Submissions from 2025
Biochemical profile of recovered individuals with mild COVID-19: A cross-sectional view at two different time points, Uzair Abbas, Ishfaque Ahmed, Muhib Ullah Khalid, Sumbal Hafeez, Sawairah Mukhtiar, Niaz Hussain, Maryam Nasrumminallah, Muhammad Shahid Khan, Nisha Babar, and Shizrah Ashraf
Sex differences in risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM): A feasibility assessment of FINDRISC scoring and barriers to disease management in a low-income settlement of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Taimoor Ahmad, Aisha Tauqir, Heena Tariq, Asra Qureshi, Shirin Jalaluddin, Unab I. Khan, Naaznin Lokhandwala, Adnan Ahmad Khan, and Ayesha Khan
Disparities and trends in cardiovascular disease mortality in patients with acute kidney injury in the United States from 1999-2020, Syed Ibad Ahsan, Ruqiat Masooma Batool, Mariam Shahabi, Reyan Hussain Shaikh, Saad Ahmed Waqas, Mian Muinuddin Jamshed, Farhan Shahid, Syed Rizwan Bokhari, Saeed Ahmed, and Raheel Ahmed
Knowledge as medicine: An overlooked determinant in CVD prevention, Samina Akhtar, Aysha Almas, and Gerald S. Bloomfield
Non-communicable diseases prevention and control in Pakistan: recommendations from policy and public health experts, Samina Akhtar, Namra Aziz, Farhala Mari Baloch, Zeerak Jarrar, Sawera Hanif, Sana Qamar, Safia Awan, Aysha Almas, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Z Samad, Maria Khattak, and Shahid Khan
Intrauterine contraceptive device translocation leading to right anteromedial ovarian surface impingement and laparoscopic retrieval: A case report and literature review, Adeel Anwaar, Riyan Imtiaz Karamat, Mikail Khanzada, Minahil Aamir, Mirza Ammar Arshad, Ihtisham Haider Bhatti, Saad Rashid, Taimur Sulaiman Kayani, Sadia Ansar, Shifa Batool, Abdullah Saif Khan, and Ajeet Singh
Evaluating and improving knowledge of DVT prophylaxis among healthcare professionals at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan: A quality improvement study, Aahan Arif, Muzamil Hamid Hussain, Faheem Shaikh, Shihyeon Kim, and Muhammad Haroon Khan
Identifying mobile health interventions for post-discharge stroke and myocardial infarction patients: A scoping review, Nermeen Bashar, Salima Saleem Aamdani, Shantul Khalid, Namrah Aziz, Saadia Sattar, Zainab Samad, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Stroke in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials, Guglielmo Gallone, Federica Savoca, Davide Miccoli, Michael Böhm, Gaetano Maria De Ferrari, Stephen S. Gottlieb, Patrizio Lancellotti, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Clara Saldarriaga, and Zainab Samad
Efficacy and safety of direct oral anticoagulants compared to no anticoagulation for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation patients with prior intracranial hemorrhage: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Muhammad Ibrahim, Hassan Abdullah, Aroosa Zafar, Akash Kumar, Fatima Ajmal, Daniyal Talib, Hamza Shabbir, Mahnoor Shah, Malaika Sardar, Sarmad Masaud, Mehrosh Zafar, Zoya Habib, F N U Sagar, and Fatima Zahra
Best practices for addressing differences in antimicrobial resistance through quality improvement projects in antimicrobial stewardship in low-resource settings, Katherine Kemper, Workeabeba Abebe, Leonardo S L Bastos, Alemseged Beyene Berha, Fernando A. Bozza, Thomas Kesteman, Carl Llor, Nosheen Nasir, Michael Okorie, and Dana Marie Parke
Malignant hyperthermia and the dilemma of Dantrolene’s unavailability: A case report, Abdullah Mahmood, Muhammad Faizan Abbasi, Lubna Shafiq, Sumiya Khan, Muaaz Mahmood, and Saqib Mehmood Khan
