Vol. 73 No. 2 (2023): April

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Editorial

• Role of Patient Feedback in Better Medical Care

  Atiq ur Rehman Slehria

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Original Articles

• Comparison of Pregabalin and Gabapentin as Pre-emptive Analgesics in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgeries

  Hafiz Ahmed Hassam Bhalli, Shmyla Hamid, Muhammad Rashid Iqbal, Sheharyar Baig, Tanveer Ahmed Khan, Mehr -un- Nisa Ayub

  321-24

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• Patterns of Cytopenias Associated with Methotrexate Treated Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

  Mohsin Shakoor Malik, Amer Fakhr, Farzana Hakim, Ahsan Amer

  325-28

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• Diagnostic Accuracy of Anti-Mullerian Hormone for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

  Kulsoom Bahadur, Aamir Ijaz, Shehla Baqai, Naveed Asif

  329-32

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• Association of Mean Platelet Volume / Platelet Count Ratio with Clinical Severity and Infarct Volume in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke

  Muhammad Wasi Nayyar, Asad Mahmood, Jahanzeb Liaqat, Helen Mary Robert, Rafia Mahmood, Ayesha Khurshid

  333-36

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• Comparison of Effects of LED Phototherapy with Compact Fluorescent Phototherapy in Neonates with Hyperbilirubinemia

  Amna Saleem, Bilal Ahmed, Sajid Ali Shah, Fahim Ahmed Subhani, Ammara Ayub, Saba Afzal Shiekh

  337-40

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• Assessment of Frequency and Composition of Renal Stones in a Reference Laboratory of Pakistan

  Afshan Bibi, Muhammad Aamir, Maria Riaz, Zujaja Hina Haroon, Sobia Irum Kirmani, Haroon Javaid

  341-44

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• Frequency of Isolation of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) from Pus Samples and its Antibiotic Susceptibility

  Fatima Rubab, Muhammad Majid, Anam Zeb, Sundas Shabbir, Nayab Ali, Sakhawat Ali

  345-48

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• Comparison of Changes in Endothelial Corneal Cell Count of Vitrectomized Silicone Oil-Filled Eyes

  Abdul Hannan, Sarah Zafar, Aziz Jan Bashir, Hassan Massana, Kashif Habib, Abdullah Naeem

  349-52

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• Evaluation of Adjusted Calcium Levels in Patients of Chronic Renal Failure with Hypo-Albuminemia

  Hunain Habib, Zujaja Hina Haroon, Muhammad Aamir, Muhammad Usman Munir, Sobia Irum, Haroon Javed

  353-56

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• Association of Urinary Tract Infection with Preterm Labor in Gravid Females in a Tertiary Care Hospital

  Shehla Baqai, Humaira Osman Jaffery, Viqar Ashraf, Sidra Hameed

  357-60

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• Association of Absolute Eosinophil Count and Post-Bronchodilator Reversibility in the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients

  Muhammad Naveed, Malik Nadeem Azam Khan, Syed Umer Shah, Altaf Hussain, Muhammad Shahid Khan, Muhammad Zahid Hussain

  361-64

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• Scale on Stress among Parents having only Daughters: Developing a Reliable Measure

  Saima Riaz, Safoora Fatima, Misbah Aslam, Umme Salma

  365-69

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• Resilience in the Face of Psychiatric Morbidity Among COVID-19 Patients

  Waqas Ahmed, Sachal Aqeel Safdar, Sohail Ali, Sana Khan, Asif Azeem, Nouman Malik

  370-73

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• Typhoid Ileal Perforation: Comparative Study of Ileostomy Versus Primary Repair and associated Morbidity and Mortality

  Shahzore Gul, Sughra Parveen, Mazhar Iqbal, Tanveer Ahmed, Imran Khan, Ali Nawaz

  374-77

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• Relationship of Demographic Variables and Level of Disease Awareness Among Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients; a Tertiary Care Hospital Study

  Sobia Shahzadi, Saba Samreen, Babur Salim, Samina Mushtaq, Zafar Ayub Khan, Amjad Nasim

  378-81

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• Clinicopathological Study of Hysterectomy at PNS SHIFA Karachi

  Rabiah Anwar, Aini Samreen, Sobia Anwar

  382-85

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• Treatment of Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis; Antibiotics Versus Conservative Surgery

  AsadUllah Alam, Anas Bin Saif, Adnan Aqil Khan, Kashif Khan, Shahzad Ahmed Abbasi, Mansoor Tariq

  386-89

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• Effect of Different Dialysis Membranes on Protein Loss During Hemodialysis

  Abdul Wahab Mir, Khalid Mahmood Raja, Malik Nadeem Azam, Abdul Rehman Arshad, Taleah Tahir, Salahuddin .

