Vol. 73 No. 8 (2023): AUGUST

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Published: 2023-07-15

EDITORIAL

Challenges to multiple sclerosis care in Pakistan

Haris Majid Rajput, Mohammad Wasay

1573-1576
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Original Article

Effect of texting and handwriting on hand-grip and key-pinch strength among female-collegiate students: randomized controlled trial

Tarek Mohamed Fathi El-gohary , Marwan Mahmoud Aljohani

1577-1582
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Research Article

Frequency of psychiatric illnesses and opinion/vantage of patients attending neurology out-patient department

Nazia Nazir, Maryam Khokhar, Muhmmad Numan Akram, Saadia Saleem, Muhammad Naveed Alam, Iqra Yousaf

1583-1586
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Intraoperative epidural analgesia practices and their outcomes in major abdominal surgeries at a tertiary care hospital

Amber Gulamani, Azhar Rehman, Mohsin Nazir, Zainab Shabbir

1587-1591
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Short term side effects of inactivated COVID-19 vaccines among Pakistani population: a survey-based cross-sectional study

Zunaira Nawaz, Mariyam Zahid, Mariam Sajjad, Naveen Azhar, Noor ul Elmah Hasan, Arooma Shaukat Siddiqui

1592-1597
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Hamstring tightness among individuals with neck and low back pain: a cross-sectional study in a public sector institute of Karachi

Abida Perveen, Syed Shahzad Ali, Aftab Ahmed Mirza Baig

1598-1602
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Application of new WHO classification on malignancies of sinonasal tract: correlation with epidemiology and survival in Pakistani population

Zainab Waseem, Sajid Mushtaq, Usman Hassan, Mudassar Hussain, Asif Loya, Raza Hussain, Arif Jamshaid

1603-1609
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The mutational landscape of genetic cholestatic diseases in Pakistani children

Huma Arshad Cheema, Nadia Waheed, Anjum Saeed, Muhammad Nadeem Anjum, Zafar Fayyaz, Sadaqat Ijaz

1610-1621
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Nutritional risk assessment of Critically Ill patients based on NUTRIC score at Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad

Zainab Bibi, Mahpara Safdar, Rezzan Khan

1622-1627
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Clinical outcomes and predictors of mortality in COVID-19 patients admitted to a High Dependency Unit in Pakistan-a cross-sectional study

Samar Fatima, Sara Shamim, Taymmia Ejaz

1628-1633
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Prevalence of cyberchondria among university students: an emerging challenge of the 21st century

Sabeen Sabir, Irum Naqvi

1634-1639
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Confronting challenges: an inductive thematic analysis of barriers and solutions to undergraduate medical research in Pakistan

Tehniat Faraz Ahmed, Affan Ahmed, Quratulain Humayun, Syed Hamza Sohail, Fauzia Imtiaz

1640-1646
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Perceptions and experiences of nursing students and faculty members regarding implementation of the BS-Nursing program

Abdul Karim, Yasmin Noorali Amarsi, Yasmin Nadeem Parpio, Laila Akber Cassum, Munira Amirali, Shakir Rahman

1647-1652
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Post-traumatic growth among frontline doctors fighting against COVID-19 at a tertiary care public hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

Kheenpal Das, Saima Qureshi, Anum Haider, Muhammad Tarique, Rinku Rani Bhatija

1653-1657
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Awareness, practices, attitudes, and barriers of telehealth in Saudi Arabia

Raed Abdullah Alharbi

1658-1662
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Audit

Pre-infusion checklist for rituximab in pemphigus vulgaris patients: clinical audit

Farah Sagheer, Maham Kayani, Elma Khalil

1663-1674
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Scoping Review

A scoping review of the literature of research ethics committees and ethics review framework in Pakistan: what we know and what we still need to learn

Farah Asif, Faisal Sultan , Iqra Masood, Shahtaj Baig, Perihan Elif Ekmecki, Vina Vaswani, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Francis Crawley

