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Vol. 75 No. 1 (2025): JANUARY

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Published: 2025-01-01

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

Dr. Fatema Jawad

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EDITORIAL

Iranian Scholar Haly Abbas Contributes to Europe’s First Modern Medical School

Farrokh Habibzadeh

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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Tele-Dermatology during crisis, comparison of patients’ perspective between tele and onsite clinics

Sadia Masood, Unzela Ghulam, Safia Awan , Zoha Fazal, Shaheen Naveed

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The lymphocele conundrum: incidence and management in early renal transplants

Usman Abdul Ahad, Naveed Ahmed Mahar, Harris Hassan Qureshi, Sara Kalwar

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Knowledge, attitudes, and anxiety levels of parents with suspected COVID-19 children: A cross-sectional study in Turkey

Dilek Konukbay, Emine Kapan, Dilek Yildiz, Bulent Unay

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Influence of pre-hospital to post-hospital delay factors on MI complications: a prospective cohort study

Javeria Akhter, Khalid Naseeb, Sameera Ali

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Etiological spectrum and short-term outcomes of acute kidney injury in hospitalised patients of uncertain aetiology who underwent percutaneous renal biopsy

Qazi Muhammad Huzaifa, Tabassum Elahi, Sunbal Jahangir, Kalimullah Khan, Irum Memon

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Challenges in practice and training structure of residents in obstetric anaesthesia: a perspective from teaching hospitals in Sindh province of Pakistan

Fauzia Anis Khan, Saeeda Haider, Nighat Abbas, Saleh Khaskheli, Ahmed Uddin Soomro, Safia Zafar Siddiqui

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Molecular profiling of BRCA1/BRCA2 gene variants in Pakistani breast cancer patients

Bushra Ghulam, Muhammad Afzal, Amena Rahim, Zahira Bashir, Naila Zakria, Ahmad Abubakr

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Antimicrobial resistance patterns and bacterial profiling among dental caries patients

Sumyya Jaffar, Muhammad Kamran Taj, Muhammad Iqbal Khan, Masroora Ali Khan, Arsalan Ahmad Shah, Saima Azam

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Tear film parameters in females with thyroid eye disease and diabetes: an observational study

Mana Alafri Alanazi, Amaal Almutairi, Alanoud Abdulaziz Al-Massaad, Mashaaer Abdulwahhab Baashen, Meznah Saud Almutairi, Abdulaziz Alhssan, Gamal Abdel-Rahman El-Hiti

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Academic performance and suicidal ideation in young maladaptive daydreamers, a cross-sectional descriptive study

Aamena Akhtar, Hafsa Shamim, Muhammad Masood Khokhar, Gulraiz Rehman

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Evaluation of surgical outcomes of nephron-sparing surgery in a leading hospital of an advanced nation

Nadeem Bin Nusrat, Kilian Walsh, Frank Darcy, Garrett Durkan, Asadullah Aslam, Saira Imtiaz

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Effects of core stabilization exercises with and without dry cupping on pain and disability in patients with sacroiliac joint dysfunction

Noor Ul Ain, Muhammad Salman Bashir, Rabiya Noor, Mehwish Ikram, Ayesha Iftikhar, Rabiah Najm

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Functional outcomes of lower limb reconstruction using vascularised fibula following oncological resection

Amna Kifayatullah, Mamoon Rashid, Sohail Hafeez, Saad Ur Rehman

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Impact of nurse-led educational intervention on nurse’s knowledge about patient safety after cardiac catheterisation

Zahid Ali, Amjad Ali, Muhammad Tariq Farman, Hira Fatima Waseem, Tariq Aziz

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AUDIT

An examination of autopsies in a 400 bedded government hospital in Jhelum. An insight into the sudden cause of death and costs associated with autopsy in young government personnel

Uzma Naeem, Qamar Uddin Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed Satti, Afshan Bibi

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NARRATIVE REVIEW

Advancements of AI in healthcare: a comprehensive review of ChatGPT’s applications and challenges

Sara Ali, Atrubah Aslam, Zarmeen Tahir, Bashair Ashraf, Afifa Tanweer

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Blue light cystoscopy- as an improvised diagnostic modality for bladder tumours

Rabeea Mushtaq, Saba Samad, Areeba Raza, Aiman Riaz, Hamna Naseem, Naseha Mushtaq

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Biobanking of human teeth for stem cell storage: preserving stem cells for future needs

Saqib Habib, Shahrukh Ali Khan, Aqeel Ahmed, Farhan Raza Khan

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SHORT COMMUNICATION

Effect of economic recession on the food purchasing behaviour of people of Karachi

Inayat Hussain Thaver, Farooq Ahmed Sheikh, Hafsa Adnan Suri, Muhammad Abu Bakar Irfan Qureshi, Atique Ahmed, Areesh Akbar Kabani

