Table of Contents
Editorial
| Meeting the current medical education challenges in Resource – Poor settings | |
| Samira Yahya, Azeem S Sheikh |
Original Articles
| Effectiveness and feasibility of transabdominal chorionic villous sampling procedure for prenatal diagnosis of ß-thalassaemia in a Muslim majority community of Pakistan | |
| Saqib Hussain Ansari, Tahir Sultan Shamsi, Feroza Nazir Ahmed, Kousar Perveen, Ghazala Ahmed |
| Treatment of distal tibia fractures with intramedullary nail or plate: A meta-analysis | |
| Tao Yu, Qianming Li, Hongmou Zhao, Jiang Xia, Ashwin Aubeeluck, Guangrong Yu |
| Limitations in thrombolytic therapy in acute ischemic stroke | |
| Sedat Kocak, Emine Dogan, Melek Kökcam, Abdullah Sadik Girisgin, Said Bodur |
| Initial experience of eLearning research module in undergraduate medical curriculum of Dow University of Health Sciences: Development and students perceptions | |
| Masood Jawaid, Junaid Ashraf |
| Role of serum eosinophil cationic protein as a biological marker to assess the severity of bronchial asthma | |
| Afroza Begum, Humayun Sattar, Md Ruhul Amin Miah, Ahmed Abu Saleh, Md Rashidul Hassan, Md. Abdus Salam |
| Current status of fluoroquinolone and cephalosporin resistance in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates from Faisalabad, Pakistan | |
| Amna Afzal, Yasra Sarwar, Aamir Ali, Abdul Haque |
| Management of postoperative acute intraperitoneal and gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients with severe acute pancreatitis | |
| An Ping Su, Shuang-Shuang Cao, Yi Zhang, Zhao-Da Zhang, Wei-Ming Hu, Bo-Le Tian |
| Are all fixed dose combinations equally effective in blood pressure control? The analysis of four different fixed dose antihypertensive combinations | |
| Banu Mesci, Murat Tekin, Aytekin Oguz, Selda Celik, Damla Coksert Kilic, Gul Sagun, Mustafa Kemal Turgut |
| Assessment outcome of lateral condylar fractures of distal humerus in children treated by open reduction and internal fixation | |
| Seyed Abdolhossein Mehdi Nasab, Saeed Sabahi |
| Microsporidiosis among children with malignant diseases in Basrah, Iraq | |
| Nadham Kadham Mahdi, Maysloon A. Al-Saadoon |
| Flow cytometry based chronologic analysis of surface glycoproteins of resting and stimulated platelets in normal individuals | |
| Muhammad Saboor, M. Moinuddin, Samina Ilyas |
| Enteric parasitic infections in HIV-infected patients with low CD4 counts in Toto, Nigeria | |
| Dominc Targema Abaver, Julius Mwobegahay, Daniel Ter Goon, Benson Iweriebor, Lunic Base Khoza |
| Hemodynamic stress response to reinforced endotracheal tube placement using Upsher scope and Macintosh laryngoscope: A comparative study | |
| Mansoor Aqil |
| Visual outcome and complications after modified Cionni endocapsular tension ring and intraocular lens implantation in eyes with subluxated lenses | |
| Sorath Noorani Siddiqui, Ziauddin Ahmed Shaikh, Ayesha Khan |
| Dengue in Malaysia: An epidemiological perspective study | |
| Md Mostafizur Rahman, Muhammad Hasyim Chew |
| Comparison of corticosteroid injections, physiotherapy, and combination therapy in treatment of frozen shoulder | |
| Maryam Mobini, Zahra Kashi, Adeleh Bahar, Morteza Yaghubi |
| Effect of lifestyle on metabolic syndrome in Turkish children and adolescents | |
| Nalan Hakime Nogay, Gulden Koksal |
| Health-related quality of life after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis: A follow-up study in China | |
| Yongqiang Hou, Jinbiao Liu, Xinzheng Wang, Hong Lu |
| Prevalence and risk factors of Helicobacter pylori infection among Pakistani population | |
| Faisal Rasheed, Tanvir Ahmad, Rakhshanda Bilal |
| Survey on causes of hemolysis in Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficient pediatric patients | |
| Fariba Eghbal, Mohammad reza Fakoorziba, Mohammad Hossein Eghbal, Soheila Latifnia |
