Journal of Ayub Medical College
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad (JAMC)
ISSN 1025-9589 (Print), ISSN 1819-2718 (Online)
JAMC 21(4): Oct-Dec 2009
CONTENTS
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
and sexually transmitted infections among health care providers in Lahore, Pakistan 1
Mohsin Saeed Khan, Magnus Unemo, Shakila Zaman, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg
Myomectomy at caesarean section: Descriptive study of clinical outcome in a tropical setting 7
Adesiyun Adebiyi Gbadebo, Ameh A Charles, Ojabo Austin
Response rates to standard interferon treatment in HCV Genotype 3a 10
Saleem Qureshi, Uzma Batool, Musarrat Iqbal, Omarah Qureshi, Rao Kaleem, Hina Aziz, Muhammad Azhar
for 26 weeks 15
Shafqut Ali, Samia Iram
Samira Ajmal, Muhammad Ayub Khan, Riaz Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Shadman, Kanwal Yousof, Tariq Iqbal
Arslan Masood, Moazzam Ali Naqvi, Shariq Sohail Jafar, Akif Ali Mufti, Zubair Akram
Clinical efficacy of the various drugs used in the treatment of gonorrhoea 28
Shams-ur-Rehman, Amir Khan, Amanullah, Khalid Akhter
Use of Limberg flap for pilonidal sinus–a viable option 31
Muhammad Nadeem Aslam, Sidra Shoaib, Abdul Majeed Choudhry
Basharat Ali Khan, Muhammad Ali Shah, Faraz Basharat Khan
Pregnancy with fibroids and its obstetric complications 37
Shehla Noor, Ali Fawad, Ruqqia Sultana, Rubina Bashir, Qurat-ul-ain, Huma Jalil, Nazia Suleman, Alia Khan
An analysis of depth dose characteristics of photon in water 41
Saeed Ahmad Buzdar, Muhammad Afzal Rao, Aalia Nazir
Aetiology, maternal and foetal outcome in 60 cases of obstetrical acute renal failure 46
Muhammad Abdul Mabood Khalil, Amer Azhar, Nisar Anwar, Aminullah, Najm-ud-Din, Raj Wali
Frequency of anti-tuberculous therapy-induced hepatotoxicity in patients and their outcome 50
Sumbal Tariq, Tahir Saleem Khan, Saqib Malik, M. Shamim Anwar, Abdul Rashid
Obesity, hyperlipidemia, and hyperurecaemia in young and old hypertensive patients 53
Nazir Ahmed, Waqas Anwar, Huma Waqas
Total thyroidectomy as primary elective procedure in multinodular thyroid disease 57
Irfan Ali Sheikh, Sheikh Saadat Ullah Waleem, Irfan Zafar Haider, Asna Haroon, Muhammad Ashfaq
Retinoblastoma in NWFP, Pakistan 60
Muhammad Arif, Zafar Iqbal, Zia-ul-Islam
Fariha Qureshi, Mohammad Tahir, Waqas Sami
Acute mesenteric ischemia: experience in a tertiary care hospital 70
Dildar Hussain, Shahid Latif Sarfraz, Suresh K Baliga, Rolf Hartung
Effect of silymarin on serum levels of alt and GGT in ethanol induced hepatotoxicity in albino rats 73
Muhammad Habib-ur-Rehman, Tariq Mahmood, Taher Salim, Naeema Afzal, Nasir Ali, Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Tahir, Asif Khan
Neonatal outcome in obstetric cholestasis patients at Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad 76
Ruqqia Sultana, Irum Sarwar, Ali Fawad, Shehla Noor, Rubina Bashir
Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B in outdoor female patients of reproductive age group at Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad 79
Jamila Farid, Taher Salim, Javed Sarwar, Muhammad Idris, Nasreen Gul, Syed Humayun Shah, Muhammad Suleman
Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C in pregnant females of Hazara Division 83
Nasreen Gul, Javed Sarwar, Muhammad Idris, Jamila Farid, Farhat Rizvi, Muhammad Suleman, Syed Humayun Shah
