Submissions from 2008
Precipitating factors and the outcome of hepatic encephalopathy in liver cirrhosis., Dileep K. Rohra, jaipal, Ameer A. Khowaja, Khalid Mahmood, and Kanya Lal Ahuja
Prevalence of Hepatitis D in Hbsag Positive Patients Visiting the Liver Clinics in Pakistan, Naresh Seetlani, Z Abbas, S Naqvi, javed Yakoob, and Wasim Jafri
Reasons for migration among medical students from Karachi, Nadir Ali Syed, Farhad Khimani, Marie andrades, Syeda Kausar Ali, and Rose Paul
Identifying people at high risk for developing sleep apnea syndrome (SAS): a cross-sectional study in a Pakistani population, Fawad Taj, Zarmeneh Aly, Mahwash Kassi, and Mansoor Ahmed
Cerebral venous thrombosis: analysis of a multicenter cohort from the United States, Mohammad Wasay, Rohit Bakshi, George Bobustuc, Suleman Kojan, Zubair Sheikh, Alper Dai, and Zahid Cheema
Changing patterns and outcome of Dengue infection; report from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Mohammad Wasay, Roomasa Channa, Maliha Jumani, and Afia Zafar
Anticoagulation in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: are we treating ourselves?, Mohammad Wasay and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
A non-randomized study of safety and efficacy of heparin for DVT prophylaxis in intracerebral haemorrhage, Mohammad Wasay, Saqibuddin Khan, Khawaja S. Zaki, Bhojo A. Khealani, Ayeesha Kamal, Iqbal Azam, and Ismail A. Khatri
Tetanus and rabies eradication in Pakistan; a mission not impossible, Mohammad Wasay, Ismail A. Khatri, and Naseem Salahuddin
Is Eradication of Heliobacter pylori Related to Its Genotypes and Density in Dyspeptics?, javed Yakoob and Wasim Jafri
Increased Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori 23s rRNA Gene Mutations in, javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Z Abbas, Shahab Abid, Rustam Khan, Nida Jafri, and Zubair Ahmad
Gastric juice for the diagnosis of H pylori infection in patients on proton pump inhibitors, Javed Yakoob, Shahid Rasool, Z Abbas, Wasim Jafri, Shahab Abid, Muhammad Islam, and Zubair Ahmad
Submissions from 2007
Quadruple therapy using esomeprazole, furazolidone, amoxicillin-clavulanate, and colloidal bismuth subcitrate in patients who failed to eradicate H-pylori with triple therapy, Z Abbas, javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, and Wasim Jafri
Poor glycaemic control is the major factor associated with increased frequency of gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with diabetes mellitus, Shahab Abid, Wasim Jafri, Firdous Jahan, Fauziah Rabbani, Najmul Islam, Masood H. Khan, and Rana Masood
Idiopathic epilepsy of childhood and potassium ion channels, Alper I. Dai and Mohammad Wasay
Asthma knowledge and approach among Pakistani family physicians and the impact of an educational programme., A. S. Haque, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, A. Shiraz, F. Zuberi, S. I. Karim, R. Pervez, and Mohammad Sohail Awan
Smoking habits and beliefs of future physicians of Pakistan., Nawaz H, S. Z. Imam, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, A. H. Pabaney, Y. jJ.j Sepah, M. Islam, and Javaid Khan
Bleomycin induced pneumonitis: a case successfully managed with high-dose steroids., Shahid Javed Husain, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, and Muhammad Irfan
Gastric variceal bleed in a patient without liver cirrhosis: an unusual cause of haematemesis., Faisal Wasim Ismail, Mumtaz J Khan, Chawla T, and Wasim Jafri
Dengue virus serotype 3, Karachi, Pakistan, Bushra Jamil, Rumina Hasan, Afia Zafar, Kevin Bewley, John Chamberlain, Valerie Mioulet, Moira Rowlands, and Roger Hewson
Interferonγ /IL10 ratio defines the disease severity in pulmonary and extra pulmonary tuberculosis, Bushra Jamil, Firdaus Shahid, Zahra Hasan, Nosheen Nasir, Tashmeem Razzaki, Ghaffar Dawood, and Rabia Hussain
Rectal tuberculosis: the great mimic, L. Kamani, Ashfaq Ahmed, Mansoor Shah, Hasan S, and Wasim Jafri
Dengue outbreak in Karachi, Pakistan, 2006: experience at a tertiary care center, Erum Khan, Jaweriah Siddiqui, Sadia Shakoor, Vikram Mehraj, Bushra Jamil, and Rumina Hasan
Prevalence of gastric varices and results of sclerotherapy with N-butyl 2 cyanoacrylate for controlling acute gastric variceal bleeding., Mumtaz J Khan; Shahid Majid,; Syed H Shah; Kashif Hameed; Ashfaq Ahmed; Saeed Hamid; and Wasim Jafri
