Vol. 32 No. 2 (2016): March – April 2016 Pak J Med Sci

Pak J Med Sci
Published: 2016-03-22

Editorial

  • Publish or Perish: Need to have another look?

    Shaukat Ali Jawaid
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.10326

Original Articles

  • Hepatorenal syndrome: Response to terlipressinand albumin and its determinants

    Shahid Sarwar, Anwaar A. Khan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9315

  • Scientific publications in critical care medicine journals from East Asia: A 10-year survey of the literature

    Zhenyu Cao, Chongyang Ou, Hongfei Teng, Xiguang Liu, Hongxin Tang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.8782

  • Diagnostic utility of saline infusion doppler sonohysterography in endometrial mass lesions

    Bilge Öğütçüoğlu, Cihan Karadağ, Cihan İnan, Zehra Nihal Dolgun, Ahmet Tevfik Yoldemir, Lale Aslanova
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9452

  • The eating habits of Patients with Type 2 diabetes in Algeria

    Aicha Laissaoui, Rachida Allem
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9266

  • Prevalence of anxiety and depression amongdoctors; the unscreened and undiagnosed clientele in Lahore, Pakistan

    Khaula Atif, Habib Ullah Khan, Muhammad Zia Ullah, Farrukh Saleem Shah, Abdul Latif
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.8731

  • Comparison of laparoscopic appendectomy with openappendectomy in treating children with appendicitis

    Guoqing Yu, Aihua Han, Wenjuan Wang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9082

  • Surgical outcome of spelenectomy in Thalassemia major in children

    Ikramullah Khan Akhtar, Muhammad Ashraf, Irum Uzma Khalid, Mukhtar Hussain
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.8815

  • Oxidative stress and antioxidant parameters in neutropenic patients secondary to chemotherapy

    Akif Dogantekin, Ali Gurel, Bilal Ustundag, Selcuk Ilhan, Emin Tamer Elkiran
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9200

  • Factors affecting mode of delivery in a nullipara at term with singleton pregnancy and vertex presentation (NTSV)

    Iffat Ahmed, Uzma Chishti, Munazza Akhtar, Humera Ismail
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9138

  • Gaucher disease in Iraqi children (Clinical, diagnostic & therapeutic aspects)

    Ausama Jamal Kadhum, Rabab Farhan Thejeal
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9316

  • PBL triggers in relation to students

    Nurul Hidayati Ruslai, Abdus Salam
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9248

  • Is open decortication superior to fibrinolytic therapy as a firstline treatment in the management of pleural empyema?

    Sultan Ahmed, Hammad Azam, Imran Basheer
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9676

  • Clinical effect of treating renal transplant recipients with percutaneous coronary intervention and its safety

    Yanxuan Zhang, Zhenhong Pan, Jun Fang, Qingshan Qu, Xin Jiang, Ming Li
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.8952

  • Clinical predictors of anticipatory emesis in patients treated with chemotherapy at a tertiary care cancer hospital

    Fawad Qureshi, Azhar Shafi, Sheeraz Ali, Neelam Siddiqui
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9493

  • Body Mass Index and other anthropometric variablesin children with sickle cell anaemia

    Odutola Israel Odetunde, Josephat Chinawa, Kingsely Achigbu, Eberechukwu Achigbu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9046

  • Plastibell device circumcision versus bone cutter technique in terms of operative outcomes and parent’s satisfaction

    Tahir Mehmood, Hammad Azam, Muhammad Tarik, Zafar Iqbal, Hassan Mehmood, Syed Asif Hussain Shah
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9510

  • Students

    Farhan Al-Swailmi, Ishtiaq Khan, Yasir Mehmood, Shehab Al-Enazi, Majed Alrowaili, Madallah Al-Enazi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9194

  • Yield of closed pleural biopsy and cytologyin exudative pleural effusion

    Faisal Faiyaz Zuberi, Bader Faiyaz Zuberi, Syed Khalid Ali, Sagheer Hussain, Farhana Mumtaz
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9613