Hepatitis B virus infection and metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease: Rising pandemic with complex interaction, Ammara A. Majeed and Amna Subhan Butt
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among pregnant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis, A Mohebi, M M Pathirana, Adeel Khoja, M R Wittwer, K Lowe Lowe, D Fisher, S Kharwadkar, T Gamage, and P H Andraweera
Risk factors and clinical outcomes of invasive fungal infections in patients with severe covid-19: A case-control study, Nosheen Nasir, Muhammad Irfan, Kauser Jabeen, and Syed Abbas Moazzam Kazmi
A systems-change approach to addressing the mortality surveillance gap in Pakistan, Mohummad Hassan Raza Raja, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Sana Sheikh, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Sameen Siddiqi, Zafar Mirza, Faiza Bashir, Mirza Tayyab Mehmood, and Zainab Samad
The role of artificial intelligence in heart failure diagnostics, risk prediction, and therapeutic strategies: A comprehensive review, Imran Saeed, Muhammad Usman Hashmi, Muhammad Khalid, Hussain Ramzan, Muhammad Ibrahim, Mirza Farzan Baig, Syeda Arshia Mansoor, Zummar Asad, Johar Abbas, and Shonita Pillai
The burden of cutaneous fungal infections in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Najam -Us- Saher, Saadia Tabassum, Madiha Sajid, Yumna Khabir, and Aisha Faheem
Expanding community-delivered HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis models in Pakistan, Rab Nawaz Samo, Umar Riaz, Muhammad Shahid Jamil, and Syed Faisal Mahmood
Submissions from 2024
Efficacy of vitamin D supplementation in the treatment of patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Mariam Adil, Muhammad Meeran Saleem, Sneha Vijay, Muhammad Ehsan, Isha Atiq, Eman Anwar, and Malik Olatunde Oduoye
A bibliometric analysis of scientific literature in digital dentistry from low- and lower-middle income countries, Samira Adnan, Abhishek Lal, Nighat Naved, and Fahad Umer
Diffuse pulmonary arteriovenous malformation presenting with secondary polycythemia and headaches: A case report, Salaar Ahmed, Amna Irfan Ansari, Abdullah Saeed Khan, and Javaid Khan
Efficacy and safety of bedaquiline and delamanid in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Syeda Hoorulain Ahmed, Hoorain Haider, Abdul Moeed, Aysal Mahmood, Syed Hasan Shuja, Javeria Hayat, Bushra Jamil, Nasir Shivani, and Razia Fatima
"High specificity of PCR in diagnosing mucocutaneous leshminiasis: A systematic review and meta analysis", Mohammed Saleh Al-Dhubaibi, Saleh Salem Bahaj, Aref Noman, Waleed Yahya Alkasser, Ahmed Ibrahim AbdElneam, Ghada Farouk Mohammed, Hassan Nawaz, Zeeshan Allana, and Sarosh Sher Ali
Climate change and the emergence and exacerbation of infectious diseases: A review, Amal Ali, Asim Shaik, Imran Seth, and Salim Surani
Blood stream infections in Stevens Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis: Risk factors and association with poor outcome, Tazein Amber, Saadia Tabassum, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Syed Ahsan Ali, Umair Javed, and Muhammad Zain Mushtaq
Long-term risk of stroke after new-onset atrial fibrillation in sepsis survivors: A 2-year follow-up study, Ahmed Ayaz, Muhammad Ibrahim Ibrahim, and Ainan Arshad
Pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-positive and non-HIV patients: A retrospective comparative study from a lower-middle income country, Maaha Ayub, Mustafa Bin Ali Zubairi, Najia Bano Ghanchi, Safia Awan, Kauser Jabeen, and Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Oral and topical analgesia in pediatric electrodiagnostic studies, Bisma Aziz, Fazal Ur Rehman, Saadia Sattar, Sajid Hameed, Haris Hakeem, Marib Ghulam Rasool Malik, Safoora Ibraheem Zuberi, and Sara Khan
