Vol. 28 No. 3 (2012): April - June 2012 Pak J Med Sci

Published: 2026-05-08

Editorial

Self Medication

Mahmud Ahmad Akhtar
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View Point

Post-trauma mental health problems cannot be ignored

Guojun Zeng, Huifang Feng, Jichun ZHAO, Jiayin Yang, Zhihui Zhong, Yanli Luo, Peixian Chen

Original Articles

Irrational drug use based on self medication for some common clinical conditions in an educated population of Karachi

Nusrat Bano, Rahela Najam, Faaiza Qazi
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Frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility of Acinetobacter species isolated from blood samples of paediatric patients

Ayisha Javed, Aizza Zafar, Hasan Ejaz, Muhammad Zubair
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Should the lower end of the spinal cord be localized by MRI in all patients having low backache prior to spinal anesthesia?

Lei Pang, Shuhai Han, Yanfen Wang, Xin Lian, Lu Lu, Haichun Ma
Maternal mortality in Faisalabad and Millennium Developmental Goals

Sarwat Ara, Sumaira Tahir, Adeela Rehman
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may be one of the terminal end points of metabolic syndrome

Mehmet Rami Helvaci, Leyla Yilmaz Aydin, Yusuf Aydin
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A randomized clinical trial to compare immediate versus delayed removal of foley catheter following abdominal hysterectomy and laparotomy

Elaheh Ouladsahebmadarek, Manizheh Sayyah-Melli, Mehri Jafari-Shobeiri
Metformin prevents macrosomia and neonatal morbidity in gestational diabetes

Jahan Ara Hasan, Nasim Karim, Zaman Sheikh
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Comparing therapeutic effects of Metformin and Pioglitazone in Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

Nazli Navali, Leila Azhary shokoufe, Fatemeh Mallah, Parvin Bastani, Omid Mashrabi
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A sonographic study of kidney dimensions in Saudi

Lina Fahmi Hammad
Met and unmet need of family planning and associated factors in a remote rural area of Sindh, Pakistan

Seema Bibi, Hurmat Soomro, Saima Ghaffar, Mohammad Ali Pir
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Comparative study between three methods of aspiration alone, aspiration plus steroid injection and aspiration plus ethanol injection for treatment of dorsal wrist ganglions

Seyed Abdolhossein Mehdi Nasab, Esmail Mashhadizadeh, Nasser Sarrafan
Morphometry of Corpus Callosum Related with Gender and Age: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Mehmet Ilkay Kosar, Fatma Hayat Erdil, Vedat Sabanciogullari, Keziban Karacan, Mehmet Cimen, Mehmet Atalar
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Health seeking behavior of stroke patients: Experience from a tertiary care centre of Bangladesh

Shamim Miah, Pradip Sen Gupta, Mosaraf Hossain, Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury, Md. Julker Nayan, Syed Shakawat Hossain
Anserine bursitis among patients with knee osteoarthritis

Muhammad Ahmed Saeed, Nighat Mir Ahmad, Sumaira Farman, Muhammad Rafaqat Hameed
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Thyroid stimulating hormone and leptin levels and severe growth retardation among ß- thalassemic patients

Dian Dayer, Maryam Salehcheh, Seyed Mohammad Hosein Mousavi Jazayeri, Gholam Abbas Kaydani, Manijeh Kadkhodaei Elyaderani, Saleheh Shaneh
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Connection between dysmenorrhea and depression among a group of Turkish high school female students

Alaettin Unsal, Mustafa Tozun, Unal Ayranci, Ozlem Orsal
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Pregnancy outcome in undiagnosed gestational diabetes

Masoud Dehdashtian, Seyyed Mohammad Hassan Aletayeb, Shirin Moarefian, Tahereh Ziaei Kajbaf, Mehri Taheri, Majid Aminzadeh
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Ramadan Fasting related Awareness, Practices and Experiences of a representative group of Urban Pakistani Diabetics

Shabeen Naz Masood, Yasir Masood, Seema N. Mumtaz, Asma Maqsood, Rubina Hakim, Zaman Shaikh, S. Faraz Danish Alvi, A. Samad Shera
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The prevalence of needle stick and sharps injuries in nurses in North Cyprus

Mukaddes Akgür, Umran Dal
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Intracerebral hemorrhages as an atypical radiographic presentation of herpes simplex encephalitis on CT scan: An analysis of 23 patients

Ateeque Ahemed Khan, Abu Talib, Ghulam Murtaza
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Outcome of Graves ‘ disease after Anti-thyroid Drug treatment in South West of Iran

Hajieh Shahbazian, Saied Saiedinia, Armaghan Moravej Aleali
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Laparostomy: Three year experience in a Tertiary-Care Unit

Sheeraz Shakoor Siddiqui, Shams Nadeem Alam, Monis Jaleel Ahmad, Muhammad Muneer, Jahanzaib Haider
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Survey of nosocomial infections and causative bacteria: A hospital-based study

Shideh Assar, Reza Akhoundzadeh, Armaghan Moravej Aleali, Seyed Mahmood Latifi, Molook Salemzadeh
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Short term outcome of congenital clubfoot treated by Ponseti method

Nasser Sarrafan, Seyed Abdolhossein Mehdi Nasab, Mohammad Fakoor, Amirhossein Zakeri
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Patient Safety Culture: Sample of a University Hospital in Turkey

Ozgur Ugurluoglu, Ece Ugurluoglu, Pinar Doganay Payziner, Yonca Ozatkan
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General dental paractitioners awareness of the guidelines about post-exposure procedures relating to Hepatitis and HIV

