Vol. 74 No. 3 (2024): June

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Editorial

• Cell and Gene Therapy: The Present and Future of Medicine

  Raheel Iftikhar

  594-596

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Original Articles

• Sero-Molecular Detection of Transfusion Transmissible Infections Among Thalassemic Patients in Pakistan

  Muhammad Ali Rathore, Mohammad Abdul Naeem, Anum Javed Abbasi, Eijaz Ghani, Saifullah Khan Niazi, Misbah Noor

  597-601

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• Doppler Analysis of Hepatic Venous Waveforms: A Reliable Way to Diagnose and Guess the Size of Esophageal Varices in People with Cirrhosis of the Liver

  Sehrish Azam, Rizwan Azam, Saerah Iffat Zafar, Iram Mohsin, Hafsa Sadiq, Syeda Fatima

  602-606

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• Quality and Quantity of Sleep and its Effects on Academic Performance Among Medical and Nonmedical Students

  Mommana Ali Rathore, Aliya Hisam, Syed Fawad Mashhadi, Majid Khan, Zara Irfan, Eeman Amir

  607-611

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• Delays in Arterio-Venous Fistula Formation Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease; A Comparative Analysis Between Patient  and Healthcare Related Factorstween Patient and Healthcare Related Factors

  Muhammad Arslan Javaid, Zahid Farooq Baig, Imran Ahmed, Nisar Ahmed, Ubaid Tanseer, Muhammad Arslan Javed, Muhammad Siddique

  612-616

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• Comparison between the use of Titanium Clips and Monopolar Diathermy for Closure of the Mesoappendix in Laproscopic Appendectomy in terms of Operative Time and Cost

  Shahzad Akhtar, Tariq Mukhtar Farrani, Mukarram Hussain, Muhammad Yousaf, Ghazanfar Jabbar, Talha Makshoof

  790-793

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• Hirsutism and Depression in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

  Naveed Shehzad Ahmad, Talha Waheed, Mariam Iftikhar, Arzinda Fatima, Syed Muhammad Omer, Waqas Farooq

  825-828

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• Early Complications of Surfactant Administration In Neonates

  Hafiz zulqar nain, Muhammad Tariq Nadeem, Sammar Hussain, Ali Mujtaba, Saeed Zaman, Waleed Ali

  821-824

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• Comparative Study Between Permethrin-5% and Oral Ivermectin for the Treatment of Scabies

  Naheed Khan, Majid Hussain, Bushra Muzaffar, Adeel Siddique, Rizwan Ali Khan, Tamoor Nazir

  817-820

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• Gastric Variceal Bleeding In Patients of Liver Cirrhosis With Portal Hypertension

  Muhammad Fahad Zakir, Adeel Afzal, Hamid Ali Kalwar, Ghulam Mujtaba, Shahid Karim, Manzoor Hussain

  812-816

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• Theophylline versus NSAID in the Treatment of Postdural Puncture  Headache in Obstetric Patients

  Tariq Mehmood, Rao Ali Shan Khan, Muhammad Awais Qarni; Kaukab Majeed Kayani; Usman Khalid, Hina Iftikhar

  808-811

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• Delay in Clozapine Initiation in Patients with Treatment-Resistance  Schizophrenia Presenting Tertiary Psychiatric Facilities

  Asad Ullah Jan, Sajid Rahim

  804-807

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• Comparison of Outcome of Metformin And Inositol on Hormonal Aspects in Women with Polycystic Ovaries: A Quasi-Experimental Study

  Namra Mazhar, Ghazala Mahmud, Mazhar Ashfaq, Shakira Tabassum, Amina Akbar, Fatima Idrees

  799-803

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• Adjuvant Per-Operative Triamcinolone use in Lumbar Disc Surgery to  Alleviate Post-Operative Pain

  Syed Adeel Ahmed, Habib Ullah Khan, Awais Ali Khan, Zahid Hussain, Asif Rasheed, Babar Shamim

  794-798

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• Epidemiology of Operative Hand Infections Presenting at the Emergency  Care Services of Civil Hospital Karachi

  Unza Shaikh, Bushra Zulfiqar, Faisal Akhlaq Ali Khan, Waqas Sami, Zaara Zahid, Suneel Kumar

  829-834

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• Frequency of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus carriers in Intensive Care  Unit Staff of Tertiary Care Hospitals

  Muhammad Hammad, Asad Mahmood, Amna Aziz, Muhammad Yasir, Hafiz Asad Saeed

  785-789

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• The Effect of Fibrosis on DNA Yield from Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded Tissues