Efficacy of dupilumab in eosinophilic esophagitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Muhammad Aziz, Hossein Haghbin, Manesh Gangwani, Abeer Aziz, Dushyant Singh Dahiya, Hassam Ali, Wade Lee Smith, Hemant Goyal, and Faisal Kamal
Taxing tobacco as a strategy to reduce consumption and increase public health benefits in Pakistan, Namra Aziz, Aysha Almas, Tariq Mahmood, Gerald S. Bloomfield, and Zainab Samad
The algorithm journey map: A tangible approach to implementing AI solutions in healthcare, William Boag, Alifia Hasan, Jee Young Kim, Mike Revoir, Marshall Nichols, William Ratliff, Zainab Samad, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Mushyada Ali, and Nida Saddaf Khan
Effect of low vs. high vancomycin trough level on the clinical outcomes of adult patients with sepsis or gram-positive bacterial infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Subhash Chander, Roopa Kumari, Hong Yu Wang, Yaqub Nadeem Mohammed, Sindhu Lohana, Om Parkash, Fnu Sorath, Abhi Chand Lohana, Fnu Sadarat, and Sheena Shiwlani
Expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of end-stage liver disease complicated by infections, Tao Chen, Guang Chen, Guiqiang Wang, Sombat Treeprasertsuk, Cosmas Rinaldi Adithya Lesmana, Han-Chieh Lin, Mamun Al-Mahtab, Yogesh K. Chawla, Wasim Jafri, and Saeed Hamid
Challenges in the management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis from a low- and middle-income country, Mohsin Chundrigar, Shahreen Ansari, Muhammad Ozair Awan, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, and Adnan Ali Khan
Safety and efficacy of lasers compared to cold knife in direct visual internal urethrotomy: A systematic review and Meta-analysis, Muhammad Faizan, Eman Mahboob, Muhammad Ammar Samad, Leenah Fatima, Ammara Fatima, Amna Iqbal, Rafia Rauf, Mustafa Naeem, Umer Bin Shoaib, and Sarush Ahmed Siddiqui
Panel estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR): Statistical considerations for maximizing accuracy in diverse clinical populations, Nora F. Fino, Lesley A. Inker, Tom Greene, Ogechi M. Adingwupu, Josef Coresh, Jesse Seegmiller, Michael G. Shlipak, Tazeen H. Jafar, Roberto Kalil, Veronica T Costa E Silva, Vilmundur Gudnason, Andrew S. Levey, and Ben Haaland
A comparison of the outcomes of COVID-19 vaccinated and nonvaccinated patients admitted to an intensive care unit in a low-middle-income country, Waleed Bin Ghaffar, Muhammad Faisal Khan, Moeed Bin Abdul Ghaffar, Muhammad Sohaib, Asma Rayani, Muhammad Mehmood Alam, Syed Talha Sibtain, Zahra Cheema, and Asad Latif
Pediatric neuropathology practice in a low- and middle-income country: Capacity building through institutional twinning, Ahmed Gilani Gilani, Zainab Siddiq, Naureen Mushtaq, Muhammad Shakir, Ahmed Altaf, Mohammad Khurram Minhas, Eric Bouffet, and Uri Tabori
Highlights of cardiovascular disease prevention studies presented at the 2024 American college of cardiology conference, Kartik Gupta, Bharat Rawlley, Chelsea Meloche, Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas, Melody Hermel, Leandro Slipczuk, Sana Sheikh, Adeel Khoja, Elizabeth M. Vaughan, and Salim S. Virani
Assessment of acupuncture's effectiveness in mitigating fatigue among patients afflicted with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Samna Haider, Warda Fatmi, Navaira Shoaib, Mariam Sajjad, and Mariyam Zahid
Spectrum of EEG abnormalities in COVID-19 patients, Sajid Hameed, Shafaq Saleem, Ali Sajjad, Quratulain Fahim, Mohammad Wasay, and Dureshahwar Kanwar
