Vol. 30 No. 1 (2014): January - February 2014 Pak J Med Sci

January - February 2014 Pak J Med Sci
Published: 2013-12-05

Editorial

  • Striving for improved visibility and increased citation through coverage by PubMed Central (PMC)

    Shaukat Ali Jawaid
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4878

Original Articles

  • Evaluation of Multiple Choice and Short Essay Question items in Basic Medical Sciences

    Mukhtiar Baig, Syeda Kauser Ali, Sobia Ali, Nighat Huda
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4458

  • Analysis of therapeutic effect and safety of target-dose metoprolol in the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus with chronic heart failure

    Xuyang Liu, Chengfu Zhong, Pengtai Zhao, Zhihua Zhang, Ning Jia, Sheng'ou Su, Benliang Zou, Yuming Song
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.3908

  • Clinical and EEG characteristics of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Shahnaz Shah, Khalid Sher, Rukhsana Abdul Sattar
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4465

  • Comparison of end-tidal carbon dioxide levels with cardiopulmonary resuscitation success presented to emergency department with cardiopulmonary arrest

    Emine Akıncı, Hayri Ramadan, Yücel Yüzbaşıoğlu, Figen Coşkun
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4024

  • Association of HLA-B27 status and gender with sacroiliitis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

    Jiangbiao Xiong, Jing Chen, Jianxin Tu, Wenjing Ye, Zhiyong Zhang, Qiaoqiong Liu, Xiaochun Zhu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.3896

  • Antibiotherapy with and without bone debridement in diabetic foot osteomyelitis: A retrospective cohort study

    Asım ULCAY, Ahmet KARAKAS, Mesut MUTLUOGLU, Gunalp UZUN, Vedat TURHAN, Hakan AY
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4266

  • Prevalence and risk factors of HIV in Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Muhhamad Arif Mann, Fatma Hussain, Muhhamad Jamil
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4176

  • Hematological profile and risk factors associated with pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Quetta, Pakistan

    Muhammad Shafee, Ferhat Abbas, Muhammad Ashraf, Mohammad Alam Mengal, Niamatullah Kakar, Zafar Ahmad, Fawad Ali
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4129

  • Does body mass index affect survival and technique failurein patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis?

    Aydin Unal, Murat Hayri Sipahioglu, Ismail Kocyigit, Ferhan Elmali, Bulent Tokgoz, Oktay Oymak
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.3807

  • The effects of nitrous oxide on vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its soluble receptor 1 (VEGFR1) in patient undergoing urological surgery

    Sedat Hakimoglu, Yasemin Hakimoglu, Murat Can, Ayca Gorkem Mungan, Sereften Acikgoz, Nuran Cikcikoglu Yildirim, Necmettin Aydin Mungan, Isil Ozkocak Turan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.3197

  • Hemolysis associated with pneumatic tube system transport for blood samples

    Hasan Kara, Aysegul Bayir, Ahmet Ak, Selim Degirmenci, Murat Akinci, Ahmet Agacayak, Emine Marcil, Melih Azap
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4228

  • Ultrasonography of lower limb vascular angiopathy and plaque formation in type 2 diabetes patients and finding its relevance to the carotid atherosclerotic formation

    Jun Duan, Shuwen Guo, Jian Liu, Xueni Song, Yan Tian, Jingping Wu, Dandan Guo, Lin Yang, Meina Hao, Ghulam Murtaza, Kuo Gao, Chenglong Zheng, Min Zheng
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.3907

  • The value of neurologic and cardiologic assessment in breath holding spells

    Unsal Y?lmaz, Önder Doksöz, Tuba Sevim Y?lmaz, Tanju Çelik, Gülcin Akıncı, Timur Mese
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4204

  • A comparison of three different diabetes screening methods among dental patients in Turkey

    Rahsan Cevik Akyil, Ozkan Miloglu, Nermin Olgun, Ibrahim Sevki Bayrakdar
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4238

  • Frequency and severity of low back pain in nurses working in intensive care units and influential factors

    Özlem Ovayolu, Nimet Ovayolu, Mehtap Genc, Nilgün Col-Araz
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.3455

  • Pyuric diabetic patients: A tertiary centre experience from Karachi

    Mamun Mahmud Huma, Qureshi Sobia, Kumar Darshan, Ali Farman
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4356

  • Obesity & Diabetes: An experience at a public sector tertiary care hospital

    Zeeshan Ali, Syed Masroor Ahmed, Ayesha Nageen, Muhammad Tanveer Alam, Shabnam Sohrab
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4314

  • Mitral balloon valvuloplasty during pregnancy: The long term up to 17 years obstetric outcome and childhood development

    Anjum Gulraze, Kurdi W, Niaz FA, Fawzy ME
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4305

  • Is ultrasonic investigation of transverse tracheal air shadowdiameter reasonable for evaluation of difficult airway in pregnant women: A prospective comparative study

    Meltem Turkay Aydogmus, Kerem Erkalp, S. Nadir Sinkoglu, Taner A. Usta, Gunes O. Ulger, Aysin Alagol
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.3972

  • The comparison of analgesic effects of various administration methods of diclofenac sodium, transdermal, oral and intramuscular, in early postoperative period in laparoscopic cholecystectomy operations

    Sedef Gülçin Ural, Özlem Yener, Ali Ümit Yener, Tuncer Şimşek, Bahar Ayd?nl?, Ay?eg Özgök
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4140

  • The incidence of preeclampsia in Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection pregnancies

