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 Nadia Rashid, M. Yunus Khan
Objective: To determine the effects of prenatal administration of ethanol on cell count in pars distalis of pituitary gland in the rat pups. Study Design: Experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Anatomy, College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, Regional Centre, Islamab...
By Dong-Ni Li, Guo-Qing Zhao, Zhen-Bo Su
Objective: To investigate the feasibility of using the eyelash reflex as an indicator to calculate the individualised optimal target concentration in anesthesia induction during painless gastroscopy. Study Design: Experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: China-Japan Union Hospital of Jili...
By Ayhan Akoz, Kenan Ahmet Turkdogan, Bekir Dagli, Mucahit Kapci, Mucahit Avcil, Gokay Bozkurt, Ali Duman
Objective: To evaluate the effects of multi-drug resistance gene (MDR1) gene factor which is significant in medicinereceptor relationship, on readmission to the emergency department (ED) and medical therapy modifications in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) readmitting to the emergency depart...
By Ali Mansoor, Rabia Shaukat, Aamer Nadeem Chaudhary, Gohar Jehan
Objective: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of Doppler ultrasonography in predicting presence of esophageal varices in patients with hepatitis-C induced cirrhosis. Study Design: Descriptive analytical study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Radiology, Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, from M...
By Khurram Rehman, Ghulam Mustafa, Muzammil Ahmad Khan, Zahid Rauf, Naqab Khan, Samiullah Khan
Objective: To determine altered manifestation of plasma proteins in X-rays technicians who are regularly exposed to low doses of radiations over a long period during their job. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: District Headquarters Hospital and Mufti Mahmood Memorial ...
By Hizir Ufuk Akdemir, Fatih Caliskan, Celal Kati, Ahmet Baydin
Objective: To investigate the accuracy of focussed assessment sonography for trauma (FAST) bedside ultrasonography application in patients with blunt abdominal trauma and patient management, clinical outcome, and trauma severity scores. Study Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study. Place and D...
By Uzma Zafar, Saba Khaliq, Khalid Pervaiz Lone
Objective: To investigate the association of -1131T>C polymorphism of apolipoprotein A5 (APOA5) with metabolic syndrome and associated traits. Study Design: A cross-sectional comparative study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Physiology, University of Health Sciences Lahore, from Ju...
By Bang-Shuo Zhang, Yong-Ping Chen, Jing-Long LV, Yi Yang
Objective: To compare the efficacy of nilotinib and imatinib in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Study Design: Analytical study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Hematology, Chongqing Three Gorges Central Hospital, China, from January 2016 to January 2018. Methodology: ...
By Jovaria Mannan, Muhammad Naveed, Saher Gul Ahdi
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of Mahidol Scoring for assessing various grades of β thalassemia intermedia. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Fatima Memorial Hospital, Shadman, Lahore, from August 2016 to August 2017. Methodology: A total of 150 pat...
By Faisal Aziz Khan, Shafaq Pervez Khan Niazi
Objective: To investigate the effect of pterygium morphology on recurrence with preoperative subconjunctival injection of mitomycin-C in primary pterygium surgery. Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Eye Department, Combined Military Hospital, Malir Cantt, Karachi...
By Bin Wang, Qingbai Liu, Yu Liu, Rui Jiang
Objective: To compare effect of proximal femoral nail antirotation (PFNA) and dynamic hip screw (DHS) internal fixation on serum inflammatory mediators (CRP, IL-1, IL-6 and TNF-α), myocardial injury markers (cTnT, CK-MB), and Myo-heart failure marker (BNP) in elderly patients with intertroch...
By Farida Jan, Sidra K. Jafri, Shahnaz H. Ibrahim
Objective: To describe the clinical profile of pediatric patients with acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE). Study Design: Case series. Place and Duration of Study: Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, from January 2014 to October 2017. Methodology: Retrospective review of medical r...
By Hafiz Taha Mahmood, Adeel Tahir Kamal, Bushra Nazeer Khan, Mubassar Fida
This review article describes the application and characteristics of certain biomedical materials in orthodontic appliances. The elastic recoil of shape memory polymers, determination of the forces and moments experienced by the brackets and eventually by the tooth, reduction in treatment time by ...
By Murat Seyit, Atakan Yilmaz, Duygu Aras Seyit, Mert Ozen
Objective: To determine the cost analysis of emergency department (ED) visits by geriatric patients living in nursing homes. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Methodology: Medical records of geriatric patients living in nursing homes who were admitted to the emergency department of the Hospit...
By Mehmet Bayrak, Yasemin Altintas
Objective: To compare three reinforcement options (suture, fibrin glue, and no reinforcement) for staple line reinforcement of patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Study Design: An experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Ortadogu Hospital, Adana, Turkey, from 2013 to 2017...
By Soner Sertan Kara, Yasemin Cayir
Objective: To investigate the predictors of blood culture positivity in children with brucellosis. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases in Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, from January to December 2015. ...
By Sana Sayeed, Areeba Imtiaz, Faiza Naz
Synovitis Acne Pustulosis Hyperostosis Osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome refers to a rare entity expressed by a combination of dermatological and osteoarticular manifestations. We report a case of this unique syndrome initially diagnosed as "Sweet's syndrome" due to more or less similar fea...
By Tufail Ahmad, Misbah Riaz, Attaullah Khan, Mah Muneer Khan
Hirschsprung's disease (HD), a classic disease of childhood, may rarely escape diagnosis and lead to unique presentations in adults. By definition, the disease involves the rectosigmoid colon and is the result of a birth defect characterised by the absence of nerve cells responsible for the m...
By Mustafa Iftikhar, Yulia Wolfson, Simrat Sodhi, Bushra Usmani, Hendrik P. N. Scholl, Syed M.A. Shah
Choroideremia is an X-linked recessive genetic disorder caused by mutations in the CHM gene. It is a rare retinal dystrophy that manifests as nyctalopia and vision loss, progressing to blindness in later stages. We report a 21-year Turkish man who presented with nyctalopia for the past 4-5 years. ...
By Patel Nikita Rajendrakumar, Jagtap Kiran Suresh, Anjali Wadhwa, Pravin Mukhi, Pranjal Anil Patel
Hemangioendothelioma is a rare, locally aggressive vascular tumor, originating from soft tissue, bone, skin, and organs such as liver or lung and exceptionally the oral cavity. It is usually benign but can show variable grades of malignancy. Most of the cases of oral epithelioid hemangioendothelio...
By Jun Liu, Guoliang Wang, Yan Liu, Lei Huang, Xiangang Xu, Jun Wang
The objective of this study was to investigate effects of somatostatin combined with pantoprazole on serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) patients. It was an experimental study carried out from February 2016 to April 2018....
By Changqing Hu, Yong Lian, Xiao Fan, Zhiping Sun
Treating mid- and forefoot wounds is challenging. We share our clinical experience and describe the treatment of foreand midfoot wounds by grafting pedicled distal peroneal artery perforator (PNAP) flaps. The study enrolled 21 patients with fore- and midfoot injuries, who underwent grafting with a...
By Anand Siddappa Tegginamani, Thomas George Kallarakkal, HS Vanishree, Khairiyah Binti Abd Muttalib
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By Asra Ahmed, Rama Siddiqui, Abdul Ali Khan
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