Journal of Ayub Medical College (JAMC)
ISSN 1025-9589 (Print), ISSN 1819-2718 (Online)
JAMC 20(2): Apr-Jun 2008
CONTENTS
editorial
Black seed, Nigella Sativa, deserves more attention 1
Mohammad Akram Randhawa
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Syed Shahid Habib
Prevalence of cardiomyopathy in Duchenne and Becker’s muscular dystrophy 7
Ambreen Sultan, Mohammad Fayaz
Clinical outcome in measles patients hospitalized with complications 14
Anis-ur-Rehman, Tahir Saeed Siddiqui, Muhammad Idris
Onset of chilblains in relation with weather conditions 17
Naeem Raza, Mansoor ud Din Sajid, Majid Suhail, Haroon-ur-Rashid
Efficacy of Cervicothoracic Sympathectomy versus conservative management
in patients suffering from Incapacitating Raynaud’s syndrome after Frost Bite 21
Mohammad Iqbal Khan, Mohammad Tariq, Ahmed Rehman, Afsheeen Zafar, Salman Najam Sheen
Oral and intraperitoneal LD50 of thymoquinone, an active principle of Nigella Sativa,
Amein Al-Ali, Abdul Aziz Alkhawajah, Mohammad Akram Randhawa, Nisar Ahmed Shaikh
Evaluation of restoration of sensitivities of resistant staphylococcus aureus
isolates by using cefuroxime and clavulanic acid in combination 28
Abdul Jalil, Iftikharud Din Niazi, Saadat Ullah Khan
Evaluation of cervical cerclage for sonographically incompetent cervix in
Shamshad, Yasmin Mustajab, Muhammad Jehanzaib
Awareness among Barbers about health hazards associated with their profession 35
Mohammad Salim Wazir, Shahid Mehmood, Ashfaq Ahmed, Huma Rana Jadoon
Comparative analysis of disease activity in patients of chronic Hepatitis B virus,
with and without super-infection with Hepatitis D virus; an experience at
Kirpal Das, Hassan Ali, Tariq Mahmood, SM Munir, Tabinda Ahmed, Muhammad Umar Farooq
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan: survey of biopsy results 43
Shafi Ullah, Syed Humayun Shah, Aziz-ur-Rehman, Arshad Kamal, Norin Begum, Ghaazaan Khan
Risk to household contacts of tuberculous patients based on mantoux test
Aziz N, Hasan S, Munir M, Tayyab M, Chaudrhy NA
Frequency of dyslipidaemia in type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients of Hazara Division 51
Nasir Ahmed, Jahangir Khan, Tahir Saeed Siddiqui
An audit of the quality of care indicators for the management of diabetes
in family practice clinics in Karachi, Pakistan 55
Raheem H. Dhanani, Mohammad Mustafa Qureshi, Ali Khan Khuwaja, Badar Sabir Ali, Riaz Qureshi
Maternal morbidity and mortality due to primary PPH–experience at
Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad 59
Humaira Naz, Iram Sarwar, Anisa Fawad, Aziz Un Nisa
Nazir Ahmed, Muhammad Abdul Khaliq, Syed Humayun Shah, Waqas Anwar
Association and pattern of diastolic dysfunction in patients of metabolic syndrome 70
Abdul Rashid Khan, Muhammad Qaisar Khan
Surgical experience with cardiac myxomas 76
Muhammad Aamir Khan, Asif Ali Khan, Muhammad Waseem
Early Vascular complications of Intraaortic balloon ounterpulsation in patients
undergoing open heart surgery 80
Waseem Riaz, Ahmad Shahbaz, Waqas Sami, Jawad Sajid Khan
Comparison of closed and open methods of pneumoperitonium in laparoscopic Cholecystectomy 85
Muhammad Akbar, Ishtiaq Ali Khan, Danish Naveed, Irfanuddin Khattak, Arshad Zafar,
Muhammad Salim Wazir, Asif Nawaz Khan, Zia-ur-Rehman
Carcinoma of prostate in clinically benign enlarged gland 90
Ishtiaq Ali Khan, Muhammad Nasir, Muhammad Akbar, Irfan-ud-Din Khattak, Asif Nawaz Khan,
Attaullah Jan, Sadia Asif, Zia-ur-Rehman
Aspiration and tetracycline sclerotherapy of primary vaginal hydrocoele of testis
in adults 93
Johar Ali, Waqas Anwar, Mohammad Akbar, Syed Ali Akbar, Arshad Zafar
Mortality in necrotizing fasciitis 96
Akram Rajput, Waseem, Abdul Samad, Tariq Wahab Khanzada, Gul Muhammad Shaikh,
Ghulam Asghar Channa
Mushroom poisoning in children: clinical presentation and outcome 99
Mohammad Ali Jan, Tahir Saeed Siddiqui, Nasir Ahmed, Israr Ul Haq, Ziaullah Khan
Morbidity & mortality of firearm injury in Peshawar region 102
Mian Mujahid Shah, Usman Ali, Fasseh-uz-Zaman, Delawar Khan, Nighat Seema, Adil Jan,
Mumtaz Ahmad, Muhammad Arif
Vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor expression
positively correlates with angiogenesis and peritumoural brain oedema in astrocytoma 105
Farhan Fateh Jang, Wang Wei, Wang Mao De
Morphological changes in human placenta of wet snuff users 110
Muhammad Ashfaq, Muhammad Aslam Channa, Masud Akhtar Malik, Delawar Khan
Gender differences on Bioavailabity of Ofloxacin 114
Zulfiqar-ul-Hassan, Sualeha Riffat, Rahat Naseer
A new and novel treatment of opioid dependence, Nigella Sativa 500 mg. 118
Sibghatullah Sangi, Shahida P. Ahmed, Muhammad Aslam Channa, Muhammad Ashfaq,
Shah Murad Mastoi
Secret to successful vesico-vaginal fistula repair–an experience of urogenital fistula surgeries and outcome at gynaecological surgical camp-2005 125
Nasreen Jatoi, Nek Mohammad, Fouzia Shaikh, Pushpa Sirichand
REVIEW ARTICLE
Branch retinal vein occlusion 128
Sadaf Hamid, Sajid Ali Mirza, Ishrat Shokh
CASE REPORT
Mesenteric Volvulus in children: Two autopsy cases and review of the literature 133
Nursel Türkmen, Bülent Eren, Recep Fedakar, Mehtap Bulut
Small bowel perforations due to deliberate ingestion of injurious foreign bodies—
Arshad M. Malik
Combined urethrolithotomy with vesicolithotomy in an 18 months old boy 138
Badar Murtaza, Naser Ali Khan, Asif Nadeem, Saira Saeed
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of parotid presenting as unilocular cyst 141
Syed Asad Ali, Abdul Sattar Memeon, Noshad A. Shaik, Abdul Ghani Soomro
N-Butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate and Lipoidol Pulmonary embolism (Glue embolism) 143
Asim Javed, Amjad Salamat
Special Communication
Data analysis workshops to enhance analytical skills among Health Professionals:
An experience of conducting workshop with Hands-on training on SPSS 146
Muhammad Faisal Rahim, Ammar Zaman Khan, Arif Mehmood, Ali Yawar Alam, Omer M. Skeikh,
M. Kaleem Quadri
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Bing H. Tang 148
Jahangir A Khan 149
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