Vol. 68 No. 1 (2018): February

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Published: 28-02-2018

Editorial

POST ANTIBIOTIC ERA- THREAT, CHALLENGES AND ACTION PLAN Post Antibiotic ERA

Brig (Prof) Irfan Ali Mirza

01-03
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Original Articles

FREQUENCY OF PROTHROMBIN GENE MUTATION IN VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN NORTHERN PAKISTAN

Dr Zunera Sajjad, Saleem Ahmed Khan, Hamid Saeed Malik, Chaudry Altaf, Nabeela Khan, Ayesha Khurshid

04-07
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HISTOLOGICAL OUTCOME OF DUODENAL BIOPSIES IN PATIENTS WITH CLINICALLY SUSPECTED CELIAC DISEASE - A STUDY OF 100 CASES Duodenal Biopsies in Celiac Disease

Dr Tariq Sarfraz, Muhammad Matloob Ur Rehman, Hina Tariq, Saleem Ahmed Khan, Humaira Tariq, Samina Waqar, Aiza Sadia, Motia Kanwal, Faryal Zafar, Amna Hanif

08-12
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PROTHROMBIN G20210A GENE MUTATION IN PREGNANT FEMALES WITH THROMBOTIC OBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONS Gene Mutation With Thrombotic Obstetric Complications

Dr Maha Anis Alam, Mohammad Ayyub, Saqib Qayyum Ahmad, Nosheen Ali

13-17
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SPECTRUM OF XY DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN XY Disorders of Sex Development

Dr Zujaja Hina Haroon, Aamir Ijaz, Muhammad Asad Haroon, Naveed Asif, Qudrat Ullah Malik, Muhammad Ayyub

18-23
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ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF METHYLGLYOXAL AGAINST MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT SALMONELLA TYPHI Multi-Drug Resistant Salmonella Typhi

Dr Raja Kamran Afzal, Abdul Hannan, Syed Azhar Ahmed, Fizza Khalid

24-28
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EVALUATION OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS FOR INSULIN RESISTANCE IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL Chronic Kidney Disease & Insulin Resistance

Dr Sufyan Tahir, Asma Hayat, Saleem Ahmed Khan, Tariq Mahmood Ahmad, Saqibah Rehman, Numan Majeed

29-33
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COMPARING NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND TREATMENT WITH HONEY DRESSING IN HEALING OF FOOT ULCERS IN DIABETICS Honey Dressing in Healing of Foot Ulcers

Dr Rasikh Maqsood, Umar Bashir, Hassan Shabbir

34-38
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EFFICACY OF PRIMARY WOUND CLOSURE IN PATIENTS WITH PERFORATED APPENDICITIS IN TERMS OF POSTOPERATIVE SURGICAL SITE INFECTION Perforated Appendicitis

Dr Sohail Ilyas, Farhan Ullah, Saadat Ali Janjua

39-44
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COMPARISON OF THE HEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF LATERAL AND SITTING POSITIONS DURING INDUCTION OF SPINAL ANAESTHESIA FOR CAESAREAN SECTION USING HYPERBARIC BUPIVACAINE Hemodynamic Effects of Spinal Anaesthesia

Dr Muhammad Ali, Asjad Sharif, Syed Ehtesham Haider Naqvi

45-49
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A COMPARISON OF MORBIDITY ASSOCIATED WITH PLACENTA PREVIA WITH AND WITHOUT PREVIOUS CAESAREAN SECTIONS Morbidity Associated With Placenta Previa

Dr Asifa Siraj, Shehla Baqai, Nusrat Noor

50-53
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EFFECTIVENESS OF RECTAL MISOPROSTOL IN CESSATION OF POST PARTUM HAEMORRHAGE Rectal Misoprostol in PPH

Dr Samia Nasreen, Shehla Baqai, Bushra Iftikhar, Sumaira Bukhsh, Muhammad Kamran

54-59
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EFFECTIVENESS OF MANUAL VACUUM ASPIRATION FOR INCOMPLETE AND MISSED MISCARRIAGES AT CMH RAWALPINDI Manual Vacuum Aspiration For Incomplete And Missed Miscarriages

Dr Bushra Afzal, Naila Tahir, Khawar Afzal, Salma Kayani

60-63
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EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF KETAMINE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF REFRACTORY STATUS EPILEPTICUS (RSE) IN ADULTS Management of Refractory Status Epilepticus

Dr Waseem Raja, Jahanzeb Liaqat, Waseem Wali

64-68
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CLINICAL PATHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS PATIENTS PRESENTING AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL - A SINGLE CENTRE STUDY Clinical Characteristics of SLE Patients

Dr Syed Ali Shiram, Mushtaq Ahmed, Shazia Nisar

69-74
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VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA AMONG PATIENTS ON MECHANICAL VENTILATION AT TERTIARY CARE CENTRES Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Dr Muhammad Yasir Rafiq, Aamer Ikram, Amna Afzal, Gohar Zaman, Bushra Usman, Muhammad Ayyub

75-79
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COMPARISON OF YIELDS OF KOH MOUNT AND PAS STAINING OF NAIL CLIPPINGS FOR HYPHAE IN CASES OF ONYCHOMYCOSIS Yields of KOH Mount & PAS Staining of Nail Clippings

Dr Humayun Agha, Fozia Noreen, Naeem Raza, Naveed Akhtar Malik

80-84
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DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF ULTRASOUND IN DETERMINING ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS BASED ON SPLENIC SIZE ASSESSMENT Esophageal Varices in Hepatic Cirrhosis

