Vol. 36 No. 3 (2020): March – April 2020

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Pak J Med Sci Vol.36, No.3 2020

Published: 2020-02-12

Editorial

Plight of Dentistry in Pakistan Plight of Dentistry in Pakistan

Shaukat Ali Jawaid
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.2278

Guest Editorial

Women Empowerment or Feminism: Facts and Myths about Feminization of Medical Education Feminization of Medical Education

Lubna Ansari Baig
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.2396

Original Articles

Outcome of management of brain abscess in children Management of brain abscess in children

Ikram Ullah Khan, Abdul Latif, Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Kashif Chishti, Sadia Sadiq
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1087
Cranial CT scan evaluation of morphological variations and location of pterion in Pakistani male population for lateral neurosurgical approach Morphological variations & location of pterion

Aisha Rafi, Sana Sayeed, Muhammad Idrees Anwar
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.2003
Nephron sparing surgery for renal tumors-comparison of off-clamp partial nephrectomy with hilar clamping Nephron sparing surgery for renal tumors

Imran Khan Jalbani, Syed Mohammad Nazim, Dr, Maria Ahmed, Dr, Farhat Abbas, Professor
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1533
Evaluation of radiotherapy combined with targeted therapy and concurrent radiotherapy, chemotherapy in the treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with brain metastasis Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Yanfeng Sun, Xiaohui Guo, Lingling Zhang, Wenqian Zhang, Yuqin Zuo
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1626
Blended Learning: The impact of blackboard formative assessment on the final marks and students’ perception of its effectiveness Blended Learning

Mukhtiar Baig, Zohair Jamil Gazzaz, Mohamed Farooq
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1925
Pediatric congenital heart diseases: Patterns of presentation to the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital Pediatric congenital heart diseases

Surraiya Bano, Dr, Saleem Akhtar; Uzma Rahim Khan
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1592
Prognostic markers in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia - A flow cytometric analysis Prognostic markers in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia

Hala Haq, Nasir Uddin, Saleem Ahmed Khan, Sunia Ghaffar
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.541
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC), Where do we stand? Current situation Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Muhammad Hafeez, Muhammad Nadeem, Mahmood Ahmed, Faheem-ur- Rehman
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1594
The correlation between the mineral drinking water composition and the relevance of dentine in health – A pilot study Mineral drinking water composition and the relevance of dentine in health

Creteanu Razvan, Monica Popa, Ana-Maria Incze, Creteanu Cristina
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1820
Correlation between Serum Ferritin Levels and Liver Stiffness measured by Fibroscan in patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Serum Ferritin Levels & Liver Stiffness in HCV patients

Saba Latif, Quratulain Kalam, Bader Faiyaz Zuberi
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1288
Characteristics of Chronic Cough in adults in Pakistani population: A cross sectional study Characteristics of Chronic Cough in adults

Kaleem Ullah Toori, Asma Chaudhry
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1868
Epidemiology and Clinico-radiological features of Interstitial Lung Diseases Clinico-radiological features of Interstitial Lung Diseases

Saira Jafri, Naseem Ahmed, Nausheen Saifullah, Mehak Musheer
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1046
Investigation of healthy living strategies in elderly who achieved to live long and healthy Health Aging

Turgut Şahinöz, Saime Şahinöz
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1838
Safety evaluation of preoperative stent insertion and clinical analysis on comparison of outcomes between preoperative stent insertion and emergency surgery in the treatment of obstructive left-sided colorectal cancer Treatment of obstructive left-sided colorectal cancer

Lijiang Han, Xinjiang Song, Bin Yu, Mingliang Zhou, Liping Zhang, Guogang Sun
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1707
Patterns of maternal nutritional status based on mid upper arm circumference Maternal Nutrition Status

Attia Bari, Nighat Sultana, Sana Mehreen, Nadia Sadaqat, Izza Imran, Rashida Javed
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1331
Association of liver biomarkers and cytokeratin-18 in Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease patients Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Benash Altaf, Anam Rehman, Shireen Jawed, Abdul Raouf
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1674
Culture and PCR based detection of bacteria causing urinary tract infection in urine specimen Detection of bacteria causing UTI

Ghulam Sarwar Pirkani, Mohammad Arif Awan, Ferhat Abbas, Mohammad Din
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1577
Bronchial lavage under fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the treatment of severe pulmonary infection Treatment of severe pulmonary infection

Yuqin Zhao, Xuemei Dai, Jinzhi Ji, Ping Cheng
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1539
The impact of post PCNL tube type on blood loss and postoperative pain