  390-93

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• Diagnostic Accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in the Detection of Choledocholith, taking Post-Operative findings as the Gold Standard

  Ayesha Javaid, Rashid Mahmood, Hidayat Ullah, Mazhar Shafiq, Nazia Dildar, Ghulam Abbas

  394-97

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• Intra-Observer Variation of Space Available in the Mandibular Dental Arch by Two Different Measuring Tools-Vernier Calliper and Brass Wire with a Millimetre Ruler

  Rooma Shahid, Abdullah Jan, Ayesha Fazal, Alaina Tariq Mughal, Fareena Ghaffar, Sundas Mehmood

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• Evaluation of Serum Vitamin D Levels Among Patients with Viral Warts

  Shamsa Kanwal, Farid ur Rehman, Bilqees Fatima, Sana Waqar Qureshi, Sibqa Jamil, Rab Nawaz Khan

  402-04

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• Impact of General Anaesthesia Versus Combined Epidural and General Anesthesia on Postoperative Complications and Mortality in Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgeries

  Khan Muhammad Yaqub, Muhammad Saeed, Bilal Yasin, Khalid Ameer, Nusrat Noor

  405-08

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• Comparison of Depression, Anxiety and Stress in Caregivers of Patients with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Affective Disorder

  Qurat ul Ain, Sawera Mansoor, Usama Bin Zubair, Nadeem Abbas, Tooba Latif, Muhammad Baqir

  409-13

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• Comparison of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Doppler Cerebroplacental Ratio Versus Standard Fetal Biometry for Fetal Growth Restriction

  Sadaf Aziz, Pareesae Humayun, Mariam Altaf, Yasser Khan, Syed Atif Hussain Andrabi, Mubashrah Aziz

  414-17

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• Diagnosis of Fungal Sinusitis; Is Fungal Culture a Must?

  Mubashrah Aziz, Sadia Mailk, Muniba Manzoor, Sadaf Aziz, Munazzah Aziz, Muzammil Manzoor

  418-21

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• Outcome Of Non-Elective Covid Positive Orthopaedic Injury Procedures In Two Tertiary Care Hospitals

  Syed Faraz Anwar, Ahmed Mushtaq, Syed Sheheryar Faraz

  422-26

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• Factors Associated with Outcome in Patients Managed for Invasive Fungal Infections at the Infectious Diseases Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital

  Fakhra Saba Zeb, Uzma Qayyum, Shazia Nisar, Syed Waqar Abbas, Faud Ahmad Siddiqi, Sobia Mehreen

  427-30

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• Pethidine Versus Tramadol for Post-Anaesthetic Shivering Control in Patients Going Through Elective Surgery under Spinal Anaesthesia

  Mazhar Ul Haq, Saeed Bin Ayaz, Sajjad Qureshi, Habib ur Rehman, Abdullah ., Hina Iftikhar

  431-34

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• Correlation Between Resistive Index and Serum Creatinine in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy

  Amir Khan, Aliya Ahmed, Muzammil Rasheed Bhutta, Ibtesam Zafar, Muhammad Nasir Naeem Khan, Jovaria Ehsan

  435-38

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• Comparison of Mean Insertion Time of Supraglottic Airway Device in Children Followed by Trapezius Squeeze Test Versus Jaw Thrust

  Maira Ahmed, Akhtar Hussain, Kaukab Majeed, Azmat Riaz, Amran Hafiz, Hina Iftikhar

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• Impact of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Time and Aortic Cross Clamp Time on Immediate PostOperative Outcomes in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Open Heart Surgery

  Nazish Alisher, Rajab Ali Khokhar, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Abdul Sattar Shaikh, Hussain Bux Korejo, Rumana Sangi

  443-47

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• Computed Tomography Severity Score in COVID-19: Association with Inflammatory Markers and Patient Outcome

  Faisal Mehmood, Ali Hassan, Amna Ashraf, Zahid Farooq Baig, Karamat Hussain Shah Bukhari, Abdul Latif Khattak

  448-51

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• Unmasking of Pre-Existent Hyperglycemia and its Association with Ventilation in COVID-19 Patients: Experience at a Tertiary Care Hospital

  Waqar Ali, Uzma Malik, Khadija Waheed, Usman Khalid, Waqas Arshad, Anam Fatima

  452-55

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• Effect of Lower Limb Compression Stockings on Hemodynamic Stability in Obstetric Patients undergoing Lower Segment Cesarean Section under Spinal Anaesthesia

  Iftikhar Ali, Hina Iftikhar, Habib Ur Rahman, kaukab Majeed, Usman khalid, Hira Latif