Lung as source of Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in septic shock, Hans J. Lee, Erfan Hussain, Maowen Hu, and Edmund J. Miller
Lung-derived macrophage migration inhibitory factor in adult patients with septic shock, and its role in cardiocirculatory depression, Hans Lee, Kaie Ojamaa, Greg Ruskin, Erfan Hussain, Maowen Hu, Xinchun Lin, Christine Metz, Yousef Al-Abed, and Edmund Mille
A study to evaluate the competency of ICU personnel in oxygen therapy, Alphonso A. Quinones; Rachael A. . Permel; Laura Gazarra,; Erfan Hussain; Mark Rosen; Arunabh Talwa; and Stephan Kamholz
Characteristics and outcome of patients with drug overdose at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi., Muhammad Shahid, Junaid Patel, Haider Naqvi Aga Khan University, and Muhammad Shoaib Khan
Acute stroke secondary to internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm: MRI findingsand treatment with endovascularcoiling, Mohammad Wasay, Alper Dai, Neeraj Dubey, and Saadat Kamran
Significance of cagA Status and vacA Subtypes of Helicobacter pylori in Determining Gastric Histopathology in Pakistan, javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, Z Abbas, Wasim Jafri, Z Ahmed, and Muhammad Islam
Helicobacter pylori Virulence Marker from an Area of High, javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, Z Abbas, Wasim Jafri, Muhammad Islam, Rustam Khan, and Zubair Ahmad
Gastric juice for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients on proton pump inhibitors, javed Yakoob, Shahid Rasool, Z Abbas, Wasim Jafri, Muhammad Islam, and Zubair Ahmad
Chest radiographs in acute pulmonary embolism., Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Shahid Javed Husain, Muhammad irfan, Kulsoom Fatima, Muhammad Atif Zubairi, and Muhammad Islam
Submissions from 2006
High Prevalence of Clarithromycin Resistance among Patients with Helicobacter pylori Infection, Shahab Abid, javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Z Abbas, and K Mumtaz
Triple Therapy for Helicobacter pylori Infection in Patients Presenting to a Tertiary Care Center in Pakistan, Shahab Abid, javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Z Abbas, and Khalid Mumtaz
Stroke-associated pneumonia: microbiological data and outcome, Hassan A, Bhojo A. Khealani, Saad Shafqat, M. Aslam, Salahuddin N., Syed N. A, Mohammad Asim Beg, and Mohammad Wasay
Bilateral breast enlargement due to trichophyton rubrum, Syed Sohail Ali, Afia Zafar, Suhail Muzaffar, Fawad Aslam, and Javaid A. Khan
Central nervous system involvement in dengue viral infection, Romasa Channa and Mohammad Wasay
Botulinum toxin type-A in the management of cerebral palsy: low or high dose?, Alper I. Dai and Mohammad Wasay
Wernekink Comissure Syndrome: a rare midbrain syndrome secondary to stroke, Alper I. Dai and Mohammad Wasay
Sepsis Risk Factors Predictive of Mortality in ICU Transfers Within 72 Hours of ED Admission, J.Z. D’Amore, N. Panebianco, Erfan Hussain, M. Nelson, M.F. Ward, A. Sama, H. Wang, and T. Slesinger
Tuberculous hilar lymph nodes leading to tracheopulmonary artery fistula and pseudoaneurysm of pulmonary artery, Saulat H. Fatimi, Muhammad A. Javed, Usman Ahmad, Buland I. Siddiqi, and Nawal Salahuddin
Massive unilateral chylous pleural effusion: a rare initial presentation of Behcet's disease., Husain Husain S J,
Factors predicting in-hospital mortality in patients with cirrhosis hospitalized with gastro-esophageal variceal hemorrhage., Faisal Wasim Ismail, Khalid Mumtaz, Syed H Shah, Saeed Hamid, Z Abbas, Shahab Abid, Kashif Anis, Ashfaq Ahmad, and Wasim Jafri
Pathophysiology of cerebral venous thrombosis--an overview., Ahmed Itrat, Sana Shoukat, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Spectrum and outcome of infections in systemic lupus erythematosus patients, Bushra Jamil, Sobia Rafi, Hammad Hussain, and Khizar Hameed
Thrombolytic therapy in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis., Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Isolated deep venous thrombosis--case series, literature review and long term follow up., Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Ahmed Itrat, Sana Shoukat, Asumal Khealani, and Kamran Kamal
