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Vol. 76 No. 11 (2026): NOVEMBER

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Published: 2026-11-01

EDITORIAL

Revolutionising Diabetic Retinopathy Screening: The Transformative Role of Artificial Intelligence

Rehman Siddiqui, Altamash Shahriyar Ghazanfar

1796-1797
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The Diagnosis Is Not the Destination: Building a Foetal Heart Team in Pakistan

Aliya Kemal Ahsan

1798-1800
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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Comparison of clinicopathological characteristics among adult patients with early and delayed lupus nephritis

Anmol, Tabassum Elahi, Anusha Kumari, Amara Naseer

1880-1885
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A comparative analysis of intelligence, grades, and lifestyle in myopic vs. non-myopic Karachi students

Falak Sehar Sahito, Bibi Nahida Darwesh, Memoona Parveen, Sadiqa Badar Syed

1809-1814
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CD30 expression and its association with clinicopathological features in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a retrospective analysis

Amna Zaheer, Zafar Ali, Saima Batool

1856-1860
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COVID-19 Surveillance Trends and Implementation Among Medical Students and Staff at a Saudi Medical College, 2020-2023

Ibrahim Awad Eljack Ibrahim

1801-1808
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Prevalence of malaria, dengue, and typhoid fever among children presenting with acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AUFI) landing at the emergency department of the National Institute of Child Health, Karachi

Allah Rakhia, Muhammad Hayat Bozdar, Taj Muhammad Laghari, Mehboob Ali Noonari

1886-1890
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Prevalence and patterns of high hyperdiploidy in Pakistani Paediatric B-lymphoblastic leukaemia

Kiran Sachwani, Bushra Kaleem, Neelum Mansoor

1835-1840
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Comparative Evaluation of RIPASA and Paediatric Appendicitis Score in Children with Acute Appendicitis

Sana Viqar, Muhammad Amjad Chaudhary

1900-1904
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Comparison of the effectiveness of pirfenidone with corticosteroids in post-COVID fibrosis – A quasi experimental study

Muhammad Rafay Rasheed, Kulsoom Farhat, Shabana Ali, Ikramullah Khan, Rizwan Abdul Malik

1824-1827
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The prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome and its association with academic performance among medical students at Taibah University

Madaniah Omar Zakari, Abeer Khalid Alharbi, Shouq Theyab Alharbi, Razan Abdulrahman Alhejaili, Asmaa Abdulmajeed Alshinqiti, Sara Ibrahim

1867-1873
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Depression and anxiety in COPD patients: impact on health-related quality of life in a tertiary care setting

Naveen Khawaja, Hiba Ashraf, Imran Shekhani

1841-1846
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Practices and perceptions influencing maternal health in rural Sindh, Pakistan: a qualitative study

Nadia Agha, Rahim Dad Rind

1874-1879
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Prognostic Significance and Immune Microenvironment Correlates of coagulation factor 2 receptor in Gastric Cancer and Retrospective Verification

Yudong Zhang, Lingyun Yang, Yichao Wang, Mingyu Wu, Yan Zhu, Feng Zhou, Zipeng Xu

1815-1823
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Identification of Potential Biomarkers in IgA Nephropathy and Membranous Nephropathy through miRNA-mRNA bioinformatics analysis

Areeba Irfan, Zoha Adnan, Muhammad Ibrahim, Farrukh Jamil, Muhammad Asif Rasheed

1861-1866
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Inclusion of trauma ultrasonography in pre-graduate medical faculty education e-fast in medical school

Fatma Selman, Ertug Gunsoy, Yesim Senol, Mehmet Dokur, Gultekin Akyol

1895-1899
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Etiological factors and clinical outcomes in acute respiratory distress syndrome in a paediatric intensive care unit

Momina Khan, Nighat Sultana, Abdul Rehman, Samreen Ashraf, Muhammad Kashif Imran, Muhammad Sarwar

1851-1855
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Textaphrenia, anxiety and sleep disturbance in teenagers

Humaira Nawaz, Rabia Jameel

1891-1894
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Dengue fever in paediatric oncology patients undergoing chemotherapy: a retrospective study from a tertiary care center

Wajiha Aijaz, Ammara Hameed, Ayza Farooq, Syed Habib Ahmed, Uzma Imam

1847-1850
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Metabolomics reveals metabolite profiles associated with clinical cure of chronic HBV infection under different drug interventions

Peng Peng, Huiping Xu, Xianghong Kong, Junling Wang, Wei Zhang

1905-1913
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Nano-composite versus conventional light-cure composite: A comparative assessment of orthodontic bracket bond failure rates

Saira Ali, Rozina Nazir, Usman Ahmed

1828-1834
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KAP Study

Screening mammogram – Assessment of eligible females’ knowledge, attitude and practice, at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi

Mahrukh Naz, Omema Saleem, Umm e Habiba Abdul Rauf, Fasial Ghani Siddiqui, Mahnoor Arif, Yumna Monis

1914-1917
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Scoping Review

Pancreatic cancer in Pakistan: a lens into the research landscape

Shamsher Ali Pasha, Kaleem Sohail Ahmed, Mabrooka Kazi, Namra Aziz, Syed Nabeel Zafar

1918-1929
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Narrative Review.

