Pak J Med Sci
Table of Contents
Editorial
| Prevention and intervention strategies to check increasing violence against healthcare facilities and healthcare professionals | |
| Shaukat Ali Jawaid |
Original Articles
| Fertilization rate and its determinants in intracytoplasmic sperm injection | |
| Shireen Jawed, Rehana Rehman, Mohammad Ashfaq Ali, Umme Hani Abdullah, Hina Gul |
| Imaging changes after breast reconstruction with fat grafting - Retrospective study of 90 Breast Cancer | |
| Lubna Noor, Helen Rosemary Reeves, Dileep Kumar, Ous Alozairi, Pudhupalayam Bhaskar |
| Clinical outcomes of endovascular aneurysm repairof abdominal aortic aneurysm complicated with hypertension: A 5-year experience | |
| Xi-Tao Peng, Qi-Dong Yuan, Ming-Zhe Cui, Hong-Chao Fang |
| The effects of Ramadan fasting on the number of renal colic visits to the emergency department | |
| Yunsur Çevik, Şeref Kerem Çorbacıoğlu, Gülşah Çıkrıkçı, Veysel Öncül, Emine Emektar |
| Comparison of gabapentin and ketotifen in treatmentof uremic pruritus in hemodialysis patients | |
| Saeid Amirkhanlou, Anna Rashedi, Jalal Taherian, Ali Akbar Hafezi, Sahar Parsaei |
| Risk profiles of referred chronic kidney disease patients in a tertiary nephrology centre | |
| Christopher Thiam Seong Lim, Raihain Binti Ramli, Mohd Zharif Fikri Bin Abd Salim |
| Comparison between effectiveness of mechanical and manualtraction combined with mobilization and exercise therapyin patients with Cervical Radiculopathy | |
| Syed Rehan Iftikhar Bukhari, Syed Shakil Urrehman, Shakeel Ahmad, Aamer Naeem |
| Double-lumen tube intubation using video laryngoscopy causes a milder cardiovascular response comparedto classic direct laryngoscopy | |
| Wei Wei, Ming Tian |
| Comparison of blood and urine nephrin levels in preeclampsia and intrauterine growth retardation | |
| Fatma Ozdemir, Ahter Tanay Tayyar, Gokhan Acmaz, Huseyin Aksoy, Gozde Erturk, Sabahattin Muhtaroglu, Mehmet Tayyar |
| Cemented versus uncemented hemiarthroplasty in patients with displaced femoral neck fractures | |
| Mohsen Khorami, Hamidreza Arti, Amir Aghaie Aghdam |
| Perceptions, perceived barriers and practices ofphysicians’ towards Evidence-Based Medicine | |
| Mukhtiar Baig, Zaid Alamin, Osama Almouteri, Mohammed Algarni |
| The endovenous laser treatment for patients with varicose veins | |
| Jian-Jun Liu, Long-Hua Fan, De-Chun Xu, Xu Li, Zhi-Hui Dong, Wei-Guo Fu |
| The relationship between HbA1c & atrial fibrillation after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in diabetic patients | |
| Suleyman Surer, Mustafa Seren, Onur Saydam, Ali Bulut, Ugursay Kiziltepe |
| Comparison of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) & conventional wound dressings in the open fracture wounds | |
| Hamidreza Arti, Mohsen Khorami, Vahid Ebrahimi-Nejad Ebrahimi-Nejad |
| Renal Biopsy: A much needed tool in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosis (SLE) | |
| Sumbal Nasir Mahmood, Kunwer Naveed Mukhtar, Saima Deen, Faiza Nafees Khan |
| Effect of trimetazidine on heart rate variability in elderly patients with acute coronary syndrome | |
| Daxin Wang, Jing Zhang, Shenghu He, Xuefei Wang |
| Frequency and pattern of congenital heart defects in a tertiary care cardiac hospital of Karachi | |
| Najma Patel, Shama Jawed, Nagina Nigar, Fariha Junaid, Asia Abdul Wadood, Fatima Abdullah |
| Levels of empathy among undergraduate physiotherapy students: A cross-sectional study at two universities in Istanbul | |
| Hulya Yucel, Gonul Acar |
| Frequency of stillbirths in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Karachi | |
| Muhammad Ayaz MUstufa, Shazia Kulsoom, Ifra Sameen, Khemchand Netaram Moorani, Razia Korejo, Ashfaqe Ahmed Memon |
| Effects of error on dose of target region and organs at risk in treating nasopharynx cancer with intensitymodulated radiation therapy | |
| Guangsheng Liu, Sumei Zhang, Yuzhuo Ma, Qing Yuan Wang, Xingxiu Chen, Lingling Zhang, Fengmei Ma |
| Surgical audit of outcome of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair | |
| Saifullah Khan Tareen, Muhammad Ali Tahir, Alyscia Miriam Cheema |
| Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio might help prediction of acute myocardial infarction in patients with elevated serum creatinine | |
| Ahmet Nalbant, Hakan Cinemre, Tezcan Kaya, Ceyhun Varım, Perihan Varim, Ali Tamer |
| Thyroid dysfunction in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | |
| Shahnaz Attaullah, Bibi Safia Haq, Mairman Muska |
| Post-infectious and non post-infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A comparative study | |
| Jianbo Wang, Shihua Lu, Shijie Zhao |
| Burden of advance stage gynaecological cancersat Nuclear Institute of Medicine and Radiotherapy Jamshoro Sindh | |
| Seema Bibi, Sanober Ashfaq, Naeem Ahmed Laghari |
| Efficacy of dexamethasone on postoperative analgesiain children undergoing hypospadias repair | |