Dr Usman Ali, Saira Ahmed, Asim Shehzad, Rabia Sajjad

85-89
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DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF QUANTITATIVE WASHOUT CALCULATED ON TRIPHASIC CT SCAN FOR DIAGNOSIS OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA KEEPING HISTOPATHOLOGY AS GOLD STANDARD Quantitative Washout Calculated on Triphasic CT Scan

Dr Huma Hameed, Muhammad Nafees, Syed Sameeuddin

90-95
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COMPARISON OF LEVOBUNOLOL 0.5% WITH BRIMONIDINE 0.2% TO PREVENT MEAN INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ELEVATION AFTER NEODYMIUM: YATRIUMALUMINIUM GARNET LASER CAPSULOTOMY Yatrium-Aluminium Garnet Laser Capsulotomy

Dr Asfandyar ., Muhamad Manzoor, Dilshad Ali, Bilal Murtaza, Abid Naqvi

96-100
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ROLE OF INTRANASAL SPLINTS IN PREVENTING POSTOPERATIVE NASAL MUCOSAL ADHESIONS Intranasal Splints For Prevention of Nasal Mucosal Adhesion

Dr Tarique Ahmed Maka, Zafarullah Khan, Usman Akhtar, Bilal Akram, Mubashir Iqbal

101-05
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CAUSES AND OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Dr Naveed Haroon Rashid, Maria Ali Khan, Salman Bin Mahmood, Muhammad Aziz, Safia Awan, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi

106-13
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QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG LOWER LIMB PROSTHESIS USERS ATTENDING ARTIFICIAL LIMB CENTER OF FAUJI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL RAWALPINDI Prosthesis Users And Quality of Life

Dr Tahira Amjad, Umay Kalsoom Umay Kalsoom, Saima Bairam

114-18
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IS GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME DIFFERENT IN PAKISTAN? Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Dr Waseem Iqbal, Tahir Mukhtar Sayed, Wasim Wali, Nadeem Ahmed, Aamir Waheed Butt, Zaheer Ahmad Gill

119-24
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FAMILY RELATIONS, QUALITY OF LIFE AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS AMONG AMPUTEES AND PROSTHETICS Amputees And Prosthetics

Dr Mussarat Jabeen Khan, Sarah Fatima Dogar, Uzma Masroor

125-30
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PARENTAL PSYCHOSOCIAL ATTITUDES AND OPINIONS ON THE USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION IN MENTAL DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD Psychotropic Medication in Mental Disorders of Childhood

Dr Hafsa Abid, Syed Usman Hamdani, Fakhira Shafique, Muhammad Aadil

131-36
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, STRESS AND SELF HARM AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY Depression, Anxiety, Stress And Self Harm

Dr Najam Ul Hasan Abbasi, Asad Raza, Maryam Khurshid, Muhammad Ibrahim Ansari

137-42
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ASSESSMENT OF SLEEP QUALITY AND PATTERNS SUGGESTIVE OF SOMNIOPATHIES AMONG STUDENTS OF ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE, RAWALPINDI Sleep Quality And Patterns Suggestive of Somniopathies

Dr Amina Nadeem, Maryam Khalid Cheema, Maryum Naseer, Hamra Javed

143-48
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ASSOCIATION OF PLASMA LEPTIN WITH CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM (CAC) IN ADULTS Plasma Leptin And Coronary Artery Calcium

Dr Aysha Habib Khan, Sheharbano Imran, Zainab Hussain, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Zaffar Sajjad

149-53
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SYRINGE FEEDING VERSUS BOTTLE FEEDING; IMPACT ON BREAST FEEDING Feeding Methods For Neonates

Dr Muhammad Aatif, Jawad Jalil, Faisal Basheer

154-58
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PREVALANCE OF PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME AND KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT REGARDING IT’S PREVENTION AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS OF A PRIVATE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF ISLAMABAD Premenstrual Syndrome And It’s Knowledge

Dr Umay Kalsoom, Abida Sultana, Tahira Amjad, Saima Bairam

159-64
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EXPLORING THE STATUS AND DETERMINANTS OF ROUTINE EPI IMMUNIZATION AMONG CHILDREN IN SOUTHERAN DISTRICT OF PUNJAB Status And Determinants of EPI Immunization

Dr Faizan Haider Rizvi, Khaqan Haider, Shams Ullah, Abid Hussain Rizvi, Muhammad Sadiq Zia, Abeer Ashfaq

165-70
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ANASTROZOL EFFECTS ON THE HISTOMORPHOLOGY OF RABBIT LENS Anastrozol Effects

Dr Khadija Qamar, Aamna Khalil, Faiza Umbreen, Muhammad Sarwar Zia

171-75
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Case Reports

ACUTE MOTOR AXONAL NEUROPATHY VARIANT OF GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME PRESENTING WITH BRISK KNEE JERKS Acute Motor Axonal Neuropathy

Dr Muhammad Tariq, Faiza Kanwal

176-77
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PRIMARY PERICARDIAL LIPOSARCOMA IN A YOUNG LADY Pericardial Liposarcoma

Dr Hamza Ali Lodhi, Muhammad Waqas, Srinavasa Jampana, Santiago Aguilar, Asim Mushtaq, Hina Farooq

178-79
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FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL VIA TRACHEOSTOMY. AN UNCOMMON OCCURRENCE Foreign Body Removal Via Tracheostomy

Dr Kamran Ashfaq Ahmed Butt, Zaheer Ul Hassan, Maryam Khan, Chaudhry Muhammad Bilal Akram

180-81
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Letter to the Editor

MEDICAL ETHICS IN MILITARY MEDICAL SETUPS Medical Ethics

Dr Muhammad Fayyaz

182
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