  Muhammad Naveed, Hassan Tariq, Asma Gul, Natasha Arzo, Muhammad Hussain, Sumaira Buksh

  780-784

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• Clinical Response of EMLA Cream in Decreasing Peripheral Cannulation Pain in Children

  Sana Tariq, Rao Ali Shan Khan, Arooj Shahid, Hassan Tariq, Tanveer Ahmed Khan, Ahmed Bilal Khalique

  776-779

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• Evaluation of Risk Factors in Individuals with Vascular Thrombosis at High Altitude

  Atif Latif, Qurrat-ul- Ain, Muhammad Zaman, Manzoor Qadir, Sajid Ali Shah

  771-775

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• Short-Term Outcome of Tetralogy of Fallot Repair: A Single Center Experience    in A Developing Country

  Aliya Kemal Ahsan, Rumana Sangi, Abdul Sattar Shaikh, Rajab Ali Khokhar, Mujeeb ur Rehman, Sohail Khan Bangash, Saad Bader Zaki, Najma Patel

  767-770

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• Relationship of Train-of-Four (Neuromuscular Monitoring) With Head Lift for Five Seconds During Emergence From General Anesthesia

  Syed Zeeshan Haider, Muhammad Rashid Iqbal, Muhammad Adil

  763-766

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• Comparison of Gain In Length After Post Burn Contracture Release By Z-Plasty And Square Flap

  Aiman Naseem, Faisal Akhlaq, Hyder Ali, Usamah bin Waheed, Erum Naz, Maryam Noor

  758-762

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• Post Central Line Insertion Complication Rate in Tertiary Care Hospital  Comparison between Different Sites

  Muhammad Ahsan Mahmood, Salman Saleem, Sadaf Nawaz, Ali Ghawas, Ahsan Amer, Ahmed Amer

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• Comparison between Primary Repair and Ileostomy in the Management of  Typhoid Intestinal Perforation

  Utban Ali Shah, S M Ammar Rameez, Khurram Sarfaraz Bajwa, Momina Javed, Tabish Iqbal, Asad Malik

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• Cognitive Impairment and Its Correlation with Depression

  Sikandar Ali Khan, Jawad Jalil, Mehreen Sajjad

  874-878

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• Correlation of Socioeconomic Status And Anemia in Children Under Five Years of Age

  Summyah Niazi, Aysha Babar, Mahwash Mengal, Ibrahim Liaqat, Raheela Adil, Shama Iqbal

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• Role of Vitamin D Supplementation in Prevention of Recurrent Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

  Muhammad Sarfraz, Muhammad Ali Hashmi, Abdul Hakim, Kashif Obaid Niazi, Kamran Zamurrad Malik, Shakeel Ahmed

  754-757

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• Hepatitis C Virus Frequency in Hemodialysis Patients at A Tertiary Care Facility   in Rawalpindi, Northern Pakistan

  Muhammad Ali Rathore, Muhammad Khaleeq Saqi, Eijaz Ghani, Saifullah Khan Niazi, faraz ahmed, Hina Hammad

  861-864

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• Relationship between Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Diameter and Body Mass Index  for Preoperative Prediction of Nerve Size in Thyroidectomy

  Muhammad Sarfraz, Asif Alam Gul, Umer Asim, Shahid Farooq, Naeem Riaz, Imran Yaseen

  857-860

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• Comparative Evaluation of Available Immune-Chromatographic Tests Used for Detection of Plasmodium Species, A Tertiary Care Hospital Experience

  Nabila Rafique, Mohammad Abdul Naeem, Maria Khan, Muhammad Bilal Asghar, Zohra Farooq, Sobia Umar

  853-856

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• Severity of Acute Hepatitis and Its Outcome in Patients with Dengue Fever in Tertiary Care Hospital Rawalpindi

  Usama Zahid, Shazia Nisar, Salman Saleem, Abdul Rehman Azeem, Maira Aleem, Muhammad Arif Sadiq

  849-852

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• Th Management and Complications of Staged Approach in Children with  Anorectal Malformations; Experience at Tertiary Care Facility

  Habib-ur- Rehman, Ghazanfar Ali, Arif Mehmood, Javed-ur- Rahman, Naveed Ahmed, Ghulam Fareed

  844-848

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• Intraoperative Gallbladder Scoring Predicts Difficulty of Surgery and Conversion of Laparoscopic to Open Cholecystectomy

