Vol.34, No.6 2018
Table of Contents
Editorial
| Impact Factor is Off the Ventilator: Survives and is Thriving | |
| Shaukat Ali Jawaid, Masood Jawaid |
Original Articles
| Pre-Ramadan health seeking behavior, fasting trends, eating pattern and sleep cycle in pregnant women at a tertiary care institution of Pakistan | |
| Shabeen Naz Masood, Saira Saeed, Nusrat Lakho, Yasir Masood, Muhammad Yakoob Ahmedani, A. Samad Shera |
| Results of a long-term performance and follow-up of Endovenous Laser Ablatıon procedures performed for treating great saphenous vein incompetence | |
| Bozkurt Gulek, Muhammet Arslan, Sinan Sozutok |
| Breaking Bad News: A contextual model for Pakistan | |
| Lubna Ansari Baig, Sana Tanzil, Syeda Kauser Ali, Shiraz Shaikh, Seemin Jamali, Mirwais Khan |
| Correlation between breast arterial calcification and the 10-year fatal cardiovascular risk by means of the SCORE Risk System | |
| Ahmet Yildiz, Seyma Yildiz, Huseyin Toprak, Cuneyt Kocas |
| Echocardiography guided bed side balloon atrial septostomy in dextro transposed great arteries (dTGA) with intact ventricular septum (IVS): A resource limited country experience | |
| Naresh Kumar, Abdul Sattar Shaikh, Veena Kumari, Najma Patel |
| The effectiveness of oral antiviral (Sofosbuvir/Ledipasvir) in treating children with HCV infection | |
| Ban Adil Al-Kaaby, Abd El-Salam Dawood Al-Ethawi |
| Evaluation and assessment of prescribing patterns in elderly patients using two explicit criteria based screening tools: (The PRISCUS list and STOPP/START criteria) | |
| Irum Butool, Shabnam Nazir, Maryam Afridi, Syed Majid Shah |
| Safety of endoscopic N-Butyl-2 Cyanoacrylate injection for the treatment of bleeding gastric varices in children | |
| Lubna Kamani, Baseer Sultan Ahmad, Muhammad Arshad, Pervez Ashraf |
| Randomized controlled trial on the comparison of chest tube drainage and needle aspiration in the treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax | |
| Ali Ramouz, Mohammad Hossein Lashkari, Sanam Fakour, Seyed Ziaeddin Rasihashemi |
| Can we link foot ulcer with risk factors in diabetics? A study in a tertiary care hospital | |
| Muhammad Imran Hasan Khan, Usama Azhar, Fizza Zubair, Zohaib Abbas Khan |
| The role of complete blood inflammation markers in the prediction of spontaneous abortion | |
| Funda Yildirim Bas, Esra Nur Tola, Suheyla Sak, Basak Asli Cankaya |
| A needs assessment for faculty development at two medical colleges of Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi | |
| Nusrat Shah Kamal, Afifa Tabassum, Nighat Shah |
| Meconium stained liquor and its neonatal outcome | |
| Nadia Mohammad, Taha Jamal, Arjumand Sohaila, Syed Rehan Ali |
| Current status of gonococcal antimicrobial susceptibility with special reference to Azithromycin and Ceftriaxone: Report from a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh | |
| Mahmuda Naznin, Md Abdus Salam, Md. Zahid Hossain, Md. Shah Alam |
| Valve surgery in combination with cryoablation in the treatment of atrial fibrillation | |
| Weiwei Cai, Jie Hu, Hua Wang, Song Chen, Guijun Zhu, Xingpeng Chen |
| The relationship of dyspnea and disease severity with anthropometric indicators of malnutrition among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | |
| Muhammad Adnan, Mirza Muhammad Ayub Baig, Naheed Hashmat, Tayyaba Rahat |
| Radiological and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: Comparing titanium and PEEK (polyetheretherketone) cages | |
| Muhammad Junaid, Mamoon Ur Rashid, Syed Sarmad Bukhari, Mamoon Ahmed |
| Analysis of Neutrophil/Lymphocyte ratio and Thiol/Disulfide homeostasis parameters in patients admitted to the emergency department with ischemic stroke | |
| Aysel Begum Yilmaz, Şervan Gökhan, Alp Şener, Özcan Erel |
| Infantile Spasms: Clinical profile and treatment outcomes | |
| Shazia Kulsoom Lashari, Shahnaz H Ibrahim, Sidra Kaleem Jafri, Khemchand N Moorani, Misbah Anjum |
| Prevalence, habits and outcomes of using contact lenses among medical students | |
| Nahla Khamis Ragab Ibrahim, Hadeel Seraj, Raida Khan, Marwa Baabdullah, Lina Reda |
| Menorraghia’s impact on quality of life: A case control study from a teaching Hospital in Lahore | |
| Lamia Yusuf |
| Reforming Medical Education in Pakistan through strengthening Departments of Medical Education | |
| Muhammad Zahid Latif, Gohar Wajid |
| Analysis of infectious spondylodiscitis: 7-years data | |
| Gulay Okay, Yasemin Akkoyunlu, Sibel Bolukçu, Bülent Durdu, Ismail Necati Hakyemez, Meliha Meriç Koç |
| Negative repercussions of caregiving burden: Poor psychological well-being and depression | |