  456-59

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• Comparison of Hemodynamic Changes after Intubation with Macintosh and McCoy Laryngoscopes–A Randomised Controlled Trial

  Muhammad Awais Qarni, Salma Nisar, Fawad Alam, Tariq Mehmood, Mashooque Ali, Sarah Nisar

  460-63

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• Skeletal Maturity Assessment using Mandibular Canine Calcification Stages

  Zainab Bint-e- Nasir, Abdullah Jan, Zahra Khalid, Qurat ul ain Tariq, Ramsha Zia, Neha Arshad

  464-67

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• The Ever-Worsening Antimicrobial Resistance in Enterobacterales; A wakeup call

  Fatima Ali, Irfan Mirza, Hafsa Waseem, Humaira Zafar

  468-72

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• Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasound and Computed Tomography in Differentiating Transudate from Exudate in Patients with Pleural Effusion

  Muzammil Rasheed Bhutta, Ayesha Isani Majeed, Ibtesam Zafar, Amir Khan, Hina Azad, Shams Ud Din

  473-76

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• A Survey of Growth Hormone Stimulation Test Efficacy for Workup of Short Stature in a Referral Laboratory

  Muhammad Usman Munir, Muhammad Aamir, Zujaja Hina Haroon, Sobia Irum Kirmani, Afshan Yasir, Hunain Habib

  477-80

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• A Survey of National Practices of Anaesthesia for Live Donor Renal Transplantation

  Sumbal Rana, Ali Arslan Munir, Rafiq Zafar, Faisal Wahid, Syed Ehtasham Haider Rizvi, Muhammad Yasrab

  481-84

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• Comparison of Pre-Operative Blood Loss in Seropositive and Seronegative Pregnant Women Undergoing Elective Cesarean Section

  Amina Akbar, Sadia Zainab, Saira Mahboob, Sadaf Zohra, Sadia Khan, Khalida Parveen

  485-88

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• Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring During Resection of Posterior Fossa Lesions

  Memoona Ejaz, Habibullah Khan, Junaid Mushtaq, Kaleem Safdar, Khurshid Ali Bangash, Umer Farooq, Ahmed Tashfeen, Ali Ahmed, Zeeshan Ahmed, Asif Rasheed, Fasih Hashmi

  489-93

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• Diagnostic Accuracy of PET/CT in Detecting Aggressiveness of Lymphoma Based on Sub Uptake

  Sana waqar, Tariq Saeed Siddiqui, Hafsa Sadiq, Muhammad Haroon Sarfraz, Kiran Sarfraz, Muhammad Mannan

  494-97

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• Association of Umbilical Cord Lactate Levels and Capillary Ph with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in Neonates Born with Intrapartum Asphyxia

  Syed Awais Ul Hassan Shah, Ehsan Qadir, Zeeshan Ahmed, Farah Shahid, Samina Shams Alam

  498-501

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• The Impact of Fetal Echocardiography on Altering Course of Action Following A Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease-A Thought Analysis

  Adiba Akhtar Khalil, Andaleeb Ara, Khurram Akhtar, Sumaira Khan, Umairah Yaqub, Joodi kizilwarda Akhtar

  502-05

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• Awareness and Uptake of Tetanus Toxoid Vaccination Among Females of Reproductive Age in Rawalpindi

  Shumaila Humayun, Naila Azam

  506-09

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• Evaluation of Intraoperative and Post-Operative Benefits of Supraorbital Keyhole Approach for Anterior Circulation Aneurysm Surgery

  Memoona Ejaz, Junaid Mushtaq, Habibullah khan, Khurshid Ali Bangash, Umer Farooq, Ahmed Tashfeen, Ali Ahmed, Zeeshan Ahmed

  510-13

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• Association of the Vertical and Sagittal Growth Patterns of Jaws with the type of Third Molar Impactions: A Radiological Analysis

  Ayesha Shahid, Saira Khan, Ayesha Satti, Momina Bashir, Owais Khalid Durrani

  514-17

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• Comparison of Patient Outcomes Before and After the Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program at Tertiary Care Hospital

  Raoon Khan, Anum Arif, Ahsin Manzoor Bhatti, Mohammad Jamal Faisal, Maryam Iqbal

  518-22

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• Accuracy of pSOFA Score in Predicting Outcomes in Critically Ill Children

  Saba Zamir, Muhammad Tariq Nadeem, Samina Tabussam

  523-26

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• Impact of Thymic Response in COVID-19 Pneumonia on Disease Severity and Mortality-As Assessed on CT-Chest

