Journal of Ayub Medical College (JAMC)

ISSN 1025-9589 (Print), ISSN 1819-2718 (Online)

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JAMC 20(1): Jan-Mar 2008

CONTENTS

Editorial

A journey from member of editorial board to Chief Editor 1

Tariq Mufti

Original ArticleS

Clinical laboratory values during diabetic pregnancies 3

Pilsczek FH, Renn W, Hardin H, Schmülling RM

Antibiotic susceptibility of pathogens isolated from patients with community-acquired respiratory tract infections in Pakistan–The active study 7

Zafar A, Hussain Z, Lomama E, Sibille S, Irfan S, Khan E

‘Gastro’ of Mirpur Khas (Sindh) is resolved 10

Abdul Hannan, Mahwish Raja, Muhammad Usman Arshad, Muhammad Absar

Role of serum leptin level as a marker of severity of pre eclampsia 13

Firdous Mumtaz, Abdul Razaq Memon, Sajida Yousfani, S. M. Tahir, Imdad Khushk, Mumtaz Memon,

Amna Memon

Evaluation of results of interlocking nails in femur fractures due to high velocity gunshot Injuries 16

Mian Amjad Ali, Syed Amjad Hussain, Muhammad Shoaib Khan

Secretion of total solids (Solutes) in the saliva of long-term tobacco users 20

Ghulam Jillani Khan, Rashid Mahmood, Ihtesham-ul-Haq, Salah-ud-Din

Infection in orthopaedic implant surgery, its risk factors and outcome 23

Muhammad Shoaib Khan, Saif ur Rehman, Mian Amjad Ali, Babar Sultan, Shahid Sultan

Off pump coronary artery surgery and intraoperative safety–experience at AFIC/NIHD, Rawalpindi 26

Mahrukh Zahoor, Muhammed Afsheen Iqbal, Shahab Naqvi, Azhar Rasheed, S. Afzal Ahmad

In hospital outcome of patients undergoing coronary endarterectomy:

Comparison between off-pump vs on pump CABG 31

Imran Hussain, Abdul Ghaffar, Ahmad Shahbaz, Waqas Sami, Amina Muhammad, Nadia Seher,

Fazal Wahab, Jawad Sajid Khan

Reasons for delay in inpatient admission at an emergency department 38

Mohammad A. Tashkandy, Zohair Jamil Gazzaz, Mian Usman Farooq, Khalid O. Dhafar

Pattern of malocclusion in orthodontic patients: A hospital based study 43

Gul-e-Erum, Mubassar Fida

Bone mass measurement and factors associated with risk of fracture in a group of peri-and postmenoupausal women 48

Asma Rasheed, Rukhshan Khurshid, Latif Aftab

Appropriateness of knowledge and practices of dentists relating to using clasps in removable partial dentures 52

Muhammad Fayyaz, Fazal Ghani

Knowledge, attitude and experience of menopause 56

Nisar Nusrat, Zehra Nishat, Haider Gulfareen, Munir Aftab, Naeem Asia

Frequency of renal stone disease in patients with urinary tract infection 60

Hizbullah Jan, Ismail Akbar, Haider Kamran, Jehangir Khan

Frequency and clinical presentation of uti among children of Hazara Division, Pakistan 63

Anis-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Jahanzeb, Tahir Saeed Siddiqui, Muhammad Idris

Scalp as a donor site for split thickness skin grafts 66

Kamran Khalid, Moazzam Nazeer Tarar, Farrukh Mahmood, Falak Sher Malik,

Muhammad Younas Mehrose, Ata-ul-Haq

Early appendicectomy in appendicular mass–A Liaquat University hospital experience 70

Malik Arshad, Laghari A. Aziz, Mallah Qasim, K. Altaf Hussain Talpur

Diagnostic evaluation of patients presenting with bleeding per rectum by colonoscopy 73

Nadeem Zia, Tassawar Hussain, Amjad Salamat, Shakeel Mirza, Fayyaz Hassan, Ayesha Waqar

Office management of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo with Epley’s maneuver 77

Sheikh Saadat Ullah Waleem, Sher Muhammad Malik, Saeed Ullah, Zaheer ul Hassan

Predictors of positive thallium 201 single photon emission computed tomography

in patients of end stage renal disease 80

Irfan Majeed, Muhammad Ayub, Abdul Rehman Abid, Muhammad Azhar

To study the significance of apoptotic enzyme granzyme H in breast cancer patients 84

Naheed Z Razvi, Rukhshan Khurshid, Saeed Ahmed Nagra

Frequency of second stage intervention and its outcome in relation with instrumental vaginal delivery versus caesarean section 87

Shahla Baloch, Meharunnissa Khaskheli, Imdad A. Khushk, Aneela Sheeba

Appraisal of the knowledge of Internet users of Pakistan regarding hepatitis using on-line survey 91

Bader Faiyaz Zuberi, Faisal Faiyaz Zuberi, Aneel Vasvani, Nabiha Faisal, Salahuddin Afsar,

Javeria Rehman, Beenish Qamar, Batool Jaffery

Evaluation of auditory perception skills development in profoundly deaf children following

cochlear implantation 94

Zakirullah, Nadeem Mukhtar, M. Iqbal. J. Khan, Mamoona Ahsan Shahid Ali Shah

Departmental audit of malaria control programme 2001-2005 North West Frontier Province (NWFP) 98

Sabina Aziz Asif

The relationship of caries with oral hygiene status and extra–oral risk factors 103

Mohammed Mustahsen ur Rehman, Noha Mahmood

Severe Acute Maternal Morbidity and intensive care in a public sector University Hospital of Pakistan 109

Bibi S, Memon A, Sheikh JM, Qureshi AH

Aerobic vaginal pathogens and their sensitivity pattern 113

Shamim Mumtaz, Mumtaz Ahmad, Irum Aftab, Naeem Akhtar, Masood ul Hassan, Abdul Hamid

Knowledge about ionising and non-ionising radiation among medical students 118

Syed Mohammed Mubeen, Qamar Abbas, Nighat Nisar

Duration of lactational amenorrhoea: A hospital based survey in district Abbottabad 122

Aqeel Subhani, Gultasib Khan Gill, Ansa Islam, Malik Maryam, Anjum Ali Garzedi

Pattern of encephaloceles: A case series 125

Riaz A. Raja, Aftab A. Qureshi, Abdul Rauf Memon, Hamid Ali, Vash Dev

Review Article

Treatment and vaccination for Hepatitis C: present and future 129

Ali Jawaid, Ali Khan Khuwaja

Case Reports

An unusual case of thorax compression 134

Bülent Eren, Nursel Türkmen, Recep Fedakar

A case report of gastroparesis secondary to acute renal failure 136

Fahim A, Macleod D

Hypocalcemia with bony metastases in prostate cancer 138

Bangaru Babu Pusulari, Raza Ali Akbar, Mehmood Butt, Sheikh Moeen ul Haq

Gastroenteritis exhumed 140

Mian Mujahid Shah, Adil Jan, Anjum Zia Munawwar, Muhammad Arif, Riaz Ahmed

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