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A short communication regarding the trends and prevalence of H. Pylori in unselected gastric mucosal biopsy samples at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan: a five-year retrospective

Naseem Ahmed, Sambreen Zameer, Shamas Ghazanfar , Zarmina Islam , Hafsa Nazir Jatoi, Manal Khan

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Prognostic significance of D-dimer, neuron-specific enolase, and lactate dehydrogenase changes in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a logistic regression analysis

Jing Xie, Lu Zhang, Ning Gan

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The difference in accommodative amplitude and facility between the dominant and non-dominant eyes

Basal Hamad Altoaimi

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SHORT REPORT

The past, present and future of simulation-based medical education (SBME) in Pakistan: a short report

Sameer Ahmed Mallick, Selina Hasan

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CASE REPORT

Anaesthetic management of liver transplantation in patients with fulminant hepatic failure

Saad Ahmed Naved, Sadiq Shoukat Ali Parpia

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Clinical presentation and management of Tolosa-Hunt syndrome: a case report

Bisma Qasim, Farnaz Siddiqui, Maria Saleem, Muhammad Zohaib, Muhammad Khuzzaim Khan, Nisar Ahmed Siyal

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Folic acid allergy in pregnancy: a case report

Azmat Riaz, Khaldoun Tabbah

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Insulinoma; a diagnostic challenge: a case report

Wania Rafaey, Asim Munir Alvi, Sidra Aslam, Ahmed Imran Siddiqui, Waqas Shafiq

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CASE SERIES

Atypical initial presentations of Sjogren’s syndrome: a case series

Faiza Naeem, Salman Khurshid Imami, Saira Elaine Anwer Khan, Shabnam Batool, Muhammad Akmal, Yasir Mushtaq

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Embracing diversity and inclusivity in nursing: challenges and opportunities for transgender and intersex individuals in Pakistan

Noureen Fazal, Amjad Ali

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HER2-low breast cancer: A new clinical entity

Yasmin Abdul Rashid, Samra Khan, Shagufta Khan

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From paper to pixels: EMR as the solution to prescription errors in Pakistan

Areeba Memon, Minahil Memon, Dua Mahfooz Memon

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The need for a mortality database in Pakistan: now or never

Sidra Waqar Qureshi, Erum Anwar

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Cultivating research interest among undergraduate students: Becoming a career physician-scientist

Shigeki Jin, Akiko Takeuchi, Manabu Murakami

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Optimizing personalized healthcare using artificial intelligence with precision medicine

Syed Abdullah Arif

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RECENT ADVANCES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY

Navigating Hyperkalaemia- The A-to-H Clinical Strategy

Sourabh Sharma, Sanjay Kalra

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PRIMARY CARE DIABETES

Sleep Stewardship

Sanjay Kalra, Madhur Verma, Viny Kantroo, Nitin Kapoor

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BAROCRINOLOGY

The Obese Heart

Sanjay Kalra, Bhupinder Singh, Nitin Kapoor

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EVIDENCE BASED NEURO-ONCOLOGY

From Pixels to Prognosis: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Models in Brain Tumour Mutation Prediction

Quratulain Tariq, Eisha Abid Ali, Saad bin Anis, Irfan Yousaf, Ahmer Nasir Baig, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim

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IMAGING CORNER

Hot Quadrate Sign Under Focus of F18-FDG PET-CT: An Incidental Finding

Ayesha Zubair, Aamna Hassan

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REHABILITATION SCIENCES CORNER

Emerging role of ultrasound guided interventional management in cervicogenic headache

Sarah Razaq, Sajjad Ali Akbar, Zahid Rustam, Farooq Azam Rathore

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STUDENT'S CORNER INNOVATION

GRADE-ADOLOPMENT of nephrology clinical practice guidelines and creation of referral algorithms for Pakistan

Ayesha Ali, Russell Seth Martins, Alina Pervez, Nashia Ali Rizvi, Mohsin Ali Mustafa, Sonia Yaqub

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STUDENT'S CORNER CASE REPORT

Gastric carcinoma leading to metastatic spinal cord compression

Nida Fatima Daterdiwala, Hina Fatima Memon, Asra Erum, Asif Husain Osmani

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STUDENT'S CORNER LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Administration of aspirin and risk of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Arooba Noor Abbasi, Fatimah Bismah Athar, Arooba Lakho

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Overlooked consequences of undiagnosed Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder in Pakistani women

Hania Waseem, Myra Sohail, Shanzay Rab

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Palmoplantar hyperhidrosis: handicapped

Anas Rasool

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Beyond pain relief: the unseen consequences of NSAIDs misuse in pregnancy

Sufyan Shahid

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Addressing the rising fear of nomophobia among medical students

Gabrielle Vivian Rhonda Desouza, Esha Saqlain, Ahsan Shabbir, Hassan Ahmed

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