Table of Contents
Guest Editorial
| Revisiting the Randomized Controlled Trial | |
| Hassam Zulfiqar |
Original Articles
| Microalbuminuria in Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus; the tip of iceberg of diabetic complications | |
| Tauseef Ahmad, Imran Ulhaq, Minaz Mawani, Najmul Islam |
| Revisional laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in failed gastric banding and effects of exercise and frequent sweet-eating on its outcome | |
| Hamed A AlWadaani, Abdul Qadeer Memon |
| Regression of right ventricular systolic pressure after successful percutaneous mitral commissurotomy in patients with isolated severe mitral stenosis | |
| Shah Zeb, Tariq Ashraf, Muhammad Hashim, Syed Nadeem Hassan Rizvi |
| Prognostic factors determining morbidity and mortalityin organophosphate poisoning | |
| Ayça Açıkalın, Nezihat Rana Dişel, Selçuk Matyar, Ahmet Sebe, Zeynep Kekeç, Yüksel Gökel, Emre Karakoç |
| Effectiveness and safety of recombinant human brain natriuretic peptide in the treatment of acute myocardial infarctionin elderly in combination with cardiac failure | |
| Hong Xu, Bosong Wang, Qingmei Meng, Jinlong Li, Weidong Sun, Li Xin, Liping Chen |
| Clinical predictors of an abnormal ultrasound in patients presenting with suspected nephrolithiasis | |
| Salman Thair Shafi, Roshina Anjum, Tahir Shafi |
| Significance of electronic health records: A comparative studyof vaccination rates in patients with sickle cell disease | |
| Asli Korur, Süheyl Asma, Cigdem Gereklioglu, Soner Solmaz, Can Boga, Akatlı Kürsat Ozsahin, Altug Kut |
| Clinical and laboratory profile of children with Cystic Fibrosis: Experience of a tertiary care center in Pakistan | |
| Danish Abdul Aziz, Abdul Gaffar Billoo, Ahad Qureshi, Misha Khalid, Salman Kirmani |
| Predictive value of stathmin-1 and osteopontin expression for taxan resistance in metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer | |
| Asude Aksoy, Gokhan Artas, Omur Gokmen Sevindik |
| Values of procalcitonin and C-reactive proteins in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease having concomitant bacterial infection | |
| Yanyan Li, Linlin Xie, Shuzhen Xin, Kaishu Li |
| Transepithelial corneal crosslinking in treatment of progressive keratoconus: 12 months’ clinical results | |
| Bushra Akbar, Rana Intisar Ul Haq, Mazhar Ishaq, Sabahat Arzoo, Kashif Siddique |
| Effects of supervised structured aerobic exercise training programon fasting blood glucose level, plasma insulin level, glycemiccontrol, and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes mellitus | |
| Syed Shakil -ur-Rehman, Hossein Karimi, Syed Amir Gilani |
| Metformin attenuate PTZ-induced apoptotic neurodegeneration in human cortical neuronal cells | |
| Fehmida Bibi, Ikram Ullah, Myeong Ok Kim, Muhammad Imran Naseer |
| Role of Ramadan specific diabetes education (RSDE); A prospective study | |
| Muhammad Yakoob Ahmedani, Shahid Ahsan, Muhammad Saif Ulhaque |
| Acute renal morbidities with obstetrical emergencies:An important women health issue | |
| Meharunnissa Khaskheli, Shahla Baloch, Aneela Sheeba, Sarmad Baloch, Fahad Khan, Mohammad Rafique Ansari |
| Effects of blood lipid stability on progressionof carotid atherosclerosis | |
| Yu Ding, Bo Li, Feng Tian, Shanshan Zhou, Yundai Chen |
| Effect of exercise and morphine on psychological andphysical dependencies, BDNF and TrkB geneexpression in rat’s hippocampus | |
