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.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide credits to educational activities.
CPSP designates '3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits' for review of the manuscript of an original study.
By Naureen Akber Ali, Adeel Khoja
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By Emre Ozdemir, Ozgen Safak, Mert Pehlivan AltIn, Didar Elif Akgun, SadIk Volkan Emren, Eyup AvcI, Mehmet Tokac, Filiz Akcay AkyIldIz
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of the monocyte/lymphocyte, platelet/lymphocyte, and HDL/LDL ratios as markers of the severity of coronary artery ectasia(CE). Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Cardiology, Izmir Katip Celebi University and Balikesi...
By Xiaokai Huo, Yaozeng Xie, Lei Yang, Kun Deng, Yingying Liu
Objective: To investigate the value of Doppler ultrasound in evaluating the efficacy of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in treatment of cesarean section scar pregnancy. Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Ultrasonography, The Second people's...
By Chunchun Yang, Xiaohui Guo, Jing Wang, Hongyun Fan, Xiaohui Huo, Liang Dong, Zhiying Duan
Objective: To investigate the relationship between small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and Endotoxin (ET) concentration in peripheral blood, and levels of toll-like receptors (TLR) 2 and TLR4 expression on surface of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in patients with ulcerative c...
By Oguz Catal, Bahri Ozer, Mustafa Sit
Objective: To investigate the value of preoperative blood tests in predicting lymph node metastasis in colon cancer patients undergoing surgery. Study Design: Obervational study. Place and Duration of Study: General Surgery Department, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Medicine School, Turkey, ...
By Munazzah Rafique, Tehmina Aziz, Sahar Al-Suwailem
Objective: To compare the outcomes of robot-assisted (RA) and standard laparoscopic gynecological surgery (S-LGS) in a tertiary care hospital, and evaluate the factors affecting the outcomes of RA-LGS to identify areas of improvement. Study Design: A descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study...
By Jia Feng, Ji-hong Yang, Jing-hua Li, Xiao-shi Jin, Qian Sun
Objective: To investigate the ablative effect and safety of trans-catheter arterial chemoembolisation (TACE) combined with radiofrequency ablation (RFA), and TACE alone for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma and compare the changes in the level of relevant serum inflammatory and tumor marke...
By Jiu Chen, Youdi Li, Guoyou Yu
Objective: To explore the value of des-gamma-carboxyprothrombin (DCP), alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and carbohydrate antigen-199 (CA-199) for diagnosis of combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma (cHCC-CC). Study Design: Observational correlational study design. Place and Duration of Study: The Firs...
Objective: To explore the relationship between serum sB7-H3 and cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6) and to evaluate the development of Mycoplasma pneumonae pneumonia (MPP) through analysis of the expression levels of above indices in serum of children with MPP. Study Design: An experimen...
Objective: To compare lipoprotein levels, and non-HDL to high-density lipoprotein (HDL) ratios of survivors and nonsurvivors of sepsis, and to determine the predictivity levels of specified parameters in mortality. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Intern...
By Zhaodong Liu, Huale Zhang, Lichun Chen, Lin Lin, Jianying Yan
Objective: To determine the regular changes of blood coagulation indices in twin pregnancy complicated with preeclampsia (PE). Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Fujian Provincial Maternity and Children Hospital from January 2014 to December 2017. Methodology: A total ...
By Nasreen Iqbal Nagani, Imtiaz Ahmed
Objective: To compare and evaluate the relapse tendency of two types of fixed lingual retainers using Little's irregularity index for a follow-up of one year. Study Design: Randomised clinical trial. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Orthodontics, Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan Institute o...
By Suleyman Emre, Kurşat Murat Ozcan, Aykut İkinciogullar, Mehmet Ali Cetin, Muge Ozcan, HacI Huseyin Dere
Objective: To determine whether septoplasty is an effective factor on the voice in patients with varying degrees of nasal septum deviation. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ear Nose Throat Clinic, Ankara, Turkey, from Nov...
By Saeeda Sabir, Yusra Habib Khan, Maryam Khatoon, Rabia Noreen, Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi, Nayyab Jabeen
The impact of erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESAs) on clinical outcomes among breast cancer patients is debatable. Current review is aimed to ascertain the efficacy of ESAs among breast cancer patients. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) were electronically searched. Primary outcomes were mor...
