Vol. 31 No. 1 (2015): January – February 2015 Pak J Med Sci

Pak J Med Sci
Published: 2014-11-24

Editorial

  • Patient satisfaction, patient safety and increasing violence against healthcare professionals

    Shaukat Ali Jawaid
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6965

Original Articles

  • How to overcome violence against healthcare professionals, reduce medical disputes and ensure patient safety

    Hongxing Yu, Zhenglu Hu, Xifan Zhang, Bin Li, Shangcheng Zhou
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6446

  • Hypertensive patients’ readiness to use of mobile phones and other information technological modes for improvingtheir compliance to doctors’ advice in Karachi

    Izhar Mirza Hussain, Baqir S. Naqvi, Iqbal Ahmed, Nasir Ali
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5469

  • Self-medication with analgesics among medical students and interns in King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Nahla Khamis Ragab Ibrahim, Banan Mohammad Alamoudi, Wejdan Omar Baamer, Rajaa Mohammad Al-Raddadi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6526

  • Depression, coping strategies, glycemic control and patient compliance in Type 2 diabetic patients in an endocrine outpatient clinic

    Hulya Parildar, Ozlem Cigerli, Nilgun Guvener Demirag
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6011

  • Relationship between serum estrogen levels and blood stasis syndrome in postmenopausal women with coronary heart disease

    Xin Liu, Chunyu Guo, Xiaojuan Ma, Rui Tian, Ying Zhang, Huijun Yin
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5490

  • Analysis of the relationship between liver regeneration rate and blood levels

    Myeong-Seong Kim, Hae-Kag Lee, Seon-Yeong Kim, Jae-Hwan Cho
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5864

  • Efficacy of different doses of atorvastatin treatment on serum levels of 8-hydroxy-guanin (8-OHdG) and cardiac function in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy

    Yu Jin, Chunguang Qiu, Qiangsun Zheng, Ling Liu, Zhiqiang Liu, Yi Wang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5840

  • Prevalence and distribution of musculoskeletal disorders causing unfitness for military service among young adult men: An epidemiologic study

    Safak Ekinci, Necmettin Kocak, Ibrahim Aydin, Kenan Koca, Ramazan Akyildiz, Omer Ersen, Selim Kilic
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5674

  • Financial wellness awareness: A step closer to achieve Millennium Development Goals for Pakistan

    Rehana Rehman, Dr Shahjahan Katpar, Rakhshaan Khan, Mehwish Hussain
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6058

  • Prevalence and pattern of traumatic limb amputations in female population of Bhimber District, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

    Nazish Jabeen, Sajid Malik
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6423

  • Assessment of primary health care in a rural health centre in Enugu South east Nigeria

    Josephat Chinawa, Awoere T Chinawa
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6360

  • Detection of renal brush border membrane enzymes for evaluation of renal injury in neonatal scleredema

    Qing Ren, Yongjun Zhang, Jinying Yang, Lixia Wei, Lili Zhao, Qiaozhi Yang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5740

  • Pulmonary manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus patients with and without antiphospholipid syndrome

    Muhammad Afzal Hamdani, Abdul Rahman Saud Al-Arfaj, Khalid Parvez, Faisal Naseeb, Abdalla El Fateh Ibrahim, Joseph Hope Cal
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6544

  • Ultrasound-guided evaluation of the lumbar subarachnoid space in lateral and sitting positions in pregnant patients to receive elective cesarean operation

    Gulay Ucarli, Meltem Turkay, Sitki Nadir Sinikoglu, Aysin Alagol
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5647

  • Effects of glutamine and valsartan on the brain natriuretic peptide and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide of patients with chronic heart failure

    Mingliang Shao, Congxin Huang, Zhen Li, Hui Yang, Qifan Feng
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6302

