Submissions from 2018
An international perspective on hospitalized patients with viral community-acquired pneumonia, Dejan Radovanovic, Giovanni Sotgiu, Mateja Jankovic, Padukudru Anand Mahesh, Pedro Jorge Marcos, Mohamed I. Abdalla, Marta Francesca Di Pasquale, Andrea Gramegna, Silvia Terraneo, and Mohammad Irfan Akhtar
Invasive mediastinal aspergillosis presenting as superior vena cava syndrome in an immunocompetent patient, Yasmin Rahim, Aisha Memon, and Javaid Khan
Epidemiology of asthma and associated factors in an urban Pakistani population: Adult asthma study-Karachi, Shama Razzaq, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Unaib Rabbani, Muhammad Irfan, Shahla Naeem, Muhammad Arslan Khan, Zafar Fatmi, and Peter Burney
Burden and risk factors for Pseudomonas aeruginosa community-acquired pneumonia: A multinational point prevalence study of hospitalised patients, Marcos I. Restrepo, Bettina L. Babu, Luis F. Reyes, James D. Chalmer, Nilam J. Soni, Oriol Sibila, Paola Faverio, Catia Cilloniz, William Rodriguez- Cintron, Stefano Aliberti, and Muhammad Irfan
Awareness, use and perceptions about E-cigarettes among adult smokers in Karachi, Pakistan., Maryam Sarfraz, Hamza Abdur Rahim Khan, Amna Urooba, Zainab Manan, Omar Irfan, Ramlah Nadeem, Huma Baqir, Saad Farooq, Zarrar Khan, Javaid Khan, and Sarah saleem
Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries in a Septuagenarian from the Developing Country of Pakistan, Hunaina Shahab, Salima Ashiqali, and Mehnaz Atiq
Submissions from 2017
Poncet's disease: two case reports, Fatima Adhi, Rabia Hasan, Mehreen Adhi, Syed Ali Hamid, Nousheen Iqbal, and Javaid A. Khan
Case of undiagnosed pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP, Verda Arshad, Nousheen Iqbal, Haider Ali Saleem, and Muhammad Irfan
Case of undiagnosed pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), Verda Arshad, Nousheen Iqbal, Haider Ali Saleem, and Muhammad Irfan
Validating a point of care lactate meter in adult patients with sepsis presenting to the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital of a low- to middle-income country, Muhammad Akbar Baig, Hira Shahzad, Erfan Hussain, and Asad Mian
Diagnostic performance of genoType MTBDRplus line probe assay in bronchoalveolar lavage for pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis in sputum scarce and smear-negative patients, Farah Idrees, Muhammad Irfan, Kauser Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, and Rumina Hasan
Disseminated hydatid cyst of liver and lung, Nousheen Iqbal, Muhammad Hussain, Romana Idress, and Muhammad Irfan
Chronic pulmonary mucormycosis: an emerging fungal infection in diabetes mellitus, Nousheen Iqbal, Muhammad Irfan, Kauser Jabeen, Murtaza Mohammed Kazmi, and Muhammad Usman Tariq
Pharmacological Threat to Lungs: A Case Series and Literature Review, Omar Irfan, Jaleed A. Gilani, Abeel Irshad, Babar Irfan, and Javaid A. Khan
Knowledge about asthma: A cross-sectional survey in 4 major hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan, Omar Irfan, Babar Irfan, Zain Ahmad Khan, Maha Tahir, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, and Javaid Ahmad Khan
Raising taxes key to accelerate tobacco control in South Asia, Prabhat Jha, Javaid Khan, Sujata Mishra, and Prakash Gupta
Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and chronic kidney disease in South Asia: current status and future directions, Anoop Misra, Nikhil Tandon, Shah Ebrahim, Naveed Sattar, Dewan Alam, Usha Shrivastava, K M Venkat Narayan, and Tazeen H. Jafar
Spectrum of interstitial lung disease from a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Maryam Hassan, Talha Shahzad, Sajjad Sarwar, Aamir Abbas, Huzaifa Ahmad, and Muhammad Irfan
Assessing decision of inpatient or outpatient care in community acquired pneumonia: APT care study, Saleem Ullah, Javaid Khan, Amanullah Khan, and Irfan Hashemy
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
Global initiative for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia (GLIMP): An international, observational cohort study, Stefano Aliberti, Luis F. Reyes, Paola Faverio, Giovanni Sotgiu, Simone Dore, Alejandro H. Rodriguez, Nilam J. Soni, Marcos I. Restrepo, and Muhammad Irfan
Pleural effusion as a manifestation of multiple myeloma, Nousheen Iqbal, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, and Hashir Majid
