EDITORIAL

Research ethics need consideration

Abdul Rashid, Muhammad Ayub, Mohammad Salim Wazir

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Troponin-I positivity in patients referred to rapid access chest pain clinic

Umar Hayat, Motwani J, Burrell CJ

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Frequency of depression and somatic symptoms in patients on Interferon alpha/Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C

Abdul Shakoor, Farzana Shafqat, Tafazzul e Haque Mehmud, Mohammad Akram, Sarah Riaz, Zafar Iqbal, Anwaar A Khan

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Diagnostic accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in meniscal injuries of knee joint and its role in selection of patients for arthroscopy

Asif Rahman, Muhammad Nafees, Muhammad Hamid Akram, Atif Hussain Andrabi, Muhammad Zahid

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Impact of socioeconomic factors on nutritional status in primary school children

Nabeela Fazal Babar, Rizwana Muzaffar, Muhammad Athar Khan, Seema Imdad

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Frequency of severe mitral stenosis in young female patients having pure mitral stenosis secondary to rheumatic heart disease

Shakeel Ahmad, Umar Hayat, Humera Naz

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Is nasogastric decompression necessary in elective enteric anastomosis?

Nadia Shamil, Shamim Quraishi, Samreena Riaz, Asghar Channa, Mumtaz Maher

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Prevalence of obesity among the school-going children of Lahore and associated factors

Adeel Anwar, Faisal Anwar, Habib Ullah Joiya, Azhar Ijaz, Haroon Rashid, Atif Javaid, Moazam Mehmood

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Neonatal Sepsis: Causative bacteria and their resistance to antibiotics

Zardad Muhammad, Ashfaq Ahmed, Umar Hayat, Muhammad Salim Wazir, Rafiyatullah, Huma Waqas

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Feasibility of early surgical intervention in postoperative entero-cutaneous fistulas

Abdul Razaque Sheikh, Arshad M. Malik, Gulshan Ara Sheikh

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Relationship of selected prenatal factors to pregnancy outcome and congenital anomalies

Gulrukh Qazi

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Evaluation of modified Alvarado score for frequency of negative appendicectomies

Haider Kamran, Danish Naveed, Shawana Asad, Muhammad Hameed, Umar Khan

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Prevalence of obesity in school children of Hazara division

Israr ul Haq, Tahir Saeed Siddiqui, Muhammad Ali Jan

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Alpha-1 microglobulin: A marker for early detection of tubular disorders in diabetic nephropathy

Najla Shore, Rukhshan Khurshid, Mahjabeen Saleem

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Outcome of the rubber band ligation with Milligan Morgan haemorrhoidectomy

Syed Asad Ali, Agha Taj Mohammad, Mohammad Khan Jarwar, Javeria Imran, Akmal Jamal Siddique, Abdul Ghafoor Darwani

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Prevalence and management of anencephaly at Saidu Teaching Hospital, Swat

Sania Tanweer Khattak, Muhammad Khan, Tabassum Naheed, Imran ud Din Khattak, Muhammad Ismail

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Maternal factors associated with intrauterine growth restriction

Taj Muhammad, Asmat Ara Khattak, Shafiq-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Amjad Khan, Afzal Khan, Muhammad Aqeel Khan

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Acupuncture treatment of facial palsy

Syed Zahid Hussain Bokhari, Syeda Samina Zahid

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Does BMI affect cholesterol, sugar, and blood pressure in general population?

Mohammad Faheem, Saqib Qureshi, Jabar Ali, Hameed, Zahoor, Farhat Abbas,  Adnan Mahmood Gul, Mohammad Hafizullah

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Short duration head-up tilt test: a comparison with conventional long protocol in patients of orthostatic intolerance

Humaira Fayyaz Khan, Muhammad Amjad Hameed, Umar Ali Khan

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An audit of length of bone marrow trephine biopsies at a tertiary care hospital

Saif ur Rehman, Lubna Zafar, Faiza Kazi, Zahur ur Rehman, Muhammad Luqman

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β-Thalassaemia trait: Haematological parameters

Yasar M. Yousafzai, Shahtaj Khan, Fazle Raziq

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Misoprostol for the purpose of mid-trimester termination of pregnancy: a comparative study with prostaglandin F₂ alpha

Faiqa Imran, Afia Anser, Nargis Danish, Naheed Fatima

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Single versus 3-dose antibiotic prophylaxis in clean and clean contaminated operations

Abdul Rashid Surahio, Ashar Ahmad Khan, Main Usman Farooq, Iffat Fatima

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Root resorption of permanent incisors during three months of active orthodontic treatment

Iffat Batool, Hasnain Abbas, Assad Abbas, Iram Abbas

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Healthcare waste management (HCWM) in Pakistan: current situation and training options

Ramesh Kumar, Ejaz Ahmad Khan, Jamil Ahmed, Zulifiqar Khan, Mohamed Magan, Nousheen, Muhammad Ibrahim Mughal

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Optical urethrotomy in strictures following fracture pelvis

Mohammad Islam, Farid Anwar, Sajjad Ahmed, Azaz Ali

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Early results of oesophagectomy for carcinoma oesophagus in 1008 cases

Bilal A, Baseer A, Ahmad M, Imran M, Abid M, Kalimullah M

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Pattern of coronary artery disease with no risk factors under age 35 years

