Submissions from 2021
Implications for schools reopening during the second wave of COVID-19 in Pakistan, Nousheen Pradhan and Kashmira Nanji
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
Myocarditis associated with covid-19 disease: A systematic review of published case reports and case series, Sawai Singh Rathore, Gianpier Alonzo Rojas, Manush Sondhi, Suveenkrishna Pothuru, Reshma Pydi, Neeraj Kancherla, Romil Singh, Noman Khurshid Ahmed, Jill Shah, and Unaiza Tariq Baloch
Sex hormones, autoimmunity and gender disparity in COVID-19, Hussain Ahmed Raza, Parikshit Sen, Omaima Anis Bhatti, and Latika Gupta
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
The relation of ABO blood group to the severity of coronavirus disease: A cross-sectional study from a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Fazal Ur Rehman, Syed Furrukh Omair, Fatima Memon, Bakhtawar J. Rind, Danish Ahmed Memon, Syed Ahsan Ali, Bilal Ahmed, and Naureen Ali
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
Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on prevention and elimination strategies for hepatitis B and hepatitis C, Syed Tabish Rehman, Hareem Rehman, and Shahab Abid
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
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
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
Facilitating Accommodation of Learners with Disabilities in Summative Assessment of Literacy in Tanzania through Mobile Application (Empowering Learners in a Digital World), Musa Saimon and Fredrick Mtenzi
Reflecting the use of mobile applications to facilitate language teaching and learning amid COVID-19: a systematic literature review, Musa Saimon and Fredrick Mtenzi
Understanding and promoting racial diversity in healthcare settings to address disparities in pandemic crisis management, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, Alanna Barrios, Kuchalambal Agadi, Sindhu Thevuthasan, Krunal Pandav, Manish Kc, Muzna Sarfraz, Pedram Rad, and George Michel
Survival of the wealthiest? Wait in line for COVID-19 vaccination, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, and Muzna Sarfraz
Tocilizumab and COVID-19: A meta-analysis of 2120 patients with severe disease and implications for clinical trial methodologies, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, Muzna Sarfraz, Hinna Aftab, and Zainab Pervaiz
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
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
Is COVID-19 pushing us to the fifth industrial revolution (Society 5.0)?, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Hamza M. Iftikar, and Ramsha Akhund
Colchicine, COVID-19 and hematological parameters: A meta-analysis, Musharraf Sarwar, Zahid Ali, Mahnoor Fatima, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, and Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda
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
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
329: Assessing national critical care capacity: A snapshot of facilities across Pakistan, Hamna Shahbaz, Anam N. Ehsan, Faiza Urooj, Ali Aahil Noorali, Muhammad Zafar, Kaleem Ahmed, Mohammed Moizul Hassan, Haroon Muhammad Arshad, Bisma Imtiaz, Mohammad Shoaib, Muhammad Faisal Khan, Naveed Haroon Rashid, Ali Ashraf, Assad Hafeez, Azra Pechuho, Zainab Samad, Adil H. Haider, and Asad Latif
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the response in low-to-middle income countries, Hania Shahzad, Fatima Mubarik, and Abida K. Sattar
Duty versus distributive justice during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sheila Shaibu, Rachel Kimani, Constance Shumba, Rose Maina, Eunice Ndirangu, and Isabel Kambo
Mucormycosis in a patient with COVID-19 with uncontrolled diabetes, Muhammad Shakir, Muhammad Hassaan Arif Maan, and Shahan Waheed
Lateral ST-elevation myocardial infarction after donation of COVID-19 convalescent plasma in a naïve donor, Pirbhat Shams and Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan
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
Use of face masks to limit the spread of the COVID-19 among western Ugandans: Knowledge, attitude and practices, Franck Katembo Sikakulya, Robinson Ssebuufu, Simon Binezero Mambo, Theophilus Pius, Annet Kabanyoro, Elizabeth Kamahoro, Yusuf Mulumba, Jean Kakule Muhongya, and Patrick Kyamanywa
The international perinatal outcomes in the pandemic (iPOP) study: Protocol, Sarah J. Stock, Helga Zoega, Meredith Brockway, Rachel H. Mulholland, Jessica E. Miller, Jasper V. Been, Rachael Wood, Ishaya I. Abok, Belal Alshaikh, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
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
COVID-19 and fertility-at the crossroads of autoimmunity and thrombosis, Javeria Tariq, Tulika Chatterjee, Laura Andreoli, and Latika Gupta
Safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant women with rheumatic diseases: An immunologic perspective, Javeria Tariq and Latika Gupta
The impact of data smog on editorial processes: an assessment of journalists’ coverage of Covid-19 pandemic in Kenya, Anita Chepkoech Tesot Ms
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
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
Human emotions during COVID-19: A lens through Kubler-Ross grief theory, Komal Valliani and Farida Bibi Mughal
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
Virtual primary care implementation during COVID-19 in high-income countries: A scoping review, Kristina De Vera, Priyanka Challa, Rebecca H. Liu, Kaitlin Fuller, Anam Shahil Feroz, Anissa Gamble, Eunice Leung, and Emily Seto
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
COVID-19 pandemic and breast cancer management: A retrospective observational clinical study from Pakistan, Lubna Mushtaque Vohra, Dua Jabeen, Narmeen Asif, and Abdul Ahad
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
COVID-19 in hemodialysis patients, Sonia Yaqub, Amna Hamid, and Zarghoona Naeem
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
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
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
Disease-specific excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of weekly US death data for 2020, Dongshan Zhu, Akihiko Ozaki, and Salim S. Virani
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
Submissions from 2020
Call to action: SARS-CoV-2 and CerebrovAscular DisordErs (CASCADE), Shahram Abootalebi, Benjamin M. Aertker, Mohammad Sobhan Andalibi, Negar Asdaghi, Ozlem Aykac, M Reza Azarpazhooh, M Cecilia Bahit, Kristian Barlinn, Hamidon Basri, and Mohammad Wasay
The changing trend of teleconsultations during COVID-19 era at a tertiary facility in Tanzania, Philip Adebayo, Ahmed Jusabani, Murtaza Mukhtar, and Ali Akbar Zehri
Practice of academic surgical pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic, Zubair Ahmad, Shabina Rahim, Nasir Ud Din, and Arsalan Ahmed
COVID-19 and liver injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Jawad Ahmed, Tehlil Rizwan, Farheen Malik, Raniyah Akhter, Mehreen Malik, Junaid Ahmad, Abdul Wasay Khan, Muhammad A. Chaudhary, and Muhammad Shariq Usman
Trend analysis of lab tests requisitions of COVID-19 prognostic biomarkers at a clinical chemistry reference laboratory-an observational study, Sibtain Ahmed and Farooq Ghani
Challenges amid COVID-19 times - Review of the changing practices in a clinical chemistry laboratory from a developing country, Sibtain Ahmed, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Aysha Habib, Farooq Ghani, and Imran Siddiqui
COVID-19 and the practice of rheumatology in Africa: big changes to services from the shockwave of a pandemic, Richard Oluyinka Akintayo, Akpabio Akpabio, Asgar Kalla, Dzifa Dey, Angela Migowa, Hakeem Olaosebikan, Yasser El Miedany, Rachid Bahiri, Djohra Hadef, and Wafa Hamdi
COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation strategies: Implications for maternal and child health and nutrition, Nadia Akseer, Goutham Kandru, Emily C. Keats, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
The global impact of COVID-19 on gastrointestinal endoscopy units: An international survey of endoscopists, Mohamed Alboraie, Alejandro Piscoya, Quang Trung Tran, Robin B. Mendelsohn, Amna Subhan Butt, Luciano Lenz, Pezhman Alavinejad, Mohamed H. Emara, Zouhour Samlani, and Ahmed Altonbary
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic: Information sources channels for the public health awareness, Muhammad Yousuf Ali Mr and Rubina Bhatti
Digital technologies applications in the provision of library and information services in health crises, Muhammad Yousuf Ali, Salman Bin Naeem, and Rubina Bhatti
Maternal mental health amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Naureen Akber Ali and Anam Shahil Feroz
Telehealth: An important player during the COVID-19 pandemic, Naureen Akber Ali and Adeel Khoja
Mitigating toxic stress in children affected by conflict and displacement, Anushka Ataullahjan, Muthanna Samara, Theresa S. Betancourt, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Risk factors for intensive care unit admission and mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, Ahmed Ayaz, Ainan Arshad, Hajra Malik, Haris Ali, Erfan Hussain, and Bushra Jamil
Can neurotropic free-living amoeba serve as a model to study SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis?, Abdul Mannan Baig
Computing the effects of SARS-CoV-2 on respiration regulatory mechanisms in COVID-19, Abdul Mannan Baig
Covert pathways to the cranial cavity: Could these be potential routes of SARS-CoV-2 to the brain?, Abdul Mannan Baig
Neurological manifestations in COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2, Abdul Mannan Baig
