Vol. 74 No. 4 (2024): APRIL

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Published: 2024-03-25

EDITORIAL

The Ten Cs Of Chronic Care

Sanjay Kalra, Madhur Verma, Nitin Kapoor

618-619
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Nurses on Social Media: Global Challenges and Pakistani Context

Muhmooda Abdul Razzaque, Rukhsana Muhammad Haroon

620-620
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Early initiation of Dapagliflozin and its effect on health related quality of life in acute heart failure: a randomised controlled trial

Syedah Fauzia Fatima Gilani, Shabana Ali, Kulsoom Farhat, Mudassar Noor, Muhammad Bilal Siddique, Farzana Waqar

621-625
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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Significance of serum ferritin and De Ritis ratio in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease as diagnostic markers

Anoshia Javed, Khadija Mehboob, Amir Rashid, Asifa Majeed, Muhammad Imran Ibrahim, Iffat Mushtaq

656-660
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The effect of mask usage of the health personnel on blood gas analysis and cognitive strengthening during COVID-19 pandemic

Harun Ozmen, Serkan Dogru, Bahar Aydinli, Erdi Huseyin Erdem

652-655
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Physiological impact of Tabata exercise on cardiometabolic and cardiorespiratory parameters in transgender people of Multan

Amna Bibi, Imran Ahmad Khan, Maliha Khalid Khan, Shahid Ishaq

695-700
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Barriers to safe anaesthesia care in South Asian countries: a virtual focus group discussion

Gauhar Afshan, Robyna Irshad Khan, Rozina Karmaliani, Aliya Ahmed, Fauzia Anis Khan

724-729
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Value of integrated pulmonary index monitoring for the detection of adverse respiratory events in patients undergoing sedation for gastrointestinal system endoscopy

Hale Kefeli Celik, Zahide Doganay, Atakan Askin

641-646
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Relationship between academic procrastination and self-efficacy amongst dental undergraduate students at a public university in Karachi, Pakistan

Hina Shah, Sanaa Ahmed, Syed Moosa Raza, Marium Irshad, Hana Fahim, Taha Usman

719-723
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Cervical cancer screening practices in HIV positive females – a missing link in health care delivery in Pakistan

Sobia Idrak, Saima Zaki, Farhan Rasheed, Maham Javed, Huma Khalid, Sumaira Niaz, Romeeza Tahir, Nadia Naseem

631-640
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Utility of single fibre electromyography (SFEMG)and motor unit number estimation technique (MUNE) in the diagnosis and differentiation of polyneuropathies of different aetiology

Tahseen Mohsin Qader, Qasim Abdullah

677-683
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Antimicrobial resistance pattern of Uro-Pathogens emphasizing non-lactose fermenting gram negative bacilli

Ambreen Fatima, Mehwish Rizvi, Mehwish Sajjad, Hareem Gohar, Wajiha Iffat, Rabia Bushra

661-665
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Satisfaction of patients in government medical teaching institutes of Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: a cross-sectional analytical study

Muhammad Mushtaq, Khadim Shah, Yasir Rahman Khattak, Nouman Khattak, Hooria Farheen, Sabiha Akhtar

701-705
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Social anxiety and psychological distress among polycystic ovarian syndrome patient’s in Pakistan

Uzma Ilyas, Saher Rafique

684-688
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Association of serum protein electrophoresis with clinicopathological characteristics and its prognostic relevance in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients

Aisha Hameed, Nadia Sajid, Rabia Basri Javaid, Nadir Ali

711-718
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Coping styles for sexual dysfunction and stress among married women of reproductive age: a cross-sectional study from turkey

Serpil Ozdemir, Burcu Yilmaz, Kazim Emre Karasahin, Cigdem Yuksel

666-671
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Investigation of oxidant-antioxidant status in patients treated with hirudotherapy: an experimental study

Ismail Sarikan, Hasan Basri Savas

647-651
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Postoperative residual curization in geriatric patients: a prospective, observational cohort study

Emine Sonmez, Betul Guven Aytac, Aysun Postaci

689-694
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Frequency of vitamin D deficiency in children with iron deficiency anaemia and factors associated with vitamin D deficiency

Ayesha Abdul Razzaq, Nighat Haider, Abida Faiz , Maryam Naseer, Nadia Waheed, Hina Batool Siddiqui

626-630
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The characteristics and risk factors of breast cancer patients trend distinctive regional differences: a cross-sectional study

Bushra Shirazi, Murk Niaz, Muhammad Arsalan Khan

672-676
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Post-donation health-related quality of life, mood and life satisfaction in living-kidney donors; an explorative study from kidney transplant centre, Lahore Pakistan

Shujah Muhammad , Asad Bashir, Umar Farooq, Nadeem bin Nusrat, Fiaz Ahmad Tuqeer, Saira Imtiaz

706-710
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EXPLORATORY RESEARCH

Exploring the reasons of unsuccessful attempts in examination during postgraduate clinical training

Sumera Ehsan, Muhammad Owais Fazal, Ayesha Ayub, Beenish Badar

730-735
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AUDIT

Current practice of pre-operative assessment at a public sector hospital in Pakistan – a clinical audit