Salman Jamil, M Hammad Ather
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1558
Frequency of impaired fasting glucose in first degree relatives of Type-II diabetic patients and its association with Body Mass Index Impaired fasting glucose in first degree relatives of Type-II diabetic patients

Alia Ali Muhammed, Azeem Taj, Muhammed Uthman Ahmed, Elsa Tabrez
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.57
Role of surgical modality and timing of surgery as clinical outcome predictors following acute subdural hematoma evacuation Clinical outcome predictors following acute subdural hematoma evacuation

Imran Altaf, Shahzad Shams, Anjum Habib Vohra
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1771
Influence of Bioactive, Resin and Glass Ionomer luting cements on the fracture loads of dentin bonded ceramic crowns Failure loads of Ceramic crowns bonded with Bioactive cement

Fahim Vohra, Manea Altwaim, Abdulaziz Alshuwaier, Modhi Al Deeb, Yasser Alfawaz, Mohammed Alrabiah, Tariq Abduljabbar
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1946
Risk factors, presentation and outcome of meningomyelocele repair Meningomyelocele repair

Lal Rehman, Professor, Munwar Sheikh, Fellow, Ali Afzal, Raza Rizvi, Professor
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1237
Post-ERCP Pancreatitis: Risk factors and role of NSAIDs in primary prophylaxis Risk of NSAIDs in Post-ERCP Pancreatitis

Muhammad Haseeb Nawaz, Shahid Sarwar, Muhammad Arif Nadeem
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1804
Efficacy of Liraglutide in clinical practice: Single centre experience Efficacy of Liraglutide in clinical practice

Muhammad Owais Rashid, Sumerah Jabeen, Adeel Khoja, Najmul Islam
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.358
Therapeutic effects of internal fixation with support plates and cannulated screws via the posterolateral approach on supination external rotation stage IV ankle fracture Treatment of supination external rotation stage IV ankle fracture

Zhongbing Liu, Genling Tang, Shuguang Guo, Bin Cai, Qingsong Li
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1671
Prevalence of Vitamin-D deficiency is related to severity of liver damage in Hepatitis-C patients Vitamin-D deficiency in liver damage

Sadia Falak, Dr, Lubna Aftab, Dr,MBBS, Muhammad Saeed, Prof Dr, Aftab Islam, Dr,MBBS
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1490
Role of Methyl Prednisolone in Longitudinal Extensive Transverse Myelitis (LETM) in Children Methyl Prednisolone in Longitudinal Extensive Transverse Myelitis

Muhammad Azeem Ashfaq, Iram Javed, Assistant Professor, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Rizwan Yaseen
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1232
The early outcome of primary anterior sagittal approach for low anorectal malformations in female patients Primary anterior sagittal approach for low anorectal malformations

Naima Zamir, Naima Rasool
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1503
Effects of rehabilitation training of core muscle stability on stroke patients with hemiplegia Rehabilitation training of stroke patients

Xiaofeng Chen, Zhuohui Gan, Wuchao Tian, Yongkai Lv
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1466
Association of systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index score with clinical and laboratory parameters in pediatric onset systemic lupus erythematosus Pediatric onset systemic lupus erythematosus

Roshila Shamim, RS, Sumaira Farman, SF, Shabnam Batool, SB, Saira Elaine Anwer Khan, SEAK, Muhammad Kamil Hussain Raja, MKHR
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1480
Exploration of constructs of professionalism identified in the ABIM framework as perceived by the faculty fitting the Pakistani context Professionalism as perceived by the faculty

Humaira Fayyaz Khan, Raheela Yasmeen
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1573
Mutational spectrum of SMPD1 gene in Pakistani Niemann-Pick disease patients Niemann-Pick disease

Huma Arshad Cheema, Iqra Ghulam Rasool, Muhammad Nadeem Anjum, Muhammad Yasir Zahoor
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.467
Preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy on surgical condition and oncogene expression in advanced gastric cancer Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer

Guangyu Sun Sun, Shuyan Wang, Guangsheng Liu
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1608
Health-related Quality of Life of Nurses Working in Tertiary Care Hospital of Karachi Health-related QOL of Nurses

Amjad Ali, Abdur Rasheed, Subia Naz
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1267
Microalbuminuria (Moderate Albumin Excretion) and its relationship with Silent myocardial ischemia in treatment naïve type II diabetic patients Moderate Albumin Excretion & its relationship with SMI

