Submissions from 2023
Leveraging collaborative learning for improved heart failure care: Insights from Argentina, Mohummad Hassan Raza Raja, Tariq Ahmad, and Zainab Samad
Vasoplegia: A review, Iqbal Ratnani, Rohan Kumar Ochani, Asim Shaikh, and Hafsa Nazir Jatoi
Bronchoscopic management of hemoptysis caused by airway erosion from vascular coils, Hussain Ahmed Raza, Mohummad Hassan Raza Raja, Jefferson H. Chambers, Chakravarthy B. Reddy, and Majid Shafiq
Workplace violence against healthcare workers in Pakistan; call for action, if not now, then when? A systematic review, Syeda Tayyaba Rehan, Mishal Shan, Syed Hasan Shuja, Zayeema Khan, Hassan Ul Hussain, Rohan Kumar Ochani, Asim Shaikh, Iqbal Ratnani, Abdulqadir J. Nashwan, and Salim Surani
Hyponatremia causing factors and its association with disease severity and length of stay in COVID-19 patients: A retrospective study from tertiary care hospital, Fazal Ur Rehman, Syeda Tayyaba Rehan, Bakhtawar Jama Rind, Komal Vallian, Muhammad Sohaib Asgha, and Farrukh Omair
Clinical manifestations and outcome of patients with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in pakistan. A single-center experience, Shakeel Ur Rehman, Salman Farooq, Muhammad Bilal Tariq, Nosheen Nasir, Mohammad Wasay, Sobia Masood, and Musa Karim
Double-chambered left ventricle: Diagnosis by CMR and review of the literature, Sheema Saadia, Aiysha Nasir, and Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan
The burden of ischemic heart disease and the epidemiologic transition in the eastern mediterranean region: 1990-2019, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Marjan Jamalian, Kamran Mehrabani-Zeinabad, Karam Turk-Adawi, Jacek Kopec, Wael AlMahmeed, Hanan F. Abdul Rahim, Hasan Ali Farhan, Wagida Anwar, and Saira Bokhari
Effect of cotton dust exposure on respiratory health outcomes among textile workers, Afreen Sadia, Yousaf Ali, Hasan Nawaz Tahir, Natasha Shaukat, Muhammad Irfan, and Asaad Ahmad Nafees
Spontaneous large volume hemothorax managed with a small-bore chest tube, Moiz Salahuddin and Samia Ayub
Outcomes of patients with elevated pulmonary artery systolic pressure on echocardiography due to chronic lung diseases, Moiz Salahuddin, Shayan Shahid, Masooma Aqeel, Ali Usman, Mehwish Aslam, and Saadia Sattar
Impact of postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis on surgical site infections rates after mastectomy with drains but without immediate reconstruction: A multicenter, double-blinded, randomized control superiority trial, Abida K. Sattar, Taleaa Masroor, Russell Seth Martins, Nida Zahid, Hania Shahzad, Lubna Vohra, Sana Zeeshan, Irum Khan, Ayesha Afzal Qureshi, and Syed Faisal Mahmood
Feto-maternal outcomes of pregnancies in women with SLE: Experience from a tertiary care center of Asia, Dur E. Shahwar, Tabeer Tanwir, Amir Raza, Mehmood Riaz, Ayesha Malik, and Shehla Ilyas
The COVID-19 pandemic and coronary heart disease: The next surge, Asim Shaikh, Sarim Dawar Khan, Farhala Mari Baloch, Salim S. Virani, and Zainab Samad
Etiology of acute infectious meningitis and meningoencephalitis in Karachi, Pakistan: Retrospective observational study from a tertiary care center, Sadia Shakoor, Tazeen Fatima, Fatima Mir, Asima Shahid, Najma Shaheen, Erum Khan, and Bushra Jamil
Identifying the early predictors of non-response to steroids in patients with flare of autoimmune hepatitis causing acute-on-chronic liver failure, Sanchit Sharma, Samagra Agarwal, Anoop Saraya, Ashok Kumar Choudhury, Sanjiv Saigal, A. S. Soin, Akash Shukla, Manoj K. Sahu, Laurentius A. Lesmana, and Saeed Hamid
COVID-19 and early puberty-An unintended consequence of COVID-19 lockdown?, Ayesha Sheikh, Rabia Owais, Eman Ali, and Asim Shaikh