Reasons for failure to quit: a cross-sectional survey of tobacco use in major cities in Pakistan, M Irfan, A S. Haque, H Shahzad, Z A. Samani, S Awan, and J A. Khan
Post-tuberculosis pulmonary function and noninfectious pulmonary disorders, Muhammad Irfan
Tobacco control laws in Pakistan and their implementation: A pilot study in Karachi, Javaid Ahmed Khan, Abdul Malik Amir Humza Sohail, and Muhammad Arslan Arif Maan
Tobacco Cessation Treatment: Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Physician in Karachi, Pakistan: A Cross Sectional Study, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Irfan, Minaz Mawani, Zeeshan Waheed, Ahmed Suleman Haque, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, and Javaid Khan
Endobronchial tuberculosis-a review, Talha Shahzad and Muhammad Irfan
Familial idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in two Pakistani siblings case report and topic review, Nadia Sharif and Muhammad Irfan
Behaviour change intervention for smokeless tobacco cessation: Its development, feasibility and fidelity testing in Pakistan and in the UK, Kamran Siddiqi, Omara Dogar, Rukhsana Rashid, Cath Jackson, Ian Kellar, Nancy O'Neill, Maryam Hassan, Furqan Ahmed, Muhammad Irfan, Heather Thomson, and Javaid Khan
Central nervous system prophylaxis in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, Mohammad Faizan Zahid, Nadia Khan, Shahrukh K. Hashmi, Sani Haider Kizilbash, and Stefan K. Barta
Comments on the editorial on ILD published in the September 2016 issue of JPMA, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Submissions from 2015
Re-recurrent Dermatofibrosarcomaprotuberans of the chest wall., Niaz Hussain, Mujtaba Zaki Naveed, and Ghulam H
Endobronchial tuberculosis presented as multiple endobronchial vesicular lesions, Farah Idrees, Saima Kamal, Muhammad Irfan, and Rashida Ahmed
Prevalence of tobacco use among women: a cross sectional survey from a squatter settlement of Karachi, Pakistan, Nousheen Iqbal, Muhammad Irfan, Nida Ashraf, Safia Awan, and Javaid A. Khan
Sarcoidosis presented as retroperitoneal and lung mass, Nousheen Iqbal, Aamer Mahmood, Muhammad Irfan, and Khurram Minhas
Submissions from 2014
Compliance with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy for obstructive sleep apnea among privately paying patients- a cross sectional study, Syed Fayyaz Hussain, Muhammad Irfan, Zeeshan Waheed, Naveen Alam, Saba Mansoor, and Muhammad Islam
Pulmonary arteriovascular malformation: a rare cause of unexplained hypoxia and acute dyspnoea in young patients, Nousheen Iqbal, Karim Abdur Rehman, Javaid Ahmed Khan, and Tanveer Ul Haq
Aspergillus in the lung: The spectrum of diseases, Muhammad Irfan
Tuberculous pleural effusion: An update, Sidra Kiran, Kauser Jabeen, and Muhammad Irfan
Differential Early Secreted Antigen Target (ESAT) 6 kDa–induced IFN-γ and SOCS1 expression distinguishes latent and active tuberculosis, Kiran Iqbal Masood, Rabia Hussain, Nisar Rao, Martin E. Rottenberg, Naseem Salahuddin, Muhammad Irfan, and Zahra Hasan
Submissions from 2013
Death certificate completion skills of hospital physicians in a developing country, Ahmed Suleman Haque, Kanza Shamim, Najm Hasan Siddiqui, Muhammad Irfan, and Javaid Ahmed Khan
Expression of M. tuberculosis-induced suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) 1, SOCS3, FoxP3 and secretion of IL-6 associates with differing clinical severity of tuberculosis, Kiran I. Masood, Martin E. Rottenberg, Naseem Salahuddin, Muhammad Irfan, Nisar Rao, Berit Carow, Muniba Islam, Rabia Hussain, and Zahra Hasan
Six-Minute Walk Test Performance in Healthy Adult Pakistani Volunteers, Nisar Ahmed Rao, Muhammad Irfan, Ahmed Suleman Haque, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, and Safia Awan
Factors Associated within 28 Days In-Hospital Mortality of Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Nadia Sharif, Muhammad Irfan, Javaid Hussain, and Javaid Khan
Bronchial carcinoid presenting as multiple lung abscesses, Zeeshan Waheed, Muhammad Irfan, Saulat Fatimi, and Ruqaiya Shahid
Submissions from 2012
BCG vaccination is associated with decreased severity of tuberculosis in Pakistan, Zahra Hasan, Muhammad Irfan, Javaid A. Khan, Shehryar Khaliqdina Jahangir, Muhammad Haris, Mussarat Ashraf, Naseem Salahuddin, Bushra Jamil, and Nisar A. Rao
Pleurodesis: The agent of choice, Muhammad Irfan
Factors influencing sex differences in numbers of tuberculosis suspects at diagnostic centres in Pakistan, M. S. Khan, M. S. Khan, C. Sismanidis, and P. Godfrey-Faussett