Development of palliative care clinical practice guidelines and referral care pathways for primary care practitioners in Pakistan, Syeda Amrah Hashmi, Russell Seth Martins, Annum Ishtiaq, Nashia Ali Rizvi, Mohsin Ali Mustafa, Alina Pervez, Ayra Siddiqui, Syeda Fatima Shariq, Sarah Nadeem, Adil H. Haider, and Atif Waqar
Reducing post-operative length of stay, is it worth the effort?, Syeda Amrah Hashmi, Mohummad Hassan Raza Raja, Aiman Arif, Zehra Naseem, Khawaja Muhammad Babar Pal, and Khawaja Muhammad Inam Pal
Discharging patients home from the intensive care unit: A new trend, Esraa M. Hassan, Abbas B. Jama, Ahmed Sharaf, Asim Shaikh, Mohamad El Labban, Salim Surani, and Syed A. Khan
Gene polymorphisms and risk of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Maryam Hassan, Akbar Shoukat Ali, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Zahra Ali Padhani, Salman Kirmani, Huzaifa Ahmad, Zafar Fatmi, and Jai K. Das
Bronchopulmonary sequestration presenting as haemoptysis with an aberrant blood supply from the pulmonary artery, Kashmala Hussain, Sahar Suleman, Saulat Hussaun Fatimi, and Javaid Ahmed Khan
Adult-onset chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis: A case report of a rare entity, Huzefa Jibril, Syed Ahsan Ali, and Mehmood Riaz
Subcutaneous and paraspinal tuberculous abscesses in a patient with Crohn's disease, Zohair Karim and Shahab Abid
Ongoing and future clinical trials of device therapies for patients with heart failure, Subaina Naeem Khalid, Taha Mansoor, Muhammad Ibraiz Bilal, Salim S. Virani, Sardar Hassan Ijaz, Marat Fudim, Stephen J. Greene, Vijay Nambi, Gregg C. Fonarow, Dmitry Abramov, and Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas
Antibiotic sensitivity and resistance patterns of common microbes among burn patients at Ayub teaching hospital, Abbottabad, Firdous Khan, Abdullah Mahmood, and Saad Iqbal
Frameworks for procurement, integration, monitoring, and evaluation of artificial intelligence tools in clinical settings: A systematic review, Sarim Dawar Khan, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Mohummad Hassan Raza Raja, Jee Young Kim, Henry David Jeffry Hogg, Afshan Anwar, Asim Shaikh, Salma Tajuddin, Nida Saddaf Khan, and Zainab Samad
Skull base osteomyelitis (SBO): A dreaded clinical entity, Iffat Khanum, Dureshahwar Kanwar, Kiren Habib, and Fatima Mubarak
Comparison of factors influencing gestational outcomes in healthy versus hypothyroid women from Karachi, Pakistan, Zareen Kiran, Adeel Khoja, Imdad Ali Khushk, Aisha Sheikh, and Najmul Islam
Analysis of impact of consumption of proton pump inhibitor on osseo integration of dental implants to the alveolar bone: A systematic critical appraisal, Abhishek Lal, Om Parkash, and Fahad Umer
Impact of a medication reconciliation improvement package on adherence to medication reconciliation among internal medicine physicians: A quality improvement project in a lower-middle income country, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Fazal Ur Rehman, Aisha Jamal, Naureen Ali Meghani, Madiha Iqbal, Ambreen Amirali, and Aysha Almas
GRADE-ADOLOPMENT of hyperthyroidism treatment guidelines for a Pakistani context, Russell Seth Martins, Sarah Nadeem, Abeer Aziz, Sajjan Raja, Alina Pervez, Najmul Islam, Asma Ahmed, Aisha Sheikh, Saira Furqan, Nanik Ram, Azra Rizwan, Nashia Ali Rizvi, Mohsin Ali Mustafa, Salima Saleem Aamdani, and Qamar Masood
Risk factors for mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients across five waves in Pakistan, Nosheen Nasir, Salma Tajuddin, Afshan Akhtar, Chanza Fahim Sheikh, Adil A. Manji, Shameen Bhutto, Naveera Khan, Adnan Khan, Muhammad Faisal Khan, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Bushra Jamil, Iffat Khanum, Kiren Habib, Asad Latif, Zainab Samad, and Adil H. Haider
