Submissions from 2016
Clinical practice guidelines on the management of variceal bleeding, Javed Iqbal Farooqi, Hasnain Ali Shah, Anwaar A. Khan, Amjad Salamat, Altaf Alam, Abbas Khan Khattak, Nazish Butt, Muhammed Salih, Sher Sher Rehman, Arif Amir Nawaz, Nasir Khokhar, Ghias-un-Nabi Tayyab, Javed Aslam Butt, Kashif Malik, Shakeel Ahmad Mirza, and Mohammad Akram
Significance of Tumor Marker CA15-3 in Metastatic Breast Cancer, Hoor Fatima, Amir Maqbool, Marium Siddiqui, Ghulam H, Habiba Sohail, Omema Saleem, and Afarina Ahmed
Facilitators and barriers to NCD prevention in Pakistanis-invincibility or inevitability: a qualitative research study., Ambreen Gowani, Hafiz Imtiaz Ahmed, Wardah Khalid, Abdul Muqeet, Saad Abdullah, Shariq Khoja, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
To Determine the Factors Responsible for Diagnostic Delay of Breast Cancer Among Women, Sultana Habibullah, Ghulam H, Junaid Ashraf, and Shakil Ahmad Daha
An Unusual Pathogen Causing Native Valve Endocarditis., Aneela Hussain, Nosheen Nasir, and Bushra Jamil
Nutrition in intensive care in adults review of the literature and development of evidence based feeding protocols., Sarah Ikram; Erfan Hussain,; and Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Clinical manifestations and outcomes of pulmonary aspergillosis: experience from Pakistan., Nousheen Iqbal, Muhammad Irfan, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Kauser Jabeen, Safia Awan, and Javaid Khan
Sequelae of extrapulmonary tuberculosis after treatment: Addressing patient needs., Bushra Jamil, Sadia Shakoor, and Rumina Hasan
Professional Practices Promoting Health of Healthcare Workers: Comparison of Public and Private Hospitals in Pakistan, Nourin Jivany, javed Yakoob, Shazia Bana, Asima Faisa, and Humeira Jawed
Translating knowledge for action against stroke--using 5-minute videos for stroke survivors and caregivers to improve post-stroke outcomes: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (Movies4Stroke)., Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Adeel Khoja, Bushra Usmani, Nargis Asad, Asma Ahmed, Iqbal Azam, Sarah Saleem, and Saleem Sayani
Quality of life after stroke in Pakistan, Wardah Khalid, Shafquat Rozi, Tazeen S. Ali, Iqbal Azam Syed, Michael Mullen, Saleem Illyas, QamarunNisa, Nabila Soomro, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Quality of life of stroke survivors and their primary caregivers in Pakistan., Wardah Khalid, Shafquat Rozi, Tazeen S. Ali, Iqbal Azam Syed, and Michael T. Mullen
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy with use of salbutamol nebulisation and aminophylline infusion in a patient with acute asthma exacerbation, Yousuf Hasan Khwaja and Javed Tai
Standard post-stroke care: Far from reality in Pakistan., Shahvaiz Magsi, Adeel Khoja, and Mansoor Ali Merchant Rameez
Bilateral Moyamoya Disease in a 2-Year-Old Pakistani Male Treated with Bilateral Encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis: A Positive Outcome., Shahvaiz Magsi, Adeel Khoja, Mansoor Ali Merchant Rameez, Ariba Khan, and Noman Ishaque
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
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
Predictors of Poor Outcome in Hospitalized Chronic Liver Disease Patients., Fakhar Qazi, Shahab Abid, Safia Awan, and faiza farooq
Changes in Serum Lipid Profile among Patients Suffering from Chronic Liver Disease Secondary to Hepatitis C, Fakhar Qazi, Shameem Behram Khan, Anam Umar, Noor ul Saba Shaikh, and Fizza Choudhry
Abdominal Cocoon: Primary Sclerosing Encapsulating Peritonitis., Fakhar Qazi and Wasim Ahmed Memon
Meckel's Diverticulum: A Case Report of Overt Obscure GI Bleed with Combine Gastric and Pancreatic Heterotopic Tissues., Fakhar Qazi, Om Parkash, Kamran Siddiqui, and Zafar Nazir
