Submissions from 2020
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
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
Reflections: Bravo breastfeeding mother! A COVID positive mother and midwifery instinct, Rafat Jan
COVID-19: The new corona virus upsetting our world, Rafat Jan and Edwin van Teijlingen
Analysis of COVID-19 burden, epidemiology and mitigation strategies in muslim majority countries, Rachel Jardine, James Wright, Zainab Samad, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and adolescents, Li Jiang, Kun Tang, Mike Levin, Omar Irfan, Shaun Shaun Morris, Karen Wilson, Jonathan D. Klein, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Highlights from Studies in cardiovascular disease prevention presented at the digital 2020 European society of cardiology Congress: Prevention Is alive and well, Xiaoming Jia, Mahmoud Al Rifai, Aliza Hussain, Seth Martin, and Anandita Agarwala
Redesigning the Landscape for Women and Leadership: Insights gained from the covid-19 pandemic. On behalf of women in gastroenterology network Asia pacific (WIGNAP) and women in endoscopy (WIE), Lubna Kamani, Nonthalee Pausawasdi, Jeanin E Van Hooft, Amrita Sethi, and Sharmila Sachithanandan
Severity of disease from COVID-19 in patients with obesity and MAFLD: Is there an association?, Muhammad Kamran and Wasim Jafri
Neurological manifestations of COVID-19, Dureshahwar Kanwar, Abdul Mannan Baig, and Mohammad Wasay
Emergency preparedness and response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Our experience from the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Badar Afzal Khan, Noman Ali, and Asad Mian
New trends in radiology education, time to adapt locally, Faheem Ullah Khan, Noman Khan, and Muhammad Arif Saeed
A quadruple blind, randomised controlled trial of gargling agents in reducing intraoral viral load among hospitalised COVID-19 patients: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial, Farhan Raza Khan, Syed Murtaza Raza Kazmi, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Junaid Iqbal, Syed Tariq Ali, and Syed Akbar Abbas
Postgraduate anesthesiology training and COVID-19, Fazal Hameed Khan and Maliha Fazal
Postgraduate anesthesiology training and COVID-19, Fazal Hameed Khan and Maliha Fazal
Decolonising COVID-19: Delaying external debt repayments, Mishal Khan and Sarah Shanks
Continuity of care and outpatient management for patients with and at high risk for cardiovascular disease during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scientific statement from the American Society for Preventive Cardiology, Amit Khera, Seth J. Baum, Ty J. Gluckman, Martha Gulati, Seth S. Martin, Erin D. Michos, Ann Marie Navar, Pam R. Taub, Peter P. Toth, and Salim S. Virani
Maternal and newborn care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: re-contextualising the community midwifery model, Rachel Kimani, Rose Maina, Constance Shumba, and Sheila Shaibu
Surfing the waves of the COVID-19 pandemic as a cardiovascular clinician, Payal Kohli and Salim S. Virani
Personal protective equipment for endoscopy in low-resource settings during the COVID-19 pandemic: Guidance from the world gastroenterology organisation, Desmond Leddin, David Armstrong, Raja A Raja Ali, Alan Barkun, Amna Subhan Butt, Ye Chen, Harshit S. Khara, Yeong Yeh Lee, Wai Keung Leung, and Finlay Macrae
Coronavirus disease-19 and cardiovascular disease: A risk factor or a risk marker?, Jing Liu, Salim S. Virani, Mahboob Alam, Ali E. Denktas, Ihab Hamzeh, and Umair Khalid
“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
Pivoting dental practice management during the COVID-19 pandemic-A systematic review, Syed Sarosh Mahdi, Zohaib Ahmed, Raheel Allana, Alessandro Peretti, Francesco Amenta, Mohammed Bijle, Liang Lin Seow, and Umer Daood
Integrating mental health in COVID-19 crisis: Staff mental health referral pathway, Mairum Mansoor, Shireen Najam, Tania Nadeem, Sunita Allaudin, Mariya Moochhala, and Nargis Asad
The pandemic of publications: Are we sacrificing quality for quantity?, Russell S. Martins, Daniyaal Ahmad Cheema, and M Rizwan Sohail
Violence against health care workers in Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic, Russell Seth Martins, Omaima Anis Bhatti, and Asad Mian
Intussusception in an infant as a manifestation of COVID-19, Zorays Moazzam, Areej Saleem, Alina Ashraf, Fyezah Jehan, and Muhammad Arshad
Nursing education amidst COVID-19: Obstacles and way forward, Farida Bibi Mughal, Nasreen Rafiq, and Bibi Hajira Irshad Ali
Emergency department admissions during COVID-19: Implications from the 2002-2004 SARS epidemic, Muhammad Musaab Munir, Russell S. Martins, and Asad Mian
