March - April 2014 Pak J Med Sci
Table of Contents
Original Articles
A comprehensive, multi-modal evaluation of the assessment system of an undergraduate research methodology course: Translating theory into practice | |
Hamza Mohammad Abdulghani, Gominda G Ponnamperuma, Farha Ahmad, Zubair Amin |
Factors associated with non-adherence to Insulinin patients with Type-1 diabetes | |
Musarrat Riaz, Abdul Basit, Asher Fawwad, Muhammad Yakoob Ahmedani, Zahara Ali Rizvi |
Effects of insulin on placental, fetal and maternal outcomes in gestational diabetes mellitus | |
Rabia Arshad, Nasim Karim, Jahan Ara Hasan |
Factors associated with preoperative and postoperative epileptic seizure in patients with cerebral ganglioglioma | |
Cheng Huang, He Li, Ming-wan Chen, Yang Si, Ding Lei |
Exploring the transition to DRGs in Developing Countries: A case study in Shanghai, China | |
Zhaoxin Wang, Rui Liu, Ping Li, Chenghua Jiang |
Parental psychological abuse toward children and mental health problems in adolescence | |
Syeda Fariha Iram Rizvi, Najma Najam |
Ameliorative effect of melatonin against contrast media induced renal tubular cell injury | |
Hamid Nasri, Maryam Tavakoli, Ali Ahmadi, Azar Baradaran, Mehdi Nematbakhsh, Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei |
QT dispersion increases with low glomerular filtration rate in patients with coronary artery disease | |
Murat CELIK, Turgay CELIK, Uygar Cagdas YUKSEL, Emre YALCINKAYA, Yalcin GOKOGLAN, Baris BUGAN, Hilmi Umut UNAL, Atila IYISOY, Selim KILIC |
To determine the effect of wearing shoe covers by medical staff and visitors on infection rates, mortality and length of stay in Intensive Care Unit | |
Zeeshan Ali, Aayesha Qadeer, Aftab Akhtar |
The correlation between the first heart sound and cardiac output as measured by using digital esophageal stethoscope under anaesthesia | |
Young Duck Shin, Kyoung Hoon Yim, Sang Hi Park, Yong Wook Jeon, Jin Ho Bae Bae, Tae Soo Lee, Myoung Hwan Kim, Young Jin Choi |
Effects of two genes coding squamous cell carcinoma antigen on the diagnosis and treatment of cervical squamous cell carcinoma | |
Qi'nan Yin, Ying Wang, Chenchen Zheng, Yanjuan Liu, Zhuo Chen, Fuer Lu, Guangying Huang |
Clinical presentations and biochemical profile in adult celiac disease patients in Hyderabad: Pakistan | |
Naila Masood Siddiqui, Imran Ali Shaikh |
Effects of low-dose amiodarone and Betaloc on the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy complicated with malignant ventricular arrhythmias | |
Yu Gao, Peisheng Zhang, Xue Liang |
Prevalence and associated risk factors for syphilis in women with recurrent miscarriages | |
Arshad Hussain Laghari, Viqar Sultana, Akhtar Hussain Samoo, Pirbhomal Makhija, Jehan Ara, Hira . |
Impact of Omega-3 and Omega-9 fatty acids enriched total parenteral nutrition on blood chemistry and inflammatory markers in septic patients | |
Gamze Gültekin, Habibe Şahin, Neriman İnanç, Fatma Uyanık, Engin Ok |
Effect of a workshop in rational pharmacotherapy for interns during family medicine clerkship in Samsun- Turkey | |
Mustafa Fevzi Dikici, Fusun Yaris, Fusun Artiran Igde, Fulya Yarar, Oznur Altuntas, Aysenur Alper Gurz |
The relationship between inferior vena cava diameter measured by bedside ultrasonography and central venous pressure value | |
Serenat Citilcioglu, Ahmet Sebe, Mehmet Oguzhan Ay, Ferhat Icme, Akkan Avci, Muge Gulen, Mustafa Sahan, Salim Satar |
Atrial septal defect repair; our early and mid-phase results | |
Sedat Ozcan, Ali Ümit Yener, M.Alper Turgut Özkan |
Further exploration during open appendicectomy; assessment of some common intraoperative findings | |
Moses Layiwola Adeoti, Adetunji Saliu Oguntola, Sulaiman Olayide Agodirin, Adetunji Adeniyi Oremakinde, Kunle O. Ojemakinde |
Factors affecting recurrence and progression of high grade non invasive bladder cancer treated by intravesical BCG | |
Muhammad Kashif Khan, Irfan Ahmed, Syed Johar Raza |
Predictors of microvascular invasion in patients with solitary small hepatitis B related hepatocellular carcinoma | |
Zhen You, Li-Ping Chen, Hui Ye |
A method of percutaneous vertebroplasty under the guidance of two C-arm fluoroscopes | |
Ren-Jie Xu, Yong-Qing Yan, Guang-Xiang Chen, Tian-Ming Zou, Xiao-Qiang Cai, Dong-Lai Wang |
Management of Macular Pre-Retinal Subhyaloid hemorrhage by Nd:Yag laser hyaloidotomy | |
Faisal Murtaza Qureshi, Syed Fawad Rizvi, Syeda Aisha Bokhari, Zeeshan Kamil |