1667-1692
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Systematic Reviews

A challenging diagnosis of rare co-existent multiple myeloma and prostate adenocarcinoma: a systematic review of case reports

Rashid Iqbal , Shafi Rehman, Mahnoor Sukaina, Hameed Ullah, Maha Hameed, Uzair Chattha

1684-1692
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The leading role of evidence-based practices in the treatment of patients with substance use disorders: a systematic review

Mafia Shahzadi, Sana Hafeez, Qasir Abbas, Saba Ehsaan, Muhammad Umar Khan

1675-1683
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Narrative Review

Causes and consequences of the shortage of physicians in Sindh, Pakistan: a local perspective

Rehan Khan

1693-1700
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Case Report

Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormalities caused by rotation-stretching injury manifesting as Brown-Sequard syndrome: a case report

Wentao Zhong, Mengyang Pu, Yu Zhang, Peng Zhang, Yixin Shen

1732-1734
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A case reported with 46, XX testicular disorders of sexual development and its possible association with dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour

Saira Furqan, Muhammad Waleed, Soban Arif Maan , Sumera Batool, Naeemul Haque

1712-1715
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Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis: an unusual case of anaemia with pulmonary involvement

Momina Khan, Murtaza Ali Gowa, Ghazala Jamal, Hira Nawaz, Syed Muhammad Aqeel Abidi

1729-1731
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A novel experience of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block with sedation in breast cancer surgery: a case report

Tanveer Alam, Rabeea Sajid Qureshi, Syed Raza Mehdi

1735-1737
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An improvised approach for regaining mouth opening and managing tooth wear in oral sub-mucous fibrosis

Farhan Raza Khan, Muhammad Rizwan Nazeer

1716-1719
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An unfortunate incident of a surgical swab left in the sphenoid sinus for eight years

Hamid Shah, Imran Mohib Khan, Ayub Khan

1762-1764
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Potassium channel subfamily T member 1(KCNT1) pathological variant causing epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures: a case report

Prem Chand, Meher Angez, Ayesha Nasir Hameed, Salman Kirmani

1720-1722
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Case report of a rare incidentaloma of the adrenal gland—Schwannoma

Usama Muhammad Kathia, Azfar Ali, Ammar Tariq Alvi, Ali Waqar Chaudhry, Hamid Elahi, Khizar Hayat Gondal

1726-1728
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Perioperative hypertensive response in a patient with implanted deep brain stimulation device: a case report

Waleed Bin Ghaffar, Muhammad Arham Shahid, Irfan Ul Haq, Muhammad Sohaib

1723-1725
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Short Communication

Post-stroke swallowing and communication complications: prevalence and association with comorbid conditions and risk factors

Fazaila Ehsaan, Nazia Mumtaz, Ghulam Saqulain

1700-1703
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Perceptions of intermediate students towards nursing as a career choice in Swat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Amir Sultan, Afrooz Bibi, Haseen Jamal, Fayaz Ahmed, Shabana, Muhammad Imran

1703-1705
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Incidental prostate cancer: a 23-year review of a tertiary care hospital

Abdul khalique, Mudassir Hussain, Pardeep Kumar, Mazhar Ali, Asad Shehzad Hassan, Altaf Hashmi

1709-1711
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The Imposter Syndrome in Surgical Residents

Muhammad Zeb, Sabir Khan Khattak, Farukh Ozair Shah, Syed Shayan Shah, Syed Qasim Ali Shah, Abdul Haseeb

1706-1708
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RECENT ADVANCES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY

Endocrine Prehabilitation

Sanjay Kalra, Gaurav Sachdeva, Nitin Kapoor

1738-1739

BAROCRINOLOGY

Barometric Nervosa

Sanjay Kalra, Nitin Kapoor, Saurabh Arora

1742-1743

PRIMARY CARE DIABETES

Geriatric Goalposts: Of Independence And Interdependence

Minakshi Dhar, Monika Pathania, Deepak Khandelwal, Sanjay Kalra

1740-1741

EVIDENCE BASED NEURO-ONCOLOGY

The role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in evaluation of Primary CNS lymphoma: The path less travelled

