Content Posted in 2021
191. Loperamide abuse associated with cardiac dysrhythmia: Case report, Sidra Fayyaz, Masooma Aqeel, and Jaffar Wasan
3D - Printed Patient Specific Instrumentation in Corrective Osteotomy of the Femur and Pelvis: A Review of the Literature, Njalalle Baraza, Chris Chapman, Sima Zakani, and Kishore Mulpuri
Aastrika Midwifery centre, a model for midwifery-led care in India, Malin Bogren and Kerstin Erlandsson
A baseline review of the ability of hospitals in Kenya to provide emergency and critical care services for COVID-19 patients, Benjamin Wachira and Margarita Mwai
Abdominal vascular injuries- What general/ trauma surgeons should know?, Zia Ur Rehman
Aboard the smile train: Outcomes of primary cleft palate repair at a tertiary care center: À bord du smile train : Les résultats cliniques de réparations de fentes palatines dans un centre de soins tertiaires, Daniyal A. Khan, Ayesha Farooq, Uswa Jiwani, Muhammad Asif Ahsan, Farooq Shahzad, and Mohammad Fazlur Rehman
Abstract to publication conversion in pediatric critical care medicine in Pakistan, Anwarul Haque, Mohammad Shahzad, Humaira Jurair, Naveed ur Rehman Siddiqui, Sidra Ishaque, and Qalab Abbas
A call to action: Concerns related to artificial intelligence, Fahad Umer and Madiha Khan
A care bundle including antenatal corticosteroids reduces preterm infant mortality in Tanzania a low resource country, Augustine Massawe, Hussein Kidanto, Robert Moshiro, Edna Majaliwa, Flora Chacha, Aisa Shayo, Paschal Mdoe, Prisca Ringia, Mary Azayo, and Georgina Msemo
A Case of Acute Psychosis Following Dengue Fever, Waleed Shahzad, Omer Ismail Khalid, Neelam Sarwar, Muhammad Hassan, Tehmina Inayat, and Mazhar Badshah
A Case of Heroin induced toxic Leukoencephalopathy, Sidra Sattar and Saba Zaidi
A Case Series on Nutrition in Hip Fracture Patients: a Mismatch between Needs and Dietary Intake, Njalalle Baraza, Eamon Ramhamadany, and Thomas Laios
A case study of grades 7 and 8 English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ practices of questioning, Abdul Rehman
A CBCT based evaluation of root proximity of maxillary posterior teeth to sinus floor in a subset of Pakistani population, Momina Motiwala, Aysha Arif, and Rabia Ghafoor
Accelerate progress—sexual and reproductive health and rights for all: report of the Guttmacher–Lancet Commission, Ann M. Starrs, Alex C. Ezeh, Gary Barker, Alaka Basu, Jane T. Bertrand, Robert Blum, Awa M. Coll-Seck, Anand Grover, Laura Laski, and Marleen Temmerman
Accelerating the dual elimination of mother‐to‐child transmission of syphilis and HIV: Why now?, James Kiarie, Chandra K. Mishra, Marleen Temmerman, and Lori Newman
Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine in Pakistan: A nationwide cross-sectional study, Mohammad Aadil Qamar, Omar Irfan, Rubaid A. Dhillon, Areesh Bhatti, Mir Ibrahim Sajid, Safia Awan, Wajiha Rizwan, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Zouina Sarfraz, and Javaid Ahmed Khan
Acceptance rates and beliefs toward COVID-19 vaccination among the general population of Pakistan: A cross-sectional survey, Farah Yasmin, Waleed Asghar, Maryam Salma Babar, Hiba Khan, Shoaib Ahmad, Zaid Hameed, Muhammad Sohaib Asghar, Hamza Nauman, and Abdullah Khan Khattak
Accuracy of procalcitonin levels for diagnosis of culture-positive sepsis in critically ill trauma patients: A retrospective analysis, Aisha Bakhtiar, Syed Jawad Haider Kazmi, Muhammad Sohaib Asghar, Muhammad Nadeem Khurshaidi, Salman Mazhar, Noman A. Khan, Nisar Ahmed, Farah Yasmin, Rabail Yaseen, and Maira Hassan
Accuracy of spontaneous breathing trial using ET-CPAP in predicting successful extubation of neonates, Azeem Khan, Vikram Kumar, Ali Shabbir Hussain, Erum Choudry, Muhammad Khalid, Sheharyar Khan, Fayaz Ahmed Memon, Anum Rahim, and Syed Rehan Ali
ACE-I induced angioedema: a case report and review of literature, Philip Adebayo and Olutayo Christopher Alebiosu
A century past the discovery of insulin: Global progress and challenges for type 1 diabetes among children and adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Rehana A. Salam, Apoorva Gomber, Laura Lewis-Watts, Tanya Narang, Jean Claude Mbanya, and George Alleyne
A clinical audit of management of third and fourth degree perineal tears, Saida Abrar, Raheela Mohsin Rizvi, and Urooj Kashif
A cluster-based, spatial-sampling method for assessing household healthcare utilization patterns in resource-limited settings, Alexander T. Yu, Rajani Shakya, Bikram Adhikari, Dipesh Tamraka, Krista Vaidya, Stace Maples, Kashmira Date, Isaac I. Bogoch, Farah Naz Qamar, and Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai
A COASTal view: where prior beliefs and uncertainty collide, Mark J. Peters, William Macharia, and Elizabeth Molyneux
A comprehensive basic understanding of pelvis and acetabular fractures after high-energy trauma with associated injuries: Narrative review of targeted literature, Muhammad Atif, Obada Hussein Hasan, Naveed Baloch, and Masood Umer
A contextually relevant approach to assessing health risk behavior in a rural sub-Saharan Africa setting: the Kilifi health risk behavior questionnaire, Derrick Ssewanyana, Anneloes Van Baar, Charles R Newton, and Amina Abubakar
A Continental Survey on the Impact of COVID-19 on Neurosurgical Training in Africa, Beverly Cheserem, Ignatius N. Esene, Muhammad Raji Mahmud, Kazadi Kalangu, Samuila Sanoussi, Aaron Musara, Nasser M. F. El-Ghandour, Graham Fieggen, and Mahmood Qureshi
Acquired autoimmune Bartter syndrome in a patient with primary hypothyroidism, Noreen Nasir, Deepali Mohanty, Arun Kumar Pande, Dhanita Khanna, Kavita Vishvakarma, and Latika Gupta
A cross sectional evaluation of the corona-score for swift identification of SARS-CoV-2 infection at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Sibtain Ahmed, Muhammad Umer Naeem Effendi, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Imran Siddiqui, and Lena Jafri
Actinic purpura, Wissem Hafsi, Sadia Masood, and Talel Badri
Activation of AKT/mTOR pathway in Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) leads to non-mutational resistance, Afsar Ali Mian, Usva Zafar, Oliver Ottmann, Martin Ruthardt, and El Nasir Lalani
Active management of third stage of labour: misoprostol or oxytocin?, Peter Wangwe, Hussein Kidanto, Projestine Muganyizi, and Jos van Roosmalen
Acuity level of care as a predictor of case fatality and prolonged hospital stay in patients with COVID-19: A hospital-based observational follow-up study from Pakistan, Aysha Almas, Zain Mushtaq, and Jette Moller
A Curriculum Model for Multidisciplinary Training of Midwife Sonographers in a Low Resource Setting, Sudhir Vinayak, Marleen Temmerman, Geert Villeirs, and Sharon M. Brownie
Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis induced by cetuximab, Sadia Masood, Mohammad Rizwan, Saira Fatima, and Palwasha Jalil
Acute ischemic stroke treatment barriers in Pakistan, Saima Ahmad, Umair Rashid, Ossama Mansour, and Sohail Akhtar
Acute myocardial infarction and myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury: A comparison, Satwat Hashmi and Suhail Al-Salam
Acute necrotizing pancreatitis: Has conservative management replaced surgery? Perspective from a tertiary care centre in Pakistan: A cross-sectional study, Fatima Mannan, Roger Christopher Gill, Abdul Ahad Sohail, Abdul Rehman Alvi, and Khabir Ahmad
Acute presentation of cocoon abdomen as septic peritonitis mimicking with strangulated internal herniation: A case report, Sabah Uddin Saqib, Rimsha Farooq, Omair Saleem, Sarosh Moeen, and Tabish Umer Chawla
Acute symptomatic seizures in critically ill children: Frequency, etiology and outcomes, Sanam B. Rajper, Mujtaba Moazzam, Arsheen Zeeshan, and Qalab Abbas
Acute urinary retention: Should we call it a manifestation of appendicitis?, Sadaf Sheikh, Umair Javed, and Muhammad Akbar Baig
Adaptation and latent structure of the Swahili version of Beck Depression Inventory-II in a low literacy population in the context of HIV, Amina Abubakar, Raphael Birya Kalu, Khamis Katana, Beatrice Kabunda, Amin S Hassan, Charles R Newton, and Fons Van de Vijver
Addressing production gaps for vaccines in African countries, Anna Mia Ekström, Göran Tomson, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Catherine Kyobutungi, Agnes Binagwaho, and Ole Petter Ottersen
Addressing violence against women within the midwifery curriculum in Bangladesh: A focus group discussion inquiry, Shahanaz Parveen, Noormahal Akter, Mauluda Zahan, Kerstin Erlandsson, and Ulrika Byrskog
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of external auditory canal: A rare disease, Abdul Basit Shah Vardag, Muhammad Hassan Danish, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Omaima Anis Bhatti, and Muhammad Hammad Deewani
Adequacy of Hemodialysis and Its Associated Factors among Patients Undergoing Chronic Hemodialysis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Samina Somji, Pascal Ruggajo, and Sibtain Moledina
Adherence to Universal Precautions and Associated Factors among Nurses Caring For Critically Ill Patients in Dar es Salaam Tanzania, Salma A. Wibonela, Columba Mbekenga, Fatina B. Ramadhani, Ally Mwanga, and Pedro Palangyo
Adolescent health in the sustainable development goal era: Are we aligned for multisectoral action?, Asha George, Tanya Jacobs, Rajani Ved, Troy Jacobs, Kumanan Rasanathan, and Shehla Zaidi
Adolescent mothers: too young to be neglected, Marleen Temmerman
Adolescent Obesity Prevention in Botswana: Beliefs and Recommendations of School Personnel, Sheila Shaibu; Joanna E. Holsten,; Nicolas Stettler; Segametsi D. Maruapula; Jose C. Jackson,; Leapetswe Malete; George Mokone,; Brian H. Wrotniak,; and Charlene W. Compher,
Adolescent undernutrition in south Asia: A scoping review, Sara Estecha Querol, Paramjit Gill, Romaina Iqbal, Maartje Kletter, Neslihan Ozdemir, and Lena Al-Khudairy
Adult secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, Antonina Obayo, Karishma Sharma, Caroline Mithi, Riyat Malkit, and Anne Mwirigi
Advancing knowledge sharing in development organisations: barriers, enablers and strategies, Peter Gatiti
Advancing the Sustainable Development Goal for Education Through Developmentally Informed Approaches to Measurement, Alice J Wuermli, Antje Von Suchodoletz, and Amina Abubakar
Adverse health effects associated with household air pollution: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and burden estimation study, Kuan Ken Lee, Rong Bing, Joanne Kiang, Sophia Bashir, Nicholas Spath, Dominik Stelzle, Kevin Mortimer, Anda Bularga, Dimitrios Doudesis, and Michael Chung
Adverse reactions following COVID-19 vaccination: An Ecuadorian experience, Emanuel Vanegas, Karla Robles-Velasco, María F. Osorio, María José Farfán Bajaña, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Juan Carlos Fernández Cadena, Derly Madeleiny Andrade Molina, Matias Panchana Lascano, and Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda
Aesthetic rehabilitation in a patient with skeletal mandibular deficiency and open bite: Journey from splinted metalloceramic prosthesis to all-ceramic crowns, Rizwan Nazeer, Shizrah Jamal, and Farhan Raza Khan
Affective interpersonal touch in close relationships: A cross-cultural perspective, Agnieszka Sorokowska, Supreet Saluja, Piotr Sorokowski, Tomasz Frąckowiak, Maciej Karwowski, Toivo Aavik, Grace Akello, Charlotte Alm, Naumana Amjad, and Rizwana Shaikh
African American-Caucasian American differences in aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis, George S. Yankey Jr, Larry R. Jackson 2nd, Colin Marts, Karen Chiswell, Angie Wu, Francis Ugowe, Jimica Wilson, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Zainab Samad, and Kevin L. Thoma
Aging gracefully - OrthoCon 2021, Masood Umer, Haroon Ur Rashid, and Rizwan Haroon Rashid
A global survey of physicians knowledge about nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, Zobair M. Younossi, Janus P. Ong, Hirokazu Takahashi, Yusuf Yilmaz, Yuichiro Eguchi, Mohamed El Kassas, Maria Buti, Moisés Diago, Ming-Hua Zheng, and Saeed Hamid
Air pollution and non communicable diseases, Zafar Fatmi, Shafaq Mahmood, Zainab Samad, and Mohammad Wasay
A knowledge, attitudes, and practice survey among obstetrician-gynaecologists on intimate partner violence in Flanders, Belgium, Kristien Roelens, Hans Verstraelen, Kathia Van Egmond, and Marleen Temmerman
AKU Research 2021, Office of Research and Graduate Studies
Alcohol and illicit drug use among young people living with HIV compared to their uninfected peers from the Kenyan coast: prevalence and risk indicators, Moses K. Nyongesa, Paul Mwangi, Michael Kinuthia, Amin S. Hassan, Hans M. Koot, Pim Cuijpers, Charles R. J. C. Newton, and Amina Abubakar
A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19, Bram Rochwerg, Arnav Agarwal, Reed Ac Siemieniuk, Thomas Agoritsas, François Lamontagne, Lisa Askie, Lyubov Lytvyn, Yee-Sin Leo, Helen Macdonald, and Saniya Sabzwari
A living WHO guideline on drugs to prevent covid-19, François Lamontagne, Thomas Agoritsas, Reed Siemieniuk, Bram Rochwerg, Jessica Bartoszk, Lisa Askie Lisa Askie, Helen Macdonald, Wagdy Amin, Frederique Jacquerioz Bausch, and Saniya Sabzwari
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis misdiagnosed as smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis; a retrospective study from Pakistan, Nousheen Iqbal, Muhammad Dawood Amir Sheikh, Kauser Jabeen, Safia Awan, and Muhammad Irfan
Almond protects the liver in coronary artery disease: A randomized controlled clinical trial, Humaira Jamshed, Jamshed Arslan, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Hasan Salman Siddiqi, Muhammad Qasim, and Anwarul Hassan Gilani
A low-cost low-tech solution to lessen the fear of needles in children, Mir Ibrahim Sajid, Areeba Shakeel Ahmed, Muhammad Akbar Baig, Namra Nasir, and Asad Mian
Alphanumeric Data: Minimising Privacy Concerns in Smart Environments, Dennis Lupiana, Rose Tinabo, Fredrick Mtenzi, Ciaran O ' Driscoll, and Brendan Oshea Brendan Oshea
A methodological review of quality of life scales used in schizophrenia, Tanya Park and Samia Hirani
A mixed methods approach to adapting and evaluating the functional assessment of HIV infection (FAHI), Swahili version, for use with low literacy populations, Moses K Nyongesa, Antipa Sigilai, Amin S Hassan, Janet Thoya, Rachael Odhiambo, Fons JR Van de Vijver, Charles RJC Newton, and Amina Abubakar
Amman net founder Daoud Kuttab:“huge need for independent media in Middle East.”, Lawrence Pintak
A multidisciplinary approach to triage patients with breast disease during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience from a tertiary care center in the developing world, Abida K. Sattar, Hania Shahzad, Adnan Abdul Jabbar, Azmina Tajdin Valimohammad, Sadaf Khan, Yasmin Vellani, Romana Idrees, Nasir Ali, Imrana Masroor, Humera Saeed, Gulzar S. Lakhani, Nadia Ayoub, Atif Waqar, Muhammad Zia-Ul Islam, Salman Kirmani, Asad Latif, and Ather Enam
Anaesthetic challenges in a paediatric patient with escobar syndrome-difficult airway and postoperative pneumothorax, Waleed Bin Ghaffar, Irfan Ul Haq, Arham Shahid, and Samina Ismail
Anaesthetic management of tracheal injury following blunt neck trauma: An unusual late presentation, Muhammad Saad Yousuf, Mohammad Bin Pervez, Saulat Fatimi, and Khalid Samad
Anal human papillomavirus infection among men who have sex with men and transgender women living with and without HIV in Pakistan: Findings from a cross-sectional study, Muslima Ejaz, Soren Andersson, Salma Batool, Tazeen Saeed Ali, and Anna Mia Ekström
Anal intercourse among female sex workers in East Africa is associated with other high-risk behaviours for HIV, Nienke J. Veldhuijzen, Chantal Ingabire, Stanley Luchters, Wilkister Bosire, Sarah Braunstein, Matthew Chersich, and Janneke van de Wijgert
Analysis of 114 pedigrees of renal stone patients: A retrospective review, Syed Raziuddin Biyabani, Jamsheer Jehangir Talati, Daniya Umer, Zehra Kazmi, Hussam Uddin Soomro, and Rubab Mansoor
Analysis of different characteristics of smile, Mehwish Khan, Syed Murtaza Raza Kazmi, Farhan Raza Khan, and Imran Samejo
Analysis of Perinatal Mortality at a Teaching Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1999-2003, Hussein Kidanto, Siriel Massawe, Lennarth Nyström, and Gunilla Lindmark
Analysis of smoking cessation beliefs in pregnant smokers and ex-smokers using the theory of planned behavior, Katrien De Wilde, Lea Maes, Hedwig Boudrez, Inge Tency, Marleen Temmerman, and Els Clays
An application of the list experiment to estimate abortion prevalence in Karachi, Pakistan, Sarah Huber-Krum, Kristy Hackett, Navdep Kaur, Sidrah Nausheen, Sajid Bashir Soofi, David Canning, and Iqbal Shah
An artificial intelligence-based, personalized smartphone app to improve childhood immunization coverage and timelines among children in Pakistan: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial, Abdul Momin Kazi, Saad Ahmed Qazi, Sadori Khawaja, Nazia Ahsan, Rao Moueed Ahmed, Muhammad Ayub Khan Mughal, Hussain Kalimuddin, Yasir Rauf, Mehreen Raza, and Saima Jamal
An assessment of antenatal care received by Bhutanese women: A retrospective review of maternal and child health handbooks, Kencho Zangmo, Tshering Dema, Kinga Om, Choden Gaylek, and Lali Maya Karki
An assessment of the impact of flow disruptions on mental workload and performance of surgeons during percutaneous nephrolithotomy, Sana Hussain, Syed Muhammad Nazim, Basit Salam, Nida Zahid, and Hammad Ather
An audit of gynae-oncology practices in ovarian cancer treatment based on enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol amongst two gynae-oncology units, in UK and in Pakistan, Uzma Chishti, Munazza Akhtar, Aliya Aziz, Amber Ahmed, and Desmond Pj Barton
A need for trauma informed care curriculum: Experiences from Pakistan, Tania Nadeem, Nargis Asad, Sahar Nadeem Hamid, Fauzia Mahr, Kanza Baig, and Shahina Pirani
Anemia among women of reproductive age: An overview of global burden, trends, determinants, and drivers of progress in low- and middle-income countries, Aatekah Owais, Catherine Merritt, Christopher Lee, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
An empirical study of the use of tools and technologies for knowledge sharing in development organisations in Kenya, Peter Gatiti
An evaluation of the quality of pre-primary schooling in East Africa and its association with early primary outcomes, Frances E Aboud, Amina Abubakar, Elias Kumbakumba, Shehe Abdalla Moh'd, and Melanie Dirks
An exploratory study on the perceptions of science teachers about the use of videos in science classroom at primary level in private schools in Gilgit., Jamila Muhammad Ajab Khan
Angioembolisation for the treatment of pseudo-aneurysm of internal maxillary artery, Muhammad Azeemuddin, Anosha Khan, Atif Hafeez Siddiqui, Asad Shakil, Basit Salam, and Raza Sayani
Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI), Linda L. Herman, Sandeep A. Padala, Intisar Ahmed, and Khalid Bashir
An innovation in flipped class room: A teaching model to facilitate synchronous and asynchronous learning during a pandemic, Rehana Rehman and Syeda Sadia Fatima
An in vitro model of lissencephaly: Expanding the role of DCX during neurogenesis, M Shahsavani, R J. Pronk, R Falk, M Lam, M Moslem, S B. Linker, Salma Jahan, K Day, J Schuster, and B-M Anderli
Anonymisation vs. Pseudonymisation: Which one is most useful for both privacy protection and usefulness of e-healthcare data, Rose Tinabo, Fredrick Mtenzi, and Brendan O'Shea
Anorectal malformation, associated with colon atresia and intestinal malrotation, a case report, Allyzain Ismail, Lazaro Mboma, Victor Ngotta, and Masawa Nyamuryekung'e
A novel missense mutation in TNNI3K causes recessively inherited cardiac conduction disease in a consanguineous Pakistani family, Shafaq Ramzan, Stephanie Tennstedt Stephanie Tennstedt, Muhammad Tariq, Sheraz Khan, Hafiza Noor Ul Ayan, Aamir Ali, Matthias Munz, Holger Thiele, Asad Aslam Korejo, and Shahid Mahmood Baig
Antecedents of self-disclosure on social networking sites (SNSs): A study of Facebook users, Ashraf Sharif, Saira Hanif Soroya, Shakil Ahmad, and Khalid Mahmood
Antibiotic susceptibility of Atopobium vaginae, Ellen De Backer, Rita Verhelst, Hans Verstraelen, Geert Claeys, Gerda Verschraegen, Marleen Temmerman, and Mario Vaneechoutte
Antibiotic therapy versus no antibiotic therapy for children aged 2 to 59 months with WHO-defined non-severe pneumonia and wheeze, Zohra S. Lassi, Zahra Ali Padhani, Jai K. Das, Rehana Salam, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Antibiotic use prior to hospital presentation among individuals with suspected enteric fever in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, Krista Vaidya, Kristen Aiemjoy, Farah Naz Qamar, Samir K. Saha, Dipesh Tamrakar, Shiva R. Naga, Shampa Saha, Caitlin Hemlock, Ashley T. Longley, and Kashmira Date
Antidiabetic Activity of Drug Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticle, Gunturu Revathi, S. Elavarasi, and K. Saravanan
Antidiabetic and Antihyperlipidemic Activities of Cyathea nilgiriensis (Holttum) on STZ Induced Diabetic Rats, S. Elavarasi, Gunturu Revathi, K. Saravanan, and Horne Iona Averal
Antimalarial drugs and the prevalence of mental and neurological manifestations: A systematic review and meta-analysis [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations], Mary A Bitta, Symon M Kariuki, Clifford Mwita, Samson Gwer, Leah Mwai, and Amina Abubakar
Antimicrobial resistance and COVID-19: Intersections and implications, Gwenan M. Knight, Rebecca E. Glover, C Finn McQuaid, Ioana D. Olaru, Karin Gallandat, Quentin J. Leclerc, Naomi M. Fuller, Sam J. Willcocks, Rumina Hasan, Esther van Kleef, and Clare Ir Chandler
Antimicrobial resistance in typhoidal salmonella: Surveillance for enteric fever in Asia project, 2016-2019, Farah Naz Qamar, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Irum Fatima Dehraj, Sadia Shakoor, Seema Irfan, Aneeta Hotwani, Muhammad J. Hunzai, Rozina Thobani, Najeeb Rahman, Junaid Mehmood, and Ashraf M. Memon
Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis, Zaid Waqar, Haris Majid Rajput, Muhammad Hassan, Iqra Athar, Neelma Naz Khattak, and Mazhar Badshah
Antiseptics and disinfectants for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis: a systematic review, Hans Verstraelen Verstraelen, Rita Verhelst, Kristien Roelens, and Marleen Temmerman
APASL clinical practice guideline on hepatitis B reactivation related to the use of immunosuppressive therapy, George Lau, Ming-Lung Yu, Grace Wong, Alexander Thompson, Hasmik Ghazinian, Jin-Lin Hou, Teerha Piratvisuth, Ji-Dong Jia, Masashi Mizokam, and Saeed Hamid
A pathogenic UFSP2 variant in an autosomal recessive form of pediatric neurodevelopmental anomalies and epilepsy, Min Ni, Bushra Afroze, Chao Xing, Chunxiao Pan, Yanqiu Shao, Ling Cai, Brandi L. Cantarel, Jimin Pei, Nick V. Grishin, and Stacy Hewson
A pilot study evaluating the safety of vaginal administration of a multi-particulate pellet formulation, Guido Lopes dos Santos Santiago
Application of the GPS technology to assess time-location pattern of undergraduate students at a private medical university in Karachi, Pakistan: A pilot study, Tanzil Jamali, Adeel Ahmed Khan, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Muhammad Ahmed, Syed Iqbal Azam, Muhammad Masood Kadir, and Kiyoung Lee
Application of the Ultra-Poverty Graduation Model in understanding community health volunteers’ preferences for socio-economic empowerment strategies to enhance retention: a qualitative study in Kilifi, Kenya, Njeri Nyanja, Nelson Nyamu, Lucy Nyaga, Sophie Chabeda, Adelaide Lusambili, Marleen Temmerman, Michaela Mantel, and Anthony Ngugi
Applying a mixed-method approach to improve on-the-job learning and job satisfaction in a cohort of interns at a university hospital, Amna Subhan Butt, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, M Asghar Ali, Farah Naz Qamar, Irum Qamar Khan, Swaleha Tariq, Syeda Amrah Hashmi, Quratulain Hafeez, and Muhammed Tariq
Applying the bioecological model to understand factors contributing to psychosocial well-being and healthcare of children and adolescents with diabetes mellitus, Given Hapunda, Amina Abubakar, and Fons van de Vijver
Apprenticeship to simulation - The metamorphosis of surgical training, Muhammad Rizwan Khan and Saleema Begum
A prospective observational study of community acquired pneumonia in Kenya: the role of viral pathogens, Jamila Nambafu, Mary Achakolong, Fridah Mwendwa, Jumaa Bwika, Felix Riunga, Samuel Gitau, Hanika Patel, and Rodney Adam
A public health approach for deciding policy on infant feeding and mother-infant contact in the context of COVID-19, Nigel Rollins, Nicole Minckas, Fyezah Jehan, Rakesh Lodha, Daniel Raiten, Claire Thorne, Philippe Van de Perre, Mija Ververs, Neff Walker, and Rajiv Bahl
A Qualitative Endline Evaluation Study of Male Engagement in Promoting Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Services in Rural Kenya, Adelaide Lusambili, Stefania Wisofschi, Constance Shumba, Peter Muriuki, Jerim Obure, Michaela Mantel, Lindsay Mossman, Rachel Pell, Lucy Nyaga, Anthony Ngugi, James Orwa, Stanley Luchters, Kennedy Mulama, Terrance J. Wade, and Marleen Temmerman
A qualitative exploration of barriers to health‐facility‐based delivery in Bomachoge‐Borabu and Kaloleni, Kenya, Violet Naanyu, Terrance J. Wade, Angela Ngetich, Kennedy Mulama, Lucy Nyaga, Rachel Pell, Lindsay Mossman, Jerim Obure, and Marleen Temmerman
A qualitative study on adequate sleep in preschool children – Can we sleep on it?, Seema Zainulabdin Lasi, Noreen Afzal, and Somal Kayani
A quantitative study of library service quality and user satisfaction level among UG students of FRPMC library, Mariyam Muhammad Ismail and Sadaf Shahid
A Rare Case of Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas, Steven Michael, Nadeem M. Kassam, Aidan Njau, Omar A. Sherman, Harrison Chuwa, and Salim Surani
A recessive variant in TFAM causes mtDNA depletion associated with primary ovarian insufficiency, seizures, intellectual disability and hearing loss, Farid Ullah, Waqar Rauf, Kamal Khan, Sheraz Khan, Katrina M. Bell, Vanessa Cristina de Oliveira, Muhammad Tariq, Shabnam Bakhshalizadeh, Philippe Touraine, and Shahid Mahmood Baig
A recurrent rare intronic variant in CAPN3 alters mRNA splicing and causes autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy-1 in three Pakistani pedigrees, Kamal Khan, Sarmad Mehmood, Chunyu Liu, Maimoona Siddiqui, Arsalan Ahmad, Belqees Yawar Faiz, Barry A. Chioza, Emma A. Baple, Muhammad I. Ullah, and Shahid Mahmood Baig
Are Prophylactic Intravenous Antibiotics Required in Routine Shoulder Arthroscopic Surgery? A Systematic Review of the Literature, Njalalle Baraza and Jordan Leith
A retrospective observational study: Is absolute lymphocyte count a prognostic marker in COVID-19?, Mansoor Zafar, Muhammad Shahbaz, Mangala Karkhanis, Mohamed Abdelbagi, Opeyemi A. Makanjuola, Bipin Pun, Ratan S. Randhawa, Frederic Cuison, Dana Safarova, and Najam-Us-Saher Rizvi
A retrospective review on antibiotic use in acute watery diarrhea in children in a tertiary care hospital of Karachi, Pakistan, Sonia Qureshi, Shahzadi Resham, Mariam Hashmi, Abdullah B. Naveed, Zoya Haq, and Syed Asad Ali
Are underprivileged and less empowered women deprived of respectful maternity care: Inequities in childbirth experiences in public health facilities in Pakistan, Waqas Hameed, Mudassir Uddin, and Bilal Iqbal Avan
A review of toolkits and case definitions for detecting enteric fever outbreaks in Asian and African countries from 1965-2019, Asif Khaliq, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Salman Haq, Rahima Yaseen, Sonia Qureshi, Fahad Rind, Zahra A. Padhani, Ayub Khan, Abdul Momin Kazi, and Farah Naz Qamar
Arnold Mwanzu, Arnold Mwanzu
Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair without antibiotic prophylaxis does not increase the infection rate, Njalalle Baraza, Maciej J. K. Simon, and Jordan M. Leith
Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine, current applications and future role with special emphasis on its potential and promise in pathology: Present and future impact, obstacles including costs and acceptance among pathologists, practical and philosophical considerations. A comprehensive review, Zubair Ahmad, Shabina Rahim, Maha Zubair, and Jamshid Abdul Ghafar
Artificial intelligence-based analytics for diagnosis of small bowel enteropathies and black box feature detection, Sana Syed, Lubaina Ehsan, Aman Shrivastava, Saurav Sengupta, Marium Khan, Kamran Kowsari, Shan Guleria, Kamran Sadiq, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, and Syed Asad Ali
A scoping review of market links between value chain actors and small-scale producers in developing regions, Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie, Ayala Wineman, Sarah Young, Justice Tambo, Carolina Vargas, Thomas Reardon, Guigonan Serge Adjognon, Jaron Porciello, Nasra Gathoni, and Livia Bizikova
A Secured Mobile Payment Model for Developing Markets, Bossi Masamila, Fredrick Mtenzi, Said Jafari, and Rose Tinabo
Assessing executive function in adolescence: A scoping review of existing measures and their psychometric robustness, Moses K Nyongesa, Derrick Ssewanyana, Agnes M Mutua, Esther Chongwo, Gaia Scerif, Charles RJC Newton, and Amina Abubakar
Assessing family planning service quality and user experiences in social franchising programme - Case studies from two rural districts in Pakistan, Syed Khurram Azmat, Moazzam Ali, Waqas Hameed, and Muhammad Ali Awan
Assessing health-related quality of life, morbidity, and survival status for individuals with down syndrome in Pakistan (DS-Pak): Protocol for a web-based collaborative registry, Ayat Siddiqui, Laila Akber Cassum, Abdul Momin Kazi, Sidra Kaleem Jafri, Fizza Akbar, and Salman Kirmani
Assessing physical activity in people with mental illness: 23-country reliability and validity of the simple physical activity questionnaire (SIMPAQ), S Rosenbaum, R Morell, A Abdel-Baki, M Ahmadpanah, T V. Anilkumar, L Baie, A Bauman, S Bender, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Romaina Iqbal, and Ayesha Mian
Assessing predictors of contraceptive use and demand for family planning services in underserved areas of Punjab province in Pakistan: Results of a cross-sectional baseline survey, Syed Khurram Azmat, Moazzam Ali, Muhammad Ishaque, Ghulam Mustafa, Waqas Hameed, Omar Farooq Khan, Ghazunfer Abbas, Marleen Temmerman, and Erik Munroe
Assessing sense of school belonging across cultural contexts using the PSSM: Measurement and functional invariance, Amina Abubakar, Fons JR Van de Vijver, Itziar Alonso-Arbiol, Angela O Suryani, Weny Savitry Pandia, Penny Handani, Josephine Arasa, Lubna Mazrui, and Margaret Murugumi
Assessing the adherence of operative notes for laparoscopic appendectomy with the royal college of surgeons guidelines, Fatima Mannan, Roger Christopher Gill, Abdul Ahad Sohail, and Abdul Rehman Alvi
Assessing the efficiency of sub-national units in making progress towards universal health coverage: Evidence from Pakistan, Faraz Khalid, Maria Petro Brunal, Abdul Sattar, Samia Laokri, Matthew Jowett, Wajeeha Raza, and David R. Hotchkiss
Assessment of blended learning for teaching dental anatomy to dentistry students, Rizwan Ullah, Faraz Siddiqui, Samira Adnan, Azam Afzal, and Muhammad Sohail Zafar
Assessment of Dementia Caregiver Burden in Karachi, Pakistan using 10/66 Protocol, Qurat ul ain Khan
Assessment of iatrogenic damage to adjacent teeth during crown and bridge preparation, Sheikh Bilal Badar, Rabia Ghafoor, Muhammad Hasan Hameed, and Natasha Anwer
Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice of child abuse amongst health care professionals working in tertiary care hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan, Khuld Nihan, Aamir Makda, Huzaifah Salat, Munawar Khursheed, Jabeen Fayyaz, and Uzma Rahim Khan
Assessment of knowledge regarding tracheostomy care and management of early complications among healthcare professionals, Tooba Khanum, Sadaf Zia, Tahseer Khan, Saima Kamal, Muhammad Nasir Khoso, Javeria Alvi, and Arif Ali
Assessment of macronutrients consumption in the diet of adolescent school children in four seasons: A longitudinal study from an urban city in Pakistan, Syed Hasan Raza Abidi, Aysha Almas, Abdul Ghani, Sania Sabir, and Romaina Iqbal
Assessment of Palliative Care Needs in a Kenyan Intensive Care Unit Using a Trigger-Based Model, Linda Barasa, Jasmit Shah, John Weru, and Sayed Karar
Assessment of topical steroid phobia in dermatology patients, a cross-sectional study from an urban area of Pakistan, Sadia Masood, Palwasha Jalil, Safia Awan, Unzela Ghulam, and Sabeika R. Kerawala
Assessment of trauma care capacity in Karachi, Pakistan: Toward an integrated trauma care system, Mohammad Salman Khalil, Asad Latif, Muhammad Nabeel Ashraf, Muhammad Mehmood Alam Atiq, Hasnain Zafar, Adil H. Haider, and Lubna Samad
Association between duration of residence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes among male south Asian expatriate workers in the United Arab Emirates: A cross-sectional study, Syed Mahboob Shah, Lindsay M. Jaacks, Fatima Al-Maskari, Juma Al-Kaabi, Faisal Aziz, Elpidoforos Soteriades, Tom Loney, Hamed Farooqi, Anjum Memon, and Raghib Ali
Association between preterm-birth phenotypes and differential morbidity, growth, and neurodevelopment at age 2 years: Results from the INTERBIO-21st newborn study, Jose Villar, María C. Restrepo-Méndez, Rose McGready, Fernando C. Barros, Cesar G. Victora, Shama Munim, Aris T. Papageorghiou, Roseline Ochieng, Rachel Craik, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Association between socioeconomic status indicators and obesity in adolescent students in B otswana, an A frican country in rapid nutrition transition, B H. Wrotniak, L. Malete, J. Jackson, Sheila Shaibu, S. Ratcliffe, N. Stettler, and C. Compher
Association of bedtime with mortality and major cardiovascular events: An analysis of 112,198 individuals from 21 countries in the PURE study, Chuangshi Wang, Bo Hu, Sumathy Rangarajan, Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, Scott A. Lear, Viswanathan Mohan, Rajeev Gupta, Khalid F. Alhabib, Biju Soman, and Romaina Iqbal
Association of Care Environment With HIV Incidence and Death Among Orphaned, Separated, and Street-Connected Children and Adolescents in Western Kenya, Paula Braitstein, Allison DeLong, David Ayuku, Mary Ott, Lukoye Atwoli, Omar Galárraga, Edwin Sang, and Joseph Hogan
Association of chemerin gene promoter methylation in maternal blood and breast milk during gestational diabetes, Syeda Sadia Fatima, Rehana Rehman, Jibran Sualeh Muhammad, Russell S. Martins, Nuruddin Badruddin Mohammed, and Unab Khan
Association of haemoglobin levels in the first trimester and at 26-30 weeks with fetal and neonatal outcomes: A secondary analysis of the global network for women's and children's health's ASPIRIN trial, Saleem Jessani, Sarah Saleem, M K. Hoffman, S S. Goudar, R J. Derman, J L. Moore, A Garces, L Figueroa, N F. Krebs, and J Okitawutshu
Association of hard and soft tissue factors with gingival recession in orthodontically treated patients: A retrospective study, Muhammad Ashfaq, Ali Sadiq, Rashna Hoshang Sukhia, and Mubassar Fida
Association of hemoglobin levels in the first trimester and at 26 to 30 weeks with fetal and neonatal outcomes: A secondary analyses of the global network for women's and children's health's ASPIRIN trial, Saleem Jessani, Sarah Saleem, Matthew K. Hoffman, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Richard J. Derman, Janet L. Moore, Ana Garces, Lester Figueroa, Nancy F. Krebs, and Jean Okitawutshu
Association of Hypomagnesaemia & Hypocalcemia with Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Outcome, Muhammad Hassan, Naveed Ullah Khan, Mansoor Iqbal, Haris Majid Rajput, Ehsan-Ur- Rehman, Waleed Shahzad, and Mazhar Badshah
Association of maternal prenatal selenium concentration and preterm birth: A multicountry meta-analysis, Nagendra Monangi, Huan Xu, Waqasuddin Khan, Furqan Kabir, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Aneeta Hotwani, Usma Mehmood, Ambreen Nizar, Javairia Khalid, and Fyezah Jehan
Association of novel stop-gained leukaemia inhibitory factor receptor gene (rs121912501) variant, leukaemia inhibitory factor and ovarian steroids with unexplained infertility among Pakistani women, Rabiya Ali, Mehir Un Nisa Iqbal, Rehana Rehman, and Taseer A. Khan
Association of parity with birthweight and neonatal death in five sites: The global network's maternal newborn health registry study, Ana Garces, Wilton Perez, Margo S. Harrison, Kay S. Hwang, Tracy L. Nolen, Robert L. Goldenberg, Archana B. Patel, Patricia L. Hibberd, Adrien Lokangaka, and Sarah Saleem
Association of plasma leptin levels and complexity of the culprit lesion in patients with unstable angina, Laxman Dubey, Hesong Zeng, Satwat Hashmi, Wang Hongjie, and He Tao
Association of risk factors for early childhood disability in rural Pakistan, Shahnaz H. Ibrahim, Arjumand Rizvi, Anjum M. Ahmed, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Association of supine hypertension in patients with Parkinson’s disease, Anam Anis, Iqra Athar, and Mazhar Badshah
Association of the factors with job satisfaction of nurse educators in Pakistan: An Analytical, cross-sectional study, Shahla Pardhan, Sadaf Nooruddin Zindani, and Tazeen Saeed Ali
Association of ultra-processed food intake with risk of inflammatory bowel disease: Prospective cohort study, Neeraj Narula, Emily C L. Wong, Mahshid Dehghan, Andrew Mente, Sumathy Rangarajan, Fernando Lanas, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Priyanka Rohatgi, P V M. Lakshmi, and Romaina Iqbal
Association of vitamin D deficiency and disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus patients: Two-year follow-up study, Ainan Arshad, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Ahmed Ayaz, Adil A. Manji, and Akash Kumar Ahuja
Associations between household-level exposures and all-cause diarrhea and pathogen-specific enteric infections in children enrolled in five sentinel surveillance studies, Josh M. Colston, Abu S G. Faruque, M Jahangir Hossain, Debasish Saha, Suman Kanungo, Inácio Mandomando, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Richard Omore, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Associations between maternal depression, antidepressant use during pregnancy, and adverse pregnancy outcomes: An Individual participant data meta-analysis, Richelle Vlenterie, Marleen M H J van Gelder, H Ross Anderson, Liselott Andersson, Birit F P. Broekman, Gal Dubnov-Raz, Hanan El Marroun, Ema Ferreira, Emma Fransson, and Kiran Shaikh
Associations of cereal grains intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality across 21 countries in prospective urban and rural epidemiology study: Prospective cohort study, Sumathi Swaminathan, Mahshid Dehghan, John Michael Raj, Tinku Thomas, Sumathy Rangarajan, David Jenkins, Prem Mony, Viswanathan Mohan, Scott A. Lear, and Romaina Iqbal
Associations of fish consumption with risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality among individuals with or without vascular disease from 58 countries, Deepa Mohan, Andrew Mente, Mahshid Dehghan, Sumathy Rangarajan, Martin O'Donnel, Weihong Hu, Gilles Dagenai, Andreas Wielgosz, Scott Lear, and Romaina Iqbal
Associations of unprocessed and processed meat intake with mortality and cardiovascular disease in 21 countries [Prospective urban rural epidemiology (PURE) study]: A prospective cohort study, Romaina Iqbal, Mahshid Dehghan, Andrew Mente, Sumathy Rangarajan, Andreas Wielgosz, Alvaro Avezum, Pamela Seron, Khalid F. AlHabib, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, and Sumathi Swaminathan
A study protocol for an mHealth, multi-centre randomized control trial to promote use of postpartum contraception amongst rural women in Punjab, Pakistan, Xaher Gul, Waqas Hameed, Sharmeen Hussain, Ishaque Sheikh, and Junaid-Ur-Rehman Siddiqui
A study protocol: using demand-side financing to meet the birth spacing needs of the underserved in Punjab Province in Pakistan, Syed Khurram Azmat, Moazzam Ali, Waqas Hameed, Ghulam Mustafa, Ghazanfer Abbas, Muhammad Ishaque, Mohsina Bilgrami, and Marleen Temmerman
A study protocol: Using demand-side financing to meet the birth spacing needs of the underserved in Punjab province in Pakistan, Syed Khurram Azmat, Moazzam Ali, Waqas Hameed, Ghulam Mustafa, Ghazanfer Abbas, Muhammad Ishaque, Mohsina Bilgrami, and Marleen Temmerman
A surrogate FRAX model for Pakistan, G Naureen, H Johansson, Romaina Iqbal, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib Khan, Masood Umer, E Liu, L Vandenput, M Lorentzon, N C. Harvey, E V. McCloskey, and J A. Kanis
A systematic review of epidemiological patterns and proposed interventions to address pediatric burns in Nigeria, Srikanta Banerjee and Constance Shumba
A systematic review of research on autism spectrum disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa, Amina Abubakar, Derrick Ssewanyana, and Charles R Newton
A timely opportunity for change: Increasing refugee parental involvement in U.S. schools, Jill Koyama and Fortidas Bakuza
Atrial tachycardia associated with a tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus, Faryal Subhani, Intisar Ahmed, Adil A. Manji, and Yawer Saeed
Atypical involvement of central nervous system in classic Hodgkin lymphoma: A case report, Shanila Ahmed, Babar Irfan, Muhammad Raza, and Ghulam Haider
Auditory neuropathy in patients with features of tropical ataxic neuropathy in Tanzania, Ali F. Jaffer and Philip B. Adebayo
Augmented package of palliative care for women with cervical cancer: Responding to refractory suffering, Eric L. Krakauer, Khadidjatou Kane, Xiaoxiao Kwete, Gauhar Afshan, Lisa Bazzett-Matabele, Danta Dona Ruthnie Bien-Aimé, Lawrence F. Borges, Sarah Byrne-Martelli, Stephen Connor, and Raimundo Correa
Augmented reality in clinical dental training and education, Zainab Haji, Aysha Arif, Shizrah Jamal, and Rabia Ghafoor
Autism: A deep insight, Hemaila Tariq and Muhammad Yusuf Hafiz
Autism Spectrum Disorders in Africa: Current Challenges in Identification, Assessment, and Treatment: A Report on the International Child Neurology Association Meeting on ASD in Africa, Ghana, April 3-5, 2014, Kavita Ruparelia, Amina Abubakar, Eben Badoe, Muideen Bakare, Karren Visser, Diane C. Chugani, Harry T. Chugani, Kirsten A. Donald, Jo M. Wilmshurst, Andy Shih, David Skuse, and Charles R. Newton
Autism spectrum disorders in sub-Saharan Africa, Amina Abubakar, Derrick Ssewanyana, Petrus J de Vries, and Charles R Newton
Automatic classification of resuscitation activities on birth-asphyxiated newborns using acceleration and ECG signals, Huyen Vu, Kjersti Engan, Trygve Eftestøl, Aggelos Katsaggelos, Simeon Kusulla, Estomih Mduma, Hussein Kidanto, Hege Ersdal, and Samwel Jatosh
Availability of essential diagnostics in ten low-income and middle-income countries: results from national health facility surveys, Harika Yadav, Devanshi Shah, Shahin Sayed, Susan Horton, and Lee F. Schroeder
Availability of Therapies and Services for Parkinson's Disease in Africa: A Continent-Wide Survey, Eman Hamid, Biniyam A. Ayele, Daniel Gams Massi, Samia Ben Sassi, Houyam Tibar, Emmanuel Epenge Djonga, Sarah Misbah El-Sadig, Wahiba AMER EL KHEDOUD, Julien Razafimahefa, and Juzar Hooker
A Viewpoint of Tanzania E-Commerce and Implementation Barriers, George S. Oreku, Fredrick Otieno, and Ali Al Dahoud
Awake craniotomy for resection of intracranial meningioma: First case series from a low- and middle-income country, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, Noyan Jawed, Faraz Shafiq, and Ather Enam
Balancing science and public policy in Pakistan's COVID-19 response, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Faisal Sultan, Aamer Ikram, Adil H. Haider, Assad Hafeez, and Muhammad Islam
Barriers and perceptions regarding different contraceptives and family planning practices amongst men and women of reproductive age in rural Pakistan: A qualitative study, Syed Khurram Azmat, Ghulam Mustafa, Waqas Hameed, Muhammad Ali, Aftab Ahmed, and Mohsina Bilgrami
Barriers to access of healthcare services for rural women – Applying gender lens on TB in a rural district of Sindh, Pakistan, Shifa Salman Habib, Wafa Zehra Jamal, Syed Muhammad Asad Zaidi, Junaid ur-Rehman Siddiqui, Hira Mustafa Khan, Jacob Creswell, Srichand Batra, and Anna Versfeld
Barriers to early initiation of breastfeeding in healthy neonates in an urban hospital setting, Davis Rubagumya, Muzdalfat Abeid, Eric Aghan, and Mariam Noorani
Barriers to timely disclosure of HIV serostatus: A qualitative study at care and treatment centers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Neelam Ismail, Nancy Matillya, Riaz Ratansi, and Columba Mbekenga
Bartholin gland carcinoma in a young female: A rare disease in an unusual age group, Munazza Akhtar, Uzma Chishti, and Romana Idress