    Burcu Artunc Ulkumen, Dilek Benk Silfeler, Kenan Sofuoglu, Ibrahim Silfeler, Vedat Dayicioglu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.3982

  • Association between dietary intake of folate, Vitamin B6, B12 & MTHFR, MTR Genotype and breast cancer risk

    Zheng Weiwei, Chen Liping, Dequan Li
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4189

  • Iatrogenic risks and maternal health:Issues and outcomes

    Meharunnissa Khaskheli, Shahla Baloch, Aneela Sheeba
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4062

  • Restoration of femoral offset, rotation centers, limbs length equality of Chinese total hip arthroplasty patients

    Yu-Ping Liu, Yue-dong Hao
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.3635

  • Prevalence, instigating factors and help seeking behavior of physical domestic violence among married women of Hyderabad, Sindh

    Seema Bibi, Sanober Ashfaq, Farhana Shaikh, Mohammad Ali Pir
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4533

  • Quality of life in patients with breast cancer and their rehabilitation needs

    Hongli Chen, Wang Xiao-chun, Wang Jiang-bin, Zhang Jing-bo, Wang Yao
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.3952

  • The polymorphism of Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is related to osteoporosis and bone mineral density in postmenopausal population

    Li Yun-Kai, Wang Hui, Zhu Xin-wei, Guo Liang, Jin-liang Zuo
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4264

  • Pre-operative clinical factors predict progression-free survival and tumor recurrence after initial surgery in patients with astrocytomas: A single-center analysis

    Shuai Zheng, Xianzeng Hou, Shangchen Xu, Qi Pang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4110

  • Relationship of menstrual irregularities to BMI and nutritional status in adolescent girls

    Saira Dars, Khashia Sayed, Zara Yousufzai
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.3949

  • Preoperative serum tumor markerlevels in Gastric Cancer

    Ugur Duman, Erdal Birol Bostanci, Sabiye Akbulut, Orhan Uzun, Necdet Fatih Yasar, Cebrail Akyuz, Kivanc Derya Peker, Mustafa Duman, Erdal Polat, Sinan Yol
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.3968

  • Measurement and analysis of prevertebral soft tissue width of cervicothoracic region using magnetic resonance images

    Lin Wang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.3706

  • Open dismembered pyeloplasty for uretero-pelvic junction obstruction

    Shahnawaz Rajper, Shahzad Ali, Iqbal Shahzad, Muhammad Umar Baloch
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.3201

  • Comparison between specific lumber mobilization andcore-stability exercises with core-stability exercises alone in mechanical low back pain

    Syed Shakil ur-Rehman, Rafiq Ahmed, Fozia Sibtain
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4424

  • Influenza and respiratory syncytial viral infections in Malaysia: Demographic and clinical perspective

    Md Mostafizur Rahman, K.K. Wong, A. Hanafiah, I. Isahak
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4272

  • Evaluation of efficacy of various immunochromatographic rapid tests for dengue diagnosis

    Arshi Naz, Danish Zahid, Samina Naz Mukry, Muhammad Nadeem, Bijon Kumar Sil, Tahir Sultan Shamsi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4173

  • Genetic polymorphism of agr Locus and antibiotic resistance of Staphylococcus aureus at two hospitals in Pakistan

    Sadia Khan, Faisal Rasheed, Rabaab Zahra
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4124

  • Characterization of integrons among Escherichia coli in a region at high incidence of ESBL-EC

    Ming-yi WANG, Lu-Ming Li, Xiao-Yan Yuan, Hong-Jun Wang, Qin Li, YA-Mei Zhu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4079

  • Multidrug resistant AmpC ?-lactamase producing Escherichia coli isolated from a paediatric hospital

    Noor ul Ain Jameel, Hasan Ejaz, Aizza Zafar, Hafsa Amin
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4045

  • Frequency of JAK2 V617F mutation in patients with Philadelphia positive Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Pakistan

    Najia Tabassum Mahfooz, Rubina Ghani, Mohammed Saboor, Moinuddin Moinuddin
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.3906

  • Frequency of ABH secretors and non secretors: A cross sectional study in Karachi

    Muhammad Saboor, Aman Ullah, Khansa Qamar, Awal Mir, Moinuddin .
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4194

  • Knowledge, attitude and practices of school teachers towards epileptic school children in Karachi, Pakistan

    Nasha Homi Bhesania, Anaya Rehman, Ilma Saleh Savul, Nosheen Zehra
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4307

Review Article

  • Trans fatty acids

    Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4525

  • How to undertake research of MHC utilization in under-developed countries? A case study of MHC utilization in Central and Western Rural China

    Zhaoxin Wang, Yin Zhang, Minxing Chen
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.296.3851

  • Trauma experience of youngsters and Teens: A key issue in suicidal behavior among victims of bullying?

    Farhat Shireen, Himani Janapana, Sanila Rehmatullah, Hoor Temuri, Fatima Azim
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4072

  • Bone age assessment methods: A critical review

    Arsalan Manzoor Mughal, Nuzhat Hassan, Anwar Ahmed
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4295

Case Reports

  • A case of long-term survival after curative resection for synchronous solitary adrenal metastasis from rectal cancer

    Chao He, Linlin Chen, Da Wang, Weifang Mao, Xuefeng Huang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4341

Correspondence

  • Silent Myocardial Ischemia: A challenge for the doctors

    Zhoupeng Wu, Jichun Zhao
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4685

  • The problem with Hepatic Artery Injury Postlaparoscopic Cholecystectomy in China

    Li Li, Bin Song, Zhoupeng Wu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4639

Acknowledgement

  • Reviewers for the Year 2013

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.301.4817