January – February 2017 Pak J Med Sci
Table of Contents
Guest Editorial
| Evolution of medical thoracoscopy in developing countries | |
| Nasir Siddique, Tajwar Nasir |
Original Articles
| Factors affecting the visual outcome in acute central serous chorioretinopathy | |
| Qamar Ul Islam, Muhammad Farooq Asad Farooq, Mohammad Asim Mehboob |
| Therapeutic effects of metformin and clomiphene in combination with lifestyle intervention on infertility in women with obese polycystic ovary syndrome | |
| Jing Zhang, Qinqin Si, Jinqiong Li |
| Single-dose methotrexate for the treatment of ectopic pregnancy: Our experience from 2010 to 2015 | |
| Emre Erdem Taş, Gülin Feykan Feykan Yeğin Akçay, Ayse Filiz Avsar |
| Frequency of Hepatitis C in hospitalized patients with chronic kidney disease | |
| Salman Tahir Shafi, Muhammad Zaigham Hassan, Mohammed Saleem, Roshina Anjum, Wajid Abdullah, Tahir Shafi |
| The effect of glucose variability on QTc duration and dispersion in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus | |
| Yasar Sertbas, Ali Ozdemir, Meltem Sertbas, Akin Dayan, Seda Sancak, Cihangir Uyan |
| Pulmonary arterial hypertensionin critically ill elderly patients | |
| Yunyun Zhang, Fan Xu, Ming Chu, Li-qing Bi |
| Prevalence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and its Association withAnxiety among Medical Students at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in Riyadh | |
| Meshal Khaled Alaqeel, Nasser Abdullah Alowaimer, Anas Fahad Alonezan, Nawaf Yousef Almegbel, Fahad Yousef Alaujan |
| Sofosbuvir based therapy in Hepatitis C patients with and without cirrhosis: Is there difference? | |
| Shahid Sarwar, Anwaar Ahmad Khan |
| Combination of intracostal sutures with muscle flap to decrease post thoracotomy pain: A singleblinded randomized clinical trial | |
| Majid Mntazer, Shahryar Hasemzade, Reza Movassaghi Gargari, Ali Ramouz, Sarvin Sanaie, Seyed Ziaeddin Rasihashemi |
| Initial results of efficacy and safety of Sofosbuvir among Pakistani Population: A real life trialHepatitis Eradication Accuracy Trial of Sofosbuvir (HEATS) | |
| Zahid Azam, Muhammad Shoaib, Masood Javed, Muhammad Adnan Sarwar, Hafeezullah Shaikh, Nasir Khokhar |
| Evaluation of clinical effect of transabdominal sonographyand transvaginal sonography in early diagnosisof ectopic gestation | |
| Yinghui Li, Tao Feng, Jiandong Sun |
| Cognitive dysfunction in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | |
| Bilal Azeem Butt, Sumaira Farman, Saira Elaine Anwer Khan, Muhammad Ahmed Saeed, Nighat Mir Ahmad |
| Does obesity cause chronic inflammation? The association between complete blood parameterswith body mass index and fasting glucose | |
| Tuba Tulay Koca |
| Analysis of orbital malignancies presenting in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan | |
| Asad Aslam Khan, Suhail Sarwar, Mohammad Ali Sadiq, Imran Ahmad, Nayab Tariq, Sibghat-ul- Noor |
| Therapeutic efficacy of nutritional support by percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in critically ill patients: A self-control clinical trial | |
| Fei Zhou, Ya-Ling Gao, Zheng-Jin Liu, Yi-Qun Hu |
| Bronchoscopy for foreign body aspiration and effects of nebulized albuterol and budesonide combination | |
| Bulent Akcora, Mehmet Emin Celikkaya, Cahit Ozer |
| Outcomes of transconjunctival sutureless 27-gauge micro‑incision vitrectomy surgery in diabetic vitreous haemorrhage | |
| Bashiran Shahzadi, Fawad Rizvi Syed, Faisal Murtaza Qureshi, Kanwal Latif, Asaad Mahmood Syed |
| Comparison of two procedures for symptomatic hemorrhoidal disease: Ligation under Vision and Ferguson Hemorrhoidectomy - A retrospective cohort study | |
| Hakan Demir, Kerem Karaman, Metin Ercan, Havva Belma Kocer, Fehmi Celebi |
| Effects of supervised structured aerobic exercise training program on high and low density lipoprotein in patients with type II diabetes mellitus | |
| Syed Shakil Ur Rehman, Hossein Karimi, Syed Amir Gilani |
| Childhood and adolescent obesity: Primary Health Care Physicians’ perspectives from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |
| Faiza Nasser AlOtaibi, Majeedah AlOtaibi, Shiakhah AlAnazi, Hanan Al-Gethami, Deemah AlAteeq, Rowaydah Mishiddi, Amna Rehana Siddiqui |
| Risks and benefits of giving early Aspirin within 6 hoursof CABG: A retrospective analysis | |
| Muhammad Yasir khan, Adnan Zafar Khan, Anjum Jalal, Haider Zaman |
| Comparison of linear and non-linear regression analysisto determine Pulmonary Pressure in Hyperthyroidism | |