Baseline MMP expression in periapical granuloma and its relationship with periapical wound healing after surgical endodontic treatment, Muhammad Adeel Ahmed, Muhammad Faraz Anwar, Khalid Ahmed, Marziya Aftab, Fizza Nazim, Muhammad Furqan Bari, Mohammed Mustafa, Fahim Vohra, Ali Alrahlah, Muhammad Nouman Mughal, and Syed Hani Abidi
BBC Arabic TV: A “Unique Experience” Hosam El Sokkari talks to Arab Media and Society, Lawrence Pintak
Bedaquiline drug resistance emergence assessment in MDR-TB (DREAM): A 5-Year prospective in-vitro surveillance study of bedaquiline and other second-line drug-susceptibility testing in MDR-TB isolates, Koné Kaniga, Rumina Hasan, Ruwen Jou, Edita Vasiliauskienė, Charoen Chuchottaworn, Nazir Ismai, Beverly Metchock, Skaidrius Miliauskas, Nguyen Viet Nhung, and Camilla Rodrigues
Bedside index (BISAP) v/s ranson scores in predicting mortality and severity in patients with acute pancreatitis, Nazir Najeeb Kapadia and Emaduddin Siddiqui
Before the rooster crows, Peter Kimani
Behavioral problems in children with epilepsy in rural Kenya, Symon M Kariuki, Amina Abubakar, Penny A Holding, Victor Mung’ala-Odera, Eddie Chengo, Michael Kihara, Brian G Neville, and Charles Newton
Beirut Outtakes: A TV Correspondent's Portrait of America's Encounter with Terror, Lawrence Pintak
Beware! the yellow brick road lieth in that which is not what could be, Mirat Al Fatima Ahsan
Beyond digitization: The case of The Aga Khan Library, Walid Ghali
Beyond Media ‘Dialogues’: Time to put away the champagne flutes, Lawrence Pintak
Beyond Their HIV Status: the Occurrence of Multiple Health Risk Behavior Among Adolescents from a Rural Setting of Sub-Saharan Africa, Derrick Ssewanyana, Charles R. Newton, Anneloes van Baar, Amin S. Hassan, Alan Stein, H. Gerry Taylor, Fons Van De Vijver, Gaia Scerif, and Amina Abubakar
Beyond the numbers: Understanding the diversity of covid-19 epidemiology and response in south Asia, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Sameen Siddiqi, Assad Hafeez, Muhammad Islam, Samiran Nundy, Firdausi Qadri, and Faisal Sultan
Biallelic variants in PCDHGC4 cause a novel neurodevelopmental syndrome with progressive microcephaly, seizures, and joint anomalies, Maria Iqbal, Reza Maroofian, Büşranur Çavdarlı, Florence Riccardi, Michael Field, Siddharth Banka, Dalal K. Bubshait, Yun Li, Jozef Hertecant, and Shahid Mahmood Baig
Big data analytics in public sector university libraries in Pakistan, Sadaf Shahid and Rafat Parveen Siddiqui
Bilateral mid-axillary transversus abdominis plane block does not attenuate stress response to total abdominal hysterectomy: A randomised controlled placebo trial, Samina Ismail, Aliya Ahmed, Muhammad Qamarul Hoda, Samie Asghar, Aysha Habib, and Aliya Aziz
Bilateral systematised epidermolytic epidermal nevus: A case report, Sabeika R. Kerawala, Najam-Us-Saher Rizvi, and Saadia Tabassum
Bile acid profiling reveals distinct signatures in undernourished children with environmental enteric dysfunction, Xueheng Zhao, Kenneth D R. Setchell, Rong Huang, Indika Mallawaarachchi, Lubaina Ehsan, Edward Dobrzykowski Iii, Junfang Zhao, Sana Syed, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Junaid Iqbal, Kamran Sadiq, Sheraz Ahmed, and Syed Asad Ali
Biomarkers for impending risk of osteoporosis in premenopausal women, Rehana Rehman, Ali Usman, Aisha Sheikh, and Rozeena Baig
Biomedical risk, psychosocial influences, and developmental outcomes: lessons from the pediatric HIV population in Africa, Amina Abubakar
Biostimulatory effects of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound on rate of orthodontic tooth movement and associated pain, applied at 3-week intervals: A split-mouth study, Irfan Qamruddin, Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Verda Mahroof, Meenaz Karim, Mubassar Fida, Mohd Fadhli Khamis, and Adam Husein
Black stone poisoning with a unique complication of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), Safia Akhlaq and Adil Aziz
Blood pressure thresholds in pregnancy for identifying maternal and infant risk: A secondary analysis of community-level interventions for pre-eclampsia (CLIP) trial data, Jeffrey N. Bone, Laura A. Magee, Joel Singer, Hannah Nathan, Rahat Qureshi, Charfudin Sacoor, Esperança Sevene, Andrew Shennan, Mrutyunjaya B. Bellad, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Blue biotechnology: Computational screening of sarcophyton cembranoid diterpenes for SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibition, Mahmoud A A. Ibrahim, Alaa H M. Abdelrahman, Mohamed A M. Atia, Tarik A. Mohamed, Mahmoud F. Moustafa, Abdulrahim R. Hakami, Shaden A M. Khalifa, Fahad A. Alhumaydhi, Faris Alrumaihi, and Syed Hani Abidi
Body image dissatisfaction is increased in male and overweight/obese adolescents in Botswana, L . Malete, K. Motlhoiwa, Sheila Shaibu, B. H. Wrotniak, S. D. Maruapula, J. Jackson J. Jackson, and C. W. Compher
Body Image Dissatisfaction Is Increased in Male andOverweight/Obese Adolescents in Botswana, L Malete, K. Motlhoiwa, Sheila Shaibu, B. H. Wrotniak, S. D. Maruapula, J. Jackson, and C. W. Compher
Born not breathing: A randomised trial comparing two self-inflating bag-masks during newborn resuscitation in Tanzania, Monica Thallinger, Hege Langli Ersdal, Fortunata Francis, Anita Yeconia, Estomih Mduma, Hussein Kidanto, Jørgen Erland Linde, Joar Eilevstjønn, Nina Gunnes, and Ketil Størdal
Bovine lactoferrin to prevent neonatal infections in low-birth-weight newborns in Pakistan: Protocol for a three-arm double-blind randomized controlled trial, Shabina Ariff, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Almas Aamir, Michelle D'Almeida, Arzina Aziz Ali, Ashraful Alam, and Michael Dibley
Bowman's layer transplantation in advanced keratoconus; 18-months outcomes, Zaman Shah, Ibrar Hussain, Davide Borroni, Bakht Samar Khan, Shahid Wahab, and Pir Salim Mahar
Brain abscess caused by lactococcus lactis in a young male, Intisar Ahmed, Kashif Aziz, Hameed Tareen, and Muhammad Arslan Ahmed
Breaking the pain cycle successfully in a child with severe pain due to recurrent pancreatitis: A case report, Ali Sarfraz Siddiqui and Mansoor Chandio
Breech delivery at a University Hospital in Tanzania, Ulf Högberg, Catrin Claeson, Lone Krebs, Agneta Skoog Svanberg, and Hussein Kidanto
Bridge Employment and Longevity: Evidence from a 10-year follow-up cohort study in 0.16 million Chinese, Ruoyu Yin, Yiqian Xin, Maria Asif Bhura, Zhicheng Wang, and Kun Tang
Bridging the gaps in secondary fracture prevention at a single center in Pakistan-Compliance with the IOF best practice framework, Sibtain Ahmed, Nawazish Zehra, Shahryar Noordin, Anum Sadruddin Pidani, and Aysha Habib Khan
Budget impact and cost-effectiveness analyses of the COBRA-BPS multicomponent hypertension management programme in rural communities in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, Eric A. Finkelstein, Anirudh Krishnan, Aliya Naheed, Imtiaz Jehan, H Asita de Silva, Mihir Gandhi, Ching Wee Lim, Jehanzeb Khan, Samina Hirani, and Tazeen H. Jafar
Building better tuberculosis control systems in a post-COVID world: Learning from Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic, Razia Fatima, Nasim Akhtar, Aashifa Yaqoob, Anthony D. Harries, and Mishal S. Khan
Building locally relevant ethics curricula for nursing education in Botswana, F Barchi, M Kasimatis Singleton, M Magama, and Sheila Shaibu
Burden of communicable disease among the native and repatriating Afghans, Syed Hani Abidi, Farwa Ali, Farida Shah, Farhat Abbas, and Syed Ali
Burden of culture confirmed enteric fever cases in Karachi, Pakistan: Surveillance for enteric fever in Asia project (SEAP), 2016-2019, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Seema Irfan, Rozina Thobani, Abdul Momin Kazi, Aneeta Hotwani, Ashraf M. Memon, Khalid Iqbal, Saqib Hamid Qazi, Nasir S. Saddal, Najeeb Rehman, Irum Fatima Dehraj, Mohammed J. Hunzai, Junaid Mehmood, and Farah Naz Qamar
Burden of ileal perforations among surgical patients admitted in tertiary care hospitals of three Asian countries: Surveillance of enteric fever in Asia project (SEAP), september 2016-september 2019, Saqib Hamid Qazi, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Irum Fatima Dehraj, Rozina Thobani, Afshan Akhtar, Abdul Momin Kazi, Aneeta Hotwani, Najeeb Rahman, Junaid Mehmood, and Farah Naz Qamar
Burden of neurodevelopmental disorders in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Mary Bitta, Symon M Kariuki, Amina Abubakar, and Charles RJC Newton
Burden of transport-related injuries in the eastern Mediterranean region: A systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2017, GBD 2017 EMR Transport Injuries Collaborators, Saeid Safiri, Mark J M. Sullman, Timo Lajunen, Tetiana Hill, Amir Almasi-Hashiani, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Farshad Farzadfar, Sadaf G. Sepanlou, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Burden, risk factors, and comorbidities of behavioural and emotional problems in Kenyan children: a population-based study, Symon M Kariuki, Amina Abubakar, Martha Kombe, Michael Kazungu, Rachael Odhiambo, Alan Stein, and Charles RJC Newton
Calcaneal ultrasound and its relation to dietary and lifestyle factors, anthropometry, and vitamin D deficiency in young medical students, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Sibtain Ahmed, Ghazala Naureen, and Aysha Habib Khan
Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity and protect health: Wealthy nations must do much more, much faster, Lukoye Atwoli, Abdullah H. Baqui, Thomas Benfield, Raffaella Bosurgi, Fiona Godlee, Stephen Hancocks, Richard Horton, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Carlos Augusto Monteiro, and Ian Norman
cAMP/PKA antagonizes thrombin-induced inactivation of endothelial myosin light chain phosphatase: role of CPI-17, Muhammad Aslam, Frauke V. Härtel, Muhammad Arshad, Dursun Gündüz, Yaser Abdallah, Heinrich Sauer, Hans Michael Piper, and Thomas Noll
Can awake glioma surgery be the new standard of care in developing countries?, Syed Sarmad Bukhari and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Cannabinoids: Revealing their complexity and role in central networks of fear and anxiety, Anthony Murkar, Joseph De Koninck, and Zul Merali
Can rote learners be transformed into critical thinkers through a concept – mapping intervention?, Raisa B. Gul, Shanaz Hussein Cassum, and Khairulnissa Ajani
Can sound public health policies stem the tide of burgeoning epidemic of cardiovascular disease in south Asians?, Pirbhat Shams, Mohsina Hussain, Salima Karani, Sana Mahmood, Alina Hasan, Sameen Siddiqi, Salim S. Virani, and Zainab Samad
Can technology help improve diarrhoea management?, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Capacity Building as a Midwifery Researcher: Personal Experience as an International Student of PhD Programme at a University in New Zealand, Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah Adnani
Capecitabine-associated loss of fingerprints: A case report of a 62-year-old man with colorectal cancer suffering from capecitabine-induced adermatoglyphia, Tasneem Dawood, Muhammad Nauman Zahir, Muhammad Afzal, and Yasmin Abdul Rashid
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training strategies in the times of COVID-19: A systematic literature review comparing different training methodologies, Daniyal Mansoor Ali, Butool Hisam, Natasha Shaukat, Mirza Noor Ali Baig, Marcus Eng Hock Ong, Jonathan L. Epstein, Eric Goralnick, Paul D. Kivela, Bryan McNally, and Junaid Razzak
Cardio-pulmonary sequelae in recovered COVID-19 patients: Considerations for primary care, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Alanna Barrios, Radhika Garimella, Asimina Dominari, Manish Kc, Krunal Pandav, Juan C. Pantoja, Varadha Retnakumar, and Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda
Cardiospecific Overexpression of ATPGD1 (Carnosine Synthase) Increases Histidine Dipeptide Levels and Prevents Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion Injury, Jingjing Zhao, Daniel J. Conklin, Yiru Guo, Xiang Zhang, Detlef Obal, Luping Guo, Ganapathy Jagatheesan, Kartik Katragadda, Liqing He, and Jasmit Shah
Cardiovascular dysfunction in children exposed to preeclampsia during fetal life, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Nuruddin Badruddin Mohammed, Shafquat Rozi, Nadeem Aslam, Shazia Mohsin, Salima Ashiqali, Hina Ali, Saima Sattar, Devyani Chowdhury, and Babar Sultan Hasan
Cardiovascular fellow-in-training feedback on virtual and simulator-based learning experience during Covid-19 pandemic in a low to middle income country - A cross-sectional study, Pirbhat Shams, Intisar Ahmed, Hunaina Shahab, Zehra Kadani, Aisal Khan, Marvi Shams, Yawer Saeed, Syedah Saira Bokhari, and Aamir Hameed Khan
CardiOvaScular Mechanisms In Covid-19: methodology of a prospective observational multimodality imaging study (COSMIC-19 study), Shirjel Alam, Anoop Shah, Kevin Onyinkwa, Edward Nganga, Samuel Gitau, Khalid Makhdomi, Michael Chung, and Sudhir Vinayak
Career expectancy of physicians active in patient care: evidence from Mississippi, Jamie Boydstun, Jeralynn S Cossman, and Amina Abubakar
Case Report of Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease from Sub-Saharan Africa: An Important Mimic of Tuberculous Lymphadenitis, Karishma Sharma, Fredrick Otieno, and Reena Shah
Case report of primary CD20 negative diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, Kanta Devi, Natasha Bahadur Ali, and Arsalan Ahmed
Case Report: Sudden Splenic Rupture in a Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Patient, Nadeem Kassam, Steven Michael, Kamran Hamid, Authar Ali, and Salim Surani
Cases of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder from the East Africa region, highlighting challenges in diagnostics and healthcare access, Dilraj Sokhi, Adil Suleiman, Soraiya Manji, Juzar Hooker, and Peter Mativo
Catheter management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Ranjan Dahal, Tariq Siddiqui, and Ghufran Adnan
C. auris and non-C. auris candidemia in hospitalized adult and pediatric COVID-19 patients; single center data from Pakistan, Safia Moin, Joveria Farooqi, Salima Rattani, Nosheen Nasir, Sadaf Zaka, and Kauser Jabeen
Causes and circumstances of maternal death: A secondary analysis of the community-level Interventions for pre-eclampsia (CLIP) trials cohort, Annet M. Aukes, Kristina Arion, Jeffrey N. Bone, Jing Li, Marianne Vidler, Mrutyunjaya B. Bellad, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Rahat Qureshi, Sana Sheikh, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Cell stress in cortical organoids impairs molecular subtype specification, Aparna Bhaduri, Madeline G. Andrews, Walter Mancia Leon, Diane Jung, David Shin, Denise Allen, Dana Jung, Galina Schmunk, Maximilian Haeussler, and Salma Jahan
Central nervous system metastases: A rare presentation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Sehrish Abrar, Nasir Ali, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, and Rabia Tehseen
Cephalometric predictors for optimal soft tissue profile outcome in adult Asian class I subjects treated via extraction and non-extraction. A retrospective study, Aqeel Ahmed, Mubassar Fida, and Rashna Hoshang Sukhia
Cephalometric predictors of optimal soft tissue profile outcomes in growing Asian skeletal class II subjects treated with twin-block appliance: A retrospective study, Aqeel Ahmed, Mubassar Fida, and Rashna Hoshang Sukhia
Cerebral venous thrombosis associated with COVID-19 infection: An observational, multicenter study, Sajid Hameed, Mohammad Wasay, Bashir A. Soomro, Ossama Mansour, Foad Abd-Allah, Tianming Tu, Raja Farhat, Naila Shahbaz, Husnain Hashim, and Wasim Alamgir
Cervical cancer-associated suffering: Estimating the palliative care needs of a highly vulnerable population, Eric L. Krakauer, Xiaoxiao Kwete, Khadidjatou Kane, Gauhar Afshan, Lisa Bazzett-Matabele, Danta Dona Ruthnie Bien-Aimé, Sarah Byrne-Martelli, Stephen Connor, Raimundo Correa, and C R Beena Devi C R Beena Devi
Cesarean birth in the global network for women's and children's health research: Trends in utilization, risk factors, and subgroups with high cesarean birth rates, Margo S. Harrison, Ana L. Garces, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sarah Saleem, Janet L. Moore, Fabian Esamai, Archana B. Patel, Elwyn Chomba, Carl L. Bose, and Edward A. Liechty
Cesarean section: More than a maternal health issue, Marleen Temmerman and Abdu Mohiddin
Challenges and coping strategies of parents of children with autism on the Kenyan coast, Joseph K Gona, Charles R Newton, Kenneth K Rimba, Rachel Mapenzi, Michael Kihara, Fonns V Vijver, and Amina Abubakar
Challenges during colonoscopy in women with a prior hysterectomy, Lubna Kamani, Nazish Butt, and Hanisha Khemani
Challenges for Dementia Care and Research in Pakistan, Fatima Siddiqui, Qurat Khan, and Mohammad Wasay
Challenges in teaching palliative care module virtually during COVID-19 era, Shanaz Hussein Cassum, Khairunnisa Mansoor, Amina Hirji, Amber David, and Amina Aijaz Khowaja
Challenges of assessing community mortality due to respiratory viruses in children aged less than 5 years, Mauricio T. Caballero, Ashish Satav, Christopher J. Gill, Saad B. Omer, Rachel C. Pieciak, Abdul Momin Kazi, Eric Af Simões, and Fernando P. Polack
Challenges to E-healthcare adoption in developing countries: A case study of Tanzania, Zanifa Omary, Dennis Lupiana, Fredrick Mtenzi, and Bing Wu
Changes in sexual behaviour among HIV-infected women in west and east Africa in the first 24 months after delivery, Irungu Eunice, Matthew F. Chersich, Clarisse Sanon, Rosemary Chege, Philippe Gaillard, Marleen Temmerman, Jennifer S. Read, Stanley Luchters, and Kesho Bora Study Group
Changes: Pedagogy, collections and student expectations, Margaret Law
Changing face of trauma and surgical training in a developing country: A literature review, Qamar Riaz, Sabah Uddin Saqib, Rehan Nasir Khan, and Nadeem Ahmed Siddiqui
Characterisation of the vaginal microflora of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive and negative women in a sub-urban population of Kenya, Teresa N. Kiama, Rita Verhelst, Paul M. Mbugua, Mario Vaneechoutte, Hans Verstraelen, Benson Estambale, and Marleen Temmerman
Characteristics and outcomes of patients with an unscheduled return visit within 72 hours to the Paediatric Emergency Centre at a Private Tertiary Referral Hospital in Kenya, Kenneth Rintaari, Rachel Kimani, Horatius Musembi, and Samwel Gatimu
Characteristics of electrolyte imbalance and pseudo-bartter syndrome in hospitalized cystic fibrosis children and adolescents, Danish Abdul Aziz, Fatima Siddiqui, Quratulain Abbasi, Haissan Iftikhar, Shahira Shahid, and Fatima Mir
Characteristics of Global Neurosurgery Sessions: A Retrospective Analysis of Major International Neurosurgical Conferences, Vaishnavi Sharma, Andre Boyke, Nathan A. Shlobin, Chibueze Nwagwu, Arsene Nyalundja, Myron Rolle, Beverly Cheserem, and Kee Park
Characteristics of mobile phone access and usage among caregivers in Pakistan - A mHealth survey of urban and rural population, Abdul Momin Kazi, Nazia Ahsan, Saima Jamal, Ayub Khan, Waliyah Mughis, Raheel Allana, Abdul Nafey Kazi, Hussain Kalimuddin, Syed Asad Ali, William McKellin, and Jean-Paul Collet
Characteristics of patients presenting with COVID-19 from Balochistan province and lessons learnt, Abida Munir Badini, Aurangzeb Badini, Naeem M. Mengal, and Kashmira Nanji
Characteristics of salmonella recovered from stools of children enrolled in the global enteric multicenter study, Irene N. Kasumba, Caisey V. Pulford, Blanca M. Perez-Sepulveda, Sunil Sen, Nurulla Sayed, Jasnehta Permala-Booth, Sofie Livio Sofie Livio, Darren Heavens Darren Heavens, Ross Low Ross Low, Shahida Qureshi, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Characteristics, sexual behaviour and risk factors of female, male and transgender sex workers in South Africa, Marlise L. Richter, M. Chersich, Marleen Temmerman, and Stanley Luchters
Characterization and outcomes of hospitalized children with coronavirus disease 2019: A report from a multicenter, viral infection and respiratory illness universal study (Coronavirus disease 2019) registry, Utpal S. Bhalala, Katja M. Gist, Sandeep Tripathi, Karen Boma, Vishakha K. Kumar, Lynn Retford, Kathleen Chiotos, Allison M. Blatz, Heda Dapul, and Sidra Ishaque
Characterizing micronutrient status and risk factors among late adolescent and young women in rural Pakistan: A cross-sectional assessment of the MaPPS trial, Jo-Anna B. Baxter, Yaqub Wasan, Amjad Hussain, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Imran Ahmed, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Chikungunya outbreak in Karachi Pakistan 2016-2017: An analysis of viral isolates, Dhani Prakoso, Kelli Barr, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Joveria Farooqi, Erum Khan, and Maureen Long
Childhood medulloblastoma, Naureen Mushtaq, Shahzadi Resham, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Quratulain Riaz, and Eric Bouffet
Childhood obesity on the rise during COVID-19: A request for global leaders to change the trajectory, Marie Hauerslev, Tanya Narang, Nicola Gray, T Alafia Samuels, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Child maltreatment and neglect in the United Arab Emirates and relationship with low self-esteem and symptoms of depression, Syed M. Shah, Gul Nowshad, Fatima Al Dhaheri, Mariam H. Al-Shamsi, Alfan M. Al-Ketbi, Alaa Galadari, Priyam Joshi, Heba Bendak, Michal Grivna, and Danilo Arnone
Child marriage legislation in the Asia-Pacific region, Elisa Scolaro, Aleksandra Blagojevic, Brigitte Fillion, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Lale Say, Joar Svanemyr, and Marleen Temmerman
Chronic airflow obstruction and ambient particulate air pollution, Andre F S. Amaral, Peter G J. Burney, Jaymini Patel, Cosetta Minelli, Filip Mejza, David M. Mannino, Terence A R. Seemungal, Padukudru Anand Mahesh, Li Cher Lo, and Asaad Ahmed Nafees
Chronic long-COVID syndrome: A protracted COVID-19 illness with neurological dysfunctions, Abdul Mannan Baig
Cigarette smokers' perceptions of smoking cessation and associated factors in Karachi, Pakistan, Rubina Barolia, Sajid Iqbal, Salim S. Virani, Faris Khan, and Pammla Petrucka
Clavicular fractures in newborns: What happens to one of the commonly injured bones at birth?, Hina Mumtaz Hashmi, Nazia Shamim, Vinod Kumar, Naureen Anjum, and Khalil Ahmad
Clinical and patient-reported outcomes from patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease across the world: Data from the global non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)/ non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) registry, Zobair M. Younossi, Yusuf Yilmaz, Ming-Lung Yu, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Marlen Castellanos Fernandez, Vasily A Isakov A. Isakov, Ajay K. Duseja, Nahum Mendez-Sanchez, Yuichiro Eguchi, and Saeed Hamid
Clinical characteristics and mortality after acute myocardial infarction-related hospitalization among Asians from a national population-based cohort study, Chayakrit Krittanawong, Dhruv Mahtta, Bharat Narasimhan, Zhen Wang, Dhrubajyoti Bandyopadhyay, Bashir Hanif, Zainab Samad, Takeshi Kitai, Mahboob Alam, Samin K. Sharma, Hani Jneid, and Salim S. Virani
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19: Experience at a major tertiary care center in Pakistan, Nosheen Nasir, Kiren Habib, Iffat Khanum, Naveera Khan, Zehra Abdul Muhammad, and Syed Faisal Mahmood
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients presenting with hip fractures at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Ainan Arshad, Muhammad Talal Ibrahim, Hajra Arshad, Muhammad Bin Hammad, Sijal Akhtar Sheikh, Aysha Habib Khan, Lena Jafri, and Sarah Nadeem
Clinical features and outcomes of critically ill patients with elizabethkingia meningoseptica: An emerging pathogen, Abdullah Umair and Nosheen Nasir
Clinically isolated aortitis presenting as inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction due to an unruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysm: A rare and forgotten cause of acute coronary syndrome in a young patient with no evidence of systemic vasculitis, Abdul Baqi, Pirbhat Shams, Intisar Ahmed, and Muhammad Tariq
Clinical, neuroimaging, and molecular spectrum of TECPR2-associated hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy with intellectual disability, Sonja Neuser, Barbara Brechmann, Gali Heimer, Ines Brösse, Susanna Schubert, Lauren O'Grady, Michael Zech, Siddharth Srivastava, Shahnaz Ibrahim, and Fatima Khan
Clinical Outcomes of physiologically-guided revascularisation, Nasir Rahman, Ghufran Adnan, Awais Farhad, Jamshed Ali, and Ihsan Ullah
Clinical outcomes of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: An observational study from Pakistan, Bhagwan Das, Aisha Sheikh, Bilal Ahmed, and Najmul Islam
Clinical performance and utility of a comprehensive next-generation sequencing DNA panel for the simultaneous analysis of variants, TMB and MSI for myeloid neoplasms, Nikhil Shri Sahajpal; Ashis K. Mondal; Sudha Ananth; Allan Njau; Pankaj Ahluwalia; Kimya Jones; Meenakshi Ahluwalia; Nwogbo Okechukwu; ,Natasha M. Savage; and Vamsi Kota
Clinical profile and predictors of mortality in neonates born with non-immune hydrops fetalis: Experience from a lower-middle-income country, Vinod K. Hasija, Adnan Mirza, Waqar Khowaja, Sidra Asif, Muhammad Sohail Salat, Shabina Ariff, and Khalil Ahmad
Clinical signs predictive of severe illness in young Pakistani infants, Shahira Shahid, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Kanwal Nayani, Ayesha Munir, Nick Brown, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Fyezah Jehan, and Muhammad Imran Nisar
Clinical Validation of a Sensitive Test for Saliva Collected in Healthcare and Community Settings with Pooling Utility for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Mass Surveillance, panelNikhil S. Sahajpal, Ashis K. Mondal, Sudha Ananth, Allan Njau, Pankaj Ahluwalia, Vamsi Kota, Kevin Caspary, Ted M. Ross, Michael Farrell, and Michael P. Shannon
Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 29 cases of solid-pseudopapillary neoplasms of the pancreas in patients under 20 years of age along with detailed review of literature, Nasir Ud Din, Shabina Rahim, Jamshid Abdul-Ghafar, Arsalan Ahmed, and Zubair Ahmad
Clinicopathological features of craniopharyngioma: A 15-year study from a tertiary care center in Pakistan, Saroona Haroon, Anoshia Afzal, Shamail Zia, Syed J. Ali, Fazail Zia, Farozaan Shamail, Muhammad Irfan, and Atif A. Hashmi
Clinicopathologic Features of Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma in Sub-Saharan Africa, Megan J. Fitzpatrick, Shahin Sayed, Zahir Moloo, Mukendi K. A. Kayembe, Drucilla J. Roberts, Thu-Anh Pham, Liqiang Xi, Mark Raffeld, Abner Louissaint, and Aliyah R. Sohani
Clustering of health risk behaviors among adolescents in Kilifi, Kenya, a rural Sub-Saharan African setting, Derrick Ssewanyana, Amina Abubakar, Charles R. J. C. Newton, Mark Otiende, George Mochamah, Christopher Nyundo, David Walumbe, Gideon Nyutu, Aoife M. Doyle, and David A. Ross
Cognition, mood and quality-of-life outcomes among low literacy adults living with epilepsy in rural Kenya: A preliminary study, Patrick N Mwangala, Symon M Kariuki, Moses K Nyongesa, Paul Mwangi, Esther Chongwo, Charles R Newton, and Amina Abubakar
Cohort Profile: The alliance for maternal and newborn health improvement (AMANHI) biobanking study, Fahad Aftab, Salahuddin Ahmed, Aneeta Hotwani, Muhammad Ilyas, Mohammad Javaid, Fyezah Jehan, Farah Khalid, Usma Mehmood, Muhammad Imran Nisar, and Muhammad Sajid
Coiling of internal carotid through ‘eye of the needle’ internal jugular vein: a dual great vessel anomaly, Haissan Iftikhar and Mubasher Ikram
Colchicine, COVID-19 and hematological parameters: A meta-analysis, Musharraf Sarwar, Zahid Ali, Mahnoor Fatima, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, and Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda
Collaborative strategic planning: myth or reality?, Flora Mbuguna and Jane Rarieya
Collet-Sicard syndrome due to concurrent extramedullary intracranial plasmacytoma and jugular venous sinus thrombosis in multiple myeloma, Dilraj Sokhi, Caroline Wangui Mithi, Farah Ebrahim, Adil Salyani, Sheila Waa, and Riyat Malkit
Combined use of a videolaryngoscope and a flexible bronchoscope for awake tracheal intubation when front-of-neck airway is not an option, Muhammad Furqan Khan, Faisal Shamim, Muhammad Umer Slote, Bushra Salim, and Syed Akbar Abbas
Combining multicolor FISH with fluorescence lifetime imaging for chromosomal identification and chromosomal sub structure investigation, Archana Bhartiya, Ian Robinson, Mohammed Yousuf, and Stanley W. Botchway
Commentary: Fully endoscopic resection of an epidermoid cyst of the cerebellopontine angle: Bilateral resection via a unilateral approach, Nasr Hussain and Rashid Jooma
Comments on "Artificial intelligence applications in restorative dentistry: A systematic review", Saqib Habib and Fahad Umer
Comments on clinical behavior of posterior fixed partial dentures with a biologically oriented preparation technique: A 5-year randomized controlled clinical trial, Momina Motiwala and Farhan Raza Khan
Comments on the volumetric assessment of the external cervical resorption and its correlation with heithersay classification, Zainab Haji, Faizan Javed, and Farhan Raza Khan
Common Peroneal Neuropathy in Harvesting Farmers, Harwindar Kumar, Syed Muhammad Anwar Shah, Jamita Kor, Sadaf Qazi, and Jasvindar Kumar
Community dialogues as a strategy for identifying and addressing child protection needs in Shinyanga, Tanzania, Amina Abubakar, Sadaf Shallwani, Stanley Wechuli Wanjala, Patrick Nzivo Mwangala, and Moses Kachama Nyongesa
Community-driven data revolution is feasible in developing countries: experiences from an integrated health information and surveillance system in Kenya, Anthony Ngugi, Gijs Walraven, James Orwa, Adelaide Lusambili, Maureen Kimani, and Stanley Luchters
Community health volunteers challenges and preferred income generating activities for sustainability: a qualitative case study of rural Kilifi, Kenya, Adelaide Lusambili, Njeri Nyanja, Sophie Vusha Chabeda, Marleen Temmerman, Lucy Nyaga, Jerim Obure, and Anthony Ngugi
Community perceptions of developmental and behavioral problems experienced by children living with epilepsy on the Kenyan coast: A qualitative study, Amina Abubakar, Symon M Kariuki, Judith Dzombo Tumaini, Joseph Gona, Khamis Katana, Jacqueline A Phillips Owen, and Charles R Newton
Community pharmacies, drug stores, and antibiotic dispensing in Indonesia: A qualitative study, Astri Ferdiana, Marco Liverani, Mishal Khan, Luh Putu Lila Wulandari, Yusuf Ari Mashuri, Neha Batura, Tri Wibawa, Shunmay Yeung, Richard Day, Stephen Jan, Virginia Wiseman, and Ari Probandari
Comparative accuracy of prognostic models for short-term mortality in acute-on-chronic liver failure patients: CAP-ACLF, Nipun Verma, Radha Krishan Dhiman, Virendra Singh, Ajay Duseja, Sunil Taneja, Ashok Choudhury, Harshad Devarbhavi, Saeed Hamid, Wasim Jafri, and Amna Subhan Butt
Comparative analysis of N95 respirators fit testing with commercially available and in house reagent, Erum Khan, Joveria Farooqi, Humaira Shafaq, Kaleem Ullah Khushik, Syed Shamim Raza, Sara Khan, Zohra Rafiq, Bushra Ahmed, Shazia Chisti, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Hasnain Zafar, and Afia Zafar
Comparative analysis of pediatric COVID-19 infection in Southeast Asia, south Asia, Japan, and China, Judith Ju Ming Wong, Qalab Abbas, Soo Lin Chua, Ririe Fachrina Malisie, Kah Min Pon, Tomohiro Katsuta, Hongxing Dang, Pei Chuen Lee, Muralidharan Jayashree, and Quratulain Maha
Comparative trends in ischemic heart disease admissions, presentation and outcomes due to the COVID-19 pandemic: First insights from a tertiary medical center in Pakistan, Ali Aahil Noorali, Humza Thobani, Shiraz Hashmi, Sara Iqbal, Asma A H. Merchant, Mian Arsam Haroon, Sardar Shahmir Babar Chauhan, Saad Mallick, Nida Zahid, Yasir Khan, Osman Faheem, and Saulat Fatimi
Comparing effectiveness of active and passive client follow-up approaches in sustaining the continued use of long acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) in rural Punjab: A multicentre, non-inferiority trial, Waqas Hameed, Syed Khurram Azmat, Moazzam Ali, Muhammad Ishaque, Ghazunfer Abbas, Erik Munroe, Rebecca Harrison, Wajahat Hussain Shamsi, Ghulam Mustafa, and Omar Farooq Khan
Comparing effectiveness of two client follow-up approaches in sustaining the use of long acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) among the underserved in rural Punjab, Pakistan: A study protocol and participants' profile, Syed Khurram Azmat, Waqas Hameed, Moazzam Ali, Muhammad Ishaque, Ghulam Mustafa, Omar Farooq Khan, Ghazunfer Abbas, and Erik Munroe
Comparing growth velocity of HIV exposed and non-exposed infants: An observational study of infants enrolled in a randomized control trial in Zambia, Obvious Nchimunya Chilyabanyama, Roma Chilengi, Natasha Makabilo Laban, Masuzyo Chirwa, Michelo Simunyandi, Luiza Miyanda Hatyoka, Innocent Ngaruye, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, and Samuel Bosomprah
Comparing sensitivity and specificity of pacemaker ID application and cardiac rhythm management device-finder application in identifying cardiac implantable electronic device manufacturer using chest radiograph - An observational study, Pirbhat Shams, Muhammad Mehdi, Jamshed Ali, Intisar Ahmed, Sheema Saadia, Sameen Iqbal, Aamir Hameed Khan, and Yawer Saeed
Comparison between Gram stain and culture for the characterization of vaginal microflora: Definition of a distinct grade that resembles grade I microflora and revised categorization of grade I microflora, Rita Verhelst, Hans Verstraelen, Geert Claeys, Gerda Verschraegen, Leen Van Simaey, Catharine De Ganck, Ellen De Backer, Marleen Temmerman, and Mario Vaneechoutte
Comparison of antimicrobial efficacy of calcipex and metapex in endodontic treatment of chronic apical periodontitis: A randomised controlled trial study protocol, Momina Motiwala, Saqib Habib, Rabia Ghafoor, and Seema Irfan
Comparison of brachiobasilic transposition arteriovenous fistula outcomes among diabetic and non-diabetic patients: A case controlled study, Zia Ur Rehman, Waryam Muhammad Saleh, and Anum Sadruddin Pidani
Comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes between COVID-19 pneumonia and H1N1 influenza, Nosheen Nasir, Iffat Khanum, Kiren Habib, Rimsha Ahmed, Mujahid Hussain, Zahra Hasan, and Muhammad Irfan
Comparison of figure of eight and traditional simple wire closure method to prevent dehiscence after sternal closure, Aleezay Asghar, Khawaja Muhammad Talha, Muneer Amanullah, and Syed Shahabuddin
Comparison of intraarticular distal humerus fracture outcomes treated with or without olecranon osteotomy - A case series, Naveed Baloch, Tashfeen Ahmad, and Zehra Abdul Muhammad
Comparison of pap smear, visual inspection with acetic acid, human papillomavirus DNA-PCR testing and cervicography, H De Vuyst, Patricia Claeys, S Njiru, L Muchiri, Sophia Steyaert, Petra De Sutter, E Van Marck, J Bwayo, and Marleen Temmerman
Comparison of perioperative analgesia between intravenous paracetamol and fentanyl for rigid hysteroscopy: A randomised control trial, Dileep Kumar, Kamal Kumar, and Mohammad Hamid
Comparison of Psychosocial Determinants in Inpatients With First-Episode and Chronic Schizophrenia in China, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Wenying Yi, Zheng Wang, Bo Yang, Li Li, Peng Wang, Chang Liu, Guowei Wu, Zhimin Xue, and Zhening Liu
Comparison of surgical site infection after skin closure by prolene or staples in bilateral simultaneous knee arthroplasty patients: A parallel design randomized controlled trial protocol, Obada Hussein Hasan, Ahsun Jiwani, Laraib Mazhar, Dilshad Begum, Riaz Hussain Lakdawala, and Shahryar Noordin
Comparison of two different methods in the removal of oil-based calcium hydroxide from root canal system: A triple-blinded randomised clinical trial, Momina Motiwala, Sheikh Bilal Badar, and Rabia Ghafoor
Comparison of β-D-glucan levels between candida auris and other Candida species at the time of candidaemia: A retrospective study, Joveria Farooqi, Hammad Niamatullah, Seema Irfan, Afia Zafar, Faisal Malik, and Kauser Jabeen
Complete versus subtotal resection of paediatric craniopharyngioma, Wardah Pervez, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, Farhan A. Mirza, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Compliance of checking HbA1c in a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan, Abdul Aziz and Syed Ahsan Ali
Computer aided detection of tuberculosis on chest radiographs: An evaluation of the CAD4TB v6 system, Keelin Murphy, Shifa Salman Habib, Syed Mohammad Asad Zaidi, Saira Khowaja, Aamir Khan, Jaime Melendez, Ernst T. Scholten, Farhan Amad, Steven Schalekamp, and Maurits Verhagen
Concentrations of lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, manganese, and aluminum in the blood of Pakistani children with and without autism spectrum disorder and their associated factors, Mohammad H. Rahbar, Shahnaz H. Ibrahim, Syed Iqbal Azam, Manouchehr Hessabi, Fatima Karim, Sori Kim, Jing Zhang, Nasreen Gulzar Ali, and Katherine A. Loveland
Concept mapping strategy: An attempt to transform rote-learners into critical thinkers, Raisa B. Gul, Shanaz Hussein Cassum, and Khairulnissa Ajani
Concomitant bilateral mandibular cemento-ossifying fibroma and cementoblastoma: Case report of an extremely rare occurrence, Madiha Bilal Qureshi, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, Muhammad Raza, and Nasir Ud Din
Concordance between clinical and pathological response assessment after neo-adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with invasive lobular carcinoma, Aisha Shaikh, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Shaista Khan, Romana Idress, Lubna Mushtaque Vohra, Saira Fatima Shaikh, and Hira Waheed
Concurrent sexual and substance-use risk behaviours among female sex workers in Kenya's Coast Province: findings from a behavioural monitoring survey, Simon Pierre Tegang, S. Abdallah, G. Emukule, Stanley Luchters, Nzioka Kingola, M. Barasa, Stephen Mucheke, and P. Mwarogo
Conducting household surveys on reproductive health in urban settings: Lessons from Karachi, Pakistan, Mirbaz Khan, Sidrah Nausheen, Imtiaz Hussain, Kristy Hackett, Kaneez Zehra, Khalid Feroz, David Cannin, Iqbal Shah, and Sajid Bashir Soofi
Conflict, extremism, resilience and peace in south Asia; can covid-19 provide a bridge for peace and rapprochement?, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Arun Mitra, Afsah Salman, Fawad Akbari, Suraya Dalil, Fyezah Jehan, Mushtaque Chowdhury, Saroj Jayasinghe, Purnima Menon, and Samiran Nundy
Conflicts of interest: An invisible force shaping health systems and policies, Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Priya Balasubramaniam, Meenakshi Gautham, Eleanor Hutchinson, Freddy E. Kitutu, Robert Marten, and Mishal S. Khan
Conscientious objection to provision of legal abortion care, Brooke R. Johnson Jr, Eszter Kismödi, Monica V. Dragoman, and Marleen Temmerman
Consensus on Constraints in Marital Satisfaction Among Married Couples in African Context, Tumbwene Mwansisya and Ipyana Mwampagatwa
Consequences of a missed history: A case of antidepressant discontinuation syndrome, Sajid Hameed, Mukesh Kumar, Piyush Puri, Fnu Sapna, and Pal Satyajit Singh Athwal
Considerations over implant failures before and after peri-implantitis surgery, Shizrah Jamal and Farhan Raza Khan
Continuation rates and reasons for discontinuation of intra-uterine device in three provinces of Pakistan: Results of a 24-month prospective client follow-up, Waqas Hameed, Syed Khurram Azmat, Muhammad Ishaque, Wajahat Hussain, Erik Munroe, Ghulam Mustafa, Omar Farooq Khan, Ghazunfer Abbas, Safdar Ali, and Qaiser Jamshaid Asghar
Contraceptive and reproductive health practices of unmarried women globally, 1999 to 2018: Systematic review and meta-analysis, Meng-Yao Wang, Marleen Temmerman, Wei-Hong Zhang, Yu Fan, Yi Mu, Si-Ping Mo, Ai Zheng, and Jin-ke Li
Contraceptive needs of female sex workers in Kenya - a cross-sectional study, Elizabeth G. Sutherland, Jane Alaii, Sharon Tsui, Stanley Luchters, Jerry Okal, Nzioke King'ola, Marleen Temmerman, and Barbara Janowitz
Contribution of advanced fluorescence nano microscopy towards revealing mitotic chromosome structure, S W. Botchway, Safana Farooq, A Sajid, I K. Robinson, and Mohammed Yousuf
Conventional and contemporary approaches of splinting traumatized teeth: A review article, Shizrah Jamal, Momina Motiwala, and Rabia Ghafoor
Correlates of fear of hypoglycemia among patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus in outpatient hospitals in Zambia, Given Hapunda, Amina Abubakar, Frans Pouwer, and Fons van de Vijver
Correlates of health-related quality of life among adults receiving combination antiretroviral therapy in coastal Kenya, Moses K. Nyongesa, Paul Mwangi, Stanley Wanjala, Agnes M. Mutua, Hans M. Koot, Pim Cuijpers, Charles R. J. C. Newton, and Amina Abubakar
Correlation of serum calcium with severity of acute ischaemic stroke, Ainan Arshad, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Ahmed Ayaz, Mehsa Hashim, and Eisha Hanan
Correlation of severity of COVID-19 disease with gastrointestinal manifestations and liver injury - A north Brooklyn community hospital experience: A retrospective cohort study, Kitson Deane, Ajay Singh, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, Lyam Ciccone, Beishi Zheng, Arslan Afzal, Gulam Khan, Giovanna Rodriguez, and Gul Bahtiyar
Cost-effectiveness of a family planning voucher program in rural Pakistan, Edward Ivor Broughton, Waqas Hameed, Xaher Gul, Shabnum Sarfraz, Imam Yar Baig, and Monica Villanueva
Cost-Effectiveness of Care Environments for Improving the Mental Health of Orphaned and Separated Children and Adolescents in Kenya, Marta Wilson-Barthes, Stavroula A. Chrysanthopoulou, Lukoye Atwoli, David Ayuku, Paula Braitstein, and Omar Galarraga
Cost estimation alongside a multi-regional, multi-country randomized trial of antenatal ultrasound in five low-and-middle-income countries, B W. Bresnahan, E Vodicka, J B. Babigumira, Ashar Muhammad Malik, F Yego, A Lokangaka, B M. Chitah, Z Bauer, H Chavez, and Sarah Saleem
Could a doctoral thesis be a research lighthouse?, H R. Ahmad and Satwat Hashmi
Counting stillbirths and COVID 19-There has never been a more urgent time, Caroline S E. Homer, Susannah Hopkins Leisher, Neelam Aggarwa, Joseph Akuze, Delly Babona, Hannah Blencowe, John Bolgna, Richard Chawana, Aliki Christou, and Rafat Jan
Counting the neurological cost of COVID-19, Abdul Mannan Baig
COVID-19 age-dependent immunology and clinical outcomes: Implications for vaccines, Azza Sarfraz, Saman Hasan Siddiqui, Junaid Iqbal, Syed Asad Ali, Zahra Hasan, Zouina Sarfraz, and Najeeha Talat Iqbal
COVID-19 and adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Presentation and management, Ayesha Butt and Natasha Bahadur Ali
COVID-19 and family planning in the eastern Mediterranean region, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, Sameer Saleem Tebha, Namrata Hange, Kuchalambal Agadi, Alanna Barrios, Manish Kc, and Gaurav Patel
COVID-19 and fertility-at the crossroads of autoimmunity and thrombosis, Javeria Tariq, Tulika Chatterjee, Laura Andreoli, and Latika Gupta
COVID-19 and mental well-being of nurses in a tertiary facility in Kenya, Sayed Karar, Jasmit Shah, and Zohray Talib
COVID-19 and Teleneurology in Sub-Saharan Africa: Leveraging the Current Exigency, Philip Adebayo, Olusegun John Oluwole, and Funmilola Tolulope Taiwo
COVID-19 associated mucormycosis: A life-threatening complication in patients admitted with severe to critical COVID-19 from Pakistan, Nosheen Nasir, Joveria Farooqi, Syed Faisal Mahmood, and Kauser Jabeen
COVID-19 BBIBP-CorV vaccine and transient heart block - A phenomenon by chance or a possible correlation - A case report, Pirbhat Shams, Jamshed Ali, Sheema Saadia, Aamir Hameed Khan, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, and Javed Tai
COVID-19, community trials, and inclusion, Paramjit S. Gill, Shoba Poduval, Jarnail S. Thakur, and Romaina Iqbal
COVID-19: Ensuring continuity of TB services in the private sector, W Z. Jamal, Shifa Salman Habib, S Khowaj, N Safdar, and S M A. Zaidi
COVID-19, hydroxychloroquine and sudden cardiac death: Implications for clinical practice in patients with rheumatic diseases, Hussain Ahmed Raza, Javeria Tariq, Vikas Agarwal, and Latika Gupta
COVID-19 in hemodialysis patients, Sonia Yaqub, Amna Hamid, and Zarghoona Naeem
COVID-19 pandemic and breast cancer management: A retrospective observational clinical study from Pakistan, Lubna Mushtaque Vohra, Dua Jabeen, Narmeen Asif, and Abdul Ahad
COVID-19 pandemic awareness, attitudes, and practices among the Pakistani general public, Rehana Rehman, Shireen Jawed, Rabiya Ali, Khola Noreen, Mukhtiar Baig, and Javaria Baig
