November – December 2015 Pak J Med Sci
Table of Contents
Guest Editorial
| What ails medical research in Pakistan? Role of institutions | |
| Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal |
Original Articles
| Anorexia nervosa among teenage girls:Emerging or prevalent? | |
| Aliya Hisam, Mahmood Ur Rahman, Syed Fawad Mashhadi |
| The effect of Ramadan fasting on fetal development | |
| Atilla Karateke, Mustafa Kaplanoglu, Fazil Avci, Raziye Keskin Kurt, Ali Baloglu |
| Predictor of cardiovascular risks in end stage renal failure patients on maintenance dialysis | |
| Christopher Thiam Seong Lim, Xian Hui Yap, Kuet Jun chung, Mohamad Azrul B Khalid, Norhayani B Yahya, Latiffah A Lattif, Bak Leong goh |
| Longtime soaking of high concentration tranexamic acidin total hip arthroplasty: A prospective randomized controlled trial in 224 patients | |
| Xingming Xu, Xiaofeng Li, Wei Liu, Zhenyu Wang |
| Dysmenorrhea among female medical students in King Abdulaziz University: Prevalence, Predictors and outcome | |
| Nahla Khamis Ragab Ibrahim, Manar S. AlGhamdi, Alanoud N. Al-Shaibani, Fatima A. Al-Amri, Huda A. Alharbi, Arwa K. Al-Jadani, Raghad A. Alfaidi |
| New modification of modified bentall procedure(A single centre experience) | |
| Ghulam Hussain, Naseem Ahmad, Sohail Ahmad, Mirza Ahmad Raza Baig, Sara Zaheer, Aamir Furkan |
| Comparison of emergency surgeries for obstructed colonic cancer with elective surgeries: A retrospective study | |
| Ilker Sucullu, Yavuz Ozdemir, Mehmet Cuhadar, Ahmet Ziya Balta, Ergun Yucel, Ali Ilker Filiz, Bulent Gulec |
| Association of vitamin D receptor gene BsmI (A>G) and FokI (C>T) polymorphism in gestational diabetes among Saudi Women | |
| Hesham Abdelaziz El-Beshbishy, Manal Tawfeek, Inass Taha, Intesssar Sultan, Thoraya Fadulelahi, Amal Shaheen, Fouad Bardi |
| Beneficial effects of silver foam dressing on healing ofwounds with ulcers and infection control of burn patients | |
| Bo Yang, Xudong Wang, Zhonghua Li, Qi Qu, Yan Qiu |
| Screening for New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 in Enterobacteriaceae: Is there a role for the modified Hodge test? | |
| Md Mostafizur Rahman, Nor Zanariah Zainol Abidin, Anita Sulong, Hanafiah Alfizah, Chuan Hun Ding, Najihan Abdul Samat Muttaqillah |
| Concomitant presence of culture-proven active pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - A hospital based study | |
| Noshin Wasim Yusuf, Aneela Liaquat, Shagufta Iram, Shahida Hussain, Hassan Azeem |
| An evaluation of the effects of perioperatively administered fluids on ischemia/reperfusion injury | |
| Serhat Ozçifçi, Mehmet Gamlı, Dilşen Ornek, Eyüp Horasanlı, Bayazit Dikmen, Orhan Canpolat, M.Z Cıracı, Oya Kılcı |
| Achieving fertility control through woman’s autonomy and access to maternal healthcare: Are we on track? In-depth analysis of PDHS-2012-13 | |
| Sehar un Nisa, Salma Siddiqui, Ayeshah Mahmood |
| Comparison of outcomes between endoscopic surgery and conventional nasal packing for epistaxis in the posterior fornix of the inferior nasal meatus | |
| You Zou, Yu-Qin Deng, Chang-Wu Xiao, Yong-Gang Kong, Yu Xu, Ze-Zhang Tao, Shiming Chen |
| Feasibility of using Arabic Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) to assess anxiety and depression among patients attending Accident and Emergency at a University Hospital setting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |
