September - October 2013 Pak J Med Sci
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DORA Declaration: Delayed Diagnosis of Debilitating Dilemma | |
Sultan Ayoub Meo |
Leading Article
Are the Editors faced with e-problems performing their duties and responsibilities satisfactorily? | |
Shaukat Ali Jawaid, Masood Jawaid |
Original Articles
Risk factors and mortality among newborns with persistent pulmonary hypertension | |
Athar Razzaq, Ahmad Iqbal Quddusi, Naila Nizami |
Risk factors for acquisition of ventilator-associated pneumonia in adult intensive care units | |
Fariba Lahoorpour, Ali Delpisheh, Abdorrahim Afkhamzadeh |
The common causes leading to pancytopenia in patients presenting to tertiary care hospital | |
Suneel Kumar, Kirpal Das Makheja, Bharat Kumar Maheshwari, Shafique Arain, Sangeeta Kumari, Vikash . |
Investigation of the oral infections and manifestationsseen in patients with advanced cancer | |
Lihua Xu, Hualin Zhang, Jinsong Liu, Xiaowei Chen |
Factors associated with epileptic seizure of cavernous malformations in the central nervous system in West China | |
Cheng Huang, Ming-Wan Chen, Jing-Mei Li, Yang Si, Dong Zhou |
Effect of psychoeducation and telepsychiatric follow up given to the caregiver of the schizophrenic patient on family burden, depression and expression of emotion | |
Birgul OZKAN, Emine ERDEM, Saliha DEMIREL OZSOY, Gökmen ZARARSIZ |
Neonatal seizures, experience at Children Hospital and Institute of Child Health Multan | |
Malik Abdur Rehman, Ahmed Iqbal Quddusi, Naila . |
Pattern of QTc prolongation in Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) subjects receiving different methadone dosages: A prospective cohort study | |
Nasir bin Mohamad, Azlie bin Hassan, Muslih Ibrahim bin Abdul Karim, Muhamad Irfan bin Abdul Jalal, Roslanuddin bin Salehuddin, Nor Hidayah binti Abu Bakar |
Relationship of serum uric acid level and angiographicseverity of coronary artery disease in male patients with acute coronary syndrome | |
Azmat Ehsan Qureshi, Shahid Hameed, Ahmed Noeman |
Hepatitis C genotype and associated risks factors of patients at University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre | |
Nurul Azmawati Mohamed, Z. Zainol Rashid, K.K Wong, Abdullah S.A., Md Mostafizur Rahman |
Diabetes education improves depressive state in newly diagnosed patients with Type 2 diabetes | |
Bin Chen, Xiyao Zhang, Xiuping Xu, Xiaofeng Lv, Lu Yao, Xu Huang, Xueying Guo, Baozhu Liu, Qiang Li, Can Cui |
Pancytopenia in children: A 6-year spectrum of patients admitted to Pediatric Department of Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar | |
Anwar Zeb Jan, Bakhtyar Zahid, Samreen Ahmad, Zahid Gul |
Expression levels of ERCC1 and RRM1 mRNA and clinical outcome of advanced non-small cell lung cancer | |
Jian-wei Bi, Mao Yi-min, Sun Yu-xia, Liu Shi-qing |
Identification of etiological agents by LPA and PCR in childhood meningitis | |
Mashal Khan, Khalid Mahmood A. Khan, Khatidja Pardhan, Ashfaque Ahmed Memon |
Role of rapid diagnostic tests for guiding outpatient treatment of febrile illness in Liaquat University Hospital | |
Salma Shaikh, Shazia Shafiq Memon, Hafeezullah Memon, Imran Ahmed |
Human papillomavirus infection a favorable prognostic factor in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma is associated with the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen | |
Hua Jiang, Peng-Fang Lin |
The incidence, pattern and outcome of stray bullet injuries: A growing challenge for surgeons | |
K.Altaf Hussain Talpur, Arshad M. Malik, Azzam Alkadi, Jawaid Naeem Qureshi |
Predictive role of Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) on the prognosis of osteosarcoma patients treated with chemotherapy | |
Jiawen Teng, Zeng-min Yang, Jie Li, Bo Xu |
Thyroid diseases in pregnancy: The importance of anamnesis | |
Necati Bulmuş, Işık Üstüner, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven, Figen Kır Şahin, Şenol Şentürk, Serap Baydur Şahin |
Changes of quality of life after gastric tube reconstruction in adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction | |
Chaoyong Shen, Hongxin Yang, Bo Zhang, Haining Chen, Zhixin Chen, Jiaping Chen |
Prophylactic antibiotics used in patientsof hepatobiliary surgery | |
Jianjun Ren, Lidao Bao, Jianxiang Niu, Yi Wang, Xianhua Ren |
Prevalence of blindness and causes of visual impairment among adults aged 50 years or above in southern Jiangsu Province of China | |
Jun Shao, Yong Yao, Wei Sun, Jing Zhu, Donghong Fu, Huaijing Guan, Qinghuai Liu |
Comparing the effects of low-dose contraceptive pills to control dysfunctional uterine bleeding by oral and vaginal methods | |
Ferdous Mehrabian, Fariba Abbassi |
Impact of training on general practitioner’s knowledge, attitude and practices regarding emergency contraception in Hyderabad | |
Seema Bibi, Razia Mustafa Abbasi, Shazia Awan, Roshan Ara Qazi, Sanober Ashfaque |
Can ratio of blood/curettage material HCG be used as a reliable method for differentiating miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy? | |
Gökhan Açmaz, Hüseyin Aksoy, Evrim Bayraktar, Mürvet Başer, Gökmen Zararsız, İptisam İpek Müderris |
Outcome of conventional IVF and ICSI on sibling oocytesin moderate oligoasthenozoospermia | |
Baoguo Xie, Wei-jie Zhu, Yuan-hua Huang |
The association of XPG and MMS19L polymorphisms response to chemotherapy in osteosarcoma | |
Yi-lei Zhao, Li-bin Yang, Xiao-lin Geng, Qing-lan Zhou, Hua Qin, Lin Yang, Yu-zhen Dong, Jin-Jie Zhong |
Morbidity associated with treatment of chronic anal fissure | |
Ansar Latif, Anila Ansar, Muhammad Qasim Butt |
Outcome and complications of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy without stenting | |
Muhammad Ayoob, Khalid Mahida, Qurat-ul-ain Qurat-ul-ain, Zafar Dawood |
The prevalence of disorders causing disability in young adult males in Turkey between 2009-2011 | |
Necmettin Kocak, Turker Turker, Hakan Istanbulluoglu, Ibrahim Aydin, Ramazan Akyildiz, Selim Kilic |
Nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii infections and changing Antibiotic Resistance | |
Ismail Necati Hakyemez, Abdulkadir Kucukbayrak, Tekin Tas, Aslihan Burcu Yikilgan, Akcan Akkaya, Aliye Yasayacak, Hayrettin Akdeniz |
Determination of site-specific carotid-intima media thickness: common –carotid artery and carotid bifurcation in hypercholesterolemia patients | |
Samia Perwaiz Khan, Pashmina Gul, Saleem Khemani, Zia Yaqub |
Prevalence of multi drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the clinical samples from Tertiary Care Hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan | |
Aamer Ali Shah, Shahzeera Begum, Fariha Hasan, Shagufta Hussain |
Effect of Nicotinic Acid (Vitamin B3 or Niacin) on the lipid profile of diabetic and non – diabetic rats | |
Talmeez Zeb Shah, Abdul Basit Ali, Saghir Ahmad Jafri, M.H. Qazi |
Review Article
Meta-Analysis of ABCB1 3435C>T Polymorphism and Colorectal Cancer | |
Dan Zhang, Cun Wang, Zongguang Zhou |
Case Reports
Burkholderia cepacia septicemia in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia in postchemotherapy bone marrow aplasia | |
Romeo-Gabriel Mihaila, Lucian Blaga |
Erlotinib and gefitinib treatments of the lung cancer in an elderly patient result in gastrointestinal bleeding | |
Qing Liu, Hongmei Bai, Maowei Shi, Jing Zhang |
Montelukast as a successful treatment for eosinophilic cystitis in an asthmatic woman patient | |
Shicheng Yu, Zhigen Zhang, Gonghui Li |
Complete traumatic fracture-dislocation L3-L4 of the lumbar spine | |
Hassan Reza Mohammadi, Shokrollah Zandi |
Left main coronary artery spasm in a hyperthyroid patient with suspected acute coronary syndrome | |
Dezhao Wang, Hongyu Hu, Qiang Fu, Wei Chen, Xu Hua, Buxing Chen |
An 85-year-old woman with Miller Fisher syndrome | |
Shu-hui Wang, Yong-bo Zhang, Yan-chen Xie, De-xin Wang, Ji-mei Li |
Special Communications
The Touch of Madness: Manto as a Psychiatric Case Study | |
Ali M Hashmi, Muhammad Awais Aftab |
Correspondence
What can cardiac magnetic resonance do for cardiologists in China? | |
Rui Xia, Fabao Gao, Yucheng Chen, Chunhua Wang, Bing Zhang |
Short Communication
Effectiveness of the Primary Trauma Care Course: Is the outcome satisfactory? | |
Masood Jawaid, Ayaz Ahmed Memon, Zubia Masood, Shams Nadeem Alam |