  Waleed Umer, Rifaat Qamar Naqvi, Fahad Shakil, Mansoor Tariq

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• Frequency of Low Bone Mineral Density and Its Age and Gender Related   Association in Pakistani Population

  Muhammad Farooq, Sajida Shaheen, Majida Farooq, Hannan Zafar, Amna Saleem

  835-838

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• Ultrasound-Guided Central Venous Cannulation in Neonates: A Comparison Between Introducer Needle and Cannula over the Needle Techniques

  Azmat Riaz, Shahid Maqsood, Kaukab Majeed, Syed Ali Mazhar Rizvi, Amran Hafiz, Aman Gulrez

  636-639

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• Response of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Triple Negative Breast Cancer and the Impact of Pathologic Complete Response on Survival, an Institutional Research

  Muhammad Rashid Hanif, Abdul Wahab, Amna Moeed, Shafquat Ali Khan, Rizwan Masood Sheikh, Neelam Siddiqui

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• Role of Real Time Ultrasound B-Scan in Eyes with Advanced Cataract, by Documenting   Frequency of Different Posterior Segment Pathologies

  Urossa Asim, Ayesha Niaz

  670-674

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• Frequency of Tension-type Headache in Females Presenting with Chronic Daily Headaches

  Taimoor Saleem, Bassam Khalid, Umer Naseer, Mehmood Hussain, Hamna Ahmed Khan, Khurram Haq Nawaz

  666-669

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• Comparison Between Haematological Parameters and Clinical Disease Severity in Covid-19 Infection Patients at a Tertiary Care Diagnostic Centre in Pakistan

  Intzar Ali, Helen Mary Robert, Komal Andleeb, Noman Anjum Rana, Sumaira Ilyas, Muhammad Shahid

  661-665

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• Use of Immature Platelet Fraction as a Prognostic Marker in Dengue Fever

  Amina Hussain, Asif Niaz, Muhammad Tahir Younas, Uzma Qayyum, Fuad Ahmed Siddiqui, Sana Uruj

  657-660

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• Predictors and Outcomes in Gestational Diabetes Requiring Insulin Therapy

  Ambreen Ehsan, Abida Aslam, Zahir-ud-Din Babar, Maryam Zubair, Sadaf Zohra, Shahzad Bashir Momina

  652-656

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• Bonemarrow Fibrosis Grade; A Useful Prognostic Marker in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

  Muhammad Bilal Asghar, Hamid Saeed Malik, Nabila Rafique, Manzar Bozdar, Rafia Mahmood, Intzar Ali

  647-651

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• Exploring Attributes of Health Professions Educationists in their Workplace with the Lens of Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice: An Exploratory Study

  Shaista Noor Qureshi, Khaula Gul, Faiza Gulfam, Fouzia Sulatana, Zainab Akbar, Sana Siddiqui

  640-646

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• Surgical Experiences and Results of the Management of Double Chambered Right Ventricle

  Mujahid Razzaq, Salman Ahmed Shah, Saeedah Asaf; Muhammad Asim Khan, Tehmina Kazmi, Uzma Kazmi

  680-684

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• Moderate to Severe Thrombocytopenia and Survival Predictors in Pregnant Women  During the Post-COVID-19 Pandemic ERA

  Sofia Naz, Islam Bano, Munnaza Andleeb, Zahra Waseem, Zoha Nisar

  631-635

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• Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology: An Effective Diagnostic  Tool in Pulmonary Medicine

  Abdul Rasheed Qureshi, Babar Mumtaz, Zaheer Akhtar, Zeeshan Ashraf, Muhammad Sajid, Muhammad Amir

  626-630

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• Association of Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2) Polymorphism at SNP RS20417 with Aspirin Resistance in Pakistani Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease

  Mudassar Noor, Syed Zubair Hussain Shah, Usman Nawaz, Qaiser Mansoor

  622-625

• Frequency of Postpartum Depression Among Covid-19 Affected Mothers

  Abeera Choudary, Faiqa Chugtai, Hira Shafqat, Asifa Siraj, Zainab Abbas, Maria Habib

  617-621

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• Health Professionals Attitude, Knowledge and Practices towards COVID-19 Infection at Karachi, Pakistan

  Muhammad Rahies Khan, Mubashir Ali Khan, Muhammad Nadir Khan

  685-688

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• The Role of Alpha Blocker Drugs in Reducing Double J Stent Related Symptoms

  Waqar Ahmed Memon, Ali Haider Khowaja, Salman El Khalid, Asadullah ., Sherjeel Saulat, Jahanzeb Sheikh, Khadijah Abid