Contagion of coronavirus disease-the first family cluster of Pakistan: A case series, Aisha Fareed Siddiqui and Nosheen Nasir
Genetic and antiretroviral drug resistance mutations analysis of reverse transcriptase and protease gene from Pakistani people living with HIV-1, Dilsha Siddiqui, Uzma Badar, Mahnoor Javaid, Nida Farooqui, Sharaf Ali Shah, Ayesha Iftikhar, Faisal Sultan, Fatima Mir, Syed Faisal Mahmood, and Syed Faisal Mahmood
Portal vein thrombosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and early cirrhosis-prevalence and risk factors, Muhammad Tayyab Ul-Hasan Siddiqui, Ghulam Fareed, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Amna Riaz, and Saeed Hamid
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
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, Zartash Arshad, and Safia Awan
Bilateral pneumothorax in a patient with angiosarcoma of the scalp: A case report, Maham Vaqar, Ayesha Sharif, Nousheen Iqbal, and Muhammad Irfan
Neurological disorders and disability in Pakistan: A cross-sectional multicenter study, Mohammad Wasay, Safia Awan, Naila Shahbaz, Sara Khan, Khalid Sher, Abdul Malik, Shahid Mustafa, Alam Ibrahim Siddiqi, Saleem Barech, and Sajid Hameed
Current practices and considerations for transcatheter mitral valve implantation based on risk stratification among patients with mitral valve regurgitation, Farah Yasmin, Hala Najeeb, Hasan Fareed Siddiqui, Muhammad Hamayl Zeeshan, Asad Mehdi, Muhammad Sohaib Asghar, Asim Shaikh, and Muhammad Aamir
Global survey of stigma among physicians and patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, Zobair M. Younossi, Saleh A. AlQahtani, Khalid Alswat, Yusuf Yilmaz, Caglayan Keklikkiran, Jesús Funuyet-Salas, Manuel Romero-Gómez, Jian-Gao Fan, Ming-Hua Zheng, and Saeed Hameed
Clinical and patient-reported outcome profile of patients with hepatitis B viral infection from the Global Liver Registry™, Zobair M. Younossi, Ming-Lung Yu, Yusuf Yilmaz, Khalid Aida Alswat, Maria Buti, Marlen Ivon Castellanos Fernandez, Georgios Papatheodoridis, Saeed Hamid, Mohamed El-Kassas, and Wah Kheong Chan
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
Basics of faculty-to-faculty mentoring: A process to identify support and challenges, Tabassum Zehra, Muhammed Tariq, Rehana Rehman, and Rukhsana W. Zuberi
Hyftor: An Emerging Therapy For Facial Angiofibromas, Muhammad Hassan Zulfi, Zainab Abbas, and Elahi Sana Jilani
Submissions from 2022
Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus: Relating immune impact of co-morbidity with challenges in disease management in high burden countries, Uzair Abbas, Kiran I. Masood, Aalia Khan, Muhammad Irfan, and Nausheen Saifullah
Efficacy and safety of direct oral anticoagulants with and without aspirin: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Talal Almas, Adeena Musheer, Arooba Ejaz, Fahd Niaz Shaikh, Anousheh Awais Paracha, Fizza Raza, Maryam Sarwar Khan, Fahad Masood, Faiza Siddiqui, and Muhammad Hasnain Mankani
Healthcare simulation: A key to the future of medical education - A Review, Omair Ayaz and Faisal Wasim Ismail
Spectrum of common pediatric neurological disorders: A cross-sectional study from three tertiary care centres across Pakistan, Prem Chand, Shahnaz Ibrahim, Khairunnisa Mukhtiar, Safia Awan, Durray Shahwar Abid Khan, Asna Sulaiman, Sajid Muhammad, Zahra Ali Padhani, Jai K. Das, and Mohammad Wasay
Predictors of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients following left ventricular assist device implantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Manesh Kumar Gangwani, Muhammad Aziz, Ali Nawras, Fnu Priyanka, Zohaib Ahmed, Raja Samir Khan, Mohammad Aadil Qamar, Fawad Haroon, Abeer Aziz, and Wade Lee Smith