| Hosam A. Hassan, Muhammad Owais Suriya, Zohair Ahmed Al-Aseri, Mujtaba Hasan, Najeeb Khalid, Shaffi Ahmed Sheikh |
| Comparison for efficacy of general exercises with and without mobilization therapy for the management of adhesivecapsulitis of shoulder - An interventional study | |
| Saba Aijaz Ali, Muhammad Khan |
| Alarming high prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Jordanian adults | |
| Ahmad Abdallah Obeidat, Mousa Numan Ahmad, Fares Halem Haddad, Firas Sultan Azzeh |
| Resistance patterns of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in an ICU of a tertiary care hospital, Malaysia | |
| Sivakami Janahiraman, Ahmad Fuad Shamsuddin, Muhammad Nazri Aziz, Hon Shen P’ng, Yang Liang Boo, Vasudevan Ramachandran, Fan Kee Hoo |
| Use of recombinant factor VIIa in uncontrolled gastrointestinal bleeding after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation among patients with thrombocytopenia | |
| Yaqiong Tang, Qian Wu, Xiaojin Wu, Huiying Qiu, Aining Sun, Changgeng Ruan, Depei Wu, Yue Han |
| Frequency and determinants of Hepatitis B and C virusin general population of Farash Town, Islamabad | |
| Munazza Asad, Farah Ahmed, Humaira Zafar, Sabir Farman |
| Validity of moyers mixed dentition analysis for Saudi population | |
| Yousef H. Al-Dlaigan,, Nasser D. Alqahtani, Khalid Almoammar, Thikriat Al-Jewair,, Fahad Salamah,, Mohammed Alswilem, sahar F AlBARAKATI |
| Reconstruction of post burn scalp alopecia by using expanded hair-bearing scalp flaps | |
| Farhat ul Ann Tayyaba, Mohammad Mughees Amin, Sohail Attaur- Rasool, Uzma Naseer, Akasha Ambar |
| Polymorphisms in NF-κB pathway genes & their association with risk of lung cancer in the Chinese population | |
| Jing-Wei Zhang, Qiu-Sheng Chen, Jian-Xia Zhai, Peng-Ju Lv, Xiao-Yan Sun |
| Association between thyroid hormone levels and insulin resistance and body mass index | |
| Neval Aksoy, Mustafa Taner Yeler, Nilhan Nurlu Ayan, Ali Ozkeskin, Zeynep Ozkan, Ozden N Serin |
| Epidemiology of intestinal parasitic infections in school children in Ghazni Province, eastern Afghanistan | |
| Krzysztof Korzeniewski, Alina Augustynowicz, Agata Smoleń, Anna Lass |
| Breast cancer recurrence after sentinel lymph node biopsy | |
| Abdulaziz Abdullah Alsaif |
| Gender differences among discrimination & stigma experienced by depressive patients in Pakistan | |
| Nashi Khan, Rukhsana Kausar, Adeela Khalid, Anum Farooq |
| The predictive factors for lymph node metastasis in early gastric cancer: A clinical study | |
| Yinzhong Wang |
| Ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients with intensive antibiotic usage | |
| Canan Bor, Kubilay Demirag, Ozlem Okcu, Ilkin Cankayali, Mehmet Uyar |
| Factors associated with utilization of antenatal care services in Balochistan province of Pakistan: An analysis of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2010 | |
| Abdul Ghaffar, Sathirakorn Pongpanich, Najma Ghaffar, Tahir Mehmood |
| Four-year follow-up of corneal aberrations and visual functionsof myopic patients after laser in situ keratomileusis | |
| Tai-xiang Liu, Tao Chen, Ting-ting Dan, Rong Shi, Shao-rong Linghu, Hai-xiang Li |
| The association between coping method and distress in infertile woman: A cross-sectional study from Turkey | |
| Hande Dag, Sayime Yigitoglu, Belgin Iyik aksakal, Oya Kavlak |
| Clinical characteristics of patients with diabetic ketoacidosis at the Intensive Care Unit of a University Hospital | |
| Faiza Abdulaziz Qari |
