Vol. 72 No. 5 (2022): MAY

Published: 2022-05-10

Case Report

Surgical and prosthodontics management of a perforating giant radicular cyst in anterior maxilla: a case report

Momina Anis Motiwala, Kamil Zafar, Farhan Raza Khan

965-968
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Perianal ulcerative tuberculosis: a case report

Weifeng Lao, Weifang Mao

978-980
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Impact of supervised exercise training on systemic sclerosis with multiple organ involvement: a case report

Abdulrahman Mohammed Alhowikan

972-974
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Mask-associated dry-eye in COVID-19 pandemic: a case report and review of the literature

Sehrish Nizar Ali Momin, Rehman Siddiqui

981-982
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A case report on Fibular Aplasia, Tibial Campomelia, Oligosyndactyly Syndrome variant in a Male Infant

Hina Mumtaz Hashmi, Nazia Shamim, Vinod Kumar, Adnan Mirza, Salman Kirmani, Babar Irfan, Hania Hasan

975-977
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Berardinelli Seip Syndrome: A rare case report

Samreen Ashraf, Shadab Masood, Farrah Naz, Junaid Rashid

969-971
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Paraganglioma of common bile duct: a case report

Muhammad Ammar Pirzada, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Saleema Begum, Khurram Minhas

983
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Letter to the Editor

“COVID-19 and Pregnancy: A Compelling Need for Vaccination"

Unaiza Naeem, Syed Hasan Shuja, Areesha Jawed

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The COVID long-haulers: A letter to the Editor

Anousheh Awais Paracha, Muhammad Sameer Arshad, Muhammad Azam

1018-1018
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Mucormycosis- A growing concern in this pandemic?

Muhammad Hamayl Zeeshan

1017-1017
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Are scrubs really protecting?

Fatima Suleman

1004-1007
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Overcoming barriers to Parkinson’s disease care during lockdowns in Pakistan

Maheen Kalwar , Fatima Muhammad Asad Khan

1002-1002
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Rising Glaucoma Burden in Pakistan: A Wake-up Call for Nationwide screening? N/A

Sana Kazmi, Adina Jabeen, Rabbia Gul

1016-1016
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The mechanism of action of the controversial drug; aducanumab and the story behind its speedy approval

Anika Zainab

1019-1019
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Use of subtle vibrations to predict future organ dysfunction

Ibtehaj-Ul-Haque, Umer Hayat Ahmed Sharif, Varisha Fatima Shaikh

1003-1003
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Narrative Review

Teaching strategies for rehabilitation curriculum: coping with the Covid-19 situation

Binash Afzal, Nazia Mumtaz, Syed Shakil Ur Rehman, Ghulam Saqulain

935-939
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Challenges in Screening of Sexually Transmitted Viral Infections of the Female Genital Tract: Where Do we Stand? - A scoping review

Bushra Jamshed, Maham Javed, Saima Zaki, Huma Khalid, Sobia Idrak, Nadia Naseem

940-946
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Original Article

Myelomeningocele among Pakistani population

Urooj Fatima, Shabnam Khan, Syeda Urooj Riaz, Hussain Mehdi, Meesam Iftikhar, Nida Fatima

874-877
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Frequency of HIV among patients seeking antenatal care at a tertiary care hospital, Karachi

Omema Akhtar, Osama Qazi, Haleema Yasmin, Khadija Bano, Sabiha Qamar

855-859
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Video based learning vs instructor led training for optimizing personal protective equipment use to prevent Covid-19 infection- a comparative study

Asma Ansari, Uzma Urooj , Mustafa Waseem , Alveera Ihtasham

807-810
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Efficacy of rituximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Muhammad Bilal, Ansar Ullah , Saima Khattak

839-842
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Group influence on attitudes towards polio vaccination in Pakistan: Role of group identification and perceived group support for polio vaccines

Warda Saleh, Humaira Jami

802-806
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‘Haemodialysis burden’ overweighs the associations of demographic, social and clinical factors on quality of life: a single centre study from Pakistan

Imran Saleem, Murtaza Dhrolia, Ruqaya Qureshi, Kiran Nasir, Aasim Ahmad

886-890
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Effect of nutritional status on wound healing after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery

Muazama Zaffar, Asma Afreen, Muhammad Waseem, Zaheer Ahmed

860-865
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Trends and outcomes of admissions in the Paediatrics ward at a tertiary care hospital of urban Karachi

Shazia Durrani Fakhir, Nadia Khalid, Fatima Fakhir Musharraf, Shakeel Ahmad

954-957
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Factors associated with low bone mineral density in postmenopausal women with rheumatoid arthritis

Pir Muhammad Zahid, Saba Samreen, Zafar Ayub Khan, Babur Salim, Syed Nazir Ahmed, Haris Gul

891-895
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Association of body mass index, cardiorespiratory fitness, and theirs correlates among female physical therapy students in Multan

Perwasha Perwasha, Imran Ahmad khan, Noshaba Kanwal, Gul-E- Mizgan, Maliha Khalid Khan, Hafiza Iram Batool

916-920
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New insights into sex differences in primary biliary cholangitis. Gender difference in primary biliary cholangitis

Ying-Hsuen Wu, Yi-Lin Chiu, Jung-Chun Lin, Hsuan-Wei Chen

896-900
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Assessment of National External Quality Assurance Program of Pakistan (NEQAPP) as a tool for improving quality of lab results among participating laboratories

Shahrukh Shah, Muhammad Aamir , Zujaja Haroon , Usman Munir , Afshan Bibi, Syed Raza jaffer

