Vol. 36 No. 6 (2020): September – October 2020

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Vol 36 No 6 (2020): Vol. 36  No. 6 (2020): September – October 2020

Published: 2020-08-19

Editorial

  • Some useful tips to detect Gift Authorship

    Shaukat Ali Jawaid; Masood Jawaid
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.3154

Original Articles

  • Oral Nifidepine versus IV labetalol in severe preeclampsia: A randomized control trial

    Tayyiba Wasim, Shazia Agha, Kanwal Saeed, Anam Riaz
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2591

  • Hemolytic Uremic syndrome associated with pregnancy: Outcome from acute Kidney Injury

    Rubina Naqvi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2931

  • Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases in various Ethnicities of Pakistan

    Tariq Ashraf, Asif Nadeem, Shakil Sarwar, Musa Karim
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2618

  • To be or not to be an Obstetrician/Gynaecologist

    Iffat Ahmed, Abid Ashar, Professor
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.3080

  • Bloodstream infections in patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

    Jian-rong Wang, Jin-yu Huang, Wei Hu, Xue-ying Cai, Wei-hang Hu, Ying Zhu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2882

  • Laparoscopic Gastric Resection for Gastric Cancer: Is Intracorporeal Anastomosis Necessary?

    Ogun Ersen, Ali Ekrem Ünal, Cemil Yüksel, Serdar Çulcu, Salim İlksen Başçeken, Ümit Mercan, Salim Demirci
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.1915

  • Association of Serum Omentin-1, Chemerin, and Leptin with Acute Myocardial Infarction and its Risk Factors

    Mukhtiar Baig, Kamal Waheeb Alghalayini, Zohair Jamil Gazzaz, Hazem Atta
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2372

  • Acute bilirubin encephalopathy and its associated risk factors in a tertiary care hospital, Pakistan

    Munir Ahmad, Abdur Rehman, Mudasser Adnan, Muhammad Khalil Surani
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2222

  • Efficacy of Levamisole in children with Frequent Relapsing and Steroid Dependent Nephrotic Syndrome at Tertiary Care Center-Karachi

    Khemchand Netaram Moorani, Aasia Mohammad Zubair, Nanga Ram Veerwani, Harnam Jaichand Hotchandani
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2337

  • Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Experience from a Tertiary Care Centre in Pakistan

    Tehseen Fatima, Bhagwan Das, Saadia Sattar, Najmul Islam
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2572

  • Bed side teaching: Student’s perception and its correlation with academic performance

    Shahid Sarwar, Abdul Aleem, Muhammad Arif Nadeem
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2120

  • Impact of hearing impairment on psychological distress and subjective well-being in older adults

    Yasmeen Niazi, Bisma Ejaz, Amina Muazzam
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2457

  • Effectiveness of Pre-operative Respiratory Muscle Training versus Conventional Treatment for Improving Post operative Pulmonary Health after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

    Wajeeha Sahar, Noor Ajaz, Zulfiqar Haider, Anjum Jalal
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2899

  • Metabolic syndrome in systemic lupus erythematosus was closely related to body mass index, blood pressure, blood sugar, blood lipids, and arthritis

    Lai-Run Jin, Meng-Jun Tao, Jun Zhou, Liang Xu, Qiang Li, Zhi Li, Hui Peng, Hui Yuan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2093

  • The role of extended antral resection on weight loss and metabolic response after sleeve gastrectomy: A retrospective cohort study

    Adem Yuksel, Murat Coskun, Kerem Karaman
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2321

  • DNA Gyrase and Topoisomerase IV Mutations and their effect on Quinolones Resistant Proteus mirabilis among UTIs Patients

    Randa Hassan Abdelkreem, Amjad Mohammed Yousuf, Miskelyemen Abdelatti Elmekki, Mogahid Mohammed Elhassan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2207

  • Urdu translation and validation of premature ejaculation diagnostic tool (PEDT)

    Muhibullah Bangash, Wajahat Aziz, Dr., Mohammad Shoaib, Dr., M. Hammad Ather, Dr.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2405

  • Emerging Anti-Microbial Resistance in Febrile Neutropenia: Is it high time to evaluate quality control measures?