  • Educational resources used by medical students in primary healthcare rotation: A cross sectional study

    Ali M Al-Hazmi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9784

  • Ankylosing Spondylitis: A rheumatology clinic experience

    Tasnim Ahsan, Uzma Erum, Rukhshanda Jabeen, Danish Khowaja
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9366

  • Influence of different anesthetic and analgesic methods on early cognitive function of elderly patients receiving non-cardiac surgery

    Yong Wang, Jie Zhang, Shuijun Zhang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9555

  • Hepatitis-C virus infection among injecting drug users in Lahore, Pakistan: A cross sectional study

    Abdul Majeed Akhtar, Sadia Majeed, Muhammad Jamil, Abdul Rehman, Sufia Majeed
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9038

  • The modified Dunn procedure for slipped capital femoral epiphysis does not reduce the length of the femoral neck

    Dan Ionut Cosma, Dana Elena Vasilescu, Andrei Corbu, Madalina Valeanu, Dan Vasilescu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.8638

  • Diagnostic accuracy of Ultrasound B scan using 10 MHz linear probe in ocular trauma; Results from a high burden country

    Muhammad Kashif Shazlee, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Saad Ahmed, Ammad Hussain, Kamran Hameed, Irfan Amjad Lutfi, Muhammad Tahir Khan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9241

  • Application value of magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosing central nervous system lymphoma

    Shanhua Zhang, Hongjun Li, Rongguang Zhu, Mingming Zhang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9013

  • Hypovitaminosis-D: Frequency and association of clinical disease with biochemical levels in adult patients

    Hammad Shah, Humaira Achakzai, Shahzada Bakhtyar Zahid, Muhammad Zuhaid
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9172

  • Measurements of bone mineral density and stiffness index in young Saudi females

    Lina Fahmi Hammad
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9757

  • Ameliorating effect of Allium Sativum on high-fat diet induced fatty liver in albino rats

    Aisha Qamar, Ambreen Usmani, Humera Waqar, Asma Siddiqui, Hemant Kumar
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9025

  • Tea drinking habits and osteoporotic hip/femur fractures: A case-control study

    Chenshu Huang, Rongrui Tang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9092

  • Adherence to Methotrexate therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Nasim Arshad, Nighat Mir Ahmad, Muhammad Ahmed Saeed, Saira Khan, Shabnam Batool, Sumaira Farman
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9566

  • Alanine aminotransferase as a predictor of adverseperinatal outcomes in women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy

    Ali Ekiz, Basak Kaya, Muhittin Eftal Avci, Ibrahim Polat, Selin Dikmen, Gokhan Yildirim
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9057

  • Frequency of neck and shoulder pain and use of adjustable computer workstation among bankers

    Maryam Shabbir, Sajid Rashid, Bilal Umar, Aqeel Ahmad, Sarah Ehsan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9067

  • Effects of ischemic postconditioning on expressions of pentraxin-related protein 3 and neutrophil CD11b in the plasma of patients with acute myocardial infarction after percutaneous coronary intervention

    Sheng-Hui Liu, Yu-E Huo, Xin-Wei Jia, Ya Li
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9457

  • Psychosocial implications of blindness and low visionin students of a school for children with blindness

    Rizwan Ishtiaq, Muhammad Hamid Chaudhary, Muhammad Atif Rana, Abdur Rehman Jamil
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.8737

  • Clinical significance of quantitative and qualitative detection of BK and JC virus in blood and urine of renal transplantation recipients

    Liangwei Qiao, Qingshan Qu, Xin Jiang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.8978

  • Corneal approach 20 Guage vitrectomy system for the management of congenital cataract

    Mariya Nazish Memon, Sadia Bukhari, Israr Ahmed Bhutto
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9149

  • Application of multiplex PCR for Rapid and sensitive detection of human papillomaviruses in cervical cancer

