Submissions from 2021
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
Phototherapy, Dipali G. Rathod, Hira Muneer, and Sadia Masood
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
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
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
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
Metastatic choriocarcinoma in a young woman presenting as thyroid storm: A case report, Muhammad Saleem; Sher Sethi; Abrar Ali; and Zareen Kiran,
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
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
Lead encephalopathy in an adult opioid abuser, Fatima Suleman, Karima Shoukat, Ainan Arshad, Nadeem Ullah Khan, and Mohammad Usman Shaikh
Pemphigus management guidelines: A life-saving perspective, Saadia Tabassum and Atiya Rahman
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
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
Hypertrophic gastric folds with hypomagnesemia, linking the dots, Mansoor Zafar, Tila Muhammad, Najam-Us-Saher Rizvi, and Muhammad Toqeer
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
Novel use of fresh frozen plasma in treating hereditary angioedema: A success story from Pakistan, Amber Sabeen Ahmed and Sidra Fayyaz
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
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
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
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
En bloc resection of a giant retroperitoneal liposarcoma: A surgical challenge, Talal Almas, Muneeb Ullah, Maryam Ehtesham, Absam Akbar, and Muhammad Kashif Khan
How nutrition can help to fight against COVID-19 pandemic, Faseeha Aman and Sadia Masood
Cyclosporin in dermatology: A practical compendium, Tazein Amber and Saadia Tabassum
Prevalence of risk factors of acute kidney injury in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Ainan Arshad and Ahmed Ayaz
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
Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, Sarah Gabros and Sadia Masood
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
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
Erythema annulare centrifugum: A rare skin manifestation of hashimoto thyroiditis, Palwasha Jalil, Sadia Masood, and Saira Fatima
Clinical features, diagnosis and management of COVID-19 patients in the outdoor setting, Bushra Jamil
Vitiligo, Naila Ahmed Jan and Sadia Masood
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
Bullous striae distensae with prolonged steroid use: An unusual clinical presentation, Sadia Masood, Palwasha Jalil, Shaheen Naveed, and Samra Kanwal
COVID-19 pandemic & skin care guidelines for health care professionals, Sadia Masood, Saadia Tabassum, Shaheen Naveed, and Palwasha Jalil
Psoriasis of the nails, Hira Muneer and Sadia Masood
A fatal case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) complicated with diabetes insipidus (DI): A Case report and review of the literature, Zain Mushtaq, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, and Adil Aziz
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
Hughes stovin syndrome: A case of recurrent pulmonary artery aneurysms, Mohammed Bin Pervez, Bilal Iqbal, Noreen Nasir, and Saulat Fatimi
Frequency of depression and anxiety among patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria visiting a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Muhammad Rizwan Rafique, Sadia Masood, Sana Tanzil, Saadia Tabassum, and Shaheen Naveed
Vasopressin in conjunction with norepinephrine in septic shock: A retrospective cohort study from a low middle-income country, Hussain Ahmed Raza, Ainan Arshad, Ahmed Ayaz, Mohummad H R. Raja, Fatima Gohar, Maria Khan, and Bushra Jamil
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
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