Acid aspiration prophylaxis during anaesthesia for caesarean section: A survey among anaesthetists at Hyderabad 87
Jan Muhammad Shaikh, Saleem Sabbar, Nasir Aziz, Najma Bano Shaikh, Tauseefullah Akhund
Serum adiponectin levels in patients with coronary artery disease 90
Iram Fayyaz, M. Zamir Ahmed, Syed Imran Shah, Sadia Mehmood, Shama Akram, Mansoor Ghani
Factors causing non-breastfeeding in children under six months of age in district Nowshera, Pakistan 93
Rab Nawaz, Shafiq ur Rehman, Shah Nawaz, Taj Mohammad
Per-operative findings of blocked ventriculoperitoneal shunt: A study of 72 cases 96
Muhammad Usman Khan, Mumtaz Ali, Syed Javed Hussain, Nadeem Ullah, Khalid Khanzada, Shahid Ayub
Radiofrequency catheter ablation for supraventricular tachycardias: experience at Peshawar 98
Zahid Aslam Awan, Mohammad Irfan, Bakhtawar Shah, Lubna Noor, Sher Bahadar Khan, Faisal Amin
Frequency of cerebral infarction and haemorrhage in the patients of stroke 102
Amanullah, Nazir Shah, Shams-Ur-Rehman, Salma Ataullah
Shahla Siddiqui, Nawal Salahuddin, Adeel Raza, Junaid Razzak
Neutrophil function (innate immunity) during Ramadan 111
Afshineh Latifynia, Mohammad Vojgani, Mohammad Javad Gharagozlou, Sharifian R
Comparison of vaginal and abdominal hysterectomy: Peri- and post-operative outcome 116
Nasira Sabiha Dawood, Rabia Mahmood, Naila Haseeb
Use of supero-temporal free conjunctivo–limbal autograft in the surgical management of pterygium:
Muhammad Naqaish Sadiq, Abdus Salam Arif, Sulman Jaffar, Jagdish Bhatia
Comparison of distance between maxillary central incisors and incisive papilla in dentate individuals with
Majid Zia, Azad Ali Azad, Salman Ahmed
Factors affecting survival in patients with oesophageal atresia and tracheo-oesophageal fistula 129
Anwar-ul-Haq, Ubaidullah, Nadeem Akhter, Samiullah, Javeria, Iftikhar A. Jan, Zaheer Abbasi
Prevalence of malignancy in goitre—a review of 718 thyroidectomies 134
Raja Najum ul Haq, Basharat Ali Khan, Ishtiaq Ahmed Chaudhry
Practice of surgeons regarding examination of pathological specimens in operating room 137
Abdul Samad, Basant Kumar, Tariq Wahab Khanzada
Rehan Ahmad, Aftab Rabbani, Zahid Aslam Awan
Bacterial spectrum and susceptibility patterns of pathogens in adult febrile neutropenic patients:
A comparison between two time periods 146
Khawaja Farhan Zahid, Haroon Hafeez, Ammarah Afzal
Outcome of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia after induction therapy—
3 years experience at a single paediatric oncology centre 150
Zulfiqar Ali Rana, Muhammad Waqar Rabbani, Muhammad Aslam Sheikh, Afsheen Asghar Khan
Ata-ul-Haq, Moazzam Nazeer Tarar, Falak Sher Malik, Kamran Khalid, Ahsan Riaz, Mohammad Younas Mehrose, Husnain Khan
in extension and supination 159
Iqtidar Ullah Babar, Nowroz Shinwari, Mohammad Rahim Bangash, M Shoaib Khan
University of Health Sciences, Lahore-Pakistan 162
Junaid Sarfraz Khan, Saima Tabasum, Usman Khalil Yousafzai
CASE REPORT
Mesalazine-induced eosinophilic variant of Wegener’s granulomatosis in an ulcerative colitis patient
(Article Retracted) 171
Mohammad Fayaz, Ambreen Sultan, Mohammad Nawaz, Noreen Sultan
Intracranial haemangiopericytoma: A very rare entity having a high malignant/metastatic potential 174
Manzoor Ahmad, Abdul Majid, Misbah Masood
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