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Submissions from 2024

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Mortality and mode of dialysis: Meta-analysis and systematic review, Subhash Chander, Sindhu Luhana, Fnu Sadarat, Om Parkash, Hong Yu Wang, Fnu Kiran, Abhi Chand Lohana, Fnu Sapna, and Roopa Kumar

Submissions from 2023

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School Health Education Program in Pakistan (SHEPP): Findings from a feasibility trial in pre-adolescent school children from a lower middle-income country, Aysha Almas, Romaina Iqbal, Abdul Ghani, Zainab Samad, Sania Sabir, and Khawar Kazmi

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School health education program in Pakistan (SHEPP): Findings from a feasibility trial in pre-adolescent school children from a lower middle-income country, Aysha Almas, Romaina Iqbal, Abdul Ghani, Zainab Samad, Sania Sabir, and Khawar Kazmi

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The evolution and future of intensive care management in the era of telecritical care and artificial intelligence, Subhash Chander, Roopa Kumari, Fnu Sadarat, and Sindhu Luhana

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Disparities in gender representation among first and senior authors in high-impact nephrology RCTs, 2000-2022, Subhash Chander, Roopa Kumari, F N U Sadarat, Om Parkash, Deepak Kumar, and Sindhu Luhana

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Gender and racial differences in first and senior authorship of high-impact critical care randomized controlled trial studies from 2000 to 2022, Subhash Chander, Sindhu Luhana, Fnu Sadarat, Lorenzo Leys, Om Parkash, and Roopa Kumari

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The potential role of persister cells in urinary tract infections, Butool Durrani, Ashu Mohammad, Bernardita M. Ljubetic, and Amy D. Dobberfuhl

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Association between long COVID and vaccination: A 12-month follow-up study in a low- to middle-income country, Samar Fatima, Madiha Ismail, Taymmia Ejaz, Zarnain Shah, Summaya Fatima, Mohammad Shahzaib, and Hassan Masood Jafri

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Efficacy and outcomes of Bempedoic acid versus placebo in patients with statin-intolerance: A pilot systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Aman Goyal, Mah I Kan Changez, Muhammad Daoud Tariq, Fiza Mushtaq, Urooj Shamim, Amir Humza Sohail, and Gauranga Mahalwar

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Efficacy and Outcomes of Bempedoic Acid Versus Placebo in Patients with Statin-Intolerance: A Pilot Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials, Aman Goyal, Mah I khan Changez, Muhammad Daoud Tariq Daoud Tariq, Fiza Mushtaq, Urooj Shamim, Amir Humza Sohail, and Gauranga Mahalwar

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The role of renal denervation in cardiology and beyond: An updated comprehensive review and future directives, Aman Goyal, Hritvik Jain, Amogh Verma, Jyoti Jain, Urooj Shamim, Sai Gautham Kanagala, Jatin Motwani, Rohit Chandra Dey, Zainali Chunawala, and Amir H. Sohail

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Covid-19 co-infection with Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in a CCHF endemic country: A case report, Sadaf Hanif, Muhammad Mehmood Alam, and Asad Latif

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Comparison of Ventilator Mechanics and Mortality Between COVID-19 Versus Non-COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study, Sadaf Hanif, Madiha Iqbal, Sher Sethi, and Amber Sabeen

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Dietary strategies for complementary feeding between 6 and 24 months of age: The evidence, Leila Harrison, Zahra Padhani, Rehana Salam, Christina Oh, Komal Abdul Rahim, Maria Maqsood, Anna Ali, Kimberly Charbonneau, Emily C. Keats, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta

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Mismatch Repair Deficient (dMMR) colorectal carcinoma in a Pakistani cohort: Association with clinical and pathological parameters, Atif A. Hashmi, Ummara Bukhari, Ramish Rizwan, Faiza Faisal, Ravi Kumar, Umair Arshad Malik, Shamail Zia, Abdur Rahim Khan, Sunder Sham, and Muhammad Irfan

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Effectiveness of inactivated COVID-19 vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 infections among healthcare personnel in Pakistan: A test-negative case-control study, Unab Khan, Mahnoor Niaz, Iqbal Azam Syed, Zahra Hasan, Imran Hassan, Syed Faisal Mahmood, and Syed Asad Ali

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COVID-19 vaccines: A blessed warrior or a disguised enemy, Priya Kotak, Ayush Kumar, and Ainan Arshad

