Vol. 73 No. SUPPL-1 (2023): August

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Original Articles

• Exploring the Etiological Profile and Sensitivity Pattern of Bacterial Pathogens Isolated from Cerebrospinal Fluid in Meningitis Patients: A Tertiary Care Center Study

  Aneela Khawaja, Faiqa Arshad, Nusrat Alavi, Asma Ejaz, Umaira Ahsan, Namra Yunus, Aina Farooq

  S403-406

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• Histopathological Types of Ovarian Cancer in Different Age Group of Patients; A Single Institution Experience

  Perwasha Kerio, Ghulam Haider, Hina Perveen, Muhammad Hayat, Reena Kumari, Anusha Hassan

  S433-438

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• Comparison of Analgesic effect of Dexmeditomidine and Paracetamol as Adjuvant with Lignocaine Hydrochloride for Intravenous Regional Anesthesia

  Muhammad Asam Masoom Maan, Khaleel Ahmad, Liaqat Ali

  S428-432

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• Role of Percutaneous Bone Marrow Aspirate in the Management of Femoral Delayed Union and Non Union Fractures

  Muhammad Rehan Saleem, Rana Shahbaz Ahmad, Shahzad Inam, Shahzad Inam, Adnan Anwer, Osma Jafar, Hassan ud Din Hassan

  S274-276

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• Comparison of Parathyroid Hormone and Vitamin-D Levels in Individuals with Prediabetes, Diabetes and Normoglycemia

  Asma khan, Naveed Asif, Taimoor Ashraf Khan, Azadi Khan, Muhammad Younas, Qurat ul Ain

  S439-443

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• Change in Hemodynamics with Saddle versus Spinal Block in Patients Undergoing Elective Transurethral Resection of Prostate for Benign Prostate Hyperplasia

  Muhammad Imran Afsar, Sajid Shahzad, Muhammad Tariq

  S266-269

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• Association of Sociodemographic Determinants and Risk Factors with Advance Esophageal Cancer

  Sana Sehar, Ghulam Haider, Berkha Rani, Versha Rai, Tooba Ather, Maliha ashfaq

  S261-265

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• The effects of Equal Weight Bearing Sit-to-Stand Exercise Program on Balance in Stroke Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial

  Muhammad Hussain Iqbal, Fariha Khalid, Ashfaq Ahmad, Sana Shahid, Zarmeen Iqbal

  S253-256

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• Comparison of Acid Base Status and Electrolytes in Individuals with Prediabetes, Diabetes and Normoglycemia

  Asma Khan, Naveed Asif, Taimoor Ashraf Khan, Azadi Khan, Sana Iqbal, Mehreen Aftab Khan

  S344-347

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• Correlation of Percentage of Ki67 with Tumor Grade in Breast Cancer

  Aveen Yousuf Khan, Ghulam Haider, Saima Zahoor, Maryum Nouman, Neelma Bukhari

  S291-295

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• EGFR-TKI Sensitizing Mutation Rate in Adenocarcinoma of Lung

  Sana Sehar, Ghulam Haider, Berkha Rani, Versha Rai, Tooba Ather, Batool Memon

  S270-273

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• Comparison of Transcerebellar Diameter with Biparietal Diameter on Ultrasound for Gestational Age Measurement in Third Trimester of Pregnancy Using First Day of Last Menstrual Period for Actual Period of Gestation

  Saira Noreen, Muhammad Usman Khan, Nisar Ahmed, Atiq ur Rehman Salehria, Muhammad Zeeshan Ali, Muhammad Rizwan Bashir Kiani

  S243-247

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• Knowledge of Malaria and Preventive Behaviour Amongst Allied Healthcare Workers at the Central African Republic

  Urooj Alam, Novera Sohail Bajwa, Rehana Khadim, Anam Haider, Ali Ghawas, Anam Manzoor

  S248-252

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• Effect of Prone Position on Oxygen Saturation in Neonates having Respiratory Distress

  Amna Tufail, Ibrahim Tufail Chaudhary, Imtiaz Ahmad, Iqra Arshad, Madiha Akram, Muhammad Asghar Butt

  S282-285

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• Serum Magnesium Levels in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy

  Farhan Tariq, Robia Anwar, Bilal Ahmed, Naveed Ahmed Shah, Lubna Noreen, Muhammad Naeem

  S297-300

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• Hematological Parameters and Coagulation Profile in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease and its Correlation with Disease Severity

