Submissions from 2009
The Karachi intracranial stenosis study (KISS) Protocol: an urban multicenter case-control investigation reporting the clinical, radiologic and biochemical associations of intracranial stenosis in Pakistan., Ayeesha Kamran Kamal; Fawad Taj,; Babar Junaidi; Asif Rasheed; Moazzam Zaidi; Muhammed Murtaza; Naved Iqbal; Fahad Hashmat; Syed Vaqas Alam; Uzma Saleem; Shahan Waheed; Lajpat Bansari; Nabi Shah; Maria Samuel; Madiha Yameen; Sobia Naz; Farrukh Shahab Khan; Naveeduddin Ahmed; Khalid Mahmood; Niaz Sheikh; Karim Ullah Makki; Muhammad Masroor Ahmed; Abdul Rauf Memon; Mohammad Wasay; Nadir Ali Syed; Bhojo A Khealani; Philippe M. Frossard; and Danish Saleheen
Epidemic Spread of Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 3a and Relation to High Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Pakistan, Anis Khan, Yasuhito Tanaka, Zahid Azam, Zaigham Abbas, Fuat Kurbanov, Uzma Saleem, Saeed Hamid, Wasim Jafri, and Masashi Mizokami
Clinical presentation and outcomes of patients with biliary malignancies: the Aga Khan University experience., Shiyam Kumar, Nehal Masood, ASIM JAMAL SHAIKH DR, Azmina T. Valimuhammad, Ghulam H, Amar Lal, and Najeeb Niamatullah
ADP-ribosylation factors regulate the development of CT signaling in immature human enterocytes, Lei Lu, Abdullah Khan, and W. Allan Walker
Factors determining the clinical outcome of acute variceal bleed in cirrhotic patients., Shahid Majid, Zahid Azam, Hasnain Ali Shah, Mohammad Salih, Saeed Hamid, Shahab Abid, and Wasim Jafri
PO10.19 clinical spectrum of pseudo seizures at a tertiary care hospital Karachi: a video EEG based study, Nadeem Ahmed Memon, Bhojo A. Khealani, Fazal Karim, Mustafa Khan, Nadir Ali Syed, and Saad Shafqat
Role of N-acetylcysteine in adults with non-acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure in a center without the facility of liver transplantation., Khalid Mumtaz; Zahid Azam; Saeed Hamid; Shahab Abid; Sadik Memon,; Syed H Shah; and Wasim Jafri
Hepatic cystic echinococcosis: clinical characteristics and outcomes in Pakistan, Khalid Mumtaz, Lubna Kamani, Tabish Chawla, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Classification and clinical features of headache disorders in Pakistan: a retrospective review of clinical data, Muhammed Murtaza, Mehreen Kisat, Haroon Daniel, and Aziz Sonawalla
Survival analysis and prognostic indicators of systemic lupus erythematosus in Pakistani patients, M. A. Rabbani, H. B. Habib, M. Islam, Bilal Ahmed, S. Majid, W. Saeed, S. M. A. Shah, and A. Ahmad
Middle aged male with pulmonary tuberculosis and refractory hypercalcemia at a tertiary care centre in South East Asia: a case report., Azra Rizwan and Najmul Islam
Primary IgA and IgG subclass deficiency in a 17-year-old Pakistani girl: a case report., Taimur Saleem, Madiha Rabbani, and Bushra Jamil
PO5.53 critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy: experience at a tertiary care center in Pakistan, Ghulam Shabbir, Ali Mehmood Raufi, Mustafa Khan, Nawal Salahuddin, and Saad Shafqat
Demographics, pathologic patterns and long-term survival in operable colon cancers: local experience in Pakistan., Asim Jamal Shaikh, Sajjad Raza, Altaf Ahmed Shaikh, Romana Idress, Shiyam Kumar, Yasmin Abdul Rasheed, Amar Lal, and Nehal Masood