Implementation of a goal-directed care bundle for intracerebral hemorrhage: Results of embedded process evaluation in the INTERACT3 trial, Menglu Ouyang, Anila Anjum, Francisca Gonzalez Mc Cawley, Mohammad Wasay, Lu Ma, Xin Hu, Xiaoying Chen, Alejandra Malavera, Xi Li, Paula Muñoz Venturelli, H Asita de Silva, Nguyen Huy Thang, Kolawole W. Wahab, Jeyaraj D. Pandian, Octavio M. Pontes-Neto, Carlos Abanto, Venessa Cano- Nigenda, Antonio Arauz, Chao You, and Stephen Jan
Treatment of cerebral venous thrombosis: A review, Hamish Patel, India Lunn, Sajid Hameed, Maria Khan, Fazeel M. Siddiqui, Afshin Borhani, Arshad Majid, Simon Bell, and Mohammad Wasay
Common pediatric surgical conditions and associated health-seeking behaviors in Pakistan: An urban and rural comparative assessment, Saqib Hamid Qazi, Syed Saqlain Ali Meerza, Sohail Asghar Dogar, Sohail Lakhani, Mushtaq Mirani, Saleem Islam, Sadaf Khan, Muhammad Khan Jamali, Sajid Muhammad, Sadaf Khan, Anjum Abbas, Zahid Ali Khan, Sana Khatoon, Imtiaz Sheikh, Rasool Bux, Rafey Ali, Hassan Naqvi, Arjumand Rizvi, Imran Ahmed, Rizwan Haroon Rashid, Syed Akbar Abbas, Abdul Sami Memon, Saadia Tabassum, Zara Bhatti, Abdur Rehman, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Jai K. Das
Outcomes of COVID-19 and influenza in cerebral palsy patients hospitalized in the United States: Comparative study of a nationwide database, Mohammed A. Quazi, Muhammad Hassan Shakir, Zohaa Faiz, Ibrahim Quraishi, Hafiz Abdullah Ikram, Sulaiman Sultan, Abu Baker Sheikh, Adeel Nasrullah, and Amir H. Sohail
Overview of hepatitis C elimination efforts in Pakistan and the launch of prime minister's programme for the elimination of hepatitis C, Huma Qureshi, Saeed Akhter, Hassan Mahmood, Saeed Hamid, Ammara Naveed, Aamir Ghafoor Khan, Shabana Saleem, Mariyam Sarfraz, Atiya Aabroo, and Ambreen Arif
Mental health outcomes beyond the post-partum period among adolescent mothers: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Komal Abdul Rahim, Natasha J. Egglestone, Irakli G. Tsagareli, Wania Usmani, Salima Meherali, and Zohra S. Lassi
Climate change and stroke: A topical narrative review, Anna Ranta, Janice Kang, Ali Saad, Mohammad Wasay, Yannick Béjot, Serefnur Ozturk, Maurice Giroud, Jacques Reis, and Jeroen Douwes
Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 genetic diversity and drugs resistance mutations among people living with HIV in Karachi, Pakistan, Abdur Rashid, Li Kang, Qingfei Chu, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Syed Hani Abidi, Sharaf Ali Sha, Yimam Getaneh, Min Wei, Yiming Shao, and Song Chang
Review of sepsis in Pakistan: How far have we come?, Hussain Ahmed Raza, Alizah Hashmi, Muhammad Mussab Khakwani, Muhammad Hamza Ali, and Bushra Jamil
Pakistan's HIV high-risk populations: Critical appraisal of failure to curtail spread beyond key populations, Hussain Ahmed Raza, Mohummad Hassan Raza Raja, Muhammad Mussab Khakwani, and Bushra Jamil
HIV at a crossroads in Pakistan, Hussain Ahmed Raza, Mohummad Raja, Muhammad Mussab Khakwani, and Bushra Jamil
Effects of oral steroid sparing immunosuppressive drugs in long term maintenance treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, Ali Sajjad, Sajid Hameed, and Sara Khan
Characteristics and outcomes of cerebral venous thrombosis associated with COVID-19, Adrian Scutelnic, Anita van de Munckhof, Angel T. Miraclin, Sanjith Aaron, Sajid Hameed, Mohammad Wasay, Oxana Grosu, Katarzyna Krzywicka, Mayte Sánchez van Kammen, and Erik Lindgren