  Ehtesham Haider, Rafia Mahmood, Asima Ghazanfar, Anum Abbas, Ayesha Usmani, Rabia Tariq, Rao Ali Saad, Farrukh Saeed

  S406-410

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• Academic Misconduct Among Medical Students; A Multiple College Study

  Muhammad Akram Saeed, Soufia Farrukh, Wajahat Hussain, Samina Badar, Arif Ahmed Zaidi, Huda Abbas

  S286-290

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• Identification, Distribution and Antifungal Sensitivity of Candida Species in Vulvovaginal Candidiasis

  Uzma Mussarat, Gohar Zaman, Luqman Satti, Shazia Taj, Manahil Niazi

  S397-402

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• Mortality in Patients Undergoing Emergency Laparotomy and its comparison with Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the Enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity Scoring

  Muhammad Talha Akhtar, Muhammad Usama Akhtar, Ammad-ud-din Nasir, Syed Mukarram Hussain, Tanveer Abbas

  S257-260

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• Comparison of Mortality in Patients with Multiple Morbidities and with Single Morbidity Admitted at Acute Medical Unit, Pak Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

  Nazia Sharif, Imran Fazal, Noor Ul Ain

  S277-281

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• SERUM FERRITIN; A STRONG NON-INVASIVE PREDICTOR FOR NAFLD PROGRESSION

  Mehwish Qamar, Ambreen Tauseef, Qanbar Abbas Naqvi, Kashifa Ehsan, Roomana Anwar, Syeda Abeer Fatima

  S462-467

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• Uniportal VATS in Clotted Hemothorax

  Asif Ahmed, Tahir Aslam, Viqar Aslam, Mohammad Abid Khan

  457-561

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• FIP1L1-PDGFRA Gene Rearrangement by FISH Analysis in Pakistani Patients with Eosinophilia: Clinico-Haematologic Correlation

  Sadia Ali Khan, Rafia Mahmood, Asad Mehmood, Nabeela Khan, Aqsa Yasir, Saleem Ahmed Khan

  S401-405

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• Frequency of Catheter-Related Bacterial Infection in End Stage Renal Disease Patients on Hemodialysis

  Fatima Sonia, Irfan Ahmad, Salman Tahir Shafi, Sana Ashraf

  S452-456

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• Evaluation and Comparison of the Effects of Low and High Doses of Herbal Medicinal Plant Emblic Myrobalan (AMLA) on Red Cell Parameters of Normal Healthy Rabbits

  Ikram Ullah Khan, Tajwar Sultana, Arooj Shahid, Malik Sikandar Mehmood

  S320-323

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• Pattern of Cigarette Smoking in Psychiatric Patients Admitted at AFIMH

  Ihsan Muhammad, Omer Jalal, Muhammad Omer, Chaudhary Ali Nawaz

  S316-319

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• Titanium Mesh versus Autologous Bone Graft Cranioplasty

  Babar Shamim, Awais Ali Khan, Muhammad Junaid Mushtaq, Amjad Saeed Abbassi, Ali Ahmed, Maria Shahzadi

  S140-143

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• Effectiveness of Combination Therapy of Sofosbuvir and Daclatasvir in Hepatitis C Positive Hemodialysis Patients Presenting to a Tertiary Care Hospital

  Qurat Ul Ain, Irfan Ahmad, Salman Tahir Shafi, Sana Ashraf

  S448-451

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• Electrophysiologic Findings in Pediatric Guillain Barre Syndrome

  Saima Bashir, Tipu Sultan

  S411-415

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• Outcome of Patients Admitted with Head Injury in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Tertiary Care Hospital of Rawalpindi

  Jawad Khan, Aslam Khan, Arshad Naseem, Aamir Farrukh

  S1-4

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• Association of Dietary Habits in Esophageal Cancer–A Case-Control Study from Pakistan

  Shahid Hussain, Saima Zahoor, Mohammad Hayat, Ayesha Shahid, Maryum Nouman

  S5-8

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• Pain Management of Patients under General Anaesthesia Nalbuphine Alone or Nalbuphine with Ketorolac

  Farrukh Shehzad, Bushra Zafar, Maqsood Ahmed, Nadia Arif, Qaseem Ahmed Raja, Nabeel Ahmed Butt

  S9-13

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• Impact of Serum Sodium Levels at the time of Admission on Length of Hospital Stay and In-Hospital Mortality among Heart Failure Patients