Lubna Noor, S Sadiq Shah, Yasir Adnan, Shah Sawar, Shahab ud Din, Amina, Zahid Aslam Awan, Kamran Bangash, Saeed Ahmed, Aqal Dad

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Clinical characteristics of patients with dengue fever: report of 48 patients in 2010

Atiya Mahboob, Zafar Iqbal, Rabil Javed, Azeem Taj, Asma Munir, Munir Akhtar Saleemi

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Levosulpiride in premature ejaculation

Syed Javid Hussain, Atif Hameed, Hassan Shahzad Nazar, Ania Javid, Yousaf Shah, Waqas Hameed, Muhammad Shah Miran

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Comparative therapeutic response to pegylated interferon plus ribavirin versus interferon alpha-2b in chronic Hepatitis C patients

Shafqut Ali, Ghazala Nazir, Shahbaz Ali Khan, Samia Iram, Fozia Fatima

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Orofacial reconstruction with local flaps at AFID

Beenish Liaqat, Afeefa Ehsan, Amir Mushtaq Baig, Syed Gulzar Ali Bukhari

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Presentation of congestive cardiac failure in children with ventricular septal defect

Maqbool Hussain, Sajjad Hussain, Jai Krishin, Saleem Abbasi

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Frequency of Hepatitis B in asymptomatic patients of District Headquarter Hospital Kotli, Azad Kashmir

Javed Sarwar, Waseem Ahmad, Mohammad Saleem, Fareeda Jamshed, Nasreen Gul, Muhammad Idrees

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Screening of Hepatitis B and C among people visiting general practice clinics in a rural district of Sindh, Pakistan

Ameet Kumar, Saima Lalani, Asad Ali Khan Afridi, Ali Khan Khuwaja

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Relationship of life style choices on body fat mass in young adults

Rehana Rehman, Saif ullah Shaikh, Sadiqa Syed, Nayyab Shakeel

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Relationship of joint hypermobility and musculoskeletal problems and frequency of benign joint hypermobility syndrome in children

Ahmad Usaid Qureshi, Abdul Maalik, Tahir Masood Ahmad

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Cardiac arrhythmias and left ventricular hypertrophy in systemic hypertension

Riffat Sultana, Nuzhat Sultana, Abdul Rashid, Syed Zahid Rasheed, Mansoor Ahmed, Muhammad Ishaq, Abdus Samad

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Testicular versus epididymal spermatozoa in intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment cycles

Hameed N, Ozturk O

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Response to standard interferon A2b and ribavirin combination therapy in chronic Hepatitis C treatment naïve patients

Shah Muhammad Khan Jadoon, Samina Jadoon, Iqbal Muhammad

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Vaginal carriage rate of group B Streptococcus in pregnant women and its transmission to neonates

Bushra Yasmin Chaudhry, Naeem Akhtar, Abbas Hayat Balouch

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Rapid confirmation of tuberculous meningitis in children by liquid culture media

Abdul Hannan, Amna Hafeez, Sadia Chaudary, Mariam Rashid

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Audit of sharp weapon deaths in metropolis of Karachi –an autopsy based study

Farhat Hussain Mirza, Qudsia Hasan, Akhtar Amin, Syeda Ezz-e-Rukhshan Adil

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Diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodule verses biopsy in thyroid lesions

Inamullah Khan, Salma Naz, Zahid Mehmood Akhter, Nasir Aziz

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Percentage of CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T-lymphocytes in blood of tuberculosis patients

Nadeem Afzal, Khursheed Javed, Saleem-uz-Zaman, Asim Mumtaz, Shahid Hussain, Romeeza Tahir, Ikram Ullah, Muhammad Akram

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Factors for inaccessibility of antenatal care by women in Sindh

Farhana Yousuf, Gulfareen Haider, Raheela Bilal Shaikh

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Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy in neonates

Azhar Munir Qureshi, Anees ur Rehman, Tahir Saeed Siddiqi

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Outcome of transurethral resection of prostate in clinical benign prostatic hyperplasia

Bozdar HR, Memon SR, Paryani JP

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In vitro antifungal sensitivity of Fluconazole, Clotrimazole and Nystatin against vaginal Candidiasis in females of childbearing age

Fouzia Khan, Rakhshanda Baqai

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MEDICAL EDUCATION

Assessment driven integrated learning (ADIL): assessment directed medical education (ADME) curriculum

Junaid Sarfraz Khan

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Family medicine in undergraduate medical curriculum: A cost-effective approach to health care in Pakistan

Saima P. Iqbal

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Community mental health in Peshawar, the need to reform

Shahid Khan Afridi, Harry Minas, Naseem Khan Afridi, Shireen Fatima, Prem Chopra

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Gated MIBI myocardial SPECT showing balanced ischemia and global hypokinesia in patient having thrombus in basal segment of dominant circumflex system blocking both left anterior descending and circumflex artery

Asif Jielani, Amjad Aziz Khan, Tatheer Fatima, Shakil Ahmad, Kamran Khan, Nadeem Zia, Zainab Zahaur

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Rapunzel Syndrome

Eitezaz Ahmed Bashir, Samiullah, Muhammad Attique Sadiq, Omamah Yusuf, Khan Karim

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Aluminium phosphide poisoning: a case report

Shela Akbar Ali Hirani, Arshalooz Rahman

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 Lindane toxicity in a 7 year old boy

Yousaf Daud, Daud-ur-Rehman, Umer Farooq

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Author’s qualities essential for a good scientific publication

Thorakkal Shamim

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