Qureshi, Maryam Faiz Usmani, Ambreen
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Objective: To determine the incidence of anatomical variants of sinonasal region and its correlation with symptoms of sinusitis. Methods: The study was conducted from January-June 2020 at Radiology Department of PNS Shifa Hospital, Karachi. The study involved 50 symptomatic subjects of sinusitis with age ranges from 18-60 years which were prepared ...
Khan, Bilal Ahmed Saifullah, Lail, Amanullah Khan, Saeed
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Background & Objectives: The Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) transmitted to the humans through Aedes species of the mosquitoes. In December 2016, a severe outbreak reported from Pakistan. However, there is no vaccine or anti-viral treatment currently available so host immune response against CHIKV gained significant interest. Therefore, this study was co...
Malik, Mazhar Munir, Nargis Ghani, M. Usman Ahmad, Nasir
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Objectives: To find out the relationship of domestic violence with depression, anxiety and quality of life in married women in hospitals of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Methods: This co-relational study was conducted in Rawalpindi Institute of Health Sciences from January 2019 to December 2019. All the females’ patients who were the victim of domestic...
Carkci, Engin Polat, Ayse Esin Ozturkmen, Yusuf Tuzuner, Tolga
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Objective: In this study we aimed to investigate the long-term clinical and radiological results, revision rates and causes, and the rate of implant survival in total hip arthroplasty performed using CLS® expansion cup and Spotorno® cementless femoral stem. Methods: Clinical results of total hip arthroplasty performed on 131 hips of 114 patients in...
Mumtaz, Nazia Saqulain, Ghulam Mumtaz, Nadir
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Being diagnosed as positive for SARS-2 CoV RNA on PCR generates anxiety and stress as well as depression due to the prospects of being isolated. With genetically varied forms of virus on the rise the widely adopted manner to protect oneself is social distancing. This is frightening for rehabilitation professionals who at times are exposed at close ...
Wang, Yujun Ji, Yun Wang, Yuedong
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, has progressed to a pandemic associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Little is known about the healthcare workers who died fighting the disease in China. This paper analyzed the data of 78 Chinese healthcare workers who died in the fight against COVID...
Iqbal, Mariam Danish Naeem, Tahir Khurshid, Umar Hameed, Fatima
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Objective: Globally childhood diarrheal diseases continue to be the second leading cause of death. Cryptosporidium spp are important intestinal parasites that cause diarrhea in humans and animals particularly in developing countries. This investigation was carried out to find out the frequency of cryptosporidiosis in children presenting with persis...
Irfan, Farhana
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related technologies is rapidly increasing and its application in clinical practice is a promising area of development. Artificial Intelligence can be a solution in the future as a physician’s new assistant; AI-physician combinations can act like models of ‘peaceful co-existence’. While it has the potenti...
Al-Maghrabi, Jaudah
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Objective: The loss of expression of syndecansyndecan-1 is associated with poor prognosis in many types of human cancer. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relation between syndecan-1 immunoexpression and several clinicopathological parameters in a subset of colorectal carcinoma (CRC) patients. Methods: Pathology tissue blocks of 202 p...
Ali, Sobia Tabassum, Afifa Hashmi, Muhammad Suleman Sadiq Huda, Nighat
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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Objectives: To share the experience of study skill module development and implementation for first year MBBS students at Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College (LNH&MC). To compare the change in students’ self- assessment of their knowledge of study skills before and after the course. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted from...