COVID-19 pandemic: From origins to outcomes. A comprehensive review of viral pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnostic evaluation, and management, RohanKumar Ochani, Ameema Asad, Farah Yasmin, Shehryar Shaikh, Hiba Khalid, Simran Batra, Muhammad Rizwan Sohail, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Rajkumar Ochani, and Mohammad Hussham Arshad
COVID-19 presenting with spontaneous pneumothorax, Intisar Ahmed, Hunaina Shahab, Muhammad Arslan Ahmed, and Muhammad Sohaib
COVID-19 screening in a healthcare or community setting: complexity of saliva as a specimen for PCR-based testing, Nikhil Shri Sahajpal, Ashis K. Mondal, Allan Njau, Sudha Ananth, Salil Ghamande, Madhuri Hegde, Alka Chaubey, Amyn M. Rojiani, and Ravindra Kolhe
COVID-19: Searching for a Little Hope in Adversity - The Sub-Saharan Experience, Sayed Karar
COVID-19 vaccination in Sindh province, Pakistan: A modelling study of health impact and cost-effectiveness, Carl A B. Pearson, Fiammetta Bozzani, Simon R. Procter, Nicholas G. Davies, Maryam Huda, Henning Tarp Jensen, Marcus Keogh-Brown, Muhammad Khalid, Sedona Sweeney, and Sergio Torres-Rueda
COVID-19 vaccine-associated thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS): A systematic review and post hoc analysis, Muhammad Usman Hafeez, Maha Ikram, Zunaira Shafiq, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, Vikash Jaiswal, Muzna Sarfraz, and Ivan Chérrez-Ojeda
Covid-19 Vaccines and Cerebral Venous Thrombosis, Sajid Hameed and Mohammad Wasay
Creating hospital spaces for coronavirus disease 2019 in Pakistan, Aysha Almas and Om Parkash
Creation of the WHO Indicators of Infant and Young Child Development (IYCD): metadata synthesis across 10 countries, Gillian A Lancaster, Gareth McCray, Patricia Kariger, Tarun Dua, Andrew Titman, Jaya Chandna, Dana McCoy, Amina Abubakar, Jena Derakhshani Hamadani, Günther Fink, Fahmida Tofail, Melissa Gladstone, and Magdalena Janus
Criminal Thinking Styles and Criminal Social Identity Among Juvenile Delinquents: Moderating Role of Parenting Styles, Fatima Sana, Muhammad Rafiq, and Muhammad Nasar Iqbal
Criteria-based audit to improve quality of care of foetal distress: standardising obstetric care at a national referral hospital in a low resource setting, Tanzania, Andrew H. Mgaya, Helena Litorp, Hussein Kidanto, Lennarth Nyström, and Birgitta Essén
Critical analysis of artificial intelligence in endodontics: A scoping review, Fahad Umer and Saqib Habib
Critical illness related to community acquired pneumonia, its epidemiology and outcomes in a pediatric intensive care unit of Pakistan, Arsheen Zeeshan, Qalab Abbas, Arsalan Siddiqui, Farah Khalid, and Fyezah Jehan
Critically ill COVID-19 patients in Africa: it is time for quality registry data, Luigi Pisani, Wangari Siika, Cornelius Sendagire, Abi Beane, and Rashan Haniffa
Critical social determinants of childbirth outcomes in remote mountains: Voices of women from Nepal, Sabitra Kaphle and Lareen Newman
Cross-cultural comparisons, Amina Abubakar and Fons JR Van de Vijver
Cross-cultural learning in a teacher education partnership, Sadrudin Pardhan and Alan Wheeler
Cryo-nanoscale chromosome imaging-future prospects, Mohammad Yusuf, Safana Farooq, Ian Robinson, and El Nasir Lalani
Cultural adaptation of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, 3rd Edition for use in Kenyan children aged 18-36 months: A psychometric study, Megan S. McHenry, Eren Oyungu, Ziyi Yang, Abbey C. Hines, Ananda R. Ombitsa, Rachel C. Vreeman, and Amina Abubakar
Cultural and interpersonal risk factors for suicide ideation and suicide attempts among Muslim college students from 11 nations, Mehmet Eskin, Nazli Baydar, Hacer Harlak, Motasem Hamdan, Anwar Mechri, Ulker Isayeva, Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek, Mohsen Rezaeian, Nargis Asad, and Murad M. Khan
Culture-independent analysis of vaginal microflora: the unrecognized association of Atopobium vaginae with bacterial vaginosis, Hans Verstraelen, Rita Verhelst, Geert Claeys, Marleen Temmerman, and Mario Vaneechoutte
Cumulative psychosocial risk is a salient predictor of depressive symptoms among vertically HIV-infected and HIV-affected adolescents at the Kenyan Coast, Amina Abubakar, Fons JR Van de Vijver, Amin S Hassan, Ronald Fischer, Moses K Nyongesa, Beatrice Kabunda, James A Berkley, Alan Stein, and Charles R Newton
Current landscape and future prospects of radiation sensitizers for malignant brain tumors: A systematic review, Usman Beg, Brianna Michelle Snyder, Sarosh Irfan Madhani, Nima Hamidi, Varun Padmanaban, Leonard C. Tuanquin, Timothy J. Kruser, James Connor, and Alireza Mansouri
Current practice of oral care for hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients: A survey of the eastern Mediterranean blood and marrow transplantation group, Hani Mawardi, Nathaniel Treister, Osama Felemban, Waleed Alamoudi, Ghada Algohary, Abdulrahman Alsultan, Nawal Alshehri, Illias Tazi, Marwan Shaheen, and Natasha Bahadur Ali
Current role of laser interstitial thermal therapy in the treatment of intracranial tumors, Farhan A. Mirza, Rida Mitha, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Current standards of postgraduate surgical education and training in Pakistan: Time to bridge the gaps in lieu of national necessity, Sabah Uddin Saqib, Abdul Hakeem Memon, Omair Saleem, and Amir Hafeez Shariff
Darfur: Covering the “forgotten” story, Lawrence Pintak
December 2021: The end of another eventful year, Rafat Jan, Edwin van Teijlingen, and Kiran Mubeen
Decompression strategy for critical-sized lesions: A case series and literature review, Fahad Umer and Faizan Javed
Deep learning applications in neuro-oncology, Adnan Khan, Hamza Ibad, Kaleem Ahmed, Zahra Hoodbhoy, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Delayed childbearing and maternal mortality, Marleen Temmerman, Hans Verstraelen, Guy Martens, and A Bekaert
Delay in liver transplantation referral for adolescents with biliary atresia transitioning to adult care: A slippery slope, Zorays Moazzam, I A. Ziogas, W K. Wu, M A. Rauf, A K. Pai, E T. Hafberg, L A. Gillis, M Izzy, L K. Matsuoka, and S P. Alexopoulos
Deleterious outcomes in long-hauler COVID-19: The effects of SARS-CoV-2 on the CNS in chronic COVID syndrome, Abdul Mannan Mannan Baig
Delivering health and nutrition interventions for women and children in different conflict contexts: A framework for decision making on what, when, and how, Michelle F. Gaffey, Ronald J. Waldman, Karl Blanchet, Ribka Amsalu Ribka Amsalu, Emanuele Capobianco, Lara S. Ho, Tanya Khara, Daniel Martinez Garcia, Samira Aboubaker, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Delivering health interventions to women, children, and adolescents in conflict settings: What have we learned from ten country case studies?, Neha S. Sing, Anushka Ataullahjan, Khadidiatou Ndiaye, Jai K. Das, Paul H. Wise, Chiara Altare, Zahra Ahmed, Samira Sami, Shafiq Mirzazada, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Delivering maternal and neonatal health interventions in conflict settings: A systematic review, Mariella Munyuzangabo, Michelle F. Gaffey, Dina S. Khalifa, Daina Als, Anushka Ataullahjan, Mahdis Kamali, Reena P. Jain, Sarah Meteke, Amruta Radhakrishnan, Shailja Shah, Fahad J. Siddiqui, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Delivering nutrition interventions to women and children in conflict settings: A systematic review, Shailja Shah, Zahra Ali Padhani, Daina Als, Mariella Munyuzangabo, Michelle F. Gaffey, Wardah Ahmed, Fahad J. Siddiqui, Sarah Meteke, Jai K. Das, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Delivering post-abortion care through a community-based reproductive health volunteer programme in Pakistan, Syed Khurram Azmat, Babar T. Shaikh, Ghulam Mustafa, Waqas Hameed, and Mohsina Bilgrami
Delivering Truly Evidence-Based Mental Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Dangers of Experimentation, Lukoye Atwoli and Joy Muhia
Delivery of positive end-expiratory pressure using self-inflating bags during newborn resuscitation is possible despite mask leak, Eilevstjønn Ø. H. Gomo, Kari Holte, Hussein Kidanto, Hege Ersdal, Joar Eilevstjønn, and Anita Yeconia
Demand satisfied by modern contraceptive among married women of reproductive age in Kenya, Peter Gichangi, Michael Waithaka, Mary Thiongo, Alfred Agwanda, Scott Radloff, Amy Tsui, Linea Zimmerman, and Marleen Temmerman
Demonstrating competence in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancratico graphy (ERCP): Recently credentialed operator's performance for deep biliary cannulation over 1 year period from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Om Parkash, Umar Bhatti, Hasnain Zafar, and Saeed Hamid
Dengue and malaria infections in pregnancy: Maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes at a tertiary care hospital, Mujtaba Mubashir, Kaleem Ahmed, Hadika Mubashir, Ayesha Quddusi, Ayesha Farooq, Sheikh Irfan Ahmed, Bushra Jamil, and Rahat Qureshi
Depressive symptoms are negatively associated with glucose testing and eating meals on time among individuals with diabetes in Zambia, Given Hapunda, Amina Abubakar, Frans Pouwer, and Fons Van De Vijver
Describing normal development in an African setting: The utility of the Kilifi Developmental Inventory among young children at the Kenyan coast, Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo, Penny Holding, Amina Abubakar, Jane Kvalsvig, H Gerry Taylor, and Christopher L King
Desire to limiting child birth and the associated determinants among married females: Sukh survey-Karachi, Pakistan, Shama Razzaq, Saleem Jessani, Sumera Aziz Ali, Zahid Abbasi, and Sarah Saleem
Detection of cervical spine trauma: Are 3-dimensional reconstructed images as accurate as multiplanar computer tomography?, Asad Shakil, Aeman Muneeb, Muhammad Salman Khan, Amir Humza Sohail, Sameeha Ismail, Muhammad Hassaan Arif Maan, Hazim Hakmi, Abin Sajan, and Vaqar Bari
Detection of subclinical rheumatic heart disease in children using a deep learning algorithm on digital stethoscope: A study protocol, Fatima Ali, Babar Hasan, Huzaifa Ahmad, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Zainab Bhuriwala, Muhammad Hanif, Shahab U. Ansari, and Devyani Chowdhury
Detection of typhoid carriers by duodenal fluid culture in a tertiary care hospital, Karachi: A cross-sectional study, Sonia Qureshi, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Shafquat Rozi, Shahida Qureshi, Aneeta Hotwani, Kamran Sadiq, Om Parkash, Abdul Momin Kazi, Furqan Kabir, Hadi Usmani, and Farah Naz Qamar
Determinants and outcome of esophageal caustic stricture interventions, Dunya Moghul, Mohammad Tareq Rahimi, and Tazeen Saeed Ali
Determinants of child and forced marriage in Morocco: stakeholder perspectives on health, policies and human rights, Alexia Sabbe, Halima Oulami, Wahiba Zekraoui, Halima Hikmat, Marleen Temmerman, and Els Leye
Determinants of hepatitis B vaccination status in health care workers of two secondary care hospitals of Sindh, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study, Salman Muhammad Soomar, Amna Rehana siddiqui, Syed Iqbal Azam, and Syed Mairajuddin Shah
Determinants of infant and young complementary feeding practices among children 6-23 months of age in urban Pakistan: A multicenter longitudinal study, Shabina Ariff, Kamran Sadiq, Javairia Khalid, Laila Sikanderali, Batha Tariq, Fariha Shaheen, Gul Nawaz Khan, Atif Habib, and Sajid Bashir Soofi
Determinants of method switching among social franchise clients who discontinued the use of intrauterine contraceptive device, Waqas Hameed, Syed Khurram Azmat, Moazzam Ali, Wajahat Hussain, Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Ishaque, Safdar Ali, Aftab Ahmed, and Marleen Temmerman
Determinants of preconception care among pregnant women in an urban and a rural health facility in Kenya: a qualitative study, Joan Okemo, Dorothy Kamya, Mukaindo Mwaniki, and Marleen Temmerman
Determinants of short birth intervals among married women: A cross-sectional study in Karachi, Pakistan, Sidrah Nausheen, Maria Asif Bhura, Kristy Hackett, Imtiaz Hussain, Zainab Shaikh, Arjumand Rizvi, Uzair Ansari, David Canning, Iqbal Shah, and Sajid Bashir Soofi
Determinants of unmet need for contraception among Chinese migrants: A worksite-based survey, Peter Decat, Wei-Hong Zhang, Eileen Moyer, Yimin Cheng, Zhi-jin Wang, Ci-yong Lu, Ruta Jolanta Nadisauskiene, Stanley Luchters, Myriam Deveugele, and Marleen Temmerman
Determination of reference interval (RI) of spot urinary oxalate to creatinine ratio in children of Pakistani origin under six years of age: A cross-sectional study, Syed Bilal Hashmi, Lena Jafri, Jamsheer Jehangir Talati, Hafsa Majid, Saqib Hamid Qazi, and Aysha Habib Khan
Determining bone turnover status in patients with chronic liver disease, Tayyaba Bukhari, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Aysha Habib Khan, and Imran Siddiqui
Determining the factors associated with Unmet need for family planning: A cross-sectional survey in 49 districts of Pakistan, Waqas Hameed, Syed Khurram Azmat, Mohsina Bilgrami, and Muhammad Ishaqe
Developing a rubric to assess critical thinking in a multidisciplinary context in higher education, Sadia Muzaffar Bhutta, Sahreen Chauhan, Syeda Kauser Ali, Raisa B. Gul, Shanaz Hussein Cassum, and Tashmin Khamis
Developing COVID-19 emergency response centres in geographically challenged areas of Pakistan: A case study of the Aga Khan Development Network, Rafat Jan, Miraj Uddin, Ihsan Ullah, Mubarek Bibi, Sardar Nawaz, Mehnaz Rehmani, and Salima Meherali
Developing Entrepreneurial Potential in Information Science Students: A Critical Review of LIS Training Programs in Kenya, Arnold Mwanzu and Dickens Rodriguez Wendo
Developing loyal citizens: A case of social studies education in Pakistan, Shahid Karim and Takbir Ali
Developing the reliability and validity of an Urdu version-self-efficacy scale for breast cancer patients in Pakistan, Sehrish Sajjad, Raisa B. Gul, Sajida Chagani, Asho Ali, and Ambreen Gowani
Developmental inventories using illiterate parents as informants: Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) adaptation for two Kenyan languages, KJ Alcock; K Rimba; P Holding; P Kitsao-Wekulo, Kitsao-Wekulo,; Amina Abubakar; and CRJC Newton
Development and evaluation of an international, interdisciplinary palliative care workshop in Botswana, Mary Ersek, Miriam Sebego, Alicia Marini Bloom, Sheila Shaibu, Erin McMenamin, and Mosidi Mokotedi
Development and feasibility testing of a play-based psychosocial intervention for reduced patient stress in a pediatric care setting: Experiences from Pakistan, Muneera A. Rasheed, Vardah Bharuchi, Waliyah Mughis, and Ayesha Hussain
Development and validation of a psychometric scale to assess attitude towards safe abortions in Pakistan, Xaher Gul, Junaid-Ur-Rehman Siddiqui, Miraal Mavalvala, Waqas Hameed, and Muhammad Ishaque
Development and validation of scale for self evaluation of soft skills in postgraduate dental students, Muhammad Haseeb, Muhammad Waheed Azfar, Myra Ahmed, Amina Tariq, Muhammad Sohaib Nawaz, and Ali Sadiq
Development of an international standard set of clinical and patient-reported outcomes for children and adults with congenital heart disease: A report from the international consortium for health outcomes measurement congenital heart disease working group, Kevin Hummel, Sarah Whittaker, Nick Sillett, Amy Basken, Malin Berghammer, Tomás Chalela, Julie Chauhan, Luis Antonio Garcia, Babar Hasan, and Laila Ladak
Development of an on-job mentorship programme to improve nursing experience for enhanced patient experience of compassionate care, Alma Arshad Hookmani, Naureen Lalani, Noureen Sultan, Aly Zubairi, Ayesha Hussain, Babar Hasan, and Muneera A. Rasheed
Development of risk prediction equations for incident chronic kidney disease, Robert G. Nelson, Morgan E Grams E. Grams, Shoshana H. Ballew, Yingying Sang, Fereidoun Azizi, Steven J. Chadban, Layal Chaker, Stephan C. Dunning, Caroline Fox, and Tazeen H. Jafar
Development of stress-induced cardiomyopathy after cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, Saad Ahmed Naved, Sadiq Shoukat Parpia, and Huma Shoukat Ali
Development of the Asia pacific consortium on osteoporosis (APCO) framework: Clinical standards of care for the screening, diagnosis, and management of osteoporosis in the Asia-pacific region, M Chandran, P J. Mitchell, T Amphansap, S K. Bhadada, M Chadha, D-C Chan, Y-S Chung, P Ebeling, N Gilchrist, and Aysha Habib Khan
Development of the global network for women's and children's health research's socioeconomic status index for use in the network's sites in low and lower middle-income countries, Archana B. Patel, Carla M. Bann, Ana L. Garces, Nancy F. Krebs, Adrien Lokangaka, Antoinette Tshefu, Carl L. Bose, Sarah Saleem, Robert L. Goldenberg, and Shivaprasad S. Goudar
Diabetes mellitus and comorbid depression in Zambia, Given Hapunda, Amina Abubakar, F Pouwer, and Fons van de Vijver
Diabetes mellitus and comorbid depression in Zambia, Given Hapunda, Amina Abubakar, F Pouwer, and Fons van de Vijver
Diabetes mellitus does not predict discharge in hospitalized patients with acute pyelonephritis: A study from Karachi, Pakistan, Syed Furrukh Omair, Fazal Ur Rehman, Imrana Amin, Syed Ahsan Ali, Bakhtawar J. Rind, and Bilal Ahmed
Diagnostic accuracy and agreement between four phenotypic carbapenemase detection tests among enterobacterales, Fizza Farooqui, Seema Irfan, and Sidra Laiq
Diagnostic accuracy of machine learning models to identify congenital heart disease: A meta-analysis, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Uswa Jiwani, Saima Sattar, Rehana A. Salam, Babar Hasan, and Jai K. Das
Diagnostic accuracy of the forns score for liver cirrhosis in patients with chronic viral hepatitis, Tayyaba Bukhari, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Sibtain Ahmed, Aysha Habib Khan, Shahab Abid, Aniqa Raza, and Imran Siddiqui
Diagnostic dilemma in COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis, Kauser Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Muhammad Irfan, Syed Ahsan Ali, and David W. Denning
Diagnostic value of clinical features to distinguish enteric fever from other febrile illnesses in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan, Kristen Aiemjoy, Dipesh Tamrakar, Shampa Saha, Shiva R. Naga, Alexander T. Yu, Ashley Longley, Kashmira Date, Caitlin Hemlock, Farah Naz Qamar, and Samir K. Saha
Dietary diversity and social determinants of nutrition among late adolescent girls in rural Pakistan, Jo-Anna B. Baxter, Yaqub Wasan, Muhammad Islam, Simon Cousens, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Imran Ahmed, Daniel W. Sellen, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Differences in socio-demographic and risk factor profile, clinical presentation, and outcomes between patients with and without RHD heart failure in Sub-Saharan Africa: results from the THESUS-HF registry, Clovis Nkoke, Albertino Damasceno, Christopher Edwards, Beth Davison, Gad Cotter, Mahmoud Sani, Lauren Gaeta, Okechukwu S. Ogah, Charles Mondo, and Gerald Yonga
Difficulty breathing or just a case of the nerves? Incidental finding of primary pleural schwannoma in a COVID-19 survivor, Daania Shoaib, Muhammad Nauman Zahir, Saqib R. Khan, Adnan Jabbar, and Yasmin Abdul Rashid
Diffuse breast uptake of technetium-99m tetrofosmin during myocardial perfusion imaging in a lactating mother, Muhammad Taha Khan and Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan
Diffusion of innovations: A guiding framework for public health, Meesha Iqbal and Aysha Zahidie
Digitalisation provisions for controlling depression in developing countries: Short review, Naureen Akber Ali, Hasan Nawaz Tahir, and Rawshan Jabeen
Digital News Media Coverage on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Kenya: Scoping the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Clara Broekaert, Ceri-Lune Renneboog, Ferdinand Okwaro, Abdu Mohiddin, and Marleen Temmerman
Direct and indirect effect of 10 valent pneumococcal vaccine on nasopharyngeal carriage in children under 2 years of age in Matiari, Pakistan, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Sheraz Ahmed, Fyezah Jehan, Shahira Shahid, Sadia Shakoor, Furqan Kabir, Aneeta Hotwani, Sahrish Munir, Sajid Muhammad, Farah Khalid, Syed Asad Ali, Anita K. M. Zaidi, and Najeeha Talat Iqbal
Direct maternal morbidity and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: A population-based prospective cohort study in 8 countries, Imran Ahmed, Shabina Ariff, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Muhammad Ilyas, Fyezah Jehan, Usma Mehmood, Karim Muhammad, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Yaqub Wasan, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Disclosing bad news of cancer diagnosis: Patients' preference for communication, Sabah Uddin Saqib and K. M. Inam Pal
Discrepancy between PCR based SARS-CoV-2 tests suggests the need to re-evaluate diagnostic assays, Zain Mushtaq, Sadia Shakoor, Akber Kanji, Najma Shaheen, Asghar Nasir, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Imran Ahmed, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Rumina Hasan, and Zahra Hasan
Disease surveillance for the COVID-19 era: Time for bold changes, Oliver W. Morgan, Ximena Aguilera, Andrea Ammon, John Amuasi, Ibrahima Socé Fall, Tom Frieden, David Heymann, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Eun-Kyeong Jeong, and Farah Naz Qamar
Disparities in cardiovascular research output and disease outcomes among high-, middle- and low-income countries - An analysis of global cardiovascular publications over the last decade (2008-2017), Nada Qaisar Qureshi, Syed Hamza Mufarrih, Gerald S. Bloomfield, Wajeeha Tariq, Aysha Almas, Ali H. Mokdad, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Sameen Siddiqi, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Zainab Samad
Disseminated Carcinomatosis of Bone Marrow in an African Man with Metastatic Descending Colon Carcinoma, Harrison Chuwa, Nadeem Kassam, Casmir Wambura, Omar Sherman, and Salim Surani
Distal Humeral Fractures-Current Concepts, James C. Beazley, Njalalle Baraza, Robert Jordan, and Chetan S. Modi
Distal transradial artery access for coronary angiography in a patient having rheumatoid arthritis-related severe arthropathies, Nasir Rahman, Ihsan Ullah, Awais Farhad, and Ghufran Adnan
Distance from healthcare facilities is associated with increased morbidity of acute infection in pediatric patients in Matiari, Pakistan, Elise Corden, Saman Hasan Siddiqui, Yash Sharma, Sheraz Ahmed, Fayyaz Umrani, Najeeb Rahman, Rafey Ali, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Syed Asad Ali, and Sana Syed
Dobutamine, Hamdallah Ashkar, Ghufran Adnan, and Amgad N. Makaryus
Docking prediction of amantadine in the receptor binding domain of spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, Abdul Mannan Baig, Areeba Khaleeq, and Hira Syeda
Docking prediction of levodopa in the receptor binding domain of spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, Abdul Mannan Baig, Areeba Khaleeq, Hira Syeda, and Noor Bibi
Does a history of sexual and physical childhood abuse contribute to HIV infection risk in adulthood? A study among post-natal women in Harare, Zimbabwe, Simukai Shamu, Patience Shamu, Christina Zarowsky, Marleen Temmerman, Tamara Shefer, and Naeemah Abrahams
Does courtesy bias affect how clients report on objective and subjective measures of family planning service quality? A comparison between facility- and home-based interviews, Waqas Hameed, Muhammad Ishaque, Xaher Gul, Junaid-Ur-Rehman Siddiqui, Sharmeen Hussain, Wajahat Hussain, Aftab Ahmed, and Asma Balal
Does early surgery prevent Postoperative ICU admission after surgery for the fracture of the hip. Nested case control study of 911 patients, Obada Hasan, Laraib Mazhar, Umar Rabbani, Amna Rabbani, Fatima Mahmood, and Shahryar Noordin
Does mass drug administration of azithromycin reduce child mortality?, Samwel Gatimu and Rachel Kimani
Does maternal age affect pregnancy outcome?: a study in Tanzania, Projestine S. Muganyizi, Hussein Kidanto, Siriel Massawe, and Candida Moshiro
Does more testing in routine preoperative evaluation benefit the orthopedic patient? Case control study from a resource-constrained setting, Obada Hasan, Shah Fahad, Mohammad Mustafa, Pervaiz Hashmi, and Shahryar Noordin
Does organizational formalization facilitate voice and helping organizational citizenship behaviors? It depends on (national) uncertainty norms, Ronald Fischer, Maria Cristina Ferreira, Nathalie Van Meurs Meurs, Kubilay Gok, Ding-Yu Jiang, Johnny RJ Fontaine, Charles Harb, Jan Cieciuch, Mustapha Achoui, Ma Socorro D Mendoza, Arif Hassan, Donna Achmadi, Andrew A Mogaji, and Amina Abubakar
Does place and attendance at birth improve early neonatal mortality? Secondary analysis of nine Demographic and Health Surveys, S Bellizzi, HL Sobel, M Mathai, and Marleen Temmerman
Does supportive supervision intervention improve community health worker knowledge and practices for community management of childhood diarrhea and pneumonia? Lessons for scale-up from Nigraan and Nigraan plus trials in Pakistan, Wafa Aftab, Suneel Piryani, and Fauziah Rabbani
Doing better for women and children in armed conflict settings, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Michelle F. Gaffey, Paul B. Spiegel, Ronald J. Waldman, Paul H. Wise, Karl Blanchet, Ties Boerma, Ana Langer, and Robert E. Black
Dr Beverly Cheserem, Beverly Cheserem
Dr Eunice Ndirangu, Eunice Ndirangu
Dr Pauline Samia, Pauline Samia
Drug-eluting balloon for management of coronary in-stent restenosis in a south Asian population: Experience from a tertiary-care hospital in Pakistan, Syed Waqar Ahmed, Bilal Hussain, Bilal Ahmed, Nasir Rahman, Jamshed Ali, and Osman Faheem
Drug-induced liver injury: Asia pacific association of study of liver consensus guidelines, Harshad Devarbhavi, Guruprasad Aithal, Sombat Treeprasertsuk, Hajime Takikawa, Yimin Mao, Saggere M. Shasthry, Saeed Hamid, Soek Siam Tan, Cyriac Abb Philips, and Wasim Jafri
Duty versus distributive justice during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sheila Shaibu, Rachel Kimani, Constance Shumba, Rose Maina, Eunice Ndirangu, and Isabel Kambo
Dynamic assessments of hepatic encephalopathy and ammonia levels predict mortality in acute-on-chronic liver failure, Nipun Verma, Radha Krishan Dhiman, Ashok Choudhury, Sunil Taneja, Ajay Duseja, Virender Singh, Mamun Al Mahtab, Saeed Hamid, Amna Subhan Butt, and Wasim Jafri
Early childhood development: From understanding to initiatives, Bushra Khan, Hasan Bin Hamza, Saima Akhund, Syed Ahsan Raza, Abdul Wajid, and Tazeen Saeed Ali
Early childhood undernutrition, preadolescent physical growth, and cognitive achievement in India: A population-based cohort study, Apurv Soni, Nisha Fahey, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Wenjun Li, Jean A. Frazier, Tiffany Moore Simas, Somashekhar M. Nimbalkar, and Jeroan J. Allison
Early detection of cervical cancer in western Kenya: determinants of healthcare providers performing a gynaecological examination for abnormal vaginal discharge or bleeding, Emily Mwaliko, Guido Van Hal, Stefan Van Dongen, Peter Gichangi, Barasa Otsyula, Violet Naanyu, and Marleen Temmerman
Early infant feeding patterns and HIV-free survival: findings from the Kesho-Bora trial (Burkina Faso, Kenya, South Africa), Amandine Cournil, Philippe Van de Perre, Cécile Cames, Isabelle de Vincenzi, Jennifer S. Read, Stanley Luchters, Nicolas Meda, Kevi Naidu, Marie-Louise Newell, and Kirsten Bork
Early marriage and early childbearing in south Asia: Trends, inequalities, and drivers from 2005 to 2018, Samuel Scott, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Sumanta Neupane, Priyanjana Pramanik, Priya Nanda, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Kaosar Afsana, and Purnima Menon
Early Neurological Deterioration After Acute Stroke; Mechanism and Predictors, Bushra Ammad Taimuri, Sajid Hameed, and Mohammad wasay
Eccrine spiradenoma: A rare adnexal tumour with atypical presentation: A case report, Adnan Salim, Muhammad Usman Tariq, and Sana Zeeshan
Echocardiography imaging techniques, Intisar Ahmed and Navaneetha Sasikumar
Economic and cost-effectiveness analysis of the community-level interventions for pre-eclampsia (CLIP) trials in India, Pakistan and Mozambique, Jeffrey N. Bone, Asif R. Khowaja, Marianne Vidler, Beth A. Payne, Mrutyunjaya B. Bellad, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Ashalata A. Mallapur, Khatia Munguambe, Rahat Qureshi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Economic burden and mental health of primary caregivers of perinatally HIV infected adolescents from Kilifi, Kenya, Patrick V. Katana, Amina Abubakar, Moses K. Nyongesa, Derrick Ssewanyana, Paul Mwangi, Charles R. Newton, and Julie Jemutai
Editorial: Midwifery 2021 in a World in Turmoil, Rafat Jan and Edwin van Teijlingen
Editorial: Vitamin D deficiency and sufficiency in reproduction and bone metabolism, Rehana Rehman, Faiza Alam, Mukhtiar Baig, Aysha Habib Khan, and Naseer Ahmed
Educating Tanzanian Children in the New Millennium: Progress and Challenges, Fortidas Rwehumbiza Bakuza
Educating Tanzanian Children in the New Millennium: Progress and Challenges, Fortidas Bakuza
Effective interventions to address maternal and child malnutrition: An update of the evidence, Emily C. Keats, Jai K. Das, Rehana A. Salam, Zohra S. Lassi, Aamer Imdad, Robert E. Black, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effectiveness of a community-based positive prevention intervention for people living with HIV who are not receiving antiretroviral treatment: a prospective cohort study, Avina Sarna, Stanley Luchters, Eustasius Musenge, Jerry Okal, Matthew Chersich, Waimar Tun, Sabine Mall, Nzioki Kingola, and Sam Kalibala
Effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy and development of drug resistance in HIV-1 infected patients in Mombasa, Kenya, Kim Steegen, Stanley Luchters, Kenny Dauwe, Jacqueline Reynaerts, Kishor Mandaliya, Walter Jaoko, Jean Plum, Marleen Temmerman, and Chris Verhofstede
Effectiveness of Cidofovir in Treating Natalizumab-Associated Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML), Salman Mansoor
Effectiveness of management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) through community health workers as compared to a traditional facility-based model: A cluster randomized controlled trial, Imtiaz Hussain, Atif Habib, Shabina Ariff, Gul Nawaz Khan, Arjumand Rizvi, Suhail Channar, Abid Hussain, Shahid Fazal, Deepak Kumar, and Sajid Bashir Soofi
Effectiveness of Pain Control of Local Anaesthetic Wound Infusion Following Elective Midline Laparotomy: A Randomized Trial, David Gathege, Abdallah Abdulkarim, David Odaba, and Stanley Mugambi
Effectiveness of simulation-based clinical skills training for medical students in respiratory medicine: A pilot study, Russell S. Martins, Saniya Sabzwari, and Meesha Iqbal
Effectiveness of specialized nutritious foods and social and behavior change communication interventions to prevent stunting among children in Badakhshan, Afghanistan: Protocol for a quasi-experimental study, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Gul Nawaz Khan, Shabina Ariff, Arjumand Rizvi, Mohammad Asif Hussainyar, Cecilia Garzon, Martin Ahimbisibwe, Rafiullah Sadeed, and Ahmad Reshad
Effectiveness of standard precautions in the prevention of COVID-19, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Shah Zeb, Asghar Ali, Zahir Munir, and Sumia Andleeb Abbasi
Effectiveness of transcutaneous bilirubin measurement in high-risk neonates and to evaluate validity of transcutaneous bilirubin with total serum bilirubin levels in both low and high-risk neonates at a tertiary care center in a developing country, Durre Shahwar Khan, Adnan Mirza, Areesh Bhatti, Ali Shabbir Hussain, Batha Tariq, and Arjumand Rizvi
Effectiveness of typhoid conjugate vaccine against culture-confirmed salmonella enterica serotype typhi in an extensively drug-resistant outbreak setting of Hyderabad, Pakistan: A cohort study, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Sultan Karim, Sonia Qureshi, Abdul Momin Kazi, Hina Memon, Amber Junejo, Zohra Khawaja, Najeeb Ur Rehman, Muhammad Sajid Ansari, Rafey Ali, Heera Mani Lohana, and Farah Naz Qamar
Effectiveness of typhoid conjugate vaccine against culture-confirmed typhoid in a peri-urban setting in Karachi: A case-control study, Rabab Batool, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Sonia Qureshi, Miqdad Ali, Tahira Sadaf, Junaid Mehmood, Per Ashorn, and Farah Naz Qamar
Effectiveness of unconditional cash transfers combined with lipid-based nutrient supplement and/or behavior change communication to prevent stunting among children in Pakistan: A cluster randomized controlled trial, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Shabina Ariff, Gul Nawaz Khan, Atif Habib, Sumra Kureishy, Yasir Ihtesham, Masawar Hussain, Arjumand Rizvi, Muhammad Sajid, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effectiveness, safety and acceptability of Sino-implant (II) during the first year of use: Results from Kenya and Pakistan, Anja Lendvay, Rose Otieno-Masaba, Syed Khurram Azmat, Angie Wheeless, Waqas Hameed, Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Shiphrah Kuria, Markus J. Steiner, Mario Chen, and Paul J. Feldblum
Effective optimization of SARS-CoV-2 laboratory testing variables in an era of supply chain constraints, Nikhil S. Sahajpal, Ashis K. Mondal, Allan Njau, Sudha Ananth, Kimya Jones, Pankaj K. Ahluwalia, Meenakshi Ahluwalia, Yasmeen Jilani, Alka Chaubey, and Madhuri Hegde
Effect of 5-minute movies shown via a mobile phone app on risk factors and mortality after stroke in a low- to middle-income country: Randomized controlled trial for the stroke caregiver dyad education intervention (Movies4Stroke), Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Adeel Khoja, Bushra Usmani, Shahvaiz Magsi, Aresha Malani, Zahra Peera, Saadia Sattar, Masood Ahmed Akram, Sumaira Shahnawaz, Maryam Zulfiqar, Abdul Muqeet, Fabiha Zaidi, Saleem Sayani, Azmina Artani, Syed Iqbal Azam, and Sarah Saleem
Effect of a mobile phone intervention for female sex workers on unintended pregnancy in Kenya (WHISPER or SHOUT): a cluster-randomised controlled trial, Frances H. Ampt, Megan S. C. Lim, Paul A. Agius, Kelly L'Engle, Griffins Manguro, Caroline Gichuki, Peter Gichangi, Walter Jaoko, Marleen Temmerman, and Stanley Luchters
Effect of a multicomponent intervention on antihypertensive medication intensification in rural south Asia: Post hoc analysis of a cluster RCT, Liang Feng, Imtiaz Jehan, Asita de Silva, Aliya Naheed, Aamir Hameed Khan, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, John D. Clemens, Ching Wee Lim, Alun D. Hughes, and Tazeen H. Jafar
Effect of community-based interventions targeting female sex workers along the HIV care cascade in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Lydia Atuhaire, Olatunji Adetokunboh, Constance Shumba, and Peter S. Nyasulu
Effect of community-based kangaroo mother care package on neonatal mortality among preterm and low birthweight infants in rural Pakistan: Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial, Shabina Ariff, Atif Habib, Zahid Memon, Tayyaba Arshad, Tariq Samejo, Ikram Maznani, Muhammad Umer, Amjad Hussain, Arjumand Rizvi, Imran Ahmed, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effect of consumption of animal milk compared to infant formula for non-breastfed/mixed-fed infants 6-11 months of age: A systematic review (protocol), Aamer Imdad, Julie Melissa Ehrlich, Joseph Catania, Emily Tanner-Smith, Abigail Smith, Olivia Tsistinas, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effect of direct versus indirect bonding technique on the failure rate of mandibular fixed retainer-A systematic review and meta-analysis, Aqeel Ahmed, Mubassar Fida, Saqib Habib, Faizan Javed, and Umair Shoukat Ali
Effect of early tranexamic acid administration on mortality, hysterectomy, and other morbidities in women with post-partum haemorrhage (WOMAN): an international, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, Haleema Shakur-Still, Ian Roberts, Rizwana Chaudhri, Bukola Fawole, Mohamed El-Sheikh, Adesina L. Akintan, Zahida Qureshi, Hussein Kidanto, Bellington Vwalika, and Abdulfetah Abdulkadir
Effect of female sex work-targeted community-based interventions along the HIV treatment cascade in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review protocol, Lydia Atuhaire, Olatunji Adetokunboh, Constance Shumba, and Peter S. Nyasulu
Effect of Helicobacter pylori‐Induced Cyclooxygenase‐2 on Gastric Epithelial Cell Kinetics: Implication for Gastric Carcinogenesis, Casmir Wambura, Nobuo Aoyama, Daisuke Shirasaka, Toshiyuki Sakai, Takahiro Ikemura, Masanori Sakashita, Shuji Maekawa, Kohei Kuroda, Takashi Inoue, Shigeyuki Ebara, Masaki Miyamoto, and Masato Kasuga
Effect of Listening to A Relaxing Water Sound for Fifteen Minutes On Traumatic Stress Subjects’ Immediate Stress Levels and Electroencephalograms, S. Farah Jafri, S. Farah Batool, and Shamoon Noushad
Effect of mass deworming with antihelminthics for soil-transmitted helminths during pregnancy, Rehana A. Salam, Jai K. Das, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effect of stem cell and vitamin E for the reduction of liver fibrosis, Sulaiman Shams, Salman Khan, Muhammad Ayaz, Haider Ali Khan, and Hammad Hassan
Effects of accelerated versus standard care surgery on the risk of acute kidney injury in patients with a hip fracture: A substudy protocol of the hip fracture accelerated surgical treatment and care track (hip attack) international randomised controlled trial, Flavia K. Borges, P J. Devereaux, Meaghan Cuerden, Mohit Bhandari, Ernesto Guerra-Farfán, Ameen Patel, Alben Sigamani, Masood Umer, John Neary, and Maria Tiboni
Effects of vitamin D deficiency on neurobehavioural outcomes in children: a systematic review, Agnes M. Mutua, Reagan M. Mogire, Alison M. Elliott, Thomas N. Williams, Emily L. Webb, Amina Abubakar, and Sarah H. Atkinson
Efficacy and safety of dotinurad in hyperuricemic patients with or without gout: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Ayman Iqbal, Kinza Iqbal, Eisha Farid, Ali Ishaque, Muhammad Hasanain, Taha Bin Arif, Shajeea Arshad Ali, Sawai Singh Rathore, and Mehreen Malik
Efficacy of remote dielectric sensing (ReDS) in the prevention of heart failure rehospitalizations: A meta-analysis, Yasar Sattar, Mohamed Zghouzi, Abdul-Rahman M. Suleiman, Amaan Sheikh, Judah Kupferman, Azza Sarfraz, Junaid Arshad, Tanveer Mir, Waqas Ullah, and Homam Moussa Pacha
Elderly musculoskeletal disease burden in Karachi, Pakistan: Associations and implications for developing countries, Saniya Sabzwari, Zafar Fatmi, and Adeel Ahmed Khan
E-learning in ELT: Potentials and challenges in the context of Pakistan, Azra Ahmed, Mirat Al Fatima Ahsan, Faiza Saleem, and Rubina Sultan
Electrodiagnostic findings in COVID-19 patients: A single center experience, Sajid Hameed, Ayisha Farooq Khan, and Sara Khan
Electronic healthcare information security, Charles A. Shoniregun, Kudakwashe Dube, and Fredrick Mtenzi
Emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance among drug resistant tuberculosis patients at a tertiary care facility in Karachi, Pakistan, Syed Mohammad Asad Zaidi, Abdul Haseeb, Shifa Salman Habib, Amyn Malik, Saira Khowaja, Nausheen SaifUllah, and Nadeem Rizvi
Emotional and behavioural outcomes in childhood for survivors of Group B Streptococcus invasive disease in infancy: findings from five low and middle-income countries, Jaya Chandna, Wan-Hsin Liu, Ziyaad Dangor, Shannon Leahy, Santhanam Sridhar, Hima B. John, Humberto Mucasse, Quique Bassat, Azucena Bardaji, and Amina Abubakar
Empowered women in Pakistan: English a friend?, Mirat Al Fatima Ahsan, Anita Allana, Naureen Hadwani, Yasmin Sherali, and Zubeda Kassimali
Enabling a science teacher to teach online, Ridah Feroz
Endoleaks: Current concepts and treatments - A narrative review, Zia Ur Rehman
Endometriosis, infertility and MicroRNA's: A review, Mohummad Hasan Raza Raja, Nida Farooqui, Nadeem Zuberi, Mussarat Ashraf, Arfa Azhar, Rozeena Baig, Bisma Badar, and Rehana Rehman
Endovascular coil embolization of ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms: Review of a 15 year single center experience in Pakistan, Misha Khalid Khan, Muhammad Danish Barakzai, Mustafa Belal Hafeez Chaudhry, Tanveer Ul Haq, Muhammad Ehsan Bari, and Raza Sayani
Endoxifen: A new hope for bipolar disorder, Muneeba Amin, Alviya Shafique, and Muhammad Yusuf Hafiz
Energy overhead of the graphical user interface in server operating systems, Heather Brotherton, Eric J. Dietz, John McGrory, and Fredrick Mtenzi
Engagement of private healthcare providers for case finding of tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus in Pakistan, Shifa Salman Habib, Sana Rafiq, Wafa Zehra Jamal, Shaikh Muhammad Ayub, Rashida Abbas Ferrand, Aamir Khan, and Syed Mohammad Asad Zaidi
Engaging the History of Religion - from an Islamic studies perspective, Leif Stenberg and Susanne Olsson
Engaging with community-based public and private mid-level providers for promoting the use of modern contraceptive methods in rural Pakistan: Results from two innovative birth spacing interventions, Syed Khurram Azmat, Waqas Hameed, Hasan Bin Hamza, Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Ishaque, Ghazunfer Abbas, Omar Farooq Khan, Jamshaid Asghar, Erik Munroe, and Safdar Ali
Enhancing Healthcare Quality in Hospitals through Electronic Health Records: A Systematic Review, Peter Gatiti, Eunice Ndirangu, Joseph Mwangi, Arnold Mwanzu, and Terry Ramadhani
Enhancing the efficiency of bag mask ventilation: New method, Muhammad Irfan Ul Haq
Ensuing adequate mixing of blood samples before analysis-A proposed method for verification of satisfactory sample mixing by automated red blood cell count analyzers, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Sibtain Ahmed, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Natasha Bahadur Ali, and Nazish Sana
Enteric fever, Buddha Basnyat, Farah Naz Qamar, Priscilla Rupali, Tahmeed Ahmed, and Christopher M. Parry
Eosinophilic lung disease as a sequela of MSSA pneumonia, Syed Muhammad Zubair, Muhammad Zaid Hamid Hussain, and Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Epidemiological characteristics, ventilator management, and clinical outcome in patients receiving invasive ventilation in intensive care units from 10 Asian middle-income countries (PRoVENT-iMiC): An International, multicenter, prospective study, Luigi Pisani, Anna Geke Algera, Ary Serpa Neto, Areef Ahsan, Abigail Beane, Kaweesak Chittawatanarat, Abul Faiz, Rashan Haniffa, Seyed MohammadReza Hashemian, and Madiha Hashmi
Epidemiology Diabetes mellitus and comorbid depression in Zambia, G Hapunda, Abubakar Abdillah, F Pouwer, and F van de Vijver
Epidemiology of human immuno-deficiency virus and quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS in China, Ommari Baaliy Mkangara, Shaofa Nie, Chongjian Wang, Yihua Xu, Saumu Tobbi Mweri, Theresia M. Kobelo, and Mustaafa Bapumia
Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Kenya: Current State, Gaps and Opportunities, Justin Nyasinga, Geoffrey Omuse, John Njenga, Andrew Nyerere, Shima Abdulgader, Mae Newton, Andrew Whitelaw, and Gunturu Revathi
Epidemiology, outcomes, and prognostic factors of orbital lymphoma in the United States, Osama M. Ahmed, Anthony K. Ma, Taha M. Ahmed, and Renelle Pointdujour-Lim
Episiotomy and its complications: A cross sectional study in secondary care hospital, Neelofur Babar Khan, Naureen Anjum, Zahra Hoodbhoy, and Rabia Khoso
Equipping community health workers with digital tools for pandemic response in LMICs, Anam Shahil Feroz, Adeel Khoja, and Sarah Saleem
Eradicating polio in Pakistan: A systematic review of programs and policies, Anushka Ataullahjan, Hanaa Ahsan, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Atif Habib, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
‘Essential but not always available when needed’ – an interview study of physicians’ experiences and views regarding use of obstetric ultrasound in Tanzania, Annika Åhman, Hussein Kidanto, Matilda Ngarina, Kristina Edvardsson, Rhonda Small, and Ingrid Mogren
Essential package of palliative care for women with cervical cancer: Responding to the suffering of a highly vulnerable population, Eric L. Krakauer, Khadidjatou Kane, Xiaoxiao Kwete, Gauhar Afshan, Lisa Bazzett-Matabele, Danta Dona Ruthnie Bien-Aimé, Lawrence F. Borges, Sarah Byrne-Martelli, Stephen Connor, and Raimundo Correa
Establishing reference interval for thyroid-stimulating hormone in children below two-year ages in Pakistani population, Siraj Muneer, Imran Siddiqui, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, Khadija N Humayun, Sibtain Ahmed, and Aysha Habib Khan
Estimation of folic acid/micro nutrients levels; does it reflect sperm parameters, Hemaila Tariq, Nida Zahid, Daniyal Aamir, Mussarat Ashraf, Muddassir Ali Aftab, Suleman Yousaf, and Rehana Rehman