The role of radiomics and deep learning in glioma MRI: advances, challenges, and LMIC-tailored opportunities for precision medicine

Ronghong Liao, Chenshu Huang

1930-1935
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CASE REPORT

Persistent left superior vena cava draining into the left atrium presenting as secondary polycythaemia: a case report

Hamna Zafar, Fattah Ullah Hassanzai, Faraz Mansoor, Syed Shahzad Hussain

1947-1949
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ST elevation myocardial infarction in a teenager - a case report

Alisha Inayat

1939-1942
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Continuous renal replacement therapy successfully treating a young male with acute kidney injury and multiple organ dysfunction by severe colchicine poisoning: A case report

Xiaofang Gao, yancong Guo, Xiaodong Li

1936-1938
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Sequential treatment of a severe Class 11 Division 1 malocclusion in a child: a case report

Jin Chen, Yunchun Kuang, Yuejia Deng, Jinlin Song, Ge Feng

1953-1955
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A rare occurrence of breast hamartoma in a nine-year-old girl: a case report

Dawar Nadeem Aslam Dar, Maila Aslam

1959-1961
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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in situs inverses totalis with gall bladder phlegmon: A case report

Khurram Niaz, Narmeen Fatima, Mohammad Nauman Ashraf, Hunzia Sultan

1943-1946
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Obstructive fibrinous tracheal pseudo-membrane post-intubation; A rare yet critical complication

Talha Mahmud

1950-1952
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Renal oncocytoma: an incidental case and a diagnostic enigma—a case report

Asra Saeed, Jawaid Akhtar Mallick, Furrukh Ashraf, Shahzadi Noor Fatima, Khadija Mahar

1956-1958
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CASE SERIES

Cyst decompression for large peri-radicular lesions: a case report

Fahad Umer, Momina Anis Motiwala, Saqib Habib, Shizrah Jamal

1962-1964
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RECENT ADVANCES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY

Eating Disorders and Obesity: The Barobehavioural Syndrome (BBS)

Sanjay Kalra, Madhur Verma, Lakshmi Nagendra, Nitin Kapoor

1965-1966
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PRIMARY CARE DIABETES

South Asian Alternatives to Olive Oil

Leepika Dahiya, Shilpa Joshi, Nitin Kapoor, Sanjay Kalra

1967-1968
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BAROCRINOLOGY

Enhanced Edmonton Obesity Staging System

Sanjay Kalra, Madhur Verma, Nitin Kapoor

1969-1970
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ADVANCES IN NEPHROLOGY

Dialysis Toolkit for Ebola Virus Disease-Associated Acute Kidney Injury

Sourabh Sharma, Bianca Davidson, Rasha Darwish, Mohamed Maalim, Sanjay Kalra

1971-1973
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EVIDENCE BASED NEURO-ONCOLOGY

Lighting the Future of Neuro-Oncology: Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Brain Tumours

Eisha Abid Ali, Rahamah Arshad, Ahmad Sohail, Aima Vaqas, Quratulain Tariq, M Shahzad Shamim

1974-1976
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IMAGING CORNER

Incidental Bone Scintigraphic Detection of Asymptomatic Paget’s Disease of the Skull During Evaluation of Sternal Osteomyelitis

Areeba Amin, Ahmed Qureshy

1977-1978
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REHABILITATION SCIENCES CORNER

Cancer Related Fatigue: Diagnosis and Rehabilitation

Yusra Tehreem, Farooq Azam Rathore

1979-1982
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Front-of-pack warning labels for ultra-processed foods in Pakistan: a missed opportunity for NCD prevention

Shaharyar Usman

1984-1985
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The revolutionary weekly insulin: The prime time for icodec in Pakistan?

Fariha Khan, Arfa Ahmed Assad

1983-1983
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Aluminium phosphide poisoning in children: repeated lessons unheeded in Pakistan

Noorulain Farooq, Faiza Lakhdhir, Jabeen Fayyaz
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STUDENT'S CORNER CASE REPORT

Moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the temporal bone: a case report of an external auditory canal mass in an elderly patient

Hafiz Danyal Khan, Dr. Ihsan Ullah, Noorullah, Muhammad Imran Marwat

1987-1990
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STUDENT'S CORNER LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Head-mounted augmented reality in head and neck surgery: from technical innovation to clinical translation none

Hania Fatima, Hamna Bilal

1993-1994
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Silent recurrence in pseudomyxoma peritonei: A call for standardised Post-CRS/HIPEC surveillance

Manal Fatima Ali, Zoha Asghar

1995-1995
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