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: need for early diagnosis and therapy, Humaira M. Khan, Nadir A. Syed, Mughis Sheerani, Bhojo Khealani, Ayeesha Kamal, and Mohammad Wasay
An office-based serological test for detection of current Helicobacter pylori infection: is it useful?, Mumtaz J Khan, Shahab Abid, javaid yakoob, Z Abbas, Saeed Hamid, Muhammad Islam, Syed H Shah, and Wasim Jafri
Lymphangioma circumscriptum: report of three cases from Saudi Arabia., Azam J. Samdani, Sami Hassan Bana, and Tania Azam
Heparin in the treatment of cerebral venous thrombosis., Saad Shafqat, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, and Mohammad Wasay
Minimally symptomatic severe hypercalcaemia in a patient with parathyroid carcinoma., Aisha Sheikh and Najmul Islam
Complications associated with cerebral venous thrombosis., Fazeel Mukhtar Siddiqui, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Incidence and epidemiology of cerebral venous thrombosis., Fazeel Mukhtar Siddiqui and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Massive hemoptysis as a rare presentation of metastatic choriocarcinoma., Husain SJ., Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, YUNUS SJ, and JAMIL SJ
CISPLATIN NEPHROTOXICITY AND HYDRATION PROTOCOLS, Ahmed Usman; Heeranand Keswani; Suresh Nagdev,; Ghulam H; Tehseen Khursheed,; Anis Malik,; and Kasif Jafferi
Mechanism of neuronal injury in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis, Uzma Usman and Mohammad Wasay
Neuroimaging of tuberculous myelitis: analysis of ten cases and review of literature, Mohammad Wasay, Hiba Arif, Bhojo Khealani, and Humera Ahsan
Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: recent advances and need for an Asian Registry, Mohammad Wasay and Ayeesha K. Kamal
Preparing for the next natural disaster – need for a WHO coordinating centre, Mohammad Wasay and Saad Shafqat
Distribution of virulence marker of Helicobacter pylori patients with functional dyspepsia in Pakistan, javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, Wasim Jafri, and Z Abbas
The diagnostic yield of various tests for Helicobacter pylori infection in patients on acid reducing drugs, javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Z Abbas, Shahab Abid, Muhammad Islam, Saeed Hamid, and Syed H Shah
Foreign body aspiration in adults., Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Haque A. S, Husain S. J, and Javaid Khan
Submissions from 2005
Menke's kinky hair syndrome--a rare medical condition., Yaseer Al-Bita, Azam J. Samdani, and Tania Azam
Rapidly developing Optic Neuritis secondary to Ethambutol: possible mechanism of injury, Sajjad Ali, Uzma Usman, and Mohammad Wasay
A case of non-resolving cough and weight loss., Omer Ashraf, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Fawad Aslam, Kashif Ashraf, and Suhail Muzaffar
Prognostic Indicators in Patients with Primary Intraventricular Haemorrhage, Bilal Hameed, Bhojo A. Khealani, Tahseen Mozzafar, and Mohammad Wasay
Epidemiology of dermatophyte infection. Comparison of clinical and mycological findings., Shahla Haroon and Azam J. Samdani
Medication safety and transfusion errors in the ICU and beyond., Erfan Hussain and Emily Kao,
Trends in hospital-based management of acute asthma from a teaching hospital in South Asia., S F. HUSSAIN, M D. OMAR, H. ARI, S .R. SAMEERUDDIN, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, and Javaid Khan
Hepatitis B and C: prevalence and social factors associated with, Wasim Jafri, nida jafri, javed Yakoob, Muhammad Islam, SFA Tirmizi, T. Jafar, S Akhtar, Saeed Hamid, Shahab Abid, Syed H Shah, and Shaikh Qamaruddin Nizami
Phloroglucinol (spasfon) in Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Wasim Jafri, javed Yakoob, S Hussain, Nadim Jafri, and Muhammad Islam
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever: experience at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Bushra Jamil, Rumina Hasan, Arif R. Sarwari, Jane Burton, Roger Hewson, and Christopher Clegg
Images in Pathology-cough, fever and a cavitary lung lesion-an intrapulmonary teratoma, JA Khan, F Aslam, Saulat H. Fatimi, and R Ahmed
Predictors of ischemic versus hemorrhagic strokes in hypertensive patients., Bhojo A Khealani, Nadir A. Syed, Sabeen Maken, Uzma U. Mapari, Bilal Hameed, Sajjad Ali, Rizwana Qureshi, Naveed Akhter, Ali Hassan, Aziz Sonawalla, Shahid M. Baig, and Mohammad Wasay