Estimation of Missing Data in Fetal Heart Rate Signals Using Shift-Invariant Dictionary, Faraz Barzideh, Jarle Urdal, Hussein Kidanto, Kjersti Engan, Paschal Mdoe, Benjamin Kamala, and Sara Brunner
Ethical and cultural considerations in informed consent in Botswana, Sheila Shaibu
Ethical considerations for conducting sexual and reproductive health research with female adolescents engaged in high-risk behaviours in China, Xu-Dong Zhang, Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk, Yue-Hong Han, Gui-Rong Chen, Bao-Sheng Zhu, and Stanley Luchters
Ethnic identity in emerging adults in Sub‐Saharan Africa and the USA, and its associations with psychological well‐Being, Byron G Adams, Amina Abubakar, Fons JR Van de Vijver, Gideon P De Bruin, Josephine Arasa, Emmanuel Fomba, Omri Gillath, Given Hapunda, Joseph Looh La, Lubna Mazrui, and Margaret Murugami
Evaluating a work/study programme for Nurses and Midwives at Aga Khan University, Uganda, Hellen Kyakuwaire, Agnes Kirikumwino, Juliet Nabossa, and Grace Edwards
Evaluating implementation of LEAPS, a youth-led early childhood care and education intervention in rural Pakistan: Protocol for a stepped wedge cluster-randomized trial, Aisha Khizar Yousafzai, Christopher R. Sudfeld, Emily E. Franchett, Saima Siyal, Karima Rehmani, Shelina Bhamani, Quanyi Dai, Chin R. Reyes, Günther Fink, and Liliana A. Ponguta
Evaluating motor performance with the Bruininks-Oseretsky test of motor proficiency in impoverished Pakistani children, Zehra Habib Hasan, Fariha Shaheen, Arjumand Rizvi, Jelena Obradovic, and Aisha Khan Yousafzai
Evaluating the effectiveness of 'MCQ development workshop using cognitive model framework: A pre-post study, Rahila Ali, Amber Shahmim Sultan, and Nida Zahid
Evaluation of a contactless neonatal physiological monitor in Nairobi, Kenya, Dee Wang, William Macharia, Roseline Ochieng, Dorothy Chomba, Yifat S. Hadida, Roman Karasik, Dustin Dunsmuir, Jesse Coleman, Guohai Zhou, Amy Sarah Ginsburg, and J Mark Ansermino
Evaluation of atrial septal defect using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography: Comparison with surgical findings, Saumu Tobbi Mweri, Youbin Deng, eixuan Cheng, Hanhua Lin, Hongwei Wang, Ommari Baaliy Mkangara, Zhi Xia, Xiufen Hu, Xiaojun Bi, Yuhan Wu, Mustaafa Bapumia, Weihui Shentu, Rong Liu, Yani Li, and Meihua Zhu
Evaluation of computer aided detection of tuberculosis on chest radiography among people with diabetes in Karachi Pakistan, Shifa Salman Habib, Sana Rafiq, Syed Mohammad Asad Zaidi, Rashida Abbas Ferrand, Jacob Creswell, Bram Van Ginneken, Wafa Zehra Jamal, Kiran Sohail Azeemi, Saira Khowaja, and Aamir Khan
Evaluation of post therapy functional status and residual weakness of patients with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Iqra Athar, Anam Anis, Mansoor Iqbal, Sumaira Nabi, Mazhar Badshah, and Syeda Rida
Evaluation of Psychometric Properties and Factorial Structure of ADHD Module of K-SADS-PL in Children From Rural Kenya, Symon M. Kariuki, Charles R. J. C. Newton, Amina Abubakar, Mary A. Bitta, Rachael Odhiambo, and Jacqueline Phillips Owen
Evaluation of psychometric properties and factorial structure of the pre-school child behaviour checklist at the Kenyan Coast, Symon M Kariuki, Amina Abubakar, Elizabeth Murray, Alan Stein, and Charles RJC Newton
Evaluation of radiation-induced pleural effusions after radiotherapy to support development of animal models of radiation pneumonitis, Masooma Aqeel, Meetha Medhora, Elizabeth Gore, Jenna Borkenhagen, Slade Klawikowski, Daniel Eastwood, Anjishnu Banerjee, and Elizabeth R. Jacobs
Evaluation of radiology request forms in a tertiary care hospital: An audit with a focus on the impact of technological intervention, Muhammad Danish Barakzai, Zara Za Sheer, Muhammad Azeemuddin, Amna Alvi, Noman Khan, Waseem M. Nizamani, Madiha Beg, and Saad Siddiqui
Evaluation of semi-quantitative compared to quantitative cultures of tracheal aspirates for the yield of culturable respiratory pathogens - A cross-sectional study, Salima Rattani, Joveria Farooqi, Ghazala Jabeen, Saeeda Chandio, Qaiser Kash, Aijaz Khan, and Kauser Jabeen
Evaluation of serum ferritin for prediction of severity and mortality in COVID-19- A cross sectional study, Sibtain Ahmed, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Imran Siddiqui, Naveed Haroon Rashid, Maheen Mansoor, and Lena Jafri
Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of computer-aided detection of tuberculosis on chest radiography among private sector patients in Pakistan, Syed Mohammad Asad Zaidi, Shifa Salman Habib, Bram Van Ginneke, Rashida Abbas Ferrand, Jacob Creswell, Saira Khowaja, and Aamir Khan
Evaluation of the INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Assessment (INTER-NDA) in 2 year-old children, Elizabeth Murray, Michelle Fernandes, Charles RJ Newton, Amina Abubakar, Stephen H Kennedy, Jose Villar, and Alan Stein
Evaluation the effectiveness of abridged IMNCI (7-Day) course v standard (11-Day) course in Pakistan, Shabina Ariff, Kamran Sadiq, Uswa Jiwani, Khalil Ahmad, Khadija N Humayun, Shakeel Ahmed, Shaikh Qamaruddin Nizami, Iqtidar Khan, Nabeela Ali, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
‘Everyone has a secret they keep close to their hearts’: challenges faced by adolescents living with HIV infection at the Kenyan coast, Amina Abubakar, Fons JR Van de Vijver, Ronald Fischer, Amin S Hassan, Joseph K Gona, Judith Tumaini Dzombo, Grace Bomu, Khamis Katana, and Charles R Newton
Evidence-based nursing practice in Botswana: issues, challenges, and globalization, Sheila Shaibu
Examining the relationships between early childhood experiences and adolescent and young adult health status in a resource-limited population: A cohort study, Zeba A. Rasmussen, Wasiat H. Shah, Chelsea L. Hansen, Syed Iqbal Azam, Ejaz Hussain, Barbara A. Schaefer, Nicole Zhong, Alexandra A. Jamison, Khalil Ahmed, and Benjamin J J. McCormick
Experiences from implementing an Lessons from teaching psychiatry trainees at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Tania Nadeem, Nargis Asad, Sahar Nadeem Hamid, Banafsha Gul, and Rabeeka Aftab
Experiences of grandmothers caring for orphan grandchildren in Botswana, Sheila Shaibu
Expired carbon dioxide during newborn resuscitation as predictor of outcome, Kari Holte, Hege Ersdal, Claus Klingenberg, Joar Eilevstjønn, Hein Stigum, Samwel Jatosh, Hussein Kidanto, and Ketil Størdal
Exploring community perceptions, attitudes and practices regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Karachi, Pakistan, Anam Shahil Feroz, Naureen Akber Ali, Ridah Feroz, Noshaba Akber, and Salima Nazim Meghani
Exploring digital health interventions to support community health workers in low-and-middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review protocol, Anam Shahil Feroz, Komal Valliani, Hajra Khwaja, and Sehrish Karim
Exploring equity in health and poverty impacts of control measures for SARS-CoV-2 in six countries, Sedona Sweeney, Theo Prudencio Juhani Capeding, Rosalind Eggo, Maryam Huda, Mark Jit, Don Mudzengi, Nichola R. Naylor, Simon Procter, Matthew Quaife, and Lela Serebryakova
Exploring fathers’ perceptions and experiences of their roles to support their child’s early language development (3-4 years old children) in Turbat and Gwadar in Baluchistan, Sadia Naseer Ahmed
Exploring parents’ perceptions about their preschool child’s learning and development and their role to support it in the context of Pakistan, Anum Malik Murad Ali Kheraj
Exploring processes and issues of implementing performance assessment in grade 7th science classroom of Karachi, Pakistan, Noorani Karim Jindani
Exploring reflections of a private education board`s mission of a equity in policy and practice : A case study of two schools, Gillian Ann Dsouza
Exploring student teachers` self-reported experiences and perceptions about practicum in B.ED (HONS) : A survey study from the province of Sindh, Muhammad Hafeez
Exploring the relationship between air quality and ischemic stroke admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sajid Hameed, Maria Khan, Zafar Fatmi, and Mohammad Wasay
Exploring willingness to pay for health insurance and preferences for a benefits package from the perspective of women from low-income households of Karachi, Pakistan, Shifa Salman Habib and Shehla Zaidi
Exposure to parasitic infections determines features and phenotypes of active convulsive epilepsy in Africa, Nelson K. Langat, Symon M. Kariuki, Gathoni Kamuyu, Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Kenneth Ae-Ngibise, Anne Wang'ombe, Anthony Ngugi, Honorati Masaja, and Ryan G. Wagner
Extending the Developmental Milestones Checklist for use in a different context in Sub‐Saharan Africa, Elizabeth L Prado, Amina Abubakar, Souheila Abbeddou, Elizabeth Y Jimenez, Jérôme W Somé, and Jean‐Bosco Ouédraogo
Extra-articular arthroscopic release of lateral epicondylitis: a prospective study, Njalalle Baraza, Mark P. Robinson, Nanda Kumar Sakaleshpura Chandrashekar, Jessica A. Perry, and William D. Regan
Facilitators and barriers for nurses in providing sexual education to myocardial-infarction patients: A qualitative systematic review, Salima Karani and John McLuskey
Facilitators and deterrents of critical thinking in classrooms: A multidisciplinary perspective in higher education in Karachi, Pakistan, Shanaz Hussein Cassum, Raisa B. Gul, and Joanne Profetto-McGrath
Factors affecting Maternal-care during labour at maternity centres of Karachi, Pakistan: Exploratory study, Nirmal Shahzaib, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Nousheen Pradhan, Farina Abrejo, shahnaz Shahid Ali, and Amir Ali Samnani
Factors affecting treatment compliance in psychiatric setting, Yasirah Gohar, Uroosa Talib, and Nasir Mehmood
Factors associated with HIV infection among children in Larkana district, Pakistan: A matched case-control study, Fatima Mir, Apsara Ali, Victoria Simms, Syed Hani Abidi, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Aneeta Hotwani, Sikander Ali Memon, Saqib Ali Shaikh, Syed Faisal Mahmood, and Rashida Abbas Ferrand
Factors associated with month 2 smear non-conversion among category 1 tuberculosis patients in Karachi, Pakistan, Kimberly A. D'Souza, Syed M A. Zaidi, Maria Jaswal, Shahid Butt, Saira Khowaja, Shifa Salman Habib, and Amyn A. Malik
Factors Associated with Mortality Among Hospitalized Adults with COVID-19 Pneumonia at a Private Tertiary Hospital in Tanzania: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Nadeem Kassam, Eric Aghan, Omar Aziz, Hanifa Mbithe, Kamran Hamid, Reena Shah, Salim Surani, James Orwa, and Samina Somji
Factors associated with parenting stress among mothers of children with developmental disabilities: A cross-sectional study, Apsara Ali, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Fauzia Basaria Hasnani, Ghazal Peerwani, Maria Asif Bhura, Syed Iqbal Azam, and Amna Rehana Siddiqui
Factors associated with teenage pregnancy in the European Union countries: a systematic review, Mari Imamura, Janet Tucker, Phil Hannaford, Miguel Oliveira da Silva, Margaret Astin, Laura Wyness, Kitty WM Bloemenkamp, Albrecht Jahn, Helle Karro, Jørn Olsen, and Marleen Temmerman
Factors associated with the compliance of standard precaution; review article, Shah Zeb and Tazeen Saeed Ali
Factors associated with women's intention to request caesarean delivery in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, C G. Misaeli, B A. Kamala, A H. Mgaya, and Hussein Kidanto
Factors influencing infant-feeding choices selected by HIV-infected mothers: perspectives from Zimbabwe, Joan Marembo, Mathilda Zvinavashe, Rudo Nyamakura, Sheila Shaibu, and Keitshokile Dintle Mogobe
Factors influencing infant‐feeding choices selected by HIV‐infected mothers: P erspectives from Zimbabwe, Joan Marembo, Mathilda Zvinavashe, Rudo Nyamakura, Sheila Shaibu, and Keitshokile Dintle Mogobe
Factors influencing nurses' provision of self-management support for patients with chronic illnesses: A systematic mixed studies review, Ambreen Tharani, Ann Van Hecke, Tazeen Saeed Ali, and Veerle Duprez
Factors influencing TB treatment interruption and treatment outcomes among patients in Kiambu County, 2016-2019, Evelyn KimaniI, Samuel Muhula, Titus Kiptai, James Orwa, Theresa Odero, and Onesmus Gachuno
Factors motivating smoking cessation: A cross-sectional study in a lower-middle-income country, Russell S. Martins, Muhammad Umer Junaid, Muhammad Sharjeel Khan, Namrah Aziz, Zoha Zahid Fazal, Mariam Umoodi, Fatima Shah, and Javaid Ahmed Khan
Faculty perception about active learning strategies: A cross sectional survey, Shams UL Huda, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Shanaz Hussein Cassum, Kashmira Nanji, and Jehanzaib Khan Yousafzai
Failing the rights: sexual vulnerability, access to services and barriers to contraceptives among adolescents in Narok County, Kenya, Griffins Manguro, Jefferson Mwaisaka, Dan Okoro, Kigen Korir, Patricia Owira, Gerald Githinji, Ademola Olajide, and Marleen Temmerman
Fake COVID-19 vaccination in India: An emerging dilemma?, Dattatreya Mukherjee, Upasana Maskey, Angela Ishak, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, and Vikash Jaiswal
Family medicine in Tanzania: Seize the moment, Riaz Ratansi and Bernhard M. Gaede
Family Planning Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Married Couples in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia, Tizta Tilahun, Gily Coene, Stanley Luchters, Wondwosen Kassahun, Els Leye, Marleen Temmerman, and Olivier Degomme
Family planning knowledge, attitudes, and practices among married men and women in rural areas of Pakistan: Findings from a qualitative need assessment study, Ghulam Mustafa, Syed Khurram Azmat, Waqas Hameed, Safdar Ali, Muhammad Ishaque, Wajahat Hussain, Aftab Ahmed, and Erik Munroe
Fashion as property in traditional culture: a Maasai case study, Elizabeth Oyange-Ngando
Fatherhood in the African Context: Review and a Case Study in Kenya, Amina Abubakar, Stanley W Wanjala, and Anneloes L Van Baar
Fears and barriers: Problems in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in Pakistan, Sidra Saeed, Muhammad Asim, and Malik Muhammad Sohail
Feasibility and acceptability of implementing early infant diagnosis of HIV in Papua New Guinea at the point of care: a qualitative exploration of health worker and key informant perspectives, Yasmin Mohamed, Martha Kupul, Janet Gare, Steven G. Badman, Selina Silim, Andrew J. Vallely, Stanley Luchters, and Angela Kelly-Hanku
Feasibility of a virtual reality intervention in the intensive care unit, Yameena T. Jawed, Dmitriy Golovyan, David Lopez, Sikandar H. Khan, Sophia Wang, Chauncey Freund, Sundus Imran, Usman Bin Hameed, Joseph P. Smith, Lotte Kok, and Babar A. Khan
Feasibility, usability and acceptability of paediatric lung ultrasound among healthcare providers and caregivers for the diagnosis of childhood pneumonia in resource-constrained settings: A qualitative study, Atif Riaz, Olga Cambaco, Laura Elizabeth Ellington, Jennifer L. Lenahan, Khatia Munguambe, Usma Mehmood, Sana Qaisar, Benazir Baloch, Muhammad Imran Nisar, and Fyezah Jehan
Features on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and accuracy of echocardiographic findings for diagnosing constrictive pericarditis, Salik Ur Rehman Iqbal and Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan
Female genital tuberculosis in Pakistan - A retrospective review of 10-year laboratory data and analysis of 32 cases, Tazeen Fatima, Rumina Hasan, Faisal Malik, Imran Ahmed, Linda Alice Bartlett, Michael G. Gravett, and Sadia Shakoor
Female sex work and international sport events - no major changes in demand or supply of paid sex during the 2010 Soccer World Cup: a cross-sectional study, Marlise Richter, Stanley Luchters, Dudu Ndlovu, Marleen Temmerman, and Matthew Francis Chersich
Fetal cranial growth trajectories are associated with growth and neurodevelopment at 2 years of age: INTERBIO-21st fetal study, José Villar, Robert B. Gunier, Chrystelle O O. Tshivuila-Matala, Stephen A. Rauch, Francois Nosten, Roseline Ochieng, María C. Restrepo-Méndez, Rose McGready, Shama Munim, and Maria Carvalho
Fetal heart rate development during labour, Jarle Urdal, Kjersti Engan, Trygve Eftestøl, Solveig H. Haaland, Benjamin Kamala, Paschal Mdoe, Hussein Kidanto, and Hege Ersdal
Fibrocystic breast disease, Kathryn Malherbe, Myra Khan, and Saira Fatima
Fibrosarcoma, Donald D. Davis, Samad J. Shah, and Steven M. Kane
Financing mechanisms applied for successful universal health coverage in Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore - Lessons for Pakistan, Rawshan Jabeen, Unaib Rabbani, and Nazish Abbas
Finger Drop Sign in Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Iqra Athar, Neelma Naz Khattak, Haris Majid Rajput, Mazhar Badshah, Zukhruf Zayian, and Tashfain Shifa
First American college of surgeons national surgical quality improvement program report from a low-middle-income country: A 1-year outcome analysis of neurosurgical cases, Mustafa Mushtaq Hussain, Farida Bibi, Shafqat Shah, Rida Mitha, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Afsheen Ziauddin, and Hasnain Zafar
First meeting in Asia of the Asia pacific research integrity network, Daniel Barr, Danny Chan, Susan Garfinkel, Zoë Hammatt, Iekuni Ichikawa, Michael Kalichman, El Nasir Lalani, In Jae Lee, Frederick Leung, and Eric Mah
'First week' is the crucial period for deciding living donor liver transplantation in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure, Ashok Choudhury, Rajan Vijayaraghavan, Rakhi Maiwall, Manoj Kumar, Zhongping Duan, Chen Yu, Saeed Hamid, Wasim Jafri, Amna Subhan Butt, and Zaigham Abbas
Flexible ureteroscopy versus miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy for renal stones of 1-2 cm, M Hammad Ather and M Nasir Sulaiman
Flipped laboratory sessions using video vignette and active learning: A hybrid approach for online teaching, Sabah Farhat, Rehana Rehman, and Syeda Sadia Fatima
Fludarabine-based salvage therapy for refractory/relapsed acute leukemias: A single center experience, Abdul Muqtadir Abbasi, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Natasha Bahadur Ali, and Mohammad Nadir Haider
Fluoroscopic percutaneous coronary interventions, assessment, protocols, and interpretation, Ghufran Adnan and Muhammad Nasir Rahman
Focal cortical dysplasia with prolonged ictal asystole, a case report, Ahmad Wali and Fowzia Siddiqui
Follicular thyroid carcinoma in a developing country: A 10-year retrospective study, Abdul Aziz, Qamar Masood, Saadia Sattar, Saira Fatima, and Najmul Islam
Framing the other: worldview, rhetoric and media dissonance since 9/11, Lawrence Pintak
FRAX-based intervention thresholds for Pakistan, H Johansson, G Naureen, Romaina Iqbal, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib Khan, Masood Umer, E Liu, L Vandenput, M Lorentzon, and E V. McCloskey
Free flap reconstruction after lower limb trauma - Outcome analysis using national surgical quality Improvement programme (NSQIP) parameters, Muhammad Mehmood Alam Atiq, Shayan Shahid, Muhammad Ubaid, Mohammad Fazlur Rahman, and Safdar Ali Shaikh
Frequency and determinants of vitamin D deficiency among premenopausal and postmenopausal women in Karachi Pakistan, Uzma Shamsi, Syed Iqbal Azam, Azra Shamsi, Dua Shamsi, and David Callen
Frequency and factors associated with post-stroke seizures in a large multicenter study in West Africa, Fred S. Sarfo, Joshua Akinyemi, Albert Akpalu, Kolawole Wahab, Joseph Yaria, Oladimeji Adebayo, Morenike Komolafe, Reginald Obiako, Lukman Owolabi, Godwin O. saigbovo, Carolyn Jenkins, Yaw Mensah, Godwin Ogbole, Benedict Calys Tagoe, Philip Adebayo, Lambert Appiah, Arti Singhc, Adekunle Fakunle, and Mayowa O. Owolabi
Frequency and risk factors of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Helicobacter pylori-infected dyspeptic patients: A cross-sectional study, Basit Siddiqui, Muhammad Kamran, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Rabeea Azmat, Zain Mushtaq, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Muhammad Tahir Khan, Javed Yakoob, and Zaigham Abbas
Frequency of angular malalignment after intramedullary nailing for femur shaft fractures - A cross-sectional study, Hammad Naqi Khan, Moiz Ali, Rizwan Haroon Rashid, Yasir Mohib, and Pervaiz Hashmi
Frequency of early postoperative adverse events (AEs) in adult patients undergoing elective neurosurgical intervention at tertiary care center in Pakistan, Mansoor Chandio, Faraz Shafiq, and Ather Enam
Frequency of immediate neonatal complications (hypoglycemia and neonatal jaundice) in late preterm and term neonates, Muhammad Salman, Heeranand Rathore, Shabina Ariff, Rashid Ali, Ausaf Ahmed Khan, and Muhammad Nasir
Frequency of primiparous mother initiated breastfeeding earlier after birth and factors associated with it in Sindh, Pakistan: A secondary analysis, Asma A. Bham, Sucheta Sharma, Akash Sardool, Umer F. Mujahid, Amrat Ayaz, Komal Valliani, and Nawaal Maredia
Frequency of utilisation of ultrasound in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy in Sub-Saharan Africa countries: A systematic review, Adrian H. Flores, Sherin Kassamali, Gloria Y. Won, and John C. Stein
Frequent brief on-site simulation training and reduction in 24-h neonatal mortality—An educational intervention study, Estomih Mduma, Hege Ersdal, Erling Svensen, Hussein Kidanto, Bjørn Auestad, and Jeffrey Perlmang
Fresh stillborn and severely asphyxiated neonates share a common hypoxic–ischemic pathway, Hege L. Ersdal, Joar Eilevstjønn, Jørgen E. Linde, Anita Yeconia, Estomih R. Mduma, Hussein Kidanto, and Jeffrey Perlman
Full breastfeeding protection against common enteric bacteria and viruses: Results from the MAL-ED cohort study, Benjamin J J. McCormick, Stephanie A. Richard, Laura E. Murray-Kolb, Gagandeep Kang, Aldo A M. Lima, Estomih Mduma, Margaret N. Kosek, Elizabeth T Rogawski McQuade, Eric R. Houpt, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Functional and clinical outcomes of open versus closed radius and ulna shaft fractures in adults: A prospective cohort study, Tashfeen Ahmad, Zehra Abdul Muhammad, and Pervaiz Hashmi
Functional and radiological outcomes of atypical femur fractures among elderly in Karachi, Pakistan, Rizwan Haroon Rashid, Marij Zahid, Usama Khan, Yasir Mohib, and Pervaiz Hashmi
Functional outcomes and complications of total hip arthroplasty with dual mobility cup : An audit, Muhammad Younus Khan Durrani, Javeria Saeed, Masood Umer, and Pervaiz Hashmi
Furrowed tongue, fatten lip and facial droop, Philip Adebayo and Hanifa Mbithe
F-wave parameters and body mass index in carpal tunnel syndrome, Philip Adebayo and Rose E. Mwakabatika
G492 Who 0–3 developmental indicators–a systematic analysis of developmental trajectories of items from seven assessment tools in ten countries, M Gladstone, G Lancaster, P Kariger, M Janus, G McCray, D McCoy, G Fink, Amina Abubakar, J Hamandani, and T Dua
Gaba-B Encephalitis in Pakistan: A Rare but Treatable Entity, Asfandyar Khan Niazi, Shafain Shaikh, Arsalan Ahmad, Ayesha Zafar, and Tahir Aziz Ahmed
Galectin-1: A biomarker of surgical stress in murine model of cardiac surgery, Satwat Hashmi and Suhail Al-Salam
Galectin-1 in early acute myocardial infarction, Suhail Al-Salam and Satwat Hashmi
Galectin-3 is expressed in the myocardium very early post-myocardial infarction, Satwat Hashmi and Suhail Al-Salam
Gambling Patterns and Problem Gambling Among Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review, Byron K. Y. Bitanihirwe and Derrick Ssewanyana
Gastric volvulus in adults in a tertiary care hospital Karachi, Pakistan: A case series, Om Parkash, Roger Christopher Gill, Iman Qaiser, Muhammad Sharoz Rabbani, Tabish Chawla, and Hasnain Zafar
Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours: Clinicopathological evaluation at Shifa international hospital, Islamabad, Nadira Mamoon, Hania Naveed, Mariam Abid, Humaira Nasir, Imran Nazir Ahmad, Zujajah Hameed, and Asna Haroon Khan
Gastrointestinal complications in critically ill children: Experience from a resource-limited country, Sidra Ishaque, Mariam Shakir, Asma Akbar Ladak, and Anwar Ul Haque
Gaza: Of media wars and borderless journalism, Lawrence Pintak
Gender and health inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of HIV, Amina Abubakar and Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo
Gender-based differences in community-wide screening for pulmonary tuberculosis in Karachi, Pakistan: An observational study of 311 732 individuals undergoing screening, Shifa Salman Habib, Syed Mohammad Asad Zaidi, Wafa Zehra Jamal, Kiran Sohail Azeemi, Salman Khan, Saira Khowaja, Abdul Khalique Domki, Aamir Khan, and Faiz Ahmad Khan
Gender based violence and health effects, Tazeen Saeed Ali
Gender difference in mortality among pulmonary tuberculosis HIV co-infected adults aged 15-49 years in Kenya, Rose J. Kosgei, Steven Callens, Peter Gichangi, Marleen Temmerman, Anne-Beatrice Kihara, Gathara David, Eunice Nyaboe Omesa, Enos Masini, and E. Jane Carter
Gender equality, education, and development: Tensions between global, national, and local policy discourses in postcolonial contexts, Naureen Durrani and Anjum Halai
Gender variations in neonatal and early infant mortality in India and Pakistan: A secondary analysis from the global network maternal newborn health registry, Zubair H. Aghai, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Archana Patel, Sarah Saleem, Sangappa M. Dhaded, Avinash Kavi, Parth Lalakia, Farnaz Naqvi, Patricia L. Hibberd, and Elizabeth M. McClure
Generalized anxiety symptoms and identity processes in cross-cultural samples of adolescents from the general population, Elisabetta Crocetti, William W Hale, Radosveta Dimitrova, Amina Abubakar, Cheng-Hai Gao, and Ivan Jacob Agaloos Pesigan
General public perception of social media, impact of covid-19 pandemic, and related misconceptions, Rabiya Ali, Shireen Jawed, Mukhtiar Baig, Ahmed Azam Malik, Fatima Syed, and Rehana Rehman
Genetic landscape of pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients: A pilot study from Pakistan, Saleema Mehboob Ali, Yumna Adnan, Zubair Ahmad, Hasnain Ahmed Farooqui, Tabish Chawla, and Syed Adnan Ali
Genotyping of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci) isolated from vaginal and rectal swabs of women at 35-37 weeks of pregnancy, Nabil Abdullah El Aila, Inge Tency, Geert Claeys, Bart Saerens, Ellen De Backer, Marleen Temmerman, Rita Verhelst, and Mario Vaneechoutte
Geographic distribution of orthopaedic trauma resources and service use in the United States: A cross sectional analysis, Molly P. Jarman, Michael J. Weaver, Adil H. Haider, Ali Salim, and Mitchel B. Harris
Geographic Variability of Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Clinicopathologic Reappraisal in the Modern Era, Daniel Xia, Shahin Sayed, Zahir Moloo, Samuel Gakinya, Anderson Mutuiri, Jonathan Wawire, Patricia Okiro, Elizabeth L. Courville, Robert P. Hasserjian, and Aliyah R. Sohani
Gestational weight gain in 4 low- and middle-income countries and associations with birth outcomes: A secondary analysis of the women first trial, Melissa S. Bauserman, Carla M. Bann, K Michael Hambidge, Ana L. Garces, Lester Figueroa, Jamie L. Westcott, Jackie K. Patterson, Elizabeth M. McClure, Sumera Ali Aziz, and Sarah Saleem
Getting accepted – Successful writing for scientific publication: a Research Primer for low- and middle-income countries, Erin L. Simon, Maxwell Osei-Ampofo, Benjamin Wachira, and James Kwan
Giant juvenile fibroadenoma of the breast in a 13-year-old Pakistani girl with excellent cosmetic outcome after subareolar enucleation - A case report, Sana Zeeshan, Kulsoom Shaikh, Muhammad Usman Tariq, and Lubna Mushtaque Vohra
Giardia duodenalis: Biology and Pathogenesis, Rodney Adam
Gliosarcoma in patients under 20 years of age. A clinicopathologic study of 11 cases and detailed review of the literature, Nasir Ud Din, Hira Ishtiaq, Shabina Rahim, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, and Zubair Ahmad
Global Burden of Childhood Epilepsy, Intellectual Disability, and Sensory Impairments, Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Scott M. Wright, M.K.C. Nair, Nem-Yun Boo, Ricardo Halpern, Hannah Kuper, Amina Abubakar, Nihad A. Almasri, Jalal Arabloo, and Narendra K. Arora
Global cancer control: choosing the road less travelled, Miriam Mutebi
Global epidemiology of use of and disparities in caesarean sections, Ties Boerma, Carine Ronsmans, Dessalegn Y. Melesse, Aluisio JD Barros, Fernando C. Barros, Liang Juan, Ann-Beth Moller, Lale Say, Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, and Marleen Temmerman
Global midwifery: Principles, policy and practice, Kiran Bajracharya
Global respiratory syncytial virus-related infant community deaths, Natalie I. Mazur, Yvette N. Löwensteyn, Joukje E. Willemsen, Christopher J. Gill, Leah Forman, Lawrence M. Mwananyanda, Dianna M. Blau, Robert F. Breiman, Shabir A. Madhi, and Abdul Momin Kazi
Global safety in anaesthesia and surgery: Implications for anaesthesia in Pakistan, Fauzia Anis Khan
Global surgery hackathons: A case study from Pakistan, Waqaas A. Butt, Amir Hafeez Shariff, Sadaf Khan, and Asad Mian
Global trends in adolescents' road traffic injury mortality, 1990-2019, Uzma Rahim Khan, Junaid A. Razzak, and Martin Gerdin Wärnberg
Global variation of COVID-19 mortality rates in the initial phase, Saman Hasan Siddiqui, Azza Sarfraz, Arjumand Rizvi, Fariha Shaheen, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, and Syed Asad Ali
Global variations in the prevalence, treatment, and impact of atrial fibrillation in a multi-national cohort of 153 152 middle-aged individuals, Philip G. Joseph, Jeffrey S. Healey, Parminder Raina, Stuart J. Connolly, Quazi Ibrahim, Rajeev Gupta, Alvaro Avezum, Antonio L. Dans, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, and Khawar Kazmi
Glycemic index, glycemic load, and cardiovascular disease and mortality, David A. Jenkins, Mahshid Dehghan, Andrew Mente, Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, Sumathy Rangarajan, Kristie Srichaikul, Viswanathan Mohan, Alvaro Avezum, Rafael Díaz, and Romaina Iqbal
Grand multiparity: is it still a risk in pregnancy?, Andrew H. Mgaya, Siriel N. Massawe, Hussein Kidanto, and Hans N. Mgaya
Graphic organisers (GOs) as a reading strategy to improve reading comprehension skills of grade 6 students in a government school of district Hyderabad Sindh Pakistan, Rajeesh Parshotam
Guillain‐Barre Syndrome in Covid-19: A Literature Review, Imran Ahmad and Farooq Azam Rathore
Gum chewing, added to conventional feeding, reduces risk of post-operative ileus after elective hip and knee arthroplasty procedures in elderly population: A protocol for a parallel design, open-label, randomized controlled trial, Obada Hussein Hasan, Laraib Mazhar, Ahsun Jiwani, Dilshad Begum, Riaz Hussain Lakdawala, and Shahryar Noordin
Gut integrity and duodenal enteropathogen burden in undernourished children with environmental enteric dysfunction, Zehra Jamil, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Romana Idress, Zubair Ahmad, Kamran Sadiq, Junaid Iqbal, Sana Syed, Aneeta Hotwani, Furqan Kabir, Kumail Ahmed, Sheraz Ahmed, Fayyaz Umrani, Fatima Aziz, Adil Kalam, and Syed Asad Ali
Gutka Associated Optic Neuropathy, Dureshahwar Kanwar and Mohammad Wasay
Gynaecological morbidities among married women and husband's behaviour: Evidence from a community-based study, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Neelofar Sami, Adil Ali Saeed, and Parveen Ali
Hajdu cheney syndrome due to NOTCH2 defect - First case report from Pakistan and review of literature, Sibtain Ahmed, Aahan Arif, Saadia Abbas, Muhammad Osama Khan, Salman Kirmani, and Aysha Habib Khan
Handling challenging emotions in nursing care, Komal Valliani
Harassment and mental health in surgical training: A pilot survey of surgical trainees in Pakistan, Russell S. Martins, Syeda Amrah Hashmi, Hina Inam, Mahin Janjua, and Mahim Malik
Harnessing social media in mental health practice in Kenya: a community case study report, Linnet Ongeri, Gathoni Mbugua, Frank Njenga, Anna Nguithi, Jacqueline Anundo, Maryann Mugane, Zawadi Kimari, Loice Wanjiru Cushny Kaigwa, and Lukoye Atwoli
HBV S antigen evolution in the backdrop of HDV infection affects epitope processing and presentation, Mehwish Sajjad, Syed Ali, Samina Baig, Shaheen Sharafat, Bilal Ahmed Khan, Saeed Khan, Muhammad Nouman Mughal, and Syed Hani Abidi
Head and neck low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma: A clinicopathologic study of 15 cases, Sandra Gjorgova Gjeorgjievski, Karen Fritchie, Judith Jebastin Thangaiah, Andrew L. Folpe, and Nasir Ud Din
Health and economic benefits of achieving hepatitis C virus elimination in Pakistan: A modelling study and economic analysis, Aaron G. Lim, Nick Scott, Josephine G. Walker, Saeed Hamid, Margaret Hellard, and Peter Vickerman
Health care professionals’ compliance to tracheal suctioning policy at a tertiary care hospital, Rozina Khimani, Fauziya Ali, Salma Amin Rattani, and Mohammad Sohail Awan
Healthcare utilization patterns for acute febrile illness in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan: Results from the surveillance for enteric fever in Asia project, Jason R. Andrews, Krista Vaidya, Shampa Saha, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Caitlin Hemlock, Ashley Longley, Kristen Aiemjoy, Alexander T. Yu, Isaac I. Bogoch, and Farah Naz Qamar
Health Care Workers’ Perspectives of the Influences of Disrespectful Maternity Care in Rural Kenya, Adelaide Lusambili, Stefania Wisofschi, Constance Shumba, Jerim Obure, Kennedy Mulama, Lucy Nyaga, Terrance J. Wade, and Marleen Temmerman
Health-related quality of life in adults with tetralogy of Fallot repair: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Mahim Malik, Zaiba S. Dawood, Mahin Janjua, Sardar Shahmir Babar Chauhan, and Laila Ladak
Health risk behavior among chronically ill adolescents: a systematic review of assessment tools, Derrick Ssewanyana, Moses Kachama Nyongesa, Anneloes Van Baar, Charles R Newton, and Amina Abubakar
Health risk behavior among perinatally HIV exposed uninfected adolescents: A systematic review, Derrick Ssewanyana, Patrick N Mwangala, Moses Kachama Nyongesa, Anneloes van Baar, and Amina Abubakar
Health risk behaviour among adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Derrick Ssewanyana, Patrick N Mwangala, Anneloes Van Baar, Charles R Newton, and Amina Abubakar
Health services utilization and out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures in public and private facilities in Pakistan: An empirical analysis of the 2013-14 OOP health expenditure survey, F Khalid, W Raza, D R. Hotchkiss, and R H. Soelaeman
Health systems approach to ensure quality and safety amid COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan, Nousheen Pradhan, Anam Shahil Feroz, and Syed Mairajuddin Shah
Heat emergencies: Perceptions and practices of community members and emergency department healthcare providers in Karachi, Pakistan: A qualitative study, Uzma Rahim Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Rubaba Naeem, Umerdad Khudadad, Sarwat Masud, Nadeem Ullah Khan, and Junaid Abdul Razzak
Heidenhain Variant of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: First Reported Case from East Africa, Dilraj Sokhi, Fazal Yakub, Karishma Sharma, Sheila Was, and Peter Mativo
Helmet wearing saves the cost of motorcycle head injuries: A case study from Karachi, Pakistan, Asrar Ali, Muhammad Ashar Malik, Uzma Rahim Khan, Umerdad Khudadad, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, and Adnan A. Hyder
Hemichorea Associated with type 2 Diabetes: A Rare Neurological Complication, Waleed Shahzad, Tehmina Inayat, Fibhaa Syed, Mohammad Ali Arif, Muhammad Hassan, Haris Majid Rajput, and Mazhar Badshah
Hemobilia secondary to choledochal cyst, Stanley Mugambi, S. R. Hussain, Ahmed Laving, Patricia Okiro, and Bernadette Muthee
Hepatic candidiasis in an immunocompetent patient: A diagnostic challenge, Zorays Moazzam, Amman Yousaf, Zahid Iqbal, Ahmad Tayyab, and Muhammad Hashim Hayat
Hepatic schistosomiasis, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and health related quality of life measurements from the Albert Nile Basin, Christopher Opio, Francis Kazibwe, Lalitha Rejani, Narcis B. Kabatereine, and Ponsiano Ocama
Hepatitis C virus in sub-Saharan Africa: a long road to elimination, Rajiv Shah, Adwoah Agyei-Nkansah, Francis Alikah, Lucy Asamoah-Akuoko, Yorou Chabi Orou Bagou, Abdirahman Dhiblawe, Deborah Ehichioya, Peter John Finch, Leolin Katsidzira, and Christopher Opio
Hepatitis E: Genotypes, strategies to prevent and manage, and the existing knowledge gaps, Lubna Kamani, Zahra Ali Padhani, and Jai K. Das
Hepatocellular carcinoma with extrahepatic blood supply from right renal artery, Amir Humza Sohail, Ahmad Musa, Muhammad Salman Khan, Hassan Raza Hashmi, Basit Salam, and Collin E M. Brathwaite
Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight, NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), Maria Lc Iurilli, Bin Zhou, James E. Bennett, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, Marisa K. Sophiea, Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez, Honor Bixby, Bethlehem D. Solomon, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Hidden violence is silent rape: sexual and gender-based violence in refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands, Ines Keygnaert, Nicole Vettenbu, and Marleen Temmerman
Higher entropy observed in SARS-CoV-2 genomes from the first COVID-19 wave in Pakistan, Najia Karim Ghanchi, Asghar Nasir, Kiran I. Masood, Syed Hani Abidi, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Akber Kanji, Safina Abdul Razzak, Waqasuddin Khan, Saba Shahid, Maliha Yameen, Ali Raza, Javaria Ashraf, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Mohammad Buksh Dharejo, Nazneen Islam, Zahra Hasan, and Rumina Hasan
High flow nasal cannula therapy in children with acute respiratory insufficiency in the pediatric intensive care unit of a resource-limited country: A preliminary experience, Bushra Saeed, Asim Azim, Anwar Ul Haque, and Qalab Abbas
High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Clostridioides difficile Following Extensive Use of Antimicrobials in Hospitalized Patients in Kenya, Winnie C. Mutai, Marianne W. Mureithi, Omu Anzala, Gunturu Revathi, Brian Kullin, Magdaline Burugu, Cecilia Kyany’a, Erick Odoyo, Peter Otieno, and Lillian Musila
High-Throughput Next-Generation Sequencing Respiratory Viral Panel: A Diagnostic and Epidemiologic Tool for SARS-CoV-2 and Other Viruses, Nikhil S. Sahajpal, Ashis K. Mondal, Allan Njau, Zachary Petty, Jiani Chen, Sudha Ananth, Pankaj Ahluwalia, Colin Williams, Ted M. Ross, and Alka Chaubey
Hip replacement for femur neck fracture in the elderly, effects of delayed surgical intervention on morbidity and mortality, a retrospective comparative study, Ahmed Habib, Shah Fahad, Muhammad Atif, Javeria Saeed, Pervaiz Hashmi, and Mujahid Jamil Khattak
History of African women in neurosurgery, Claire Karekezi, Nqobile Thango, Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu-Ibrahim, Hajar Bechri, Espérance Maman You Broalet, Mouna Bougrine, Beverly Cheserem, Maguette Mbaye, Zarina Ali Shabhay, Nabila Tighilt, Souad Bakhti, and Najia El Abbadi
HIV-1 Autologous Antibody Neutralization Associates with Mother to Child Transmission, Elly Baan, Anthony de Ronde, Martijn Stax, Rogier W. Sanders, Stanley Luchters, Joseph Vyankandondera, Joep M. Lange, Georgios Pollakis, and William A. Paxton
HIV-1 Infection Prevalence and Incidence Trends in Areas of Contrasting Levels of Infection in the Kagera Region, Tanzania, 1987-2000, Kwesigabo Gideon, Killewo Japhet, Urassa Willy, Joe Lugalla, Emmelin Maria, Mutembei Aldin, Mhalu Fred, Biberfeld Gunnel, Wall Stig, and Sandstrom Anita
HIV-1 progression links with viral genetic variability and subtype, and patient's HLA type: Analysis of a Nairobi-Kenyan cohort, Syed Hani Abidi, Aniqa Shahid, Laila S. Lakhani, Reena Shah, Nancy Okinda, Peter Ojwang, Farhat Abbas, Sarah Rowland-Jones, and Syed Ali
HIV infection and sexual behaviour in primary and secondary infertile relationships: a case–control study in Kigali, Rwanda, Nathalie Dhont, Claude Muvunyi, Stanley Luchters, Joseph Vyankandondera, Ludwig De Naeyer, Marleen Temmerman, and Janneke van de Wijgert
HIV infections among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya: current prevalence and trends over 25 years, Griffins O. Manguro, Carol Gichuki, Frances H. Ampt, Paul A. Agius, Megan S. C. Lim, Walter G. Jaoko, Margaret Hellard, Kelly L’Engle, Marleen Temmerman, and Stanley Luchters
HIV risk perception and risk behaviors among men who have sex with men in Nigeria, George I. Eluwa, Adebajo Sylvia, Stanley Luchters, and Babatunde Ahonsi
HIV testing in Europe: Mapping policies, Jessika Deblonde, Herman Meulemans, Steven Callens, Stanley Luchters, Marleen Temmerman, and Françoise F. Hamers
HIV type 1 mother-to-child transmission facilitated by distinctive glycosylation sites in the gp120 envelope glycoprotein, Elly Baan, Anthony de Ronde, Stanley Luchters, Joseph Vyankandondera, Joep M. Lange, Georgios Pollakis, and William A. Paxton
HLA‐DQB1 locus and gastric cancer in Helicobacter pylori infection, Yoshinori Watanabe, Nobuo Aoyama, Toshiyuki Sakai, Daisuke Shirasaka, Shuji Maekawa, Kohei Kuroda, Casmir Wambura, Takao Tamura, Yoshisuke Nose, and Masato Kasuga
Hospital-based ultra-sonographic prevalence and spectrum of thyroid incidentalomas in Pakistani population, Faheem Ullah Khan, Kiran Hilal, Iftikhar Ali, Mehreen Samad, Rabiya Tariq, Wiqar Ahmad, Muhammad Arif Saeed, and Noman Khan
How COVID-19 has fundamentally changed clinical research in global health, Jay J H. Park, Robin Mogg, Gerald E. Smith, Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu, Fyezah Jehan, Craig R. Rayner, Jeanine Condo, Eric H. Decloedt, Jean B. Nachega, Gilmar Reis, and Edward J. Mills
How do pregnant women perceive the role of the midwife in Thailand? A descriptive study, Sudjit Liblub, Lyn Gum, and Maryam Bazargan
How important is patient privacy? A reflection, Salima Farooq, Yasmin Parpio, and Tazeen Saeed Ali
How to adapt tests for Sub-Saharan Africa, Amina Abubakar and Fons JR Van De Vijver
Human Cardiovascular and Metabolic Response to Acute, Severe Isovolemic Anemia, Richard B. Weiskopf, Maurene Viele, John Feiner, Scott Kelley, Jeremy A. Lieberman, Mariam Noorani, Jacqueline M. Leung, William R. Murray, Mark A. Moore, and Dennis Fisher
Human emotions during COVID-19: A lens through Kubler-Ross grief theory, Komal Valliani and Farida Bibi Mughal
Human papillomavirus-associated anal squamous intraepithelial lesions in men who have sex with men and transgender women living with and without HIV in Karachi Pakistan: Implications for screening and prevention, Muslima Ejaz, Muhammad Mubarak, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Sören Andersson, and Anna Mia Ekström
Human Papillomavirus Persistence and Association With Recurrent Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia After Cryotherapy vs Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure Among HIV-Positive Women: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial, Michael H. Chung, Hugo De Vuyst, Sharon A. Greene, Nelly R. Mugo, Troy D. Querec, Evans Nyongesa-Malava, Anthony Cagle, Samah R. Sakr, Stanley Luchters, and Marleen Temmerman
Hypertension pharmacological treatment in adults: A world health organization guideline executive summary, Akram Al-Makki, Donald DiPette, Paul K. Whelton, M Hassan Murad, Reem A. Mustaf, Shrish Acharya, Hind Mamoun Beheiry, Beatriz Champagne, Kenneth Connell, and Unab I. Khan
Hypertrophic gastric folds with hypomagnesemia, linking the dots, Mansoor Zafar, Tila Muhammad, Najam-Us-Saher Rizvi, and Muhammad Toqeer
Hypoglossal nerve paraganglioma depicting as glomus tumor of neck, Zaid Ahmed Shamsi, Fareed Ahmed Shaikh, Muhammad Wasif, Mustafa Belal Hafeez Chaudhry, Nadeem Ahmed Siddiqui, and Ziad Sophie
Hypothesis: amenorrhea-inducing contraception may reduce HIV acquisition risk, G Justus Hofmeyr, Mandisa Singata-Madliki, Theresa A. Lawrie, and Marleen Temmerman
Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha in the heart: A double agent?, Satwat Hashmi and Suhail Al-Salam
Iatrogenic trauma following percutaneous and minimally invasive surgical interventions, M Hammad Ather, Tashfeen Ahmad, Shabbir Akhtar, Tabish Chawla, Aneela Darbar, Wardah Rafaqat, Syed Shahabuddin, Noman Shahzad, and Shahid Ahmed Sami
Identification and genotyping of bacteria from paired vaginal and rectal samples from pregnant women indicates similarity between vaginal and rectal microflora, Nabil Abdullah El Aila, Inge Tency, Geert Claeys, Hans Verstraelen, Bart Saerens, Guido Lopes dos Santos Santiago, Ellen De Backer, Piet Cools, Marleen Temmerman, and Rita Verhelst
Identifying constraints for hospital infection control management via mckinsey 7s framework in Pakistan, Shagufta Perveen and Shifa Salman Habib
