Vol. 42 No. 7 (2026): July 2026

Pak J Med Sci Vol.42, No.7 2026

Published: 2026-07-02

Leading Article

Comprehensive Analysis of the Global Standing of Universities, Research Performance, and the Impact of Scholarly Journals: Pakistan’s Academic and Research Landscape 2026

Sultan Ayoub Meo, Awaiza Khan; Shaukat Ali Jawaid

1641-1647
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.20163

Original Articles

Maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnant women with liver disease

Mehnaz Khakwani, Rashida Parveen, Hajra Sultana

1648-1653
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.13219
The impact of operator experience on the recurrence rate for atrial fibrillation patients after radiofrequency ablation

Ping Gong, Dayong Zhang, Runfeng Zhang, Tao Zhou

1654-1659
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.13262
Association of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and C-Reactive Protein-to-Albumin Ratio with Renal Anemia in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

Xiaojing Yan, Meixuan Lv, Yanli Li, Yu Sun

1660-1666
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.16176
Assessment of the effects of direct/video-observed therapy on pulmonary function test parameters and asthma control test: A single-center prospective randomized pilot study

Ömer Selim Unat, Damla Serce Unat

1667-1674
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.13048
The burden of chronic kidney disease attributed to metabolic risk factors: Insights from the 2021 global burden of disease study

Yunteng Yao, Quying Qiu, Xiaohua Zhang, Changhua Xia, Ping Li, Lei Zhou

1675-1689
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.13787
Prognostic value of Cranial Ultrasound combined with Serum Neuron-Specific Enolase and Creatine Kinase-MB Isoenzyme Measurement in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy

Bin Wang, Shudan Yin, Xiangyang Zhang

1690-1696
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.16208
Association of PON1 Q192R/L55M Polymorphisms and Paraoxonase-1 levels with cardiometabolic risk in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus

Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed, Hakeemah H Al-Nakhle, Kholoud Ashour, Hashim M Aljohani, Zakaria Eltahir

1697-1703
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.15469
Efficacy of milrinone combined with norepinephrine in improving hemodynamics and protecting liver/kidney function in patients with septic shock

Cong Fu, Haoxuan Li, Jiaqi Ge, Xinxin Jiang, Lichen Guo

1704-1710
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.16206
Imaging features and differential diagnosis of benign osseous cystic lesions: Aneurysmal bone cyst versus femoral neck herniation pit

Jisong Li, Huan Wu, Jianfei Du, Mengchen Liu, Yanjun Ma, Yun Wang

1711-1718
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.15878
Comparison of a pharmacovigilance screening heuristic with expert clinical consensus for adverse drug reaction signal classification at a Pakistani tertiary care hospital

Abdullah Umer, Abdul Basit Afzal, Sher Muhammad Sethi, Ainan Arshad

1719-1723
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.13236
Antimicrobial Potency and Bond Strength of Glass Ionomer Cement Following Cavity Disinfection with Er, Cr: YSGG Laser, and Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Deciduous Molars

Zuhair Motlak Alkahtani

1724-1729
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.15717
Thromboelastography combined with conventional coagulation parameters for developing a nomogram model to predict postpartum hemorrhage risk: A retrospective analysis

Yufang Zhang, Yanju Zhu, Haiyan Wang, Mengyuan Wang, Yanwei Guo

1730-1736
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.14405
Expression characteristics and prognostic value of mycoplasma pneumoniae DNA, Interleukin-6, and Interleukin-10 levels in children with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Yan Cheng, Juanjuan Wang, Zhiyong Chen

1737-1742
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.14948
Malnutrition-induced frailty and risk of early rehospitalization in heart failure: A Survival analysis from a prospective cohort study

Farhan Muhammad Qureshi, Nazeer Khan, Riffat Sultana

1743-1749
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.13245
Vitamin-D and associated biomarker profiles in patients with chronic heart failure

Fazil Choban Almammadov, Gulnara Alisha Jafarova

1750-1755
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.15018
Effect of comprehensive geriatric assessment–based nursing intervention in elderly patients with Sarcopenia and osteoporosis

Huizhu Shi, Liang Chen

1756-1762
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.16753
The prevalence of depression in pregnant patients and its associated risk factors: A cross sectional study at the obstetrics clinic of a university hospital

Esranur Akıllı Ödemiş, Çiğdem Gereklioğlu

1763-1768
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.14762
Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide, Ytterbium Fiber Laser, and Phthalocyanine-Mediated Low-Level Laser Therapy on Surface Characteristics, Flexural Strength, and Push-out Bond Strength of Glass Fiber Posts to Root Dentin

