Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
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Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (JCPSP), is the prestigious, peer reviewed monthly biomedical journal of the country published regularly since 1991. College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan is the parent body of this Journal.
By Faran Khalid, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
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By Farzana Hakim, Amir Rashid, Amer Fakhr, Saleem Ahmed Khan
Objective: To evaluate matrix metalloproteinase-9 gene expression in rheumatoid arthritis patients on disease modifying anti-rheumatic agents with the objective to further modify the current treatment regimen if indicated in order to prevent progression to deforming rheumatoid arthritis. S...
By Arshad Khushdil, Shehla Baqai, Madiha Ahmed, Zeeshan Ahmed
Objective: To determine the effect of dexamethasone administration to women between 37 to 39 weeks of gestation on neonatal outcome in terms of respiratory morbidity and the need for NICU admission. Study Design: An experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Obstetrics and Dep...
By Liwu Fu, Wei Li, Xuezhi Tian
Objective: To investigate the clinical value of 18F-FDG PET-CT in the diagnosis of malignant tumor when serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level is elevated for unknown primary lesion. Study Design: A descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Lu...
Objective: To assess the necessity of prophylactic antibiotic therapy in HCC patients undergoing transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE). Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: The First Affliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Chi...
By Arooj Amjad, Muhammad Shaheer, Asima Rafique
Objective: To determine the changes in the retinal nerve fiber layer as measured on optical coherence tomography (OCT) after phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation. Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Ophthalmology, Lahore General Hos...
By Warda Ali, Kanwal Zareen Abbasi, Ali Raza
Objective: To compare panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) plus intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) against PRP alone in the treatment of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) in terms of mean change in best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), neovessels on disc (NVD) and neovessels elsewhere (NVE). Study...
By Mohammad M. Al-Qattan, Mervat M. Abd-Alwahed, Medhat K. Shier
Objective: To determine the effects of TGFβ1 and an anti-scar protein nAG on normal (un-injured) 3-D astrocyte cultures with special emphasis on astrocyte proliferation, and the expression of GFAP, CSPG4, S100B, and IL-6. Study Design: An experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: ...
By Peng Xu, Xiaoli Liu, Yanzhen Li, Xuling Yin, Xiaolin Liu
Objective: To determine the levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) gene transcription and protein expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of children with bacterial and viral infectious diarrhea. Study Design: An observatio...
By Shi-juan Liu, Jia-wei Liu, Jun-zi Cong, Lei Tong, Ying Zhang, Xue-mei Li, Jia-fu Hou
Objective: To prepare neogambogic acid nanoliposomes (GNA-NLC) and study its pharmacokinetics (PK) in rats. Study Design: An experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China, from January 2016 to October 2017. Methodology: GNA-NLC was prepared by e...
By Raja Rizwan Ahmed, Eyad Halabi, Tarek Fathi, Mustafa Al-Mousawi
Objective: To evaluate the postoperative surgical complications of live unrelated renal transplantation (LURRT) done abroad for patients of end stage renal disease (ESRD) who needed renal replacement therapy (RRT) in an organ transplant centre. Study Design: Descriptive, observational stud...
By Azra Jamil
Objective: To find out the differences in the perceptions of the environment and educational outcomes of the students and the faculty from the traditional and integrated curriculum using DREEM inventory. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Sindh Medical College and L...
By Lubna Kamani, Abdul Latif Memon, Adnan Anwar
Objective: To assess the safety of conscious sedation in patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreaticography (ERCP). Study Design: An observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Gastroenterology, Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi, from April 2010 to April 2...
Objective: To determine the compliance of the web-based remote training and counselling, required by the individuals suffering from myocardial infarction (MI), for their treatment and its effects on the functionality and well-being of the individual with some parameters determined by means ...
By Yusra Habib Khan, Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi, Azmi Sarriff, Amer Hayat Khan, Nida Tanveer
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an asymptomatic disease associated with high morbidity and life-threatening complications that lead to decreased life expectancy. Worldwide prevalence of CKD is escalating at an alarming rate. Large population-based representative surveys have been reported in Weste...
By Muhammad Sohaib, Ali Sarfaraz Siddiqui
We herein describe the successful anesthetic management of a patient with stiff person syndrome undergoing right total hip replacement under spinal anesthesia. We also describe the problems associated with general anesthesia. The advantage of using regional anesthesia in these patients is the avoi...
By Mohammad Idris, Mahfooz Hussain, Junaid Sethi, Zubairullah Khan, Muhammad Zubair Umer
A five-day baby girl presented with a large mass involving the right upper and lower eyelid obstructing the visual axis completely. She was treated with intralesional triamcinolone acetonide injection under general anesthesia but no change in size of the tumor was observed. Oral beta blocker, prop...
By Mustafa Kupeli, Abdullah Dogan
We herein report a case of late diagnosed thoracic esophageal perforation. A 60-year-old man was diagnosed as an esophageal perforation with mediastinitis and pericardial abscess by detailed history taking, chest computed tomography, esophagoscopy and inflammatory findings in his blood test. Surgi...
By Mustafa Sungur, Selahattin Caliskan, Utku Lokman
The success rate of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) is about 90%, but overall complications of this surgery have been reported in up to 83% cases. The complications are graded using Clavien classification system from grade 1 to 5. Grade 1 needs simple treatments without surgical, endoscopic,...
By Uzma Zahid, Asad Islam
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By Xue-Qing Yang, Hai-Yan Zhu, Xian Wang, Huai-Bing Zhao, Wei Zhang, Min Xiao, Li-Jing Zhang
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By Sana Habib, Fatima Khan, Sara Habib
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By Muneeb Uddin Karim, Andrea D'Aviero, Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
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