Identifying TB hotspots through mobile x-rays in Karachi, Pakistan: Spatial analysis of data from an active case-finding program, Syed Mohammad Asad Zaidi, Wafa Zehra Jamal, Christina Mergenthaler, Kiran Sohail Azeemi, Nick Van Den Berge, Jacob Creswell, Aamir Khan, Saira Khowaja, and Shifa Salman Habib
Identity resources for positive adaptation of Roma ethnic minority youth in Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Italy, Kosovo, and Romania, Radosveta Dimitrova, Pasquale Musso, Amina Abubakar, Iva Polackova Solcova, Delia Stefenel, Fitim Uka, and Venzislav Jordanov
Illicit cigarette trade in the cities of Pakistan: Comparing findings between the consumer and waste recycle store surveys, Amina Khan, Fiona Dobbie, Kamran Siddiqi, Saeed Ansaari, S M. Abdullah, Romaina Iqbal, Zohaib Khan, Salman Sohail, Mona Kanaan, and Rumana Huque
Illness anxiety disorder, Jennifer H. French and Sajid Hameed
Illness severity and outcomes among enteric fever cases from Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan: Data from the surveillance for enteric fever in Asia project, 2016-2019, Ashley T. Longley, Caitlin Hemlock, Kashmira Date, Stephen P. Luby, Jason R. Andrews, Samir K. Saha, Isaac I. Bogoch, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Denise O. Garrett, and Farah Naz Qamar
Imaging patterns of encephalopathy in patients with COVID-19, Kumail Khandwala, Fatima Mubarak, and Nadeem Ahmad
Imagining a lean and agile digital health ecosystem - A measure of pandemic responsiveness, Zainab Samad, Sana Mahmood, Sameen Siddiqi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Immediate changes in hemodynamics and gas exchange after initiation of noninvasive ventilation in cardiac surgical patients, Mohammad Hamid, Mohammad Irfan Akhtar, and Saba Ahmed
Impact of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) on nasopharyngeal carriage in children 2 years of age: Data from a four-year time series cross-sectional study from Pakistan, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Shahira Shahid, Sajid Muhammad, Farah Khalid, Amjad Hussain, Sheraz Ahmed, Sadia Shakoor, Furqan Kabir, Aneeta Hotwani, Syed Asad Ali, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Fyezah Jehan, and Najeeha Talat Iqbal
Impact of acne on quality of life in young Pakistani adults and its relationship with severity: A multicenter study, Shaheen Naveed, Sadia Masood, Atiya Rahman, Safia Awan, and Saadia Tabassum
Impact of a global pandemic on surgical education and training- review, response, and reflection, Sabah Uddin Saqib, Omair Saleem, Amna Riaz, Qamar Riaz, and Hasnain Zafar
Impact of a standardised parenteral nutrition protocol: A quality improvement experience from a NICU of a developing country, Gul Ambreen, Uswa Jiwani, Waqar Khowaja, Ali Shabbir Hussain, Kashif Hussain, Syed Shamim Raza, Arjumand Rizvi, Uzair Ansari, Khalil Ahmad, Simon Demas, and Shabina Ariff
Impact of change in maternal age composition on the incidence of Caesarean section and low birth weight: analysis of delivery records at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania, 1999–2005, Projestine S. Muganyizi and Hussein Kidanto
Impact of clarithromycin resistance and CYP2C19 genetic polymorphism on treatment efficacy of Helicobacter pylori infection with lansoprazole- or rabeprazole-based triple therapy in Japan, Miki Ikuya, Aoyama Nobuo, Sakai Toshiyuki, Shirasaka Daisuke, Casmir Wambura, Maekawa Shujia, Kuroda Kohei, Tamura Takao, Kita Tomoko, Sakaeda Toshiyuki, Katsuhiko Okumura, and Kasuga Masato
Impact of compensated cirrhosis on survival in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure, Kessarin Thanapirom, Tongluk Teerasarntipan, Sombat Treeprasertsuk, Ashok Choudhury, Manoj K. Sahu, Rakhi Maiwall, Viniyendra Pamecha, Richard Moreau, Saeed Hamid, and Amna Subhan Butt
Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on prevention and elimination strategies for hepatitis B and hepatitis C, Syed Tabish Rehman, Hareem Rehman, and Shahab Abid
Impact of COVID-19 on family planning, Bakhtawar M H. Khowaja and Quratulain Shalwani
Impact of COVID-19 on the pre and post analytical clinical laboratory testing processes- A performance evaluation study using six sigma, Sibtain Ahmed, Farhat Jahan, Muhammad Umer Naeem Effendi, and Farooq Ghani
Impact of duration of antibiotic prophylaxis on rates of surgical site infection (SSI) in patients undergoing mastectomy without immediate reconstruction, comparing a single prophylactic dose versus continued antibiotic prophylaxis postoperatively: A multicentre, double-blinded randomised control trial protocol, Abida K. Sattar, Nida Zahid, Hania Shahzad, Rufina Soomro, Omema Saleem, and Syed Faisal Mahmood
Impact of enteral feeding on vasoactive support in septic shock: A retrospective observational study, Matthew Ewy, Masooma Aqeel, Michelle Kozeniecki, Kadam Patel, Anjishnu Banerjee, Daren K. Heyland, and Jayshil J. Patel
Impact of local terminology on the design of a community-based diagnostic and management algorithm for postpartum sepsis: Findings of formative research, Shabina Ariff, Fatima Mir, Wafa Aftab, Farrukh Raza, Shujaat Zaidi, Sheraz Memon, Amnesty LeFevre, Linda A. Bartlett, Peter Winch, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Impact of multidisciplinary team meetings and decision-making on cancer management in lower and middle income countries, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, and Muneeb Uddin Karim
Impact of pregnancy on cancer survival: Experience at a tertiary care hospital, Dur-e- Shahwar, Sheikh Irfan, Zaheena Islam, and Lumaan Sheikh
Impact of pulse oximetry on hospital referral acceptance in children under 5 with severe pneumonia in rural Pakistan (district Jamshoro): Protocol for a cluster randomised trial, Fatima Mir, Apsara Ali, Suhail Chanar, Amjad Hussain, Arjumand Rizvi, Imran Ahmed, Zahid Memon, Atif Habib, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Impact of scaling up Xpert ® MTB/RIF testing for the detection of rifampicin-resistant TB cases in Karachi, Pakistan, W M. Awan, S M A. Zaidi, Shifa Salman Habib, S Khowaja, A Malik, U Khan, R A. Ferrand, J Creswell, and A Khan
Impact of social franchising on contraceptive use when complemented by vouchers: A quasi-experimental study in rural Pakistan, Syed Khurram Azmat, Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Waqas Hameed, Ghulam Mustafa, Wajahat Hussain, Jamshaid Asghar, Muhammad Ishaque, Aftab Ahmed, and Mohsina Bilgrami
Impact of social isolation on mortality and morbidity in 20 high-income, middle-income and low-income countries in five continents, Ryo Naito, Darryl P. Leong, Shrikant Ishve Bangdiwala, Martin McKee, S V. Subramanian, Sumathy Rangarajan, Shofiqul Islam, Alvaro Avezum, Karen E. Yeates, and Syed Iqbal Azam
Impact of somatic comorbidities on quality of life of patients living with epilepsy in Sagamu, Nigeria, Philip Adebayo, Rufus O. Akinyemi, Folashade Oluwole, Shamsideen A. Ogun, and Adesola Ogunniyi
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and well-being of communities: An exploratory qualitative study protocol, Anam Shahil Feroz, Naureen Akber Ali, Noshaba Akber Ali, Ridah Feroz, Salima Nazim Meghani, and Sarah Saleem
Impact of upfront Xpert testing on time to treatment initiation for multidrug-resistant TB, Shifa Salman Habib, A A. Malik, U Khan, S Khowaja, H Hussain, S M. Ayub, S Khan, J Creswell, A J. Khan, and S M A. Zaidi
Impact of using different predictive equations on the prevalence of chronic byssinosis in textile workers in Pakistan, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Muhammad Zia Muneer, Sara De Matteis, Andre Amaral, Peter Burney, and Paul Cullinan
Impairment of executive function in Kenyan children exposed to severe falciparum malaria with neurological involvement, Symon M Kariuki, Amina Abubakar, Charles RJC Newton, and Michael Kihara
Implementation and evaluation of a social media-based communication strategy to enhance employee engagement: Experiences from a children's hospital, Pakistan, Muneera A. Rasheed, Alma Arshad Hookmani, Sana Waleed, H Sundus Fatima, Soha Siddiqui, Muhammad Khurram, and Babar Hasan
Implementation and evaluation of employee health and wellness program using RE-AIM framework, Unab I. Khan, Asra Qureshi, Karishma Lal, Shehreen Ali, Arshnoor Barkatalia, and Shamim Nayani
Implementation of an infant male circumcision programme, Pakistan, Shazia Moosa, Ammar Ali Muhammad, Sohail Asghar Dogar, Sundus Iftikhar, Walter Johnson, Asad Latif, and Lubna Samad
Implementation of evidence-based antenatal care in Mozambique: a cluster randomized controlled trial: study protocol, Leonardo Chavane, Mario Merialdi, Ana Pilar Betrán, Jennifer Requejo-Harris, Eduardo Bergel, Alicia Aleman, Mercedes Colomar, Maria Luisa Cafferata, Alicia Carbonell, and Marleen Temmerman
Implementation of surgical site infection surveillance in low- and middle-income countries: A position statement for the International Society for Infectious Diseases, Shaheen Mehtar, Anthony Wanyoro, Folasade Ogunsola, Emmanuel A. Ameh, Peter Nthumba, Claire Kilpatrick, Gunturu Revathi, Anastasia Antoniadou, Helen Giamarelou, and Anucha Apisarnthanarak
Implementation research on measuring quality in primary care: Balancing national needs with learning from the eastern Mediterranean region, Mondher Letaief, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Sheila Leatherman, Alaa A. Sayed, Aziz Sheikh, and Sameen Siddiqi
Implications for schools reopening during the second wave of COVID-19 in Pakistan, Nousheen Pradhan and Kashmira Nanji
Implications of ridesharing on alcohol-associated motor vehicle crashes: Not behind the wheel, Adil H. Haider and Hamna Shahbaz
Improved access increases postpartum uptake of contraceptive implants among HIV-positive women in Rwanda, Nathalie Dhont, Gilles François Ndayisaba, Cécile Alexandra Peltier, Aniceth Nzabonimpa, Marleen Temmerman, and Janneke Van De Wijgert
Improved clinical competence and patients satisfaction: Comparison of patient-centered, interdisciplinary collaborative round versus traditional post-partum round, Arshia Javed, Arjumand Sohaila, Irfan Sheikh, and Nida Qadir
Improved first trimester maternal iodine status with preconception supplementation: The women first trial, Amy E. Young, Jennifer F. Kemp, Charis Uhlson, Jamie L. Westcott, Sumera Aziz Ali, Sarah Saleem, Ana Garcès, Lester Figueroa, Manjunath S. Somannavar, and Shivaprasad S. Goudar
Improved quality of management of eclampsia patients through criteria based audit at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Bridging the quality gap, Hussein Kidanto, Peter Wangwe, Charles D. Kilewo, Lennarth Nystrom, and Gunnila Lindmark
Improving antibiotic use through behaviour change: A systematic review of interventions evaluated in low- and middle-income countries, Carla Cuevas, Neha Batura, Luh Putu Lila Wulandari, Mishal Khan, and Virginia Wiseman
Improving palliative care with Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Komal Valliani
Improving social justice in COVID-19 health research: Interim guidelines for reporting health equity in observational studies, Alba Antequera, Daeria O. Lawson, Stephen G. Noorduyn, Omar Dewidar, Marc Avey, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Catherine Chamberlain, Holly Ellingwood, Damian Francis, and Sarah Funnell
Improving Standards of Care in Obstructed Labour: A Criteria-Based Audit at a Referral Hospital in a Low-Resource Setting in Tanzania, Andrew H. Mgaya, Hussein Kidanto, Lennarth Nystrom, and Birgitta Essén
Inadvertent Stone Migration During Pneumatic Lithotripsy: Still a Conundrum in the 21st Century, Ali Akbar Zehri, Miten Patel, Philip Adebayo, and Authar Ali
Incidence and pathophysiology of diabetes in south Asian adults living in India and Pakistan compared with US blacks and whites, K M Venkat Naraya, Dimple Kondal, Natalie Daya, Unjali P. Gujral, Deepa Mohan, Shivani A. Patel, Roopa Shivashankar, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Lisa R. Staimez, and Muhammad Masood Kadir
Incidence and risk factors of delirium in surgical intensive care unit, Muhammad Asghar Ali, Madiha Hashmi, Waqas Ahmed, Syed Amir Raza, Muhammad Faisal Khan, and Bushra Salim
Incidence of diabetes in south Asian young adults compared to Pima Indians, K M Venkat Narayan, Dimple Kondal, Sayuko Kobes, Lisa R. Staimez, Deepa Mohan, Unjali P. Gujral, Shivani A. Patel, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Roopa Shivashankar, and Muhammad Masood Kadir
Incorporating kidney disease measures into cardiovascular risk prediction: Development and validation in 9 million adults from 72 datasets, Kunihiro Matsushita, Simerjot K. Jassal, Yingying Sang, Shoshana H. Ballew, Morgan E. Grams, Aditya Surapaneni, Johan Arnlov, Nisha Bansal, Milica Bozic, and Tazeen H. Jafar
Increased risk of HIV in women experiencing physical partner violence in Nairobi, Kenya, Karoline Fonck, Leye Els, Nancy Kidula, Jeconiah Ndinya-Achola, and Marleen Temmerman
Increasing caesarean section rates among low-risk groups: a panel study classifying deliveries according to Robson at a university hospital in Tanzania, Helena Litorp, Hussein Kidanto, Lennarth Nystrom, Elisabeth Darj, and Birgitta Essén
Inculcating research curriculum in operative dentistry - endodontics residency programme: Experience and outcomes, Farhan Raza Khan, Rabia Ghafoor, Fahad Umer, and Munawar Rahman
Indirect determination of serum creatinine reference intervals in a Pakistani pediatric population using big data analytics, Sibtain Ahmed, Jakob Zierk, Imran Siddiqui, and Aysha Habib Khan
Indoor air quality and its relationship with cluster type in urban Pakistani households, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, U Rabbani, S Razzaq, K Minai, Muhammad Arslan Khan, S Naeem, Zafar Fatmi, and P Burney
Inequalities in early marriage, childbearing and sexual debut among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa, Dessalegn Y. Melesse, Réka M. Cane, Aveneni Mangombe, Macellina Y. Ijadunola, Adom Manu, Eniola Bamgboye, Abdu Mohiddin, Rornald M. Kananura, Elsie Akwara, and Elsabé du Plessis
Infection-related stillbirth: An update on current knowledge and strategies for prevention, Samia Aleem and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Infections of the Central Nervous System and Child Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, Amina Abubakar
Infective endocarditis secondary to mycoplasma pneumoniae, Huzaifa Dawood, Saad Nasir, Reem M. Khair, and Mustafa Dawood
Infiltrative gallbladder tuberculosis versus locally infiltrating tumour of the gallbladder: A diagnostic dilemma unmasked by histopathology, Asra Tus Saleha Siddiqui and Om Parkash
Influence of gender norms in relation to child’s quality of care: follow-up of families of children with SCD identified through NBS in Tanzania, Daima Bukini, Columba Mbekenga, Siana Nkya, Leonard Manasa, Sheryl McCurdy, Karim Manji, Julie Makini, and Michael Parker
Influence of gender roles and responsibilities on family planning decisions in adults, in Karachi, Pakistan: A qualitative analysis of open-ended interviews, Zara Sajwani, Murad M. Khan Dr., Saima Sachwani, Wardah Ahmed, and Tazeen Saeed Ali
Influence of incisor inclination and anterior vertical facial height on facial attractiveness in an adult Asian male, Umair Shoukat Ali, Rashna Hoshang Sukhia, Mubassar Fida, Adeel Tahir Kamal, and Ausjah Abbas
Influence of intrauterine growth status on aortic intima-media thickness and aortic diameter in near-term fetuses: A comparative cross-sectional study, Zohaib Akhter, Rozina Nuruddin, Syed Iqbal Azam, Ayesha Malik, and Nuruddin Badruddin Mohammed
Influence of marketing mix on adolescents’ voluntary HIV testing uptake in Tanzania: experience from physical evidence, Stephen Furaha Matemba, Elia John, Ismail J. Ismail, and Tumbwene Mwansisya
Influencers, amplifiers, and icons: a systematic approach to understanding the roles of Islamophobic actors on Twitter, Lawrence Pintak
Information seeking behavior of undergraduate students of the University of Karachi, Pakistan, Humera Ilhaq and Khushbakht Tousif
Inhibition of soluble epoxide hydrolase offers protection against fructose-induced diabetes and related metabolic complications in rats, S Ali Shah, Malik Hassan Mehmood, M Khan, I A. Bukhari, B I. Alorainey, and F Vohra
In-house instructional materials development at a private, English medium school in Karachi : A case study, Javeria Shamim Siraj
Innovation in surgical training: Simulating prosthetic heart valves and annuloplasty rings using pacifiers for cardiac surgery wet-labs in a resource limited setting, Sara Iqbal and Waris Ahmad
Institutional deliveries and stillbirth and neonatal mortality in the global network's maternal and newborn health registry, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Norman Goco, Manjunath S. Somannavar, Avinash Kavi, Sunil S. Vernekar, Antoinette Tshefu, Elwyn Chomba, Ana L. Garces, Sarah Saleem, and Farnaz Naqvi
Insufficient evidence to claim superiority of bone-ring technique over tent-pole augmentation in Cawood-howell's class IV defects, Faizan Javed and Farhan Raza Khan
Insulin protects cardiomyocytes against reoxygenation-induced hypercontracture by a survival pathway targeting SR Ca2+ storage, Yaser Abdallah, Anna Gkatzoflia, Dragan Gligorievski, Sascha Kasseckert, Gerhild Euler, Klaus-Dieter Schlüter, Matthias Schäfer, Hans-Michael Piper, and Claudia Schäfer
Integrating telepsychiatry services in a care setting in Kenya: a case report, Frank Njenga, Linnet Ongeri, Anna Nguithi, Jacqueline Anundo, Maryann Mugane, Zawadi Kimari, Gathoni Mbugua, Cushny Kaigwa, and Lukoye Atwoli
Integration of maternal postpartum services in maternal and child health services in Kaya health district (Burkina Faso): an intervention time trend analysis, Danielle Yugbaré Belemsaga, Anne Goujon, Halima Tougri, Abou Coulibaly, Olivier Degomme, Els Duysburgh, Marleen Temmerman, and Seni Kouanda
INTERGROWTH-21st Project international INTER-NDA standards for child development at 2 years of age: an international prospective population-based study, Michelle Fernandes, José Villar, Alan Stein, Eleonora Staines Urias, Cutberto Garza, Cesar G. Victora, Fernando C. Barros, Enrico Bertino, Maria Carvalho, Amina Abubakar, and Roseline Ochieng
Intermittent fetal heart rate monitoring using a fetoscope or hand held Doppler in rural Tanzania: a randomized controlled trial, Paschal Francis Mdoe, Hege Ersdal, Estomih Mduma, Jeffrey M. Perlman, Robert Moshiro, Peter Wangwe, and Hussein Kidanto
Internal mammary artery bypass, Intisar Ahmed and Srikanth Yandrapalli
International estimated fetal weight standards of the INTERGROWTH‐21st Project, J Stirnemann, J Villar, LJ Salomon, E Ohuma, P Ruyan, DG Altman, Amina Abubakar, and F Nosten
International pre-primary maths teaching guide: Year 1 workbooks A and B, Yasmeen Mehboob and Arif Karedia
International pre-primary maths teaching guide: Year 2 workbooks A and B, Yasmeen Mehboob and Arif Karedia
International pre-primary maths teaching guide: Year 3 workbooks A and B, Yasmeen Mehboob and Arif Karedia
International Prospective Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes in Patients With COVID-19, Thomas A. Kite, Peter F. Ludman, Chris P. Gale, Adriano Caixeta, Jacques Mansourati, Manel Sabate, Pilar Jimenez-Quevedo, Luciano Candilio, Parham Sadeghipour, and Mzee Ngunga
Interobserver reliability of the renal nephrometry scoring system: Experience from a developing nation, Kumail Khandwala, Dawar Khan, Zainab Hussain, Nida Sajjad, and Muhammad Ismail Alvi
Interpersonal psychotherapy delivered by nonspecialists for depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among Kenyan HIV–positive women affected by genderbased violence: Randomized controlled trial, Susan M. Meffert, Thomas C. Neylan, Charles E. McCulloch, Kelly Blum, Craig R. Cohen, Elizabeth Bukusi, Helen Verdel, John C. Markowitz, James G. Kahn, and David Bukusi
Interplay between Ca2+ cycling and mitochondrial permeability transition pores promotes reperfusion-induced injury of cardiac myocytes, Yaser Abdallah, Sascha A. Kasseckert, Wisam Iraqi, Maher Said, Tayyab Shahzad, Ali Erdogan, Christiane Neuhof, Dürsün Gündüz, Klaus-Dieter Schlüter, and Harald Tillmanns
Interplay between oxidative stress, SIRT1, reproductive and metabolic functions, Faiza Alam, Hareem Syed, Sofia Amjad, Mukhtiar Baig, Taseer Ahmed Khan, and Rehana Rehman
Interventions for common perinatal mental disorders in women in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Atif Rahman, Jane Fisher, Peter Bower, Stanley Luchters, Thach Tran, M. Taghi Yasamy, Shekhar Saxena, and Waquas Waheed
In the cost-conscious era: Ilizarov circular frame or uniplanar external fixator for management of complex open tibia shaft fracture, retrospective cohort study from a level-1 trauma center, Muhammad Atif, Yasir Mohib, Obada Hussein Hasan, and Haroon Rashid
In the Eye of the Beholder: How mass-mediated perceptions drive terror, Lawrence Pintak
Intimate partner violence after disclosure of HIV test results among pregnant women in Harare, Zimbabwe, Simukai Shamu, Christina Zarowsky, Tamara Shefer, Marleen Temmerman, and Naeemah Abrahams
Intimate partner violence against adolescents and young women in sub-Saharan Africa: who is most vulnerable?, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Martin K. Mutua, Abdu Mohiddin, Macellina Y. Ijadunola, Cheikh Faye, Carolina V. N. Coll, Aluisio J. D. Barros, and Caroline W. Kabiru
Intimate partner violence against women: A comprehensive depiction of Pakistani literature, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Rozina Karmaliani, Rida Farhan, Syeda Hussain, and Fatima Jawad
Intimate partner violence among HIV infected and uninfected pregnant women delivering at a National Hospital in Tanzania: using a modified screening tool, Hussein Kidanto, Andrew H. Mgaya, and Birgitta Essen
Intimate partner violence is a barrier to antiretroviral therapy adherence among HIV - positive women: Evidence from government facilities in Kenya, Bornice C. Biomndo, Alexander Bergmann, Nils Lahmann, and Lukoye Atwoli
Intra-Carpal Tunnel Steroid Injections Are Superior to Nsaids in Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Saba zaidi and Shafaq Abbas
Intracranial mesenchymal tumors with FET-CREB fusion are composed of at least two epigenetic subgroups distinct from meningioma and extracranial sarcomas, Emily A. Sloan, Rohit Gupta, Christian Koelsche, Jason Chiang, Javier E. Villanueva-Meyer, Sanda Alexandrescu, Jennifer E. Eschbacher, Wesley Wang, Manuela Mafra, and Nasir Ud Din
Intramedullary spinal cord lesions in children, Ummey Hani, Sameer Saleem Tebha, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Intraoperative hypothermia in patients undergoing Total knee arthroplasty: A cross-sectional study from a developing country, Ronika Devi Ukrani, Aiman Arif, Anum Sadruddin Pidani, Obada Hussein Hasan, and Shahryar Noordin
Introducing a flipped classroom in a pharmacology course, Sehrish Sajjad and Ambreen Gowani
Introduction: A Legacy of Raised Expectations, Leif Stenberg and Christa Salamandra
Introduction of a qualitative perinatal audit at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Hussein Kidanto, Ingrid Mogren, Jos van Roosmalen, Angela N. Thomas, Lennarth Nystrom, and Gunilla Lindmark
Introduction to research ethics and integrity, Satwat Hashmi and Ehtisham Altaf
Invasive liver abscess syndrome caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae: first Tanzanian experience, Nadeem Mehboob Kassam, Omar Mohamed Aziz, Samina Sadrudin Somji, Zainab Yusuf Fidaali, and Salim Ramzan Surani
Invasive liver abscess syndrome caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae: first Tanzanian experience, Nadeem Kassam, Omar Aziz, Samina Somji, Zainab Yusuf Fidaali, and Salim Ramzan Surani
Investigating teachers’ practices of designing achievement tests in grade vii and viii science in public and private schools in Chitral, Bashir ud din
Investigating the evidence of behavioral, cognitive, and psychiatric endophenotypes in autism: a systematic review, Kavita Ruparelia, Karim Manji, Amina Abubakar, and Charles R Newton
IN-VISION : Issue 8 - October 2020 - May 2021, Aga Khan University
In vitro comparison of various high-speed vitrectomy machines using dual blade cutters, Haroon Tayyab, Saima Jamil, and Shiraz Hashmi
Involvement of preoperative nurse: A strategy for optimization of risk factors before hospitalization for elective orthopedic surgeries at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Rahila Khamiso, Sunita Momin, and Nasreen Panjwani
Ionomic profiling of pericardial fluid in ischemic heart disease, Noman Khan, Satwat Hashmi, Amna Jabbar Siddiqui, Sabiha Farooq, Shahid Ahmed Sami, Nageeb Basir, Syedah Saira Bokhari, Hasanat Sharif, Sanaullah Junejo, and Syed Ghulam Musharraf
Is biological repair of heart on the horizon?, H R. Ahmad and Satwat Hashmi
Is COVID-19 impacting cancer screening in Pakistan? An observational study of cancer screening test requests during the pandemic, Sibtain Ahmed, Muhammad Abbas Abid, Noureen Niaz Ali, Junaid Ahmed, and Imran Siddiqui
Is COVID-19 pushing us to the fifth industrial revolution (Society 5.0)?, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Hamza M. Iftikar, and Ramsha Akhund
Is hypothyroidism associated with outcomes in fracture patients? Data from a trauma registry, Tashfeen Ahmad, Zehra Abdul Muhammad, and Sarah Nadeem
Islam enligt den Islamiska Staten - en islamologisk kommentar, Leif Stenberg
Islam, identity and professional values: A study of journalists in three Muslim-majority regions, Lawrence Pintak
Isolated gallbladder injury from blunt abdominal trauma: A rare co-incidence, Muhammad Rizwan Khan and Saleema Begum
Isolation, Identification, and Molecular Docking of Antidiabetic Compounds of Cyathea nilgiriensis (Holttum), S. Elavarasi, Gunturu Revathi, and K. Saravanan
Is pollen‐food syndrome a frequent comorbidity in adults with irritable bowel syndrome?, Kirtika Patel, Gemma Vila‐Nadal, Jasmit Shah, Mohamed H. Shamji, Lorna Swan, Stephen R. Durham, Kinesh Patel, and Isabel J. Skypala
Is proximal gastric cancer a different entity from distal gastric cancer? Anatomical site distribution of signet ring cell carcinoma and its association with helicobacter pylori infection, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Najiha Bilal Farooqi, and Noman Shahzad
Is time of birth a predictor of adverse perinatal outcome? A hospital-based cross-sectional study in a low-resource setting, Tanzania, Andrew H. Mgaya, Januarius Hinju, and Hussein Kidanto
IUD discontinuation rates, switching behavior, and user satisfaction: Findings from a retrospective analysis of a mobile outreach service program in Pakistan, Syed Khurram Azmat, Waqas Hameed, Ghulam Mustafa, Wajahat Hussain, Aftab Ahmed, and Mohsina Bilgrami
Joseph Mwizerwa, Joseph Mwizerwa
Journalism Education in the Pakistani Borderlands, Lawrence Pintak
Juvenile Dermatomyositis and Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Rare Association., Shazma Shamim
Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma: Clinicopathological characteristics of 8 cases of a rare vascular tumor and review of literature, Qurratulain Chundriger, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, Arsalan Ahmed, and Nasir Ud Din
Knowledge and attitude towards identification and management of sepsis among resident physicians in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Pakistan, Ainan Arshad, Abdul Aziz, Ahmed Ayaz, Syed Maaz Salahuddin, and Bushra Jamil
Knowledge and awareness of dental specialists, general dentists and dental assistants regarding SARS‑CoV‑2, Hafsa Qabool, Rashna Hoshang Sukhia, and Mubassar Fida
Knowledge and practices of family planning (FP) methods among women living in semi-urban areas of Karachi, Pakistan, Fatima Ali Jawad, Sanam Soomro, Saher Aijaz, and Tazeen Saeed Ali
Knowledge and practices: Risk perceptions of COVID-19 and satisfaction with preventive measures at workplace among maternity care providers in Pakistan, Rubina Izhar, Samia Husain, Muhammad Ahmad Tahir, and Sonia Husain
Knowledge, attitude, and barriers toward ADRs reporting among health-care professionals at tertiary care health settings in Peshawar, Pakistan: A web based study, Iftikhar Ali, Wiqar Ahmad, Arslan Rahat Ullah, Faheem Ullah Khan, Muhammad Ijaz, Sheraz Khan, and Tahir Mehmood Khan
Knowledge, attitude and perception of Pakistanis towards COVID-19; a large cross-sectional survey, Zoya Fatima Rizwan Ladiwala, Rubaid Azhar Dhillon, Ibrahim Zahid, Omar Irfan, Muhammad Sharjeel Khan, Safia Awan, and Javaid Ahmad Khan
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices against the growing threat of COVID-19 among medical students of Pakistan, Khola Noreen, Zil-E Rubab, Muhammad Umar, Rehana Rehman, Mukhtiar Baig, and Fizzah Baig
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the Pakistani population regarding facemasks during the covid-19 pandemic, Rubina Izhar, Samia Husain, Muhammad Ahmad Tahir, Sonia Husain, and Saba Hussain
Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 among Pakistani residents: Information access and low literacy vulnerabilities, Zafar Fatmi, Shafaq Mahmood, Waqas Hameed, Ibtisam Qazi, Muhammad Siddiqui, Anny Dhanwani, and Sameen Siddiqi
Knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceived barriers of emergency health care providers regarding sepsis and septic shock in a tertiary care centre: A cross-sectional study, Madiha Ismail, Umaira Aftab, Kiran Azizi, and Badar Afzal Khan
Knowledge gain of the non-vascular surgeons after attending a course on traumatic vascular emergencies, Zia Ur Rehman, Muhammad Asad Moosa, and Qamar Riaz
LABRAD : Vol 46, Issue 3 - May 2021, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi
LABRAD : Vol 46, Issue 4 - October 2021, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi
Lack of androgen receptor expression selects for basal-like phenotype and is a predictor of poor clinical outcome in non-metastatic triple negative breast cancer, Nazia Riaz, Romana Idress, Sadia Habib, and El Nasir Lalani
Lactoferrin reduces the risk of respiratory tract infections: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Akbar Shoukat Ali, Syed Shahzad Hasan, Chia Siang Kow, and Hamid A. Merchant
Large neurofibroma of the labia majora: A case report, Hussein Kidanto, Joshua Garison, and Peter Wangwe
Large-scale food fortification has great potential to improve child health and nutrition, Emily C. Keats, Kimberly D. Charbonneau, Jai K. Das, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Lateral ST-elevation myocardial infarction after donation of COVID-19 convalescent plasma in a naïve donor, Pirbhat Shams and Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan
Lead encephalopathy in an adult opioid abuser, Fatima Suleman, Karima Shoukat, Ainan Arshad, Nadeem Ullah Khan, and Mohammad Usman Shaikh
Learning from changes concurrent with implementing a complex and dynamic intervention to improve urban maternal and perinatal health in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2011-2019, Brenda Sequeira Dmello, Ziada Sellah, Grace Magembe, Natasha Housseine, Nanna Maaløe, Thomas van den Akker, Dan W. Meyrowitsch, Timothy Mushi, Mangalu Masweko, Dorcas Jidayi, Jos van Roosmalen, and Hussein Kidanto
Learning from terrorist mass casualty incidents: a global survey, Rosel Tallach, Sharon Einav, Karim Brohi, Kirthi Abayajeewa, Paer-Sellim Abback, Chris Aylwin, Nicola Batrick, Mathieu Boutonnet, Michael Cheatham, and Eunice Tole
Learning spaces for different kinds of students, Khawaja Mustafa and Furrukh Inayat
Lessons learned in stroke care during COVID-19 pandemic and preparing for future pandemics in the MENA+ region: A consensus statement from the MENA+-SINO, Amal Al Hashmi, Stephan von Bandemer, Ashfaq Shuaib, Ossama Yassin Mansour, Mohammad Wasay, Atilla Ozcan Ozdemir, Mehdi Farhoudi, Hosam Al Jehani, Adnan Khan, and Seby John
Level I nodal positivity as a factor for involvement of the submandibular gland in oral cavity carcinoma: A case series report, Hamdan Ahmed Pasha, Rahim Dhanani, Shayan Khalid, Kulsoom Ghias, and Mumtaz Jamshed Khan
Levels and predictors of self-care among patients with hypertension in Pakistan, Khairulnissa Ajani, Ambreen Gowani, Raisa B. Gul, and Pammla Petrucka
Leveraging collaborative care models to mitigate posttraumatic stress disorder after injury: We can do this!, Adil H. Haider and Hamna Shahbaz
Levonorgestrel intrauterine system embedded within tubal ectopic pregnancy: a case report, Dorothy Makena, Ingrid Gichere, and Khadija Warfa
Library Newsletter : Issue 2 - 2021, Office of the University Librarian
Library Newsletter : Spring 2021, Office of the University Librarian
Limiting the caesarean section rate in low risk pregnancies is key to lowering the trend of increased abdominal deliveries: an observational study, Ilse Delbaere, Hendrik Cammu, Evelyne Martens, Inge Tency, Guy Martens, and Marleen Temmerman
Lipedema, Ankit Vyas and Ghufran Adnan
Living with type 1 diabetes is challenging for Zambian adolescents: qualitative data on stress, coping with stress and quality of care and life, Given Hapunda, Amina Abubakar, Fons Van de Vijver, and Frans Pouwer
Longitudinal analysis of the vaginal microflora in pregnancy suggests that L. crispatus promotes the stability of the normal vaginal microflora and that L. gasseri and/or L. iners are more conducive to the occurrence of abnormal vaginal microflora, Hans Verstraelen, Rita Verhelst, Geert Claeys, Ellen De Backer, Marleen Temmerman, and Mario Vaneechoutte
Longitudinal association between parental-to-child-maltreatment and self-reported generalized anxiety disorder symptoms in Pakistani adolescents, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Ghazal Peerwani, Salman Muhammad Soomar, Apsara Ali, Salima Farooq, Naureen Akber Ali, Asif Khaliq, Muhammad Masood Kadir, and Syed Iqbal Azam
Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis and Neuromyelitis Optica spectrum Disorder: A Tertiary Care Centre Experience, Safia Bano, Muhammad Athar Javed, and Ahsan Numan
Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis: A Sub-Saharan Conundrum, Antonina Obayo, Sylvia Mbugua, and Sayed Karar
Long-term clinical and functional outcomes of distally based sural artery flap: A retrospective case series, Pervaiz Hashmi, Abeer Musaddiq, Muhammad Ali, Alizah Hashmi, Marij Zahid, and Zohaib Nawaz
Long-term clinical outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention in saphenous vein grafts in a low to middle-income country, Ghurfan Adnan, Intisar Ahmed, Javed Tai, Maria Ali Khan, and Hammad Hasan
Long-Term Mental Health and Quality of Life Outcomes of Neonatal Insults in Kilifi, Kenya, Dorcas N. Magai, Hans M. Koot, Charles R. Newton, and Amina Abubakar
Long-term neurocognitive and educational outcomes of neonatal insults in Kilifi, Kenya, Dorcas N. Magai, Hans M. Koot, Paul Mwangi, Esther Chongwo, Charles R. Newton, and Amina Abubakar
Long-term outcomes of survivors of neonatal insults: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Dorcas N. Magai, Eirini Karyotaki, Agnes M. Mutua, Esther Chongwo, Carophine Nasambu, Derrick Ssewanyana, Charles R. Newton, Hans M. Koot, and Amina Abubakar
Long-term patient-reported outcomes and patient-reported outcome measures after injury: The national trauma research action plan (NTRAP) scoping review, Juan P. Herrera-Escobar, Samia Y. Osman, Sophiya Das, Alexander Toppo, Claudia P. Orlas, Manuel Castillo-Angele, Angel Rosario, Mahin B. Janjua, Muhammad Abdullah Arain, and Adil H. Haider
Look who’s fair and balanced, Lawrence Pintak
Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) plus top hat for HIV‐infected women with endocervical intraepithelial neoplasia in Kenya, Michael H. Chung, Hugo De Vuyst, Sharon A. Greene, Hillary M. Topazian, Shahin Sayed, Zahir Moloo, Anthony Cagle, Evans Nyongesa Malava, Stanley Luchters, and Marleen Temmerman
Loperamide-induced cardiotoxicity: A case overlooked?, Sameen Iqbal, Sidra Malik Fayyaz, Yawer Saeed, and Masooma Aqeel
Loss of dystrophin staining in cardiomyocytes: A novel method for detection early myocardial infarction, Satwat Hashmi and Suhail Al-Salam
Loss to follow up of pregnant women with HIV and infant HIV outcomes in the prevention of maternal to child transmission of HIV programme in two high-burden provinces in Papua New Guinea: a retrospective clinical audit, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Claire Elizabeth Nightingale, Minh Duc Pham, Agnes Mek, Primrose Homiehombo, Mary Bagita, Justine Nankinga, Andrew Vallely, Lisa Vallely, and Stanley Luchters
Low-cost peer-taught virtual research workshops for medical students in Pakistan: A creative, scalable, and sustainable solution for student research, Ronika Devi Ukrani, Ayesha Niaz Shaikh, Russell S. Martins, Syeda Sadia Fatima, Hamna Amir Naseem, and Mishall Ahmed Baig
Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma incidentally discovered as an asymptomatic mediastinal mass: A case report and review of the literature, Mir Ibrahim Sajid, Sidra Arshad, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, Saulat Fatimi, and Nasir Ud Din
Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma of the parapharyngeal space: An unusual location, Muhammad Hammad Deewani, Muhammad Hassan Danish, Mohammad Sohail Awan, and Nasir Ud Din
Low performance of internal medicine senior residents in in-service examinations, Syed Ahsan Ali, Qamar Riaz, Zain Mushtaq, Safia Awan, and Muhammad Tariq
Low use of vacuum extraction: Health care Professionals’ Perspective in a University Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Henrik Makokha-Sandell, Andrew Mgaya, Johanna Belachew, Helena Litorp, Hussein Kidanto, and Birgitta Essén
Lung ultrasound patterns in paediatric pneumonia in Mozambique and Pakistan, Amy Sarah Ginsburg, Pio Vitorino, Zunera Qasim, Jennifer L. Lenahan, Jun Hwang Jun Hwang, Alessandro Lamorte, Marta Valente, Benazir Baloch, Muhammad Imran Nisar, and Fyezah Jehan
Machine Learning Approach to Identifying the Dataset Threshold for the Performance Estimators in Supervised Learning, Zanifa Omary and Fredrick Mtenzi
Machine learning for child and adolescent health: A systematic review, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Sarah Masroor Jeelani, Abeer Aziz, Muhammad Ibrahim Habib, Bilal Iqbal, Waqaas Akmal, Khan Siddiqui, Babar Hasan, Mariska Leeflang, and Jai K. Das
Machine learning guided postnatal gestational age assessment using new-born screening metabolomic data in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, Sunil Sazawal, Kelli K. Ryckman, Sayan Das, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Usma Mehmood, Amina Barkat, Farah Khalid, Muhammad Ilyas Muhammad Ilyas, Ambreen Nizar, and Fyezah Jehan
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Childhood Epilepsy at a Tertiary Hospital in Kenya, Pauline Samia, Nicholas Odero, Maureen Njoroge, Shem Ochieng, Jacqueline Mavuti, Sheila Waa, and Samson Gwer
Major depressive disorder in hemodialysis patients in China, Aimin Hu, Zhimin Xue, Tumbwene Mwansisya, An Zhou, Weidan Pu, Xudong Chen, Meng Sun, Peng Wang, Hua Fan, Zheng Wang, Xuan Ouyang, Zhening Liu, and Robert Rosenheck
Making hospitals health promotive, Shelina Bhamani and Areeba Zainab Makhdoom
Making the case for librarian expertise to support evidence synthesis for the sustainable development goals, Kate Ghezzi-Kopel, Jessica Ault, Gracian Chimwaza, Florian Diekmann, Erin Eldermire, Nasra Gathoni, Julie Kelly, Alison Annet Kinengyere, Megan Kocher, and Edda Tandi Lwoga
Male infertility: Role of vitamin D and oxidative stress markers, Maheen Shahid, Sher Khan, Mussarat Ashraf, Hina Akram Mudassir, and Rehana Rehman
Male Involvement in Reproductive and Maternal and New Child Health: An Evaluative Qualitative Study on Facilitators and Barriers From Rural Kenya, Adelaide Lusambili, Peter Muriuki, Stefania Wisofschi, Constance Shumba, Michaela Mantel, Jerim Obure, Lucy Nyaga, Kennedy Mulama, Anthony Ngugi, James Orwa, Stanley Luchters, and Marleen Temmerman
Male partners' knowledge and practices of antenatal care in district Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study, Muhammad Younas, Yasmin Parpio, Tazeen Saeed Ali, and Safia Awan
Male Sex Workers Who Sell Sex to Men Also Engage in Anal Intercourse with Women: Evidence from Mombasa, Kenya, Priya Mannava, Scott Geibel, Nzioki King’ola, Marleen Temmerman, and Stanley Luchters
Malignant and non-malignant causes of hypercalcemia: A retrospective study at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Sabiha Banu, Sumera Batool, Saadia Sattar, and Muhammad Qamar Masood
Malignant eccrine adenoma with sarcomatous (Heterologous) components: Report of a rare skin adnexal neoplasm with literature review, Hira Ishtiaq, Muhammad Abdulwaasey, Muhammad Usman Tariq, and Saira Fatima
Malnutrition and liver disease in a developing country, Asra Tus Saleha Siddiqui, Om Parkash, and Syeda Amrah Hashmi
Management of congenital absence of the cervix: A case report, Hussein Kidanto
Management of difficult airway in a pregnant patient with severely reduced mouth opening, Faisal Shamim, Aly Bahadur, Dinaz Ghandhi, and Anum Aijaz
Management of early rectal cancer: Current practice and future, Bhavani Mothe, Hasnain Zafar, and Shakil Ahmed
Management of Intracranial Haemangiopericytomas, Noman Ahmad, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Management of laryngotracheal trauma: A review of current trends and future directions, Muhammad Wasif, Rahim Dhanani, Shayan Khalid, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Muhammad Hassan Danish, Huzaifa Moiz, and Hamdan Ahmed Pasha
Management of maternal depression: Qualitative exploration of perceptions of healthcare professionals from a public tertiary care hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, Makkiya Jawed, Nousheen Pradhan, Rozina Mistry, Amirah Nazir, Sualeha Shekhani, and Tazeen Saeed Ali
Management of paediatric intracranial ependymoma, Syeda Kubra Kishwar Jafri, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Managing patient with coexisting emphysematous pyelonephritis and cystitis, Nadeem Iqbal, Anab Rehan Taseer, Nayal Ahsan, Priyanka Kumari, Tania Platero Portillo, Aminah Abdul Razzack, Faheem Ullah Khan, and Saeed Akhter
Mapping Broadcast Media Outlets and Accredited Journalists in Kenya: Towards Understanding News and Information Inequalities, Hesbon Owilla, Njoki Chege, Alex Awiti, and Caleb Orwa
Mapping maternal mortality rate via spatial zero-inflated models for count data: A case study of facility-based maternal deaths from Mozambique, Osvaldo Loquiha, Niel Hens, Leonardo Chavane, Marleen Temmerman, Nafissa Osman, Christel Faes, and Marc Aerts
Marriage and migration: Moroccan women’s views on partner choice, arranged and forced marriage in Belgium, Alexia Sabbe, Karima El Boujaddayni, Marleen Temmerman, and Els Leye
Maternal anaemia and duration of zidovudine in antiretroviral regimens for preventing mother-to-child transmission: a randomized trial in three African countries, Benn K.D. Sartorius, Matthew F. Chersich, Mary Mwaura, Nicolas Meda, Marleen Temmerman, Marie Louise Newell, Timothy M. M. Farley, Stanley Luchters, and the Kesho Bora Study Group
Maternal and fetal vascular lesions of malperfusion in the placentas associated with fetal and neonatal death: Results of a prospective observational study, Vardendra G. Kulkarni, K Byranahalli Sunilkumar, T S. Nagaraj, Zeeshan Uddin, Imran Ahmed, Kay Hwang, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Gowdar Guruprasad, Sarah Saleem, and Shiyam Sunder Tikmani
Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality among pregnant women with and without COVID-19 Infection: The INTERCOVID multinational cohort study, José Villar, Shabina Ariff, Robert B. Gunier, Ramachandran Thiruvengadam, Stephen Rauch, Alexey Kholin, Paola Roggero, Federico Prefumo, Marynéa Silva do Vale, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Maternal and newborn health risks of climate change: A call for awareness and global action, Nathalie Roos, Sari Kovats, Shakoor Hajat, Veronique Filippi, Matthew Chersich, Stanley Luchters, Fiona Scorgie, Britt Nakstad, Olof Stephansson, and CHAMNHA Consortium
Maternal and perinatal health research priorities beyond 2015: an international survey and prioritization exercise, Joao Paulo Souza, Mariana Widmer, Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu, Theresa Anne Lawrie, Ebunoluwa Aderonke Adejuyigbe, Guillermo Carroli, Caroline Crowther, Sheena M. Currie, Therese Dowswell, and Marleen Temmerman
Maternal health care professionals’ experiences and views on the use of obstetric ultrasound in Rwanda: A cross-sectional study, Ingrid Mogren, Joseph Ntaganira, Jean Paul Semasaka Sengoma, Sophia Holmlund, Rhonda Small, Lan Pham Thi, Hussein Lesio Kidanto, Matilda Ngarina, Cecilia Bergström, and Kristina Edvardsson
Maternal morbidity in the first year after childbirth in Mombasa Kenya; a needs assessment, Matthew F. Chersich, Nicole Kley, Stanley Luchters, Carol Njeru, Elodie Yard, Mary J. Othigo, and Marleen Temmerman