| Ali Eslahi, Mehdi Shirazi, Hilda Mahmoudi, Behnam Nasihatkon, Sina Ghaffaripour |
| Effect of intralesional 5 fluorouracil injection in primary pterygium | |
| Muhammad Saim Khan, Sidra Malik, Imran Basit |
| Analysis of surgeries for Degenerative lumbar stenosis in elderly patients | |
| Bin Bai, Yuxin Li |
| Frequency and risk factors of low birth weight in term pregnancy | |
| Ayesha Khan, Farah Deeba Nasrullah, Riffat Jaleel |
| Virulence factors of Candida species isolated from patients with urinary tract infection and obstructive uropathy | |
| Faris Q.B. Alenzi |
| The effect of anaesthesia techniqueon caesarean section | |
| Young Duck Shin, Sang Hi Park, Hyeon Tae Kim, Chan Jin Park, Jin Hee Lee, Young Jin Choi |
| Research design and statistical methods in Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences (PJMS) | |
| Sohail Akhtar, Syed Wadood Ali shah, Muhammad Rafiq, Ajmal Khan |
| Influence of psychological intervention on pain and immune functions of patients receiving lung cancer surgery | |
| Xinying Zhao, Limin Cui, Wei Wang, Quanzhi Su, Xiuzhi Li, Junben Wu |
| Correlation of CD24 expression with histological grading and TNM staging of retinoblastoma | |
| Syed Muhammad Ishaque, Shahnaz Imdad Kehar, Shahid Zafar, Syed Furqan-Ul-Hasan |
| The information requirements and self-perceptions of Turkish women undergoing hysterectomy | |
| Emine Şen, Nursel Alp Dal, Hande Dag, Seyran Senveli |
| Frequency of magnetic resonance imaging patterns of tuberculous spondylitis in a public sector hospital | |
| Sumera Tabassum, Shahbaz Haider |
| Effects of total thoracoscopic surgery on coronaryartery fistulae complicated with ectasia | |
| Hongbin Sun, Liping Zhang, Xiuli Han, Zhongyu Wang, Lei Xu |
| Effectiveness of constraint induced movement therapy as compared to bimanual therapy in upper motor function outcome in child with hemiplegic cerebral palsy | |
| Imran Amjad, Hira Zafar, Arshad Nawaz Malik, Enfall Shaukat |
| Evaluation of effectiveness of the using a pillow in children for dental rehabilitation under general anesthesia in term for facilitate intubation | |
| Dilek Günay Canpolat, Mustafa Denizhan Yıldırım, Kenan Cantekin, Aynur Akin |
| Impact of combined modular assessment on deep learningand personal development of medical students | |
| Shabana Ali, Humaira Fayyaz Khan |
| Relationship of anxiety and burnout with extrasystoles in critical care nurses in Turkey | |
| Yıldız Denat, Serap Gökçe, Hasan Güngör, Cemil Zencir, Cağdaş Akgüllü |
| Post thrombolytic resolution of ST elevation in STEMI patients | |
| Sameer Saleem, Adnan Khan, Ihtesham Shafiq |
| Quality of an informed consent prior to a surgical intervention? Experience of a teaching hospital | |
| Engin Kurt, Muharrem Ucar, Adnan Atac |
| The outcome of combination of low dose oral prednisolone with propranolol for the treatment of infantile haemangioma | |
| Muhammad Zulfiqar Anjum, Khawaja Haroon Khurshid Pasha, Syed Husnain Abbas, Muhammad Zubair |
| Effects of thyroid cystectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism on immune function | |
| Xiangdang Yin, Liang Hu, Xiaochun Wang |
| Effect of pan retinal photocoagulation on central macular thickness and visual acuity in proliferative diabetic retinopathy | |
| Ahsan Mukhtar, Saim Khan, Murtaza Junejo, Mazhar Ishaq, Bushra Akbar |
| The results of photorefractive keratectomy with Mitomycin-C in myopia correction after Five Years | |
| Masih Hashemi, Mohammad Aghazadeh Amiri, Mehdi Tabatabaee, Ali Ayatollahi |
| Evaluation of knowledge of Health Care Professionals on warfarin interactions with drug and herbal medicines | |
| Mohamed N. Al-Arifi, Syed Wajid Ali, Nawaf K Al-Manie, Faisal M Al-Saker, Salmeen D Babelgaith, Yousif A A. Asiri, Ibrahim Sales |
| Pattern of physical activity among persons with Type-2 diabeteswith special consideration to daily routine | |
| Rozina Arshad, Bilal Bin Younis, Junaid Masood, Maham Tahira, Saima Khurshid |
| Comparing the Impact of topical application of human milk and chlorhexidine on cord separation time in newborns | |
| Fatemeh Abbaszadeh, Zanab Hajizadeh, Mohammad Jahangiri |
Review Article
| The role of sigmoidoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of sigmoid volvulus | |
| Sabri Selcuk Atamanalp, Refik Selim Atamanalp |
| Impact of different orthodontic treatment modalities on Airway | |
| Nasser D Alqahtani |
| Coffee consumption and pancreatic cancer risk: An update meta-analysis of cohort studies | |
| Heng-Quan Ran, Jun-Zhou Wang, Chang-Qin Sun |
Case Reports
| Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: A rare cause of invagination in adults | |
| Remzi Kızıltan, Ozkan Yilmaz, Necat Almali, Caghan Peksen |
| Bile duct stone formation around a Prolene suture after cholangioenterostomy | |
| Qiang Li, Liang Tao, Lingjun Mou, Xitai Sun, Jianxin Zhou |
Acknowledgement
| Reviewers for the Year 2015 | |