Sana Urooj, Anum Mughal, Sarush Ahmed Siddiqui, Rabia Kamal, Aisha Naeem

736-740
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META-ANALYSIS

Effectiveness of teriparatide in in improving healing rates and bone-turnover markers of osteoporotic hip fracture: a meta-analysis

Lin Luo, Jiaru Lin, Wenzhe Ma, Junming Fan

741-751
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SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS

The 100 most influential papers in medical artificial intelligence; a bibliometric analysis

Fatima Zahoor, Muhammad Abdullah, Muhammad Waleed Tahir, Asif Islam

752-761
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Narrative Review

Role of Mutation of NOTCH1 gene in development of oral squamous cell carcinoma: a narrative review

Quratulain Javaid, Ambreen Usmani

762-768
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SHORT COMMUNICATION

Sometimes less is more: experience with endoscopic myringoplasty

Mubeen Ali, Imran Mohib Khan, Azam Khan

769-772
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A review of vaginal hysterectomies in the gynaecology department of a tertiary care hospital

Tayyiba Wasim, Gul e Rana, Javeria Zunair, Tahira Nasrin, Sonia Irshad

785-787
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An eight-week single-blind randomised controlled trial on dual task balance training and motor imagery practice in ischaemic stroke survivors

Maria Zafar, Misbah Ghous, Saira Jahan

773-777
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Characterizing clinical patterns of physical therapy activities for post-stroke spasticity in stroke rehabilitation: looking into the “Black Box”

Binash Afzal, Rabiya Noor

781-784
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Challenging behaviour and epilepsy in patients with intellectual disability: frequency and mutual association

Muhammad Shakeel, Adeela

778-780
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CASE REPORT

Nasopalatine canal cyst, a diagnostic twist

Madiha Khan, Robia Ghafoor, Humayun Kaleem Siddiqui

811-814
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An unusual case of long-standing retained nasopharyngeal foreign body

Maimoona Shafqat, Seema Naveed, Ambreen Riaz, Muhammad Zafar Rabbani

791-793
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Telangiectasias, recurrent epistaxis and a strong family history—a case of Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome in Pakistan

Muhammad Mustafa Arif Siddiqui, Tayyaba Hafeez, Rafi Ud Din

800-803
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Challenges of enbloc mid-sacrectomy as redo surgery for sacral chordoma: a case report

Sundus Ali, Ahtsham Ishaq, Adnan Qasim, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Rizwan Sarwar, Shahzad Shams

794-796
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Ancient Schawanoma of radial nerve: a rare case report

Abdul Malik Mujahid, Asma Binte Saad, Iftikhar Alam, Husnain Khan

804-806
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Loeffler’s Endocarditis- A cause of endomyocardial fibrosis in a patient of juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A Case Report

Taqdees Khaliq, Sarah Azam Shah, Saad Saleem, Safina Hameed Qureshi, Hamid Iqbal, Fahad Khalid

788-790
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A three month old infant with severe respiratory distress

Zainab Ahmed, Sara Sadiq, Shifa Quraishi, Sadiq Mirza

797-799
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Impact of spy fiction on cognition: a case study

Mishal Zulfiqar, Maheen Asif, Laraib Javaid

807-810
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RECENT ADVANCES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY

Vitamin D and Menopause

admin; Megha Sharma, Sanjay Kalra

815-817
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PRIMARY CARE DIABETES

Glucokathexis

Sanjay Kalra, Saurabh Arora, Nitin Kapoor

818-819
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BAROCRINOLOGY

Obesity is a communicable disease

Sanjay Kalra, Madhur Verma, Nitin Kapoor

820-821
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EVIDENCE BASED NEURO-ONCOLOGY

The role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in Neurolymphomatosis: A Comprehensive Imaging Approach

Sharjeel Usmani, Anjali Jain, Khulood Al Riyami, Najeeb Ahmed, Rashid Al-Sukaiti, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim

822-824
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IMAGING CORNER

Anti-programmed-death-receptor-1 (PD-1) antibody (Pembrolizumab) induced pancreatitis diagnosed on 18F-FDG PET/CT

Sharjeel Usmani, Anjali Jain, Khulood Al Riyami, Raza Sayani, Vipin V Jayakrishan

825-826
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REHABILITATION SCIENCES CORNER

Beyond the self-reports: A review on objective pain measurement and its implications

Rasim ul Hasanat, Farooq Azam Rathore

827-829
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Attention to cryptococcal meningitis in patients with primary nephrotic syndrome

Dongrui Liang, Shengnan Ma, Xiaodong Li

830-831
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STUDENT'S CORNER RESEARCH ARTICLE

Determining the cost of acute stroke care for a single stay at a tertiary care centre in Pakistan

Muhammad Farhan Khan, Sundus Rasool, Muhammad Ijaz, Muheer Khan, Sohail Ahmad

832-835
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STUDENT'S CORNER SHORT REPORT

Quality of life of patients undergoing chemotherapy: a tertiary care hospital-based study from Karachi

Natalia Junaid, Muneeba Khan, Muhammad Roohan Uddin, Agha Shehroz Masroor, Muhammad Sualeh, Ghulam Haider

836-838
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STUDENT'S CORNER LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The effects of metabolic syndrome on arterial stiffness: A concise review

Syed Ali Wijdan, Saljok Ali, Abia Mirza, Mahavash Nadeem

839-839
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