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Submissions from 2024

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Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and hemochromatosis: A narrative review, Gulzar Ahmed, Sushma Rathi, Harmandeep K. Sidhu, Momil Muzaffar, Muhammad H. Wajid, Komal Kumari, Hajar Fakhor, Nada M. Attia, Koushik Majumder, and Nanik Ram

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ACTION APAC: Understanding perceptions, attitudes and behaviours in obesity and its management across south and Southeast Asia, Kwang Wei Tham, Asma Ahmed, Apussanee Boonyavarakul, Mariana Mercado Garcia, Miroslava Guajardo, Zubaidah Nor Hanipah, Tran Quang Nam, Nemencio A. Nicodemus, Faruque Pathan, and Jack Garcia Uranga Romano

Submissions from 2023

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Brown tumour as an unusual but preventable cause of spinal cord compression: Case report and literature review, Sabiha Banu and Saira Furqan

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Evaluating glycemic control efficacy and safety of the oral small molecule glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist Danuglipron in type 2 diabetes patients: A systemic review and meta-analysis, Hareer Fatima, Hussain Sohail Rangwala, Muhammad Saqlain Mustafa, Muhammad Ashir Shafique, Syed Raza Abbas, Azra Rizwan, Tagwa Kalool Fadlalla Ahmed, and Ainan Arshad

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Factors associated with Diabetes Empowerment among patients with type 2 diabetes, at OPD setting, Karachi, Pakistan, Mohiba Ali Khowaja, Shafquat Rozi, Sobia Sawani, and Asma Ahmed

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Enhancing diabetes care in LMICs: Insights from a multinational consensus, Jose Carlos Miranda, S Abbas Raza, Babatope Kolawole, Jahanzeb Kamal Khan, Atiba Alvi, Fariha Sadiq Ali, Ejim Emmanuel Chukwudi, Nanik Ram, and Amira Oluwatoyin

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Vitamin D and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): A review, Anmol Mohan, Ramsha Haider, Hajar Fakhor, Fnu Hina, Vikash Kumar, Aleeza Jawed, Koushik Majumder, Aliza Ayaz, Priyanka Mohan Lal, Usha Tejwaney, and Nanik Ram

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GRADE-ADOLOPMENT of clinical practice guideline for postmenopausal osteoporosis management—A Pakistani context, Sarah Nadeem, Alina Pervez, Muhammad Abbas Abid, Rehab Naeem Khalid, Nashia Ali Rizvi, Salima Saleem Aamdani, Mohsin Ali Mustafa, Sibtain Ahmed, Mehmood Riaz, Shahryar Noordin, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Masood Umer, Nawazish Zehra, Aisha Sheikh, Adil H. Haider, and Aysha Habib

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Frequency and risk factors of permanent hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy: An experience at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Anum Naushad, Sadia Sattar, Muhammad Salik, Maria Wajid, Farah Khalid, Ali Shabbir Hussain, Moghira Siddiqui, and Qamar Masood

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Clinical and biochemical characteristics of male idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism patients: A retrospective cross sectional study, Muhammad Saleem, Sajjad Ali Khan, Muhammad Mustansir Mehdi Khan, Zafar Aleem Suchal, and Nanik Ram

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Cost-effectiveness of a multicomponent quality improvement care model for diabetes in South Asia: The CARRS randomized clinical trial, Kavita Singh, Dimple Kondal, V Usha Menon, Premlata K. Varthakavi, Vijay Viswanathan, Mala Dharmalingam, Ganapati Bantwal, Rakesh Kumar Sahay, Qamar Masood, and Rajesh Khadgawat

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Efficacy and tolerability of semaglutide in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus: Experience of a tertiary care hospital, Pakistan, Maria Wajid, Saadia Sattar, Farah Khalid, and Muhammad Qamar Masood

Submissions from 2022

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Cushing syndrome due to ectopic ACTH secreting pheochromocytoma, Muhammad Naeem Durrani and Ubaidullah Popal

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Chronic diarrhea: A rare presentation of Hodgkin's lymphoma, Saira Furqan, Sajjad Ali Khan, Dania Ali, and Kaleemullah Badini

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Levothyroxine dosages during pregnancy among hypothyroid women. An experience from a tertiary care center of Karachi, Pakistan, based on data from Maternal Hypothyroidism on Pregnancy Outcomes Study (MHPO-5), Zareen Kiran, Wardah Khalid, Aisha Sheikh, and Najmul Islam