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Who tells the story of burns in low-and-middle income countries? – A bibliometric study, Shelley Lynn Wall, Lotta Velin, Aamir Abbas, Nikki Leigh Allorto, Mariana Graner, E. Moeller, Marcella Farrelle Dorothea Ryan-Coker, and Laura Pompermaier

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A Rare Occurrence of Ectopic Parathyroid Carcinoma Presenting as a Case of Recurrent Fractures, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Aisha Jamal, Zain Mushtaq, and Qamar Masood

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Trends in the burden and determinants of hypertensive heart disease in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 1990-2019: An analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, Asieh Mansouri, Alireza Khosravi, Kamran Mehrabani-Zeinabad, Jacek A. Kopec, Karam I I Adawi, Michelle Lui, Hanan F. Abdul Rahim, Wagida Anwar, Ibtihal Fadhil, Kadhim Sulaiman, and Syedah Saira Bukhari

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Utility of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio to predict acute respiratory distress syndrome in COVID-19: Short communication, Kulsoom Bano Mehdi, Shahzeeba Jehan, Madiha Akhter, Meher Angez, and Nosheen Nasir

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The emergence of mpox in Pakistan: An urgent call for preparedness and response, Sanila Mughal, Hadiya Javed, and Muhammad Hasanain

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COVID-19 and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A case report, Muhammad Zain Mushtaq, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Syed Ahsan Ali, and Mohammad Usman Shaikh

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Exploring the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 variants, illness severity at presentation, in-hospital mortality and COVID-19 vaccination in a low middle-income country: A retrospective cross-sectional study, Zain Mushtaq, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Nosheen Nasir, Sara Khan, Akber Kanji, Asghar Nasir, Muhammad Asif Syed, Zahra Hasan, and Uzma Bashir Aamir

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Evaluation of MONOFER-induced hypersensitive reactions: A retrospective cohort study, Mahreen Muzammil, Ainan Arshad, Ahmed Ayaz, Muhmmad Umair Ihsan, Kashif Hussain, Muhmmad Yasir, and Hareem Rehman

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Role of soluble urokinase type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) in predicting mortality, readmission, length of stay and discharge in emergency patients: A systematic review and meta analysis, Syeda Tayyaba Rehan, Hassan Ul Hussain, Eman Ali, Kanwal Ashok Kumar, Shehroze Tabassum, Muhammad Hasanain, Asim Shaikh, Gibran Ali, Zohaib Yousaf, and Muhammad Sohaib Asghar

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Association and outcomes of bacterial infections with acute coronary syndrome; a cross-sectional study from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Sher Sethi, Iffat Khanum, Umair Javed, and Sania Sabir

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Contagion of coronavirus disease-the first family cluster of Pakistan: A case series, Aisha Fareed Siddiqui and Nosheen Nasir

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Therapeutic outcomes following isolated transcatheter tricuspid valve repair: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Hasan Fareed Siddiqui, Adam Bilal Khan, Muhammad Moiz Nasir, Fakhar Latif, Aisha Fareed Siddiqui, Parveen Akhtar, Mohammad Hamza, and Alina Barmanwalla

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Quality of life index in patients with vitiligo, Saadia Tabassum, Atiya Rahman, Rabia Ghafoor, Qamaruddin Khan, Najia Ahmed, Tazein Amber, Uzma Bashir, and Safia Awan

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Quality of life index in patients with vitiligo, Saadia Tabassum, Atiya Rahman, Rabia Ghafoor, Qamaruddin Khan, Najia Ahmed, Tazein Amber, Nadia Iftikhar, Muhammad Bazil Musharraf, Nadia Ali Azfar, Uzma Bashir, and Safia Awan

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Menstrual hygiene management in flood-affected Pakistan: Addressing challenges and ensuring women's health and dignity, Zarnab Tufail, Wania Ahmer, Shanza Gulzar, Muhammad Hasanain, and Hussain Haider Shah

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Medication adherence in patients with uncontrolled hypertension & hypertensive crisis presenting to a hospital setting in Karachi, Pakistan, Fatimah S. Yousuf, Muhammad Arbaz A. Khan, Raheela Bibi, Aiman Arif, Ainan Arshad, and Aysha Almas

Submissions from 2022

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Rise in multimorbidity in internal medicine patients: A longitudinal study from a tertiary care center in Karachi, Pakistan, Ahras Adeeb Ansari, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Ahmed Afzal, Amammarah Yasmeen, Muhammed Tariq, and Aysha Almas

