (ASDH). However, the optimal surgical procedure remains controversial. The b... see more
Fahim Vohra, Manea Altwaim, Abdulaziz Alshuwaier, Modhi Al Deeb, Yasser Alfawaz, Mohammed Alrabiah, Tariq Abduljabbar
Objective: To investigate the failure loads of dentin bonded all-ceramic crowns when luted with Bioactive, resin and glass ionomer cements (GIC) in an in-vitro setting.Methods: This study was conducted at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, from Nov.2018 ... see more
Lal Rehman, Professor, Munwar Sheikh, Fellow, Ali Afzal, Raza Rizvi, Professor
Objective: To determine the risk factors, presentation and outcome of meningomyelocele repairMethods: We reviewed 150 cases operated for meningomyelocele (MMC) at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Karachi between May 2015 and May 2018. Data of infants op... see more
Muhammad Haseeb Nawaz, Shahid Sarwar, Muhammad Arif Nadeem
Objective: To determine efficacy of diclofenac suppository in reducing post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP) and identify risk factors for PEP.Methods: This is a placebo-based prospective study at Department of Medicine & Gastroenterology, Services Institute of Me... see more
Muhammad Owais Rashid, Sumerah Jabeen, Adeel Khoja, Najmul Islam
Background and Objective: GLP-one receptor agonists are amongst the unique antidiabetes medications that have significant metabolic and cardiovascular benefits in addition to glucose lowering effect. To best of our knowledge, there is no published data on... see more
Zhongbing Liu, Genling Tang, Shuguang Guo, Bin Cai, Qingsong Li
Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic effects of internal fixation with support plates and cannulated screws via the posterolateral approach on supination external rotation stage IV ankle fracture.Methods: Eighty-five patients with SER-IV°ankle fracture ... see more
Sadia Falak, Dr, Lubna Aftab, Dr,MBBS, Muhammad Saeed, Prof Dr, Aftab Islam, Dr,MBBS
Objective: Serum Vitamin-D plays pivotal role in inflammatory and infectious diseases; among them liver infections are more distinct. This study was aimed to determine Vitamin-D status in HCV-infected patients and healthy controls in Faisalabad, Pakistan.... see more
Muhammad Azeem Ashfaq, Iram Javed, Assistant Professor, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Rizwan Yaseen
Objective: The role of methyl prednisolone in longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis in children is not completely discovered in developing country like Pakistan. So this is the first study which aimed to evaluate the efficacy of methyl prednisolone i... see more
Naima Zamir, Naima Rasool
Objective: To document our experience of the primary anterior sagittal anorectoplasty (ASARP) in female patients with lower and wide fistula in term of the early post operative outcome.Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted in one surgic... see more
Xiaofeng Chen, Zhuohui Gan, Wuchao Tian, Yongkai Lv
Objective: To evaluate the effects of rehabilitation training of core muscle stability on stroke patients with hemiplegia.Methods: A total of 180 stroke patients who were hospitalized from December 2017 to December 2018 were enrolled. They were randomly d... see more
Roshila Shamim, RS, Sumaira Farman, SF, Shabnam Batool, SB, Saira Elaine Anwer Khan, SEAK, Muhammad Kamil Hussain Raja, MKHR
Objective: To determine the association of systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index (SLEDAI) score in pediatric onset SLE (p-SLE) with clinical and laboratory parameters.Methods: This cross sectional observational study was conducted at Divisio... see more
Humaira Fayyaz Khan, Raheela Yasmeen
Objective: Domains of professionalism are well-described in the literature. Examining the elements of Professionalism in the local context have received less attention from education experts. The aim of the study was to explore the construct of profession... see more
Huma Arshad Cheema, Iqra Ghulam Rasool, Muhammad Nadeem Anjum, Muhammad Yasir Zahoor
Objective: Genetic variation analysis of rare autosomal recessive Niemann-Pick disease (NPD) Pakistani patients.Methods: We sequenced the SMPD1 gene including its all coding and flanking regions in seven unrelated sporadic patients suffering from Niemann-... see more
Guangyu Sun Sun, Shuyan Wang, Guangsheng Liu
Objective: To evaluate the effect of preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimen of XELOX (capecitabine combined with oxaliplatin) on surgical condition and oncogene expression in advanced gastric cancer.Methods: From January 2015 to July 2016, 124 pati... see more
Amjad Ali, Abdur Rasheed, Subia Naz
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess nurses’ health-related quality of life.Methods: This cross-sectional analytical study was accomplished among 154 nurses. Data were collected from two tertiary care hospitals of Karachi. Consent was taken prio... see more
Qurban Hussain, Mulazim Hussain Bukhari, Faiza Afzaal, Wajiha Fatima
Objective: To determine the frequency of microalbuminuria (MAU) or Moderate Albumin Excretion (MAE) in treatment naïve type II diabetic patients and to compare the frequency of silent myocardial ischemia in treatment naive Type-II diabetic patients with a... see more
Xiaoxia Du, Chengyan Zhao, Shiqing Liu, Shufen Su
Objective: To investigate the clinical effect of ambroxol in the treatment of asthmatic bronchitis.Methods: One hundred and twenty patients with asthmatic bronchitis who were admitted to our hospital from June 2017 to August 2018 were selected as the rese... see more