By Khalid Bashir, Stephan Thomas
Objective: To investigate the efficacy of blended learning (BL) in emergency medical resident education related to the diagnosis and treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Study Design: A mixed-method study. Place and Duration of Study: Emergency Department of Hamad General Hospital, ...
By Sana Amir Akbar, Zoona Feroza Qudsia, Muhammad Nabeel Ashraf, Mansoor Ahmad Tarar, Abid Quddus Qazi
Objective: To analyse the need of prophylactic antibiotic before the insertion of totally implantable venous access devices (TIVADs) in terms of preventing central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) in early postoperative period in pediatric oncology patients. Study Design: A cohort ...
By Farhan Ahmad Majeed, Sohail Saqib Chatha, Usama Zafar, Umar Farooq Chatha, Abdullah Zakaullah Chatha, Zain Farooq2
Objective: To compare the effectiveness of open thoracotomy and video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for empyema thoracis in paediatric population. Study Design: Observational study. Place and duration of study: This observational study was conducted at Department of Thoracic Surgery, CMH, Laho...
By Farhan Ahmed Majeed, Usama Zafar, Sohail Saqib Chatha, Ahmad Ali, Ahmed Raza
Objective: To analyse the outcome and morbidity associated with decortication in empyema thoracis. Study Design: A case series. Place and Duration of Study: Departments of Surgery, Combined Military Hospitals (CMH) of Rawalpindi, Quetta and Lahore, from January 2006 to March 2018. Methodology: T...
By Canan Gursoy, Yagmur Kuscu, Semra Gumus Demirbilek
Rib fractures are common injuries in blunt chest trauma, that cause severe thoracic pain, which limits patients' ability to cough and breathe deeply, which can lead to atelectasis and pneumonia. Various treatments for pain management of rib fractures have been described such as analgesics and...
By Sadaf Iftikhar, Adnan Mahmood, Masooma Hashmat
Aquaporin-4 antibodies are hallmark of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) that are distinct disease entities. We report a 24-year male with NMO, who presented with Brown-Sequard syndrome. Clinical and laboratory parameters confirmed the diagnosis of syst...
By Akif Erbin, Hasan Tahsin Gozdas, Yavuz Guler, Halil Lutfi Canat
Among the Kluyvera species, K. ascorbata has been isolated from only a few adult cases. Furthermore, there is little or no information in the literature as to whether the species of Kluyvera can cause a clinically significant infection in pregnant women. We report a case of urosepsis caused by K. ...
By Muhammad Azeemuddin, Misha Khalid khan, Muhammad Danish Barakzai, Muhammad Ghazi Asad khan, Raza Sayani, Dawar Burhan Ahmed Khan
A 78-year female presented with the complain of per rectal fresh bleeding for 4 days. She was known to have diabetes and hypertension, 3 weeks back. She had an episode of left middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke. After stroke, she suffered from upper limb weakness and aphasia. At the time of prese...
By Muhammad Shahid, Zareen Kiran, Aqiba Sarfraz, Syed Muhammad Hasan, Syed Muhammad Adnan, Akhtar Ali Baloch
The aim of this study is to describe the characteristics and outcome of thyroid storm patients presenting at two tertiary care centres of Karachi, i.e. at Dow University of Health Sciences; and Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi, from December 2018 to May 2019. All patients between 18-70 years of ...
By Qin Lv, Yanling Deng, Xiaobo Zhu, Jia Ruan, Lin Chen
The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of cefoperazone-sulbactam alone and combined with tigecycline in the treatment of multi-drug resistant acinetobacter baumannii pulmonary infection. It was an experimental study carried out from April 2016 to September 2018. One hundred and fou...
By Xicheng Deng, Pingbo Liu, Jinghua Wang, Liwen Yi, Peng Huang
An auxiliary subxiphoid incision was utilised to facilitate pectus bar placement and minimise operative risks in complex pectus excavatum. A series of 33 patients with recurrent or severe pectus excavatum underwent Nuss procedure with this incision from March 2013 to March 2016. The median age of ...
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By Jehan Zeb Khan, Zair Hassan, Muhammad Ismail Tajik
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By Chunying Ou, Chuanling Li, Xiaolei An, Xiaobin Li, Jing Guo, Ke Xu
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By Wei Tian, Xin Meng, Jidian Zou
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By Ammar Ahmed, Muhammad Aqeel, Bashir Ahmed
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By Farhan Ahmed Majeed, Usama Zafar, Umer Mehmood
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