Updates on what ACS reported: Emerging evidences of COVID-19 with nervous system involvement, Abdul Mannan Baig
Ocular COVID-19: Eyes as a reservoir to conceal and spread SARS-CoV-2, Abdul Mannan Baig, Saara Ahmad, Areeba Khaleeq, Hamna Rafique, Shafiqa Rajput, Meher Angez, Ayesha Nasir Hameed, Talha Nawaz, and Preet Katyara
Evidence of the COVID-19 virus targeting the CNS: Tissue distribution, host-virus interaction, and proposed neurotropic mechanisms, Abdul Mannan Baig, Areeba Khaleeq, Usman Ali, and Hira Syeda
Elucidation of cellular targets and exploitation of the receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 for vaccine and monoclonal antibody synthesis, Abdul Mannan Baig, Areeba Khaleeq, and Syeda Hira
Docking prediction of amantadine in the receptor binding domain of spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, Abdul Mannan Baig, Areeba Khaleeq, and Hira Syeda
Deleterious outcomes in long-hauler COVID-19: The effects of SARS-CoV-2 on the CNS in chronic COVID syndrome, Abdul Mannan Mannan Baig
Heralding healthcare professionals: Recognition of neurological deficits in COVID-19, Abdul Mannan Baig and Erin C. Sanders
Potential neuroinvasive pathways of SARS-CoV-2: Deciphering the spectrum of neurological deficit seen in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Abdul Mannan Baig and Erin C. Sanders
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
The COVID-19 intubation and ventilation pathway (CiVP); a commentary, Muhammad Akbar Baig
The rapid COVID screening (RCS) tool, Muhammad Akbar Baig
Covid-19 risks and response in South Asia, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Buddha Basnyat, Samir Saha, and Ramanan Laxminarayan
COVID-19, children and non-communicable diseases: Translating evidence into action, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Marie Hauerslev, Mychelle Farmer, and Laura Lewis-Watts
Revisiting child and adolescent health in the context of the sustainable development goals, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Kathryn M. Yount, Quique Bassat, and Artur A. Arikainen
Alcohol consumption and obesity: The hidden scare with COVID-19 severity, Bushra Bilal, Faizan Saleem, and Syeda Sadia Fatima
Challenges in teaching palliative care module virtually during COVID-19 era, Shanaz Hussein Cassum, Khairunnisa Mansoor, Amina Hirji, Amber David, and Amina Aijaz Khowaja
COVID-19 in Africa: care and protection for frontline healthcare workers, Matthew F. Chersich, Glenda Gray, Lee Fairlie, Quentin Eichbaum, Susannah Mayhew, Brian Allwood, Rene English, Fiona Scorgie, Stanley Luchters, and Greg Simpson
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COVID-19: Implications, reactions and future directions, Rahim Dhanani; Mohammad Wasif; Hamdan Ahmed Pasha,; Muntazir Hussain; Shayan Khalid; Abdul Basit Shah Vardag; Khadija Mahmood; and Raza Hussain
Maternal health challenges during COVID-19 and way forward, Muskaan Dosani, Salima Muhammad Farooq, and Shahnaz Shahid Ali
Towards effective management protocols: A transnational review of the state-of-the-art of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, Maryam Ehtesham, Talal Almas, Absam Akbar, Muhammad Ali Niaz, and Noreen Zia
Towards pragmatic adaptations: Orthopedic surgery amidst the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, Maryam Ehtesham, Talal Almas, Muhammad Ali Niaz, and Absam Akbar
Risks to healthcare workers following tracheal intubation of patients with COVID-19: A prospective international multicentre cohort study, K El-Boghdadly, D J N. Wong, R Owen, M D. Neuman, S Pocock, J B. Carlisle, C Johnstone, P Andruszkiewicz, P A. Baker, and Faisal Shamim
Insight into COVID-19 responses and initiatives from Pakistan, Salima Farooq, Sonia Ijaz Haider, Saima Sachwani, and Yasmin Parpio
Mental health challenges and psycho-social interventions amid COVID-19 pandemic: A call to action for Pakistan, Salima Farooq, Saima Sachwani, Sonia Ijaz Haider, Sajid Abrar Iqbal, Yasmin Parpio, and Humera Saeed
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
Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Syria, Iran and Pakistan, Maryam Ghadyani, Hinna Hussain, Wael Odeh, and Philip Wood
New horizons: COVID-19 and the burden of neuropsychiatric illness in Pakistan, Ali M. Hashmi and Haider Ali Saleem
Covid-19 pandemic: Economic burden on patients with musculoskeletal injuries in a tertiary care hospital of LMIC; retrospective cross sectional study, Pervaiz Hashmi, Shah Fahad, Hammad Naqi Khan, Marij Zahid, Anum Sadruddin Pidani, and Shahryar Noordin
Change in the spectrum of orthopedic trauma: Effects of COVID-19 pandemic in a developing nation during the upsurge; a cross-sectional study, Pervaiz Mahmood Hashmi, Marij Zahid, Syed Arif Ali, Hammad Naqi Khan, Anum Sadruddin Pidani, Alizah Pervaiz Hashmi, and Shahryar Noordin