Pulmonary hyalinising granuloma: a rare pulmonary disorder, Arsalan Rahatullah, Zeeshan Waheed, Javaid A Khan, and Nasir-Ud-Din
Cross-sectional study identifying forms of tobacco used by Shisha smokers in Pakistan, Sameer ur Rehman, Mohammed Ali Sadiq, Maria Adnan Parekh, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Javaid Khan, and Philippe M. Frossard
Submissions from 2011
Pulmonary functions in patients with diabetes mellitus, Muhammad Irfan, Abdul Jabbar, Ahmed Suleman Haque, Safia Awan, and Syed Fayyaz Hussain
Hughes-Stovin syndrome, Umair Khalid and Taimur Saleem
An online method for diagnosis of difficult TB cases for developing countries, Alvin Marcelo, Zafar Fatmi, Paul Nimrod Firaza, Shiraz Shaikh, Alvin Joseph Dandan, Muhammad Irfan, Vaqar Bari, and Richard E. Scott
Lung function decrement with arsenic exposure to drinking groundwater along river Indus: A comparative cross-sectional study, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Ambreen Kazi, Zafar Fatmi, Muhammad Irfan, Arif Ali, and Fujio Kayama
Causes of smoking in Pakistan: an analysis of social factors, Sobia Nizami, Zain A Sobani, Emmon Raza, Noor-ul-Ain Baloch, and Javaid Khan
Treatment Outcome of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Treated As Outpatient in a Tertiary Care Center, Zeeshan Waheed, Muhammad Irfan, Ahmed Suleman Haque, Muhammad Owais Khan, Atif Zubairi, Noor ul Ain, and Javaid A. Khan
Assessing two spirometric criteria of pre-bronchodilator and post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC ratio in detecting air flow obstruction, Zeeshan Waheed, Muhammad Irfan, Ahmed Suleman Haque, Najmul Hasan Siddiqui, Safia Awan, Beenish Syed, and Javaid Khan
Differentiating Asthma from its mimics, Zeeshan Waheed, Muhammad Irfan, Mohammad Salih, and Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Negative pressure pulmonary oedema: a rare complication following general anaesthesia, Zeeshan Waheed and Javaid Khan
Second-hand smoke in indoor hospitality venues in Pakistan, Anita K. M. Zaidi, O. Moin, and J. A. Khan
Submissions from 2010
The Efficacy of Spirometry as a Screening Tool in Detection of Air Flow Obstruction, Nabeel Manzar, A. Suleman Haque, Bushra Manzar, and Muhammad Irfan
Drug Resistance Pattern in Multidrug Resistance Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients, Nisar Ahmed Rao, Muhammad Irfan, Mir Mir Soomro, and Zeeshan Mehfooz
Variables predictive of outcome in patients with acute hypercapneic respiratory failure treated with noninvasive ventilatio, Nawal Salahuddin, Muhammad Irfan, Shereen Khan, Muhammad Naeem, Ahmad Suleman Haque, Shahid Javed Husain, Nisar Ahmed Rao, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, and Javaid Khan
Lung carcinoma: its profile and changing trends, Saad Siddiqui, Mohammed Usman Ali, Mahrukh Ayesha Ali, Noreen Shah, and Shagufta Nasreen
Submissions from 2009
CCL2 Responses to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis are associated with disease severity in Tuberculosis, Zahra Hasan, Jacqueline M. Cliff, Hazel M. Dockrell, Bushra Jamil, Muhammad Irfan, Mussarat Ashraf, and Rabia Hussain
Differential Live Mycobacterium tuberculosis- , M. bovis BCG-, Recombinant ESAT6-, and Culture Filtrate Protein 10-Induced Immunity in Tuberculosis, Zahra Hasan, Bushra Jamil, Mussarat Ashraf, Muniba Islam, Maqboola Dojki, Muhammad Irfan, and Rabia Hussain
Clinical characteristics, management and outcome of major pulmonary embolism: An experience from a tertiary care center in Pakistan, Shahid Javed Husain, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Kulsoom Fatima, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Arif, and Muhammad Ammad Saeed
Community acquired pneumonia: risk factors associated with mortality in a tertiary care hospitalized patients, Muhammad Irfan, Syed Fayyaz Hussain, Khubaib Mapara, Shafia Memon, Mohammed Mogri, Muniza Bana, Amna Malik, Sara Khan, and Nadia A Khan
Tuberculous and cryptococcal meningitis in a setting with high TB and low HIV prevalence, Afrasyab Khan, Bushra Jamil, Rahmat Ali, and Sana Sultan
Default during TB diagnosis: quantifying the problem, Mishal S. Khan, Shoaib Khan, and Peter Godfrey-Faussett
Treatment outcome of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Nisar Ahmed Rao, Zeeshan Mahfooz, and Muhammad Irfan
Assessment of asthma control using the asthma control test at a tertiary care centre in Karachi, Pakistan, Sana Shoukat, Saqib Ali Gowani, Ameer Ali Khowaja, and Javaid Khan