| Mojtaba Naghshvarian, Mohammad-Reza Zarrindast, Shahram Ejtemaei Mehr, Mohammad Mehdi Ommati, Seyedeh Fatemeh Sajjadi |
| Role of Vitamin D in reducing number of acute exacerbations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients | |
| Dur Muhammad Khan, Aziz Ullah, Fawad Ahmad Randhawa, Somia Iqtadar, Nasir Farooq Butt, Khadija Waheed |
| Screening of adult dental patients visiting Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar for HBV and HCV infections and identifying the associated risk factors | |
| Jamila Haider, Ghosia Lutfullah, Rubina Nazli, Tasleem Akhtar, Asma Shah |
| Clinical effects of pulmonary surfactant in combination withnasal continuous positive airway pressure therapyon neonatal respiratory distress syndrome | |
| Congmin Zhang, Xiaojing Zhu |
| Incidence and associated risk factors of low birth weight babiesborn in Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayad Al-Nayan Hospital Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir | |
| Gulnaz Iltaf, Beenish Shahid, Muhammad Ijaz Khan |
| Does the effectiveness of core stability exercises correlate with the severity of spinal stenosis in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis? | |
| Chaxiang Chen, Zhichao Lin, Yingjie Zhang, Zemin Chen, Shujie Tang |
| Estimation of body fat in Pakistani adult: A comparison of equations based upon skinfold thickness measurements | |
| Hafeeza Naz, Kinza Mushtaq, Bilal Azeem Butt, Khadija Irfan Khawaja |
| Examining the postural awareness and flexibility changes in physical therapy students who took clinical Pilates class | |
| Esra Atılgan, Devrim Tarakcı, Fatma Mutluay |
| Association between Vitamin D deficiency and Breast Cancer | |
| Noureen Shaukat, Farhat Jaleel, Foad Ali Moosa, Naeem Akhter Qureshi |
| Clinical results of femoral head fracture-dislocation treated according to the Pipkin classification | |
| Xiao Yu, Qing-jiang Pang, Xian-Jun Chen |
| Single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy with conventional instruments and ports: Initial experience at tertiary care public sector Hospital | |
| Abdul Razaque Shaikh, Syed Asad Ali, Ambreen Munir, Aijaz Ali Shaikh |
| Cardiorespiratory fitness and its association with adiposity indices in young adults | |
| Mozaffer Rahim Hingorjo, Sitwat Zehra, Zainab Hasan, Masood Anwar Qureshi |
| Differentiation of beta thalassemia trait from iron deficiency anemia by hematological indices | |
| Tahir Ahmed Jameel, Mukhtar Baig, Ijaz Ahmed, Muhammad Barakat Hussain, Motlag bin Doghaim Alkhamaly |
| Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from patients of respiratory tract infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Peshawar | |
| Abdul Samad, Tanveer Ahmed, Afaq Rahim, Abdul Khalil, Iftikhar Ali |
| Effectiveness and safety of percutaneous vertebroplasty in the treatment of spinal metastatic tumor | |
| Yilin Liu, Yuqiang Wang, Liang Zhao, Ruipeng Song, Hongyu Tan, Limin Wang |
| Comparing the effects of two different contact lenses on corneal reepithelialization after corneal collagen cross-linking | |
| Yusuf Koçluk, Savaş Çetinkaya, Emine Alyamaç Sukgen, Murat Günay, Alper Mete |
| Comparison of adjunctive therapy with metformin and acarbose in patients with Type-1 diabetes mellitus | |
| Amir Ziaee, Neda Esmailzadehha, Maryam Honardoost |
| Visual outcome after phacoemulsification with lens implant indiabetic and non-diabetic patients; A comparative study | |