    Uzma Mahar, Nida Anwar, Naveena Fatima, Jawad Hassan, Tahir Shamsi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2138

  • Etiology, clinical presentation, and outcome of children with fulminant hepatic failure: Experience from a tertiary center in Pakistan

    Sidra Talat, Sabeen Abid Khan, Nismat Javed, Munir Iqbal Malik
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2375

  • Trauma Evaluation and Management TEAM® course for medical students in Pakistan

    Rufina Soomro, Professor, Sobia Ali, Associate Professor
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2588

  • Comparative response of Desmopressin versus Combination Therapy (Desmopressin + Oxybutynin) in Children with Nocturnal Enuresis

    Asiya Kazi, Kemchand N Moorani, Shabih Zehra, Ijaz Hussain Zaidi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.1957

  • Frequency of silent carotid artery stenosis in diabetics and its associated factors: An analysis in tertiary care hospital

    Faiza Sadaqat Ali, Nimrah Bader, Bader Faiyaz Zuberi, Sabiha Banu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2306

  • A randomized control study on anesthetic effects of flurbiprofen axetil combined with propofol on patients with liver cancer receiving microwave ablation

    Xingshi Gu, Qiang Yuan, Jian Zhang, Yawen Yang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2091

  • Frequency of autoimmune thyroiditis in children with Celiac disease and effect of gluten free diet

    Javaria Rasheed, Rushan Hassan, Dr., Muhammad Khalid, Dr., Fauzia Zafar
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2226

  • Etiology of acute undifferentiated fever in patients presenting to the emergency department of a tertiary care center in Karachi, Pakistan

    Noman Ali, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Shahid Waheed, Syed Mustahsan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2334

  • Low Back Pain in Operating Room Nurses and Its Associated Factors

    Ikbal Cavdar, Ahmet Karaman, Yasemin Ozhanlı, Ayfer Ozbas
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2836

  • High prevalence of multidrug resistant uropathogens: A recent audit of antimicrobial susceptibility testing from a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh

    Chandrika Dasgupta, Md. Abdur Rafi, Md. Abdus Salam
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2943

  • Determination of high sensitive cardiac troponin I 99th percentile upper reference limits in a healthy Pakistani population

    Kulsoom Bahadur, Aamir Ijaz, Momin Salahuddin, Aftab Alam
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2328

  • Frequency and pattern of Paediatric Heart Diseases: Five years experience at The Children’s Hospital, Multan

    Muhammad Sohail Arshad, Hafiz Muhammad Anwar-ul-Haq, Mudasser Adnan, Arif Zulqarnain
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2312

  • Study on the changes in TSH, TPO-Ab and other indicators due to Vitamin D deficiency in Pregnant Women with subclinical hypothyroidism in the first trimester

    Xue Zhou, Ben Li, Chao Wang, Zhihong Li
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.1982

  • Characteristics, morbidity and mortality factors associated with Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery patients

    Sayed Mumtaz Anwar Shah, Azam Jan, Nabil I Awan, Mujeeb Ur Rehman
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2649

  • Association of serum osteoprotegerin with severity of chronic liver disease in female patients: A potential biomarker

    Saba Tariq, Sundus Tariq, Shaista Hussain, Mukhtiar Baig
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2678

  • The Controversy of Surgical Intervention for Anal Canal Duplication in Children

    Fatih Akova, Assist Prof Dr, Serdar Altinay, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Emrah Aydin
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.1832

  • Clinical study of different doses of atorvastatin combined with febuxostat in patients with gout and carotid atherosclerosis

    Zheng Zhang, Ming-hua Xu, Feng-ju Wei, Li-na Shang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2945

  • HbA1c – A predictor of dyslipidemia in type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Saera Suhail Kidwai, Professor, Ayesha Nageen, Dr, Farhat Bashir, Professor, Jamal Ara, Professor
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2000