Tension pneumocephalus after right dacryocystorhinostomy: A rare but potential serious complication, Sher Sethi and Syed Ahsan Ali
Association of critical illness scores (q-SOFA and APACHE) and multimorbidity in patients admitted to internal medicine step down units, Sher Sethi, Madiha Iqbal, Amber Sabeen, Sania Sabir, and Aysha Almas
Acne vulgaris, Amita H. Sutaria, Sadia Masood, and Joel Schlessinger
Using the cognitive apprenticeship model to identify learning strategies that learners view as effective in ward rounds, Muhammad Tariq, Sundus Iqbal, Sonia Ijaz Haider, and Aamir Abbas
Ratings of performance in multisource feedback: Comparing performance theories of residents and nurses, Muhammed Tariq, Marjan Govaerts, Azam Afzal, Syed Ahsan Ali, and Tabassum Zehra
Seborrheic dermatitis, Dan Tucker and Sadia Masood
Submissions from 2019
Does depressed persons with non-cardiovascular morbidity have a higher risk of CVD? A population-based cohort study in Sweden, Aysha Almas, Jette Moller, Romaina Iqbal, Andreas Lundin, and Yvonne Forsel
Correction to: Severity of depression, anxious distress and the risk of type 2 diabetes - a population-based cohort study in Sweden, Anna Deleskog, Rickard Ljung, Yvonne Forsell, Alicia Nevriana, Aysha Almas, and Jette Möller
Performance of the TIMI risk score in predicting mortality after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in elderly women: Results from a developing country, Shumaila Furnaz, Musa Karim, Tariq Ashraf, Sajjad Ali, Izza Shahid, Sara Ali, Uzzam Ahmed Khawaja, Muhammad Tanzeel ul Haque, Muhammad Shariq Usman, and Tariq Jamal Siddiqi
Performance of the TIMI risk score in predicting mortality after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in elderly women: Results from a developing country, Shumaila Furnaz, Musa Karim, Tariq Ashraf, Sajjad Ali, Izza Shahid, Sara Ali, Uzzam Ahmed Khawaja, Muhammad Tanzeel ul Haque, Muhammad Shariq Usman, and Tariq Jamal Siddiqi
A meta-analysis comparing aspirin alone versus dual antiplatelet therapy for the prevention of venous graft failure following coronary artery bypass surgery, Kirstin Hesterberg, Aranyak Rawal, Sajjad A. Khan, Abdul Rashid, David Jones, Tariq Siddiqui, Thekrayat A. . Khader, Manu Nayyar, and Rahman Shah
Recognition of Antibiotic Resistance in Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Caused by Escherichia coli in Liver Cirrhotic Patients in Civil Hospital Karachi, Pooja D. Kirplani, Laila Tul Qadar, Rohan Kumar Ochani, Zahid Ali Memon, Syeda Anjala Tahir, Khalid Imran, Naresh Kumar Seetlani, Amanullah Abbasi, Mahaish Kumar, and Piyar Ali
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Salmonella Species in Southern Pakistan, Ghulam Shabbir Laghari; Zahid Hussain; Syed Zohaib Maroof Hussain; Haresh Kumar; Syed Mohammad Mazhar Uddin,; and Aatera Haq
Genetics and Epigenetics Mechanism in the Pathogenesis of Behçet's Disease, Jibran Sualeh Muhammad, Muhammad Ishaq, and Khalid Ahmed
Iron III isomaltose induced hypersensitivity reaction, Mahreen Muzammil, Kashif Aziz, Muhammad Ehteram Ul Haq, and Nosheen Nasir
Risk factors for mortality of patients with ceftriaxone resistant E. coli bacteremia receiving carbapenem versus beta lactam/beta lactamase inhibitor therapy, Nosheen Nasir; Sara Ahmed; , Samrah Razi; Safia Awan; and Syed Faisal Mahmood
Ralstonia pickettii Bacteremia: An Emerging Infection in a Tertiary Care Hospital Setting, Nosheen Nasir, Muneeba Ahsan Sayeed, and Bushra Jamil
A Case of an Anomalous Right Coronary Artery Arising from the Left Coronary Cusp, Muhammad Shabbir Rawala, Ahmer A. Longi, Arfeen A. Khan, Syed Inam Rizvi, and Syed B. Rizvi
Clinical spectrum and factors impacting outcome of Candida auris: a single center study from Pakistan, Muneeba Ahsan Sayeed, Joveria Farooqi, Kauser Jabeen, Safia Awan, and S Mahmood
The use of folic acid in dengue: Has it any value?, Asif Ali Shah, Ahsan Ali Syed, Saad Bin Zafar, and Safia Awan