Farzana Abubakar Yousuf, Khawar Kazmi, Junaid Iqbal, Nikhat Ahmed, Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal
Objective: To find out if there is any relationship of methylation status of ABO gene promoter with the risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in a hospital-based Pakistani population in Karachi, Pakistan.Methods: A case control study comprising of 39 ... see more
Danyal Wahid, Hifza Rabbani, Ayesha Inam, Zuba'a Akhtar
Objectives: To investigate the severity of cognitive dysfunction and sleep quality impairment in patients with middle cerebral artery (MCA) strokes across the left and right hemisphere. Moreover, it also study gender differences with respect to MCA stroke... see more
Ning Wang, Na Zheng, Mei Dong, Jin He
Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy of paroxetine combined with olanzapine in the treatment of senile schizophrenia with depression.Methods: Eighty-four elderly schizophrenic patients with depression who were admitted to our hospital from Augu... see more
Ayesha Saba Naz, Aisha Qamar, Sama Ul Haque, Yawar Zaman, Faisal Faheem
Objectives: To calculate the anterior lamina cribrosa depth (ALCD) and lamina cribrosa thickness (LCT) in primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) patients and controls and to correlate lamina cribrosa (LC) parameters to retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNF... see more
Zaid A. Al Jeaidi
Objective: The aim was to assess the influence of Er,Cr:YSGG laser (ECL) and fractional carbon dioxide laser (FCL) on the shear bond strength (SBS) and microleakage of bioactive restorative material to dentin.Methods: The study was performed in King Saud ... see more
Tao Zhang, Hai Jiang, Chen Yu Ming, Yan Wang, Deng Mao, Yuan fu Wei
Objective: To investigate the effects of two kinds of surgical resection schemes, a conventional open surgical scheme and a thoracolaparoscopic esophagectomy surgical scheme, on operation-related clinical indexes, inflammatory cytokines and complicat... see more
Naima Ishtiaq, Ms., Nazia Mumtaz, Dr., Ghulam Saqulain, Dr.
Objectives: To determine the level of stress experienced and coping strategies used by parents of hearing impaired and autistic children.Methods: Using non-probability convenience sampling this cross sectional study recruited n =200 parents of hearing imp... see more
Tabinda Nawaz Khan, Farhan Raza Khan, Dr, Syed Yawar Ali Abidi, Dr
Objective: To compare the microleakage around resin modified glass ionomer cement (RMGIC) based sealants and flowable resin based sealants placed with or without ameloplasty in extracted human teeth.Methods: This in-vitro experimental study was conducted ... see more
Jianfang Wang, Xuemei Lu, Chunhong Wang, Xuemei Li
Objective: To analyze the clinical effect of delivery ball and free position delivery nursing in primipara delivery.Methods: Total 110 primipara who were admitted to the department of gynecology and obstetrics of our hospital from August 2017 to August 20... see more
Nukhbat Ullah Awan, Dr, Khalid Muneer Cheema, Prof Dr, Fatima Naumeri, Dr, Samina Qamar, Dr
Objective: To determine the frequency of Allergic Fungal Rhino-sinusitis (AFRS) in Chronic Rhino-sinusitis (CRS) patients and the accuracy of fungal culture in diagnosing AFRS.Methods: Immunocompetent patients with CRS and without invasive fungal rhino-si... see more
Ma-long Guo, Song-tao Yue, Jiang-yi Wang, Hong-xun Cui
Objective: To discuss the function of mixed reality (MR) technology in guiding location of intervertebral foramen microscopic puncture and analyze its feasibility and clinical application value.Methods: Sixty patients with lumbar intervertebral disc who w... see more
Ghaazaan Khan, Zahid Nazar, Mian Mukhtiar Ul-Haq, Mian Iftikhar Hussain
Objective: To assess the attitudes of psychiatric patients towards electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as a treatment modality.Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from 1st January, 2017 to 15th April, 2018 in Department of Psychiatry... see more
Li-na Shang, Gui-xin Di, Feng-ju Wei, Zheng Zhang
Objective: This study aims to discuss the value of ultrasonic analysis and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibody analysis in evaluating the state of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods: This study was conducted during March 2016 to December 2016.... see more
Muhammad Afzal Bodla, Ali Afzal Bodla, Ayema Moazzam, Noor Tariq
Objective: To evaluate the correlation between refractive errors and change in intraocular pressure in patients undergoing cataract surgery.Methods: This interventional retrospective case study was carried out from September 2018 to April 2019 at Bodla Ey... see more
Abdul Basit, Asher Fawwad, Kulsoom Baqa
Diabetes registries can be used to monitor the prevalence and incidence of diabetes. Diabetes registries are used in many countries for population management of diabetes, outcomes management, and development of Clinician finding Support Structure, fo... see more
Sehrish Fatima, Iram Manzoor, Aneeqa Mumtaz Joya, Shehzeen Arif, Sadia Qayyum
Objectives: To estimate frequency of stunting and associated factors in children aged less than five years in a tertiary care hospital of Lahore.Methods: An Analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in Pediatrics Outpatient Department at Akhtar Saeed... see more
Saleh A. AlAsiri
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease. In some patients, Primary Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) is considered to be an autoimmune condition. Their coexistence is rare and suggests autoimmune perturbation. We describe a patient who was determined to... see more