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Vol. 75 No. 05 (2025): MAY

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Published: 2025-05-01

EDITORIAL

Balancing Technology and Clinical Skills: A Call to Preserve the Art of Medicine

Imran Ahmad, Farooq Azam Rathore

696-698
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Comparative effect of protein dosage on nitrogen balance and health outcomes in critically ill patients

Zainab Bibi, Mahpara Safdar, Aiman Hadayat

699-703
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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Enhancing IANB success: panoramic guidance for locating mandibular foramen

Muhammad Zubair, Zahid Mehmood Khan, Ahmad Shah Khan, Jawad Ali Shah, Nadeem Ahmad Rana

735-738
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Correlation and assessment of vitamin D deficiency with disease severity in patients suffering from pemphigus vulgaris

Mohammad Majid Paracha, Abdul Qayyum Khan, Adan Sardar, Kashif Kamal, Arfa Ikram, Sahibzada Mahmood Noor

726-729
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Genetic association of AIP gene variant c.910C>T with pituitary adenoma-acromegaly patients of Pakistani origin

Jahangir Ghafoor, Saghir Ahmad Jafri, Rashid Saif, Sadaf Iqbal, Hafiza Hamna Gill, Ali Hassan

721-725
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Addressing vaccine hesitancy among family physicians and Expanded Programme on Immunization managers; A quasi-experimental study

Bahar Marangoz, Didem Han Yekdes, Muzaffer Eskiocak

763-766
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Clinical application of a ventilation strategy based on the P-V curve in obese patients undergoing gynaecological laparoscopic surgery

Zhixia Zhou, Guofang Fei, Qi Zhang, Yi Ru

743-747
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Exploration of susceptibility genes in type 2 diabetes mellitus among Chinese Hui and Han people

Jianhua Kang, Xingya Shen, Shaohua Feng, Delai Li, Haisheng Yuan, Na Li, Hexi Wei, Lishun Yang

704-711
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Application of nimodipine combined with statins in the treatment of subarachnoid haemorrhage

Yu Zhang, Feifan Ma, Ning Gan, Zhijie Xu, Yang Jiao, Jiancang Zhan

767-771
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Association between psychological distress and health risk behaviours among youth in Karachi

Nourina, Aiesha Ishaque

757-762
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Frequency and relationship of sleep deprivation and disability in chronic neck pain

Aftab Ahmed Mirza Baig, Farhan Ishaque Khan, Hafza Zobia Abid, Syeda Sana Waheed, Rabia Hassan, Hafsa Shehzadi

739-742
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Long-term outcomes of anastomotic urethroplasty for pelvic fracture urethral injury. The experience of a decade at Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation

Mazahir Zulfiqar, Manzoor Hussain, Saeed Abedi, Tanzeel-Ur-Rahman Gazder, Syed Rabiullah, Sanjeet Kumar

730-734
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Chlamydial Prevalence, risk factor and complications among symptomatic pelvic inflammatory disease women, visiting hospital

Ammara Iqbal Muhammad, Wajeha Najeeb, Muskaan Ayaaz

772-776
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Effect of reducing screen time in children with speech delay: a pilot study

Maimuna Rashid, Jawad Jalil, Syed Aoun Abbas Mehdi, Farah Mahboob

717-720
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Frequency of hypovitaminosis d in patients with uveitis presenting at a tertiary care hospital in a low-middle-income country

Sehrish Nizar Ali Momin, Muhammad Bilal Malik, Haroon Tayyab, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Abdul Rehman Siddiqui

712-716
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Quality managers' and academic faculty's perspectives on the effectiveness and challenges of the quality assurance and accreditation processes

Haitham Mohammed Habib Qutob, Sajida Agha, Tarig Awad Mohamed

748-756
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SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS

Two walls versus three wall orbital decompression for thyroid eye disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Haissan Iftikhar, Muhammad Hammad Deewani, Syed Akbar Abbas, Zohra Lassi, Jai Das, Shahzada Ahmed

777-781
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NARRATIVE REVIEW

Perioperative management of Endocrine disorders- practical considerations

Azra Rizwan

782-789
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CASE REPORT

Foot drop secondary to spinal abscess caused by brucellosis: a case report

Merdan Orunoglu, Abdulkerim Gokoglu

799-802
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Thyroid Transcription Factor-1 (TTF-1) expression in lungs metastatic adenocarcinoma from sigmoid primary: a diagnostic pitfall in a 63-year-old man

Babar Yasin, Muhammad Awais Ahmad, Haseeb Mehmood Qadri, Nauman Hakeem

803-806
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Malignant hyperthermia and the dilemma of Dantrolene’s unavailability: a case report

Abdullah Mahmood, Muhammad Faizan Abbasi, Lubna Shafiq, Sumiya Khan, Muaaz Mahmood, Saqib Mehmood Khan

816-818
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Uterine scar site rupture, a rare cause of secondary PPH-case report

Samana Haider, Majida Zafar, Hadia Hina

810-812
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Synchronous cervical plexus schwannomas: a rare presentation

Hira Zahid, Hamid Mukhtar, Imran Mohib Khan, Hamza Shahid

813-815
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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: a case report