A Meta-analysis of Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases in the Context of Contemporary Preventive Strategies, Rahman Shah, Babar Khan, Samuel B. Latham, Sajjad A. Khan, and Sunil V. Rao
An updated meta-analysis of radial versus femoral access for percutaneous coronary intervention in the context of aggressive bleeding avoidance strategies, Rahman Shah, Sajjad A. Khan, Abdul Rashid, Tariq Siddiqui, and Manu Nayyar
Frequency of Peri-operative Hypertension in a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Momena Sohail, Aysha Almas, Ayesha Majeed Memon, Bushra Usmani, Aamir Hameed, and G. Afshan
Factors associated with onychomycosis in nail psoriasis: a multicenter study in Pakistan, Saadia Tabassum, Atiya Rahman, Safia Awan, Kausar Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Bilal Ahmed, Sadia Masood, Manzor Memon, Shaheen Naveed, and Naseema Kapadia
Dengue fever presenting as quadriparesis due to hypokalaemia: a rare presentation, Syed Muhammad Zubair, Syed Ahsan Ali, and Saira Furqan
Submissions from 2018
Rare Case of Giant Asymptomatic Left Coronary Artery Aneurysm of 10 cm Associated with Coronary Cameral Fistula, Ali Afzal, Mohamad Sharbatji, Hussain Nawaz, and Muqeet Siddiqui
Association of Catechol-Omethyltransferase (COMT Val158Met) with future risk of cardiovascular disease in depressed individuals - a Swedish population-based cohort study, Aysha Almas, Yvonne Forsell, Vincent Millischer, Jette Möller, and Catharina Lavebrat
Aspirin in Primary Prevention of Myocardial Infarction/Angina and Stroke in Hypertensive Patients, Aysha Almas, Muhammad Salman Ghazni, Shahrukh Hashman, and Zain Mushtaq
Factors Determining Pakistani Medical Students' Career Preference for General Practice Residency Training., Muhammad Bilal, Abdul Haseeb, Anum Mari, Muhammad Hussham Arshad, M. Raafe Ali Khan, Ayesha Ahmed, Ramesha Jeoffery, Zainab Saleem, Muhammad Abrar Irfan, Arsalan Aamir Khan, Sana Husain, Simrah Najeeb, Amal Fuad Garib, Fatema Mustafa Attarwala, and Muhammad Husnain Mankani
Management of Chronic Hepatitis B: Knowledge and Practices of Physicians in Pakistan, Qurat-ul-Ain Hafeez, Amna Subhan Butt, and Furqaan Ahmed
The impact of surgeon volume on patient outcome in spine surgery: A systematic review, Azeem Tariq Malik, Usman Younis Panni, Muhammad Usman Mirza, Maryam Tetlay, and Shahryar Noordin
Diagnostic Value of Gauze Filtration Technique: A Comparison with Conventional Methods in a Diagnostic Laboratory in Pakistan, Naima Maqsood; Aymen Shakeel; Najia Karim Ghanchi; Ahmed Raheem Buksh; ,Feroz Zaheruddin; Ghazala Jabeen; Afsheen Raza; and Mohammad A. Beg
Letter to the Editor: Digital Dementia-Is Smart Technology Making Us Dumb?, Sanaa Moledina and Adeel Khoja
Infection of a ventricular septal defect patch with acremonium species, Nosheen Nasir, Kauser Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Binish Arif Sultan, Afia Zafar, Aamir Hameed Khan, Muneer Amanullah, and Farheen Ali
Safety and efficacy of transcatheter aortic valve replacement for native aortic valve regurgitation: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Wasiq Faraz Rawasia, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Muhammad Shariq Usman, Tariq amal Siddiq, Firzah Abdul Mujeeb, Mohsin Chundrigar, Ankur Kalra, Mohamad Alkhouli, Clifford J. Kavinsky, and Deepak L. Bhatt
Bullying experiences of dental interns working at four dental institutions of a developing country: A cross-sectional study, Ullah Rizwan, Siddiqui Faraz, Faraz Siddiqui, and Iqbal Kef
The Post Clinic Ambulatory Blood Pressure (PC-ABP) study correlates Post Clinic Blood Pressure (PCBP) with the gold standard Ambulatory Blood Pressure, Hunaina Shahab, Hamza Sohail Khan, Aysha Almas, Mayera Tufail, K. Kazmi, and Aamir Hameed
A comprehensive meta-analysis of stem cell therapy for chronic angina, Rahman Shah, Samuel B. Latham, Sajjad A. Khan, Muhammad Shahreyar, Inyong Hwang, and Ion S. Jovin