| Abdul Rashid Shaikh, Abdul Haleem Mirani, Muhammad Saleh Memon, Muhammad Faisal Fahim |
| CT findings and features of postoperative abdominal infection patients with pancreatic carcinoma | |
| Yuzhuo Ma, Guangsheng Liu, Lingling Zhang |
| An experience with mesh versus darn repair in inguinal hernias | |
| Gulshan Ali Memon, Syed Kashif Ali Shah, Habib-ur -Rehman |
| Diversity, Physiochemical and Phylogenetic Analyses of Bacteria Isolated from Various Drinking Water Sources | |
| Neveen Hassan Eid, Huda A. Al-Dogghaither, Taha Abdullah Kumosani, Munazza Gull |
| A comparative study of functional outcome of treatment of intra articular fractures of distal radius fixed with percutaneous Kirschner’s wires vs T-plate | |
| Jahangir Iqbal Khan, Faisal Nazeer Hussain, Tahir Mehmood, Omer Adil |
| Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences: A bibliometric assessment 2001-2010 | |
| Zameer Hussain Baladi, Loung V. Umedani |
| Clinical features and risk factors for irritable bowel syndrome in Migraine patients | |
| Chunlin Li, Shengyuan Yu, Huiying Li, Jin Zhou, Jieqiong Liu, Wenjing Tang, Lei Zhang |
| A study of Galactin-3 on fine needle aspiration as a diagnostic marker differentiating benign from malignant thyroid neoplasm | |
| Aliya Muzafar, Mulazim Hussain Bukhari, Ihtesham Uddin Qureshi |
| Prevalence of sexual dysfunction in saudi women with Type 2 diabetes: Is it affected by age, glycemic control or obesity? | |
| Turki A. AlMogbel, Hussein S. Amin, Saad M. AlSaad, Turky H. AlMigbal |
| Diagnosis and phenotypic assessment of Pakistani Haemophilia B carriers | |
| Muhammad Tariq Masood Khan, Arshi Naz, Jawad Ahmed, Tahir Sultan Shamsi, Abid Sohail Taj |
| Comparison of right and left trans-radial catheterization for coronary angiography and intervention in patients with Acute myocardial infarction | |
| Hongying Wang, Shijin Song |
| Impact of 24-hour helpline servicefor people with diabetes | |
| Farrukh Ahmed, Asim Bin Zafar, Musarrat Riaz, Erum Ghafoor, Rabia Abdul Rehman, Qutub Uddin |
| Prevention of anesthesia-induced injection pain of propofol in pediatric anesthesia | |
| Dabin Cheng, Lu Liu, Zheng Hu |
Clinical Case Series
| Peppered and rare – Gastric and Duodenal Pseudomelanosis: A case series | |
| Sami Samiullah, Moaz Choudhary, Hadi Bhurgri, Arooj Babar, Fatima Samad, Michael Demyen |
Short Communication
| What is done when endoscopic examination revealsborderline bowel ischemia in patients with sigmoid volvulus? | |
| Sabri Selcuk Atamanalp, Refik Selim Atamanalp |
Case Reports
| Transient hypoglossal nerve palsy after transoralintubation for general anesthesia | |
| Young Jin Choi, Jin Hee Lee, Young Duck Shin |
| Lower thoracic syndrome | |
| Muhammad Nazim Farooq |
| Osteonecrosis in the both femoral heads in a patient with Neuro-Behcet’s Disease | |
| Asuman Orhan Varoglu, Asude Aksoy |
| Apert Syndrome: Report of a rare congenital malformation | |
| Ehsan Rathore, Altaf Hussain Rathore |
| Hepatosplenic mucormycosis post autologous stem cell transplant | |
| Samia Yasmeen, Omer Waqas, Javeria Munir, Faisal Sultan, Abdul Hameed |
| Unicornuate uterus with a rudimentary horn diagnosedat scheduled third Cesarean Section | |
| Serkan Bodur, Ulaş Fidan, Mehmet Ferdi Kıncı, Kazım Emre Karaşahin |
Correspondence
| A New Model for PhD Elective Course | |
| HR Ahmad, Satwat Hashmi, MH Mahmood |