Waleed M.S Alqahtani, Abdelaziz Almasry, Hassan Alsubhi, Yasmeen Bandar Alotaibi, Nasser Hussein Shaheen

1769-1774
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.15915
Frequency and types of motor fluctuations in patients presenting with advanced Parkinson’s disease

Samiksha, Qamar-Un-Nisa, Muhammad Irfan, Wajid Jawaid, Sumera Rafat Umer, Sidra Jazil Faruqi

1775-1779
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.15138
Impact of nursing strategy based on the 6S management model on clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction after Percutaneous Coronary intervention

Ying Zhang, Zhi Chen, Mengyin Gao, Zhiyiin Li

1780-1788
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.15965
Clinical outcomes of pediatric burn injuries: A Single Center Study

Hadiya Maqsood, Bushra Akram Mughal, M. Behram Abbas, Iqra Maqsood

1789-1795
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.16510
Exome Sequencing uncovers Homozygous Stop-Gained variant in the SYNE1 Gene Leading to Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Absarul Haque, Mohammad Zubair Alam, Fehmida Bibi, Osama Yousef Muthaffar, Mahmood Rasool, Muhammad Imran Naseer

1796-1803
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.15376
Development and validation of a nomogram prediction model for postoperative complications in elderly patients with endometrial cancer

Yanhong Geng, Qiuju Wang, Jing Xu, Shuqi Guo, Shanshan Liang

1804-1810
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.14874
Blood heavy metal and trace element levels in newly diagnosed cases of inflammatory bowel disease

Enver Akbaş, M. Salih Akın, Gozde Ulfer

1811-1818
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.14755
Molecular Epidemiological Analysis of Carbapenem-Resistant Hypervirulent Klebsiella Pneumoniae in Cangzhou Central Hospital from 2021 to 2024

Li Xu, Lan Chen, Yan Sun, Yuezhen An

1819-1824
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.13601
Clinical educators’ perspectives about use of digital tools and Challenges in their Use in clinical teaching and patient care: A qualitative study

Sabeen Saad, Saad Ahmed, Muhammad Nasir Ayub

1825-1832
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.13997
The value of antinuclear antibody spectrum in diagnosis and disease activity assessment in early atypical systemic lupus erythematosus

Meichen Liu, Qing Liu, Meng Zhang, Dong Chen, Jianqiao Zhang

1833-1838
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.14866
Health care professional’s knowledge and attitude towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation in public sector hospitals of rural Pakistan: A cross sectional study

Aftab Ahmad Khan, Rubina Barolia, Afshan Nazar, Shafiqa Banu, Aftab Khan

1839-1845
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.8451

Special Communications

Comparative Ethnomedicinal Knowledge and Medicinal Plant Use among Indigenous Communities in Southwestern China and Northern Pakistan

Zhang Tong, Dong Jiying, Qu Qiumei

1846-1849
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.19776

Review Article

Advances in internal fixation methods for intertrochanteric femoral fractures: A narrative review

Zuyang Zeng, Jie Lv, Haobo Zhong

1850-1859
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.16095

Systematic Review

Impact of pulmonary hypertension on long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm neonates with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: A meta-analysis

Yonghong Peng, Juanya Yang

1860-1868
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.16628
Pathophysiological and Therapeutic Association between Brain-Gut Axis and Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review

Usman Farooq, Ayesha Sadiqa, Shaista Arshad Jarral

1869-1876
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.14944
Efficacy and safety of dexmedetomidine in adult patients undergoing bronchoscopy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Xin Huang, Junshi Li, Liang Zhang, Yu Du, Hongbo Su, Jianfeng Zuo

1877-1892
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.16559
Insulinoma-associated Protein-1 as a Biomarker for Diagnosis of Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Meta-analysis

Jingtong Zhai, Boyu Qin, Jinzhao Zhai , Jinliang Wang

1893-1899
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.14569

Case Reports

Hand-Foot Syndrome as a Rare Side Effect of Bleomycin

Aateqa Hashmi, Maryam Abid, Amjad Zafar, Muhammad Abbas Khokhar

1900-1902
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.12343
Extensive left atrial thrombus invading pulmonary veins and mitral valve in severe mitral stenosis

Khola Jamila, Khuzaima Tariq

1903-1906
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.13395
Treatment of Pipkin Type-III Femoral Head Fractures in Young and Middle-Aged Adults with Deep Circumflex Iliac Vascular Pedicled Iliac Bone Flap Transplantation

Junfeng Wan, Xiaojun Yu, Chao Hu, Lei Li

1907-1910
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.7.13398

Acknowledgement

Acknowledgement

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