Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
ISSN: 1022-386X (PRINT)
ISSN: 1681-7168 (ONLINE)
Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (JCPSP), is an open access, 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.
"A companion journal of JCPSP (the official journal of CPSP) has been launched by the name of JCPSP Case Reports. Submission of Case Reports is now open."
Please visit https://jcpspcr.pk/.
By Ai Wang, Muisha Bienvenue Mbikyo, Junzhe Zhang, Nan Cui, Zhao Li
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of pharmacogenomics (PGx)-guided treatment in individuals with resistant hypertension (RH). Study Design: Randomised controlled open-label study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Cardiology, The First Hospital of China Medical Un...
By Iqra Dildar, Amna Moghal, Anam Mirza, Muhammad Adil Zaheer, Mariam Raza Mallick, Sidra Munir
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of dexamethasone as a final intracanal rinse in relieving postoperative pain of teeth with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis. Study Design: Randomised controlled trial. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Operative Dentistry, PIMS, Islamabad, P...
By Wardah Ashfaq, Khurram Rehman, Abubaker Shahid, Muhammad Numair Younis
ABSTRACT Objective: To ascertain the utility of maximum standardised uptake value (SUVmax) in 18F-FDG PET-CT in predicting metastatic disease burden in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Nuclear Medicine and P...
By Zhanguo Sun, Zhe Zhou, Lei Wang, Laimin Zhu, Yueqin Chen, Qiaolu Liu
ABSTRACT Objective: To explore the value of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) and dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) for predicting phenotypic subtypes and Nottingham prognostic index (NPI) of breast cancer. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Radio...
By Ali Ramazan Benli, Erhan Simsek
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyse crime scene data, medical records, and forensic information to unveil insights into the causes and traits of suicides. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Family Medicine, Kayseri City Hospital, Kayseri, Turkiy...
By Chengjin Zhao, Ting Dai, Junbo Qian, Zhenming Ge
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyse the pertinent risk factors associated with post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis (PEP) and develop a predictive scoring system for assessing the risk of PEP in patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedur...
By Sarah Fatimah, Asad Mahmood Abbasi, Ali Abbasi, Nargis Sabir, Rozina Ghani, Rehan Ahmed Khan Lodhi
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the genotypic frequency of Rh Cw antigen in blood donors of Northern Pakistan. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Molecular Haematology, Armed Forces Institute of Transfusion (AFIT), Rawalpindi, Pakistan, ...
By Muhammad Tariq, Sadaf Shahab, Javeria Rauf Saeed, Zeeshan Hussain, Uzma Zaidi, Tasneem Farzana, Sultan Ahmad
ABSTRACT Objective: To ascertain the frequency of the MLL::AF9 gene rearrangement and its association with survival in Pakistani patients suffering from acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Study Design: Analytical study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Haematology, National Institute of ...
By Metin Yigman, Ahmet Emin Dogan
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the relationship between quickly calculable new insulin resistance (IR) indices used to evaluate IR in early kidney functions after donor nephrectomy. Study Design: Descriptive design. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Urology, Ufuk University Faculty ...
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the relationship between complications of massive cerebral infarction (MCI) and composite inflammatory ratios. Study Design: A case-control study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Putian University, Putian, China, fro...
By Asra Bari, Riffat Jaleel, Shehla Arif
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the frequency of successful trials of vaginal birth after Caesarean section (VBAC) using the Flamm and Geiger model. Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of the Study: Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit II of Dr. Ruth K.M. Pfau Civil Hospital, Karachi, ...
By Min Xie, Zeng Xiang Xu, Min Dai, Yong Yun Zhu
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyse the expression of BRAF V600E protein and RET gene rearrangement in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) combined with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and to explore its clinical and pathological significance. Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of the ...
By Nurhan Kasap, Onur Incealtin, Velat Celik, Mehmet Agirbasli
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels in children with COVID-19. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: Goztepe Professor Suleyman Yalcin City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkiye, between 2020 and 2022. Methodology: The hospital da...
By Abdul Hameed, Shahid Mehmood Khan, Muhammad Tawab Khalil, Ahmed Tariq, Muhammad Fawad, Muhammad Ajmal Leghari
ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the predictive ability of the laboratory risk indicator for necrotising fasciitis (LRINEC) score for lower extremity amputation in patients with moderate to severe diabetic foot infection (DFI). Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of the Study: Depar...
By Cheng Chi, Congcong Wang, Liangliang Dong, Xiaoping Li, Lulu Xu
ABSTRACT The role of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in limited-stage small cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC) has been questioned in the era of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The purpose of this study was to re-evaluate the efficacy of PCI in patients with LS-SCLC. Three electronic databases were...
By Chun-Mei Wang, Tao-Tao Su, Yang Yue, Wei-Xing Han
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the link between heart rate variability (HRV) and short-term adverse outcomes (re-hospitalisation or death due to cardiac arrhythmia, recurrent myocardial infarction, heart failure, all-cause death) in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Study Design: A descriptive s...
By Abeera Ahmed, Ahmed Mushtaq, Irfan Ali Mirza, Fatima Sana, Syed Rehan Asghar Naqvi
ABSTRACT Objective: To develop an effective antimicrobial strategy for the management of chronic osteomyelitis. Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of the Study: Departments of Microbiology and Orthopaedics, Combined Military Hospital Malir, Karachi, Pakistan, from January 2021 to ...
By Nabila Rafique, Asghar Ali, Tariq Ghaffor, Tariq Azam Khattak, Muhammad Bilal Asghar, Qammar-un-Nisa Chaudhry
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyse the frequency, risk factors, and clinical symptoms of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD) in patients with beta-thalassemia major after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: De...
By Mishaal Shan Siddiqui, Suresh Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, Saad Khalid, Wardah Hassan, Mahima Khatri
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyse quantitatively the adequacy of demographics of clinical information and highlight specific areas of neglect, by assessing the adequacy of filling out histopathology request forms. Study Design: Clinical Audit. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Pathology, D...
By Harris Hassan Qureshi, Rehan Mohsin, Naveed Ahmed Mahar, Riaz Ahmed Laghari, Mushtaq Hussain, Altaf Hashmi
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the outcomes of robotic surgeries using the Da Vinci robotic surgical system (DVSS) at Pakistan’s largest urological tertiary healthcare system. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surge...
By Umema Zafar, Mian Saad Ahmed, Nimra Zafar, Faisal Hassan
ABSTRACT Frailty is a condition in which the affected individual is more prone to both external and internal stressors and has a higher risk of succumbing to chronic diseases. The aim of this research was to translate and validate the PRISMA-7 questionnaire in the Urdu language. This is a validation...
By Nayab Afzal, Shabnum Dildar, Razia Aijaz
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test (RAT) for the diagnosis of COVID-19 among symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. This retrospective study was done from 15th November 2021 to 15th December 2021, at National Medical Centre,...
By Mehwash Kashif, Maliha Mohsin
By Khadija Farrukh Warraich, Shehla Baqai