South Asian ethnicity: What can we do to make this risk enhancer a risk equivalent?, Kartik Gupta, Mahmoud Al Rifai, Aliza Hussain, Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas, Jaideep Patel, Dinesh Kalra, Zainab Samad, and Salim S. Virani
BBIBP-CorV (Sinopharm) vaccination- induced immunity is affected by age, gender and prior COVID-19 and activates responses to spike and other antigens, Zahra Hasan, Kiran I. Masood, Shama Qaiser, Erum Khan, Areeba Hussain, Zara Ghous, Unab Khan, Maliha Yameen, I Hassan, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Haris Masooq, Shiza Ali, Sadaf Baloch, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Rabia Hussain, and Kulsoom Ghias
The emergence of COVID-19 associated mucormycosis: a review of cases from 18 countries, Martin Hoenigl, Danila Seidel, Agostinho Carvalho, Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy, Amir Arastehfar, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Nosheen Nasir, Alexandro Bonifaz, Javier Araiza, and Nikolai Klimko
Post COVID-19 sequelae of the respiratory system. A single center experience reporting the compromise of the airway, alveolar and vascular components, Nousheen Iqbal, Iffat Khanum, Muhammad Ali Ibrahim Kazi, Syeda Urooj Riaz, Uzzam Ahmed Khawaja, Safia Awan, Muhammad Irfan, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, and Javaid Khan
Etiology, sensitivity and resistance pattern of urinary tract infection among children (0 To 16 Years), Manoj Kumar, Warda Khalid, Amin Ali, Syed Khurram Sajid, Yumna Muhammad Aslam, and Ayaz Ur Rehman
Effectiveness of non-invasive respiratory support strategies in patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta analysis, Vinesh Kumar, Umair Arshad Malik, Reshman Kumari, Berkha Berkha, Vijay Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Simran Simran, Suman Suman, and Bushra Nasim
Evolutionary history and introduction of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha VOC/B.1.1.7 in Pakistan through international travelers, Asghar Nasir, Sayed Ali Raza Bukhari, Akber Kanji, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Najia Bano Ghanchi, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Safina Abdul Razzak, Muhammed Asif Syed, Rumina Hasan, and Zahra Hasan
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
Clinical features, microbiology and lung function in post-TB bronchiectasis compared to other aetiologies, Shayan Shahid and Muhammad Irfan
Time for reintroducing HPV vaccine in Pakistan for primary prevention of cervical cancer, Uzma Shamsi, Afshan Anwar, and Zainab Samad
Acute variceal bleeding portends poor outcomes in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure: A propensity score matched study from the APASL ACLF Research Consortium (AARC), Sanchit Sharma, Samagra Agarwal, Anoop Saraya, Ashok Choudhury, Mamun Al Mahtab, Mohd. Shahinul Alam, Sanjiv Saigal, Dong Joon Kim, C. E. Eapen, and Saeed Hamid
Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of secondary distribution of hepatitis C self-testing within the context of a house-to-house hepatitis C micro-elimination programme in Karachi, Pakistan, Sonjelle Shilton, Dania Ali, Alyia Hasnain, Adeel Abid, Jessica Markby, Muhammad S. Jamil, Niklas Luhmann, Pamela Nabeta, Stefano Ongarello, and Saeed Hamid
Behavioural support and nicotine replacement therapy for smokeless tobacco cessation: Protocol for a pilot randomised-controlled multi-country trial, Faraz Siddiqui, Linda Bauld, Ray Croucher, Cath Jackson, Ian Kellar, Mona Kanaan, Subhash Pokhrel, Rumana Huque, Romaina Iqbal, and Javaid Ahmed Khan
