Table of Contents
Editorial
Self Medication | |
Mahmud Ahmad Akhtar |
Conference Proceedings
Proceedings of Committee on Publication Ethics Congress organized by Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (November 24-25, 2011) | |
Shaukat Ali Jawaid |
Original Articles
Irrational drug use based on self medication for some common clinical conditions in an educated population of Karachi | |
Nusrat Bano, Rahela Najam, Faaiza Qazi |
Frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility of Acinetobacter species isolated from blood samples of paediatric patients | |
Ayisha Javed, Aizza Zafar, Hasan Ejaz, Muhammad Zubair |
Should the lower end of the spinal cord be localized by MRI in all patients having low backache prior to spinal anesthesia? | |
Lei Pang, Shuhai Han, Yanfen Wang, Xin Lian, Lu Lu, Haichun Ma |
Maternal mortality in Faisalabad and Millennium Developmental Goals | |
Sarwat Ara, Sumaira Tahir, Adeela Rehman |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may be one of the terminal end points of metabolic syndrome | |
Mehmet Rami Helvaci, Leyla Yilmaz Aydin, Yusuf Aydin |
A randomized clinical trial to compare immediate versus delayed removal of foley catheter following abdominal hysterectomy and laparotomy | |
Elaheh Ouladsahebmadarek, Manizheh Sayyah-Melli, Mehri Jafari-Shobeiri |
Metformin prevents macrosomia and neonatal morbidity in gestational diabetes | |
Jahan Ara Hasan, Nasim Karim, Zaman Sheikh |
Comparing therapeutic effects of Metformin and Pioglitazone in Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) | |
Nazli Navali, Leila Azhary shokoufe, Fatemeh Mallah, Parvin Bastani, Omid Mashrabi |
A sonographic study of kidney dimensions in Saudi’s University Students | |
Lina Fahmi Hammad |
Met and unmet need of family planning and associated factors in a remote rural area of Sindh, Pakistan | |
Seema Bibi, Hurmat Soomro, Saima Ghaffar, Mohammad Ali Pir |
Comparative study between three methods of aspiration alone, aspiration plus steroid injection and aspiration plus ethanol injection for treatment of dorsal wrist ganglions | |
Seyed Abdolhossein Mehdi Nasab, Esmail Mashhadizadeh, Nasser Sarrafan |
Morphometry of Corpus Callosum Related with Gender and Age: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study | |
Mehmet Ilkay Kosar, Fatma Hayat Erdil, Vedat Sabanciogullari, Keziban Karacan, Mehmet Cimen, Mehmet Atalar |
Health seeking behavior of stroke patients: Experience from a tertiary care centre of Bangladesh | |
Shamim Miah, Pradip Sen Gupta, Mosaraf Hossain, Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury, Md. Julker Nayan, Syed Shakawat Hossain |
Anserine bursitis among patients with knee osteoarthritis | |
Muhammad Ahmed Saeed, Nighat Mir Ahmad, Sumaira Farman, Muhammad Rafaqat Hameed |
Thyroid stimulating hormone and leptin levels and severe growth retardation among ß- thalassemic patients | |
Dian Dayer, Maryam Salehcheh, Seyed Mohammad Hosein Mousavi Jazayeri, Gholam Abbas Kaydani, Manijeh Kadkhodaei Elyaderani, Saleheh Shaneh |
Connection between dysmenorrhea and depression among a group of Turkish high school female students | |
Alaettin Unsal, Mustafa Tozun, Unal Ayranci, Ozlem Orsal |
Pregnancy outcome in undiagnosed gestational diabetes | |
Masoud Dehdashtian, Seyyed Mohammad Hassan Aletayeb, Shirin Moarefian, Tahereh Ziaei Kajbaf, Mehri Taheri, Majid Aminzadeh |
Ramadan Fasting related Awareness, Practices and Experiences of a representative group of Urban Pakistani Diabetics | |
Shabeen Naz Masood, Yasir Masood, Seema N. Mumtaz, Asma Maqsood, Rubina Hakim, Zaman Shaikh, S. Faraz Danish Alvi, A. Samad Shera |
The prevalence of needle stick and sharps injuries in nurses in North Cyprus | |
Mukaddes Akgür, Umran Dal |
Intracerebral hemorrhages as an atypical radiographic presentation of herpes simplex encephalitis on CT scan: An analysis of 23 patients | |
Ateeque Ahemed Khan, Abu Talib, Ghulam Murtaza |
Outcome of Graves ‘ disease after Anti-thyroid Drug treatment in South West of Iran | |
Hajieh Shahbazian, Saied Saiedinia, Armaghan Moravej Aleali |
Laparostomy: Three year experience in a Tertiary-Care Unit | |
Sheeraz Shakoor Siddiqui, Shams Nadeem Alam, Monis Jaleel Ahmad, Muhammad Muneer, Jahanzaib Haider |
Survey of nosocomial infections and causative bacteria: A hospital-based study | |
Shideh Assar, Reza Akhoundzadeh, Armaghan Moravej Aleali, Seyed Mahmood Latifi, Molook Salemzadeh |
Short term outcome of congenital clubfoot treated by Ponseti method | |
Nasser Sarrafan, Seyed Abdolhossein Mehdi Nasab, Mohammad Fakoor, Amirhossein Zakeri |
Patient Safety Culture: Sample of a University Hospital in Turkey | |
Ozgur Ugurluoglu, Ece Ugurluoglu, Pinar Doganay Payziner, Yonca Ozatkan |
General dental paractitioners awareness of the guidelines about post-exposure procedures relating to Hepatitis and HIV | |