Dosage and utilization of dexamethasone in the management of COVID-19: A critical review, Imran Sethi, Asim Shaikh, Musa Sethi, Hira Khalid Chohan, Sheraz Younus, Syed A. Khan, and Salim Surani
Navigating cardiovascular events in non-cardiac surgery: A comprehensive review of complications and risk assessment strategies, Muhammad Hamza Shuja, Areeba Sajid, Eman Anwar, Barka Sajid, and Muhammad Omar Larik
Diagnostic characteristics and management outcome in patients with acromegaly: A 15-year experience at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Shehla Tabassum, Sajjad Ali Khan, Nanik Ram, and Najmul Islam
Label free quantitative proteomic profiling of serum samples of intellectually disabled young patients revealed dysregulation of complement coagulation and cholesterol cascade systems, Soma Vankwani, Munazza Raza Mirza, Fazli Rabbi Awan, Muneeza Zafar, Arkadiusz Nawrocki, Muhammad Wasim, Haq Nawaz Khan, Hina Ayesha, Martin Rossel Larsen, and Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary
Tobacco use and risk of acute stroke in 32 countries in the INTERSTROKE study: A case–control study, Xingyu Wang, Xin Liu, Martin J. O'Donnell, Matthew McQueen, Allan Sniderman, Guillaume Pare, Graeme J. Hankey, Sumathy Rangarajan, Siu Lim Chin, and Romaina Iqbal
Brain health initiatives for Pakistan, Mohammad Wasay, Naila Shahbaz, Safa Younis, and Abdul Malik
Outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement in cancer survivors with prior chest radiation therapy: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis, Farah Yasmin, Abdul Moeed, Muhammad Tanveer Alam, Vikash Virwani, Yumna Khabir, Asim Shaikh, Apurva V. Vyas, and M Chadi Alraies
Polypill strategy for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular outcomes and atherosclerotic risk factor modification: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Farah Yasmin, Abdul Moeed, Yasar Sattar, Karthik Gonuguntla, Muhammad Umar, Muhammad Tanveer Alam, Neha Pervez, Arisha Saleem, Maria Waseem, and Asim Shaikh
Comparison of five different disseminated intravascular coagulation criteria in predicting mortality in patients with sepsis, Amara Zafar, Filza Naeem, Muhammad Zain Khalid, Safia Awan, Mehmood Riaz, and Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood
Submissions from 2023
The spectrum of hereditary neuromuscular disorders in the Pakistani population, Fizza Akbar, Shafaq Muhammad Saleem, Ehtesham Khalid, Shahnaz Ibrahim, Bushra Afroze, Salman Kirmani, and Sara Khan
Incidence of adverse cardiovascular events in patients with insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of real-world data, Eman Ali, Asim Shaikh, Farah Yasmin, Ayesha Sheikh, Rabia Owais, Hamna Raheel, Hafeez Ul Hassan Virk, and Jihad A. Mustapha
Comprehensive overview of human monkeypox: Epidemiology, clinical features, pathogenesis, diagnosis and prevention, Eman Ali, Ayesha Sheikh, Rabia Owais, Asim Shaikh, and Unaiza Naeem
Role of iron in the reduction of anemia among women of reproductive age in low-middle income countries: Insights from systematic review and meta-analysis, Sumera Aziz Ali, Shama Razzaq, Savera Aziz, Ahreen Allana, Arzina Aziz Ali, Shahla Naeem, Nayab Khowaja, and Fazal Ur Rehman
Splenic hematoma following acute pancreatitis, and the role of conservative management: A case report, Zulfeqar Ali, Muhammad Masood Karim, Maria Javeed, Qaisar Ali Khan, Christopher Farkou, David Zepeda, Parsa Abdi, Michelle Anthony, Matthew Farkouh, and Arooba Khan
School Health Education Program in Pakistan (SHEPP): Findings from a feasibility trial in pre-adolescent school children from a lower middle-income country, Aysha Almas, Romaina Iqbal, Abdul Ghani, Zainab Samad, Sania Sabir, and Khawar Kazmi
