Zuo, Na-ying Zhang, Yuan-da Dong, Qing-wei Bi, Jing Liu, Xiao
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Objectives: To evaluate the outcome of anti-HP treatment on the nutritional status of children with Helicobacter pylori-positive gastritis. Methods: Sixty children with Helicobacter pylori-positive gastritis admitted to our hospital from June 2018 to June 2020 were selected as the experimental group, and 60 healthy normal people (Hp negative) were ...
Khokhar, Abdul Rehman Cheema, Abdul Majeed
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Objectives: The study objective was to establish serum TSH cut off value for diagnosis of new case of congenital hypothyroidism and to estimate frequency of Congenital Neonatal Hypothyroidism. Methods: A case control study was conducted at DHQ Teaching Hospital of DG Khan Medical College, Dera Ghazi Khan during 2020 to establish reference values of...
Kotani, Kazuhiko
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Ozturk, Guzin Zeren Egici, Memet Taskın Sagsoz, Osman Bukhari, Mulazim Hussain
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Objective: The study aimed to investigate the effect of Ramadan Fasting on Patients with Chronic Diseases and their experience during fasting. Methods: This study was a descriptive research that used a researcher-designed questionnaire in face-to-face interviews with individuals who have at least one chronic disease and visit, for any reason, the I...
Alamgir, Muhammad Sajjad, Mehwish Baig, Mirza Saifullah Noori, Muhammad Yahya
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Objectives: To assess the mutational frequencies in Mycobacterial rpoB gene using GeneXpert/MTB Rif Assay in rifampicin resistant patients during 2013-2017 at a tertiary care setting in Urban Sindh, Pakistan. Methods: This Retrospective Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study was conducted at the TB laboratories, Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases, Dow Uni...
Ahmed, Jameel Riaz, Musarrat Imtiaz, Rabia
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Ali, Muzaffar Mirza, Lubna
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignancy that arises from the adrenal cortex and often presents as adrenal incidentaloma on abdominal scans with rise in the use of imaging modalities. ACC often presents as Cushing’s syndrome or virilization. On the other hand, pheochromocytoma is an adrenal medullary tumor. It is rare for ACC to present ...
Saeed, Sahrai Rajani, Ronak
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
At the end of 2019 a novel coronavirus was identified in Wuhan, China. The disease caused by the severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was designated COVID-19 (corona virus disease 2019) by the World Health Organization in early 2020. Up to 80% of patients with COVID-19 experience mild symptoms with severe or critica...
Jamal, Saba Meraj, Fatima Mansoor, Neelum Parveen, Sadia Shaikh, Ameerah Jabbar, Naeem
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Objectives: Acute leukaemia is the most common and highly curable childhood malignancy; subtyping and identification of antigens via immunophenotyping helps in treatment plan as well as minimal residual disease monitoring. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted at the Haematology section of the clinical laboratories of Ziauddin University ...
Ugur, Murat Adiyeke, Esra Recep, Eymen Bakan, Nurten Yiyit, Nurettin
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Background and Objectives: COVID-19 might cause thrombosis in the arterial and venous system either directly or via indirect means such as cytokine storm or hypoxia. Enoxaparin might contribute to clinical recovery in COVID-19 patients, both by reducing the risk of thrombosis with anticoagulant effect and avoiding the cytokine storm with its anti-i...