| Camelia Cornelia Scarneciu, Livia Sangeorzan, Horatiu Rus, Vlad D. Scarneciu, Mihai Stelian Varciu, Oana Andreescu, Ioan Scarneciu |
| Identification of Metabolic risk phenotypes predisposing to Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in a Pakistani Cohort | |
| Rizwana Abdul Ghani, Muhammad Saqlain Raja, Muhammad Mobeen Zafar, Shagufta Jabeen, SM Saqlan Naqvi, Ghazala Kaukab Raja |
| Ferulic acid promoting apoptosis in human osteosarcoma cell lines | |
| Xu-dong Zhang, Qiang Wu, Shu-hua Yang |
| Correlation between central corneal thickness and visual fielddefects, cup to disc ratio and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in primary open angle glaucoma patients | |
| Mohammad Asim Mehboob, Muhammad Haroon Sarfraz, Rana Intisar-ul-Haq |
| The Frequency of Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome and Fibromyalgia in Irritable Bowel Syndrome | |
| Funda Erbasan, Yeşim Çekin, Deniz Turgut Çoban, Uğur Karasu, Dinç Süren, Ayhan Hilmi Çekin |
| Efficacy of intravitreal bevacizumab combined with pan retinal photocoagulation versus panretinal photocoagulation alone in treatment of proliferative diabetic retinopathy | |
| Murtaza Sameen, Muhammad Saim Khan, Ahsan Mukhtar, Muhammad Amer Yaqub, Mazhar Ishaq |
| Labour induction with Gestational Hypertension:A great obstetric challenge | |
| Meharunnissa Khaskheli, Shahla Baloch, Aneela Sheeba, Sarmad Baloch, Fahad Khan |
| Assessment of Headache in Asthma Patients | |
| Adil Can Güngen, Belma Güngen |
| Correlation between maternal and childhood VitB12, folic acid and ferritin levels | |
| Fatima Zeeshan, Attia Bari, Saima Farhan, Uzma Jabeen, Ahsan Waheed Rathore |
| Prevalence and causes of visual impairment among Saudi adults of Arar, Northern Border Region of Saudi Arabia. | |
| Mujeeb Ur Rehman Parrey, Farhan Khashim Alswelmi |
| Evaluation of Non-Structural Protein-1(NS1)positive patients of 2013 dengue outbreak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | |
| Ghosia Lutfullah, Jawad Ahmad, Aftab Khan, Hina Ihsan, Jamshed Ahmad |
| The effect of bilateral intrapleural infusion of lidocaine with fentanyl versus only lidocaine in relieving pain after coronary artery bypasses surgery | |
| Kamran Shadvar, Sarvin Sanaie, Ata Mahmoodpoor, Mitra Safarpoor, Bahman Nagipour |
| Mid-luteal estradiol levels of poor/good responders and intracytoplasmic sperm injection | |
| Rehana Rehman, Sundus Tariq, Saba Tariq, Muhammad Faisal Hashmi, Mukhtiar Baig |
| Efficacy of early endoscopy and colonoscopy in very elderly patients with gastrointestinal bleeding | |
| Mustafa Celik |
| Effect of Gender and Physical Activity on Internet Addiction in Medical Students | |
| Muhammad Alamgir Khan, Faizania Shabbir, Tausif Ahmed Rajput |
| Immune status of children with obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome | |
| Zihe Zhang, Chunguang Wang |
| The relationship between dispositional empathy and prefrontal cortical functioning in patients with frontal lobe epilepsy | |
| Amara Gul, Hira Ahmad |
| The effect of clothes on blood pressure measurement | |
| Nurcan Ertuğ, Tugba Cakal, Syeda Busra Ozturk, Muhammet Verim |
| Effect of topical nepafenac in prevention of macular edema after cataract surgery in patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy | |
| Muhammad Haroon Sarfraz, Rana Intisar Ul Haq, Mohammad Asim Mehboob |
| The 50 most-cited articles in Gastroenterology and Hepatology from Mainland China | |
| Sun-kuan Hu, Jie Huang, Wan-dong Hong, Xiao-jing Du, Rong Jin, Tie-su Lin |
| Effectiveness of media awareness campaigns on the proportion of vehicles that give space to ambulances on roads: An observational study | |
| Shiraz Shaikh, Lubna A Baig, Maciej Polkwoski |
| Lipid abnormalities in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis | |
| Uzma Erum, Tasnim Ahsan, Danish Khowaja |
| Mood changes at very high altitudes in Pakistan | |
| Sabih Ahmad, Sadiq Hussain |
Clinical Case Series
| Mclndoe Neovagina in patients with Mullerian Agenesis: A single center experience | |
| Abdulrahim Gari |
Case Reports
| Small cell carcinoma of the ovary hypercalcemictype (SCCOHT): A rare case after In Vitro Fertilization | |
| Ahmed Abdulazeem Ghazi, Aqueela Ayaz, Tahira Hamid, Mian Usman Farooq, Nikita Islam |
| Allergy to soft cannula of insulin pump in diabetic patient | |
| Yumin Chen, Hui Huang |
Correspondence
| Dialectics of Imagination and Experimentation: Basic Science Research in Developing Countries | |
| HR Ahmad, NA Khan |
| Etiology and severity of various forms of ocular war injuries in patients presenting at an Army Hospital in Pakistan | |
| Qamar Ul Islam |
