PJMS
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 | |
| , 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, |
| 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, |
| 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, , 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 |