| Neelam Ehsan, Nigar Johar, Tamkeen Saleem, Muhammad Alamgir Khan, Saima Ghauri |
| The effect of some missing teeth on a subjects’ oral health related quality of life | |
| Shafi Ullah Khan, Fazal Ghani, Zulfiqar Nazir |
| Early interventional embolization in the treatment of cerebral aneurysm rupture | |
| Song Jiang, Xiufen Xie |
| Association and implications in triple negative and triple positive breast cancer: Relationship with sociodemographic and reproductive factors in Pakistan | |
| Faria Fatima, Abdul Hameed, Ghulam Haider, Sitwat Zehra, Abid Azhar, Saima Saleem |
| Internet addiction among social networking sites users: Emerging mental health concern among medical undergraduates of Karachi | |
| Zaeema Ahmer, Sana Tanzil |
| The effect of diet on primary dysmenorrhea in university students: A randomized controlled clinical trial | |
| Yasemin Aydın Kartal, Elvan Yilmaz Akyuz |
| Association of homocysteine with body mass index, blood pressure, HbA1c and duration of diabetes in type 2 diabetics | |
| Zulfania ., Adnan Khan, Sohaib Rehman, Tahir Ghaffar |
| Effectiveness of self-empowerment-affirmation-relaxation(Self-EAR) program for postpartum blues mothers: A randomize controlled trial | |
| Krittipitch Thitipitchayanant, Ratana Somrongthong, Ramesh Kumar, Naowarat Kanchanakharn |
| Retrosternal Goiter: A couple of classification methods with computed tomograpy findings | |
| Gökhan Perincek, Sema Avcı, Pınar Çeltikçi |
| Do we use antibiotics judiciously enough? A study in Accident & Emergency Department of tertiary care hospital in Pakistan | |
| Omar Abbas Ahmed Malik, Asim Saeed Khan |
| Potential use of multi-strain synbiotics for improving postnatal head circumference | |
| Ipek Guney Varal, Nilgun Koksal, Hilal Ozkan, Onur Bagci, Pelin Dogan |
| Does playing video games effect cognitive abilities in Pakistani children? | |
| Aliya Hisam, Syed Fawad Mashhadi, Mahum Faheem, Mahrukh Sohail, Bilal Ikhlaq, Irfan Iqbal |
| Phacoemulsification in the anterior chamber: An alternative surgical technique in post-vitrectomy cataract | |
| Tao Yu, Xu-Guang Han, Ying-Mei Li, Yu-Guang Zhang |
| Infection markers as predictors of Bacteremia in an Intensive Care Unit: A prospective study | |
| Pinar Sen, Tuna Demirdal, Salih Atakan Nemli, Ilknur Vardar, Mehmet Kizilkaya, Atilla Sencan, Huriye Erbak Yilmaz |
| Outcomes of cataract surgery in Microophthalmia | |
| Saima Majid, Asim Ateeq, Sadia Bukhari, Munawar Hussain |
| Titanium elastic nailing in pediatric femoral diaphyseal fractures in the age group of 6-15 years mid-term and long-term outcomes | |
| Kemal Kayaokay, Kemal Aktuglu |
| Is human milk feeding protective for Retinopathy of Prematurity? | |
| Ayesha Muneer, Attia Bari, Summaira Naveed, Agha Shabbir Ali |
| Prevalence and risk factors of venous thromboembolism in postoperative patients: A retrospective study | |
| Aylin Durmaz Edeer, Saadet Comez, Hale Turhan Damar, Aysegul Savci |
| Impact of morning and rotational duties on physical health of nurses working in tertiary care hospitals of Karachi | |
| Amjad Ali, Abdur Rasheed, Subia Naz |
| Influence of elderly patients’ coronary artery lesion severity on cardiac remodeling and left ventricular function | |
| Wang Chao, Xiang Tian, Huixin Cai, Liang Feng |
| Clinical application of multicolor optical coherence tomography in the diagnosis of retinal pathologies | |
| Hunain Ghoghari, Syed Fawad Rizvi, Kaunain Razzak, Hina Loya |
| Neural mechanisms underlying visual pareidolia processing: An fMRI study | |
| Gülsüm Akdeniz, Sila Toker, Ibrahim Atli |
| Emergency peripartum hysterectomy: A great obstetric challenge | |
| Sarah Kazi |
Review Article
| Vitamin E deficiency in South Asian population and the therapeutic use of alpha-tocopherol (Vitamin E) for correction of anemia | |
| Tanveer Jilani, Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal |
Case Reports
| Tuberculous Meningitis, Vasculitis, and Pericarditis presented by deep coma | |
| Sultan Abdulwadoud Alshoabi |
| Toxoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient | |
| Khalid Abdul Basit, Sadaf Nasir, Ejaz Vohra, Muhammad Kashif Shazlee |
Short Communication
| Study of curriculum of Doctor of Physical therapy programme based on World Federation of Medical Education standards | |
| Syed Shakil Ur Rehman, Shakeel Ahmad, Raheela Yasmin |
| The role of Ataturk University in data and publication production for sigmoid volvulus and ileosigmoid knotting | |
| Sabri Selcuk Atamanalp, Esra Disci, Refik Selim Atamanalp |
View Point
| Blood Groups and Breast Cancer | |
| Anusha Sultan Meo |
