Vol. 73 No. 7 (2023): JULY

View Vol. 73 No. 7 (2023): JULY

Published: 2023-06-15

EDITORIAL

The Emerging Role of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Farooq Azam Rathore, Muhammad Ahmad Rathore

1368-1369
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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Does lifestyle behaviour trigger cardiovascular risk factors among school-going adolescents in Pakistan?

Nida Jawed, Nilofer Fatimi Safdar, Anishta Mehdi, Sumera Inam, Kashif Shafique, Salma Badruddin

1393-1398
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Does structured informational care reduce anxiety in patients undergoing MRI? A quasi-experimental study

Binish Rasheed, Anila Rahim, Ghulam Murtaza, Habiba Quddusi, Zoobia Ramzan

1436-1439
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Ocular complications associated with diabetes and the risk of sustainable blindness; a real world analysis

Tauseef Mahmood, Muhammad Faisal Fahim, Shahid Ahsan, Umair Qidwai, Muhammad Saleh Memon

1453-1456
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Frequency of congenital inner ear malformations among cochlear implant candidates at a tertiary care hospital Pakistan

Ali Hussain, Sohail Awan, Wasim Memon

1412-1415
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Association of biochemical markers with COVID-19 severity in Pakistan

Rashid Iqbal , Muhammad Aamir Khan Niazi, Muhammad Usman Shabbir, Umama Raza, Alina Saleem, Theophilus Bhatti

1403-1407
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Impact of incentive-based game therapy and transporting children on toy vehicle to operation theatre on reducing anxiety prior to induction of anesthesia

Ahmed Bilal Akhtar, Hammad Nabeel Najeeb, Ateeq Ur Rehman Ghafoor

1388-1392
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Where there is a will, there is a way: enhancing contraceptive uptake in Pakistan

Ali Mir, Steve Pearson, Irfan Masood

1374-1382
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Comparison of different methods of controlling pain during debonding of orthodontic brackets

Kashif Iqbal, Zahra Khalid, Ali Akhtar Khan, Abdullah Jan

1408-1411
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Pain treatment services; a national survey of tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan

Usama Ahmed, Gauhar Afshan

1447-1451
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Is institutional review board (IRB) doing its job right? How to assess this

Farah Asif, Shahtaj Baig

1416-1435
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Coronaphobia and academic procrastination in health sciences students during the first 3-month pandemic lockdown

Hulya Yucel, Fatma Kanta Yilmaz, Ahsen Erim

1383-1387
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Role of CO2 Laser & Microdebrider in the treatment of Juvenile onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis

Muhammad Rashid, Humaira Saleem, Muhammad Noman Karim, Atif Najam, Ameer Abdullah, Jawad Haneef

1370-1373
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Epidemiology and risk factors of chronic kidney disease in rural areas (Badin) of Sind, Pakistan

Shahnawaz Kareem, Asifa Jamali, Salam Ali, Muhammad Yousif Arbab, Beena Salman, Salman Imtiaz

1399-1402
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Forecasting total fertility rates for urban and rural areas in Pakistan with a coherent functional modelForecasting total fertility rates for urban and rural areas in Pakistan with a coherent functional model

Hira Fatima Waseem, Farah Yasmeen

1440-1446
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AUDIT

The utility of pre-procedural COVID-PCR testing for dental aerosol generating procedures is questionable

Syed Murtaza Raza Kazmi, Wafa Zehra Jamal, Farhan Raza Khan

1457-1461
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SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS

Systematically evaluate the effect of problem-based learning method in the teaching of epidemiology and health statistics in China

Xiangyuan Yu, Linyuan Qin, Gongchen Huang, Xiao He

1462-1467
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Relation of sleep and musculoskeletal disorders among workers: a systematic review

Dania Zaheer, Arooj Munawar, Sarwat Ali

1468-1474
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NARRATIVE REVIEW

Need for a national cancer registry in Pakistan: challenges and way forward

Saleema Begum, Muhammad Rizwan Khan

1475-1479
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Diabetic foot ulcers: contemporary assessment and management

Zia Ur Rehman, Junaid Khan, Shahryar Noordin

1480-1488
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SPECIAL COMMUNICATION

Current practice of histopathology in Pakistan: difficulties, challenges, and solutions

Talat Zehra, Zubair Ahmed, Mahin Shams

1488-1490
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SHORT COMMUNICATION

Comparative study of combined co-enzyme Q10 and Clomiphene Citrate vs Clomiphene Citrate alone for ovulation induction in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome

Hafsa Jamal, Khadija Waheed, Raana Mazhar, Muhammad Zeeshan Sarwar

1502-1505
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Effect of age, gender and type of varicosity on the post-operative pain score after seven-day compression dressing after varicose vein surgery

Noor Ul Ain, Rana Sohail Ahmad, Zainab Chaudhary, Mohammad Sohail Asghar, Sadaf Zafarullah, Hafiz Syed Zaigham Ali Shah

1491-1494
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Correlation of kinesiophobia and upper extremity parameters in post mastectomy patients

Hijab Aleem, Rimsha Qazi, Muhammad Ehab Azim, Maria Ismail, Humna Amer, Madiha Ashfaq

1498-1501
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Frequency of uropathogens showing resistance to Nitrofurantoin