Moyamoya disease: a clinical spectrum, literature review and case series from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan., Sana Shoukat, Ahmed Itrat, Ather M. Taqui, Moazzam Zaidi, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Impact of prior antibiotic use in culture-negative endocarditis: review of 86 cases from southern Pakistan, Bilal Karim Siddiqui; M. Tariq; Atif Jadoon; Mahboob Alam; Ghulam Murtaza; Bilal Abid; Muhammad Jawad Sethi; Mehnaz Atiq; Sohail Abrar; and Raymond A., Jr. Smego
Risk for sleep apnea syndrome in Pakistan: a cross-sectional survey utilizing the Berlin questionnaire, Fawad Taj, Zarmeneh Aly, Osman Arif, Bhojo Khealani, and Mansoor Ahmed
Does admission hyperglycemia predict intracranial and extracranial vasculopathy?, Ather Mohammed Taqui, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Saqib Ali Gowani, Bhojo A. Khealani, and Shafquat Rozi
Medical mortality in Pakistan: experience at a tertiary care hospital, M. Tariq, W. Jafri, T. Ansari, S. Awan, F. Ali, M. Shah, S. Jamil, M Riaz, and Saad Shafqat
Massive fluid requirements and an unusual BUN/creatinine ratio for pre-renal failure in patients with cholera, M. Tariq; Murtaza Memon; Asif Jafferani; Sana Shoukat; Saqib Ali Gowani; Rabeeya Nusrat; Mehmood Riaz; Junaid Patel; Bushra Jamil; and Raymond A., Jr Smego
Frequency and Outcome of Carotid Atheromatous Disease in Patients With Stroke in Pakistan, Mohammad Wasay, Muhammad Azeemuddin, Imrana Masroor, Zafar Sajjad, Rasheed Ahmed, Bhojo A. Khealani, Muhammad Ashar Malik, Maria Babar Afridi, and Ayeesha Kamal
Fight against chronic diseases (High blood pressure, Stroke, Diabetes and Cancer) in Pakistan; cost-effective interventions, Mohammad Wasay and Abdul Jabbar
Asian Cerebral venous thrombosis registry: study protocolV, Mohammad Wasay, Ayeesha Kamal, and Bhojo Khealani
Associations of the Plasticity Region ofh. pyloriin Patients with Gastroduodenal Diseases, javed Yakoob, Z Abbas, shagufta Naz, Shahab Abid, and Wasim Jafri
Distribution of Helicobacter pylori virulence markers in patients with gastroduodenal diseases in Pakistan., javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, Z Abbas, Wasim Jafri, Zubair Ahmad, Rashida Ahmed, and Muhammad Islam
Low prevalence of the intact cag pathogenicity island in clinical isolates of Helicobacter pylori in Karachi, Pakistan, Javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Zaigham Abbas, Shahab Abid, R. Khan, N. Jafri, and Z. Ahmad
Wegener's granulomatosis: A diagnostic challenge, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Hammad Bin Liaquat, Shahid Javed Husain, and Kulsoom Fatima
Submissions from 2008
Cost saving by reloading the multiband ligator in endoscopic esophageal variceal ligation: A proposal for developing countries, Zaigham Abbas, Lubna Rizvi, Umair Syed Ahmed, Khalid Mumtaz, and Wasim Jafri
High Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infections By Multiple Strains in Patients with Dyspepsia from a Developing Country, Shahab Abid, javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Khalid Mumtaz, Nida Jafri, Z Abbas, Syed H Shah, Saeed Hamid, and Rashida Ahmed
Range for normal body temperature in the general population of Pakistan., Mehreen Adhi, Rabia Hasan, Fatima Noman, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Anwar Naqvi, and Adib-ul-Hasan Rizv
Knowledge of coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors and coronary intervention among university students, Aysha Almas, Aamir Hameed, and Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan
