Vol. 74 No. 1 (2024): JANUARY

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

Dr. Fatema Jawad

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EDITORIAL

Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency

Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Thomas Benfield, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Stephen Hancocks, Richard Horton, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Robert Mash, Peush Sahni, Wadeia Mohammad Sharief, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Comparison of positional distraction with stabilisation exercises versus stabilisation exercises alone in the management of lumbar radiculopathy. A randomized controlled-trial

Salman Khan, Farheen Hasnain, Rabail Rani Soomro, Asim Rehmani

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Comparison of muscle energy technique and facet joint mobilisation in the patient with chronic neck pain: A randomized controlled trial

Huma Tabassum, Misbah Mariam, Kirran Sikandar Gondal

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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Preference of the patient’s family for family-centred care in a paediatric hospital

Usman Tauseef, Misbah Anjum, Zubair Ahmed Khoso, Syed Habib Ahmed, Noshaba Noor, Muniba Jalil

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The aetiology, risk factors and outcome of acute kidney injury in patients requiring kidney replacement therapy – a prospective single center experience

Rabeea Abbas, Tabassum Elahi, Shumaila Manan, Shafique Younas

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Prevalence and association of musculoskeletal disorders among breastfeeding women in Saudi Arabia

Sattam Almutairi, Raghad Aljutaily, Raghad Alshuwayman, Marzouq Almutairi, Yousef Alshehre

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Comparison of thrombomodulin, vWF, and ADAMTS13 levels between preeclampsia and normal pregnancy

Aisha Ahmad, Ghulam Mustafa , Nazish Mazari, Muhammad Asif Naveed

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Drug susceptibility, Prevalence and effect of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on wound healing from burn patients

Saima Azam, Mohammad Zahid Mustafa, Muhammad Kamran Taj, Muhammad Azam Mengal, Muhammad Alam Mengal, Ashiq Hussain

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Incidence of infection in carpal tunnel surgery with and without the use of local antibiotics

Bilal Khan, Ikram Alam, Sajjad Ullah, Bakht Jamal

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Ripple effects of COVID-19 lockdown pertaining to clinical skills among undergraduate medical students of Karachi

Asma Shaikh, Mawara Amin, Azhar Uddin, Mahrukh Khan, Muhammad Ammad Hussain, Ubaid Ahmed Khan

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Pulmonary barotrauma as a complication of mechanical ventilation for management of COVID-19 associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (CARDS)

Shahmeer Khan, Kiran Hilal, Ainan Arshad, Avinash Nankani, Syeda Zoha Zehra Rizvi, Tanveer Ul Haq

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Correlation of lymphocyte subsets and inflammatory biomarkers with disease severity in COVID-19 patients

Khawar Abbas, Wajiha Musharraf, Mirza Naqi Zafar, Jawahar Lal, Sunil Dodani, Syed Adibul Hassan Rizvi

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The applications of miniprobe endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis and treatment of colorectal submucosal lesions

Weizhen Zhou, Guang Li, Xiao Liu, Ru Gao, Yingxin Gao, Jianyu Hao, Xinjuan Liu

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Radiotherapy of prostate and head-and-neck tumour: an optimal treatment planning comparison for intensity modulated radiotherapy and volumetric modulated arctherapy techniques

Ghulam Murtaza

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Comparison of intravenous ibuprofen and paracetamol for peri-operative analgesia in paediatric day care tonsillectomy: research article

Amna Zaheer, Kaukab Majeed, Asjad Sharif, Saima Bashir, Adeela Khan, Azhar Niwaz

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Tunneled dialysis catheter utilization and patency: a retrospective-prospective study from a tertiary care hospital in Karachi Pakistan

Misbah Tahir, Muhammad Ali, Danial Khalid Siddiqui, Noureen Durrani, Jawaid Iqbal, Khalid Mustafa

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Self-reported musculoskeletal pain, headache, jaw pain and swallowing dysfunction in a sample of young Saudi adults who stutter

Abdulaziz Almudhi, Hamayun Zafar

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Serum resistin and lipid profile in primigravida females with and without preeclampsia: an analytical cross-sectional study

Mehwish Rana, Mohsin Ali Cheema, Rida Ajmal khan, Asia Kanwal, Arshia Mobeen Rana, Khalid Parvez Lone

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KAP Study

Covid19 pandemic impacted ianternet use and anxiety among general public during covid19 pandemic in Pakistan

Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Malik Muhammad Hamza Khan, Fauzia Basaria Hasnani, Ghazal Peerwani, Muhammad Talha Nawaz, Ayesha Nasir Hameed, Meher Angez, Apsara Ali Nathwani, Syed Iqbal Azam

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