Qurban Hussain, Mulazim Hussain Bukhari, Faiza Afzaal, Wajiha Fatima
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.938
Value of ambroxol in the treatment of asthmatic bronchitis Ambroxol in the treatment of asthmatic bronchitis

Xiaoxia Du, Chengyan Zhao, Shiqing Liu, Shufen Su
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1607
Higher DNA methylation of ABO gene promoter is associated with acute myocardial infarction in a hospital-based population in Karachi Hypermethylation of ABO gene promoter and AMI

Farzana Abubakar Yousuf, Khawar Kazmi, Junaid Iqbal, Nikhat Ahmed, Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1406
A hemispheric comparison of cognitive dysfunction and sleep quality impairment in Middle Cerebral Artery infarction Middle Cerebral Artery infarction

Danyal Wahid, Hifza Rabbani, Ayesha Inam, Zuba'a Akhtar
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1385
Paroxetine combined with olanzapine in the treatment of schizophrenia Treatment of schizophrenia

Ning Wang, Na Zheng, Mei Dong, Jin He
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.846
Association of lamina cribrosa morphometry with retinal nerve fiber layer loss and visual field defects in primary open angle glaucoma Visual field defects in primary open angle glaucoma

Ayesha Saba Naz, Aisha Qamar, Sama Ul Haque, Yawar Zaman, Faisal Faheem
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1553
Influence of fractional carbon-dioxide laser in comparison to ErCr-YSGG on the dentin bond integrity of bioactive materials Effect of laser treatments on dentin bond integrity of bioactive materials

Zaid A. Al Jeaidi
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1819
Influence of different kinds of surgical resection on operation-related clinical indexes, inflammatory cytokines and complications in elderly patients with esophageal cancer Study on elderly patients with esophageal cancer

Tao Zhang, Hai Jiang, Chen Yu Ming, Yan Wang, Deng Mao, Yuan fu Wei
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1465
Stress and coping strategies for parenting children with hearing impairment and autism Stress and coping strategies

Naima Ishtiaq, Ms., Nazia Mumtaz, Dr., Ghulam Saqulain, Dr.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1766
Ameloplasty is counterproductive in reducing microleakage around Resin Modified Glass Ionomer and Resin based fissure sealants Is ameloplasty beneficial for sealants retention?

Tabinda Nawaz Khan, Farhan Raza Khan, Dr, Syed Yawar Ali Abidi, Dr
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1268
The effectiveness of delivery ball use versus conventional nursing care during delivery of primiparae Clinical effect of delivery ball

Jianfang Wang, Xuemei Lu, Chunhong Wang, Xuemei Li
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1440
Allergic Fungal rhino-sinusitis frequency in chronic rhino-sinusitis patients and accuracy of fungal culture in its diagnosis Allergic Fungal rhino-sinusitis

Nukhbat Ullah Awan, Dr, Khalid Muneer Cheema, Prof Dr, Fatima Naumeri, Dr, Samina Qamar, Dr
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1661
Comparative study on the clinical application of mixed reality technology leading micro-invasive intervertebral foramen puncture location and blind puncture location Comparative studies on intervertebral foramen puncture

Ma-long Guo, Song-tao Yue, Jiang-yi Wang, Hong-xun Cui
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1683
Assessment of attitudes of patients with psychiatric disorders regarding electroconvulsive therapy as a treatment option Attitudes of psychiatric patients towards ECT

Ghaazaan Khan, Zahid Nazar, Mian Mukhtiar Ul-Haq, Mian Iftikhar Hussain
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1637
Study on the evaluation of rheumatoid arthritis via doppler ultrasonography and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody analysis Study on Rheumatoid Arthritis via Doppler Ultrasonography

Li-na Shang, Gui-xin Di, Feng-ju Wei, Zheng Zhang
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1492
Correlation between changes in intraocular pressure and refractive error indices post Cataract Surgery IPO and refractive error indices post Cataract Surgery

Muhammad Afzal Bodla, Ali Afzal Bodla, Ayema Moazzam, Noor Tariq
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1597

Short Communication

Diabetes Registry of Pakistan Diabetes Registry of Pakistan

Abdul Basit, Asher Fawwad, Kulsoom Baqa
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1877
Stunting and associated factors in children of less than five years: A hospital-based study Stunting in children under five years of age

Sehrish Fatima, Iram Manzoor, Aneeqa Mumtaz Joya, Shehzeen Arif, Sadia Qayyum
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1370

Case Reports

Primary ovarian insufficiency and myasthenia gravis Primary ovarian insufficiency and myasthenia gravis

Saleh A. AlAsiri
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.2124