| Fatty acid composition of diets of early school-agechildren and its health implications | |
| Małgorzata Kostecka |
| Plasmodium Vivax causing acute kidney injury: A foe less addressed | |
| Rubina Naqvi |
| Effects of early enteral micro-feeding on neonatal serum Vitamin D levels | |
| Liang Hu, Xiangdang Yin, Haifeng Chu, Guangli Zheng |
| Refractive errors in patients with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus | |
| Abdülhekim Yarbağ, Hayrullah Yazar, Mehmet Akdoğan, Ahmet Pekgör, Suleyman Kaleli |
| Influence of mouth rinses on the surface hardness of dental resin nano-composite | |
| Aftab Ahmed Khan, Adel Zia Siddiqui, Syed Fareed Mohsin, Abdulaziz A. Al-Kheraif |
| Effects of embolic agents with different particle sizes on interventional treatment of uterine fibroids | |
| Xigong Wang, Zhengfu Zhang, Jirong Pan, Weizhong Zhang |
| Comparison of two main treatment modalities for acute ankle sprain | |
| Serkan Bilgic, Murat Durusu, Bahtiyar Aliyev, Serkan Akpancar, Omer Ersen, Mehmet Yasar, Sukru Ardıc |
| Emergency contraception: Awareness, attitudes and barriers of Saudi Arabian Women | |
| Syed Irfan Karim, Farhana Irfan, Norah Al Rowais, Basma Al Zahrani, Riaz Qureshi, Bedoor Hassan Al Qadrah |
| Comparison of frequency of insulin resistance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with normal controls | |
| Zareen Kiran, Numan Majeed, Bader Faiyaz Zuberi |
| Developing a novel risk-scoring system for predicting relapse in patients with ulcerative colitis: A prospective cohort study | |
| Seyed Vahid Hosseini, Ali Reza Safarpour, Seyed Alireza Taghavi |
| Multiple cannulated screw fixation of young femoral neck fractures | |
| Gyu-Min KONG, Joo Yong Kim, Dae Hyun Park, Dae Yoo Kim |
| Increased Body Mass Index may lead to Hyperferritinemia Irrespective of Body Iron Stores | |
| Faiza Alam, Abdul Shakoor Memon, Syeda Sadia Fatima |
| Is it possible to objectify the visual pain scale? | |
| Mehmet Ergin, Abdullah Sadik Girisgin, Zerrin Defne Dundar, Goknil Saniye Celik, İzzettin Ertas, Mehmet Taskın Egici |
| Packed cell volume Platelet count, PT, PTTK and Fibrinogen concentration of HIV positive patients on antiretroviral drugs | |
| Evarista Odaburhine Osime, Omobolaji Oluwole Oresanja, Benson Uchechukwu Okwara |
Continous Medical Education
| Perception of content and non-content expert facilitators of PBL according to students’ performance levels | |
| Noor Akmal Shareela Ismail, Ekram Alias, Khaizurin Tajul Arifin, Mohd Hanafi A Damanhuri, Norwahidah Abd Karim, Goon Jo Aan |
Case Reports
| Recurrent mutation in CDMP1 in a family with Grebe chondrodysplasia: broadening the phenotypic manifestation of syndrome in Pakistani population | |
| Sara Mumtaz, Hafiza Fizzah Riaz, Mohammad Touseef, Sulman Basit, Faiyaz Ul Haque, Sajid Malik |
| Pulmonary renal syndrome in a patient with vasculitis: Case report and review of literature | |
| Aijaz Zeeshan Khan Chachar, Omer Sabir, Irfan Haider, Imrana Tanvir, Kashif Rafique, Nauman tarif |
Review Article
| Disorders associated with malabsorption of iron: A critical review | |
| Muhammad Saboor, Amtuz Zehra, Khansa Qamar, Moinuddin . |
Short Communication
| Outcome of pediatric procedural sedation & analgesiain a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan | |
| Humaira Jurair, Amyna Bhimani, Anwar-ul-Haque . |
Correspondence
| The bread and butter of statistical analysis “t-testâ€:Uses and misuses | |
| Younis Abdelwahab Skaik |