| Smoking dependence and common psychiatric disorders in medical students: Cross-sectional study | |
| Ammar Waham Ashor |
| Effect of various drug treatments on bone density in hypogonadal men | |
| Hajieh Bibi Shahbazian, Karim Molaw, Asghar Zarea, Mehrnoosh Zakerkish,, Armaghan Moravej Aleali |
| Bioethics: Awareness, attitudes and opinions among University students and Faculty/Researchers | |
| Mukhtar Alam, Ziaur Rahman, Masaud Shah, Mian Sahib Zar, Sulaiman Shams, Faiz Ali, Muhammad Kazim Khan |
| Impact of education on knowledge and use of folic acid among Saudi women | |
| Malak Mohammed Musaid Khalid Al-Hakeem |
| Successful reductions of anterior shoulder dislocations using intra articular lidocaine injection | |
| Malik Wasim Ahmed, Ghulam Mustafa KK, Naveed Ahmed Solangi, Mohammad Ishtiyaque Siddique |
| Prevalence of depression in patients on hemodialysis and its impact on quality of life | |
| Zeynep Kizilcik, Fatma Deniz Sayiner, Alaettin Unsal, Unal Ayranci, Nedime Kosgeroglu, Mustafa Tozun |
| Comparison of King’s College Hospital Criteria (KCH) with Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) for Predicting Outcome in Patients with Acute Liver Failure | |
| Samiullah Shaikh, Iftikhar Qazi, Ghulam Hussain Baloch |
| Effect of percutaneous ethanol injection in treatment of non-functioning benign solid thyroid nodules | |
| Akbar Aliasgarzadeh, Reza Javadrashid, Yashar Ostadahmadli |
| A comparative study on factors causing job dissatisfaction among serving doctors at teaching hospitals of Hyderabad, Pakistan | |
| Aijaz Ahmed Sohag, Samina Memon, Mahmood-ur- Rahman, Masood Hussain Rao |
| High bladder pressure during urine storage is a main reason of upper urinary tract damage by voiding dysfunction diseases | |
| Xin Li, Bo Song, Yongping Su, Xiyu Jin, Zhansong Zhou, Enqing Xiong |
Case Reports
| Management of maxillary molar undergoing buccal bone resorption due to orthodontic banding | |
| Muhammad Khalid Shafiq, Asaad Javaid Mirza, Aftab Ahmed Khan |
| Subarachnoid hemorrhage during sexual intercourse | |
| Fatma Sari Dogan, Arzu Dogan, Ozlem Guneysel |
| Surgical treatment of sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis | |
| Chin-Ta Lin, De-Chuan Chan, Jyh-Cherng Yu, Chung-Bao Hsieh |
| An unusual giant mediastinal teratoma with pulmonary involvement presenting as cough and hemoptysis | |
| Haiyong Wang, Yuepei Liang, Min Zheng, Zhenzong Du, Jianfei Song |
| Conservative treatment of Gradenigo’s syndrome triggered by acute otitis media | |
| Burak Ulkumen, Yunus Kaplan |
| A rare Para neoplastic manifestation associated with squamous cell carcinoma of bladder: dermatomyositis | |
| Songchao Li, Tieding Chen, Xiaokun Zhao, Zhaohui Zhong |
| Concomitant Hepatolithiasis with Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An innovative problem | |
| Hui Jiang, Yu Zhang, Jianguo Qiu, Hong Wu |
| Scar Endometriosis developing in Abdominal Wall | |
| Mustafa Kara, Nilsen Yildirim Erdogan |
| Utilization of harmonic scalpel for hemiglossectomy in carcinoma of the tongue | |
| Yaroko A Ali, Irfan Mohamad, W. Azman W. Sulaiman, Baharudin Abdullah |
| Incidental direct carotid-cavernous fistula in a patient with high-grade internal carotid artery stenosis | |
| Weidong Yu, Chao Fu, Dongyuan Li, Libo Sun, Donghui Xu, Conghai Zhao |
| Successful myomectomy during pregnancy | |
| Afsaneh Tabandeh, Mahsa Besharat |
| Unusual presentation of Crohn’s Disease | |
| Samreen Khushbakht, Naeem Khan |
Review Article
| Myocardial protection with Sevoflurane in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery | |
| Wenyao Cui, Jian Gong, Qiushi Wang, Kunpeng Wang, Tao Song, Zheyu Tian |
Brief Communication
| The Problem of “Where”: the Passport Sign! | |
| Farrokh Habibzadeh, Mahboobeh Yadollahie |
| Comparison of serum calcium, copper and iron levels in serum samples from gallstone patients and control subjects | |
| Naseem Aslam Channa, Fatehuddin Khand, Ali Muhammad Soomro |