  Saerah Iffat Zafar, Hina Nasir, Atiqur Rehman Slehria, Nadeem Zafar, Alina Shahiryar

  527-30

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• Forensic Age Estimation from Lower Third Molar Maturity Index

  Ihsan Ullah, Hira Khurshid, Iftikhar Ahmed, Romisa Rehman, Saad Atiq

  531-34

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• Comparison of Intravenous Tramadol vs Intravenous Morphine in Attenuation of Hemodynamic Stress response to Laryngoscopy and Endotracheal Intubation in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

  Basit Mehmood Khan, Farrukh Ayub, Sundas Shoukat, Syed Khurram Naseer, Umer Hayat, Junaid Zafar

  535-38

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• Evolving Perception Regarding Online Learning and Teachingin the COVID-19 Era of Graduate Students with diverse educational backgrounds enrolled inMaster’s Health Professional Education Program of a Pakistani University

  Amina Nadeem, Azhar Rashid, Rahila Yasmeen

  539-44

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• Development and Validation of Caregiver Social Isolation Scale

  Sameera Shafiq, Muhammad Anwaar ul Mustafa

  545-48

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• Intra-abdominal Hypertension and its Outcome in Patients Admitted in Surgical ICU after Laparotomy

  Muhammad Irfan Malik, Ahmed Mujadid Khan Burki, Khalid Ameer, Muhammad Rashid Iqbal, Asif Jalil, Mehreen Aslam

  549-52

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• Effects of Critical Incident Stress Management on Nurses During COVID-19 Pandemic

  Muhammad Tariq, Ayesha Rasool, Iftikhar Ahmed Satti, Saeed bin Ayaz, Muhammad Usman Sajid, Khalid Ibrahim Akhtar

  553-56

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• Depression, Anxiety and Social Support as Predictors of Suicide Intent among Self-Harm Inpatients

  Naila Yaqoob, Sadaf Ahsan, Sarah Shaikh

  557-60

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• Association of Various Factors in Terms of Pathological Response in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

  Anum Zargham, Riaz Ahmad, Mussavir Hussain Bangash, Umair Tufail, Ibtisam ., Anil Babar

  561-64

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• Clinical Association of Thyroid Eye Disease with Disease Severity and Thyroid Functional Status-an Experience of a Tertiary Care Hospital, Karachi

  Bharta Rani, Tasnim Ahsan, Wasfa Aijaz, Paras Imran, Saeeda Fouzia Qasim, Rukhshanda Jabeen

  565-68

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• Conventional Ultrasonography: A Remarkable Tool in Early Detection of Benign Ovarian Lesions in Comparison to Gold Standard MRI

  Naila Jabeen, Ayesha Walid, Binish Rasheed, Nasreen Naz, Anila Rahim, Rabeeya Qutub uddin Siddiqui

  569-74

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• Etiology of Pancreatitis in Patients at a Tertiary Care Center

  Muhammad Fahd Bin Haider, Irfan Ali, Humaira Zafar, Mehak Ahsan, Syed Zubair Hussain Shah, Farrukh Sher

  575-78

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• Comparative Study of 35% Glycolic Acid (GA) Peel versus 15% Trichloroacetic Acid (TCA) in Patients Primed with 4% Hydroquinone and Sun Block for the Treatment of Melasma

  Zaaraa Javed, Qamar Uddin Khan, Uzma Naeem, Hunzala Zafar

  579-82

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• Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio as Screening Tool for Neonatal Sepsis in Developing Countries

  Nauman Naseer, Taimur Khalil Sheikh, Sughra Zulfiqar, Huma Bashir, Sadaf Haroon, Junaid Jahangir

  583-86

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• Sol Brain, Pre-Operative Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Surgical Biopsy Yield

  Khurshid Ali Bangash, Nasrin Yousaf, Sohail Ilyas, Rashid Mahmood, Ishrat Parveen, Ajmal Yousaf, Arshad Khushdil, Sharoon Nathaniel

  587-90

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• Face Mask Compliance and Complacency amongst Pakistan’s Youth During the Third Wave of COVID-19

  Spenta Kakalia, Saba Saif, Shehreena Zabreen Butt, Maryam Ibrahim, Muhammad Siddique, Rahat Malik

  591-94

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• Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccine Among Undergraduate Students

  Muhammad Ali Abid, Muhammad Ashraf Buzdar, Shizma Junejo, Nasim Karim

  595-97

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Case Reports

• Patent Ductus Arteriosus Device Closure with AMPLATZER Duct Occluder-II in a Low Birth Weight Preterm Neonate- First Experience in Pakistan

  Sana Imtiaz, Khurrum Akhtar, Amjad Mehmood

  602-04

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