Maryam Amirchaghmaghi, Farnaz Falaki, Pegah Mosannen Mozaffari, Nafiseh Rayeesi, Mohammad Taghi Shakeri |
Visual acuity outcomes after intra vitreal ceftazidime in acute post-operative endophthalmitis | |
Mahesh Kumar Lohano, Mustafa Kamal, Sameen Afzal Junejo |
Treatment effect of iron tablets on women in productive age with iron deficiency anemia and vascular headaches | |
Keyvan Ghasami, Fardin Faraji, Abolfazal Mohammadbeigi |
Post laparoscopic cholecystectomy exploration: An audit | |
Khamiso Alias Altaf Hussain Talpur, Arshad Mehmood Malik, Ahmed Khan Sangrasi, Abdul Aziz Laghari, Jawed Naeem Qureshi, Champa Susheel |
Chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and acute coronary syndrome | |
Aliakbar Riahin, Hoseinali Habibinejad |
Risk factors for lower respiratory tract infections in children | |
Ibrahim Silfeler, Ibrahim Cansaran Tanidir, Vefik Arica |
Ocular Biometry, Keratometry Reading and Intra Ocular Pressure in age-related cataract patients with and without pseudoexfoliation Syndrome | |
Ebrahim Shirzadeh, Arash Akaberi, Ma’ssoumeh Bemani Naeini |
CD10 immunoreactivity in cutaneous squamous and basal cell carcinoma | |
Mitra Heidarpour, Parvin Rajabi, Mohammadreza Emami |
Does low dose contraceptive pills increase stroke rate? A cross sectional study in North-West Iran | |
Mehdi Farhoudi, Hormoz Ayromlou, Ehsan Sharifipour, Saeed Charsouei, Elyar Sadeghihokmabadi, Mitra Ahmadi, Aimaz Afrough |
Case Reports
Descending colon adenocarcinoma with spermatic cord metastasis: Report of two cases and review of the literature | |
Xiaowei Wang, Weifeng Lao, Linlin chen, Hongbo Zhu, Xuefeng Huang, Weifang Mao |
Preoperative portal vein embolization for Gaint Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis | |
Wenzhuo Liu, Pankaj Prasoon, Jianguo Qiu, Jiwei Huang, Hui Jiang, Hong Wu |
Long QT syndrome in a patient with complete heart block causing torsades de pointes | |
Ali Raza Rajani, Kosar Hussain, Ghazi Ahmad Radaideh, Sanjeev Kumar Agarwal |
Transcatheter arterial embolization for postoperative intraperitoneal and gastrointestinal hemorrhage in a patient with severe acute pancreatitis | |
An Ping Su, Shuang-Shuang Cao, Zhao-Da Zhang, Bo-Le Tian, Xu-Bao Liu, Wei-Ming Hu |
Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy | |
Ibrahim Silfeler, Vefik Arica, Ramazan Davran, Murat Tutanc, Fatmagul Basarslan |
Negative indirect hemagglutination (IHA) test neurocysticercosis in a buddhist’s cerebellar hemisphere | |
Libo Sun, Naijie Liu, Xiaoxuan Fang, Conghai Zhao |
Gamma knife radiosurgery for cavernous sinus metastasis from hypopharyngeal carcinoma | |
Ming Chen, Honggang Duan, Lin Xu, Ting Chen |
Hydrocephaly secondary to central vein thrombosis in a hemodialysis patient | |
Habib Emre, Yasemin Usul Soyoral, Huseyin Begenik, Fatih Mehmet Erdur, Refah Sayin |
Primary localized AA type amyloidosis of the renal pelvis, ureter and bladder | |
Lixin Shi, Gang Li, Lei Zhang, Bing Cong, Xu Zhang |
The youngest patient of lupus vulgaris; A cutaneous tuberculosis case report | |
Murat Tutanc, Vefik Arica, Fatmagul Basarslan, Asena Cigdem Dogramaci, Tumay Ozgur, Bülent Akçora |
Case Studies in Nursing of Mitochondrial Diabetes | |
Hong-Xia Wu, Jun Hou, Wei Zhang |
Transient cortical blindness can also be seen in the absence of contrast enhancement at computed tomography scan after coronary angiography | |
Mustafa TUNCER, Murat CELIK, Aysel MILANLIOGLU, Mehmet Ata AKIL |
A rare cause of respiratory distress and hemopytsis: Laryngeal leech infestation | |
Burak Ulkumen, Serif Yilmaz |
Grade IV blunt pancreatic trauma and pseudocyst successfully treated with Ultrasound-guided percutaneous catheter drainage | |
Ang Li, Jun jie Xiong, WeiMing Hu, Zhaoda Zhang |
Vaginal perforation caused by distal tip of ventriculoperitoneal shunt: Report of a rare complication | |
Murat Altas, Murat Tutanç, Mustafa Aras, Zeynep Gokce Altas, Vefik Arica |
Review Article
Ventricular Peptides and Cardiac Function | |
Sofia Amjad, H R Ahmad |
Brief Communication
Hearing loss and accompaning disturbance of Neurobrucellosis cases | |
Hasan Ucmak, Omer Faruk Kokoglu, Ekrem Kirecci, Yusuf Yildirim, Oguz Oguzhan |
Migraine risk factors in Qashqai migrating nomads: An adjusted multiple correspondence analysis approach | |
Najaf Zare, S Shahsavari, Davood Mehrabani, Mehdi Saberi-Firoozi |
Economic development by reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease in South Asia | |
Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal |
View Point
Post-trauma mental health problems cannot be ignored | |
Guojun Zeng, Huifang Feng, Jichun ZHAO, Jiayin Yang, Zhihui Zhong, Yanli Luo, Peixian Chen |
Correspondence
Adolescent and adult pertussis - Lack of data from South Asian and African regions | |
Muhammad Ali Syed |