Muhammad Kashif, Asad Tamizuddin Nizami, Kainat Kareem Mirza

796-798
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CASE SERIES

Panhypopituitarism presenting as sick sinus syndrome: a case series

Priyadarshini Rajakumar, Anand Sheya, Adlyne Reena Asirvatham, Asha Ranjan, Shriraam Mahadevan

819-822
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RECENT ADVANCES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY

Endocrine Emergency and Urgency Defined

Sanjay Kalra, Shinjan Patra, Parth Jethwani, Nitin Kapoor

823-826
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PRIMARY CARE DIABETES

Choice of Insulin Coformulations: Biphasic Insulin Versus Insulin-GlP1RA

Sanjay Kalra, Sambit Das, Saptarshi Bhattacharya, Nitin Kapoor

827-828
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BAROCRINOLOGY

Obesonomics

Sanjay Kalra, Madhur Verma, Lakshmi Nagendra, Nitin Kapoor

829-830
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IMAGING CORNER

Seeing Through the Density: A Case of Misleading BMD Results on bone densitometry

Syeda Hadia Najam, Aamna Hassan

837-838
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EVIDENCE BASED NEURO-ONCOLOGY

18F-FDG PET/CT in Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumours: Insights and Clinical Implications

Sharjeel Usmani, Khulood Al Riyami, Shah P. Numani, Anjali Jain, Subash Chand Kheruka, Najeeb Ahmed, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim

834-836
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REHABILITATION SCIENCES CORNER

Social Work in Rehabilitation: Roles, Interventions, and a New Theoretical Model

Tobias Knoop, Nadja Freymüller, Thorsten Meyer-Feil, Farooq Azam Rathore

839-841
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ADVANCES IN NEPHROLOGY

Preventing Chronic Kidney Disease: The Role of Community-Based Interventions

Sourabh Sharma, Rasha Darwish, Madhur Verma, Sanjay Kalra

831-833
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Narrative Review.

Intracranial Pressure or Intracranial Venous Output Resistance Part I: Theory of origin and physiological variation

Iqtidar H. Bhatti, Zanib Javed, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim

790-795
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Glycogenic hepatopathy: an underdiagnosed and undertreated condition

Syeda Rabab Fatima

849-849
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Rethinking invasive strategies in old patients with NSTEMI

Muhammad Haroon-Ul-Rasheed, Rohma Aftab, Laibah Gulzar

846-847
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Urgent action needed: addressing the growing risk of kidney disease in Pakistan amid extreme heat

Fizza Chudhary, Hira Habib, Shabbir Hussain Chaudhary

844-844
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Evaluation of interdepartmental calls in tertiary care hospitals of Pakistan

Mubashir Riaz, Muhammad Uzair Ishaq

842-842
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Cardiovascular benefits of Tirzepatide: A breakthrough in cardio-metabolic care

Maham Majid, Ehtisham Haider, Ghania Fatima

850-850
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Addressing inadequate complementary feeding practices in Pakistan: a call to action

Syeda Zil-e-Zehra Naqvi, Hamna Manan

843-843
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Inflammatory bowel disease in Pakistan: Are we looking at it in the eye?

Amna Parvez

848-848
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Right to a pain-free end: introducing palliative care learning in Pakistan’s medical education system

Hira Saleem, Muhammad Hassan, Muhammad Abdullah Tariq

845-845
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STUDENT'S CORNER RESEARCH ARTICLE

Rivaroxaban for Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) in Paediatric Patients: an institutional retrospective observational study from the Low/Middle Income setting in Pakistan

Aimen Mahmood, Bushra Moiz, Zehra Fadoo, Asim Belgaumi, Naureen Mushtaq, Sadaf Altaf

851-854
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STUDENT'S CORNER LETTER TO THE EDITOR

A wake-up call: from low prevalence to paediatric HIV crisis in Larkana, Pakistan

Muhammad Burhan Khan, Attiya Khan

864-864
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The Imperative of research in medical education: A call to action for Pakistan

Ahmad Shabbir, Ali Ahmad Khan, Alina Mehmood

862-862
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Interactions between circulating inflammatory factors and autism spectrum disorder

Rahmah Ashar Sakrani, Rana Zargham Asif, Syed Ali Wijdan

860-861
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Semaglutide-a ray of hope for CKD in diabetic patients

Usama Khan

856-856
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Sigh of relief: Acetaminophen use during pregnancy is not associated with adverse neurodevelopment in the offspring

Seneen Akbar, Guleena junaid, Bashir Ahmad

866-866
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Emergent role of Ozempic in treating women with PCOS related fertility issues

Fatima Naveed

857-857
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Healthcare at crossroads: cancer in Pakistan - prevalence and challenges

Dua Ali, Saad Ahmed Waqas

855-855
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Emerging treatments and their potential for rheumatoid arthritis in Pakistan

Muhammad Moaz, Sanwal Sardar Nawaz, Muhammad Waleed Imran

867-867
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The impact of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder on medical students’ academic performance and well-being: a letter to the editor

Muhammad Ahmed Zahoor, Sahar Imtiaz, Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani

863-863
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Acute cardiac events in hospitalized elderly adults with respiratory syncytial virus infection

Rida Batool, Haniah Mahboob, Ahmed Anwaar Uddin

858-859
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Colorectal screening: addressing the growing concern in Pakistan

Nayab Zahid, Areeba Tanveer

865-865
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