Acquired Hemophilia A: A possibly fatal complication of SARS-COV-2 infection, Hasan Fareed Siddiqui, Taymmia Ejaz, Aisha Fareed Siddiqui, and Fahd Niaz Shaikh
Determinant of repeat revascularization within 5 years of percutaneous coronary lntervention at a tertiary care hospital, Karachi: A matched case-control study, Komal Valliani, Azmina Artani, Iqbal Azam, Javed Tai, and M. Masood Kadir
World Health Organization (WHO)'s Intersectoral Global Action Plan (IGAP); implications for Asian and African countries, Mohammad Wasay, Safa Younis, Augustina Charway-Felli, and Hamidon Basri
Does individualized guided selection of antiplatelet therapy improve outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention? A systematic review and meta-analysis, Naser Yamani, Samuel Unzek, Muhammad Hasnain Mankani, Talal Almas, Adeena Musheer, Humera Qamar, Shausha Farooq, Waqas Shahnawaz, Kaneez Fatima, and Vincent Figueredo
Early transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement versus conservative management in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Farah Yasmin, Asim Shaikh, Muhammad Sohaib Asghar, Hala Najeeb, Abdul Moeed, Eisha Waqar, Muskaan Doulat Ram, Avinash Nankani, Rohan Kumar Ochani, and Rumael Jawed
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with chronic liver disease: Results from the Global Liver Registry, Zobair M. Younossi, Yusuf Yilmaz, Mohamed El-Kassas, Ajay Duseja, Saeed Hamid, Gamal Esmat, Nahum Méndez-Sánchez, Wah Kheong Chan, Ashwani K. Singal, and Brian Lam
Submissions from 2021
Lactoferrin reduces the risk of respiratory tract infections: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Akbar Shoukat Ali, Syed Shahzad Hasan, Chia Siang Kow, and Hamid A. Merchant
Preliminary findings of a study on the practice of self-medication of antibiotics among the practicing nurses of a tertiary care hospital, Akbar Shoukat Ali, Rahim Jandani, Arwa A. Al-Qahtani, and Abdulkarem A S. Alenzi
The mystery of COVID-19 reinfections: A global systematic review and meta-analysis, Rubaid Azhar Dhillon, Mohammad Aadil Qamar, Jaleed Ahmed Gilani, Omar Irfan, Usama Waqar, Mir Ibrahim Sajid, and Syed Faisal Mahmood
Clinico-radiological and bronchoscopic predictors of microbiological yield in sputum negative tuberculosis in Pakistan, Taymmia Ejaz, Mahmood Iqbal Malik, Jamal Ahmed, Rizwan Azam, Yousaf Jamal, and Sheema Saadia
Comparison of surgical site infection after skin closure by prolene or staples in bilateral simultaneous knee arthroplasty patients: A parallel design randomized controlled trial protocol, Obada Hussein Hasan, Ahsun Jiwani, Laraib Mazhar, Dilshad Begum, Riaz Hussain Lakdawala, and Shahryar Noordin
Gum chewing, added to conventional feeding, reduces risk of post-operative ileus after elective hip and knee arthroplasty procedures in elderly population: A protocol for a parallel design, open-label, randomized controlled trial, Obada Hussein Hasan, Laraib Mazhar, Ahsun Jiwani, Dilshad Begum, Riaz Hussain Lakdawala, and Shahryar Noordin
Changing SARS-CoV-2 variants in Karachi, Pakistan from alpha to delta through COVID-19 waves three and four, Zahra Hasan, Uzma Bashir Aamir, Asghar Nasir, Azra Samreen, Sayed Ali Raza Bukhari, M Asif Syed, Mansoor Wassan, Syed Faisal Mahmood, and Rumina Hasan
Role of awake prone positioning in patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19: An experience from a developing country, Iffat Khanum, Fatima Samar, Fatimah Yousuf, Safia Awan, Adil Aziz, Kiren Habib, Nosheen Nasir, Syed Faisal Mahmood, and Bushra Jamil
Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis induced by cetuximab, Sadia Masood, Mohammad Rizwan, Saira Fatima, and Palwasha Jalil
