Vol. 34 No. 1 (2018): January – February 2018

Vol 34, No 1 (2018): January – February 2018
Published: 2018-01-16

Editorial

  • Honest Errors and Self-Retraction should not be Stigmatized or Penalized

    Shaukat Ali Jawaid
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14470

Guest Editorial

  • Measuring Learning of Medical Students through ‘Programmatic Assessment’

    Rehan Ahmed Khan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14606

View Point

  • Author-based journal selection system that helps authors save time in article submission

    Onur Ozturk, Fatih Ileri
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14074

Original Articles

  • Neurological complications are avoidable during CABG

    Zulfiqar Haider, Anjum Jalal, Asif Rashid Alamgir, Irfan Rasheed
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14114

  • Therapeutic Endoscopy in Combination with Quadruple Therapy in Treating Bleeding Caused by Gastric Ulcer

    Yuqin Zuo, Shuhui Wang, Xiujuan Cui, Hongna Lv
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13418

  • An examination of the sexual functions of patients who underwent a gynecologic cancer operation and received brachytherapy

    Ozlem Guner, Sureyya Gumussoy, Nigar Çelik, Aynur Saruhan, Oya Kavlak
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14241

  • Surgical Repair of post-infarction ventricular septal rupture: Determinants of operative mortality and survival outcome analysis

    Muhammad Yasir Khan, Tariq Waqar, Perisa Gul Qaisrani, Adnan Zafar Khan, Muhammad Shahrukh Khan, Haider Zaman, Anjum Jalal
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13906

  • Gastric emptying scintigraphy in postprandial distress syndrome

    Muhammad Hafeez, Fida Hussain, Amjad Salamat, Muhammad Bilal Khan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14137

  • Effect of Erbium-yttrium, scandium, gallium and garnet (ErYSGG) laser on the bond strength of lithium disilicate ceramics

    Mohammed Qasim Al-Rifaiy
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13916

  • Association of clinical and laboratory parameters with ambulatory arterial stiffness index in acromegaly patients

    Faruk Kılınc, Zafer Pekkolay, Fatih Demircan, Nevzat Gozel, Alpaslan Kemal Tuzcu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14100

  • Clinical effects of single femoral nerve block in combinationwith general anesthesia on geriatric patients receiving total knee arthroplasty

    Jing Zhang, Yan Yuan, Yongjun Zhang, Ying Wang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14071

  • Comparison between primary closure with Limberg Flap versus open procedure in treatment of pilonidal sinus, in terms of frequency of post-operative wound infection

    Muhammad Sohail Jabbar, Mahwish Mahboob Bhutta, Nayyab Puri
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13929

  • Is postmenopausal endometrial fluid collection alone a risk factor for endometrial cancer?

    Gülin Feykan Yegin Akcay, Emre Erdem Tas, Ayse Filiz Yavuz
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13990

  • Transesophageal Echocardiography in Cardiogenic Embolic Cerebral Infarction

    Wen Chu, Hua Wang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13291

  • Intra-Operative Predictors of difficult cholecystectomy and Conversion to Open Cholecystectomy

    Nauman Ahmed, Maaz ul Hassan, Maham Tahira, Abdul Samad, Hamad Naeem Rana
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13302

  • Urinary tract infections in the geriatric patients

    Yeşim Alpay, Nevil Ayk?n, Pınar Korkmaz, Hakkı Mustafa Güldüren, Figen Çevik Çağlan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14013

  • Nerve growth factor in combination with Oxiracetam in the treatment of Hypertensive Cerebral Hemorrhage

    Yuzhen Sun, Baoquan Xu, Qiang Zhang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13395

  • Comparison of volume and frequency advancement feeding protocols in very low birth weight neonates

    Afaq Hussain, Abdur Rehman, Nazia Fatima
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14092

  • Brachdactyly Instigated as a Result of Mutation in GDF5 and NOG Genes in Pakistani Population

    Samiullah Khan, Muhammad Mudassir, Naqab Khan, Asmat Ullah Marwat
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.12885

  • ANCA associated vasculitis in patients from Saudi Arabia

    Abdurhman Saud Al Arfaj, Najma Khalil
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13881

  • An examination of anxiety levels of nursing students caring for patients in terminal period

    Behire Sancar, Ayse Saba Yalcin, Inci Acikgoz
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14285

  • Liver histology in asymptomatic Hepatitis-C virus positive blood donors

    Muhammad Anwar, Qamar Jamal, Waqaruddin Ahmed
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14361

  • Spectrum of complications of severe DKA in children in pediatric Intensive Care Unit

    Qalab Abbas, Saba Arbab, Anwar Ul Haque, Khadija Nuzhat Humayun
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13875

  • Therapeutic effects of visual standard channel combined with F4.8 visual puncture super-mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy on multiple renal calculi

