Submissions from 2019
Short-term versus long-term triple antithrombotic therapy for patients with coronary stents and requiring oral anticoagulation: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials, Rahman Shah, Sajjad A. Khan, Babar Khan, and Samuel B. Latham
Emergence of HIV-1 unique DG recombinant form in Pakistan, Uroosa Tariq, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Sadaf Naeem, Syed Ali, and Syed Hani Abidi
Submissions from 2018
Determinants of uncontrolled hypertension in rural communities in south Asia-Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, Tazeen Jafar, Mihir Gandhi, Imtiaz Jehan, Aliya Naheed, H Asita de Silva, Hunaina Shahab, Dewan Alam, Nathasha Luke, Ching Wee Lim Wee Lim, and COBRA-BPS Study Group
Curbing the hepatitis C virus epidemic in Pakistan: The impact of scaling up treatment and prevention for achieving elimination, Aaron G. Lim; Huma Qureshi; Hassan Mahmood; Saeed Hamid; Charlotte F. Davies; Adam Trickey; Nancy Glass; Quaid Saeed; Hannah Fraser; and Josephine G. Walker,
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
Submissions from 2017
Validation of bioelectrical impedance analysis for assessing dry weight of dialysis patients in Pakistan, Huma Asmat, Romaina Iqbal, Fatima Sharif, Aamer Mahmood, Aamir Abbas, and Waqar Kashif
Effects of bidi smoking on all-cause mortality and cardiorespiratory outcomes in men from south Asia: an observational community-based substudy of the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (PURE), MyLinh Duong, Sumathy Rangarajan, Xiaohe Zhang, Kieran Killian, Prem Mony, Sumathi Swaminathan, Ankalmadagu Venkatsubbareddy Bharathi, Sanjeev Nair, Krishnapillai Vijayakumar, Indu Mohan, Romaina Iqbal, and Khawar Kazmi
Association of hypercapnia on admission with increased length of hospital stay and severity in patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective observational study from Pakistan., Nousheen Iqbal, Muhammad Irfan, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Safia Awan, and Javaid Khan
Geo-spatial reporting for monitoring of household immunization coverage through mobile phones: Findings from a feasibility study, Abdul Momin Kazi, M. Ali, Ayub Khan, Hussain Kalimuddin, K. Zubair, A.N. Kazi, Azmina Artani, and Syed Asad Ali
Tissue Engineered Solutions for Intracardiac Septal Defects: A Large Step Forward in an Unmet Clinical Need., Aamir Hameed Khan, Garry P. Duffy, Babar Hasan, and Saulat Husnain Fatimi
Incidental metastatic mediastinal atypical carcinoid in a patient with parathyroid adenoma: a case report., Zareen Kiran,; Asma Ahmed; Owais Rashid; Saira Fatima; Faizan Malik; Saulat H. Fatimi; and Mubasher Ikram
SODIUM AND WATER IMBALANCE AFTER SELLAR, SUPRASELLAR, AND PARASELLAR SURGERY., Zareen Kiran, Aisha Sheikh, Sehrish Nizar Ali Momin, Isra Majeed, Safia Awan, Owais Rashid, and Najmul Islam
Development of Predisposition,Injury,Response,Organ failure model for predicting acute kidney injury in acute on chronic liver failure., Rakhi Maiwall; Shiv Kumar Sarin; Suman Kumar; Priyanka Jain; Guresh Kumar; Ajeet Singh Bhadoria,; Richard Moreau; Chandan Kumar Kedarisetty; Z Abbas; Deepak Amarapurkar; Ankit Bhardwaj; Chhagan Bihari; Amna Subhan Butt; Albert Chan; Yogesh Kumar Chawla; Ashok Chowdhury; RadhaKrishan Dhiman; Abdul Kadir Dokmeci; Hasmik Ghazinyan H; Saeed Hamid; Dong Joon Kim; Piyawat Komolmit; George K. Lau; Guan Huei Lee; Laurentius A. Lesmana; Rajendra Prasad Mathur; Suman Lata Nayak,; Qin Ning; Viniyendra Pamecha,; Diana Alcantara- Payawal; Archana Rastogi; Salimur Rahman,; Mohamed Rela; Vivek A , Saraswat; Samir Shah; Gama Shiha; Barjesh Chander Sharma; Manoj Kumar Sharma; Kapil Sharma; Soek Siam Tan; Shivendra Singh Chandel; Chitranshu Vashishtha; Zeeshan A. Wani; Man- Fung Yuen; and Osamu Yokosuka
Importance of physical activity in women, Minaz Mawani
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
Mortality In Patients With Respiratory And Nonrespiratory Carbapenem Resistant-Multidrug Resistant Acinetobacter Infections, Nosheen Nasir and S Mahmood
Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Budd-Chiari Syndrome at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan., Om Parkash, Aysha Khan, and Saeed Hamid
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
Case series of rare Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)., Naveed Haroon Rashid, Saba Farooq, Mohammad Ahmed, and Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Using mobile health (mHealth) technology in the management of diabetes mellitus, physical inactivity, and smoking, Hasan Rehman, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Saleem Sayani, Pamela B. Morris, Anwar T. Merchant, and Salim S. Virani