Sharjeel Usmani, Anjali Jain, Khulood Al Riyami, Shah P Naumani, Rashid Al-Sukaiti, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim

1744-1746

IMAGING CORNER

Gallbladder Emulating Hepatic Haemangioma on Gastrointestinal Bleed Scan

Kinza Abdul Hye, Muhammad Numair Younis

1747-1748

REHABILITATION SCIENCES CORNER

An Overview of the Management and Rehabilitation of Dysphagia

Mari Nakao-Kato, Farooq Azam Rathore

1749-1752

Letter to the Editor

Osteoporosis’s undertreatment in Pakistan

Usama Atiq, Rameen Rafique, Sami Atiq, Eesha Tehreem

1753-1753
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Climate Change, COVID-19, and Flood disasters in Pakistan

Ameer Muhammad, Saba Noor

1754-1754
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Comment on Syeda Amna Bukhari, et al. (J Pak Med Assoc. 72: 1909-1912, 2022) Comparison of exergaming and vestibular training on gaze stability, balance, and gait performance of older adults: A single blind randomized control trial

Muhammad Tawab Khalil, Farooq Azam Rathore, Imran Irshad

1759-1760
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Response on Syeda Amna Bukhari, et al. (J Pak Med Assoc. 72: 1909-1912, 2022) Comparison of exergaming and vestibular training on gaze stability, balance and gait performance of older adults: A single blind randomized control trial

Syeda Amna Bukhari, Misbah Ghous, Poshmal Butt, Sania Khawar Kiyani, Aroosa Tariq

1761-1761
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Comment on Awais Ur Rehman, et al. (J Pak Med Assoc. 72: 2180-2183, 2022) Assessment of quality of life of stroke survivors and their caregivers presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan

Muhammad Tawab Khalil, Farooq Azam Rathore

1755-1756
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Response Awais Ur Rehman, et al. (J Pak Med Assoc. 72: 2180-2183, 2022) Assessment of quality of life of stroke survivors and their caregivers presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan

Awais Ur Rehman, Rauf Niazi, Hassan Ur Rehman, Ayesha Javed

1757-1758
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Monsoon floods: A challenge to Pakistan’s already fragile healthcare infrastructure

Muhammad Moiz Nasir, Adam Bilal Khan, Syed Husain Farhan

1765-1766
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Prevalence of robotic surgery in Pakistan

Hufsa Naveed, Tooba Naveed, Areeba Farooqui

1767-1767
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Devastating floods and period poverty: Leaving women exposed to severe health outcomes

Hina Aslam, Syeda Aiman Rizvi

1768-1768
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Awareness of Use of GLP-1 agonists in the treatment of Diabetes Mellitus in Pakistan

Muhammad Usman Baig, Muhammad Ahmad Farooq

1769-1769
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Association of Pre-Infection Vitamin D status with COVID-19 severity

Ifra Eeman Ahmed, Azhar Ali; Abdullah Humayun

1770-1770
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Rampant use of Nimesulide in Pakistan, a drug associated with hepatotoxicity

Muhammad Umar, Muhammad Ahrar Bin Naeem

1771-1771
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Machine-based algorithm: a revolution we need for early sepsis diagnosis in hospitals

Muhammad Usama Shahid, Madiha Furqan, Syeda Zainab Fatima

1772-1773
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Rise of tuberculosis globally after a decline

Nazia Zafar, Rameen Khaliq, Midori Memon

1774-1774
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Glyphosate - A Silent, Slow Killer?

Hira Saleem, Abdul Rafeh Awan

1775-1775
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Tocilizumab; A potential remedy against the ever-evolving threat of Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Ghulam Mustafa Ali Malik, Samar Faheem

1776-1777
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