Finite element analysis of a bone healing model: 1-year follow-up after internal fixation surgery for femoral fracture | |
Jiang-jun Zhou, Min Zhao, Ya-bo Yan, Wei Lei, Ren-fa Lv, Zhi-yu Zhu, Rong-jian Chen, Wei-tao Yu, Chen-fei Du |
The morphology of medial malleolus and its clinical relevance | |
Kun Zhang, Yanxi Chen, Minfei Qiang, Yini Hao, Haobo Li, Hao Dai |
Can mean platelet volume and platelet distrubition width be possible markers for ectopic pregnancy and tubal rupture? (MPV and PDW in ectopic pregnancy) | |
Burcu Artunc Ulkumen, Halil Gursoy Pala, Esat Calik, Semra Oruc Koltan |
The effects of 21 and 23 milimeter aortic valve prosthesis on hemodynamic performance and functional capacity in young adults | |
Ali Ümit Yener, Sedat Özcan, Ali Baran Budak, Serhat Bahadır Genç, Turgut Özkan, Ömer Faruk Özkan |
The effect of erectile dysfunction on quality of life in male kidney transplant recipients | |
Wei-Gang Wang, Ping Li, Yi-Shu Wang, Gang Wang, Yuan-Tao Wang, Hong-Lan Zhou |
Frequency, severity and risk indicators of retinopathy in patients with diabetes screened by fundus photographs: A study from primary health care | |
Saleh Memon, Shahid Ahsan, Qamar Riaz, Abdul Basit, Sikandar Ali Sheikh, Asher Fawwad, A Samad Shera |
Spectrum of pathologies in cases of intestinal obstruction and perforation based on histopathological examination of resected intestine - Report from a third world country | |
Noshin Wasim Yusuf, Sehr Iqbal, Rahat Sarfraz, Shezada Khalid Sohail, Mohammad Imran |
Determination of anti-nuclear antibody pattern distribution and clinical relationship | |
Zafer Mengeloglu, Tekin Tas, Esra Kocoglu, Gülali Aktas, Seyda Karabörk |
Impact of anthropometrical parameters on portal veindiameter and liver size in a subset of Karachi based population | |
Tanya Raza Siddiqui, Nuzhat Hassan, Pashmina Gul |
Isolation and antibiotic susceptibility of E. coli from urinary tract infections in a tertiary care hospital | |
Sumera Sabir, Aftab Ahmad Anjum, Tayyaba Ijaz, Muhammad Asad Ali, Muti Ur Rehman, Muhammad Nawaz |
Association of the use of bacterial cell wall synthesis Inhibitor drugsin early childhood with the Developmental Defects of Enamel | |
Amna tariq, Munawar Alam Ansari, Muhammad Owais Ismail, Zahida Memon |
In vitro evaluation of antimicrobial effect of miswak against common oral pathogens | |
Saima Naseem, Khursheed Hashmi, Fatima Fasih, Shaheen Sharafat, Rafiq Khanani |
High fluoride and low pH level have been detected in popular flavoured beverages in Malaysia | |
Zubaidah Haji Abdul Rahim, Zubaidah HA Rahim, Marina M Bakri, Zakir HM, Ahmed IA, Zulkifli NA |
The applicability of the Greulich & Pyle Atlas for bone age assessment in primary school-going children of Karachi, Pakistan | |
Arsalan Manzoor Mughal, Nuzhat Hassan, Anwar Ahmed |
Diagnostic efficacy of sonography for diagnosis of ovarian torsion | |
Ayoob Rostamzadeh, Sam Mirfendereski, Mohammad Jafar Rezaie, Shohreh Rezaei |
The effect of low and moderate intensity aerobic exerciseson sleep quality in elderly adult males | |
Ahmad Ali Akbari Kamrani, Amir Shams, Parvaneh Shamsipour Dehkordi, Robabeh Mohajeri |
Review Article
Women Health in Saudi Arabia: A review of non-communicable diseases and their risk factors | |
Aljohara Mohammed Alquaiz, Amna Rihana siddiqui, Riaz H Qureshi, Mona A Fouda, Maha A AlMuneef, Fawzia A Habib, Iqbal M Turkistani |
Frequent loss expression of dab2 and promotor hypermethylation in human cancers: A meta-analysis and systematic review | |
Ziyin Zhang, Yihua Chen, Xuemei Xie, Jianjian Tang |
Actigraphy in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | |
Imran S Khawaja, Ali M Hashmi, Muhammad Awais Aftab, Joseph Westermeyer, Thomas D Hurwitz |
Case Reports
Severe anemia and melena caused by pyeloduodenal fistula due to renal stone-associated squamous cell carcinoma | |
Jian Hui Wu, Yong Xu, Zi Qjang Xu, Kuo Yang, Shi Qiang Yang, Hong Shun Ma |
Lupus catatonia in a young girl who presented with fever and altered sensorium | |
Alia Ali, Azeem Taj, Misbah-uz-Zehra . |
Systemic lupus erythematosis with severe aplastic anemia successfully treated with rituximab and antithymocyte globulin | |
Bin Wen Liu, Zhiping Hu, Shengyun Lin, Jianghua He, Yuhong Zhou |
Diagnostic dilemma in broad ligament leiomyoma with cystic degeneration | |
Shabeen Naz Masood, Yasir Masood, Janta Mathrani |
Acute brachial plexopathy:An unusual complication from Bee Sting | |
Fan Kee Hoo, Shariful Hasan, Wan Aliaa Wan Sulaiman, Hamidon Basri |