Maternal mortality in six low and lower-middle income countries from 2010 to 2018: Risk factors and trends, Melissa Bauserman, Vanessa R. Thorsten, Tracy L. Nolen, Jackie Patterson, Adrien Lokangaka, Antoinette Tshefu, Archana B. Patel, Patricia L. Hibberd, Sarah Saleem, and Saleem Jessani
Maternal near-miss and death and their association with caesarean section complications: a cross-sectional study at a university hospital and a regional hospital in Tanzania, Helena Litorp, Hussein Kidanto, Mattias Rööst, Muzdalifat Abeid, Lennarth Nyström, and Birgitta Essén
Maternal perceptions of factors contributing to severe under-nutrition among children in a rural African setting, Amina Abubakar, Penelope Holding, Martha Mwangome, and Kathryn Maitland
Maternal Sociodemographic Factors and Antenatal Stress, Maheshwari Andhavarapu, James Orwa, Marleen Temmerman, and Wangira Musana
Maxillofacial prosthodontists are needed for the rehabilitation of patients with congenital and acquired craniofacial defects, Syed Murtaza Raza Kazmi and Farhan Raza Khan
Measurement invariance of the Brief Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale among adolescents and emerging adults across 23 cultural contexts, Amina Abubakar, Fons van de Vijver, Itziar Alonso-Arbiol, Jia He, Byron Adams, Said Aldhafri, Arzu Aydinli-Karakulak, Josephine Arasa, Diana Boer, Ozgur Celenk, and Radosveta Dimitrova
Measurement Invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale in Roma Minority and Romanian Majority Adolescents in Romania, Radosveta Dimitrova, Carmen Buzea, Amina Abubakar, and Delia Stefenel
Measuring and predicting personal and household black carbon levels from 88 communities in eight countries, Ying Wang, Matthew Shupler, Aaron Birch, Yen Li Chu, Matthew Jeronimo, Sumathy Rangarajan, Maha Mustaha, Laura Heenan, Rehman Khawaja, Romaina Iqbal, and Khawar Kazmi
Measuring neurodevelopment in low-resource settings, Melissa Gladstone, Amina Abubakar, Richard Idro, John Langfitt, and Charles R Newton
Measuring socio-economic status of an urban squatter settlement in Pakistan using WAMI index, Nousheen Pradhan, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Fauzia Basaria Hasnani, Shireen Shehzad Bhamani, and Rozina Karmaliani
Mechanisms involved in postconditioning protection of cardiomyocytes against acute reperfusion injury, Tayyab Shahzad, Sascha Andreas Kasseckert, Wisam Iraqi, Victoria Johnson, Rainer Schulz, Klaus-Dieter Schlüter, Oliver Dörr, Mariana Parahuleva, Christian Hamm, and Yaser Abdallah
Mediatization in Pakistan: Perceptions of Media Influence on a Fragile Democracy, Lawrence Pintak, Brian J Bowe, and Syed Javed Nazir
Media viability in Kenya, Aga Khan University
Media viability in Tanzania, Aga Khan University
Media viability in Uganda, Aga Khan University
Mental Disorders Among Health Care Workers at the Early Phase of COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya; Findings of an Online Descriptive Survey, Edith Kamaru Kwobah, Ann Mwangi, Kirtika Patel, Thomas Mwogi, Robert Kiptoo, and Lukoye Atwoli
Mental health and well-being of older adults living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review, Patrick Nzivo Mwangala, Adam Mabrouk, Ryan Wagner, Charles R J C Newton, and Amina Abubakar
Mental health disorders among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey from three major hospitals in Kenya, Jasmit Shah, Aliza Monroe-Wise, Zohray Talib, Alphonce Nabiswa, Mohammed Said, Abdulaziz Abeid, Sood Mohamed, Mohamed Ali Mohamed, and Sayed Karar
Mental Health during COVID-19 Pandemic among Caregivers of Young Children in Kenya’s Urban Informal Settlements. A Cross-Sectional Telephone Survey, Vibian Angweny, Margaret Kabue, Esther Chongwo, Adam Mabrouk, Ezra Too, Rachel Odhiambo, Carophine Nasambu, Joyce Marangu, Derrick Ssewanyana, Eunice Njoroge, Eunice Ombech, Mercy Mokaya, Emmanuel Obulemire, Anil Khamis, and Amina Abubakar
Mental health of children and adolescents amidst COVID-19 and past pandemics: A rapid systematic review, Salima Meherali, Neelam Punjani, Samantha Louie-Poon, Komal Abdul Rahim, Jai K. Das, Rehana A. Salam, and Zohra S. Lassi
Mentorship in surgical training: Where do we stand?, Saleema Begum, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, and Madeeha Safa
Meropenem-induced pancytopenia in a preterm neonate: A case report, Kashif Hussain, Muhammad Sohail Salat, Naureen Mohammad, Ambreen Mughal, Sidra Idrees, Javaid Iqbal, and Gul Ambreen
Metaplastic breast carcinoma: Clinicopathological parameters and prognostic profile, Saroona Haroon, Shamail Zia, Umme Aiman Shirazi, Omer Ahmed, Ishaq Azeem Asghar, Asad Diwan, Anoshia Afzal, Muhammad Irfan, Syed Jawwad Ali, and Atif A. Hashmi
Metastatic choriocarcinoma in a young woman presenting as thyroid storm: A case report, Muhammad Saleem; Sher Sethi; Abrar Ali; and Zareen Kiran,
Metastatic renal cell carcinoma to pancreas and gastrointestinal tract: A clinicopathological study of 3 cases and review of literature, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, Nasir Ud Din, Ramin Saadaat, and Zubair Ahmad
Micronutrient powders and diarrhoea risk in infants and young children - Authors' reply, Emily C. Keats, Jai K. Das, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Micronutrient supplements can promote disruptive protozoan and fungal communities in the developing infant gut, Ana Popovic, Celine Bourdon, Pauline W. Wang, David S. Guttman, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Robert H J. Bandsma, John Parkinson, and Lisa G. Pell
Mid-axillary transversus abdominis plane block and stress response after abdominal hysterectomy: A randomised controlled placebo trial, Samina Ismail, Aliya Ahmed, Muhammad Qamarul Hoda, Samie Asghar, Aysha Habib Khan, and Aliya Aziz
Middle Eastern and North African Journalism, Lawrence Pintak
Mid-upper arm circumference assessment and comparison with weight for length Z-score in infants ≤6 months as an indicator of severe acute malnutrition, Mahjabeen Zehra, Ali Faisal Saleem, Zaubina Kazi, and Sadia Parkar
Midwives-we are all at sea but our boats are not the same, Grace Edwards
Might representation of the UK's international aid be overly positive?, Mishal Khan
Migraine and Fasting, Lubna Ashraf Jafri and Mohammad Wasay
Migration Status, Work Conditions and Health Utilization of Female Sex Workers in Three South African Cities, Marlise Richter, Matthew F. Chersich, Jo Vearey, Benn Sartorius, Marleen Temmerman, and Stanley Luchters
Mindfulness in the emergency department (MED): An asynchronous learning course to practise mindfulness and resilience in the emergency room of low resource setting, Syed Maaz Salahuddin and Shahan Waheed
Mitral arcades unexpectedly encountered during cardiac surgery, Aleksander Dokollari, Matteo Cameli, Gianluigi Bisleri, Mohammad B. Pervez, Didar-Karan Kalra, Michalis Demosthenous, Bobby Yanagawa, Marjela Pernoci, Subodh Verma, David Latter, and Massimo Bonacchi
Mobilising evidence, data, and resources to achieve global maternal and child undernutrition targets and the sustainable development goals: An agenda for action, Rebecca A. Heidkamp, Ellen Piwoz, Stuart Gillespie, Emily C. Keats, Mary R. D'Alimonte, Purnima Menon, Jai K. Das, Augustin Flory, Jack W. Clift, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Modifications in lumbar facet joint are associated with spondylolisthesis in the degenerative spine diseases: A comparative analysis, Komal Naeem; Karim Rizwan Nathani; Muhammad Danish Barakzai,; Saad Akhtar Khan; Hamid Hussain Rai; Fatima Mubarak; and Ather Enam
Modifier genes in microcephaly: A report on WDR62, CEP63, RAD50 and PCNT variants exacerbating disease caused by biallelic mutations of ASPM and CENPJ, Ehtisham Ul Haq Makhdoom, Syeda Seema Waseem, Maria Iqbal, Uzma Abdullah, Ghulam Hussain, Maria Asif, Birgit Budde, Wolfgang Höhne, Ambrin Fatima, and Shahid Mahmood Baig
Molecular surveillance of drug resistance: Plasmodium falciparum artemisinin resistance single nucleotide polymorphisms in Kelch protein propeller (K13) domain from Southern Pakistan, Najia Karim Ghanchi, Bushra Qurashi, Hadiqa Raees, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Molybdenum Cofactor Deficiency Causing Neonatal Seizures and Global Developmental Delay, Sundal Aziz, Javeria Raza Alvi, and Tipu Sultan
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Morbidity and mortality meetings; a new digital portal to enhance learning and objectivity, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, Kiran Ehsan, Gulzar S. Lakhani, and Ather Enam
Morbidity in relation to feeding mode in African HIV-exposed, uninfected infants during the first 6 mo of life: the Kesho Bora study, Kirsten A. Bork, Amandine Cournil, Jennifer S. Read, Marie-Louise Newell, Cécile Cames, Nicolas Meda, Stanley Luchters, Grace Mbatia, Kevindra Naidu, Philippe Gaillard, and Isabelle de Vincenzi
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Mortality among very low birth weight infants after hospital discharge in a low resource setting, Yaser Abdallah, Flavia Namiiro, Jolly Nankunda, Jamiru Mugalu, and Yvonne Vaucher
Mortality from esophagectomy for esophageal cancer across low, middle, and high-income countries: An international cohort study, S K. Kamarajah, D Nepogodiev, A Bekele, I Cecconello, R P T. Evans, A Guner A Guner, K. M. Inam Pal, A H. Memon, A Wajid, and N Khalil
Motivation: An integral part towards job satisfaction among nurses, Nasreen Panjwani
Mucormycosis in a patient with COVID-19 with uncontrolled diabetes, Muhammad Shakir, Muhammad Hassaan Arif Maan, and Shahan Waheed
Mucosal genomics implicate lymphocyte activation and lipid metabolism in refractory environmental enteric dysfunction, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Najeeb Rahman, Kamran Sadiq, Zubair Ahmad, Romana Idress, Junaid Iqbal, Sheraz Ahmed, Aneeta Hotwani, Fayyaz Umrani, Sana Syed, and Syed Asad Ali
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Multiple-micronutrient supplementation in pregnant adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and a meta-analysis of individual participant data, Emily C. Keats, Nadia Akseer, Pravheen Thurairajah, Simon Cousens, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Global Young Women’s Nutrition Investigators’ Group
Multi-subunit SARS-CoV-2 vaccine design using evolutionarily conserved T- and B- cell epitopes, Burkitkan Akbay, Syed Hani Abidi, Mahmoud A A. Ibrahim, Zhussipbek Mukhatayev, and Syed Ali
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) in Pakistani children: A description of the phenotypes and comparison with historical cohorts of children with Kawasaki disease and myocarditis, Shazia Mohsin, Qalab Abbas, Devyani Chowdhary, Farah Khalid, Abdul Sattar Sheikh, Zuviya Ghazala Ali Khan, Nadeem Aslam, Omaima Anis Bhatti, Maha Inam, Ali Faisal Saleem, and Adnan T. Bhutta
Music listening in families and peer groups: benefits for young people's social cohesion and emotional well-being across four cultures, Diana Boer and Amina Abubakar
Muslim men’s perceptions and attitudes on family planning: a qualitative study in Wajir and Lamu counties in Kenya, Batula Abdi, Jerry Okal, Gamal Serour, and Marleen Temmerman
Muslimska Församlingar och Föreningar i Malmö och Lund – en ögonblicksbild, Leif Stenberg and Rickard Lagervall
Mycoplasma genitalium and Other Reproductive Tract Infections in Pregnant Women, Papua New Guinea, 2015–2017, Michelle J.L. Scoulla, Philippe Boeuf, Elizabeth Peach, Ruth Fidelis, Kerryanne Tokmun, Pele Melepia, Arthur Elijah, Catriona S. Bradshaw, Glenda Fehler, and Stanley Luchters
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Nanomedicine in the treatment of glioblastoma, Syeda Kubra Kishwar Jafri, Syed Sarmad Bukhari, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
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National registry of interstitial lung disease from Pakistan, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Mosavir Ansarie, Talha Mahmud, Saadia Ashraf, Nisar Ahmed Rao, Arshad Javaid, Zubair Shaheen, Shereen Khan, and Afzaalullah Khan
Need for clinical guidelines for management of osteoporosis and way forward for Pakistan, Aysha Habib Khan and Manju Chandran
Need for more evidence in the prevention and management of perinatal asphyxia and neonatal encephalopathy in low and middle-income countries: A call for action, Vaisakh Krishnan, Vijay Kumar, Gabriel Fernando Todeschi Variane, Waldemar A. Carlo, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Stéphane Sizonenko, Anne Hansen, Seetha Shankaran, Sudhin Thayyil, and Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee
Needs assessment regarding occupational health and safety interventions among textile workers: A qualitative case study in Karachi, Pakistan, Numan Hussain, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Rozina Karmaliani, and Tanzil Jamali
Needs of Young African Neurosurgeons and Residents: A Cross-Sectional Study, Ulrick S. Kanmounye, Faith C. Robertson, Nqobile S. Thango, Alvin Nah Doe, Nourou Dine Adeniran Bankole, Pape Aicha Ginette, Solomon Ondoma, James A. Balogun, Beverly Cheserem, and Mahmood Qureshi
Negative Appendectomy Rate in Urban Referral Hospitals in Tanzania: A Cross-sectional Analysis of Associated Factors, Nyamuryekung’E Klint Masawa, Authar Ali, Miten Ramesh Patel, Aidan Njau, Omar Sherman, Ahmed JusabanI, and Ali Akbar Zehri
Neonatal jaundice and developmental impairment among infants in Kilifi, Kenya, Dorcas N. Magai, Michael Mwaniki, Amina Abubakar, Shebe Mohammed, Anne L. Gordon, Raphael Kalu, Paul Mwangi, Hans M. Koot, and Charles R. Newton
Neonatal outcomes and congenital anomalies in pregnancies affected by hypothyroidism, Zareen Kiran,; Aisha Sheikh; Khadija N Humayun; and Najmul Islam
Neurocognitive abilities in individuals with down syndrome-A narrative review, Sidra Kaleem Jafri and Karen Elizabeth Harman
Neurocognitive and mental health outcomes and association with quality of life among adults living with HIV: a cross-sectional focus on a low-literacy population from coastal Kenya, Moses Kachama Nyongesa, Patrick N Mwangala, Paul Mwangi, Martha Kombe, Charles RJC Newton, and Amina Abubakar
Neurocognitive correlates of seizure disorders in preschool children from rural Kenya: A population-based study, Symon M Kariuki, Amina Abubakar, Martha Kombe, and Charles RJC Newton
Neurodevelopment outcome of neonates treated with intraventricular colistin for ventriculitis caused by multiple drug-resistant pathogens-A case series, Kashif Hussain, Muhammad Sohail Salat, Gul Ambreen, and Javaid Iqbal
Neurological Associations of Covid-19 Vaccines, Rija Zehra Ghazanfar and Mohammad Wasay
Newborn care in Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Philippines: a comprehensive needs assessment, Els Duysburgh, Birgit Kerstens, Melissa Diaz, Vini Fardhdiani, Katherine Ann Reyes, Khamphong Phommachanh, Marleen Temmerman, Basil Rodriques, and Nabila Zaka
Newborn Mortality and Fresh Stillbirth Rates in Tanzania After Helping Babies Breathe Training, Georgina Msemo, Augustine Massawe, Donan Mmbando, Neema Rusibamayila, Karim Manji Karim Manji, Hussein Kidanto, Damas Mwizamuholya, Prisca Ringia, Hege Langli Ersdal, and Jeffrey Perlman
Newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism: Improvement in short-term follow-up by audit and monitoring, Hafsa Majid, Sibtain Ahmed, Imran Siddiqui, Khadija N Humayun, Hussain Karimi, and Aysha Habib Khan
New features and experiences in the nursing education system and nursing clinical practice in P. R. of China, Satwat Hashmi, Radka Molikova, Jing Xue, Jana Osmani, Jarmila Řehořova, and Marcela Bezdickova
New insights into paracrine mechanisms of human cardiac progenitor cells, Hagen Maxeiner, Nina Krehbiehl, Andrea Müller, Nadine Woitasky, Hakan Akintürk, Matthias Müller, Markus A. Weigand, Yaser Abdallah, Sascha Kasseckert, and Rolf Schreckenberg
Nicotinamide-cinnamic acid cocktail exerts pancreatic β-cells survival coupled with insulin secretion through ERK1/2 signaling pathway in an animal model of apoptosis, Syed Ali Raza Shah, M Israr Khan, Hira Jawaid, Urooj Qureshi, Zaheer Ul-Haq, and M Rahman Hafizur
Nitroglycerin, Kyle H. Kim, Connor C. Kerndt, Ghufran Adnan, and Derek J. Schaller
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Not time for an obituary just yet!, Shivaram Prasad Sing, Prajna Anirvan, K Rajender Reddy, Hari S. Conjeevaram, Giulio Marchesini, Mary E. Rinella, Kaushal Madan, Maria Letizia Petroni, Mamun Al-Mahtab, and Saeed Hamid
Nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases among recently diagnosed patients with diabetes mellitus and risk factors, Amna Subhan Butt, Saeed Hamid, Zishan Haider, Fatima Sharif, Mohammad Salih, Safia Awan, Aatif A. Khan, and J. Akhter
Non-communicable diseases among adolescents: Current status, determinants, interventions and policies, N Akseer, S Mehta, J Wigle, R Chera, Z J. Brickman, S Al-Gashm, B Sorichetti, A Vandermorris, D B. Hipgrave, N Schwalbe, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Non-compliance to social distancing during COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative cross-sectional study between the developed and developing countries, Faiqa Binte Aamir, Syeda Maria Ahmad Zaidi, Saadia Abbas, Syed Roohan Aamir, Syed Nauman Ahmad Zaidi, Karishma Kanhya Lal, and Syeda Sadia Fatima
Non-invasive predictors of response to tamsulosin for benign prostatic obstruction, Mohammad Shoaib, Muhibullah Bangash, Wajahat Aziz, and Hammad Ather
Non-surgical periodontal therapy effectively improves patient-reported outcomes: A systematic review, Shahrukh Khan, Taimur Khalid, Silvana Bettiol, and Leonard A. Crocombe
Note from a literary son, Peter Kimani
Novel reconstruction of neo-sternum with steel wires for recurrent chondrosarcoma, Sara Iqbal, Sajjad Ali, and Saulat Fatimi
NRXN1 deletion and exposure to methylmercury increase astrocyte differentiation by different notch-dependent transcriptional mechanisms, Marilena Raciti, Salma Jahan, Stefan Spulber, Giulia Gaudenzi, Zahra Khalajzeyqami, Mirko Conti, Britt-Marie Anderlid, Anna Falk, Ola Hermans, and Sandra Ceccatelli
Nuclear medicine PET scan cardiovascular assessment, protocols, and interpretation, Intisar Ahmed and Pavan Devulapally
Nuclear medicine SPECT scan cardiovascular assessment, protocols, and interpretation, Ghufran Adnan and Muhammad Nasir Rahman
Nurses' perceptions about the dignity of intubated patients, Nasreen Rafiq, David Arthur, Shirin Rahim, Yasmin Amarsi, and Eunice Ndirangu
Nursing education amidst COVID-19: Obstacles and way forward, Farida Bibi Mughal, Nasreen Rafiq, and Bibi Hajira Irshad Ali
Nutritional perspectives for the prevention and mitigation of COVID-19, Saeed Akhtar, Jai K. Das, Tariq Ismail, Muqeet Wahid, Wisha Saeed, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Obturator Nerve Block with Aqueous Phenol Reduces Hip Adductor Spasticity – A Single Centre experience, Sarah Razaq, Fahim Anwar, and Muhammad Aleem Arshad
Occult hepatitis B virus infection in a Kenyan cohort of HIV infected anti-retroviral therapy naïve adults, Adil Salyani, Jasmit Shah, Rodney Adam, George Otieno, Evelyn Mbugua, and Reena Shah
Occult nodal metastasis in oral cavity cancers, Asif Ali Arain, Muhammad Shaheryar Ahmed Rajput, Shakil Akhtar Ansari, Zafar Mahmood, Ahmad Nawaz Ahmad, Muhammad Razzaq Dogar, and Anwar Suhail
Office blood pressure measurement: A comprehensive review, Saulat Siddique, Aamir Hameed Khan, Hunaina Shahab, Yu-Qing Zhang, Jam Chin Tay, Peera Buranakitjaroen, Yuda Turana, Narsingh Verma, Chen-Huan Chen, and Hao-Min Cheng
Off-label use of direct oral anticoagulants in patients receiving surgical mechanical and bioprosthetic heart valves, Ankur Kalra, Sajjad Raza, Baqir Hasan Jafry, Harley E. King, Joseph A. Lahorra, Lars G. Svensson, and Samir R. Kapadia
Of rattle snakes and grapes of wrath: rise, fall and rise of independent media in Kenya, Peter Kimani
Ogilvie syndrome: peculiar manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in non-institutionalized middle age female in Tanzania, Ahmed Jusabani, Mubashir Alavi Jusabani, Dhanji Karsan Patel, Dilipkumar Anant Pradhan, Kaushik Laxmidas Ramaiya, and Salim Ramzan Surani
“Old people problems”, uncertainty and legitimacy: Challenges with diagnosing Parkinson's disease in Kenya, Natasha Fothergill-Misbah, Richard Walker, Judith Kwasa, Juzar Hooker, and Kate Hampshire
Online assessment in undergraduate medical education: Challenges and solutions from a LMIC university, Syeda Sadia Fatima, Romana Idrees, Kauser Jabeen, Saniya Sabzwari, and Sadaf Khan
Online medical education and examinations during COVID-19: Perspectives of a teaching associate, Syed Mujtaba Baqir and Fatima Mustansir
Open and Distance Learning Programs for Nursing and Midwifery Education in East Africa: Protocol for a Scoping Review, Kahabi Isangula, Grace Edwards, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Columba Mbekenga, Eunice Pallangyo, Ahmed Sarki, and Eunice Ndirangu
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Operationalization of bi-directional screening for tuberculosis and diabetes in private sector healthcare clinics in Karachi, Pakistan, Mashal S. Basir, Shifa Salman Habib, Syed M A. Zaidi, Saira Khowaja, Hamidah Hussain, Rashida A. Ferrand, and Aamir J. Khan
Optical coherence tomography based indices in predicting functional outcome of macular hole surgery: A retrospective chart review, Haroon Tayyab, Rehman Siddiqui, Sana Jahangir, and Shiraz Hashmi
Optimizing Stroke Care In Baluchistan, Anjum Farooq, Wazir Akbar, and Ahmed Wali
Oral manifestations of Covid-19-A literature review, Huma Farid, Madiha Khan, Shizrah Jamal, and Rabia Ghafoor
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Organizational justice and mental health: A multi‐level test of justice interactions, Ronald Fischer, Amina Abubakar, and Josephine Nyaboke Arasa
Orthograde apical plug in a traumatized tooth with necrotic pulp and immature apex using calcium silicate cement: A case report, Shizrah Jamal and Fahad Umer
Our experience of mega-prosthesis in bone tumours: A retrospective cross-sectional study in a tertiary care hospital, Masood Umer, Eraj Khurshid Khan, and Javeria Saeed
Our experience of treating adult bone lymphoma, a retrospective cross-sectional study in a tertiary care center, Aga Khan University hospital, Karachi, Masood Umer, Muhammad Younus Khan Durrani, Javeria Saeed, and Nasir Ud Din
“Our voices matter”: a before-after assessment of the effect of a community-participatory intervention to promote uptake of maternal and child health services in Kwale, Kenya, Vernon Mochache, Eunice Irungu, Hajara El-Busaidy, Marleen Temmerman, and Peter Gichangi
Outcome of percutaneous screw fixation of posterior pelvic ring injuries, Hussain Wahab, Pervaiz Hashmi, Haroon Kasi, Naveed Baloch, Tashfeen Ahmad, Haroon Rashid, and Masood Umer
Outcome of traumatic inferior vena caval injuries: A case series, Zia Ur Rehman and Rimsha Farooq
Outcomes of patients with double/triple expressor diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) treated with R-DA-EPOCH/R-CHOP: A single-center experience, Kanta Devi, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Salman Adil, Maria Khan, and Salman Muhammad Soomar
Outcomes of tunneled cuffed hemodialysis catheters: An experience from a tertiary care center in Karachi, Pakistan, Sonia Yaqub, Muhammad Raheel Abdul Razzaque, Azib Aftab, and Nadeem Ahmed Siddiqui
Out-of-programme experience in UK neurosurgery trainees: optimising the transition back into clinical practice, J. Lam, G. Evans, R. M. deSouza, Beverly Cheserem, and C. M. Tolias
Out-of-school children: Examining the reasons in semi- urban setting in Pakistan, Nousheen Pradhan, Tanzil Jamali, Shireen Shehzad Bhamani, Tazeen Saeed Ali, and Rozina Karmaliani
Out-patient neurological disorders in Tanzania: Experience from a private institution in Dar es Salaam, Philip Adebayo, Omar Aziz, Rose E. Mwakabatika, Mandela Makakala, Mugisha Clement, Shabbir Adamjee, Noureen Mushi, Ahmed Jusabani, and Eric Aris
Ovarian seromucinous tumors: Clinicopathological features of 10 cases with a detailed review of the literature, Romana Idress, Nasir Ud Din, Sabeehuddin Siddique, Saira Fatima, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, and Zubair Ahmad
Overcoming the challenges of community-engaged emergency referrals in a rural district of Pakistan, Imran Naeem Abbasi and Sameen Siddiqi
Pacemaker malfunction, Muhammad Talha Liaquat, Intisar Ahmed, and Talal Alzahrani
Paediatric HIV and neurodevelopment in sub‐Saharan Africa: a systematic review, Amina Abubakar, Anneloes Van Baar, Fons JR Van de Vijver, Penny Holding, and Charles RJC Newton
Paediatric pseudo papillary pancreatic tumour: A case based review, Mir Ibrahim Sajid, Ayesha Saleem, and Muhammad Arshad
Pain management consultation for acute pancreatitis: Impact on length of stay and opioid utilization, Tendai Ushe, Shaheen E. Lakhan, Tonja Locklea, Ronex Muthukattil, Phyllis Whitehead, Andrew Benson, Asma Akbar Ladak, and Kimberly Ferren Carter
Palliative Care Nursing Development in the Middle East and Northeast Africa: Lessons From Oman, Jeannine M. Brant, Manal Al‐Zadjali, Faiqa Al‐Sinawi, Tayreez Mushani, Susan Maloney‐Newton, Ann M. Berger, and Regina Fink
Paradigm shift in the surgical training: The era of innovation, simulation and beyond, Syed Shahabuddin, Shiraz Hashmi, Yasir Khan, and Shahid Ahmed Sami
Parental education's role in child survival, Zohra S. Lassi and Rehana A. Salam
Parents’ and professionals’ perceptions on causes and treatment options for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in a multicultural context on the Kenyan coast, Joseph K Gona, Charles R Newton, Kenneth Rimba, Rachel Mapenzi, Michael Kihara, and Fons JR Van de Vijver
Parent training for autism spectrum disorder, Shamaila Ijaz, Farwa Rafaq, and Sonia Ijaz Haider
Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, Yamama Hafeez, Bryan S. Quintanilla Rodriguez, Intisar Ahmed, and Shamai A. Grossman
Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (Nursing), Yamama Hafeez, Bryan S. Quintanilla Rodriguez, Intisar Ahmed, Shamai A. Grossman, and Lisa M. Haddad
Pathogens associated with linear growth faltering in children with diarrhea and impact of antibiotic treatment: The global enteric multicenter study, Dilruba Nasrin, William C. Blackwelder, Halvor Sommerfelt, Yukun Wu, Tamer H. Farag, Sandra Panchalingam, Kousick Biswas, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Shahida Qureshi, and Farheen Quadri
Pathways and pathogenesis of hearing deficits, tinnitus, and vertigo in COVID-19, Abdul Mannan Baig
Patient outcomes association with patient factors and care provided: Trauma registry derived cohort study, Tashfeen Ahmad and Zehra Abdul Muhammad
Patterns of abnormal glucose metabolism in acromegaly and impact of treatment modalities on glucose metabolism, Sajjad A. Khan, Nanik Ram, and Qamar Masood
Patterns of left ventricular hypertrophy and late gadolinium enhancement on cardiac MRI in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and their prognostic significance - An experience from a south Asian country, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan and Sheema Saadia
Patterns of neurobehavioral functioning in school-aged survivors of neonatal jaundice and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in Kilifi, Kenya: A cross-sectional study, Dorcas N Magai, Charles R Newton, Paul Mwangi, Hans M Koot, and Amina Abubakar
Patterns of traumatic injuries and outcomes to motorcyclists in a developing country: A cross-sectional study, Russell S. Martins, Sabah Uddin Saqib, Mishal Gillani, Syeda Ramlah Tul Sania, Muhammad Umer Junaid, and Hasnain Zafar
Pediatric oncology infrastructure and workforce training needs: A report from the pediatric oncology east and Mediterranean (POEM) group, Muhammad Saghir Khan, Mazin Faisal Al-Jadiry, Nidale Tarek, Manal Zamzam, Raya Saab, Amita Trehan, Rawad Rihani, Abduhakim AlRawas, Sima Jeha, and Asim Belgaumi
Pediatric rheumatology in Africa: thriving amidst challenges, Angela Migowa, Djohra Hadef, Wafa Hamdi, Oscar Mwizerwa, Madeleine Ngandeu, Yassmin Taha, Faleye Ayodele, Kate Webb, and Christiaan Scott
Peer-assisted learning (PAL): An innovation aimed at engaged learning for undergraduate medical students, Hasan Salman Siddiqi, Rehana Rehman, Farzeen Fatma Syed, Russell S. Martins, Muhammad Talal Ibrahim, and Faiza Alam
Peer-led surgery education: A model for a surgery interest group, Muhammad Ali, Shahmir Chauhan, Ayesha Noor, Sadaf Khan, Ather Enam, and SIG Core
Peer-taught virtual research workshops for surgical residents: Protocol for a novel and sustainable solution to improving surgical research in Pakistan, Russell S. Martins, Ronika Devi Ukrani, Mohummad Hassan Raza Raja, Maria Khan, Haissan Iftikhar, Syeda Sadia Fatima, and Saulat Fatimi
Peer victimization and experiences of violence at school and at home among school age children with disabilities in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Rozina Somani, Julienne Corboz, Rozina Karmaliani, Esnat D. Chirwa, Judith McFarlane, Hussain Maqbool Ahmed Khuwaja, Nargis Asad, Yasmeen Hassan Somani, Ingrid Van Der Heijden, and Rachel Jewke
Pemphigus management guidelines: A life-saving perspective, Saadia Tabassum and Atiya Rahman
Perceived barriers on utilization of mental health services among adults in Dodoma Municipality – Tanzania, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Anne Outwater, and Zhening Liu
Perceived stress may mediate the relationship between antenatal depressive symptoms and preterm birth: A pilot observational cohort study, Sharifa Bashir Lalani, Aliyah Dosani, Ntonghanwah Forcheh, Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, Sana Siddiqui, Kiran Shaikh, Ayesha Mian, Ilona S Yim Ilona S Yim, and Maternal-infant Global Health Team (MiGHT) Collaborators in Research
Perception of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Real-life experience from Pakistan, Nazish Butt, Muhammad Ali Khan, Lajpat Rai, Riaz Hussain Channa, Hanisha Khemani, and Amanullah Abbasi
Perceptions and attitudes towards food choice in adolescents in Gaborone, Botswana, Corbett Brown, Sheila Shaibu, Segametsi Maruapula, Leapetswe Malete, and Charlene Compher
Perceptions and experiences of healthcare providers during COVID-19 pandemic in Karachi, Pakistan: An exploratory qualitative study, Anam Shahil Feroz, Nousheen Pradhan, Zarak Hussain Ahmed, Mashal Murad Shah, Nargis Asad, Sarah Saleem, and Sameen Siddiqi
Perceptions and understanding of diabetes mellitus technology in adults with type 1 or type 2 DM: A pilot survey from Pakistan, Sarah Nadeem, Uswah Siddiqi, Russell S. Martins, and Kaleemullah Badini
Perceptions, interpretations and implications of abortions: A qualitative enquiry among the legal community of Pakistan, Syed Khurram Azmat, Mohsina Bilgrami, Babar T. Shaikh, Ghulam Mustafa, and Waqas Hameed
Perceptions of Librarians on the Usefulness of DRM Technology in Protecting against Copyright Violation, Arnold Mwanzu
Perceptions of parenting styles and their associations with mental health and life satisfaction among urban Indonesian adolescents, Amina Abubakar, Fons JR Van de Vijver, Angela O Suryani, Penny Handayani, and Weny Savitry Pandia
Perceptions of surgeons on surgical antibiotic prophylaxis use at an urban tertiary hospital in Tanzania, Elizabeth Mmari, Eunice Pallangyo, Authar Ali, Dereck A. Kaale, Isaac Mawalla, and Muzdalfat Abeid
Perceptions of women, their husbands and healthcare providers about anemia in rural Pakistan: Findings from a qualitative exploratory study, Sumera Aziz Ali, Anam Shahil Feroz, Zahid Abbasi, Savera Aziz Ali, Ahreen Allana, K Michael Hambidge, Nancy F. Krebs, Jamie E. Westcott, Elizabeth M. McClure, Robert L. Goldenberg, and Sarah Saleem
Perfecting temporary pacemakers in a developing country, Farhala Mari Baloch, Ashmal Sami Kabani, Maleeha Naseem, and Aamir Hameed Khan
Performance and determinants of serum creatinine and cystatin C-based GFR estimating equations in south Asians, Yeli Wang, Andrew S. Levey, Lesley A. Inker, Saleem Jessani, Rasool Bux, Zainab Samad, Ali Raza Khan, Amy B. Karger, John C. Allen, and Tazeen H. Jafar
Performance and measurement of a community-based distribution model of family planning services in Pakistan, Syed Khurram Azmat, Shirin Ahmed, Waqas Hameed, Mohsina Bilgrami, Ayesha Khan, Adnan Ahmad Khan, and Ghulam Mustafa
Performance in mortality prediction of SAPS 3 And MPM-III scores among adult patients admitted to the ICU of a private tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania: a retrospective cohort study, Nadeem Kassam, Eric Aghan, Samina Somji, Omar Aziz, James Orwa, and Salim R. Surani
Performance of a validated spontaneous preterm delivery predictor in south Asian and Sub-Saharan African women: A nested case control study, Rasheda Khanam, Tracey C. Fleischer, Nansi S. Boghossian, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Usha Dhingra, Muhammad Ilyas, Usma Mehmood, Karim Muhammad, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, and Fyezah Jehan
Perianal magnetic resonance imaging findings and their potential impact on outcome in children with perianal fistulizing Crohn disease, Muhammad Rehan Khan, Jessica A. Ulrich, Nathan C. Hull, Akitoshi Inoue, William S. Harmsen, William A. Faubion Jr, Joel G. Fletcher, and Imad Absah
Pericardial fluid proteomic label-free quantification of differentially expressed proteins in ischemic heart disease patients with systolic dysfunction by nano-LC-ESI-MS/MS analysis, Junaid Ullah, Satwat Hashmi, Arslan Ali, Faisal Khan, Shahid Ahmed Sami, Nageeb Basir, Syedah Saira Bokhari, Hasanat Sharif, Hesham R. El-Seedi, and Syed Ghulam Musharraf
Periprocedural and in-hospital outcomes among percutaneous coronary intervention in saphenous vein graft: A retrospective observational study at a tertiary care hospital in south Asian country, Abdul Baqi and Sheema Saadia
Persistence of post-COVID lung parenchymal abnormalities during the three-month follow-up, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Anjiya Shaikh, Syed Muhammad Zubair, Akbar Shoukat Ali, Safia Awan, and Muhammad Irfan
Persistent post-surgical pain following breast cancer surgery: An observational study in a tertiary care hospital, Ali Sarfraz Siddiqui, Sana Zeeshan, Aliya Ahmed, and Shaista Khan
Perspectives on underlying factors for unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyle of adolescents at a Kenyan coastal setting, Derrick Ssewanyana, Amina Abubakar, Anneloes Van Baar, Patrick N Mwangala, and Charles R Newton
Pharmacist-directed vancomycin therapeutic drug monitoring in pediatric patients: A collaborative-practice model, Kashif Hussain, Rahila Ikram, Gul Ambreen, and Muhammad Sohail Salat
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Phase-contrast 3D tomography of Hela cells grown in PLLA polymer electrospun scaffolds using synchrotron x-rays, A Bhartiya, K Madi, C M. Disney, L Courtois, A Jupe, F Zhang, A J. Bodey, P Lee, C Rau, I K. Robinson, and Mohammad Yusuf
Phase I Study of Ramucirumab Plus Merestinib in Previously Treated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Safety, Preliminary Efficacy, and Pharmacokinetic Findings, Mansoor Saleh, Philippe A. Cassier, Lauriane Eberst, Gurudatta Naik, Van K. Morris, Shubham Pant, Catherine Terret, Ling Gao, Amanda Long, and Huzhang Mao
Phasing out diploma in nursing: Merits and implications on nursing education in Pakistan, Hussain Maqbool Ahmed Khuwaja
Philosophy, religion, and science: progressive Muslims, Lawrence Pintak
Photobiostimulatory effect of a single dose of low-level laser on orthodontic tooth movement and pain, Irfan Qamruddin, Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Verda Mahroof, Mubassar Fida, Mohd Fadhli Khamis, and Adam Husein
Phylogenetic and drug-resistance analysis of HIV-1 sequences from an extensive paediatric HIV-1 outbreak in Larkana, Pakistan, Syed Hani Abidi, George Makau Nduva, Dilsha Siddiqui, Wardah Rafaqat, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Apsara Ali, Aneeta Hotwani, Rashida Abbas Ferrand, and Fatima Mir
Physicians’ and nurses’ perspectives on the importance of advance directives in tertiary care hospitals, Nasreen Panjwani, Raisa B. Gul, Fauziya Ali, and Robyna Irshad Khan
Pick’s disease and subdural haematoma: A diagnostic red herring, Philip Adebayo, Funmilola Taiwo, Fatma Bakshi, and Sunham Nur
PIGG variant pathogenicity assessment reveals characteristic features within 19 families, Camille Tremblay-Laganière, Reza Maroofian, Thi Tuyet Mai Nguyen, Ehsan Ghayoor Karimiani, Salman Kirmani, Fizza Akbar, Shahnaz Ibrahim, Bushra Afroze, Mohammad Doosti, and Farah Ashrafzadeh
Placental villous changes among hypertensive and normotensive pregnant women at Kenyatta National Hospital, Collins Wangulu, Anne K. Barasa, Edwin O. Walong, and Patricia Okiro
Plagiarism in non-anglophone countries: A cross-sectional survey of researchers and journal editors, Latika Gupta, Javeria Tariq, Marlen Yessirkepov, Olena Zimba, Durga Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal, and Armen Yuri Gasparyan
Plasma Cell Leukemia: A Review of 3 Cases Managed in Kenya, Matilda Ong’ondi and Elizabeth Kagotho
Plasmodium in the bone marrow: Case series from a hospital in Pakistan, 2007-2015, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Basim Ali, Mahin Janjua, Ayesha Akbar, Syed Arish Haider, Bushra Moiz, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, John Kevin Baird, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Plexiform Fibromyxoma: A Rare Gastric Tumor, Casmir Wambura and Salim Surani
Point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted and genital infections during pregnancy in Papua New Guinea (WANTAIM trial): protocol for an economic evaluation alongside a cluster-randomised trial, Neha Batura, Olga PM Saweri, William Pomat, Caroline Homer, Rebecca Guy, Stanley Luchters, Glen Mola, Lisa M. Vallely, Christopher Morgan, and Grace Kariwiga
Poliovirus excretion among children with primary immune deficiency in Pakistan: A pilot surveillance study protocol, Asma Sadruddin Pethani, Zaubina Kazi, Ujala Nayyar, Muhammad Shafiq-Ur-Rehman, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Mach Ondrej, and Ali Faisal Saleem
Poor menstrual hygiene management: An adverse outcome of menstrual stigmatisation in Pakistan, Rabia Maryam Mustafa and Asmat Zehra
Population attributable fractions of clinical and social risk factors for suicide in Bangladesh: Finding from a case-control psychological autopsy study, S M Yasir Arafat, Md Abdullah Saeed Khan, Duleeka Knipe, and Murad M. Khan
Poroma, Naila Ahmed Jan and Sadia Masood
Positive End-Expiratory Pressure in Newborn Resuscitation Around Term: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Kari Holte, Hege Ersdal, Joar Eilevstjønn, Øystein Gomo, Claus Klingenberg, Jørgen Linde, Monica Thallinger, Hein Stigum, Anita Yeconia, Hussein Kidanto, and Ketil Størdal
Post-abortion care family planning use in Pakistan, Syed Khurram Azmat, Waqas Hameed, Muhammad Ishaque, Ghulam Mustafa, and Aftab Ahmed
Post COVID-19 tuberculosis: An emerging threat of pandemic, Aqusa Zahid, Nousheen Iqbal, Sarosh Moeen, and Muhammad Irfan
Postdischarge 24/7 hotline service for neurology and neurosurgery patients and 1-year impact on readmission rates, unplanned emergency department visits, and patient satisfaction, Shafqat Bibi, Rida Mitha, Kiran Bano, Farida Datoo, Nadia Karim, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Post Herpes NMDAR Encephalitis in A 8 Month Old Girl, Farida Jan and Shahnaz H Ibrahim
Postoperative myocardial injury in a patient with left ureteric stone and asymptomatic COVID-19 disease, Nadeem Kassam, Omar Aziz, Ally Zain Ismail, Rodgers Swai, Samina Somji, Robert Mvungi, Mustaafa Bapumia, Ali Akbar Zehri, and Salim Surani
Post-operative pain management modalities employed in clinical trials for adult patients in LMIC; a systematic review, Gauhar Afshan, Robyna Irshad Khan, Aliya Ahmed, Ali Sarfraz Siddiqui, Azhar Rehman, Syed Amir Raza, Rozina Kerai, and Khawaja Mustafa
Post-operative seizure control in patients with glioblastoma, Ummey Hani, Muhammad Ammar Haider, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Post operative sore throat: Comparison between Macintosh versus video laryngoscope in patients intubated by trainee anaesthetists - A randomised control trial, Amin Ahmed Kapadia, Faraz Shafiq, and Amir Raza
Postoperative subcutaneous emphysema following percutaneous nephrolithotomy: A rare complication, Hussam Uddin Soomro, Isaac Mawalla, Shabbir Adamjee, Nadeem Kassam, and Authar Ali
Postpartum weight change among HIV-infected mothers by antiretroviral prophylaxis and infant feeding modality in a research setting, Cecile Cames, Cournil Amandine, Isabelle de Vincenzi, Philippe Gaillard, Nicolas Meda, Stanley Luchters, Ruth Nduati, Kevindra Naidu, Marie-Louise Newell, and Jennifer S. Read
Post-residency fellowship training in maxillofacial prosthetics is needed in Pakistan, Syed Murtaza Raza Kazmi and Farhan Raza Khan
Post tuberculosis radiological sequelae in patients treated for pulmonary and pleural tuberculosis at a tertiary center in Pakistan, Syed Muhammad Zubair, Mariyam Gohar Ali, and Muhammad Irfan
Post-Vaccination Pharyngeal-Cervical-Brachial Variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Funmilola T. Taiwo, Daniel E. Ezuduemoih, and Philip Adebayo
Practical guide to survey research, Karen Brasel, Adil H. Haider, and Jason Haukoos
Practices and attitude of general physicians in Pakistan regarding post-traumatic stress disorder: A cross-sectional study, Fatima Kanwal, Javeria Nafis, and Marie Andrades
Preconceptional lipid-based nutrient supplementation in 2 low-resource countries results in distinctly different IGF-1/mTOR placental responses, Marisol Castillo-Castrejon, Ivana V. Yang, Elizabeth J. Davidson, Sarah J. Borengasser, Purevsuren Jambal, Jamie Westcott, Jennifer F. Kemp, Ana Garces, Sumera Aziz Ali, and Sarah Saleem
Preconception Care among Pregnant Women in an Urban and a Rural Health Facility in Kenya: A Quantitative Study, Joan Okemo, Marleen Temmerman, Mukaindo Mwaniki, and Dorothy Kamya
Precursor lymphoblastic lymphoma in the extramedullary tissue: A rare manifestation of chronic myeloid leukemia in blast crisis, Huma Mansoori, Maria Faraz, Hira Qadir, Anila Rashid, and Maria Ali
Predicting mortality in SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) positive patients in the inpatient setting using a novel deep neural network, Maleeha Naseem, Hajra Arshad, Syeda Amrah Hashmi, Furqan Irfan, and Fahad Shabbir Ahmed
Predicting the environmental suitability for onchocerciasis in Africa as an aid to elimination planning, Elizabeth A. Cromwell, Joshua C P. Osborne, Thomas R. Unnasch, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Katherine M. Gass, Kira A. Barbre, Elex Hill, Kimberly B. Johnson, Katie M. Donkers, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Predictors of death including quality of positive pressure ventilation during newborn resuscitation and the relationship to outcome at seven days in a rural Tanzanian hospital, Robert Moshiro, Jeffrey M. Perlman, Hussein Kidanto, Jan Terje Kvaløy, Paschal Mdoe, and Hege L. Ersdal
Predictors of fear of childbirth and depressive symptoms among pregnant women: a cross-sectional survey in Pwani region, Tanzania, Agnes Fredrick Massae, Margareta Larsson, Sebalda Leshabari, Columba Mbekenga, Andrea Barnabas Pembe, and Agneta Skoog Svanberg
Predictors of iron consumption for at least 90 days during pregnancy: Findings from national demographic health survey, Pakistan (2017-2018), Sumera Aziz Ali, Savera Aziz Ali, Shama Razzaq, Nayab Khowaja, Sarah Gutkind, Fazal Ur Rehman, and Nadir Suhail
Predictors of low birth weight and 24-hour perinatal outcomes at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a five-year retrospective analysis of obstetric records, Benjamin Anathory Kamala, Andrew Hans Mgaya, Matilda Michael Ngarina, and Hussein Kidanto
Predictors of mortality in hospitalized patients with influenza: A five-year experience from a tertiary care centre in Pakistan, Iffat Khanum, Amber Sabeen Ahmed, Safia Awan, Sabiha Banu, and Bushra Jamil
Predictors of recurrence of prolapse after procedure for prolapse and haemorrhoids, S. Festen, H. Molthof, A. A. W. van Geloven, Stanley Luchters, and M. F. Gerhards
Predictors of the severity of oral submucous fibrosis among gutka consumers: A regression analysis, Humayun Kaleem Siddiqui, Farhan Raza Khan, Ali Sadiq, U Hashmi, and Z Qaiser
Predisposing factors associated with stillbirth in Tanzania, Hussein Kidanto, Georgina Msemo, Donan Mmbando, Neema Rusibamayila, Hege Ersdal, and Jeffrey Perlmand
Preeclampsia and COVID-19: Results from the INTERCOVID prospective longitudinal study, Aris T. Papageorghiou, Philippe Deruelle, Robert B. Gunier, Stephen Rauch, Perla K. García-May, Mohak Mhatre, Mustapha Ado Usman, Sherief Abd-Elsalam, Ghulam Zainab, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Pregabalin Induced Hypersensitivity Reaction and Joint Pains in Patient with Lumbosacral Radiculopathy, Ramla Nayaib Hashmi, Iqra Khan, Ummul Kiram, Soobia .S Siddiqui, and Tamaniat .