Tariq Mahmud Tariq

1495-1497
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CASE SERIES

Duodenal ulcer perforation and its consequences

Mariam Malik, Abdul Malik Magsi, Sughra Parveen, Muhammad Iqbal Khan, Mazhar Iqbal

1506-1510
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CASE REPORT

Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy in asparagine-linked glycosylation thirteen (ALG13) gene defect and dramatic response with Ketogenic diet

Prem Chand, Asna Sulaiman, Meher Angez , Salman Kirmani

1521-1523
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Asymptomatic Dandy Walker malformation in an elderly male with acute haemorrhagic stroke – a case report

Areeba Minhaj, Marium Minhaj, Muhammad Osama Farooqui, Muhammad Wahdan Naseeb, Hafiz Muhammad Saad, Shaheen Bhatty

1536-1538
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A rare case of type II Amyand’s hernia

Stefan Jakovljevic , Aleksandar Cvetkovic, Marko Spasic, Bojan Stojanovic, Marko Petrovic, Bojan Milosevic

1518-1520
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Management of endotracheal tube air leak—a simple yet an effective manoeuver

Waleed Bin Ghaffar, Muhammad Adnan Tamraiz, Muhammad Sohaib

1533-1535
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External auditory canal carcinoma with an unusually extensive invasion

Haania Shahbaz, Munira Tahir, Tehmina Junaid, Najwa Shakir, Zeba Ahmed

1560-1562
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Brown tumour as an unusual but preventable cause of spinal cord compression: case report and literature review

Sabiha Banu , Saira Furqan

1511-1513
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Pre-operative diagnosis of hydatid cyst in the breast: A case report of a rare entity and review of literature

Sidrah Mahmood, Rabiaa Mahmood

1530-1532
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Unkinking the kinked: a rare intussusception in the paediatric emergency department

Hiba Kausar, Sabahat Fatima, Sara Fatima

1524-1526
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Juvenile dermatomyositis with rare cutaneous manifestation: generalised hypertrichosis

Maham Kayani, Elma Khalil, Javeria Sultan, Farah Sagheer

1539-1541
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Massive post-partum haemorrhage in a SARS-CoV-2 positive primi gravid patient: a case report

Ushna Ahmed, Nida Najmi, Rozilla Sadia Khan

1514-1517
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Conservative approach for the management of bilateral pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum after laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair

Sinan Omeroglu, Onur Guven, Mehmet Kostek, Aydin Eray Tufan, Elif Baran

1527-1529
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RECENT ADVANCES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY

Hidden hunger and diabetes care

Sanjay Kalra, Madhur Verma, Nitin Kapoor

1542-1543
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PRIMARY CARE DIABETES

Use of Dairy Products in people living with diabetes

Sanjay Kalra, Saurabh Arora, Nitin Kapoor

1544-1545
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BAROCRINOLOGY

The Bariatric Pyramid: A framework for therapeutic targets

Sanjay Kalra, Nitin Kapoor, Manash P Baruah, Saurabh Arora, Ashok Kumar Das

1546-1547

EVIDENCE BASED NEURO-ONCOLOGY

Spinal meningiomas: Management and outcomes

Anam Tariq, Ayesha Sohail, Zara Shah, Saqib Bakhshi, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim

1548-1550
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IMAGING CORNER

Spectrum of technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate (99mTc MDP) uptake in Osteosarcoma

Sana Munir Gill, Sadaf Mufty, Aamna Hassan

1551-1552
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REHABILITATION SCIENCES CORNER

Rehabilitation Perspectives in Long COVID-19

Farooq Azam Rathore, Muhammad Tawab Khalil, Omer Jamshed Khan

1553-1555
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Impact of cognitive impairment following traumatic brain injury on HRQOL in Pakistan

Ahmad Danial, Laveeza Fatima, Muhammad Fawad Bosan

1559-1559
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An indispensable revolution for Pakistan, the beginning of robot assisted MIMVS

Amna Zaheer, Daniyah Zehra Hussain

1569-1570
Significance of nutrition in preventing miscarriage, an ignored but modifiable risk factor

Mahnoor Khan, Samra Ali

1564-1565
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Patient perspectives in the face of climate change: improving maternal and child health outcomes through patient-centered design

Ameer Muhammad

1368-1369
Menstrual hygiene issues and reproductive tract infections in flood-affected victims

Sami Atiq, Eesha Tehreem, Usama Atiq, Rameen Rafique

1557-1558
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Iron deficiency anaemia: The psychological menace

Manahil Tariq Malik, Rameen Tariq Malik, Amera Tariq

1568-1568
Minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery or open surgery for Colon Resection: A long-standing dilemma

Muhammad Moiz Nasir, Fakhar Latif

1566-1566-
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Vitamin D in Keloids: an alternative to steroids?

Alizeh Naushad, Nashit Irfan Aziz

1571-1571
Scarcity of pain medication in Pakistan following the devaluation of currency

Muhammad Bilal Shabbir, Shaghaf Zahoor, Danial Ilyas

1556-1556
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Responding to burns - is our practice adequate?

Moiz Ahmed, Ibrahim Zahid

1567-1567
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Pulse oximeter and different skin tones in Pakistan

Fatima Azam, Aroosa Roshan, Laiba Siddiqui

1563-1563
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