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A retrospective analysis of endocrine disease in sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase insufficiency: Case series and literature review, Avinaash Maharaj, Ruth Kwong, Jack Williams, Christopher Smith, Helen Storr, Ruth Krone, Debora Braslavsky, Maria Clemente, Nanik Ram, and Indraneel Banerjee

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Development of evidence-based COVID-19 management guidelines for local context: The methodological challenges, Sarah Nadeem, Salima Saleem Aamdani, Bushra Ayub, Nashia Ali Rizvi, Fatima Safi Arslan, Russell Seth Martins, Maria Khan, and Syed Faisal Mahmood

Submissions from 2021

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Compliance of checking HbA1c in a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan, Abdul Aziz and Syed Ahsan Ali

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Follicular thyroid carcinoma in a developing country: A 10-year retrospective study, Abdul Aziz, Qamar Masood, Saadia Sattar, Saira Fatima, and Najmul Islam

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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

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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

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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

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Patterns of abnormal glucose metabolism in acromegaly and impact of treatment modalities on glucose metabolism, Sajjad A. Khan, Nanik Ram, and Qamar Masood

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Neonatal outcomes and congenital anomalies in pregnancies affected by hypothyroidism, Zareen Kiran,; Aisha Sheikh; Khadija N Humayun; and Najmul Islam

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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

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SGLT2i use in non-diabetics, Sarah Nadeem, Masooma Rana, Kaleem Ahmed, and Sanjay Kalra

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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

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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

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Subfertility: Recent advances for management and prevention, Rehana Rehman and Aisha Sheikh

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Biomarkers for impending risk of osteoporosis in premenopausal women, Rehana Rehman, Ali Usman, Aisha Sheikh, and Rozeena Baig

Submissions from 2020

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Prevalence and associations of metabolic syndrome in an urban high diabetes risk population in a low/middle-income country, Asma Ahmed, Jaweed Akhter, Romaina Iqbal, Abdul Jabbar, Minaz Mawani, Safia Awan, Zainab Samad, Preet Ayoub Shaikh, Muammad Salik, and Jaakko Tuomilehto

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Frequency of silent carotid artery stenosis in diabetics and its associated factors: An analysis in tertiary care hospital, Faiza Sadaqat Ali, Nimrah Bader, Bader Faiyaz Zuberi, and Sabiha Banu

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Vitamin D usage among Pakistani population - Too much of a good thing, Bhagwan Das and Sarah Nadeem

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Primary hyperparathyroidism: Experience from a tertiary care centre in Pakistan, Tehseen Fatima, Bhagwan Das, Saadia Sattar, and Najmul Islam

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The utility of ultrasound in the preoperative localization of primary hyperparathyroidism: Insights from Pakistan, Tehseen Fatima, Bhagwan Das, Saadia Sattar, Sumerah Jabeen, Abid Abbas Khan, and Najmul Islam

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The outcomes of dapagliflozin use in real-life clinical settings in endocrinology clinics of Islamabad, Pakistan, Matiullah Kamin, Osama Ishtiaq, Kashif Raashid, Muhammad Umar Wahab, Sajjad A. Khan, and Umar Raja

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Meta-analysis of inclisiran for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, Sajjad A. Khan, Arshi Naz, Qamar Masood, and Rahman Shah

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Applications and pitfalls of hemoglobin A1C and alternative methods of glycemic monitoring, Michelle D. Lundholm, Mary Ann Emanuele, Alina Ashraf, and Sarah Nadeem

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Factors affecting achievement of glycemic targets among type 2 diabetes patients in south Asia: Analysis of the CARRS trial, Muhammad Qamar Masood, Kavita Singh, Dimple Kondal, Mohammed K. Ali, Minaz Mawani, Raji Devarajan Raji Devarajan, V Usha Menon, Premlata K. Varthakav, Vijay Vishwanathan, and Mala Dharmalingam

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Levosulpiride-induced hyperprolactinemia, Sarah Nadeem and Bhagwan Das

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A man with a sixth wave in electrocardiogram results, Arshi Naz, Sajjad A. Khan, and Rahman Shah