Pregnancy after embolization for arteriovenous malformation: An uncommon successful outcome, Arshia Javed and Sana Sheikh
Pregnancy and childbirth outcomes among adolescent mothers: a World Health Organization multicountry study, Togoobaatar Ganchimeg, E Ota, N Morisaki, M Laopaiboon, P Lumbiganon, J Zhang, B Yamdamsuren, and Marleen Temmerman
Pregnancy cohorts and biobanking in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review, Jeffrey N. Bone, Kelly Pickerill, Mai-Lei Woo Kinshella, Marianne Vidler, Rachel Craik, Lucilla Poston, William Stones, Esperanca Sevene, Marleen Temmerman, and Angela Koech
Pregnancy outcome in primiparae of advanced maternal age, Ilse Delbaere, Hans Verstraelen, Sylvie Goetgeluk, Guy Martens, Guy De Backer, and Marleen Temmerman
Pregnancy outcomes and blood pressure visit-to-visit variability and level in three less-developed countries, Laura A. Magee, Jeffrey Bone, Salwa Banoo Owasil, Joel Singer, Terry Lee, Mrutunjaya B. Bellad, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Alexander G. Logan, Rahat Qureshi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Preliminary findings of a study on the practice of self-medication of antibiotics among the practicing nurses of a tertiary care hospital, Akbar Shoukat Ali, Rahim Jandani, Arwa A. Al-Qahtani, and Abdulkarem A S. Alenzi
Preparedness and impact of COVID 19 infection at tertiary care neurology centers in Pakistan, Dureshahwar Kanwar, Safia Awan, Ali Sajjad, Anjum Farooq, Lal Chand, Awais Bashir Larak, Abdul Malik, Mohammad Wazir, Adnan Aslam, and Mohammad Wasay
Preprints in times of COVID19: The time is ripe for agreeing on terminology and good practices, Raffaella Ravinetto, Céline Caillet, Muhammad H. Zaman, Jerome Amir Singh, Philippe J. Guerin, Aasim Ahmad, Carlos E. Durán, Amar Jesani, Ana Palmero, and Laura Merson
Preprocedural pool testing strategy for dentistry during the COVID-19 pandemic, Fahad Umer and Aysha Arif
Pre-treatment HIV-drug resistance associated with virologic outcome of first-line NNRTI-antiretroviral therapy: A cohort study in Kenya, Ingrid A. Beck, Molly Levine, Christine J. McGrath, Steve Bii, Ross S. Milne, James M. Kingoo, Isaac So, Nina Andersen, Sandra Dross, and Michael Chung
Prevalence and associated socioeconomic factors of multimorbidity in 10 regions of China: An analysis of 0.5 million adults, Siyu Zou, Zhicheng Wang, Maria Asif Bhura, Guoting Zhang, and Kun Tang
Prevalence and clinical outcomes of pleural effusion in COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Sawai Singh Rathore, Nabeel Hussain, Ade Harrison Manju, Qingqing Wen, Sohaib Tousif, Camilo Andrés Avendaño-Capriles, Maria Jose Hernandez-Woodbine, Gianpier Alonzo Rojas, Priyanka Vatsavayi, and Shayan Saleemi
Prevalence and correlates of home delivery amongst HIV-infected women attending care at a rural public health facility in Coastal Kenya, Stevenson K Chea, Tabitha W Mwangi, Kennedy K Ndirangu, Osman A Abdullahi, Patrick K Munywoki Munywoki, Amina Abubakar, and Amin S Hassan
Prevalence and determinants of inappropriate antibiotic dispensing at private drug retail outlets in urban and rural areas of Indonesia: A mixed methods study, Luh Putu Lila Wulandari, Mishal Khan, Marco Liverani, Astri Ferdiana, Yusuf Ari Mashuri, Ari Probandari, Tri Wibawa, Neha Batura, Gill Schierhout, and John Kaldor
Prevalence and effect of workplace violence against emergency nurses at a tertiary hospital in Kenya: a cross-sectional study, Betty Kibunja, Horatius Musembi, Rachel Kimani, and Samwel Gatimu
Prevalence and factors associated with common mental disorders in young people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review, Ezra K. Too, Amina Abubakar, Carophine Nasambu, Hans M. Koot, Pim Cuijpers, Charles RJC Newton, and Moses K. Nyongesa
Prevalence and factors associated with comorbid diabetes and depression among patients attending a private hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, Alamin Suleiman, Njeri Nyanja, Anthony Ngugi, and Nancy Kunyiha
Prevalence and mortality of epilepsies with convulsive and non-convulsive seizures in Kilifi, Kenya, Symon M. Kariuki, Anthony Ngugi, Martha Z. Kombe, Michael Kazungu, Eddie Chengo, Rachael Odhiambo, Amek Nyaguara, Brian G. Neville, and Charles RJC Newton
Prevalence and risk factors associated with multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) carriage among pediatric patients at the time of admission in a tertiary care hospital of a developing country. A cross-sectional study, Sonia Qureshi, Noshi Maria, Mohammad Zeeshan, Seema Irfan, and Farah Naz Qamar
Prevalence and risk factors for poor nutritional status among children in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania, Amina Abubakar, Jacqueline Uriyo, Sia E Msuya, Mark Swai, and Babill Stray-Pedersen
Prevalence, causes, and behavioral and emotional comorbidities of acute symptomatic seizures in Africa: a critical review, Symon M Kariuki, Amina Abubakar, Alan Stein, Kevin Marsh, and Charles RJC Newton
Prevalence, incidence and chronicity of child abuse among orphaned, separated, and street-connected children and adolescents in western Kenya: What is the impact of care environment?, Samuel Ayaya, Allison DeLong, Lonnie Embleton, David Ayuku, Edwin Sang, Joseph Hogan, Allan Kamanda, Lukoye Atwoli, Dominic Makori, Mary A. Ott, Caroline Ombok, and Paula Braitstein
Prevalence of allergic fungal sinusitis among patients with nasal polyposis, Rahim Dhanani, Shayan Khalid, Basit Salam, Hamdan Ahmed Pasha, Farah Hafiz Yousuf, and Mubasher Ikram
Prevalence of and risk factors for respiratory symptoms in an adult urban population, Z Akhter, S Razzaq, U Rabbani, Muhammad Irfan, P Burney, and Asaad A. Nafees
Prevalence of clinical spectrum of cutaneous adverse drug reactions in patients presenting at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Ayesha Hina 2nd, Sadia Masood, Sajjad Jamil, Saadia Tabassum, Palwasha Jalil, and Unzela Ghulam
Prevalence of Depression in Patients with migraine, a cross-sectional study from a tertiary care Hospital, Zuhaib Ahmed, Umar Farooque, Aijaz Ali, Syeda Urooj Riaz, Muhammad Ramzan, Vijaya Chaitanya Bollampally, Ehtesham Zahoor, Omer Cheema, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Rizwan Farooque, and Muhammad Daim Bin Zafar
Prevalence of HIV, viral hepatitis B/C and tuberculosis and treatment outcomes among people who use drugs: Results from the implementation of the first drop-in-center in Mozambique, CynthiaSemá Baltazar, Timothy A. Kellogg, Makini Boothe, Anne Loarec, Ernesto de Abreu, Manuel Condula, Erika Fazito, Henry F. Raymond, Marleen Temmerman, and Stanley Luchters
Prevalence of needlestick injury and nursing practices regarding safe injection and sharp disposal while working in critical care settings of two tertiary care hospitals, Shah Zeb and Tazeen Saeed Ali
Prevalence of Os Acromiale in an Indigenous East African Population: A Computerized Tomography Scan-based Study, Mordicai Atinga, Njalalle Baraza, Sarah Wambui, Wachira Joseph Thiong’o, and Angela Atinga
Prevalence of the Use of Herbal Medicines among Patients with Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, John Baptist Asiimwe, Prakash B. Nagendrappa, Esther C. Atukunda, Mauda M. Kamatenesi, Grace Nambozi, Casim U. Tolo, Patrick E. Ogwang, and Ahmed Sarki
Prevalence of vulvovaginal candidiasis and susceptibility to fluconazole in women, Tiene G.M. Bauters, Marc A. Dhont, Marleen Temmerman, and Hans J. Nelis
Prevalence, risk and protective indicators of common mental disorders among young people living with HIV compared to their uninfected peers from the Kenyan coast: a cross-sectional study, Moses K. Nyongesa, Paul Mwangi, Michael Kinuthia, Amin S. Hassan, Hans M. Koot, Pim Cuijpers, Charles R. J. C. Newton, and Amina Abubakar
Prevalence, risk factors and behavioural and emotional comorbidity of acute seizures in young Kenyan children: a population-based study, Symon M. Kariuki Kariuki, Amina Abubakar, Martha Kombe, Michael Kazungu, Rachael Odhiambo, Alan Stein, and Charles RJC Newton
Prevalence, risk factors and behavioural and emotional comorbidity of acute seizures in young Kenyan children: a population-based study, Symon M. Kariuki, Amina Abubakar, Martha Kombe, Michael Kazungu, Rachael Odhiambo, Alan Stein, and Charles R. J. C. Newton
Prevalence, risk factors, and neurobehavioral comorbidities of epilepsy in Kenyan children, Charles J Kind, Charles R. J. C. Newton, Symon M Kariuki, Amina Abubakar, and Neurodevelopment Disorders Study Group
Preventability of stillbirths: Context matters, Robert L. Goldenberg, Sarah Saleem, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Gowdar Guruprasad, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, and Elizabeth M. McClure
Preventable stillbirths in India and Pakistan: A prospective, observational study, Robert L. Goldenberg, Sarah Saleem, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Robert M. Silver, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Gowdar Guruprasad, Sangappa M. Dhaded, Haleema Yasmin, Khadija Bano, and Manjunath S. Somannavar
Prevention of falls in hospital: Audit report from a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan, Anum Sadruddin Pidani, Tashfeen Ahmad, Nasreen Panjwani, and Shahryar Noordin
Primary diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of the prostate presenting with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), Ayesha Nusrat and Syed Muhammad Nazim
Primary follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of breast: 2 further cases with review of the literature, Amna Rashid Hanfee, Kinzah Razzak Ghazi, Zoonish Ashfaq, Naila Kayani, and Nasir Ud Din
Primary healthcare providers’ views on improving sexual and reproductive healthcare for adolescents in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua, Lina Jaruseviciene, Miguel Orozco, Marcia Ibarra, Freddy Cordova Ossio, Bernardo Vega, Nancy Auquilla, Joel Medina, Anna C. Gorter, Peter Decat, and Marleen Temmerman
Primary synchronous malignancies of the breast and the kidney, Rehan Nasir Khan, Zehra Kazmi, Lubna Mushtaque Vohra, and Zeeshan Uddin
Primary trauma care course: Alternative basic trauma course in developing countries. "The need of the hour", Muhammad Muzzammil, Muhammad Saeed Minhas, Shireen A A. Ramzan Ali, Rashid Jooma, Muhammad Owais Minhas, and Saadia Jabbar
PRIME-IPD SERIES Part 1. The PRIME-IPD tool promoted verification and standardization of study datasets retrieved for IPD meta-analysis, Omar Dewidar, Alison Riddle, Elizabeth Ghogomu, Alomgir Hossain, Paul Arora, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Robert E. Black, Simon Cousens, Michelle F. Gaffey, and Christine Mathew
PRIME-IPD SERIES Part 3. The PRIME-IPD tool fills a gap in guidance for preparing IPD for analysis, Omar Dewidar, Alison Riddle, Elizabeth Ghogomu, Alomgir Hossain, Paul Arora, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Robert E. Black, Simon Cousens, Christine Mathew, and Jessica Trawin
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor incidence, treatment patterns, and outcome: An analysis of the National Cancer Database, Matthew R. Woeste, Neal Bhutiani, Young K. Hong, Jasmit Shah, Woihwan Kim, Michael E. Egger, Prejesh Philips, Kelly M. McMasters, Robert C. G. Martin, and Charles R. Scoggins
Priority interventions to reduce HIV transmission in sex work settings in sub-Saharan Africa and delivery of these services, Matthew F. Chersich, Stanley Luchters, Innocent Ntaganira, Antonio Gerbase, Ying-Ru Lo, Fiona Scorgie, and Richard Steen
Probabilistic measures of HIV-1 transmission in different HIV-1 key population groups of Larkana, Pakistan, Syed Rizwan-Ul-Hasa, Abiha Abdullah, Shakil Arshad Siddiqui, Shakil Ahmed, Sharaf Ali Shah, Fatima Mir, and Syed Hani Abidi
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Professional image of nursing and midwifery in East Africa: an exploratory analysis, Eunice Ndirangu, Ahmed Sarki, Columba Mbekenga, and Grace Edwards
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Prof. Lukoye Atwoli, Lukoye Atwoli
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Prognostic significance of ischaemic electrocardiographic changes during stress testing in patients with normal nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging, Ghufran Adnan, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Umaira Alauddin, and Maria Ali Khan
Prognostic value of serum procalcitonin in COVID-19 patients: A systematic review, Sibtain Ahmed, Lena Jafri, Zahra Hoodbhoy, and Imran Siddiqui
Programme, Reimagining Library Spaces in the Digital Era
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Prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time secondary to factor XII deficiency in two surgical patients, Bushra Moiz, Muhammed Wahhaab Sadiq, Muhammad Abdullah Javed, Baqir Hasan Jafry, and Muhammad Anees
Promoting Positive Birth Experiences: Supporting Pregnant and Lactating Women During the COVID-19 Crisis, Marina Baig, Shelina Bhamani, Zohra Kurji, Lumaan Sheikh, and Rozina Karmaliani
Prompt Attention: Labour and Childbirth Services and Maternal Complications in Two Referral Hospitals in Tanzania, Lucy Kisaka and David Makoko
Protamine 1/protamine 2 mRNA ratio in nonobstructive azoospermic patients, Sofia Amjad, Shamim Mushtaq, Rehana Rehman, Adnan Munir, Nida Zahid, and Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddique
Protective role of soluble adenylyl cyclase against reperfusion-induced injury of cardiac cells, Laura Rinaldi, Sofya Pozdniakova, Vignesh Jayarajan, Christian Troidl, Yaser Abdallah, Muhammad Aslam, and Yury Ladilov
Proteomics-derived basal biomarker DNA-PKcs is associated with intrinsic subtype and long-term clinical outcomes in breast cancer, Karama Asleh, Nazia Riaz, Angela S. Cheng, Dongxia Gao, Samuel C Y. Leung, Meenakshi Anurag, and Torsten O. Nielsen
Provision of Palliative Care Services for Cancer Patients in the Community in Africa, John Weru and Esther W. Nafula
Proximal subclavian artery injury managed without performing median sternotomy: A case report, Zia Ur Rehman
Pseudomyxoma pleurii and peritonei secondary to sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma: a rare clinico-pathologico-radiological presentation, Casmir Wambura, Ahmed Jusabani, and Salim Surani
Psychological and physiological stress and burnout among maternity providers in a rural county in Kenya: individual and situational predictors, Patience A. Afulani, Linnet Ongeri, Joyceline Kinyua, Marleen Temmerman, Wendy Berry Mendes, and Sandra J. Weiss
Psychological autopsy study and risk factors for suicide in Muslim countries, S M Yasir Arafat, Murad M. Khan, Vikas Menon, Syeda Ayat-E-Zainab Ali, Mohsen Rezaeian, and Sheikh Shoib
Psychological distress and its associated factors among informal care givers of disabled young adults with traumatic brain injuries, Samera Punjwani, Yasmin Parpio, Rubina Barolia, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, and Nargis Asad
Psychological impact of COVID-19 and lock down measures: An online cross-sectional multicounty study on Asian university students, Karuthan Chinna, Sheela Sundarasen, Heba Bakr Khoshaim, Kamilah Kamaludin, Mohammad Nurunnabi, Gul Mohammad Baloch, Syed Far Abid Hossain, Areej Sukayt, Nevi Dalina, and Zahid Memon
Psychological well-being and socio-economic hardship among AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children in Guinea, Wim Delva, An Vercoutere, Catherine Loua, Cathérine Loua, Jonas Lamah, Stijn Vansteelandt, Petra de Koker, Patricia Claeys, Marleen Temmerman, and Lieven Annemans
Psychometric evaluation of the Major Depression Inventory among young people living in Coastal Kenya, Mark Otiende, Amina Abubakar, George Mochamah, David Walumbe, Christopher Nyundo, Aoife M Doyle, David A Ross, Charles R Newton, and Evasius Bauni
Psychotic-like experiences and associated socio-demographic factorsamong adolescents in China, Meng Sun, Xinran Hu, Wen Zhang, Rui Guo, Aimin Hu, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Li Zhou, Chang Liu, Xudong Chen, and Xiaojun Huang
Psychotic-like experiences, trauma and related risk factors among “left-behind” children in China, Meng Sun, Zhimin Xue, Wen Zhang, Rui Guo, Aimin Hu, Yihui Li, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Li Zhou, Chang Liu, Xudong Chen, Xiaojun Huang, Haojuan Tao, Jingcheng Shi, Zhening Liu, and Robert Rosenheck
Publisher correction to: Development of the Asia pacific consortium on osteoporosis (APCO) framework: Clinical standards of care for the screening, diagnosis, and management of osteoporosis in the Asia-pacific region, M Chandran, P J. Mitchell, T Amphansap, S K. Bhadada, M Chadha, D-C Chan, Y-S Chung, P Ebeling, N Gilchrist, and Aysha Habib Khan
Qualitative exploration of feasibility and acceptability of the modified Atkins diet therapy for children with drug resistant epilepsy in Kenya, Pauline Samia, Violet Naanyu, J. Helen Cross, Richard Idro, Paul Boon, Jo Wilmshurst, and Stanley Luchters
Quality assurance audit in adult cardiac anaesthesia, Syed Shabbir Ahmed, Mohammad Hamid, and Faisal Junejo
Quality improvement initiative in paediatric echocardiography laboratory in a low- to middle-income country, Shazia Mohsin, Babar Hasan, Mishaal Ather, Salima Ashiqali, Nadeem Aslam, Farah Khalid, Zain Adil Shabbir, Shaan Adil Shabbir, and Devyani Chowdhury
Quality of inpatient care of small and sick newborns in Pakistan: Perceptions of key stakeholders, Nousheen Pradhan, Ammarah Ali, Sana Roujani, Sumera Aziz Ali, Samia Rizwan, Sarah Saleem, and Sameen Siddiqi
Quality of life in children treated for craniopharyngiomas, Mishal Gillani, Sheza Hassan, Umme Hani Abdullah, Muhammad Waqas Saeed Baqai, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Quality of life of road traffic injury survivors aged 15-44 years suffered from moderate and severe head injuries in Karachi, Pakistan, S A. Abbasi, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Shafquat Rozi, Uzma Rahim Khan, and Rashid Jooma
Quantifying lives lost due to variability in emergency general surgery outcomes: Why we need a national emergency general surgery quality improvement program, Zain G. Hashmi, Molly P. Jarman, Joaquim M. Havens, John W. Scott, Eric Goralnick, Zara Cooper, Ali Salim, and Adil H. Haider
Quantifying long-term health and economic outcomes for survivors of group B Streptococcus invasive disease in infancy: protocol of a multi-country study in Argentina, India, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa, Proma Paul, Simon R. Procter, Ziyaad Dangor, Quique Bassat, Amina Abubakar, Sridhar Santhanam, Romina Libster, Bronner P. Gonçalves, Shabir A. Madhi, and Azucena Bardají
Quercetin exhibits potent antioxidant activity, restores motor and non-motor deficits induced by rotenone toxicity, Syeda Madiha, Zehra Batool, Saiqa Tabassum, Laraib Liaquat, Sadia Sadir, Sidrah Shahzad, Fizza Naqvi, Sadia Saleem, Sarwat Yousuf, and Saara Ahmad
Questioning the efficacy of quality assurance frameworks for teaching and learning: A case study from East Africa, Tashmin Khamis and Sam Scully
Randomised trials at the level of the individual, Jay J H. Park, Nathan Ford, Denis Xavier, Per Ashorn, Rebecca F. Grais, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Herman Goossens, Kristian Thorlund, Maria Eugenia Socias, and Edward J. Mills
Randomized controlled trial of continuous Doppler versus intermittent fetoscope fetal heart rate monitoring in a low‐resource setting, Paschal F. Mdoe, Hege L. Ersdal, Estomih Mduma, Robert Moshiro, Ingvild Dalen, Jeffrey M. Perlman, and Hussein Kidanto
Randomized controlled trials of remdesivir in hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 patients: A meta-analysis, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, Marcos Sanchez-Gonzalez, Jack Michel, George Michel, Odalys Frontela, Jorge Posada, Jose Cardona, and Eugenio Angueira
Rates and risk factors for preterm birth and low birthweight in the global network sites in six low- and low middle-income countries, Yamini V. Pusdekar, Archana B. Patel, Kunal G. Kurhe, Savita R. Bhargav, Vanessa Thorsten, Ana Garces, Robert L. Goldenberg, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sarah Saleem, and Fabian Esamai
Rates of IUCD discontinuation and its associated factors among the clients of a social franchising network in Pakistan, Syed Khurram Azmat, Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Waqas Hameed, Mohsina Bilgrami, Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Ishaque, Wajahat Hussain, and Aftab Ahmed
Rationale, design, and cohort enrolment of a prospective observational study of the clinical performance of the new contraceptive implant (Femplant) in Pakistan, Syed Khurram Azmat, Waqas Hameed, Anja Lendvay, Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Ahmed Siddiqui, Sajid Brohi, Asif Karim, Muhammad Ishaque, and Wajahat Hussain
Ratio of height to thyromental distance: A comparison with mallampati and upper lip bite test for predicting difficult intubation in Pakistani population, Saman Tauheed Ali, Khalid Samad, Syed Amir Raza, and Muhammad Qamarul Hoda
Reading habits of working mothers and its impact on child development, Humera Ilhaq and Raffat Parveen Dr.
Reading in English : Attitudes and strategies of B.Ed. (Hons) students in Karachi, Pakistan, Rabiya Ashraf Ganatra
Real-world challenges for patients with breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: a retrospective observational study of access to care in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria, Majid Twahir, Razaq Oyesegun, Joel Yarney, Andrew Gachii, Clement Edusa, Chukwumere Nwogu, and Gitangu Mangutha
Reasons for patients with non-urgent conditions attending the emergency department in Kenya: A qualitative study, Caroline Matifary, Benjamin Wachira, Njeri Nyanja, and Caroline Kathomi
Reassessing the July effect: 30 years of evidence show no difference in outcomes, Cheryl K. Zogg, David Metcalfe, Claire M. Sokas, Michael K. Dalton, Sameer A. Hirji, Kimberly A. Davis, Adil H. Haider, Zara Cooper, and Judith H. Lichtman
Rebuilding trust on routine immunization in era of COVID-19 fear-role that civil society organizations can play hands-in-hand with immunization program, Ameer Muhammad, Daniyaal Ahmad, Eleze Tariq, and Yasir Shafiq
Reconstruction of hemiglossectomy defects with the lateral arm fasciocutaneous flap, Farooq Shahzad, Majid Khan, Kaleem Ahmed, Nida Zahid, and Mohammad Fazlur Rahman
Recreational substance use among patients with premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, Dhruv Mahtta, David Ramsey, Chayakrit Krittanawong, Mahmoud Al Rifai, Nasir Khurram, Zainab Samad, Hani Jneid, Christie Ballantyne, Laura A. Petersen, and Salim S. Virani
Red blood cell transfusion in critically-ill children and its association with outcome, Hafsa Sohail, Shah Ali Ahmed, Parveen Usman, Farah Khalid, Anwar Ul Haque, and Qalab Abbas
RE: Electrodiagnostic consultations in Zambia: Referral characteristics and neuromuscular disorders, Philip Adebayo and Funmilola T. Taiwo
Re-Emergence of monkeypox amidst delta variant concerns: A point of contention for public health virology?, Sarosh Sarwar, Upasana Maskey, Pawan Kumar Thada, Manaal Mustansir, Azza Sarfraz, and Zouina Sarfraz
Referral pattern and outcomes of neonates from secondary care setting of Aga Khan University hospital to tertiary care centers in Pakistan, Suneeta Khemani, Nazia Shamim, Adnan Mirza, Nadia Mohammad, Safdar Kagazwala, and Shakeel Ahmed
Reflections in a bloodshot lens: America, Islam and the war of ideas, Lawrence Pintak
Reflections of an earliest established screening and testing facility for COVID-19 in the largest Metropolis, Pakistan, Fatima Kanwal, Karishma Kanhya Lal, and Asra Qureshi
Regional trends in birth weight in low- and middle-income countries 2013-2018, Irene Marete, Osayame Ekhaguere, Carla M. Bann, Sherri L. Bucher, Paul Nyongesa, Archana B. Patel, Patricia L. Hibberd, Sarah Saleem, Robert L. Goldenberg, and Shivaprasad S. Goudar
Regulation, quality reporting and third-party certification of healthcare providers, Amir Jahan Khan and Muhammad Ashar Malik
Relationship between estimated average glucose (eAG) and fasting plasma glucose in a cohort of Pakistani diabetic subjects, Nanik Ram, Sibtain Ahmed, Saadia Sattar, Saira Furqan, and Najmul Islam
Relationship between mortality and feeding modality among children born to HIV-infected mothers in a research setting: the Kesho Bora study, Amandine Cournil, Isabelle De Vincenzi, Philippe Gaillard, Ce´cile Cames, Paulin Fao, Stanley Luchters, Nigel Rollinsg, Marie-Louise Newell, Kirsten Bork, and Jennifer S. Read
Relationship Between Obesity and Severity of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Tanzania, Philip Adebayo, Rose E. Mwakabatika, Mugisha Clement, Funmilola T. Taiwo, Asmita Ali, and Ali Akbar Zehri
Relationship of BMI with Junk Food, sleep pattern, exam performance and awareness about its ill health effects in healthy teenagers, Saba Tariq, Sundus Tariq, Saffee Tariq, and Rehana Rehman
Relationship of natural occlusal plane with different anatomical landmarks, Mehwish Khan, Syed Murtaza Raza Kazmi, Farhan Raza Khan, and Sameer Quraeshi
Relationships of adiponectin and matrix metalloproteinase-9 to tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 ratio with coronary plaque morphology in patients with acute coronary syndrome, Min Cheng, Satwat Hashmi, Xiaobo Mao, and Qiu Tang Zeng
Relative risk of anxiety and depression among COVID-19 survivor healthcare workers from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan: A pilot cohort study, Farnaz Zahoor, Zahid Nazar, Sarwat Masud, and Rehana Rahim
Reliability and validity of the RS14 in orphaned and separated adolescents and youths in western Kenya, Sarah C. Sutherland, Harry S. Shannon, David Ayuku, David L. Streiner, Olli Saarela, Lukoye Atwoli, and Paula Braitstein
Reorganising for COVID-19 pandemic: A review of structural modifications by the department of internal medicine in low to middle-income countries, Shakeel Ur Rehman, Muhammad Arslan Ahmed, Ghufran Adnan, and Maria Ali Khan
Repair of vesicouterine fistula by not using traditional O' connor method, Lubna Razzak and Raheela Mohsin Rizvi
Repeat Induced Abortion among Chinese Women Seeking Abortion: Two Cross Sectional Studies, Longmei Tang, Shangchun Wu, Dianwu Liu, Marleen Temmerman, and Wei-Hong Zhang
Repeat induced abortion in 30 Chinese provinces: A cross‐sectional study, Hao Luo, Shangchun Wu, Kun Wang, Jialin Xu, Longmei Tang, Marleen Temmerman, Wei‐Hong Zhang, and The INPAC consortium
Reperfusion injury as a therapeutic challenge in patients with acute myocardial infarction, Antonio Rodríguez-Sinovas,; Yaser Abdallah; Hans Michael Piper; and David Garcia-Dorado
Repetitivity and therapy of luteinized unruptured follicle syndrome, Marleen Temmerman
Repurposing potential of posaconazole and grazoprevir as inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 helicase, Syed Hani Abidi, Nahlah Makki Almansour, Daulet Amerzhanov, Khaled S. Allemailem, Wardah Rafaqat, Mahmoud A A. Ibrahim, Philip la Fleur, Martin Lukac, and Syed Ali
Research metric analysis of the Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi on Scopus database 2010-2019, Mohammad Yusuf, Peter Gatiti, and Ikram ul Haq
Research priorities in maternal and neonatal health in Africa: results using the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative method involving over 900 experts across the continent, Moses Alobo, Charles Mgone, Joy Lawn, Colette Adhiambo, Kerri Wazny, Chinyere Ezeaka, Elizabeth Molyneux, Marleen Temmerman, Pius Okong, and Address Malata
Resilience and its associated factors in brain tumor patients in Karachi, Pakistan: An analytical cross-sectional study, Nida Zahid, Russell S. Martins, Wajeeha Zahid, Wardah Khalid, Syed Iqbal Azam, Shireen Shehzad Bhamani, Khabir Ahmad, Adnan Abdul Jabbar, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Rashid Jooma, Gohar Javed, Muhammad Ehsan Bari, Nargis Asad, and Ather Enam
Resilience and its associated factors in head and neck cancer patients in Pakistan: An analytical cross-sectional study, Nida Zahid, Wajeeha Zahid, Wardah Khalid, Syed Iqbal Azam, Mubasher Ikram, Aneesa Hassan, Haissan Iftikhar, Shireen Shehzad Bhamani, Adnan Jabbar, Shabbir Akhtar, Moghira Siddiqui, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Nargis Asad, and Khabir Ahmad
Respiratory pathogens in patients with acute exacerbation of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis from a developing country, Shayan Shahid, Kausar Jabeen, Nousheen Iqbal, Joveria Farooqi, and Muhammad Irfan
Respiratory syncytial virus-associated mortality among young infants in Karachi, Pakistan: A prospective postmortem surveillance study, Abdul Momin Kazi, Obianuju G. Aguolu, Waliyah Mughis, Nazia Ahsan, Saima Jamal, Ayub Khan, Hanya M. QureshI, Inci Yildirim, Fauzia A. Malik, and Saad B. Omer
Response to letter by Payal M. Patel and Kyle T. Amber on "Pemphigus management guidelines: A life-saving perspective", Saadia Tabassum, Atiya Rahman, and Nosheen Nasir
Response to queries about "COVID-19 and adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Presentation and management", Ayesha Butt and Natasha Bahadur Ali
Rethinking vaccine hesitancy among minority groups, Mishal S. Khan, Sameen A Mohsin Ali, Addy Adelaine, and Abraar Karan
Retiform hemangioendothelioma: A case series and review of the literature, Qurratulain Chundriger, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Shabina Rahim, Jamshid Abdul-Ghafar, and Nasir Ud Din
Revisiting Caroli Syndrome in a Tanzanian Patient, Casmir Wambura; Sharma, Munishi; and Salim Suran
Rhabdomyolysis with COVID-19, Uzair Ahmed Mahmood, Joel D. Mermis, Noor-Mah Khan, and Wissam El Atrouni
Right to play's intervention to reduce peer violence among children in public schools in Pakistan: A cluster-randomized controlled trial, Rozina Karmaliani, Judith McFarlane, Hussain Maqbool Ahmed Khuwaja, Yasmeen Hassan Somani, Shireen Shehzad, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Nargis Asad, Esnat D. Chirwa, and Rachel Jewkes
Rising trend of women in gastroenterology: A paradigm shift, Lubna Kamani and Jeanin E Van Hooft
Risk Factor Characterization of Ischemic Stroke Subtypes Among West Africans, Fred S. Sarfo, Bruce Ovbiagele, Onoja Akpa, Albert Akpalu, Kolawole Wahab, Reginald Obiako, Philip Adebayo, Morenikeji Komolafe, Lukman Owolabi, and Godwin Ogbole
Risk factors and knowledge associated with high unintended pregnancy rates and low family planning use among pregnant women in Papua New Guinea, Elizabeth Peach, Christopher Morgan, Michelle J. L. Scoullar, Freya J. I. Fowkes, Elissa Kennedy, Pele Melepia, Primrose Homiehombo, Lucy Au, Stanley Luchters, and Alexandra J. Umbers
Risk factors and outcome of pulmonary aspergillosis in critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 patients-A multinational observational study by the European confederation of medical mycology, Juergen Prattes, Joost Wauters, Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, Jon Salmanton-García, Johan Maertens, Marc Bourgeois, Marijke Reynders, Lynn Rutsaer, Niels Van Regenmorte, and Kauser Jabeen
Risk factors and outcomes of prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass time in surgery for adult congenital heart disease: A single-center study from a low-middle-income country, Russell S. Martins, Ronika Devi Ukrani, Muhammad K. Memon, Waris Ahmad, and Saleem Akhtar
Risk factors for bacterial infections in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19: A case-control study, Nosheen Nasir, Fazal Ur Rehman, and Syed Furrukh Omair
Risk factors for suicide in Bangladesh: Case-control psychological autopsy study, S M Yasir Arafat, M A. Mohit, Mohammad S I. Mullick, Russell Kabir, and Murad M. Khan
Risk factors leading to pulmonary exacerbation in patients with cystic fibrosis: A systematic review, Danish Abdul Aziz, Syeda Khadija Fatima, and Hasan Nawaz Tahir
Risk factors of breast cancer among patients in a tertiary care hospitals in Afghanistan: A case control study, Zekrullah Baset, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, Yasmin Parpio, and Ahmed Maseh Haidary
Risk of infection and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among children and adolescents in households, communities and educational settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Omar Irfan, Jiang Li, Kun Tang, Zhicheng Wang, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Risk of restless legs syndrome in low socioeconomic rheumatoidarthritis patients, Muhammad Ishaq, Jibran Sualeh Muhammad, and Kamran Hamid
Risks for preterm delivery and low birth weight are independently increased by severity of maternal anaemia, Hussein Kidanto, Ingrid Mogren, Gunilla Lindmark, Siriel Massawe, and Lennarth Nystrom
Role of awake prone positioning in patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19: An experience from a developing country, Iffat Khanum, Fatima Samar, Fatimah Yousuf, Safia Awan, Adil Aziz, Kiren Habib, Nosheen Nasir, Syed Faisal Mahmood, and Bushra Jamil
Role of community engagement in maternal health in rural Pakistan: Findings from the CLIP randomized trial, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Sana Sadiq Sheikh, Rahat Qureshi, Javed Memon, Farrukh Raza, Mai-Lei Woo Kinshella, Jeffrey N. Bone, Marianne Vidler, Sumedha Sharma, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Role of contrast enhanced computed tomography in assessing cervical lymph node metastases in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma, Talha Ahmed Qureshi, Muhammad Wasif, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Adnan Yar Muhammad, Ainulakbar Mughal, and Abdullah Ameen
Role of gene therapy in fanconi anemia: A systematic and literature review with future directions, Shameel Shafqat, Eleze Tariq, Aric D. Parnes, Majed J. Dasouki, Syed O. Ahmed, and Shahrukh K. Hashmi
Role of gut microbiome in COVID-19: An insight into pathogenesis and therapeutic potential, Ikram Hussain, Gabriel Liu Yuan Cher, Muhammad Abbas Abid, and Muhammad Bilal Abid
Role of interferon gamma release assay in the diagnosis and management of mycobacterium tuberculosis-associated uveitis: A review, Samra Rahman, Muhammad Irfan, and Rehman Siddiqui
Role of interleukin-17 and interleukin-17-induced cytokines interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 in unstable coronary artery disease, Satwat Hashmi and Qiu Tang Zeng
Role of intra-operative ultrasound in brain tumour surgeries, Mohammad Hamza Bajwa, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Role of multidisciplinary neuro-oncology tumour boards in cancer management, Mohammad Hamza Bajwa, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Role of preoperative embolization in management of central nervous system tumours, Ummey Hani, Ahmer Nasir Baig, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, and Basit Salam
Role of the practicum in teacher preparation for multilingual classrooms in Tanzania, Anjum Halai and Peter Kajoro
Role of trans-radial band protocols in radial artery occlusion: Randomized trial, Nasir Rahman, Azmina Artani, Farhala Mari Baloch, Moiz Artani, Huma Fatima, Abdus Salam, and Sher Ahmed
Routine third-trimester ultrasound for the detection of small-for-gestational age in low-risk pregnancies (ROTTUS study): randomized controlled trial, Sikolia Wanyonyi, James Orwa, H. Ozelle, J. Martinez, Eunice Atsali, Sudhir Vinayak, Marleen Temmerman, and F. Figueras
Ruptured mycotic reverse saphenous vein graft aneurysm: A late complication of mediastinitis, Yasir Bilal Khan, Shiraz Hashmi, and Saulat Hasnain Fatimi
Ruxolitinib, Mawiyah Haq and Ghufran Adnan
Safe Thrombolysis During Pregnancy for Recurrent Acute Ischaemic Stroke Due to Concomitant Isolated Left Ventricular Non-Compaction and Bilateral Foetal Posterior Communicating Arteries, Fatimah Juma, Mzee Ngunga, Wangari Siika, and Dilraj Sokhi
Safety and effectiveness of ultrasound guided peripheral nerve blocks: Audit at tertiary care hospital, Asma Abdus Salam, Riffat Aamir, Robyna Irshad Khan, Aliya Ahmed, and Azhar Rehman
Safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant women with rheumatic diseases: An immunologic perspective, Javeria Tariq and Latika Gupta
Safety of daily low-dose aspirin use during pregnancy in low-income and middle-income countries, Vanessa L. Short, Matthew Hoffman, Mrityunjay Metgud, Avinash Kavi, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Jean Okitawutshu, Antoinette Tshefu, Carl L. Bose, Saleem Jessani, and Sarah Saleem
Sarcoidosis presenting as fatigue and weakness, Syed Muhammad Zubair and Naveed Haroon Rashid
Sarcoidosis presenting as vocal cord palsy: An unusual presentation and literature review, Mohummad Hassan Raza Raja, Muhammad Abdullah Javed, and Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Sarki et al. Respond, Ahmed Sarki, Alex Ezeh, and Saverio Stranges
SARS-CoV-2 & androgenic alopecia: Exploring links!, Mir Ibrahim Sajid, Dur-E- Najaf, Ayesha Niaz, Samira Shabbir Balouch, and Sajid Abaidullah
Saving lives with caring assessments: How Tanzanian nurse‐midwives and obstetricians negotiate postpartum practices, Thecla W. Kohi, Megan Aston, Lilian T. Mselle, Danielle Macdonald, Columba Mbekenga, Gail Tomblin Murphy, Maureen White, Shawna OHearn, Sheri Price, and Keisha Jefferies
Screening for malnutrition in oral cavity cancer patients prior to treatment: A cross-sectional study, Haissan Iftikhar, Anwar Suhail, Amna Urooba, Karim Rizwan Nathani, Zeeshan Shaikh, and Muhammad Wasif
Screening for tuberculosis in pregnancy: do we need more than a symptom screen? Experience from western Kenya, R J. Kosgei, D Szkwarko, S Callens, P Gichangi, Marleen Temmerman, A-B Kihara, J J. Sitienei, E J. Cheserem, P M. Ndavi, A J. Reid, and E J. Carter
Screening tools for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders among adults living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations], Patrick N Mwangala, Charles R Newton, Melanie Abas, and Amina Abubakar
Security Metrics for e-Healthcare Information Systems: A Domain Specific Metrics Approach, Said Jafari, Fredrick Mtenzi, Ronan Fitzpatrick, and Brendan Oshea
Seeds of hate: White House media manipulation nothing new in Middle East, Lawrence Pintak
Seizure control after surgical resection of insular glioma, Fatima Gauhar, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Self-reported knowledge, attitudes, practices and barriers in use of evidence-based medicine among resident physicians in Kenya: a mixed methods study, Megha Unadkat, Caroline K. Mbuba, Anthony Ngugi, and Dorothy Kamya
Serial lung ultrasounds in pediatric pneumonia in Mozambique and Pakistan, Amy Sarah Ginsburg, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Lola Madrid, Jennifer L. Lenahan, Benazir Baloch, Pio Vitorino, Jun Hwang, Alessandro Lamort, Nee Kanth, and Fyezah Jehan
Serial population-based serosurveys for COVID-19 in two neighbourhoods of Karachi, Pakistan, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Nadia Ansari, Farah Khalid, Mashal Amin, Hamna Shahbaz, Aneeta Hotwani, Najeeb Rehman, Usma Mehmood, Arjumand Rizvi, Junaid Iqbal, Ali Faisal Saleem, and Fyezah Jehan
Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection, anti-HCV antibodies and HIV and knowledge among people who use drugs attending methadone therapy clinic in Tanzania; a cross-sectional study, Semvua B. Kilonzo, Daniel l W Gunda, David C. Majinge, Hyasinta Jaka, Paulina M. Manyiri, Fredrick Kalokola, Grahame Mtui, Elichilia R. Shao, Fatma Bakshi, and Alex Stephano
Severe hyponatremia following cystoscopy and urethral dilation: An unusual late complication, Mir Ibrahim Sajid, Shanila Ahmed, and Noman Ali
Sex and the streets: The open secret of sexual abuse among Pakistan's two million street children, Amir Humza Sohail, Muhammad Hassaan Arif Maan, and Sachal Sohail
Sex differences in long-term outcomes after traumatic injury: A mediation analysis, Juan P. Herrera-Escobar, Mohamad El Moheb, Anju Ranjit, Christina Weed, Karen Brasel, George Kasotakis, Haytham M A. Kaafarani, George Velmahos, Deepika Nehra, Adil H. Haider, Molly Jarman, and Ali Salim
Sex hormones, autoimmunity and gender disparity in COVID-19, Hussain Ahmed Raza, Parikshit Sen, Omaima Anis Bhatti, and Latika Gupta
Sex-related disparities in cardiovascular health care among patients with premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, Michelle T. Lee, Dhruv Mahtta, David J. Ramsey, Jing Liu, Arunima Misra, Khurram Nasir, Zainab Samad, Dipti Itchhaporia, Safi U. Khan, Richard S. Schofield, Christie M. Ballantyne, Laura A. Petersen, and Salim S. Virani
Sex-stratified outcomes of primary percutaneous coronary intervention: A tertiary care experience, Azmina Artani, Farhala Mari Baloch, Abid Laghari, Faraz Siddiqui, Moiz Artani, and Khawar Kazmi
Sexual and physical violence against female sex workers in Kenya: a qualitative enquiry, Jerry Okal, Matthew F. Chersich, Sharon Tsui, Elizabeth Sutherland, Marleen Temmerman, and Stanley Luchters
Sexual behavior of HIV-positive adults not accessing HIV treatment in Mombasa, Kenya: Defining their prevention needs, Avina Sarna, Stanley Luchters, Melissa Pickett, Matthew Chersich, Jerry Okal, Scott Geibel, Nzioki Kingola, and Marleen Temmerman
Sexual behaviour patterns and STI risk: results of a cluster analysis among men who have sex with men in Portugal, Karel Blondeel, Sonia Dias, Martina Furegato, Armando Seuc, Ana Gama, Ricardo Fuertes, Luís Mendão, Marleen Temmerman, and Igor Toskin
Sexual dysfunction in men after high energy pelvic fractures: Narrative review of targeted literature, Obada Hussein Hasan, Muhammad Atif, Naveed Baloch, Imran K. Jalbani, and Masood Umer
Sexually transmitted infections and women's sexual and reproductive health, Sami L. Gottlieb, Lori M. Newman, Avni Amin, Marleen Temmerman, and Nathalie Broutet
Sexual violence and sub-Saharan migrants in Morocco: a community-based participatory assessment using respondent driven sampling, Ines Keygnaert, Abdessamad Dialmy, Altay Manço, Jeroen Keygnaert, Nicole Vettenburg, Kristien Roelens, and Marleen Temmerman
Sexual violence and suicide in Bangladesh, S M Yasir Arafat and Murad M. Khan
Sexual violence: A review and case study utilizing Watson’s caring science, Naheed Feroz Ali, Rubeka Mansha, and Karen Carroll
Sexual violence, HSV-2 and HIV are important predictors for infertility in Rwanda, N. Dhont, J. van de Wijgert, Stanley Luchters, C. Muvunyi, J. Vyankandondera, and Marleen Temmerman
Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Ziauddin_Sardar on Islam and Science: marginalisation or modernization of a religious tradition, Leif Stenberg
SGLT2i use in non-diabetics, Sarah Nadeem, Masooma Rana, Kaleem Ahmed, and Sanjay Kalra
Shadow plays: a dark time in Indonesia, seen through two complementary prisms, Lawrence Pintak
Short-term and long-term effects of caesarean section on the health of women and children, Jane Sandall, Rachel M. Tribe, Lisa Avery, Glen Mola, Gerard HA Visser, Caroline Homer, Deena Gibbons, Niamh M. Kelly, Holly Powell Kennedy, and Hussein Kidanto
Sickle Cell Disease in Pregnancy: Trend and Pregnancy Outcomes at a Tertiary Hospital in Tanzania, Projestine S. Muganyizi and Hussein Kidanto
Sickle haemoglobin: How critical are laboratory quality measures for accurate identification?, Nazish Sana and Muhammad Shariq Shaikh
Signal processing and classification for identification of clinically important parameters during neonatal resuscitation, Jarle Urdal, Kjersti Engan, Trygve Eftestøl, Hussein Kidanto, Ladislaus Blacy Yarrot, Joar Eilevstjønn, and Hege Ersdal
Signs and symptoms of urethritis and cervicitis among women with or without Mycoplasma genitalium or Chlamydia trachomatis infection, Rita Verhelst, Hans Verstraelen, Geert Claeys, Gerda Verschraegen, Joris Delanghe, Leen Van Simaey, Catharine De Ganck, Marleen Temmerman, and Mario Vaneechoutte
Silent epidemic of childhood bronchiectasis in Pakistan: An infectious disease physician's perspective, Fatima Mir
Simulated learning in rural community environment: Pushing the boundary, Burhanuddin Ali Akber, Mehak Ismail Rajani, Farah Khalid, and Charles Docherty
Simulated patient's feedback to improve communication skills of clerkship students, Ayesha Aleem Qureshi and Tabassum Zehra
Simulation based team training in surgery - A review, Syed Muhammad Nazim and Qamar Riaz
Simulation-based training in the paediatric surgery population: A review of current trends and future direction, Areej Saleem, Zorays Moazzam, Sohail Asghar Dogar, and Saqib Hamid Qazi
Site-specific multi disciplinary tumour board is an important milestone in cancer patient's treatment journey, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Sehrish Abrar, and Bilal Mazhar Qureshi