  • Vitamin B12, folate and iron levels in primary nocturnal enuresis

    Sebahattin Albayrak, Kürsad Zengin, Serhat Tanik, Ghaniya Daar, Mustafa Yasar Ozdamar, Hasan Bakirtas, M. Abdurrahim Imamoglu, Mesut Gurdal
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6424

  • Expressions and clinical significance of serum bone Gla-protein, bone alkaline phosphatase and C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen in bone metabolism of patients with osteoporosis

    Dongfeng Zhao, Junsheng Wang, Yining Liu, Xinwei Liu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6143

  • Vacuum Assisted Closure- utilization as home based therapy in the managementof complex diabetic extremity wounds

    Kamran Hafeez, Haroon Rashid, Ghulam Mustafa Kaim Khani, Darshan Kumar, Sunil Kumar
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6093

  • Effects of timing of vitrectomy performed for open-globe injury patients on the thickness of retinal nerve fiber layer

    Xiaoming Chen, Yanni Zhu, Shuqiong Hu, Yanhua Zhu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6088

  • Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis using Xpert MTB/RIF assay - Report from a developing country

    Noshin Wasim Yusuf, Shagufta Iram, Asyia Zeenat, Shahida Hussain, Maleeha Aslam
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6970

  • Ultrasound-guided bilateral greater occipital nerve block for the treatment of post-dural puncture headache

    Fethi Akyol, Orhan Binici, Ufuk Kuyrukluyıldız, Güldane Karabakan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5759

  • Corneal topography analysis of stromal corneal dystrophies

    Yusuf Koçluk, Zuleyha Yaln?z-Akkaya, Ay?e Burcu, Firdevs Örnek
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6292

  • Effects of cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) positive Helicobacter pylori infection on anti-platelet glycoprotein antibody producing B cells in patients with primary idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)

    Yuan-Shan Cheng, Li-Ping Kuang, Chun-Lan Zhuang, Jia-Dian Jiang, Man Shi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6409

  • Serum homocysteine level in vegetariansin District Tharparker, Sindh

    Draneel Kapoor Rathi, Nudrat Anwar Zuberi, Muhammad Imran Rathore, Mukhtiar Baig
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6111

  • Revisiting subclavian flap repair for neonates and small infants

    Mustafa Kır, Baran Ugurlu, Nurettin Unal, Kivanc Metin, Nuh Yilmaz, Ozgur Kizilca
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5531

  • Journal Club presentation in research orientation at Bahria University Medical & Dental College

    Rabiya Rehan, Rehana Rehman, Ambreen Usmani
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6314

  • Association of SNP rs9939609 in FTO gene with metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetic subjects, rectruited from a tertiary care unit of Karachi, Pakistan

    Asher Fawwad, Iftikhar Ahmed Siddiqui, Nimra Fatima Zeeshan, Syed Muhammad Shahid, Sidra Siddiqui, Rubina Sabir, Abdul Basit
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6524

  • Effect of smoking on serum xanthine oxidase, malondialdehyde, ascorbic acid and α-tocopherol levels in healthy male subjects

    Fatehuddin Khand, Ali Akbar Shah, Tayyab Uddin Khand
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6148

  • Assessment of the Frequency of Autoantibodies in Chronic Viral Hepatitis

    Akif Acay, Kasim Demir, Gulsah Asik, Havva Tunay, Gursel Acarturk
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6053

  • Influence of IL-20 on lumbar disc degeneration: An experimental study

    Tianjing Yang, Huaqing Xu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5720

  • Predictive value of elevated neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio for left ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients withnon ST-elevated acute coronary syndrome

    Adem Bekler, Gokhan Erbag, Hacer Sen, Emine Gazi, Sedat Ozcan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5967

  • Oral health knowledge of health care workers in special children’s center

    Amjad Hussain Wyne, Nouf Hammad, Christian Splieth
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6477

  • Stress among First and Third Year Medical Studentsat University Kebangsaan Malaysia