Bomb Blast and Its Consequences: Successful Intensive Care Management of Massive Pulmonary Embolsim., Faisal Shamim, Muhammad Rizwan, and Adil Aziz
Glucose monitoring in pregnancy complicated by diabetes., Aisha Sheikh and Abdul Jabbar
Updated evidence-based guide to smoking cessation therapies., Faraz Siddiqui; Rumana Huque,; and Omara Dogar
Presenting features, treatment patterns and outcomes of patients with breast cancer in Pakistan: Experience at a university hospital, Kumar s, Shaikh A. J, Rashid YA, Masood N, Mohammed ATV, Malik UZ, and Ghulam H
CC chemokine receptor 5 Δ32 polymorphism: association analysis and allele distribution among cutaneous leishmaniasis patients from Pakistan., Mariam Sophie; Abdul Hameed,; Akhtar Muneer; Azam J. Samdani; Saima Saleem; and Abid Azhar
Helicobacter pylori outer membrane protein and virulence marker differences in expatriate patients, javed Yakoob, Z Abbas, Wasim Jafri, and R KHAN
Immunomodulatory Effects of Psyllium Extract on Helicobacter pylori Interaction With Gastric Epithelial Cells., javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Z Abbas, and Kanwal Tariq
Comparison of the clinical presentations of Naegleria fowleri primary amoebic meningoencephalitis with pneumococcal meningitis: a case-control study., Mohammad Faizan Zahid, Muhammad Hamza Saad Shaukat, Bilal Ahmed, Mohammad Asim Beg, Muhammad Masood Kadir, and Syed Faisal Mahmood
Comments on the editorial on ILD published in the September 2016 issue of JPMA, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Clinical outcomes of pneumocystis pneumonia from a tertiary care centre in Pakistan., Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Hira Shahzad, and Afia Zafar
Submissions from 2015
Effect of nutritional deficiency on the efficacy of the polio vaccines in Pakistan., Aamir Abbas and Romaina Iqbal
Value of Adjusted Blood Requirement Index in determining failure to control bleed in patients with variceal bleeding., Shahab Abid, A. B. Khalid, Safia Awan, Syed H Shah, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Dengue Hemorrhagic fever complicated by intercostal artery hemorrhage., Syed Ahsan Ali, Sara Ahmed, and Mehmood Riaz
Severity of Depression, Anxious Distress and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in a Swedish Population-Based Cohort., Aysha Almas; Yvonne Forsell,; Romaina Iqbal; Imre Janszky,; and Jette Moller
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
Hair dye poisoning and rhabdomyolysis., Munira Bokutz, Nosheen Nasir, Syed Faisal Mahmood, and sara sajid
Building global capacity for brain and nervous system disorders research., Linda B. Cottler,; Joseph Zunt; Bahr Weiss; Ayeesha Kamran Kamal; and Krishna Vaddipart
A rare cause of recurrent wheeze and seizures., Maryam Hassan,; Saher Quraeshi; and Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY: OUTCOME OF FIRST 202 CASES IN A DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN GILGIT, Ghulam H, Dildar Hussain, Seema Waheed, Rehman Shah, Ali Ahmad Khan, Mumtaz Ibrahim, and Syed Mahboob Ali Shah
Guidelines for the Initial Management of Adults with Sepsis/Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock: 2015, Erfan Hussain, Bushra Jamil, and Naseem Salahuddin
Re-recurrent Dermatofibrosarcomaprotuberans of the chest wall., Niaz Hussain, Mujtaba Zaki Naveed, and Ghulam H
Low dose albumin for the prevention of renal impairment following large volume paracentesis in cirrhosis., Waqar Hussain, Abdullah Bin Khalid, Tayyab Usmani, Aiman Ghufran, and Syed H Shah
Interplay of chemo attractant peptides (cathelicidin and chemerin) with vitamin-D in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Syeda Sadia Fatima, Rabia Hussain, Nisar Ahmed Rao, Narius Virji, Bushra Jamil, and Muhammad Irfan