    Zhenyu Cui, Yanjun Gao, Wenzeng Yang, Chunli Zhao, Tao Ma, Xiaoqiang Shi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14236

  • Perceived social support in pregnant adolescents in Mersin area in Turkey

    Mine Yurdakul
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14221

  • Assessment of Freshwater Springs, Associated Diseases and Indigenous Perception in Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

    Shaukat Ali, Rubina `, Sadiq Hussain
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13956

  • Association of In-hospital outcome of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)with etiology among newborns at a tertiary care unit

    Muhammad Asghar Ali, Abdur Rehman, Ejaz Ahmed
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13955

  • Impact of depressed skull fracture surgery on outcome of head injury patients

    Shakeel Ahmad, Ali Afzal, Lal Rehman, Farrukh Javeed
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13184

  • Characteristics of clinical drugs for elderly chronic heart failure complicated with different degrees of renal insufficiency

    Hepeng Yu, Jing Chang, Wenwen Zhong, Ping Ye
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13600

  • Expression analysis of glyoxalase I gene among patients of diabetic retinopathy

    Aneela Shabbir, Amir Rashid, Palvasha Waheed, Saleem Ahmed Khan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13839

  • Potential Drug-Drug Interactions among patient’s prescriptions collected from Medicine out-patient setting

    Riffat Farooqui, Talea Hoor, Nasim Karim, Mehtab Muneer
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13986

  • The effect of preoperative stoma site marking on quality of life

    Selda Karaveli Çakır, Türkan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14108

  • To determine correlation between biochemical parameters of nutritional status with disease severity in HCV related liver cirrhosis

    Asma Chaudhry, Kaleem Ullah Toori, Javaria Ilyas Shaikh
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14011

  • Influence of Apelin-13 on osteoporosis in Type-2 diabetes mellitus: A clinical study

    Supin Liu, Wenlong Wang, Linlin Yin, Yitang Zhu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14135

  • Measuring assessment standards in undergraduate medical programs: Development and validation of AIM tool

    Madiha Sajjad, Rehan Ahmed Khan, Rahila Yasmeen
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14354

  • Evaluation of the effect of Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery with Myo-Inositol Oxygenase

    Cuma Mertoglu, Aliseydi Bozkurt, Ercument Keskin, Murat Gunay
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14094

  • Is there difference in chronic pain after Suture and Stapler fixation method of mesh in Ventral Hernia? A randomized controlled trial

    Noureen Shaukat, Farhat Jaleel, Masood Jawaid, Imrana Zulfiqar
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13904

  • Effectiveness of case based cultural competency among nurses working in private hospitals of Bangkok, Thailand: A Quasi-experimental study

    Pimkhwan Bunjitpimol, Ramesh Kumar, Ratana Somrongthong
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14080

  • Assessment of collaborative problem solving skills in Undergraduate Medical Students at Ziauddin College of Medicine, Karachi

    Arsalan Manzoor Mughal, Sirajul Haque Shaikh
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13485

  • Comparison of application values of CT and MRI in the diagnosis of early Lacunar Infarction

    Yuqing He, Liping Wei, Wenbo Li
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13619

  • Radiolological predictors of recurrence of chronic subdural hematoma

    Imran Altaf Hussain, Shahzad Shams, Anjum Habib Vohra
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13735

  • Fixation of unstable distal radius fractures by using expandable Intramedullary nailing system in adult patients

    Murat Calbiyik
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14239

  • Lack of association of statin use with Vitamin Dlevels in a hospital based population of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients

    Khalida Iqbal, Najmul Islam, Iqbal Azam, Naseema Mehboobali, Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.11977

  • Hyperlipidemia and hyper glycaemia in BreastCancer Patients is related to disease stage

    Uzma Raza, Mahay Rookh Asif, Asif Bin Rehman, Aminuddin Sheikh
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14841

  • Role of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases in the Formation of Hypertrophic Scar with Model of Lipopolysaccharide Stimulated Skin Fibroblast Cells

    Weidong Wang, Guanglei Li, Hongming Yang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13636

  • Pars plana vitrectomy in vitreous hemorrhage with or without Intravitreal Bevacizumab: A comparative overview

    Syed Muhammad Faisal, Muhammad Ali Tahir, Alyscia Miriam Cheema, Muhammad Ijaz Anjum
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.12683

  • Association of RAGE gene polymorphism with Type2 diabetes mellitus in local population

    Saba Zulfiqar, Fatma Hussain, Amer Jamil, Nisar Ahmed
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14359

Case Reports

  • Hair Dye poisoning: “An early intervention”

    Syed Farrukh Umair, Imrana Amin, Ata ur Rehman
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14123

Retraction

  • Effects of Ringer’s sodium pyruvate solution on serum tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6 upon septic shock

    Wei Dong, Guannan Zhang, Feng Qu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.15242