Wegener's granulomatosis: A diagnostic challenge, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Hammad Bin Liaquat, Shahid Javed Husain, and Kulsoom Fatima
Submissions from 2008
Pulmonary hypertension: An underestimated disease in developing World, Muhammad Irfan
Knowledge, attitudes and practice of university students regarding waterpipe smoking in Pakistan, Javaid Khan, A. M. Zafar, T-U. Rehman, M. R. Nazir, Z. A. Ghafoor, O. Afzal, and J. A. Khan
Cardiac tamponade after removal of temporary pace maker in multidiscipinary intensive care unit, Muhammad Faisal Khan and Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Cardiac tamponade after removal of temporary pace maker in multidiscipinary intensive care unit, Muhammad Faisal Khan and Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Primary drug resistance against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Karachi, Nisar Ahmed Rao, Muhammad Irfan, and Shahid Javed Hussain
Socio-demographic correlates of exhaled breath carbon monoxide in Karachi's adult population, Majid Shafiq, Sumera Khan, M. Rizwanulhaq Khawaja, Suleman Haque, and Javaid Khan
Prospective comparison of prediction rules of mortality risk for CAP in a developing country, F. F. Zuberi and J. A. Khan
Submissions from 2007
Cigarette smoking among adolescent females in Pakistan, H A. Ganatra, S Kalia, A S. Haque, and J A. Khan
Bleomycin induced pneumonitis: A case successfully managed with high-dose steroids, Shahid Javed Husain, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, and Muhammad Irfan
Bleomycin induced pneumonitis: A case successfully managed with high-dose steroids, Shahid Javed Husain, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, and Muhammad Irfan
Drug susceptibility pattern of mycobacterium tuberculosis in adult patients with miliary tuberculosis, Muhammad Irfan, Syed Fayyaz Hussain, Kauser Jabeen, and Muhammad Islam
Bronchial artery embolization in the treatment of massive hemoptysis, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Tanveer Haq, Kulsoom Fatima, Muhammad Azeemuddin, Zubairi M. A., and Mohammad Irfan
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
Broncho alveolar carcinoma (B.A.C.), Ahmed N. Abbasi, Muhammad Irfan, and Syed Arsalan Raza
Acute respiratory failure in Pakistani patients: Risk factors associated with mortality, Syed Fayyaz Hussain, Muhammad Irfan, Yawar Saeed Naqi, Muhammad Islam, and Waseem Akhtar
Acute respiratory failure in Pakistani patients: risk factors associated with mortality, Syed Fayyaz Hussain, Muhammad Irfan, Yawar Saeed Naqi, Muhammad Islam, and Waseem Akhtar
Clinical characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis in adult Pakistani patients with co-existing diabetes mellitus, A Jabbar, S F. Hussain, and A A. Khan
71% of patients with newly diagnosed chronic kidney disease progressed to renal replacement therapy or death within 3 years, Tazeen H. Jafar
Knowledge, attitude and misconceptions regarding tuberculosis in Pakistani patients, Javaid Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Irfan, Amna Zaki, Madiha Beg, Syed Fayyaz Hussain, and Nadeem Rizvi
Necrotizing nocardia pneumonia in an immuno-compromised male, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Madiha Ashraf, and Anwar-ul-Huda
Submissions from 2005
Bronchial carcinoid presenting with abdominal pain, Faisal Ameer, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Muhammad Umar Fawad, Humera Ahsan, and Nausheen Yaqoob
Clinical characteristics of patients with obstructive sleep apnea, Syed Fayyaz Hussain, Yawar Saeed, and Muhammad Irfan
The insidious onset of dyspnea and right lung collapse in a 35-year-old man, Syed F. Hussain, Nawal Salahuddin, Aslam Khan, Shafia S.J. Memon, Saulat H. Fatimi, and Rashida Ahmed
Smoking prevalence, knowledge and attitudes among medical students in Karachi, Pakistan, F M. Khan, S J. Husain, A Laeeq, A Awais, S F. Hussain, and J A. Khan
Effect of providing free sputum microscopy service to private practitioners on case notification to National Tuberculosis Control Program, Javaid Ahmad Khan, Farooq Akbani, Amyn Malik, Ghulam Nabi Kazi, Fawad Aslam, and Syed Fayyaz Hussain
Medical interns knowledge of TB in Pakistan, J A. Khan, S Zahid, R Khan, S F. Hussain, N Rizvi, A Rab, A Javed, A Ahmad, N Ait-Khaled, and D A. Enarson
Pre-operative pulmonary evaluation, Muhammad Aslam Khan and Syed Fayyaz Hussain