Sleep and its relation with academic performance among adolescents: An analytical cross sectional study in Gulshan town, Karachi, Zainab Mohammad Anjarwala, Niloufer Sultan Ali, Kashmira Nanji, Anum Arshad Beg, and Veena Kumari Karmani
Smart Watch Detection of Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT): First Case from Tanzania, Nadeem Kassam, Omar Aziz, Eric Aghan, Samina Somji, Hanifa Mbithe, Mustaafa Bapumia, Robert Mvungi, and Salim Surani
Smokeless tobacco initiation, use and cessation in south Asia: A qualitative assessment, Faraz Siddiqui, Ray Croucher Ray Croucher, Fayaz Ahmad, Zarak Hussain Ahmed, Roshani Babu, Linda Bauld, Fariza Fieroze, Rumana Huque, Maira Mubashir, and Narjis Rizvi
Smoking cessation interventions in south Asian countries: Protocol for scoping review, Sajid Iqbal, Rubina Barolia, Laila Ladak, and Pammla Petrucka
SNP haplotypes and allele frequencies show evidence for disruptive and balancing selection in the human leukocyte receptor complex, Paulo j. Norman; Mark A. Cook; B. Sean Carey; Christine V.F Carrington; David H. Verity; Kamran Hamid; D. Dan Ramdath; Dasnayanee Chandanayingyong,; Mark Leppert,; Henry A.F Stephens; and R. W. R.W Vaughan
Social connectedness, life satisfaction and school engagement: Moderating role of ethnic minority status on resilience processes of Roma youth, Amina Abubakar and Radosveta Dimitrova
Social franchising and vouchers to promote long-term methods of family planning in rural Pakistan: A qualitative stocktaking with stakeholders, Syed Khurram Azmat, Ghulam Mustafa, Waqas Hameed, Jamshaid Asghar, Aftab Ahmed, and Babar T. Shaikh
Socially desirable responding: Enhancement and denial in 20 countries, Jia He, Fons JR Van de Vijver, Alejandra Dominguez Espinosa, Amina Abubakar, Radosveta Dimitrova, Byron G Adams, Arzu Aydinli, Itziar Alonso-Arbiol, Angela O Suryani, and Arnaud Villieux
Social media and the modern scientist: a research primer for low- and middle-income countries, Junghwan Kevin Dong, Colleen Saunders, Benjamin Wachira, Brent Thoma, and Teresa M. Chan
Social network analysis of Twitter data from Pakistan during COVID-19, Syeda Hina Batool, Wasim Ahmed, Khalid Mahmood, and Ashraf Sharif
Socio-cultural determinants of health-seeking behaviour on the Kenyan coast: a qualitative study, Amina Abubakar, Anneloes Van Baar, Ronald Fischer, Grace Bomu, Joseph K. Gona, and Charles R. Newton
Sociodemographic, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of influenza pneumonia patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan: Findings from a cross-sectional study, Fazal Ur Rehman, Muhammad Arslan Ahmed, Kashif Aziz, Mahmooda Jabeen Ashraf, Tazein Amber, and Sumera Aziz Ali
Socio-demographic Correlates of Older Adults’ Living Arrangements in Botswana, Kenabetsho Bainame, Denise Burnette, and Sheila Shaibu
Socio-demographic risk factors of esophageal carcinoma: A case control study in a tertiary care hospital, Kabul Afghanistan, Ramin Saadaat, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, Nooria Atta, and Tazeen Saeed Ali
Socio-ecological determinants of alcohol, tobacco, and drug use behavior of adolescents in Kilifi County at the Kenyan coast, Derrick Ssewanyana, Patrick N. Mwangala, Vicki Marsh, Irene Jao, Anneloes van Baar, Charles R. Newton, and Amina Abubakar
Socio-economic and demographic determinants of HIV status among HIV infected older adults (50-64 years) in Botswana: evidence from 2013 Botswana AIDS Impact Survey (BAIS IV)., Njoku Ola Ama, Vijai Kumar Dwivedi, Sheila Shaibu, and Denise Burnette
Socio-economic status and urbanization are linked to snacks and obesity in adolescents in Botswana, Segametsi D. Maruapula, Jose C. Jackson, Joanna Holsten, Sheila Shaibu, Leapetswe Malete, Brian Wrotniak, Sarah J. Ratcliffe, George G. Mokone, Nicolas Stettler, and Charlene Compher
Socioeconomic status, anthropometric status, and psychomotor development of Kenyan children from resource-limited settings: a path-analytic study, Amina Abubakar, Fons Van de Vijver, Leonard oes Van Baar, Leonard Mbonani, Raphael Kalu, Charles Newton, and Penny Holding
Solitary langerhans cell histiocytosis of skull: Case report with one-year follow-up, Muhammad Junaid, Syed Sarmad Bukhari, and Ali Afzal
SonoGames: Sounds of the right kind introducing gamification into radiology training, Maria Fatima Ali, Naila Nadeem, Farah Khalid, Naveed Muhammad Anwar, Ghulam Nabie, and Charles Docherty
Space needs for digital scholarship centre activities, Ajmal Rizvi
Spasmolytic effect of grewia asiatica fruit extract on isolated smooth muscles is mediated via multiple pathways, Muhammad Nabeel Ghayur, Saeed Ahmad, and Anwarul Hassan Gilani
Spatial heterogeneity of enteric fever in 2 diverse communities in Nepal, Dipesh Tamrakar, Krista Vaidya, Alexander T. Yu, Kristen Aiemjo, Shiva Ram Naga, Yanjia Cao, Caryn Bern, Rajeev Shrestha, Biraj M. Karmacharya, and Farah Naz Qamar
Specific considerations for research on the effectiveness of multisectoral collaboration: Methods and lessons from 12 country case studies, Rachael Hinton, Corinne Armstrong, Eriana Asri, Klaus Baesel, Sarah Barnett, Carla Blauvelt, Saidatul Norbaya Bt Buang, Louise Bury, Jai K. Das, and Jennifer Franz-Vasdeki
Spectrum and antifungal resistance of candidemia in neonates with early- and late-onset sepsis in Pakistan, Salima Rattani, Joveria Farooqi, Ali Shabbir Hussain, and Kauser Jabeen
Spectrum of Fugitive Diagnosis of Neurological Disorders in Elderly, Safia Bano, Ayesha Aslam, Adnan Tariq, Adnan Mahmood, Rashid Imran, and Ahsan Numan
Spermatocytic tumor of testis in a young male, Madiha Bilal Qureshi, Nasir Ud Din, Zubair Ahmad, and Saira Fatima
Spermatozoa retrieval in azoospermia and expression profile of JMJD1A, TNP2, and PRM2 in a subset of the Karachi population, Sofia Amjad, Shamim Mushtaq, Rehana Rehman, Nida Zahid, Adnan Munir, and Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui
Spirulina platensis (Blue-green algae): A miracle from sea combats the oxidative stress and improves behavioral deficits in an animal model of schizophrenia, Sidrah Shahzad, Zehra Batool, Saiqa Tabassum, Saara Ahmad, Noor Kamil, Saima Khaliq, Amber Nawaz, and Saida Haider
Spontaneous closure of full thickness macular hole in the presence of an epiretinal membrane in a vitrectomised eye: A case report, Rehman Siddiqui, Muhammad Umar Fawad, and Nida Ahsan
Spontaneous fetal reduction in triplets and prolongation of twin pregnancy for 111 days as an outpatient: a case report, Davis Rubagumya,; Munawar Kaguta; Ernie Mdachi; Muzdalfat Abeid; and Hussein Kidanto
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in accidental chlorine gas inhalational injury: Case report and review of literature, Safia Akhlaq, Taymmia Ejaz, Adil Aziz, and Arslan Ahmed
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Diagnosing typical and atypical presentations under limited circumstances, Shazma Khan and Sara Khan
Squamous cell carcinoma of uterine cervix metastatic to the axillary lymph node, Qurratulain Chundriger, Uzma Chishti, and Romana Idress
Stakeholders’ Expectations of Graduates of a Work-Study Nursing Upskilling Programme in East Africa, Sharon Brownie, Samwel Gatimu, Isabel Kambo, Joseph Mwizerwa, and Eunice Ndirangu
Stakeholders’ perceptions on shortage of healthcare workers in Primary Healthcare in Botswana: focus group discussions, Oathokwa Nkomazana, Robert Mash, Sheila Shaibu, and Nthabiseng Phaladze
State-level temporal trends in smokeless tobacco and cigarette use among U.S. adults, Vardhmaan Jain, Mahmoud Al Rifai, Sahar Naderi, Rubina Barolia, Sajid Iqbal, Mehrunnissa Taj, Xiaoming Jia, Anwar T. Merchant, Wilbert S. Aronow, and Salim S. Virani
State of Neurosurgical Education in Africa: A Narrative Review, Olaoluwa Ezekiel Dada, Claire Karekezi, Celestin Bilong Mbangtang, Edwin Samwel Chellunga, Thioub Mbaye, Landry Konan, Nourou Dine Adeniran Bankole, Katenga Dieu Merci Kabulo, Yao Christian Hugues Dokponou, and Beverly Cheserem
State of Tanzania E-Readiness and E-Commerce: Overview, George S. Oreku, Jianzhong Li, Kimutai Kimeli, and Fredrick Mtenzi
State of the CAR-T: Risk of Infections with chimeric antigen receptor T-Cell therapy and determinants of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine responses, Juliet Meir, Muhammad Abbas Abid, and Muhammad Bilal Abid
State transition modeling of complex monitored health data, Jörn Schulz, Jan Terje Kvaløy, Kjersti Engan, Trygve Eftestol, Samwel Jatosh, Hussein Kidanto, and Hege Ersdal
Stock assessment of hilsa shad tenualosa ilisha in the Iraqi marine waters, northwest Arabian Gulf, Abdul-Razak M. Mohamed, Tazeen Saeed Ali, and N A. Hussain
Strategic priorities for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the EMRO region, Syed Osman Ahmed, Riad El Fakih, Alaa Elhaddad, Amir Ali Hamidieh, Abdulghani Altbakhi, Qamar-Un-Nisa Chaudhry, Ali Bazarbachi, Salman Adil, Murtadha Al-Khabori, and Tarek Ben Othman
Strengthening health information librarianship in Africa through associations and partnerships: personal reflections in memory of Shane Godbolt, Nasra Gathoni and Grace Ajuwon
Strengthening orthopaedic care at national level: Output of a structured residency programme at Aga Khan University, Fateh Ali Janjua, Shah Fahad, Tashfeen Ahmad, and Masood Umer
Streptococcal pharyngitis: Delving deeper than the throat, Sadaf Sheikh, Umair Javed, and Muhammad Akbar Baig
Streptokinase in a COVID-19-positive patient with STEMI in a PPCI centre: A local experience, Nasir Rahman, Ihsan Ullah, and Ghufran Adnan
Stress and anxiety among dental practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey, Adeel Tahir Kamal, Rashna Hoshang Sukhia, Dinaz Ghandhi, and Hoshang Rumi Sukhia
Stress and coping among surgery residents in a developing country, Qamar Riaz, Syeda Kausar Ali, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, and Abdul Rehman Alvi
STROCSS 2021: Strengthening the reporting of cohort, cross-sectional and case-control studies in surgery, Ginimol Mathew, Riaz Agha, STROCSS Group, Joerg Albrecht, Prabudh Goel, Indraneil Mukherjee, Prathamesh Pai, Anil K. D'Cruz, Ather Enam, and Hammad Ather
Stroke at moderate and high altitude, Maryam J. Syed, Ismail A. Khatri, Wasim Alamgir, and Mohammad Wasay
Stroke care during the COVID-19 pandemic: International expert panel review, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Craig Anderson, Hakan Ay, Selma Aybek, Waleed Brinjikji, Gabriel R. de Freitas, Oscar H. Del Brutto, Klaus Fassbender, Miki Fujimura, and Mohammad Wasay
Stroke care in Pakistan, Anjum Farooq, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, and Mohammad Wasay
Structural and functional properties of subsidiary atrial pacemakers in a goat model of sinus node disease, Luca Soattin, Zoltan Borbas, Jane Caldwell, Brian Prendergast, Akbar Vohra, Yawer Saeed, Andreas Hoschtitzky, Joseph Yanni, Andrew Atkinson, and Sunil Jit Logantha
Structured review of the patient-reported outcome instruments used in clinical trials in head and neck surgery, H Boyes, J Barraclough, Riaz Ratansi, S N. Rogers, and A Kanatas
Student-led surgical research network: Enhancing medical student research opportunities, Ronika Devi Ukrani, Muhammad Musaab Munir, Areesh Bhatti, and Shahryar Noordin
Student research mentorship programme: A novel solution for promoting research in medical school, Inaara Akbar, Russell S. Martins, and Syeda Sadia Fatima
Subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum in patients with COVID-19 disease; case series from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Sher Sethi, Amber Sabeen Ahmed, Sadaf Hanif, Masooma Aqeel, and Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Successful recovery in a paediatric patient with polytrauma following multiple gunshot wounds: Case report and review of literature, Areej Saleem, Rida Ahmed, Abeer Aziz, and Sohail Asghar Dogar
Suggested role of silent information regulator 1 (SIRT1) gene in female infertility: A cross-sectional study in Pakistan, Faiza Alam, Rehana Rehman, Syeda Sadia Fatima, Mussarat Ashraf, and Taseer Ahmed Khan
Suicide methods in south Asia over two decades (2001-2020), S M Yasir Arafat, Syeda Ayat-E-Zainab Ali, Vikas Menon, Fahad Hussain, Daniyal Shabbir Ansari, Anuradha Baminiwatta, Tamkeen Saleem, Rakesh Singh, Natarajan Varadharaja, and Murad M. Khan
Suicide trends in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interrupted time-series analysis of preliminary data from 21 countries, Jane Pirkis, Ann John, Sangsoo Shin, Marcos DelPozo-Banos, Vikas Arya, Pablo Analuisa-Aguilar, Louis Appleby, Ella Arensman, Jason Bantjes, and Murad M. Khan
Suicide with and without mental disorders: Findings from psychological autopsy study in Bangladesh, S M Yasir Arafat, M A. Mohit, Mohammad S I. Mullick, Md Abdullah Saeed Khan, and Murad M. Khan Dr.
Super-enhancer-based identification of a BATF3/IL-2R-module reveals vulnerabilities in anaplastic large cell lymphoma, Huan-Chang Liang, Mariantonia Costanza, Nicole Prutsch, Mark W. Zimmerman, Elisabeth Gurnhofer, Ivonne A. Montes-Mojarro, Brian J. Abraham, Nina Prokoph, Stefan Stoiber, and Shahid Pervez
Supporting Child Development Through Parenting Interventions in Low- to Middle-Income Countries: An Updated Systematic Review, Linlin Zhang, Derrick Ssewanyana, Marie-Claude Martin, Stephen Lye, Greg Moran, Amina Abubakar, Kofi Marfo, Joyce Marangu, Kerrie Proulx, and Tina Malti
Supporting front-line postgraduate medical trainees during the COVID-19 pandemic: A checklist for organisations, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Zainab Samad, and Adil H. Haider
Supporting Kenyan women with advanced breast cancer through a network and assessing their needs and quality of life, Asim Jamal, Niha Dhillion, Jasmit Shah, Caroline Kathomi, Alfred Kiragu, Fredrick Chite Asirwa, Catherine Nyongesa, Riaz Kasmani, Innocent Abayo, Grace Kirathe, and Shahin Sayed
Surgery for pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence and female sexual functions: A quasi-experimental study, Saida Abrar, Raheela Mohsin Rizvi, and Huda Saleem
Surgical and oncological implications of aberrant arterial anatomy in patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Saleema Begum, Dawar Burhan Khan, and K. M. Inam Pal
Surgical education and training, Ather Enam, Hammad Ather, and Nadeem Ahmed Siddiqui
Surgical education and training during the COVID-19 pandemic: Strategies and solutions for Pakistan, Edward Anthony Joseph, Russell S. Martins, Javeria Tariq, Namrah Aziz, Hina Inam, and Mahim Malik
Surgical management of subclavian and proximal axillary artery injuries, Zia Ur Rehman, Suleman Yousaf, and Tehmeed Ahmad
Surgical outcomes of intramedullary spinal cord ependymomas, Ummey Hani, Muhammad Waqas Saeed Baqai, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Survival benefit for individuals with constitutional mismatch repair deficiency undergoing surveillance, Carol Durno, Ayse Bahar Ercan, Vanessa Bianchi, Melissa Edwards, Melyssa Aronson, Melissa Galati, Eshetu G. Atenafu, Gadi Abebe-Campino, Abeer Al-Battashi, and Naureen Mushtaq
Survival of the wealthiest? Wait in line for COVID-19 vaccination, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, and Muzna Sarfraz
Sustainable developmental goals interrupted: Overcoming challenges to global child and adolescent health, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Kathryn M. Yount, Quique Bassat, and Caitlin E. Moyer
Synchronous primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma: A case report highlighting "Lymphoma first approach", Rahim Dhanani, Ambreen Abdullah Unar, Muhammad Hassan Danish, Hamdan Ahmed Pasha, Ummiya Tahir, and Mubasher Ikram
Systematic review of facility-based sexual and reproductive health services for female sex workers in Africa, Ashar Dhana, Stanley Luchters, Lizzie Moore, Yves Lafort, Anuradha Roy, Fiona Scorgie, and Matthew Chersich
Systematic review of polyherbal combinations used in metabolic syndrome, Amber Hanif Palla, Faridah Amin, Bilqees Fatima, Arooj Shafiq, Najeeb Ur Rehman, Ikram Ul Haq, and Anwar-Ul-Hassan Gilani
Systematic review on epidemiology, interventions and management of noncommunicable diseases in acute and emergency care settings in Kenya, Christine Ngaruiya, Annrita Kawira, Florence Mali, Faith Kambua, Beatrice Mwangi, Mbatha Wambua, Denise Hersey, Laventa Obare, Rebecca Leff, and Benjamin Wachira
Takayasu arteritis: A rare cause of chronic headache, Linda Barasa, Adil Salyani, Jillo Bika, Fred Otieno, and Dilraj Sokhi
Taking Stock, Lawrence Pintak
Targeting neuroinvasion by SARS-CoV-2: Emerging trends in drug and antibody delivery to combat COVID-19, Abdul Mannan Baig
Task sharing of injectable contraception services in Pakistan: A randomized controlled trial, Dawn S. Chin-Quee, Farina Abrejo, Mario Chen, Talib Lashari, Patrick Olsen, Zaheer Habib, Xiaoming Gao, Fauzia Assad, Farid Midhet, and Sarah Saleem
Taxonomy for ubiquitous computing environments, Dennis Lupiana, Ciaran O ' Driscoll, and Fredrick Mtenzi
Teachers’ attitudes about career education in middle grades in context of Northern Sindh, Pakistan, Zahid Hussain
Teachers’ beliefs about their leadership practices and leadership opportunities: Lesson from the correlation study in urban Pakistan, Sher Afzal and Meher Rizvi
Teaching about Islam : From essentialism to hermeneutics, Farid Panjwani
Teaching and learning in social studies classrooms in Pakistan, Takbir Ali and Shahid Karim
Teaching mathematics for social justice : An action research study, Shagufta Sojhro Khan
Teaching "shock pathophysiology" by flipped classroom: Views and perspectives, Rehana Rehman, Satwat Hashmi, Rozmeen Akbar, and Syeda Sadia Fatima
Teaching the 'comprehensive dental care' in formative years of education and training: A new model for dental internship, Farhan Raza Khan, Syed Murtaza Raza Kazmi, Syed Sheeraz Hussain, and Syed Mahmood Haider
Tebipenem as an oral alternative for the treatment of typhoid caused by XDR salmonella typhi, Elli Mylona, Phat Voong Vinh, Sonia Qureshi, Abhilasha Karkey, Sabina Dongol, Tuyen Ha Thanh, Judd Walson, Lluis Ballell, Elena Fernández Álvaro, Farah Naz Qamar, and Stephen Baker
Technology at AKU library system, Ashraf Sharif
Teen Pregnancy: Children Having Children in Tanzania, Carolyn Mbelwa and Kahabi Isangula
Telemedicine: A new frontier in clinical practice, Munazza Asad, Nooresahar, and Saniya Sabzwari
Telementoring for breast surgeons practicing in remote areas, Fatima Mubarik, Hania Shahzad, Syeda Sakina Abidi, Sana Zeeshan, Lubna Mushtaque Vohra, Sadaf Khan, and Abida Khalil Sattar
Teleneurology based management of Infantile spasms during COVID-19 pandemic: a consensus report by the South Asia Allied West Syndrome Research Group, Priyanka Madaan, Jitendra Kumar Sahu, Jithangi Wanigasinghe, Kanij Fatema, Kyaw Linn, Mimi Lhamu Mynak, Nicolás Garófalo Gómez, Pauline Samia, Prakash Poudel, and Prem Chand
Teleneurology based management of infantile spasms during COVID-19 pandemic: A consensus report by the south Asia allied west syndrome research group, Priyanka Madaan, Jitendra Kumar Sahu, Jithangi Wanigasinghe, Kanij Fatema, Kyaw Linn, Mimi Lhamu Mynak, Nicolás Garófalo Gómez, Pauline Samia, Prakash Poudel, and Prem Chand
Telephone validation of an urdu translated version of the extended disability severity scale in multiple sclerosis patients, Maryam J. Syed, Zara Shah, Safia Awan, Mohammad Wasay, and Sten Fredrikson
Telesimulation innovation on the teaching of Spikes model on sharing bad news, Zohra Kurji, Azaina Aijaz, Amina Aijaz Khowaja, Zohra Asif Jetha, and Shanaz Hussein Cassum
Terminations of pregnancy in the European Union, M. Gissler, I. Fronteira, A. Jahn, H. Karro, C. Moreau, M . Oliveira da Silva, J. Olsen, C. Savona-Ventura, Marleen Temmerman, and Stanley Luchters
Testicular torsion induced by epididymo-orchitis: A case report, Ali Akbar Zehri, Allyzain Ismail, Philip Adebayo, and Authar Ali
“That pregnancy can bring noise into the family”: exploring intimate partner sexual violence during pregnancy in the context of HIV in Zimbabwe, Simukai Shamu, Naeemah Abrahams, Marleen Temmerman, Tamara Shefer, and Christina Zarowsky
The ability and safety of community-based health workers to safely initiate lifesaving therapies for pre-eclampsia in Ogun State, Nigeria: An analysis of 260 community treatments with MgSO4 and/or methyldopa, Akinmade A. Adepoju, Marianne Vidler, Adebayo A. Akadri, Ebun Jaiyesimi, Chimaobi C. Nwankpa, Oluwafayokemi O. Odubena, Sumedha Sharma, Larry Li, Domena Tu, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
The Aga Khan University and the sustainable development goals: Building on international partnerships to promote excellence, Tashmin Khamis and Anil Khamis
The association of chest radiographic findings and severity scoring with clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19 presenting to the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Raima Kaleemi, Kiran Hilal, Ainan Arshad, Russell S. Martins, Avinash Nankani, Tanveer Ul Haq, Sundas Basharat, and Zeeshan Ansar
The association of symptoms of overactive bladder with pelvic organ prolapse and its improvement after pelvic reconstructive surgery, Saida Abrar, Raheela Mohsin Rizvi, and Nida Zahid
The awakening of Islamic pop music, Jonas Otterbeck
The case for investing in family planning in the Pacific: costs and benefits of reducing unmet need for contraception in Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands, Elissa C. Kennedy, Sean Mackesy-Buckley, Sumi Subramaniam, Andreas Demmke, Rufina Latu, Annette Sachs Robertson, Kabwea Tiban, Apisai Tokon, and Stanley Luchters
The Challenges of Providing Postpartum Education in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Narratives of Nurse-Midwives and Obstetricians, Lilian Teddy Mselle, Megan Aston, Thecla W. Kohi, Columba Mbekenga, Danielle Macdonald, Maureen White, Sheri Price, Gail Tomblin Murphy, Shawna O'Hearn, and Keisha Jefferies
The changing context of hepatitis D, Mario Rizzetto, Saeed Hamid, and Franco Negro
The changing scenario of hepatitis D, Mario Rizzetto, Saeed Hamid, and Franco Negro
“The co-authors of pregnancy”: leveraging men's sense of responsibility and other factors for male involvement in antenatal services in Kinshasa, DRC, Michelle M. Gill, John Ditekemena, Aimé Loando, Vicky Ilunga, Marleen Temmerman, and Franck Fwamba
The Contribution of Dysphagia to Acute Stroke Morbidity and Mortality in Nigeria: A Prospective Study, O O. Olajide, Philip Adebayo, F T. Taiwo, M O. Owolabi, and A Ogunniyi
The Contribution of Emotional Partners to Sexual Risk Taking and Violence among Female Sex Workers in Mombasa, Kenya: A Cohort Study, Stanley Luchters, Marlise L. Richter, Wilkister Bosire, Gill Nelson, Nzioki Kingola, Xu-Dong Zhang, Marleen Temmerman, and Matthew F. Chersich
The Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?, Janica Adams, Mary J. MacKenzie, Adeladza Kofi Amegah, Alex Ezeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ahmed Sarki, Paul Thistle, Abdhalah K. Ziraba, Saverio Stranges, and Michael Silverman
The correlation between stone nephrolithometry score and hemoglobin drop in patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy, Mohammad Shoaib, Muhibullah Bangash, Basit Salam, and Hammad Ather
The correlation between stone nephrolithometry score and hemoglobin drop in patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy, Mohammad Shoaib, Muhibullah Bangash, Basit Salam, and Hammad Ather
The COVID-19 pandemic: A catalyst for creativity and collaboration for online learning and work-based higher education systems and processes, Tashmin Khamis, Azra Naseem, Anil Khamis, and Pammla Petrucka
The COVID-19 pandemic: An opportunity to strengthen health systems in Afghanistan, Umerdad Khudadad, Najibullah Safi, Wafa Aftab, Asrar Ali, and Sameen Siddiqi
The curious case of HLA-DR-positive APL, Kanta Devi and Natasha Bahadur Ali
The diagnostic value of current practice of pediatric intravenous urography in Afghanistan in presence of ultrasonography; cross-sectional analytic study in a pediatric tertiary care hospital, Hidayatullah Hamidi, Najibullah Rasouly, and Tazeen Saeed Ali
The discrepancy between admission and discharge diagnoses: Underlying factors and potential clinical outcomes in a low socioeconomic country, Samar Fatima, Sara Shamim, Amna Subhan Butt, Safia Awan, Simra Riffat, and Muhammed Tariq
The double burden of malnutrition and associated factors among south Asian adolescents: Findings from the global school-based student health survey, Sara Estecha Querol, Romaina Iqbal, Laura Kudrna, Lena Al-Khudairy, and Paramijit Gill
The effect of a culturally sensitive mental well-being module on Pakistani nursing students' knowledge and beliefs regarding their own mental health and illness, Salima Farooq, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Yasmin Parpio, Sonia Ijaz Haider, Shirin Rahim, Apsara Ali, and David Arthur
The effect of a culturally sensitive mental well-being module on Pakistani nursing students’ knowledge and beliefs regarding their own mental health and illness, Salima Farooq, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Yasmin Parpio, Sonia Ijaz Haider, Shirin Rahim, Aspara Ali, and David Arthur
The effects of armed conflict on the health of women and children, Eran Bendavid, Ties Boerma, Nadia Akseer, Ana Langer, Espoir Bwenge Malembaka, Emelda A. Okiro, Paul H. Wise, Sam Heft-Neal, Robert E. Black, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and BRANCH Consortium Steering Committee
The effects of prenatal HIV exposure on language functioning in Kenyan children: establishing an evaluative framework, KJ Alcock, Amina Abubakar, Charles R Newton, and Penny Holding
The efficacy of a personalized mhealth coaching program during pregnancy on maternal diet, supplement use, and physical activity: Protocol for a parallel-group randomized controlled trial, Rozina Nuruddin, Khadija Vadsaria, Nuruddin Badruddin Mohammed, and Saleem Sayani
The epidemiology of bacterial vaginosis in relation to sexual behaviour, Hans Verstraelen, Rita Verhelst, Mario Vaneechoutte, and Marleen Temmerman
The Etiology of Pneumonia in HIV-uninfected Children in Kilifi, Kenya: Findings From the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study, Juliet O. Awori, Alice Kamau, Susan Morpeth, Sidi Kazungu, Micah Silaba, Joyce Sande, Angela Karani, Sammy Nyongesa, Salim Mwarumba, and Robert Musyimi
The factors influencing cesarean-section rates-A narrative review from Pakistan, Bakhtawar M H. Khowaja, Farida Bibi Mughal, and Komal Valliani
The family planning "know-do" gap among married women of reproductive age in urban Pakistan, S Yameen, Sidrah Nausheen, I Hussain, K Hackett, Arjumand Rizvi, Uzair Ansari, Zohra S. Lassi, D Canning, I Shah, and Sajid Bashir Soofi
The ''gatekeeper'' mutation T315I in BCR/ABL confers additional oncogenic activities to Philadelphia chromosome positive leukemia, Usva Zafar, Mohammed Yousuf, Rikhia Chakraborty, El Nasir Lalani, and Afsar Ali Mian
The horrors of Hola: a British atrocity that eclipsed empire, Peter Kimani
The immune microenvironment and relation to outcome in patients with advanced breast cancer treated with docetaxel with or without gemcitabine, Elisabeth S. Stovgaard, Karama Asleh, Nazia Riaz, Samuel Leung, Dongxia Gao, Lise B. Nielsen, Anne-Vibeke Lænkholm, Eva Balslev, Maj-Britt Jensen, Dorte Nielsen, and Torsten O. Nielsen
The Impact of COVID-19 on Neurosurgical Services in Africa, Muhammad Raji Mahmud, Beverly Cheserem, Ignatius N. Esene, Kazadi Kalangu, Samuila Sanoussi, Aaron Musara, Nasser M.F. El-Ghandour, Graham Fieggen, and Mahmood Qureshi
The impact of disease control measures on the spread of covid-19 in the province of Sindh, Pakistan, Bilal Ahmed Usmani, Mustafain Ali, Muhammad Abul Hasan, Amna Rehana siddiqui, Sameen Siddiqi, Aaron Guanliang Lim, and Saad Ahmed Qazi
The impact of introducing ambulance and delivery fees in a rural hospital in Tanzania, Corinna Vossius, Estomih Mduma, Robert Moshiro, Paschal Mdoe, Jan Terje Kvaløy, Hussein Kidanto, Sara Lyanga, and Hege Ersdal
The impact of maternal preeclampsia and hyperglycemia on the cardiovascular health of the offspring: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Nuruddin Badruddin Mohammed, Karim Rizwan Nathani, Saima Sattar, Devyani Chowdhury, Shiraz Maskatia, Seda Tierney, Babar Hasan, and Jai K. Das
The impact of peer outreach on HIV knowledge and prevention behaviours of male sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya, Scott Geibel, Nzioki King'ola, Marleen Temmerman, and Stanley Luchters
The impact of scaling up cervical cancer screening and treatment services among women living with HIV in Kenya: a modelling study, Pablo Noel Perez-Guzman, Michael Chung, Hugo De Vuyst, Shona Dalal, Kennedy K. Mutai, Karanja Muthoni, Bartilol Kigen, Timothy B. Hallett, and Mikaela Smit
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on breast cancer early detection and screening, Breast Screening Working Group (WG2) of the Covid-19 and Cancer Global Modelling Consortium, Jonine D. Figueroa, Ewan Gray, Nora Pashayan, Silvia Deandrea, Andre Karch, Diama Bhadra Vale, Kenneth Elder, Pietro Procopio, and Miriam Mutebi
The influence of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) on Parkinson’s disease: An updated systematic review, Vikash Jaiswal, Danah Alquraish, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Shavy Nagpal, Prakriti Singh Shrestha, Dattatreya Mukherjee, Prathima Guntipalli, Diana F. Sánchez Velazco, and Arushee Bhatnagar
The influence of incisor inclination and anterior vertical facial height on facial attractiveness in an Asian woman, Umair Shoukat Ali, Rashna Hoshang Sukhia, Mubassar Fida, Adeel Tahir Kamal, and Ausjah Abbas
The influence of the urban food environment on diet, nutrition and health outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries: A systematic review, Susannah Westbury, Iman Ghosh, Helen Margaret Jones, Daniel Mensah, Folake Samuel, Ana Irache, Nida Azhar, Lena Al-Khudairy, Romaina Iqbal, and Oyinlola Oyebode
The injustice of unfit clinical practice guidelines in low-resource realities, Nanna Maaløe, Anna Marie Rønne Ørtved, Jane Brandt Sørensen, Brenda Sequeira Dmello, Thomas van den Akker, Monica Lauridsen Kujabi, Hussein Kidanto, Tarek Mequid, Christian Bygbjerg, Jos van Roosmalen, Dan Wolf Meyrowitsch, and Natasha Housseine
The integrity of the white matter in first-episode schizophrenia patients with auditory verbal hallucinations: An atlas-based DTI analysis, Zhiyu Wang, Hui Wang, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Yaoyao Sheng, Baoci Shan, Zhening Liu, Zhimin Xue, and Xudong Chen
The INTERGROWTH-21 st Project Neurodevelopment Package: a novel method for the multi-dimensional assessment of neurodevelopment in pre-school age children, Michelle Fernandes, Alan Stein, Charles R Newton, Leila Cheikh-Ismail, Michael Kihara, Katharina Wulff, Enrique de León Quintana, Luis Aranzeta, Aureli Soria-Frisch, Javier Acedo, David Ibanez, Amina Abubakar, Francesca Giuliani, Tamsin Lewis, Stephen Kennedy, and Jose Villar
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The role of quality health services and discussion about birth spacing in postpartum contraceptive use in Sindh, Pakistan: A multilevel analysis, Hannah Tappis, Anis Kazi, Waqas Hameed, Zaib Dahar, Anayat Ali, and Sohail Agha
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The way it began, Sadrudin Pardhan
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Tracking facility-based perinatal deaths in Tanzania: Results from an indicator validation assessment, Marya Plotkin, Dunstan Bishanga, Hussein Kidanto, Mary Carol Jennings, Jim Ricca, Amasha Mwanamsangu, Gaudiosa Tibaijuka, Ruth Lemwayi, Benny Ngereza, and Mary Drake
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Training Needs Assessment of Health Care Professionals in Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health in a Low-Income Setting in Tanzania, Columba Mbekenga, Eunice Pallangyo, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Kahabi Isangula, Loveluck Mwasha, James Orwa, Micheal Mugerwa, Michaela Mantel, Leonard Subi, Secilia Mrema, David Siso, Edna Selestine, Marleen Temmerman, and Grace Edwards
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Translation and validation of the Urdu version of the European organization for research and treatment of cancer core quality of life questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) and brain module (QLQ-BN20) in primary brain tumor patients, Nida Zahid, Russell S. Martins, Wajeeha Zahid, Wardah Khalid, Syed Iqbal Azam, Shireen Shehzad Bhamani, Nargis Asad, Khabir Ahmad, Adnan Abdul Jabbar, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Rashid Jooma, Gohar Javed, Muhammad Ehsan Bari, and Ather Enam
Translation and validation of Training Needs Analysis Questionnaire among reproductive, maternal and newborn health workers in Tanzania, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Columba Mbekenga, Kahabi Isangula, Loveluck Mwasha, Eunice Pallangyo, Grace Edwards, James Orwa, Michaela Mantel, Micheal Mugerwa, Leonard Subi, Secilia Mrema, David Siso, Edna Selestine, and Marleen Temmerman
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Upside down, Peter Kimani
Urban renewal in the global village, Lawrence Pintak
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Use of artificial intelligence on electroencephalogram (EEG) waveforms to predict failure in early school grades in children from a rural cohort in Pakistan, Muneera A. Rasheed, Prem Chand, Saad Ahmed, Hamza Sharif, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Ayat Siddiqui, and Babar S. Hasan
Use of AUDIT, and measures of drinking frequency and patterns to detect associations between alcohol and sexual behaviour in male sex workers in Kenya, Stanley Luchters, Scott Geibel, Masila Syengo, Daniel Lango, Nzioki King'ola, Marleen Temmerman, and Matthew F. Chersich
Use of endoscope in teaching of otolaryngology residents about site and size of tympanic membrane perforation and its impact on degree of hearing loss in adult patients: A cross sectional study, Muntazir Hussain, Muhammad Wasif, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Shayan Khalid, Zeeshan Sheikh, and Haissan Iftikhar
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Use of ultrasonic aspirator for CNS tumour resection, Noman Ahmad, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Using AMANHI-ACT cohorts for external validation of Iowa new-born metabolic profiles based models for postnatal gestational age estimation, Sunil Sazawal, Kelli K. Ryckman, Harshita Mittal, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Usma Mehmood, Amina Barkat, Farah Khalid, Muhammad Ilyas, Ambreen Nizar, and Fyezah Jehan
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Using Nature to Best Clarify Computer Security and Threats, George S. Oreku and Fredrick Mtenzi
Using theories and models for operationalization of patient trust in doctors in chronic disease response in low income Africa: ‘Best Fit Approach’, Kahabi Isangula
Uterine artery embolization combined with methotrexate for broad ligament ectopic pregnancy in a 30-year old primigravida, Khurram Khaliq Bhinder, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, Shaista Riaz, Samreen Aslam, and Zouina Ameena
Uterine rupture: a retrospective analysis of causes, complications and management outcomes at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Hussein Kidanto, Ipyana Mwampagatwa, and Jos Van Roosemalen
Utility of epilepsy surgery in survivors of childhood cancer, Ayat Siddiqui, Amy L. McGregor, James W. Wheless, Paul Klimo, Frederick A. Boop, and Raja B. Khan
Utilization of blood culture in south Asia for the diagnosis and treatment of febrile illness, Caitlin Hemlock, Stephen P. Luby, Shampa Saha, Farah Naz Qamar, Jason R. Andrews, Samir K. Saha, Dipesh Tamrakar, Kashmira Date, Ashley T. Longley, Denise O. Garrett, and Isaac I. Bogoch
Utilization of the Partograph Among Nurse-Midwives at a County Referral Hospital in Kenya, Rose Maina and Catherine Mutunga Mwenda
Validation of a bench-top training model for retrograde intrarenal surgery, Sana Hussain, Roshan-E-Shahid Rana, and Hammad Ather
Validation of a Swahili version of the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) among adults living with HIV compared to a community sample from Kilifi, Kenya, Paul Mwangi, Moses K. Nyongesa, Hans M. Koot, Pim Cuijpers, Charles R.J.C. Newton, and Abubakar Abdillah
Validation of a Swahili version of the World Health Organization 5-item well-being index among adults living with HIV and epilepsy in rural coastal Kenya, Esther Chongwo, Derrick Ssewanyana, Carophine Nasambu, Patrick N Mwangala, Paul M Mwangi, Moses K Nyongesa, Charles R Newton, and Amina Abubakar
Validation of Kiswahili Version of HOQOLHIVBREF Questionnaire Among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study, Nuru Kondo, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Eric Aghan, and Riaz Ratansi
Validation of Training Need Assessment Questionnaire Among Health Care Workers in Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health Care in Low-Income Countries, Tumbwene Mwansisya, Columba Mbekenga, Kahabi Isangula, Loveluck Mwasha, Eunice Pallangyo, Grace Edwards, James Orwa, Michaela Mantel, Micheal Mugerwa, and Secilia Mrema
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Valproate Used in Women of Childbearing Age with Epilepsy, Salman Mansoor, Kevin Murphy, Siobhan Kelly, and Shoab Saadat
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Vitamin D in COVID-19 pneumonia: High yield with low risk, Shahan Waheed and Emaduddin Siddiqui
Vitamin D Levels in Malnourished Children under 5 Years in a Tertiary Care Center at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania—A Cross-sectional Study, Nahida Z. Walli, Emmanuel K. Munubhi, Said Aboud, and Karim P. Manji
Vitamin D status and pulmonary exacerbations in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis: Experience from a tertiary care center, Danish Abdul Aziz, Syeda Khadija Fatima, Haissan Iftikhar, and Fatima Mir
Vitamin D Status Is Not Associated with Cognitive or Motor Function in Pre-School Ugandan Children, Agnes M. Mutua, Margaret Nampijja, Alison M. Elliott, John M. Pettifor, Thomas N. Williams, Amina Abubakar, Emily L. Webb, and Sarah H. Atkinson
Voice of a Baby - Thanks Midwife for your Devotion, Laiba Asif
Vulnerabilities, health needs and predictors of high-risk sexual behaviour among female adolescent sex workers in Kunming, China, Xu-Dong Zhang, Marleen Temmerman, Yan Li, Wei Luo, and Stanley Luchters
Waardenburg syndrome, Naila Ahmed Jan, Ryan K. Mui, and Sadia Masood
Water, sanitation and hygiene: A leading cause of viral transmission in Pakistan?, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Aman Siddiqui, Ali Totonchian, Muzna Sarfraz, and Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda
Weather Info For All – Towards an Agriculture and Climate Advisory Service, David P. Rogers and Alex Awiti
“We have a lot of home deliveries” A qualitative study on the impact of COVID-19 on access to and utilization of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health care among refugee women in urban Eastleigh, Kenya, Adelaide Lusambili, Michela Martini, Faiza Abdirahman, Abena Asante, Sharon Ochieng, Joseph N. Guni, Rose Maina, and Stanley Luchters
“We have been working overnight without sleeping”: traditional birth attendants’ practices and perceptions of post-partum care services in rural Tanzania, Gladys R. Mahiti, Angwara Dennis Kiwara, Columba Mbekenga, Anna-Karin Hurtig, and Isabel Goicolea
We won't go there: Barriers to accessing maternal and newborn care in district Thatta, Pakistan, Muhammad Asim, Sarah Saleem, Zarak Hussain Ahmed, Imran Naeem Abbasi, Farina Abrejo, Zafar Fatmi, and Sameen Siddiqi
‘What about the mother?’ Women׳s and caregivers׳ perspectives on caesarean birth in a low-resource setting with rising caesarean section rates, Helena Litorp, Andrew Mgaya, Hussein Kidanto, Sara Johnsdotter, and Birgitta Essén
What does it mean for a case to be ‘local’? The importance of local relevance and resonance for bioethics education in the Asia-pacific region, Sara M. Bergstresser, Kulsoom Ghias, Stuart Lane, Wee-Ming Lau, Isabel S S. Hwang, Olivia M Y. Ngan, Robert L. Klitzman, and Ho Keung Ng
What influences family planning in rural Pakistan: Franchised service provider and community health worker perspective, Waqas Hameed, Junaid-ur-Rehman Siddiqui, Muhammad Ishaque, Sharmeen Hussain, Xaher Gul, Hina Najmi, Shehla Noorani, Ghulam Mustafa, and Asma Balal
When COVID-19 enters in a community setting: An exploratory qualitative study of community perspectives on COVID-19 affecting mental well-being, Naureen Akber Ali, Anam Shahil Feroz, Noshaba Akber, Rida Feroz, Salima Nazim Meghani, and Sarah Saleem
Which outcomes are most important to measure in patients with COVID-19 and how and when should these be measured? Development of an international standard set of outcomes measures for clinical use in patients with COVID-19: A report of the international consortium for health outcomes measurement (ICHOM) COVID-19 working group, William H. Seligman, Luz Fialho, Nick Sillett, Christina Nielsen, Farhala Mari Baloch, Philip Collis, Ingel K M. Demedts, Marcelo P. Fleck, Maiara A. Floriani, and Nasreen Muhammad
Which role do midwives and gynecologists have in smoking cessation in pregnant women?–A study in Flanders, Belgium, Katrien De Wilde, Inge Tency, Sarah Steckel, Marleen Temmerman, Hedwig Boudrez, and Lea Maes
Who is at a higher risk? A brief review of recent evidence on comorbidities in children infected with COVID-19, Mohammad Aadil Qamar, Mir Ibrahim Sajid, Rubaid Azhar Dhillon, Omar Irfan, and Sajid Abaidullah
Whole-genome sequence-informed MALDI-TOF MS diagnostics reveal importance of Klebsiella oxytoca group in invasive infections: a retrospective clinical study, Aline Cuénod, Daniel Wüthrich, Helena M. B. Seth-Smith, Chantal Ott, Christian Gehringer, Frédéric Foucault, Roxanne Mouchet, Ali Kassim, Gunturu Revathi, and Deborah R. Vogt
WHO next-generation partograph: revolutionary steps towards individualised labour care?, Nanna Maaløe, Jos van Roosmalen, Brenda Sequeira Dmello, Barbara Kwast, Thomas van den Akker, Natasha Housseine, Monica Lauridsen Kujabi, Tarek Meguid, and Hussein Kidanto
Why are the Pakistani maternal, fetal and newborn outcomes so poor compared to other low and middle-income countries?, Aleha Aziz, Sarah Saleem, Tracy L. Nolen, Nousheen Akber Pradhan, Elizabeth M. McClure, Saleem Jessani, Ana L. Garces, Patricia L. Hibberd, Janet L. Moore, and Sameen Siddiqi
Why can’t I have a choice of companion during labor? Barriers to implementation of companion presence, Anul Shifa Maknojia and Azwa Malik
‘Without ultrasound you can’t reach the best decision’ – Midwives’ experiences and views of the role of ultrasound in maternity care in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Annika Åhman, Kristina Edvardsson, Hussein Kidanto, Matilda Ngarina, Rhonda Small, and Ingrid Mogrena
Women's empowerment and contraceptive use: The role of independent versus couples' decision-making, from a lower middle income country perspective, Waqas Hameed, Syed Khurram Azmat, Moazzam Ali, Muhammad Ishaque Sheikh, Ghazunfer Abbas, Marleen Temmerman, and Bilal Iqbal Avan
Women's experiences of mistreatment during childbirth: A comparative view of home- and facility-based births in Pakistan, Waqas Hameed and Bilal Iqbal Avan
Workplace based assessment: Tools to assess competencies in a clinical setting, Amber Shahmim Sultan, Rahila Ali, Sara Shakil, and Rehan Nasir Khan
Workplace mistreatment and mental health in female surgeons in Pakistan, Mahim Malik, Hina Inam, Russell S. Martins, Mahin B N. Janjua, Nida Zahid, Sadaf Khan, Abida K. Sattar, Shaista Khan, Adil H. Haider, and Ather Enam
X-linked hypophosphatemic osteomalacia with PHEX mutation presenting late in Pakistan, Nawazish Zehra, Lena Jafri, Salman Kirmani, and Aysha Habib Khan
X-ray ptychography imaging of human chromosomes after low-dose irradiation, Archana Bhartiya, Darren Batey, Silvia Cipiccia, Xiaowen Shi, Christoph Rau, Stanley Botchway, Mohammed Yousuf, and Ian K. Robinson
Young people’s and stakeholders’ perspectives of adolescent sexual risk behavior in Kilifi County, Kenya: a qualitative study, Derrick Ssewanyana, Patrick N Mwangala, Vicki Marsh, Irene Jao, Anneloes Van Baar, Charles R Newton, and Amina Abubakar
مقامات الأولياء والصالحين في الواحات Saints and Sufi Shrines in an Egyptian Oasis (Dakhla), Walid Ghali