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Colchicine and the combination of rivaroxaban and aspirin in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 (ACT): An open-label, factorial, randomised, controlled trial, John W. Eikelboom, Sanjit S. Jolly, Emilie P. Belley-Cote, Richard P. Whitlock, Sumathy Rangarajan, Lizhen Xu, Laura Heenan, Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, Maria Luz Diaz, and Aysha Almas

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Hyperammonemia of unknown cause in a young postpartum woman: A case report, Sadaf Hanif and Sher Muhammad Sethi

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Clinical outcomes of immunomodulatory therapies in the management of COVID-19: A tertiary-care experience from Pakistan, Noreen Nasir, Salma Tajuddin, Sarah Khaskheli, Naveera Khan, Hammad Niamatullah, and Nosheen Nasir

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Efficacy and safety of oral GnRh antagonists in patients with uterine fibroids: A systematic review, Rabiya Niaz, Memoona Saeed, Huda Khan, Muhammad Ashar Ali, Ahmed Irshad, Marium Faiz, Alaa Irshad, Faraeha Fatima, Sameer Altaf Tunio, and Wajeeha Aiman

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Meta-analysis of incidence and outcomes of life-threatening arrhythmias in takotsubo cardiomyopathy, Sawai Singh Rathore, Kinza Iqbal, Shameel Shafqat, Eleze Tariq, Sohaib Tousif, Zain Ghufran UlHaq, David Fernández-Sánchez, María José Hernández-Woodbine, Sofia Carolina Granados-Mendoza, and Natalia Andrea Lacouture-Cárdenas

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Telemedicine for rheumatology patients in Covid-19 pandemic: Perspectives of patients, Muhammad Mehmood Riaz, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, and Noreen Nasir

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COVID-19 infection among vaccinated and unvaccinated: Does it make any difference?, Fatima Samar, Amara Zafar, Haris Afzal, Taymmia Ejaz, Sara Shamim, Shayan Saleemi, and Amna Subhan Butt

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Patient’s perspective of awake proning: A Cross-Sectional Interview-Based survey from COVID-19–Recovered patients, Sher Sethi, Sana Hirani, Rodaba Iqbal, and Amber S. Ahmed

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COVID-19 encephalopathy: an unusual presentation with new-onset seizure causing convulsive status epilepticus, Aisha Fareed Siddiqui, Sheema Saadia, Taymmia Ejaz, and Zain Mushtaq

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Self-medication practices in medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional analysis, Farah Yasmin, Muhammad Sohaib Asghar, Unaiza Naeem, Hala Najeeb, Hamza Nauman, Muhammad Nadeem Ahsan, and Abdullah Khan Khattak

Submissions from 2021

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Black stone poisoning with a unique complication of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), Safia Akhlaq and Adil Aziz

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Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in accidental chlorine gas inhalational injury: Case report and review of literature, Safia Akhlaq, Taymmia Ejaz, Adil Aziz, and Arslan Ahmed

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Morphological spectrum of vesiculobullous skin lesions: An institutional perspective, Javaria Ali, Sabeeh Islam, Syed Munqaad Ali, Syed Rafay Yaqeen, Anum Aslam, Qurat Ul Ain Khan, Umair Arshad Malik, Muhammad Irfan, Hanna Naqvi, and Atif A. Hashmi

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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

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Low performance of internal medicine senior residents in in-service examinations, Syed Ahsan Ali, Qamar Riaz, Zain Mushtaq, Safia Awan, and Muhammad Tariq

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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

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Creating hospital spaces for coronavirus disease 2019 in Pakistan, Aysha Almas and Om Parkash

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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

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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

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Correlation of serum calcium with severity of acute ischaemic stroke, Ainan Arshad, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Ahmed Ayaz, Mehsa Hashim, and Eisha Hanan

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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

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Infective endocarditis secondary to mycoplasma pneumoniae, Huzaifa Dawood, Saad Nasir, Reem M. Khair, and Mustafa Dawood

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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

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Actinic purpura, Wissem Hafsi, Sadia Masood, and Talel Badri

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Perception and practices regarding cannabis consumption in Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study, Syed Saboor Hasan, Asim Shaikh, Rohan Kumar Ochani, Muhammad Moinuddin Asharafi, Zunaira Naavid Ansari, Syed Hina Abbas, Muhammad Khalid Abbasi, and Wajid Ali

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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