Comment on “Liquid nitrogen cryotherapy for chronic recalcitrant interdigital candidiasis of toe spaces-an uncontrolled pilot study”, Saadia Tabassum, Atiya Rahman, and Ajmal Rashid
Emergence of Circulating Recombinant Form 56_cpx in Pakistani HIV-infected patient, Uroosa Tariq, Azra Parveen, Furquana Akhtar, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Syed Ali, and Syed Hani Abidi
Submissions from 2017
Invasive Aspergillosis Involving the Mediastinum in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report, Manesh Kumar Gangwani, Muhammad Aziz, Siraj Munir, and Syed Ahsan Ali
Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (SCIWORA) in adults: A report of two cases, Adil Aziz Khan, Shafaq Mahmood, Tayyaba Saif, and Aleesha Gul
Prevalence and characteristics of resistant hypertensive patients in an Asian population, Rabia Naseem, Arsalan Majeed Adam, Fiza Khan, Adiya Dossal, Ibrahim Khan, Ammara Khan, Hannah Paul, Hafsa Jawed, Aisha Aslam, Faez Muhammad Syed, Muhammad Ahsen Niazi, Shehzeen Nadeem, Aruba Khan, Amber Zia, and Mohammad Hussham Arshad
Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella syndrome it's in the community!, Muneeba Ahsan Sayeed, Nida Latif, and Syed Faisal Mahmood
High-volume forced diuresis with matched hydration using the RenalGuard System to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy: A meta-analysis of randomized trials, Rahman Shah, Sarah J. Wood, Sajjad A. Khan, Amina Chaudhry, M. Rehan Khan, and Mohamed S. Morsy
Submissions from 2016
Successful treatment of proximal renal tubular acidosis and fanconi syndrome with vitamin D replacement, Syed Ahsan Ali and M. Tariq
'Refractory epilepsy': What lies beneath?, Syedah Saira Bokhari and Satwat Hashmi
Using a tailored health information technology- driven intervention to improve health literacy and medication adherence in a Pakistani population with vascular disease (Talking Rx) - Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Abdul Muqeet, Kashfa Farhat, Wardah Khalid, Anum Jamil, Ambreen Gowani, Aliya Amin Muhammad, Fabiha Zaidi, Danyal Khan, Touseef Elahi, Shahrukh Sharif, Syedah Saira Bokhari, Nasir Rahman, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Saleem Sayani, and Salim S. Virani
Iron Deficiency Anemia among Women of Reproductive Age, an Important Public Health Problem: Situation Analysis, Minaz Mawani, Savera Aziz Ali, Gulshan Bano, and Sumera Aziz Ali
Use of M-Health Technology for Preventive Medicine in Pakistan, Minaz Mawani and Muhammad Masood Kadir
Women with pregnancy induced hypertension have a higher risk of developing essential hypertension - a case control study from a tertiary care center in Pakistan, Amna Qasim, Ahmad Bashir, Sara Sajid, Muhammad Mehmood Riaz, and Aysha Almas
Two Congenital Left-to-Right Shunt Anomalies in a Septuagenarian: ARare Occurrence, Hunaina Shahab, Sonia Yaqub, and Aamir Hameed Khan
Submissions from 2015
Clinical predictors of mortality in hospitalized patients with infective endocarditis at a tertiary care center in Pakistan, Sadia Arshad, Safia Awan, Syedah Saira Bokhari, and M. Tariq
Pakistan: the nidus for global polio re-emergence?, Yousaf Bashir Hadi and Abdul Malik Amir Sohail
Cost of care in a paediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary-care university hospital of Pakistan, Anwarul Haque, Naveed-ur- Rehman Siddiqui, Raman Kumar, Mehar Hoda, Gulzar Lakahni, and Khairunnisa Hooda
Oral anti-diabetics in Ramadan, Najmul Islam
Cutaneous Ulcers as Initial Presentation of Localized Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature, Noreen Nasir, Syed Ahsan Ali, and Hafiz Mohammed Mehmood Riaz
Burn injury characteristics: Findings from Pakistan national emergency department surveillance study, Emaduddin Siddiqui, Nukhba Zia, Asher Feroze, Safia Awan, Arifa Liaquat Ali, Junaid Razzak, Adnan Hyder, and Asad Latif