COVID-19 associated mucormycosis: A life-threatening complication in patients admitted with severe to critical COVID-19 from Pakistan, Nosheen Nasir, Joveria Farooqi, Syed Faisal Mahmood, and Kauser Jabeen
Comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes between COVID-19 pneumonia and H1N1 influenza, Nosheen Nasir, Iffat Khanum, Kiren Habib, Rimsha Ahmed, Mujahid Hussain, Zahra Hasan, and Muhammad Irfan
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
Impact of acne on quality of life in young Pakistani adults and its relationship with severity: A multicenter study, Shaheen Naveed, Sadia Masood, Atiya Rahman, Safia Awan, and Saadia Tabassum
Comparative trends in ischemic heart disease admissions, presentation and outcomes due to the COVID-19 pandemic: First insights from a tertiary medical center in Pakistan, Ali Aahil Noorali, Humza Thobani, Shiraz Hashmi, Sara Iqbal, Asma A H. Merchant, Mian Arsam Haroon, Sardar Shahmir Babar Chauhan, Saad Mallick, Nida Zahid, Yasir Khan, Osman Faheem, and Saulat Fatimi
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
Disparities in cardiovascular research output and disease outcomes among high-, middle- and low-income countries - An analysis of global cardiovascular publications over the last decade (2008-2017), Nada Qaisar Qureshi, Syed Hamza Mufarrih, Gerald S. Bloomfield, Wajeeha Tariq, Aysha Almas, Ali H. Mokdad, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Sameen Siddiqi, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Zainab Samad
Examining the relationships between early childhood experiences and adolescent and young adult health status in a resource-limited population: A cohort study, Zeba A. Rasmussen, Wasiat H. Shah, Chelsea L. Hansen, Syed Iqbal Azam, Ejaz Hussain, Barbara A. Schaefer, Nicole Zhong, Alexandra A. Jamison, Khalil Ahmed, and Benjamin J J. McCormick
Metastatic choriocarcinoma in a young woman presenting as thyroid storm: A case report, Muhammad Saleem; Sher Sethi; Abrar Ali; and Zareen Kiran,
Clinical features and outcomes of critically ill patients with elizabethkingia meningoseptica: An emerging pathogen, Abdullah Umair and Nosheen Nasir
Submissions from 2020
Knowledge, attitude and perception survey of doctors regarding antibiotic use and resistance in Karachi, Pakistan, Hassan Ahmed, Sameer Bhimani, Iffat Khanum, Ammara Khan, Akash Khetpal, Mohammad Abubakar Abbas, Faizan Godil, Ansab Godil, and Inam Ul-Haq Muhammad Makhdoom
Epidemiology, outcomes, and prognostic factors of orbital lymphoma in the United States, Osama M. Ahmed, Anthony K. Ma, Taha M. Ahmed, and Renelle Pointdujour-Lim
Association between frequency of primary care provider visits and evidence-based statin prescribing and statin adherence: Findings from the veterans affairs system, Sarah T. Ahmed, Dhruv Mahtta, Hasan Rehman, Julia Akeroyd, Mahmoud Al Rifai, Fatima Rodriguez, Hani Jneid, Khurram Nasir, Zainab Samad, Mahboob Alam, Laura A. Petersen, and Salim S. Virani
Letter to the editor: Pediatric injuries in kids cafés and risk factors for significant injuries: A 6-year cross-sectional study using a multicenter injury registry in Korea, Akbar Shoukat Ali, Raheel Allana, and Rahim Jandani
Remarks about the study on infection-associated relapses in children with nephrotic syndrome: A short-term outcome study, Akbar Shoukat Ali, Raheel Allana, and Rahim Jandani
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
Playerunknown's battlegrounds: Yet another internet gaming addiction, Arwa Ahmed Al-Qahtani, Abdulkarem Awad S Alenzi, and Akbar Shoukat Ali
Sample size estimation: Often a disregarded, and yet an essential driver of research quality and integrity, Arwa Ahmed Al-Qahtani, Abdulkarem Awad S Alenzi, and Akbar Shoukat Ali