  Mohammad Abdullah, Manahil Chaudhry, Noreena Iqbal, Waqar Sharif, Osama Gulzar, Ayesha Malik

  S14-17

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• Assosiation of Sociodemographic Determinants with Lymphoma, A Tertiary Care Hospital Study

  Berkha Rani, Ghulam Haider, Sana Sehar, Versa Rai, Tooba Ather, Tooba Aslam Memon

  S18-22

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• Comparison of Bupivacaine Alone versus Low Dose Bupivacaine and Dexmedetomidine in Elderly Male Patients undergoing Genitourinary Surgery Under Spinal Anesthesia

  Saleem Pervaiz Bajwa, Muhammad Akram, Aftab Hussain Kalwar, Ahsan Ali, Akhtar Hussain, Abdullah

  S23-27

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• Pre-Emptive Analgesia by Intraperitoneal Instillation of Lignocaine in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

  Muhammad Talha Akhtar, Muhammad Usama Akhtar, Syed Mukarram Hussain, Ammad-ud-din Nasir, Tanveer Abbas, Rabia Akram

  S28-31

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• Safety and Effectiveness of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in Children

  Zeeshan Saleem, Munir Akmal Lodhi, Muhammad Almas Hashmi, Fatima tuz Zahra, Shamama Hassan

  S32-35

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• Comparison of Efficacy of Nebulized Salbutamol with Salbutamol / Ipratropium Combination in Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

  Muhammad Nadeem Ashraf, Muhammad Arif Khan, Muhammad Imran, Imran Fazal, Zubia Hassan, Laima Alam

  S36-39

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• Comparison Between Analgesic Effects of Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Trocar Site Infiltration of Injection Bupivacaine in Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

  Muhammad Usama Akhtar, Muhammad Talha Akhtar, Syed Mukarram Hussain, Zohra Jabeen Akram, Muhammad Usman Akram, Tanveer Abbas

  S40-44

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• Depression Among Dialysis Dependent end-Stage Renal Disease Patients: A Study from Tertiary Care Hospital in Bahawalpur

  Suhail Iqbal Malik, Muhammad Khalid Idrees, Raheel Khan, Sidra Maqbool, Urwah Rasool, Farid-ud-din Ahmad

  S45-49

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• Type & Frequency of Lymphomas: Single Institution Experience

  Shahid Hussain, Ghulam Haider, Saima Zahoor, Mohammad Hayat, Maryum Nouman, Ravisha Bai

  S50-54

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• Assessment of HER2NEU Gene Amplication by Flourescence in Situ Hybridization in Breast Carcinoma with Equivocal Findings on Immunostaining

  Asra Taj, Ghulam Haider, Maliha Ashfaq, Mahnoor Ahsan, Khalil Ahmed, Wish Hal Sundar

  S55-59

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• Association of Parity with Triple Negative Breast Cancer, A Case Control Study

  Batool Aslam Memon, Ghulam Haider, Mahnoor Ahsan, Khalil Ahmed, Asra Taj, Berkha Rani

  S60-64

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• Comparison of Frequency and Types of Anemia in Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Euthyroidism

  Sardar Jawad Gul, Zil-e-Humayun Mirza, Waqas Ahmed, Sardar Fawad Gul, Kiran Gul, Rabia Basri

  S65-68

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• Outcomes of the Use of Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy in Patients of Chronic Hepatitis-C of Genotype 3a

  Sarmad Zahoor, Sikander Abdullah, Muhammad Ahmed Saifullah, Saroosh Zahoor, Khan Amer, Shoaib Ali

  S69-72

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• Association of Major Leuk emias with Different Age Groups

  Maliha Ashfaq, Ghulam Haider, Batool Aslam, Asra Taj, Khalil Ahmed, Berkha Rani

  S73-78

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• Platelet Indices as a Tool for Differentiation between Clonal Thrombocytosis and Reactive Thrombocytosis

  Ammara Hafeez, Nasir ud Din Khattak, Samina Naeem, Helen Mary Robert, Shamaila Mohsin, Amal Mahmood

  S79-83

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• Functional Recovery Measurement: Comparing Early Active Mobilization Versus Immobilization after Extensor Tendon Repair in Zones IV to VIII

  Zaara Zahid, Hyder Ali, Roqayyah Munawwer Khursheed, Waqas Sami, Maha Farhina

  S84-88

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• Optimum Perioperative Analges ia in Radical Nephrectomy, Multimodel Approach with Nalbuphine and Ketamine