Maryam Amirchaghmaghi, Farnaz Falaki, Pegah Mosannen Mozaffari, Nafiseh Rayeesi, Mohammad Taghi Shakeri
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Visual acuity outcomes after intra vitreal ceftazidime in acute post-operative endophthalmitis

Mahesh Kumar Lohano, Mustafa Kamal, Sameen Afzal Junejo
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Treatment effect of iron tablets on women in productive age with iron deficiency anemia and vascular headaches

Keyvan Ghasami, Fardin Faraji, Abolfazal Mohammadbeigi
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Post laparoscopic cholecystectomy exploration: An audit

Khamiso Alias Altaf Hussain Talpur, Arshad Mehmood Malik, Ahmed Khan Sangrasi, Abdul Aziz Laghari, Jawed Naeem Qureshi, Champa Susheel
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Chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and acute coronary syndrome

Aliakbar Riahin, Hoseinali Habibinejad
Risk factors for lower respiratory tract infections in children

Ibrahim Silfeler, Ibrahim Cansaran Tanidir, Vefik Arica
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Ocular Biometry, Keratometry Reading and Intra Ocular Pressure in age-related cataract patients with and without pseudoexfoliation Syndrome

Ebrahim Shirzadeh, Arash Akaberi, Ma Naeini
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CD10 immunoreactivity in cutaneous squamous and basal cell carcinoma

Mitra Heidarpour, Parvin Rajabi, Mohammadreza Emami
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Does low dose contraceptive pills increase stroke rate? A cross sectional study in North-West Iran

Mehdi Farhoudi, Hormoz Ayromlou, Ehsan Sharifipour, Saeed Charsouei, Elyar Sadeghihokmabadi, Mitra Ahmadi, Aimaz Afrough
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Review Article

Ventricular Peptides and Cardiac Function

Sofia Amjad, H R Ahmad
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Brief Communication

Migraine risk factors in Qashqai migrating nomads: An adjusted multiple correspondence analysis approach

Najaf Zare, S Shahsavari, Davood Mehrabani, Mehdi Saberi-Firoozi
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Hearing loss and accompaning disturbance of Neurobrucellosis cases

Hasan Ucmak, Omer Faruk Kokoglu, Ekrem Kirecci, Yusuf Yildirim, Oguz Oguzhan
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Economic development by reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease in South Asia

Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal
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Case Reports

Descending colon adenocarcinoma with spermatic cord metastasis: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Xiaowei Wang, Weifeng Lao, Linlin chen, Hongbo Zhu, Xuefeng Huang, Weifang Mao
Preoperative portal vein embolization for Gaint Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis

Wenzhuo Liu, Pankaj Prasoon, Jianguo Qiu, Jiwei Huang, Hui Jiang, Hong Wu
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Long QT syndrome in a patient with complete heart block causing torsades de pointes

Ali Raza Rajani, Kosar Hussain, Ghazi Ahmad Radaideh, Sanjeev Kumar Agarwal
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Transcatheter arterial embolization for postoperative intraperitoneal and gastrointestinal hemorrhage in a patient with severe acute pancreatitis

An Ping Su, Shuang-Shuang Cao, Zhao-Da Zhang, Bo-Le Tian, Xu-Bao Liu, Wei-Ming Hu
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Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy

Ibrahim Silfeler, Vefik Arica, Ramazan Davran, Murat Tutanc, Fatmagul Basarslan
Negative indirect hemagglutination (IHA) test neurocysticercosis in a buddhist

Libo Sun, Naijie Liu, Xiaoxuan Fang, Conghai Zhao
Gamma knife radiosurgery for cavernous sinus metastasis from hypopharyngeal carcinoma

Ming Chen, Honggang Duan, Lin Xu, Ting Chen
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Hydrocephaly secondary to central vein thrombosis in a hemodialysis patient

Habib Emre, Yasemin Usul Soyoral, Huseyin Begenik, Fatih Mehmet Erdur, Refah Sayin
Primary localized AA type amyloidosis of the renal pelvis, ureter and bladder

Lixin Shi, Gang Li, Lei Zhang, Bing Cong, Xu Zhang
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The youngest patient of lupus vulgaris; A cutaneous tuberculosis case report

Murat Tutanc, Vefik Arica, Fatmagul Basarslan, Asena Cigdem Dogramaci, Tumay Ozgur, Bülent Akçora
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Case Studies in Nursing of Mitochondrial Diabetes

Hong-Xia Wu, Jun Hou, Wei Zhang
Transient cortical blindness can also be seen in the absence of contrast enhancement at computed tomography scan after coronary angiography

Mustafa TUNCER, Murat CELIK, Aysel MILANLIOGLU, Mehmet Ata AKIL
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A rare cause of respiratory distress and hemopytsis: Laryngeal leech infestation

Burak Ulkumen, Serif Yilmaz
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Grade IV blunt pancreatic trauma and pseudocyst successfully treated with Ultrasound-guided percutaneous catheter drainage

Ang Li, Jun jie Xiong, WeiMing Hu, Zhaoda Zhang
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Vaginal perforation caused by distal tip of ventriculoperitoneal shunt: Report of a rare complication

Murat Altas, Murat Tutanç, Mustafa Aras, Zeynep Gokce Altas, Vefik Arica
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Correspondence

Adolescent and adult pertussis - Lack of data from South Asian and African regions

Muhammad Ali Syed
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Conference Proceedings

Proceedings of Committee on Publication Ethics Congress organized by Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (November 24-25, 2011)

Shaukat Ali Jawaid
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