Analysis of Sustained Virological Response to Pegylated Interferon & Ribavirin Treatment in Compensated Cirrhosis Due to Hepatitis C Virus, Genotype 3 Infection, Amna Subhan Butt, Wasim Jafri, Khalid Mumtaz, Saeed Hamid, Shahab Abid, Syed H Shah, Nida Jafri, javed Yakoob, and Zubair Ahmad
Health-care delivery system and reimbursement policies in Pakistan., Aamir Hameed
Variations in levels of blood pressure: Of prognostic value or not?, Tazeen H. Jafar and Shah B. J. Ebrahim
Coronary artery disease epidemic in Pakistan: more electrocardiographic evidence of ischaemia in women than in men, Tazeen Jafar, Z. Qadri, and N. Chaturvedi
Hepatitis C in Pakistan: magnitude, genotype, disease characteristics and therapeutic response., Wasim Jafri and Amna Subhan
An assessment of mantoux test in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in a BCG-vaccinated, tuberculosis-endemic area, Bushra Jamil, Salima Qamruddin, Arif R Sarwari, and Rumina Hasan
Impact of Afghan refugees on the infectious disease profile of Pakistan: Beyond economy, Ali Jawaid, Abdul Mueed Zafar, and Syed Faisal Mahmood
Perinatal outcomes in pregnancy with asthma., Rashid Jooma, Rashid Zaheer Syed, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Muhammad Ahsan Zafar, and Rahat Qureshi
Granulomatous gastritis: a diagnostic dilemma?, L. Kamani, K. Mumtaz, N. S. Azad, and W. Jafri
Outcomes in culture positive and culture negative ascitic fluid infection in patients with viral cirrhosis: cohort study, Lubna Kamani, Khalid Mumtaz, Umair S. Ahmed, Ailia W. Ali, and Wasim Jafri
A review of cardiogenic shock in acute myocardial infarction., L. Khalid and Sajid H. Dhakam
Cardiac tamponade after removal of temporary pace maker in multidiscipinary intensive care unit, Muhammad Faisal Khan and Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Predictive factors for early aspiration in liver abscess, Rustam Khan, Saeed Hamid, Shahab Abid, Wasim Jafri, Zaigham Abbas, Mohammed Islam, Hasnain Shah, and Shaalan Beg
Cerebral venous thrombosis: a descriptive multicenter study of patients in Pakistan and Middle East, Bhojo A Khealani, Mohammad Wasay, Mohammed Saadah, Erum Sultana, Shahid Mustafa, Farrukh Shohab Khan, and Ayeesha K. Kamal
Cerebral venous thrombosis: A descriptive multicenter study of patients in Pakistan and Middle East, Bhojo A Khealani, Mohammad Wasay, Mohammed Saadah, Erum Sultana, Shahid Mustafa, Farrukh Shohab Khan, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Lipids, lipoproteins, and apolipoproteins as risk markers of myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): a case-control study, Matthew J. McQueen, Steven Hawken, Xingyu Wang, Stephanie Ounpuu, Allan Sniderman, Jeffrey Probstfield, Krisela Steyn, John E. Sanderson, Mohammad Hasani, Emilia Volkova, K. Kazmi, and Salim Yusuf
Association of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene dimorphisms with severity of lupus disease., Malik Anas Rabbani, M. Saeed Mahmood, Sabeen Fatima Mekan, and Philippe M Frossard
Metabolic risk factors, insulin-resistance and lifestyle in children of type 2 diabetes patients in Karachi, Pakistan, A. Sheikh Rashid, A. Jabbar, R. P. J. Michels, and J. H. DeVries
Assessing emergency medical care in low income countries: a pilot study from Pakistan., Junaid A. Razzak, Adnan A Hyder, Tasleem Akhtar, Mubashir Khan, and Uzma R. Khan
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
Culture-confirmed typhoid fever and pregnancy, Karina Sulaiman and Arif R. Sarwari
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
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