Cyclosporin in dermatology: A practical compendium, Tazein Amber and Saadia Tabassum
Covid -19, misinformation, and antimicrobial resistance, Mehreen Arshad, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Mishal Khan, and Rumina Hasan
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
Variations in common diseases, hospital admissions, and deaths in middle-aged adults in 21 countries from five continents (PURE): A prospective cohort study, Gilles R. Dagenais, Darryl P. Leong, Sumathy Rangarajan, Fernando Lanas, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Rajeev Gupta, Rafael Diaz, Alvaro Avezum, Gustavo B F Oliveira, and K. Kazmi
Association of egg intake with blood lipids, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 177,000 people in 50 countries, Mahshid Dehghan, Andrew Mente, Sumathy Rangarajan, Viswanathan Mohan, Scott Lear, Sumathi Swaminathan, Andreas Wielgosz, Pamela Seron, Alvaro Avezum, and Romaina Iqbal
A systematic review on the incidence and mortality of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Pakistan, H. Farooq, N. Beveridge, T. Fletcher, E. Ghani, Bushra Jamil, Zahra Hasan, A. Ikram, R.M. Safdar, M. Salman, and M. Umair
Does early surgery prevent Postoperative ICU admission after surgery for the fracture of the hip. Nested case control study of 911 patients, Obada Hasan, Laraib Mazhar, Umar Rabbani, Amna Rabbani, Fatima Mahmood, and Shahryar Noordin
Discordance between fine-needle aspiration cytology and histopathology in patients with mucoepidermoid carcinoma of parotid gland, Haissan Iftikhar, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Adeel Khoja, and W Khan
Clinical features, diagnosis and management of COVID-19 patients in the outdoor setting, Bushra Jamil
Facilitators and barriers for nurses in providing sexual education to myocardial-infarction patients: A qualitative systematic review, Salima Karani and John McLuskey
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
Testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection using the QuantiFERON-TB GOLD assay in patients with comorbid conditions in a tertiary care endemic setting, Kiran I. Masood, Bushra Jamil, Alnoor Akber, Maheen Hassan, Muniba Islam, and Zahra Hasan
COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) in patients admitted with severe COVID-19 pneumonia: An observational study from Pakistan, Nosheen Nasir, Joveria Farooqi, Syed Faisal Mahmood, and Kauser Jabeen
Mobile phones in the orthopedic operating room: Microbial colonization and antimicrobial resistance, Nada Qaisar Qureshi, Syed Hamza Mufarrih, Seema Irfan, Rizwan Haroon Rashid, Akbar Jaleel Zubairi, Anum Sadruddin Pidani, Israr Ahmed, and Shahryar Noordin
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
The emergence of an unassigned complex recombinant form in a Pakistani HIV-infected individual, Uroosa Tariq, Ayesha Iftikhar, Dilsha Zahid, Faisal Sultan, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Sadaf Naeem Sadaf Naeem, Syed Ali, and Syed Hani Abidi
Submissions from 2019
Assessment of Clinical Outcomes in Patients Presenting with Transverse Myelitis: A Tertiary Care Experience from a Developing Country, Aijaz Ali; Syeda Beenish Bareeqa; Amir Riaz; Syed Ijlal Ahmed,; Muhammad Hassan Shaikh; and Muhammad Ishaq Ghauri
Assessing nutritional status of critically Ill patients using serum prealbumin levels, Khushbakht Arbab, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib, Ahmed Raheem, Bushra Jamil, Bushra Akram, and Madiha Hashmi
The rapid response sepsis initiative (RrSI) – An innovative concept for sepsis management in Low to middle Income nations (LMIC), Muhammad Akbar Baig, Erfan Hussain, Syed Mustahsan, and Samia Kazmi