Dietary Almonds Increase Serum HDL Cholesterol in Coronary Artery Disease Patients in a Randomized Controlled Trial., Humaira Jamshed, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Romaina Iqbal, and Anwar Gilani
Study protocol: asymptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic disease in pakistanis., Ayeesha Kamran Kamal; Farzin Majeed,; Omrana Pasha; Muhammad Islam; Iqbal Azam Syed; Muhammad Saleem Ilyas; Munawar Hussain; Kamran Masood; Bilal Ahmed; Sumaira Nazir,; Zafar Sajjad; and Scott E. . Kasner
Diagnostic TCD for intracranial stenosis in acute stroke patients: experience from a tertiary care stroke center in Karachi, Pakistan., Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Hasan Rehman, Nasir Mustafa, Bilal Ahmed, Mohammad Jan, Faisal Wadivalla, and Syed Kamran
Improving medication adherence in stroke patients through Short Text Messages (SMS4Stroke)-study protocol for a randomized, controlled trial., Ayeesha Kamran Kamal; Quratulain Nauman Shaikh,; Omrana Pasha; Iqbal Azam Syed; Muhammad Islam; Adeel Ali Memon,; Hasan Rehman,; Muhammad Affan,; Sumaira Nazir; Salman Aziz,; Muhammad Jan; Anita Andani; Abdul Muqeet; Bilal Ahmed,; and Shariq Khoja
A randomized controlled behavioral intervention trial to improve medication adherence in adult stroke patients with prescription tailored Short Messaging Service (SMS)-SMS4Stroke study., Ayeesha Kamran Kamal; Quratulain Shaikh,; Omrana Pasha; Iqbal Azam Syed; Muhammad Islam,; Adeel Ali Memon; Hasan Rehman; Masood Ahmed Akram,; Muhammad Affan; Sumaira Nazir; Salman Aziz; Muhammad Jan; Anita Andani; Abdul Muqeet; Bilal Ahmed; and Shariq Khoja
MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY ASSESSMENT IN ACUTE HEPATITIS-E., L. Kamani; Saeed Sadiq Hamid; Faisal Wasim smail,; Syed Waqas Haider; Safia Awan; Ashfaq Ahmed; and Wasim Jafri
Can trained field community workers identify stroke using a stroke symptom questionnaire as well as neurologists? Adaptation and validation of a community worker administered stroke symptom questionnaire in a peri-urban Pakistani community., Maria Khan,; Ayeesha Kamran Kamal; Muhammad S. Ilyas; Muhammad Islam; Iqbal Azam Syed; Azam Virk,; Alia Nasir; Hasan Rehman,; Anita Arif,; Muhammad Jan,; Anjum Akhtar,; Minaz Mawani; Junaid Abdul Razzak,; and Omrana Pasha
Study Protocol: Validation and Adaptation of community-worker-administered stroke symptom questionnaire in a periurban Pakistani community to determine disease burden., Maria Khan, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Omrana Pasha, Muhammad Islam, Iqbal Azam Syed, Azam Virk, Alia Nasir, Anita Andani, Muhammad Jan, Anjum Akhtar, and Junaid Abdul Razzak
Stroke knowledge and screening in a high prevalence, low income community, Maria Khan,; Hasan Rehman,; and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors of Candidemia in Tertiary Care Hospital, Iffat Khanum, Syed Faisal Mahmood, farheen ali, Hafsa Waqar, and Safia Awan
Abuse among school going adolescents in three major cities of Pakistan: is it associated with school performances and mood disorders?, Saleem Khawaja, Adeel Khoja, and Komal Motwani
Mortality in Sepsis and its relationship with Gender., Nosheen Nasir, Bushra Jamil, Shahla Siddiqui, Fauzia A. Khan, and Rabia Hussain
Hereditary hemochromatosis., Om Parkash and Muhammad Akram
Impact and correlation of environmental conditions on pollen counts in Karachi, Pakistan., Anjum Perveen, Muneeba Khan, Shaista Zeb, and Asif Ali Imam
Hepatic encephalopathy in chronic liver disease: predisposing factors in a developing country, Fakhar Qazi, Shameem Behram Khan, and Anam Umar
Unusual presentation with polymenorrhagia and markedly high 17-hydroxy progesterone levels in a lady with Non-Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia., Azra Rizwan and Marium Hayat