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Diagnostic dilemma in COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis, Kauser Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Muhammad Irfan, Syed Ahsan Ali, and David W. Denning

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Erythropoietic protoporphyria, Naila Ahmed Jan and Sadia Masood

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Poroma, Naila Ahmed Jan and Sadia Masood

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Waardenburg syndrome, Naila Ahmed Jan, Ryan K. Mui, and Sadia Masood

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Bilateral systematised epidermolytic epidermal nevus: A case report, Sabeika R. Kerawala, Najam-Us-Saher Rizvi, and Saadia Tabassum

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Triggering and protective factors of burnout in medical resident physicians in a lower-middle-income country: A cross-sectional study, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Aqusa Zahid, Noreen Nasir, Munaim Tahir, Uzma Ghouri, and Aysha Almas

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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

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Tocilizumab in critically ill COVID-19 patients: An observational study, Zain Mushtaq, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Aysha Almas, Syed Ather Wasti, and Syed Ahsan Ali

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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

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Acquired autoimmune Bartter syndrome in a patient with primary hypothyroidism, Noreen Nasir, Deepali Mohanty, Arun Kumar Pande, Dhanita Khanna, Kavita Vishvakarma, and Latika Gupta

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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

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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

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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

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Phototherapy, Dipali G. Rathod, Hira Muneer, and Sadia Masood

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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

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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

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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

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Epidemiology of sepsis, based on ICD-9 coding, a tertiary care experience from Pakistan, Amber Sabeen, Erfan Hussain, Sohail Haleem, Naila Ahmed, and Asad Latif

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Metastatic choriocarcinoma in a young woman presenting as thyroid storm: A case report, Muhammad Saleem; Sher Sethi; Abrar Ali; and Zareen Kiran,

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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

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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

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Lead encephalopathy in an adult opioid abuser, Fatima Suleman, Karima Shoukat, Ainan Arshad, Nadeem Ullah Khan, and Mohammad Usman Shaikh

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Pemphigus management guidelines: A life-saving perspective, Saadia Tabassum and Atiya Rahman

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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

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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

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Hypertrophic gastric folds with hypomagnesemia, linking the dots, Mansoor Zafar, Tila Muhammad, Najam-Us-Saher Rizvi, and Muhammad Toqeer

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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

Submissions from 2020

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Novel use of fresh frozen plasma in treating hereditary angioedema: A success story from Pakistan, Amber Sabeen Ahmed and Sidra Fayyaz

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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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Awareness regarding causes of infertility among out-patients at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Hamza M. Ahmed, Mohammad Khan, Farah Yasmin, Haris Jawaid, Hiba Khalid, Anum Shigri, Faryal Nawaz, and Choudhary A. Hasan

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Differences in angiographic profile and immediate outcome of primary percutaneous coronary intervention in otherwise risk-free young male smokers, Salik Ahmed, Sanam Khowaja, Saher Khowaja, Tariq Ashraf, Kanwal Aamir, Mahesh K. Batra, Musa Karim, Muhammad Anis M. Ahmedani, and Syed Z. Jamal

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School health education program in Pakistan (SHEPP)-A threefold health education feasibility trial in schoolchildren from a lower-middle-income country, Aysha Almas, Romaina Iqbal, Sania Sabir, Abdul Ghani, and Khawar Kazmi

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En bloc resection of a giant retroperitoneal liposarcoma: A surgical challenge, Talal Almas, Muneeb Ullah, Maryam Ehtesham, Absam Akbar, and Muhammad Kashif Khan

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How nutrition can help to fight against COVID-19 pandemic, Faseeha Aman and Sadia Masood

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Cyclosporin in dermatology: A practical compendium, Tazein Amber and Saadia Tabassum

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Prevalence of risk factors of acute kidney injury in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Ainan Arshad and Ahmed Ayaz

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Types and risk factors of violence experienced by people living with HIV, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study, Safia Awan, Nukhba Zia, Fatima Sharif, Sharaf Ali Shah, and Bushra Jamil

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Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, Sarah Gabros and Sadia Masood

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Reliability and validity of WATCH: Warwick assessment instrument for clinical teaching, Sonia Ijaz Haider, Khalid Masood Gondol, Muhammed Tariq, Muhammad Furqan Bari, and Iqbal Azam Syed

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Invasive pulmonary infection by syncephalastrum species: Two case reports and review of literature, Memoona Irshad, Nosheen Nasir, Urooj Haider Hashmi, Joveria Farooqi, and Syed Faisal Mahmood