HepFREEPak: protocol for a multi-centre, prospective observational study examining efficacy and impact of current therapies for the treatment of hepatitis C in Pakistan and reporting resistance to antiviral drugs: study protocol, Ambreen Arif, Aliya Hasnain, Auj Chaudhry, Muhammad Asim, Polychronis Kemos, Noor Saba, Chris Metcalfe, Eleanor Barnes, Naheed Choudhry, and Saad Khalid Niaz
Association between e-cigarette use and myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Muhammad Talal Ashraf, Asim Shaikh, Muhammad Shakeel Khuzzaim Khan, Naseer Uddin, Muhammad Arham Bin Kashif, Syed Hassan Ahmed Rizvi, Hammad Khalid, Stafford Jude Sam, and Affan Sohail
Best management of patients with malignant pericardial effusion: A comparative study between imaging-guided pericardiocentesis and surgical pericardial window, Abdul Baqi, Intisar Ahmed, and Pirbhat Shams
Meplazumab in hospitalized adults with severe COVID-19 (DEFLECT): A multicenter, seamless phase 2/3, randomized, third-party double-blind clinical trial, Huijie Bian, Liang Chen, Zhao-Hui Zheng, Xiu-Xuan Sun, Jie-Jie Geng, Ruo Chen, Ke Wang, Xu Yang, Shi-Rui Chen, Si-Yu Chen, Nosheen Nasir, Iffat Khanum, Faisal Mahmood, and Saeed Hamid
Urbanization and physical activity in the global prospective urban and rural epidemiology study, Kwadwo Boakye, Marit Bovbjerg, John Schuna Jr, Adam Branscum, Ravi Prasad Varma, Rosnah Ismail, Olga Barbarash, Juan Dominguez, Yuksel Altuntas, and Romaina Iqbal
Is introduction of mental health education in dental school more important now than ever?, Nikita Bodani, Shweta Gohil, and Abhishek Lal
Social Determinants of Health and Disparities in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Diseases, Abhishek Chaturvedi, Anqi Zhu, Naga Vaishnav Gadela, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, and Tazeen Jafar
Challenges of managing hypertension in Pakistan - A review, Adil Elahi, Arzina Aziz Ali, Aamir Hameed Khan, Zainab Samad, Hunaina Shahab, Namra Aziz, and Aysha Almas
Treatment of chronic hepatitis D with peginterferon lambda-the phase 2 LIMT-1 clinical trial, Ohad Etzion, Saeed Hamid, Yoav Lurie, Edward J. Gane, David Yardeni, Sarah Duehren, Nimrah Bader, Anat Nevo-Shor, Minaz Mawani, and Om Parkash
Role of digital health tools in improving maternal and adolescent mental health services in Pakistan: A way forward, Armughan Tauheed Farooqui, Sehrish Karim, and Nurose Karim
Evaluating glycemic control efficacy and safety of the oral small molecule glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist Danuglipron in type 2 diabetes patients: A systemic review and meta-analysis, Hareer Fatima, Hussain Sohail Rangwala, Muhammad Saqlain Mustafa, Muhammad Ashir Shafique, Syed Raza Abbas, Azra Rizwan, Tagwa Kalool Fadlalla Ahmed, and Ainan Arshad
Optimizing antibiotic duration for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis prophylaxis: Time to rethink, Manesh K. Gangwani, Abeer Aziz, Fnu Priyanka, Wade Lee Smith, Muhammad Aziz, and Mona Hassan
Short versus long duration of dual antiplatelet therapy after second-generation drug-eluting stents implantation in patients with diabetes, Manesh Kumar Gangwani, Muhammad Aziz, Paul Chacko, Asif Mahmood, Muhammad Ali, Siraj Munir, Abeer Aziz, Shazib Sagheer, Shazib Sagheer, and Wade Lee-Smith
Frequency of extra pulmonary complications in critically ill COVID-19 patients and their association with inflammatory markers and hypoxia: Retrospective analysis at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Sadaf Hanif, Muhammad Sohaib, talha ejaz, and Asma Rayani