    Fateme Zandnia, Abbas Doosti, Abbas Mokhtari-Farsani, Mohammad Taghi Kardi, Abolfazl Movafagh
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.8582

  • Sentinel lymph node identification by blue dye in patients with breast carcinoma

    Nighat Bakhtiar, Farhat Jaleel, Foad Ali Moosa, Naeem Akhtar Qureshi, Masood Jawaid
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9563

  • Prevalence of dental caries and associated social risk factorsamong preschool children in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Laila A Al-Meedani, Yousef H Al-Dlaigan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9439

  • Reliability of the universal goniometer for assessing active cervical range of motion in asymptomatic healthy persons

    Muhammad Nazim Farooq, Mohammad Ali Mohseni Bandpei, Mudassar Ali, Ghazanfar Ali Khan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.8747

  • Clinical efficacy of tiotropium in children with asthma

    Juan Huang, Ying Chen, Zhen Long, Xiaoqin Zhou, Junhua Shu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.8836

  • Otitis media with effusion: Accuracy of tympanometry in detecting fluid in the middle ears of children at myringotomies

    Khurshid Anwar, Saeed Khan, Habib ur Rehman ., Mohammad Javaid, Isteraj Shahabi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9009

  • Use of a portable monitoring device (Somnocheck Micro) for the investigation and diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea in comparison with polysomnography

    Cahit Bilgin, Ünal Erkorkmaz, Muhammed Kürşad Uçar, Neşe Akın, Ahmet Nalbant, Ali Nihat Annakkaya
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9561

  • McKenzie treatment versus mulligan sustained natural apophyseal glides for chronic mechanical low back pain

    Saira Waqqar, Syed Shakil-ur-Rehaman, Shakeel Ahmad
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9127

  • Frequency of hypovitaminosis D and its associated risk factorsin newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients

    Fahad Azam, Abida Shaheen, Rabia Arshad
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.8996

  • Ego States of nurses working in psychiatric clinics according to transactional analysis theory

    Melike Yönder Ertem, Ayla Kececi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9426

  • Investigation of molecular heterogeneity of ?-thalassemia disorder in District Charsadda of Pakistan

    Muhammad Shakeel, Muhammad Arif, Shoaib Ur Rehman, Tabassum Yaseen
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9415

  • Seroprevalence of acute dengue in a Malaysian tertiary medical centre

    Md Mostafizur Rahman, Nurul Ain’ Nabilla Roslan, Alyaa Nadhira Jaafar, Melissa Iqlima Marzuki, Nurabrar Hussin, Wan Ngor Low, NanFeng Khang, Zetti Zainol Rashid, Chuan Hun Ding, Terukumar Chandrasekaran
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9320

Continuing Medical Education

  • How to write a Doctoral Thesis

    H.R Ahmad
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.10181

Review Article

  • Bisphosphonates can prevent recurrent hip fracture and reduce the mortality in osteoporotic patient with hip fracture: A meta-analysis

    Jing Peng, Yong Liu, Long Chen, Kun Peng, Xu Zhao, Dagang Zhang, Zhou Xiang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9435

  • Diabetic Macular Edema

    Fatih Cakir Gundogan, Umit Yolcu, Fahrettin Akay, Abdullah Ilhan, Gokhan Ozge, Salih Uzun
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.8496

  • Quality of life for chronic psychiatric illnesses and home care

    Nesibe Gunay Molu, Birgul Ozkan, Sema İçel
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.8794

Case Reports

  • Delayed visual loss due to radiation retinopathy

    Salih Uzun, Sami Toyran, Fahrettin Akay, Fatih Cakir Gundogan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9221

  • Phenotypic manifestation of congenital transverse amputation of autopod in Pakistani subjects

    Hafiza Fizzah Riaz, Karmoon Lal, Saif Ullah, Nadeem Ahmad Bhatti, Waheed Ullah, Sajid Malik
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.8850