SLC11A1 polymorphisms and host susceptibility to cutaneous leishmaniasis in Pakistan., Mariam Sophie,; Abdul l Hameed Institute of Biomedical and Genetic Engineering (IBGE), 24-Mauve Area, G- 9/1, Islamabad, Pakistan.; Akhtar Muneer; Azam J. Samdani; Saima Saleem; and Abid Azhar
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy with biventricular involvement and heart failure in a 9-year old girl., Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Mehnaz Atiq, Jamie Miller, and Joseph B. Selvanayagam
Barriers and perceptions regarding code status discussion with families of critically ill patients in a tertiary care hospital of a developing country: A cross-sectional study, Ahsan A. Syed, Aysha Almas, Quratulain Naeem, Umer F. Malik, and M. Tariq
Frequency of worsening liver function in severe dengue hepatitis patients receiving paracetamol: A retrospective analysis of hospital data., Ahsan Ali Syed, Faisal Aslam, Haris Hakeem, Faraz Siddiqui, and Noreen Nasir
Covering the Cover, Wei Wu, Jingdi Chen, Qianshan Ding, Dongmei Yang, Honggang Yu, and Jun Lin
Helicobacter pylori outer membrane protein Q genotypes and their susceptibility to anti-adhesive phytotherapeutic agents., javed Yakoob, Z Abbas, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Kanwal Tariq, Saima Azhar Saleem, Safia Awan, Abdul Malik, Saeed Hamid, Rustam Khan, and Wasim Jafri
Distribution of gastric carcinoma in an area with a high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori., javed Yakoob, syeda sadia fatima, Z Abbas, syed farrukh mustafa, Hamza Abdur Rahim Khan, muhammad faraz raghib, Safia Awan, and Zubair Ahmad
Cytokine changes in gastric and colonic epithelial cell in response to Planta ovata extract., javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Z Abbas, and Kanwal Tariq
Clinical characteristics and factors associated with mortality in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: An experience from a tertiary care center in Pakistan., Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Huzaifa Ahmad, Maryam Hassan, Sajjad Sarwar, Aamir Abbas, Talha Shahzad, and Muhammad Irfan
Coinfection with Lichtheimia corymbifera and Aspergillus flavus in an Immune-Competent Patient Mimicking as Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Farah Idress, Kauser Jabeen, Saima Kamal, and Afia Zafar
Submissions from 2016
Interferon lambda-3 rs12979860 variants and response to pegylated interferon in chronic hepatitis-c genotype-3, Zaigham Abbas, Javed Yakoob, Muhammad A. Umer, Ali A. Azeem, Saeed S. Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Successful treatment of proximal renal tubular acidosis and fanconi syndrome with vitamin D replacement, Syed Ahsan Ali and M. Tariq
Increased level of morning surge in blood pressure in normotensives: across-sectional study from Pakistan., Aysha Almas, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, and Khawar Kazmi
Increased level of morning surge in blood pressure in normotensives: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan, Aysha Almas, Fatehali Tipoo Sultan, and Khawar Kazmi
Increased level of morning surge in blood pressure in normotensives: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan, Aysha Almas, Fatehali Tipoo Sultan, and Khawar Kazmi
Use of medical abbreviations and acronyms: knowledge among medical students and postgraduates., Safia Awan, Shahab Abid, M. Tariq, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Sadia Arshad, Qamar Masood, Waqar Kashif, and Saeed Hamid
Sepsis management: An evidence-based approach., Muhammad Akbar Baig, Hira Shahzad, Bushra Jamil, and Erfan Hussain
UNDERSTANDING HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS IN PAKISTAN, Shazia Bana,; javed Yakoob; Nourin Jivany; Asima Faisal; Humeira Jawed; and Safia Awan
Burden of Diabetes Mellitus and Role of Telemedicine in its Management: Narrative Review, Gulshan Bano, Savera Aziz Ali, Minaz Mawani, and Sumera Aziz Ali
Biventricular thrombus in hypereosinophilic syndrome presenting with shortness of breath., abdul baqi
Biventricular thrombus in hypereosinophilic syndrome presenting with shortness of breath., abdul baqi, Shahan Waheed, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, and Aamir Hameed
Ischemic Strokes: Observations from a Hospital Based Stroke Registry in Bangladesh., Nirmalenduk Bikash Bhowmik; Aamir Abbas; Mohammad Saifuddin; Md. Rashedul Islam; Rumana Habib; Aminur Rahman; Md. Amirul Haque,; Zahid Hassan; and Mohammad Wasay
Metastatic Cutaneous Crohn's Disease: A Case Report., Amna Subhan Butt, Fakhar Qazi, and sadia tabassum
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