  689-692

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• Comparison of SARS-COV-2 Infection Between Sero Positive and Sero Negative Healthcare Workers After Six Months in a Tertiary Care Hospital

  Muhammad Anwar, Muhammad Yasir Rafiq, Tufail Ahmad, Majid Latif, Sameena Nazir, Muhammad Shaheer Jamal

  693-697

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• Evaluation of Antithrombin-III Deficiency and Factor V Leiden Mutation in Patients with Stroke in Young Patients

  Hamad Khan, Khurram Haq Nawaz, Muhammad Asif Nizami, Hamid Mukhtar, Faisal Shabbier Sheikh, Muhammad Anjum

  698-702

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• Frequency of ABO Incompatibility in Neonates as Cause of Neonatal Jaundice  admitted in a Neonatal Unit of Tertiary Care Hospital

  Ammara Jamil, Farooq Ikram, Raazia Nawaz, Shaista Mumtaz, Murtaza Hussain, Saad Ateeq

  703-707

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• Correlation of Oxygen Saturation on Pulse Oximeter With Chest CT Severity Score in Young Adult Covid-19 Patients

  Bassam Khalid, Taimoor Saleem, Umer Naseer, Asif Hashmat, Khurshid Muhammad Uttra, Najib Ullah Khan

  708-711

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• Analysis of Perioperative Findings of Cholecystectomy in relation to American   Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Status

  Faheem ., Umar Fayyaz Ghani, Yousaf Ali Shah, Uzma Javed Gul, Rohan Qamar, Rashid Iqbal Khan

  712-716

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• Transcatheter Cardiac Interventions in Neonates with Congenital Heart Disease:  A Single Centre Experience

  Fazal ur Rehman, Muhammad Talal Arshad, Mujeeb ur Rehman, Shakeel Ahmed, Abdul Sattar Shaikh, Veena Kumari

  717-721

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• Comparison of Maternal Bleeding During Preterm and Term Cesarean Delivery

  Saima Irfan, Rubina Mushtaq, Sumaira Khan, Maliha Khawar, Nafeesa Hiba

  722-725

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• Can Dynamic Changes in Inflammatory Markers Predict Outcomes in COVID-19 Infection?

  Umama Tahir, Siraj Muhammad, Abdul Rehman Arshad, Muhammad Azam Mallhi, Yumna Tahir

  726-730

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• Open Versus Closed Negative Pressure Wound Therapy For Contaminated and Dirty Surgical Wounds: A Quasi-Experimental Study

  Saqib Hameed, Mubashir Hanif, Zaki Hussain Salamat, Sohail Ilyas, Omar Farooq, Shafqat Rehman

  731-735

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• Comparison of Anastomotic Leakage in Interrupted Versus Continuous Single Layer   Extramucosal Anastomotic Techniques in Jejunum

  Mujahid Ali Khoso, Zahid Hussain, Saeed Bin Ayaz, Zulfiqar Ali Shaikh, Farhan Ahmed Majeed, Syed Majid Waseem

  736-739

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• Association of Age and Parity with Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension

  Abida Ashraf, Samina Hameed, Yasmin ., Mansoor Ahmad, Muhammad Zeeshan Saleem, Ijaz Ahmed

  740-743

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• Pattern of Healthcare-Associated Infections in a Tertiary Care Setting

  Anam Tariq, Irfan Ali Mirza, Qanita Fahim, Fatima Hameed, Ayesha Khalid, Ambar Ashfaq

  744-748

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• Comparison of Outcome Between Early and Delayed Repair of Flexor Tendons

  Aiman Naseem, Faisal Akhlaq Ali, Hyder Ali, Usamah bin Waheed, Mehak Ali

  749-753

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Review Articles

• Vitamin D and Calcium Pharmaceutical Supplements: All we Need  to Know to Choose the Right One

  Hafsa Majid, Nawazish Zehra, Ablooj Khan, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib Khan

  884-888

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Case Reports

• A Rare Case of Sino-Nasal Teratocarcinosarcoma (Response to Induction Chemotherapy)

  Muhammad Haris Rauf, Asma Asghar, Ali Zafar Sheikh,, Anis-ur-Rehman,, Kashif Siddique,

  891-892

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• Paraphenylenediamine (PPD) Poisoning: A Case with a Fatal Outcome

  Attia Khaliq, Amir Rashid, Karamat Ali, Laila Yaseen

  889-890

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