Are BP readings taken after a patient-physician encounter in a real-world clinic scenario the lowest of all the readings in a clinic visit., Hunaina Shahab, Hamza Sohail Kan2 Khan, Aysha Almas, Sohail Abrar Khan, and Aamir Hameed Khan
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
Muscle paralysis in thyrotoxicosis., Fraz Anwar Siddiqui, and Aisha Sheikh
The association of GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms with squamous cell carcinoma of cervix in Pakistan., Sarah H. Siddiqui, Abdul Hameed, Saima Saleem, S. M. Shahid, Ghulam H, and Abid Azhar
Malignant ectopic thyroid tissue with distant metastasis: a case report, Shehla Tabassum, Najmul Islam, Saulat H. Fatimi, Mubasher Ikram, Arsalan Ahmed, and Maseehuz Zaman
Non-invasive parameters for the detection of variceal bleed in patients of liver cirrhosis, an experience of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Anam Umar, Fakhar Qazi, Rukhsana Abdul Sattar, and Beena Umar
Vivax malaria and chloroquine resistance: a neglected disease as an emerging threat, Anam A. Waheed,; Najia karim Ghanchi; Karim A. Rehman,; Afsheen Raza; Syed Faisal Mahmood; Syed faisal Mahmood; and Mohammad A. Beg
Arbovirus infections of the Nervous System: current trends and future threats, Mohammad Wasay, Ismail A. Khatri, and Foad Abd-Allah
Challenges of providing timely feedback to Residents: Faculty perspectives, Tabassum Zehra, M. Tariq, Afaq Motiwala, Syeda Kauser Ali, and John Boulet
Submissions from 2014
Effect of Helicobacter pylori and its virulence factors on portal hypertensive gastropathy and interleukin (IL)-8, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels, Z Abbas, javed Yakoob, usman WM, Shakir T, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Effects of polypharmacy on adverse drug reactions among geriatric outpatients at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi: a prospective cohort study., Bilal Ahmed, Kashmira Nanji, Rakshinda Mujeeb, and Muhammad Junaid Patel
Nanotechnology and its implication in medical science, Syed Ahsan Ali and M. Tariq
Diuretic induced hyponatremia in hypertensive patients., Aysha Almas, Nayla Ahmed, Fareed Khawaja, and Aamir Hameed
Better physician-patient communication; an important milestone in control of hypertension, a multicenter study from Karachi, Pakistan., Aysha Almas Almas, Faridah Bhamani, and Aamir Hameed
Hypertensive crisis, burden, management, and outcome at a Tertiary Care Center in Karachi, Aysha Almas, Ayaz Ghouse, Ahmed Raza Iftikhar, and Munawar Khursheed
Hypertensive Crisis, Burden, Management, and Outcome at a Tertiary Care Center in Karachi., Aysha Almas, Ayaz Ghouse, Ahmed Raza Iftikhar, and Munawar Khursheed
Depression is linked to uncontrolled hypertension: a case-control study from Karachi, Pakistan., Aysha Almas, Junaid Patel, Uzma Ghori, Ambreen Ali, Ahmed Iqbal Edhi, and Mohammad Ataullah Khan
Human ophthalmomyiasis externa caused by the sheep botfly oestrus ovis: a case report from Karachi, Pakistan, Naima Fasih, Kanza Noor Qaiser, Syeda Aisha Bokhari, Bushra Jamil, and Mohammad Asim Beg
172 Can Procalcitonin (PCT) Be Used as an Early Marker of Sepsis in Patients with Intracranial Hemorrhage (ICH)?, Pranisha Gautam Goyal,; Arthur Luka,; Prashant Malhotra; Marcia Epstein; David Ledoux,; Lisa George; Erfan Hussain; Rebecca Schwartz.; Celine Rahman Dematteo; and Reuben Burshtein
Short report: Diagnostic testing for hemorrhagic fevers in Pakistan: 2007-2013., Zahra Hasan, Barry Atkinson, Bushra Jamil, Azra Samreen, Lamia Altaf, and Roger Hewson
Change in serum CXCL10 levels during anti-tuberculosis treatment depends on vitamin D status, Zahra Hasan, Naseem Salahuddin, N Rao, Aqeel Mehdi, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Ali F, Ashraf M, Rahman F, Mahmood S, islam M, Dildar B, Anwer T, Oiighor F, Nadia Sharif, and Ullah A. R