  • Risk factors for peripheral arterial disease in elderly patients with Type-2 diabetes mellitus: A clinical study

    Zhang Shou, Yongcai Zhao, Yan Zhang, Shaoqing Li
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2906

  • Rising HIV seroconversion rates & associated risks among employees of organization ‘X’: A case control study, Pakistan, 2017

    Eisha Mansoor, Naila Azam, Saifullah Khan Niazi, Naveen Sheikh, Mirza Amir Baig, Mansoor Tariq Azim, Nimra Klair
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.1735

  • The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical students in Turkey

    Fuat Torun, Sebahat Dilek Torun
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2985

  • Anxiety among Doctors during COVID-19 Pandemic in Secondary and Tertiary Care Hospitals

    Syed Riazul Hasan, Zeeshan Hamid, Muhammad Talha Jawaid, Rashida Kaizar Ali
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.3113

  • Relationship between myocardial enzyme levels, hepatic function and metabolic acidosis in children with rotavirus infection diarrhea Study on Child Patients With Diarrhea From Rotavirus Infection

    Na-ying Zuo, Yuan-da Zhang, Qing-wei Dong, Li-po Han
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2325

  • Admission patterns and risk factors linked with neonatal mortality: A hospital-based retrospective study

    Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Momani
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2281

  • Analysis of Eradication, Recurrence and Levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 and Interleukin-1β in paediatric patients with Helicobacter Pylori Infection-related Gastritis

    Yuanda Zhang, Binbin Bi, Xu Guo, Shaohui Zhang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2292

  • Correlations between hormone levels and cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in menopausal patients with diabetes mellitus

    Guiling Zhang, Wei Wei, Bo Tan, Jingqin Liu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2088

  • Surgical Management of Post Burn Hand Deformities

    Suneel Kumar, Faisal Akhlaq, Hyder Ali, Saba Kiran
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2206

  • Repair of non-traumatic femoral head necrosis by marrow core decompression with bone grafting and porous tantalum rod implantation

    Keyun Peng, Yu Wang, Jifeng Zhu, Chengling Li, Zimin Wang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2176

  • Correlations of CT scan with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and D-dimer in patients with coronavirus disease 2019

    Jin Zhu, Cheng Chen, Rongshu Shi, Bangguo Li
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2961

Clinical Case Series

  • Successful radio-frequency catheter ablation of two cases of supraventricular tachycardia via a left-sided inferior vena cava

    Romana Asad Awan, Muhammad Faisal Khanzada, Zubair Mumtaz, Faisal Qadir
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2947

Special Communications

  • Telemedicine in the COVID-19 Era: A chance to make a better tomorrow Telemedicine in COVID

    Uzma Zubair Khan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.3112

Brief Communication

  • How to get published in a standard peer-reviewed medical journal: Some useful tips for novice authors

    Anbreen Aziz
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.3135

  • Sustainability and COVID-19: Recycling and Reusing N95’s

    Maria Sabahat, Muhammad Talha Naeem, Anusha Sultan Meo
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.3342

Review Article

  • Talipes equinovarus or Clubfoot: A review of study approaches, management and trends in Pakistan

    Khadija Murtaza, Ms., Zahra Saleem, Ms., Sajid Malik, Dr.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2514

Case Reports

  • Endometriosis within the sigmoid colon: A rare cause of bowel obstruction Endometriosis and bowel obstruction

    Zheng Long-zhi, Guo Jian, Lin Wei
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2525

  • Whole exome sequencing reveals a homozygous nonsense mutation in HEXA gene leading to Tay-Sachs disease in Saudi Family

    Muhammad Imran Naseer, Angham Abdulrahman Abdulkareem, Mohammed Mohammed Jan, Adeel G. Chaudhary, Mohammad H. Al-Qahtani
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2579

  • A ‘benign’ extrapyramidal side effect masking a life-threatening neuroleptic malignant syndrome

    Reinhard Dolp, Moin Ansari, Michael Chan, Tariq Mahmood Hassan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2963

Book Review