882-885
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Research Article

Examination of quality of life in patients using exenatide with different dimensions

Siddika Ersoy, Ismail Hakki Ersoy, Sukran Ozkahraman-Koc

817-821
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Development of a protocol for conducting a randomized control trial on effects of artificial intelligence on nutritional status of children post cardiac surgery

Maryam Zahid, Ume Sughra

908-911
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Effect of Brain Damages on Logical Inferences of Depressive Adults

Javeria Sajid , Muhammad Naveed Riaz

811-816
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Outcome of paediatric lobectomy by thoracotomy — a single centre, six-year experience

Hamza Sohail , Abdul Rehman

947-949
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Assessment of musculoskeletal disorders among cricketers playing in domestic clubs of Lahore

Abdullah Munir, Mehwish Akhtar , Amina Khalid , Haider Farooq Khan, Faiza Kiran , Gull Bahar

878-881
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Multinodular goitre surgery complications and directly observed surgeons’ skills: a prospective double-blind observational cohort study

Hafiz Naweed Ahmad, Fayyaz Ahmad; Admin

843-849
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Urdu translation and validation of clinically useful anxiety outcome scale in Pakistan: ‘an observational study’

Yasmeen Wajid, Humaira Jami, Aisha Zubair, Arooj Mujeeb

832-838
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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Postgraduate Training in Pediatrics

Muhammad Haroon Hamid, Bilal Mazher, Saamia Aslam, Aiman Shirin, Tayyab Javed

912-915
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Mammary Analogue Secretory Carcinoma of Parotid gland: literature review and experience of a dedicated cancer institution in Pakistan

Hamza Shahid , Rahim Dhanani, Muhammad Faisal , Abdul Rehman , Arif Jamshed , Raza Hussain

950-953
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Role of media and the media hypes in the aftermath of mass casualty incidents a qualitative thematic content analysis

Mehjabeen Musharraf, Ambreen Aslam , Lubna Baig

822-826
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Perceptions of faculty on promotion policy in medical and dental colleges associated with Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University Islamabad, Pakistan

Muhammad Riaz Shahbaz Janjua, Jamilah Janjua, Shazia Muazam, Gohar Wajid

866-873
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Needs assessment survey regarding effectiveness of chronic care in Diabetes in a hospital setting

Yamna Jadoon, Abiha Abdullah, Asra Qureshi, Jaleed Ahmed Gilani, Unab Khan

850-854
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Threshold concepts encountered by second year medical students in a Basic Health Science module; a qualitative study

Memoona Mansoor, Ali Tayyab, Syed Shoaib Shah, Rehmah Sarfraz
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Normalization of serum TSH doesn’t represent true euthyroidism for patients on levothyroxine treatment

Nalan Okuroglu, Elif Sakci, Meltem Sertbas, Yasar Sertbas, Seda Sancak, Ali Ozdemir

827-831
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Short Communication / Short Report

Effects of Covid-19 on physical activity and eating behaviours and their mutual relationship

Fakhra Munir, Rimsha Ibrar, Yusra Malik, Sana Bashir, Madiha Ashfaq, Hina Shafi

1014-1015
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Spousal violence against women in Afghanistan: Bivariate mapping of correlates

Masood Ali Shaikh

961-964
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Systematic Reviews

Role of virtual reality and active video games in motor and executive functions in cerebral palsy: a systematic review

Asifa Qurat Ul Ain, Arooj Fatima , Faraya Yousaf , Filza Shoukat , kashif Siddiqui, Ashfaq Ahmed

929-934
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Antimicrobial strategies for scaffolds aided periodontal regeneration- road so far systematic review

Farwa Rais , Hashmat Gul, Zainab Qasim, Amna Zaheer, Muhammad Kaleem

921-928
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KAP STUDY

Knowledge and practice of ethics among postgraduates in a public sector tertiary care hospital

Sahlish Kumar, Iqra Ismail, Komal Noorani, Fatima Ashraf Ganatra, Insiya Hashim, Sara Maratib Ali, Abu Talib

1008-1013
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EDITORIAL

Is Omicron a Tsunami? What should be the strategy to prevent the loss?

Mulazim Hussain Bukhari

798-799
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Diabetes is too important to be left to diabetologists alone

Sanjay Kalra, Suresh Sharma

800-801
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BAROCRINOLOGY

Lipokathexis: A fat paradox

Sanjay Kalra, Saurabh Arora, Nitin Kapoor

991-992
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RECENT ADVANCES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY

Triglyceride Glucose (TyG) Index: A surrogate biomarker of insulin resistance

Vineetha K Ramdas Nayak, Praseeda Satheesh, Mohan T Shenoy, Sanjay Kalra

986-988
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IMAGING CORNER

A 17-year-old girl with massive Intra-abdominal Germ Cell Tumour

Palwasha Rehman, Aamna Hassan

997-997
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PRIMARY CARE DIABETES

Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists (GLP1RA) and Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i): Making a pragmatic choice in diabetes management

Sanjay Kalra, Saptarshi Bhattacharya, Nitin Kapoor

989-990
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REHABILITATION SCIENCES CORNER

Diagnosis, management strategies and research horizons in sarcopenia

Sarah Razaq, Murat Kara, Levent Özcakar, Farooq Azam Rathore

998-1001
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EVIDENCE BASED NEURO-ONCOLOGY

Postoperative cerebro spinal fluid diversion in patients with third ventricular colloid cysts

Ahmer Nasir Baig, Syeda Kubra Kishwar Jafri, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim

993-996
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