  Maqsood Ahmad, Fatima Wajahat, Amna Wajahat

  S89-92

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• Comparision of Laryngeal Mask Airway and Endotracheal Tube for Post-Operative Sore Throat and Hoarseness of Voice

  Nauman Habib, Aftab Hussain, Muhammad Akram, Ahsan Ali, Usman Saqib, Shanza Khan

  S93-96

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• Hepatitis B & C Among Patients of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and its Association with Pathological Factors

  Paras Memon, Ghulam Haider, Mehwish Roshan Shaikh, Bhunisha, Raja Rahul, Shumaila Beg

  S97-101

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• Association between Histopathologic Type of Ovarian Cancer and Serum CA-125 Level

  Hina Perveen, Ghulam Haider, Perwasha Kerio, Saima Zahoor, Khalil Mahar, Paras Memon

  S102-105

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• Association of Breastfeeding and Breast Cancer: A Case- Control Study

  Shumyla Beg, Ghulam Haider, Maryum Nouman, Kiran Abbas, Khalil Mahar, Abdus Sami, Moiz Ahmed, Ramesh Das Aahooja

  S106-110

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• ALK Gene Rearrangemnet in Lung Adenocarcinoma

  Berkha Rani, Ghulam Haider, Sana Sehar, Versha Rani Rai, Fnu Raja, Maliha Ashfaq

  S111-114

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• Evaluation of Effect of Iron Deficiency Anemia on HbA2 Levels

  Ammara Hafeez, Samina Naeem, Nasir ud Din Khattak, Helen Mary Robert, Shehneela Jabeen, Asma Tasneem

  S115-118

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• Assessment of the Risk Factors of Hypertension Among Adults in Pakistan

  Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Aleem Ud Din, Zia Ul Mustafa, Shafait Ali Rana, Ramla Kazmi, Adeel Qamar, Moiz Ahmed, Kiran Abbas

  S119-123

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• Awareness About the Risk Factors of Osteoarthritis Among Adult Population of Rawalpindi

  Areej Amanat, Maria Hasan, Javeria Hasan

  S124-127

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• Comparison of Percutaneous A1 Pulley Release versus Steroid Injection in Terms of Mean Pain Score in Trigger Digits

  Shahzad Inam, Muahmmad Ali Bashir, Rehana Islam, Muhammad Rehan Saleem, Mubashir Ahmad Bajwa, Wajahat Ali Nadeem

  S128-131

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• Frequency of Post Dural Puncture Headache with Median Versus Para-Median Approach of Spinal Anaesthesia in Patients Underwent Cesarean Section

  Aijaz Ali, Danish, Abdul Khalique, syed khurram khurram, Dr, Amir Suhail

  S132-135

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• Frequency of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Patientsof ContinuousFeed versus Bolus Enteral Feed

  Muhammad Ahmad, Mahboob Meer, Syed Mazhar Ali Naqvi, Muhammad Hussain, Sabir Khan, Nadeem Siddique

  S136-139

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• Hyperhomocysteinemia in Patients of Essential Hypertension Presenting with Acute Ischemic Stroke

  Ayaz Aslam, Abdul Latif Khattak, Syed Karamat Hussain Shah Bukhari, Ali Yousaf, Babar Rafique, Mohammad Khalid Azam khan

  S144-147

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• Add-On Therapy of Dapagliflozin to Metformin in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type-2; Efficacy and Renal Safety

  Benish Adil, Arshad Rabbani, Imran Arshad, Sualeha Ahmed, Muhammad Ali Khalid

  S148-151

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• Skeletal Maturity on Evaluation by using Dental Calcification as Diagnostic Tool

  Fakhira Nizam, Nasrullah Mengal, Sumbal Hayat

  S152-155

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• Total Etch versus Self Etch Adhesive; Effect on Post-Operative Sensitivity

  Nazish Iftikhar, Syed Muzammil Hussain, Fatima Tu Zahra, Maha Aslam, Ajmal Yousaf, Faisal Bhangar

  S156-159

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• Outbreak Investigation of Cutaneous Lesihmaniasis

  Izza Badar, Tariq Ismail, Mirza Amir Baig, Asghar Khan

  S160-164

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• Correlation between Tumor Size and Stage of Tumor among Different Body Mass Index Categories in Females with Breast Cancer

  Aveen Yousuf, Ghulam Haider, Neelma Bukhari, Maryum Nouman

  S165-169

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• Comparison of Post Circumcision Complications of Conventional Open Technique Versus Plastibell Method