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Variations in knowledge, awareness and treatment of hypertension and stroke risk by country income level, Martin O' Donnell, Graeme J. Hanke, Sumathy Rangarajan, Siu Lim Chin, Purnima Rao-Melacini, John Ferguson, Denis Xavier, Liu Lisheng, Hongye Zhang, and Romaina Iqbal

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Localizing an occult insulinoma by selective calcium arterial stimulation test: First ever experience and a new dimension to diagnosis in Pakistan, Muhammad Owais Rashid; Sumerah Jabeen; Zareen Kiran,; Khurram Minhas; Muhammad Azeemuddin; and Najmul Islam

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Efficacy of liraglutide in clinical practice: Single centre experience, Owais Rashid, Sumerah Jabeen, Adeel Khoja, and Najmul Islam

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Effect of a multicomponent intervention on achievement and improvements in quality-of-care indices among people with type 2 diabetes in south Asia: The CARRS trial, M K. Shah, D Kondal, S A. Patel, K Singh, R Devarajan, R Shivashankar, V S. Ajay, V U. Menon, Muhammad Qamar Masood, and N. Tandon

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Changing prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus during pregnancy over more than a decade, Aisha Sheikh and Lumaan Sheikh

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Response to Comments on Aisha Sheikh et al (J Pak Med Assoc. 70: 1477, 2020) Changing prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus during pregnancy over more than a decade, Aisha Sheikh and Lumaan Sheikh

Submissions from 2019

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Diabetes Prevalence Survey of Pakistan (DPS-PAK): prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and prediabetes using HbA1c: a population-based survey from Pakistan, Azizul l Hasan Aamir, Saeed A. Mahar, Faisal Masood Qureshi, Ibrar Ahmad, Ali Jawa, Aisha Sheikh, Abbas Raza, Sheraz Fazid, Zahid Jadoon, and Osama Ishtiaq

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Pre-operative serum TSH levels: A risk factor for advanced metastatic differentiated thyroid carcinoma, Sumera Batool, Muhammad Shakir Afridi, Adeel Khoja, and Najmul Islam

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Presentation, management, and outcomes of nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas: An experience from a developing country, Bhagwan Das, Sumera Batool, Adeel Khoja, and Najmul Islam

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Mortality and cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity in individuals with impaired FEV 1 (PURE): An international, community-based cohort study, MyLinh Duong, Shofiqul Islam, Sumathy Rangarajan, Darryl Leong, Om Kurmi, Koon Teo, Kieran Killian, Gilles Dagenais, Scott Lear, and Romaina Iqbal

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Blended learning mediated fostering of students’ engagement in an undergraduate medical education module, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Salman Siddiqi, Najmul Islam, and Faraz Khurshid

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Maternal characteristics and outcomes affected by hypothyroidism during pregnancy (Maternal hypothyroidism on pregnancy outcomes, MHPO-1), Zareen Kiran, Aisha Sheikh, Sarwar Malik, Areeba Meraj, Maha Masood, Safana Ismail, Owais Rashid, Quratulain Shaikh, Numan Majeed, Lumaan Sheikh, and Najmul Islam

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Hypopituitarism other than sellar and parasellar tumors or traumatic brain injury assessed in a tertiary hospital, Sarwar Malik; Zareen Kiran,; Owais Rashid; Minaz Mawani; Asma Gulab; Qamar Masood; and Najmul Islam

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Is it T3 thyrotoxicosis? A case of falsely elevated tri-iodothyronine (T3) levels leading to a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, Nanik Ram, Saira Furqan, and Sibtain Ahmed

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Cardiovascular disease risk factors in Pakistani population with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional study of selected family practitioner clinics in four provinces of Pakistan (CardiP Study), Syed Abbas Raza, Mariam Hassan, Farhana Badar, Farah Rasheed, Fouzia Meerza, Sumeyya Azam, Ali Jawa, Imtiaz Hassan, Faisal Masood Qureshi, and Najmul Islam

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Rationale and protocol for estimating the economic value of a multicomponent quality improvement strategy for diabetes care in South Asia, Kavita Singh, Mohammed K. Ali, Raji Devarajan, Roopa Shivashankar, Dimple Kondal, Vamadevan S. Ajay, V. Usha Menon, Premlata K. Varthakavi, Vijay Viswanathan, and Qamar Masood

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Morning cortisol as an alternative to Short Synecthan test for the diagnosis of primary adrenal insufficiency, Imran Ulhaq, Tauseef Ahmad, Adeel Khoja, and Najmul Islam