Outcome of COVID-19 patients with use of Tocilizumab: A single center experience, Zain Mushtaq, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Bushra Jamil, Adil Aziz, and Syed Ahsan Ali
Initiating psychiatry teleclinics during the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Tania Nadeem, Sana Siddiqui, and Nargis Asad
Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic, Shireen Najam
Exploring the potential of artificial intelligence and machine learning to combat COVID-19 and existing opportunities for LMIC: A scoping review, Maleeha Naseem, Ramsha Akhund, Hajra Arshad, and Muhammad Talal Ibrahim
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
Outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19) in Pakistan: Psychological impact and coping strategies of health care professionals, Khola Noreen, Muhammad Umar, Syed Arshad Sabir, and Rehana Rehman
The impact of covid-19 on midwives’ practice in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania: A reflective account, Eunice Pallangyo, Grace Nakate, Rose Maina, and Valerie Fleming
Nepal's response to contain COVID-19 Infection, Rano Mal Piryani, Suneel Piryani, and Jay Narayan Shah
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
Challenges to delivering pediatric surgery services in the midst of COVID 19 crisis: Experience from a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan, Saqib Hamid Qazi, Ayesha Saleem, Areeba Nadeem Pirzada, La-Raib Hamid, Sohail Asghar Dogar, and Jai K. Das
Change in surgical practice amidst COVID 19; example from a tertiary care centre in Pakistan, Roshan-E-Shahid Rana and Hammad Ather
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
COVID-19 international neurological registries, Gustavo C. Román, Jacques Reis, Peter S. Spencer, Alain Buguet, Serefnur Öztürk, Mohammad Wasay, and World Federation of Neurology Environmental Neurology Specialty Group
Rigorous hand hygiene practices among health care workers reduce hospital-associated infections during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rozina Roshan, Anam Shahil Feroz, Zohra Rafique, and Nazleen Virani
Management of west syndrome during COVID-19 pandemic: A viewpoint from south Asian west syndrome research group, Jitendra Kumar Sahu, Priyanka Madaan, Prem Chand, Amit Kumar, Kyaw Linn, Mimi Lhamu Mynak, Prakash Poudel, and Jithangi Wanigasinghe
Foreseeing a worsening of pediatric malnutrition following SARS-CoV-2 in low and middle-income countries such as Pakistan, Mir Ibrahim Sajid, Javeria Tariq, Ayesha Akbar Waheed, Dur-E- Najaf, Samira Shabbir Balouch, and Sajid Abaidullah
Pre-existing liver disease is associated with poor outcome in patients with SARS CoV2 Infection; the APCOLIS study (APASL COVID-19 liver injury spectrum study), Shiv Kumar Sarin, Ashok Choudhury, George K. Lau, Ming-Hua Zheng, Dong Ji, Sherief Abd-Elsalam, Jaeseok Hwang, Xiaolong Qi, Ian Homer Cua, and Wasim Jafri
The use of guedel airway for naso-orogastric tube insertion in patients with COVID-19. A way to minimize aerosol generation, Faraz Shafiq and Dileep Kumar
Physical and mental health impacts of COVID-19 on healthcare workers: A scoping review, Natasha Shaukat, Daniyal Mansoor Ali, and Junaid Razzak
Convalescent plasma: Promise for COVID-19 pandemic, Sadaf Sheikh and Muhammad Akbar Baig
COVID-19 pandemic: Public trust and guiding ethics where ventilators equal lives, Sadaf Sheikh and Muhammad Akbar Baig
Optimising ventilator use during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sadaf Sheikh and Muhammad Akbar Baig
Towards mental health friendly cities during and after COVID-19, Moitreyee Sinha, Manasi Kumar, Lian Zeitze, Pamela Y. Collins, Suresh Kumar, Steve Fisher, Nathaniel Foote, Norman Sartorius, Helen Herrman, and Lukoye Atwoli
Radiology of COVID-19 - Imaging the pulmonary damage, Saba Sohail
Implications of COVID-19 in high burden countries for HIV/TB: A systematic review of evidence, Jacques L. Tamuzi, Birhanu T. Ayele, Constance Shumba, Olatunji O. Adetokunboh, Jeannine Uwimana-Nicol, Zelalem T. Haile, Joseph Inugu, and Peter S. Nyasulu
Ancillary considerations for endodontic emergency treatment of Covid-19 positive patients, Fahad Umer
Role of respirators in controlling the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) amongst dental healthcare providers: A review, Fahad Umer, Zainab Haji, and Kamil Zafar
Dental services during the COVID-19 pandemic: A tertiary care hospital experience, Fahad Umer and Momina Motiwala
Vitamin D in COVID-19 pneumonia: High yield with low risk, Shahan Waheed and Emaduddin Siddiqui
A way to track governments’ response and people’s mobility changes in response to COVID-19 pandemic, Dongshan Zhu, Shiva Raj Mishra, and Salim S. Virani