Dermatophyte growth and degradation of human stratum corneum in vitro (pathogenesis of dermatophytosis)., Azam J. Samdani
Association of lichen planus with hepatitis C virus infection., Asaad Tonsi and Azam J. Samdani
Neuroimaging of cerebral venous thrombosis, Mohammad Wasay and Muhammad Azeemuddin
Autonomic nervous system dysfunction predicts poor prognosis in patients with mild to moderate tetanus, Mohammad Wasay, Bhojo A. Khealani, Naasha Talati, Rohmah Shamsi, Nadir Ali Syed, and Naseem Salahuddin
Extra temporal involvement in herpes simplex encephalitis, Mohammad Wasay, S. F. Mekan, Bhojo A Khealani, Z. Saeed, A. Hassan, Z. Cheema, and R. Bakshi
Comparison of Non-ulcer Dyspepsia with H. pylori and H. pylori Infection in an Urban Cohort in Pakistan, javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Shahab Abid, Z Abbas, Muhammad Islam, Saeed Hamid, Syed H Shah, and Z Ahmed
Detection of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Patients on Proton Pump Inhibitors, javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Shahab Abid, Nida jafri, Muhammad Islam, and Z Abbas
Influence Of Proton Pump Inhibitors On Rapid Urease Test In The Diagnosis Of Helicobacter Pylori Infection In Pakistan, javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Nadim Jafri, Z Abbas, Shahab Abid, Saeed Hamid, Muhammad Islam, and K Anis
Prevalence of non-Helicobacter pylori duodenal ulcer in Karachi, Pakistan., javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, nadim jafri, Muhammad Islam, Shahab Abid, Saeed Hamid, Syed H Shah, and Hizbullah Shaikh
Irritable bowel syndrome: the need to exclude Dientamoeba fragilis, javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Nadim Jafri, Rustam Khan, Muhammad Islam, Muhammad ASIM BEG, and VIQAR ZAMAN
Characteristics of patients with guillain barre syndrome at a tertiary care centre in Pakistan, 1995-2003, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Aisha Rahman, Bushra Jamil, and Nadir Ali Syed
Submissions from 2004
Lipoid proteinosis in two brothers with multiple organ involvement from Saudi Arabia., Yasser Al-Bitar and Azam J. Samdani
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus: sequence analysis of the small RNA segments from a collection of viruses world wide, R Hewson, J Chamberlain, V Mioulet, G Lloyd, Bushra Jamil, R Hasan, A Gmyl, L Gmyl, S.E Smirnova, A Lukashev, G Karganova, and C Clegg
Evidence of segment reassortment in crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever virus, Roger Hewson, Anatoly Gmyl, Larissa Gmyl, Svetlana E. Smirnova, Bushra Jamil, and Rumina Hasan
MR Imaging in toxoplasmosis encephalitis after bone marrow transplantation: paucity of enhancement despite fulminant disease, Catalina Ionita, Mohammad Wasay, Lucia Balos, and Rohit Bakshi
Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia associated with cytomegalovirus infection in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus., Muhammad Irfan, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, and S.J. Husain
Hepatic steatosis and hepatitis C., Faisal Wasim Ismail and Saeed Hamid
Survival of patients treated with intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation at a tertiary care center in Pakistan - patient characteristics and predictors of in-hospital mortality., Fahim H. Jafary, Sohail A. Khan, Haresh Kumar, Numaan F. Malik, K. Kazmi, Sajid Dhakam, Azam Shafquat, Aamir Hameed, Javed Tai, and Najaf Nadeem
Infections in systemic lupus erythematosus, Bushra Jamil
Assessment of four mortality prediction models in intensive care unit patients with sepsis, Bushra Jamil, Kiran Alam, Maria Khan, and Veerta Ali Ujan
Enteric fever in adult patients: clinical features, outcome and antibiotic susceptibility patterns, Bushra Jamil, Imran Lashari, Sabha Bhatti, and Rumina Hasan
Motor neuronopathy associated with Adenocarcinoma of Esophagus, Bhojo A Khealani, R. Qureshi, and Mohammad Wasay
Hepatocyte-specific gene expression from integrated lentiviral vectors, Kathryn L Nash, Bushra Jamil, Alison J Maguire, Graeme J.M. Alexander, and Andrew Lever
Bacteremia associated with central line infection by chryseomonas luteola in a case of recurrent meningiomas, Muhammad Nasim Sabir, Bushra Jamil, and Sajjad Ahmed