Submissions from 2018

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Relationship of polycystic ovarian syndrome with cardiovascular risk factors, Muhammad Bilal, Abdul Haseeb, and Abdur Rehman

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Antidromic Atrioventricular Reentrant Tachycardia Dependent on a Unidirectional Left Anterior Accessory Pathway Mimicking Peri-mitral Ventricular Tachycardia: Successful Ablation via a Transseptal Approach, Aamir Hameed; Maryam H. Khan; Hunaina Shahab; and , Qamaruddin Roziman

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Sofosbuvir Causing Diabetes Mellitus: Is there a Link?, Sumerah Jabeen, Owais Rashid, and Saira Furqan

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Coping with Illness: Insight from the Bhagavad Gita, Bharti Kalra, Ameya Joshi, Sanjay Kalra, Vivekanand G. Shanbhag, Jyoti Kunwar, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Sandeep Chaudhary, Deepak Khandelwal, Sameer Aggarwal, and Nanik Ram

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Compound heterozygosity for a whole gene deletion and p.R124C mutation in CYP21A2 causing nonclassic congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Hamza Nasir, Syed Ibaad Ali, N Haque, Stefan K. Grebe, and Salman Kirmani

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Case report: lady with bone pains for 5 years-parathyroid carcinoma, Azra Rizwan, Abid Jamal, Maseeh uz Zaman, and Saira Fatima

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Impact of Ramadan fasting on thyroid status and quality of life in patients with primary hypothyroidism: A prospective cohort study from Karachi, Pakistan, Aisha Sheikh, Minaz Mawani, and Saeed Ahmed Mahar

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Isolated ligamentum flavum ossification in primary hypoparathyroidism, Amir H. Sohail, Muhammad A. A. Maan, Muhammad S. Khan, and Qamar Masood

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Pituitary Tuberculoma, Amir Humza Sohail, Umar Farooq Bhatti, and Najmul Islam

Submissions from 2017

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Microalbuminuria in Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus; the tip of iceberg of diabetic complications., Tauseef Ahmad, Imran Ulhaq, Minaz Mawani, and Najmul Islam

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Patterns, control and complications of diabetes from a hospital based registry established in a low income country., J. Akhter, Asma Ahmed, Minaz Mawani, Laila Lakhani, Ayaz Kalsekar, shehla Tabassum, and Najmul Islam

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Vitamin-D Toxicity And Other Non-Malignant Causes Of Hypercalcemia: A Retrospective Study At A Tertiary Care Hospital In Pakistan, Muhammad Naeem Khan, Qamar Masood, Mohammad Arsalan Siddiqui, Sabahat Naz, and Najmul Islam

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Typical graves' ophthalmopathy in primary hypothyroidism, Zareen Kiran, Owais Rashid, and Najmul Islam

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Sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase mutations cause primary adrenal insufficiency and steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome, Rathi Prasad, Irene Hadjidemetriou, Avinaash Maharaj, Eirini Meimaridou, Federica Buonocore, Moin Saleem, Jenny Hurcombe, Agnieszka Bierzynska, Eliana Barbagelata, Ignacio Bergadá, and Nanik Ram

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Spuriously Low HbA1C Levels in a Type II Diabetes Patient Taking Dapsone, Nanik Ram, Muhammad Owais Rashid, and Saad Farooq

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Primary adrenal non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a case report and review of the literature, Nanik Ram, Owais Rashid, Saad Farooq, Imran Ulhaq, and Najmul Islam

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DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS CHARACTERISTICS AND DIFFERENCES IN TYPE 1 VERSUS TYPE 2 DIABETES PATIENTS, Muhammad Owais Rashid, Aisha Sheikh, Abdus Salam, Saad Farooq, Zareen Kiran, and Najmul Islam

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Idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism reversal after testosterone replacement in a 34-year-old male, Owais Rashid; Nanik Ram; Saad Farooq; and Zareen Kiran,

Submissions from 2016

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Burden of Diabetes Mellitus and Role of Telemedicine in its Management: Narrative Review, Gulshan Bano, Savera Aziz Ali, Minaz Mawani, and Sumera Aziz Ali

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Preconception optimization of glycaemic control in diabetes, Najmul Islam