Age and site of Colonic Neoplastic Lesions: Implications of screening in South Asia., Manzoor Hussain, A. B. Khalid, Syed Ahsan Ali, Wasim Jafri, Saeed Hamid, Anam Javed, and Sana Wahab
The polio fiasco in Pakistan, 2014, Bushra Jamil
Modified early warning (MEW) score: a low cost tool in predicting in-hospital outcomes of acutely ill medical patients, Bushra Jamil, Mehreen Anis, Annie Merchant, Najeeha Talat, Zunirah Ahmed, and Ashique Ali
Distribution, Severity and Radiologic Features of Intracranial Stenosis in Asymptomatic Pakistanis., Ayeesha Kamran Kamal; Farzin Majeed; Muhammad S. Ilyas; Munawar Hussain; Kamran Masood; Bilal Ahmed; Hasan Rehman,; Zafar Sajjad; and Scott E. Kasner8
Clinical, lifestyle, socioeconomic determinants and rate of asymptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis in stroke free Pakistanis., Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Farzin Majeed, Omrana Pasha, Hasan Rehman, Muhammad Islam, Iqbal Azam Syed, Muhammad Saleem Ilyas, Munawar Hussain, Kamran Masood, Bilal Ahmed, Sumaira Nazir, Zafar Sajjad, and Scott E. Kasner
Frequency and determinants of intracranial atherosclerotic stroke in urban Pakistan., Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Asif Rasheed, Khalid Mehmood, Muhammad Murtaza, Moazzam Zaidi, Maria Khan, Nabi Shah, Maria Samuel, Bilal Ahmed, Emmon Raza, Naveeduddin Ahmed, Jamal Ara, Tasnim Ahsan, Syed M. Munir, Shoukat Ali, Karim U. Maki, Muhammad M. Ahmed, Abdul R. . Memon, and Danish Saleheen
Can prophylactic antibiotics for aspiration improve stroke outcomes? The PANTHERIS trial., Ayeesha Kamran Kamal and Quratulain Shaikh
Clinical course and outcome of acute severe asthma (status asthmaticus) in adults., Ali Khawaja, Hira Shahzad, Murtaza Kazmi, and Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: ten year experience at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan., Abid Laghari, Aamir Hameed, and K. Kazmi
Stroke in Asia: geographical variations and temporal trends, Man Mohan Mehndiratta, Maria Khan, Prachi Mehndiratta, and Mohammad Wasay
Myocarditis complicating Plasmodium vivax malaria., Noreen Nasir, Saima Lalani, Zahra Aziz Samani, and Aysha Almas
Outcomes of splenectomy for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in adults: a developing country perspective., Amyn Pardhan, Aamir Hameed, Hasnain Zafar, Samia Mazahir, and Ghulam Murtaza
Refeeding syndrome in a young girl with anorexia nervosa., Om Parkash, Adil Ayub, and Shahab Abid
Importance of measuring non-HDL cholesterol in type 2 diabetes patients., Nanik Ram; Bilal Ahmed; Fauzan Hashmi,; and ABDUL Jabbar
Case report: nocardia infection associated with ectopic cushings., Azra Rizwan, Aqiba Sarfaraz, Abdul Jabbar, J. Akhter, and Najmul Islam
Acute-on-chronic liver failure: consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) 2014., Shiv Kumar Sarin, Chandan Kumar Kedarisetty, Z Abbas, Deepak Amarapurkar, Chhagan Bihari, Albert C. Chan, Yogesh Kumar Chawla, A. Kadir Dokmeci, Hitendra Garg, Hasmik Ghazinyan, Saeed Hamid, Dong Joon Kim, Piyawat Komolmit, Suman Lata, Guan Huei Lee, Laurentius A, Lesmana L. A, Mamun Mahtab, Rakhi Maiwall, Richard Moreau, Qin Ning, Viniyendra Pamecha, Diana Alcantara Payawal, Archana Rastogi, Salimur Rahman, Mohamed Rela, Anoop Saraya, Didier Samuel, Vivek Saraswat, Samir Shah, Gamal Shiha, Brajesh Chander Sharma, Manoj j Kumar Sharma, Kapil Sharma, Amna Subhan Butt, Soek Siam Tan, Chitranshu Vashishtha, Zeeshan Ahmed Wani, Man- Fung Yuen, and Osamu Yokosuka
Carvedilol vs. esophageal variceal band ligation in the primary prophylaxis of variceal hemorrhage: a multicentre randomized controlled trial., Syed H Shah, Zahid Azam, Javeria Rauf, Shahab Abid, Saeed Hamid, Wasim Jafri, A. B. Khalid, Faisal Wasim Ismail, Om Parkash, Amna Subhan Butt, and Syed Mohammad Munir
Coronary artery dissection after blunt chest trauma., Fahad Shamsi,; Javed Tai; and Syedah Saira Bukhari