  Shahzad Inam, Rizwan Ullah Taj, Mannan Masud, Wajahat Ali Nadeem, Rehana Islam, Muhammad Adil

  S170-173

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• Comparison of Maternal and Neonatal Outcome of Induction of Labour with Expectant Management in Patients with term Prelabour Rupture of Membranes

  Zaib Malik, Shakra Tabassum, Sadia Zainab, Anum Manzoor

  S174-178

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• Predictors of Response to Methotrexate Naïve Female Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

  Syed Nazir Ahmed, Salman Mushtaq, Babur Salim, Zafar Ayub, Pir Zahid, Ammar Ahmed

  S179-183

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• Association between Pain and Level of Disability in Patients with Degenerative Supraspinatus Tendinopathy

  Rida Rasheed, Ashfaq Ahmad, Fariha Khalid, Syed Amir Gillani, Faiza Sharif, Abeera Babur

  S184-187

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• Association Between Level of Expression of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (Her-2 Neu) And Age Among Breast Cancer Patients

  Mahnoor Ahsan, Ghulam Haider, Maliha Ashfaque, Tooba Ather, Abdus Sami Qureshi, Wishhal Sundar

  S188-192

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• Frequency of Horizontal Crown Fracture in Endodontically Treated Posterior Teeth Restored with Amalgam

  Pir Jawad Ali Shah, Syed Muzammil Hussain, Ajmal Yousaf, Faisal Bhangar, Maham Wahid, Nafiah Bashir

  S193-196

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• Renal Wasting of Electrolytes: Effect of Amikacin Used to Treat Infections - Tip of Iceberg for the Physicians

  Batool Butt, Khalid Raja, Ismail Ahmed

  S197-200

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• Post-Operative Benefits of Nasogastric Tubes in Patients with Gut Resection and Anastomosis: Myth or Reality?

  Muhammad Ahsan Ayaz, Muhammad Qasim Butt, Muhammad Mohsin Ayaz, Maryam Abbas, Saqib Islam, Zainab Qasim Butt

  S201-204

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• Health Related Quality of Life in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients

  Aimen Sabir, Shazia Nisar, Khalid Mahmood Raja, Ayesha Anwer, Marriam Hussain Awan, Maria Tariq

  S205-208

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• Frequency of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Symptomatic Patients of a Tertiary Care Hospital

  Sehrish Javed, Tariq Ghafoor, Shabbir Hussain, Farooq Ikram, Sidra Tanveer

  S209-212

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• Disturbed Quality of Sleep in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Reality or Myth?

  Ahmed Ammar Cheema, Amer Fakhr, Muhammad Zahid Hussain, Shanzah Shahbaz, Syed Uzair Maqsood, Muhammad Mehtab Shabir

  S213-216

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• Correlation between Haemoglobin and Glycosylated Hemoglobin Level among Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

  Afshan Khattak, Waqas Hanif, Muhammad Younas, Aamir Ijaz, Oshaque Ali, Safi Ullah, Sana Iqbal

  S217-220

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• Frequency of Hypothyroidism in Patients with Beta-Thalassemia Major

  Sehrish Javed, Tariq Ghafoor, Shabbir Hussain, Farooq Ikram, Raazia Nawaz

  S221-225

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• The Diagnostic Performance of the Circumpubertal Dental Maturation Phases for the Identification of Individual Specific Skeletal Maturation Phase using Mandibular Canine

  Sumbal Hayat, Nasrullah Mengal, Fakhira Nizam, Munaza Saeed

  S225-228

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• Association of Atrial Fibrillation with Age, Gender, Hypertension, and Diabetes Mellitus in Cases of Ischemic Stroke

  Aqeel Peter, Saeed Bin Ayaz, Muhammad Aadil

  S229-233

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• Assessment of Quality of Life in Haemodialysis Patients using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF) Questionnaire

  Salman Ali Syed, Ayesha Cheema, Mohammad Abdullah, Manahil Chaudhry, Ayesha malik, Zahid Farooq Baig

  S234-238

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• Pressure Saline Irrigation During Open Appendectomy and Its Impact on Surgical Site Infection in Complicated and Uncomplicated Appendictis

  Muhammad Mudassar Liaquat, Anas Bin Saif, Shahzad Ahmed Abbasi, Shahrukh Tariq, Yousaf Haroon, Kashif Khan

  S239-242

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