CONTENTS

         EDITORIAL

Are we prepared for Influenza pandemic?

Ahmed Badar

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Patient expectations from an emergency medical service

Waris Qidwai, Syed Sohail Ali, Muhammad Baqir, Semi Ayub

Management outcome of residual common bile duct stones at Aga Khan University Hospital

Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Sameera Naureen, Dildar Hussain, Rizwan Azami

Comparison of Verapamil and Cimetidine for their effects on volume and acidity of carbachol induced gastric     

secretion in fasting rabbits

Muhammad Jan, Shaukat Ali Orakzai, Shafique Tariq, Muhammad Javid, Shafiq Ahmad, Muhammad Haroon, 

Muhammad Qamar

Aesthetic outcome of sliding island flap for reconstruction of cheek after tumour ablation

Hidayatullah, Obaidullah, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Tahir, Mohammad Aslam

Psychiatric problems in an Afghan village

Khalid A Mufti, Farooq Naeem, Mohammad Ayub, Farida Saifi , Asad Haroon, Saif-ur-Rehman Dagarwal, David 

Kingdon

Effect of a ‘progestin only’ contraceptive on platelet aggregation in a Pakistani set of population

Nasir Ali Afsar, Qamaruddin Barakzai, Salman Naseem Adil

Computerized stereotactic brain biopsies: An experience of 15 patients at Ayub Teaching Hospital

Sajid Nazir Bhatti, Shahid Ayub, Ahsan Aurangzeb, M. Jamil, Johar Ali, Ayesha Ahmad, M. Kashif

Presentation and predisposing factors of nutritional rickets in children of Hazara Division

Tahir Saeed Siddiqui, Manzoor Illahi Rai

Changes in glycosylated proteins in type-2 diabetic patients with and without complications

Anjuman Gul, M. Ataur Rahman, Anila Jaleel

Detection of cryptosporidium in immunosuppressed patients

R. Baqai, S. Anwar, S. U. Kazmi

Application of Alvarado scoring system in diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Ikramullah Khan, Ata ur Rehman

Iron deficiency anaemia in moderate to severely anaemic patients

Muhammad Idris, Anis-ur-Rehman

Vesicovaginal fistula: An experience of 30 cases at Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad

Raza M. Khan, Nabeela Raza, Mohammed Jehanzaib, Ruqia Sultana

Pattern of perfusion defects seen in ischemic heart disease patients on Technetium (TC^99m) Tetrofosmin 

scanning

Abdul Rahman, Jawed Aftab, Rehan Majeed, Anila Jaleel, Fasia Basir, Sultan Shah, RA Khan

Variations of serum sialic acid level in liver cirrhosis

Saatea Arif, Najeeb-ul-Haq, Ruhila Hanif, A. Sattar Khan, Jamil-ur-Rehman, Taufeeq Ahmed Mufti

Comparison of students’ performance under composite scheme and split scheme of first professional MBBS

examination

Tehseen Iqbal, Naila Hamid, Hamid Javaid Qureshi

Effects of garlic on dyslipidemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Rizwan Ashraf, Kausar Aamir, Abdul Rashid Shaikh, Talat Ahmed

Comparison of clinical diagnosis with computed tomography in ascertaining type of stroke

Jehangir Khan, Atique ur Rehman

Management of tibial bone defects due to high energy trauma using the locally manufactured external fixatorby 

segmental bone transport

Ahmad Sohail Sahibzada, Muhammd Ayaz Khan, Muhammad Shoaib Khan

Sexual dysfunction in male patients taking antipsychotics

Mohammad Younas Khawaja

Case Series

Delayed supramalleolar flap – an innovative technique for enhanced viability

Syed Kamran Ahmed, Pervaiz Mehmood Hashmi,

Case Reports

Recurrence of Herpes Zoster in an immunocompetent adult male

Naeem Raza, Pervaiz Iqbal, Javed Anwer

Nasal leech- a rare cause of severe anemia

Tahir Saeed Siddiqui, Ihsan Qureshi, Tariq Saeed Mufti

General Section

King Faisal international prize for medicine

Khalid  M. Al Aboud, Ahmad M. Al Aboud, Khalid A. Al Hawsawi

Letter to Editor

Correlates of breastfeeding in under three year old children - United States

Masood Ali Shaikh, Irshad Ali Shaikh

Errata