    Abdus Salam, Raynuha Mahadevan, Amir Abdul Rahman, Norsyafiqah Abdullah, Aimi Aqilah Abd Harith, Chu Pei Shan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6473

  • Incidence of retinopathy in chronic Hepatitis C patientstreated with pegylated interferon alpha 2a and ribavirin combination therapy

    Muhammad Kashif, Muhammad Khurram Saleem, Imran Khan Farooka, Amina Husnain, Arif Mahmood Siddiqui
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6321

  • Short-term therapeutic effects of low-dose cytarabine plus surgical resection on elderly patients with trigeminal nerve tumor and safety observation

    Xiang-Sheng Li, Wei-Long Yang, Fa-Zheng Shen, Guo-Jun Gao, Ji-Wei Ma, Bao-Zhe Jin
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6440

  • An assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) towards diabetes and diabetic retinopathy in a suburban town of Karachi

    Muhammad Saleh Memon, Sikander Ali Shaikh, Abdul Rashid Shaikh, Muhammad Faisal Fahim, Seema N. Mumtaz, Nadeem Ahmed
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6317

  • Spinal anaesthesia for orthopaedic surgery in children with cerebral palsy: Analysis of 36 patients

    Ozkan Onal, Seza Apiliogulları, Ergun Gunduz, Jale Bengi Celik, Hakan Senaran
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5709

  • Frequency of gestational diabetes mellitus and the associated risk factors

    Nuriye B
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5617

  • Investigation on the IL-18 -607A/C and -137C/G on the susceptibility of ischemic stroke

    Shi Jin-he, Li-dan Niu, Xi-yan Chen, Jing-yu Hou, Ping Yang, Guang-peng Li
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5997

  • Mean platelet volume can predict cerebrovascular events in patients with Sickle Cell Anemia

    Tanju Celik, Sule Unal, Ozalp Ekinci, Cahit Ozer, Gul Ilhan, Gonül Oktay, Vefik Arica
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.4104

  • Social network utilization (Facebook) & e-Professionalism among medical students

    Masood Jawaid, Muhammad Hassaan Khan, Shahzadi Nisar Bhutto
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5643

Brief Communication

  • Health impacts of obesity

    Shirin Djalalinia, Mostafa Qorbani, Niloofar Peykari, Roya Kelishadi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.7033

Case Reports

  • Laparoscopic removal of an intrauterine device from the sigmoid colon

    Fatih Şanlıkan, Oğuz Arslan, Muhittin Eftal Avcı, Ahmet Göçmen
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6096

  • Syphilis in pregnancy

    Md Mostafizur Rahman, Asrul Abdul Wahab, Umi Kalsom Ali, Marlyn Mohammad, Ezura Madiana Md. Monoto
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5932

  • A pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm caused by concurrent chemoradiation therapy for lung cancer

    Jung Ho Kim, Sanghoon Han
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6001

  • Differential diagnosis problems in a patient with dysphonia and chronic lymphocytic leukemia

    Gabriela Ariadna Gavrila, Romeo Gabriel Mihaila, Ioan Manitiu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6091

  • Enteroscopic sclerotherapy in blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome

    Shoubin Ning, Yafei Zhang, Zhanfei Zu, Xuyan Mao, Gaoping Mao
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5858

  • An intractable case of suspected psoriatic arthritiscombined with Dupuytren’s disease

    Wen Quan Ding, Jian Hui Gu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6079

  • Floating thrombus in the right heart associated withpulmonary embolism: The role of echocardiography

    Kashif Naeem
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6219

  • Pleural Fibroma: A meandering path to surgical removal

    Shafqat Hassan, Syed Shirjeel Husain, Muhammad Amim Anwar, Saema Saeed
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.5517

Conference Proceedings

  • Second International Conference of Chief Editors of ResearchJournals organized by Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) (Shiraz, Iran December 1-2, 2014)

    Shaukat Ali Jawaid
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.7094

  • Reviewers for the Year 2014

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.7297