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Adherence to Lifestyle Advice and reatments in Pakistani Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus., Sarwar Malik, Rabia Basit, Sabahat Naz, Minaz Mawani, Qamar Masood, and J. Akhter

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Increased mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen-induced gene expression of interferon-gamma, tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-6 in patients with diabetes, Kiran I. Masood, Muhammad Irfan, Qamar Masood, Bushra Jamil, Shoaib Rao, Maryam Rahim, and Zahra Hasan

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Euglycaemic diabetic ketoacidosis in a patient with type 2 diabetes started on empagliflozin, Owais Rashid, Saad Farooq, Zareen Kiran, and Najmul Islam

Submissions from 2015

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Central adiposity is significantly higher in female compared to male in Pakistani type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, Omer Akhter, Faraz Fiazuddin, Ayesha Shaheryar, Warda Niaz, Danial Siddiqui, Safia Awan, Nanik Ram, and Jaweed Akhter

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Novel Lethal Form of Congenital Hypopituitarism Associated With the First Recessive LHX4 Mutation, L C. Gregory, K N. Humayun, J P G Turton, M J. McCabe, S J. Rhodes, and M T. Dattani

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Comparison of frequency of insulin resistance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with normal controls, Zareen Kiran,; Numan Majeed; and Bader Faiyaz Zuberi

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Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus: prevalence and risk factors among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in an Urban District of Karachi, Pakistan., Fahad Javaid Siddiqui; , Bilal Iqbal Avan; Sadia Mahmud; Debra J. . Nanan; Abdul Jabbar; and Pryseley Nkouibert Assam

Submissions from 2014

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Conversion of autoimmune hypothyroidism to hyperthyroidism, Saira Furqan, Naeem-ul Haque, and Najmul Islam

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Pharmacological Basis for the Medicinal use of Almonds in Cardiovascular Disorders, A H. Gilani and H Jamshed

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Long-standing undiagnosed sheehan syndrome presenting as polymorphic and monomorphic ventricular tachycardia: a case series of 2 patients, Muhammad Qamar Masood and Syed Ahsan Ali

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Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome presenting as short stature: a case report, Nanik Ram, Syed Ahsan Ali, and Syed Zubair Hussain

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Preablation Stimulated Thyroglobulin/TSH Ratio as a Predictor of Successful I(131)Remnant Ablation in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer following Total Thyroidectomy, Syed Zubair Hussain, Maseeh Uz Zaman, Sarwar Malik, Nanik Ram, Ali Asghar, Unaib Rabbani, Nida Aftab, and Najmul Islam

Submissions from 2013

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A case of Gitelman syndrome with severe hyponatraemia and hypophosphataemia, Absar Ali, Qamar Masood, Sonia Yaqub, and Waqar Kashif

Submissions from 2012

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Endocrine complications in patients of beta thalassemia major in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Amina Adil, Zain A. Sobani, Abdul Jabbar, Salman N Adil, and Safia Awan

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Metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetes: comparison of WHO, modified ATPIII & IDF criteria, Asma Ahmed, Talha Ehsan Khan, Tahira Yasmeen, Safia Awan, and Najmul Islam

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Male hypogonadism at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Nanik Ram, Ali Asghar, Fauzan Hashmi, and Najmul Islam

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A case report: Familial glucocorticoid deficiency associated with familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, Nanik Ram, Ali Asghar, and Najmul Islam

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Glenohumeral tuberculous arthritis complicated with beta haemolytic streptococcus: An extraordinary rare association: A case report, Rizwan Haroon Rashid, Muhammad Usman Sarwar, Jaweed Akhter, and Shahryar Noordin

Submissions from 2011

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Thyroid tuberculosis: a case series and a review of the literature, Uzma Majid and Najmul Islam

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Isotretinoin Associated Reversible Hypothyroidism, Muhammad Qamar Masood and Haris Hakeem

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Diabetic ketoacidosis associated with tacrolimus in solid organ transplant recipients, Muhammad Qamar Masood, Madiha Rabbani, Wasim Jafri, Manal Habib, and Taimur Saleem

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Titration of Insulin Glargine in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Asia: Physician- Versus Patient-Led? Rationale of the Asian Treat to Target Lantus Study (ATLAS), Masato Odawara, Anoop Misra, Marina Shestakova, Chang-Yu Pan, Abdul Jabbar, Nick Freemantle, and Karim Admane