Background: Hypothyroidism is a rare finding in children having celiac disease but it has severe effects on mental & physical health of children. Objective: To assess the frequency of hypothyroidism ... Read More
Background: Role of serum adiponectin level is very important in the prediction of cancer. Regarding breast cancer, adiponectin’s role is still under-investigation among women of pre and postmenopaus ... Read More
Background: Although screening tests are performed in hospitals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but still some tests are being ignored due to that potential infection is being transmitted. Objective: This st ... Read More
Introduction: Immune medicated thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is diagnosed on clinical basis with normal peripheral smear findings. Bone marrow examination is done to rule out leukemia or aplastic an ... Read More
Objective: To determine the mean D-Dimer concentration in third trimester of normal pregnancy so new thresholds can be determined and applied in this population for ruling out venous thromboembolism. ... Read More
Background: CD117 is a tyrosine kinase receptor encoded by c-kit proto-oncogene. It is expressed during normal development in some tissues and in a subset of neoplasia especially gastrointestinal str ... Read More
Background: Emerging antibiotic resistance in uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) is a global problem that results in treatment failure. Mobile genetic elements are key players in dissemination of antibioti ... Read More
Background: Gentamicin is a versatile antibiotic used in wide range of infective diseases including fertilization treatment when there is high leukocyte count in semen. Its therapeutic applications a ... Read More
Unicystic ameloblastoma is an uncommon odontogenic lesion, with radiographic and gross appearance suggestive of a jaw cyst. Microscopic features of the lesion, however, reveal classic ameloblastic ty ... Read More
Corona viral infection, Covid-19 is undoubtedly one of the mega events of this century. We don’t know what else lies ahead in this century. Who knew in the beginning of 2020 that we were heading to ... Read More
Abstract The hospital was one of the most developed institutions of medieval Islam and one of the high-water marks of the Muslim civilization. The hospitals of medieval Islam were hospitals in the mo ... Read More
Chediak-Higashi syndrome (CHS) is an uncommon autosomal recessive disorder. It is presented as partial hypopigmentation of eyes, hair and skin along with recurrent infections, bleeding diathesis and n ... Read More
Objective: To study gross and microscopic patterns of ligature mark in antemortem and postmortem hanging and strangulation. Materials and Methods: A descriptive study was conducted in Federal Gover ... Read More
Background: Surgical site infections (SSI) account for about 20% of all hospital acquired infections. The etiology of wound infection is polymicrobial. Objectives: The present study was conducted t ... Read More
Introduction: The identification of entry and exit hole on skull is not easy it needs precise and detailed examination. It depends upon the expertise of a forensic expert performing postmortem (autops ... Read More
Objective: This study was carried out to determine the diagnostic accuracy of Green and King Index which based upon simple hematological parameters is thus cheap and easily available for the diagnosis ... Read More
Objective: To evaluate the effect of iron overload on regulation glucose metabolism (diabetes and prediabetes) by using fasting blood glucose level and 2- hour postprandial plasma glucose level. Me ... Read More
Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are amongst the most common infections encountered globally and are usually treated empirically based on bacterial resistance to antibiotics for a given reg ... Read More
Objective: To evaluate the immunohistochemical overexpression of p53 in basal cell carcinoma squamous cell carcinoma, collectively known as non-melanoma skin cancer and malignant melanoma of skin in t ... Read More
Thalidomide is the unfortunate drug which got entangled in the greatest iatrogenic catastrophe in human history(1). In 1950s, deemed safe and “miraculous”, the drug was prescribed to pregnant women wi ... Read More
(Disclaimer: This is not an original research article from IJP, this very informative piece of information is almost entirely taken from Wikipedia; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age fo ... Read More
Background: Establishing departments of Medical Education with a good team of medical educationists and educators for every undergraduate medical College has become essential to overcome the current e ... Read More
Objectives: The objectives were to determine the frequency of flawed items in MCQ based tests in Azad Jammu and Kashmir Medical College (AJK-MC) Muzaffarabad, to compare the Quality of examination bef ... Read More
Background: Annual death rate attributed to snake bite accounts for 1.9 per 100,000 population in Pakistan. Southern parts of the country are affected the most; data is scarce from northern parts. ... Read More
Background: Stroke is the second largest cause of death in adults and more than 20% of diabetic patients are affected. Hyperglycaemia during the period a person suffers from stroke is reported to be a ... Read More
Objective: To determine the hematological response to imatinib therapy in cases of chronic myeloid leukemia, hence determining the effectiveness of imatinib in our population. Methods: This cross-s ... Read More
Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important nosocomial and community pathogen. It has a high impact not only on patient morbidity and mortality but also on hospitali ... Read More
Objective: To determine the in vitro efficacy of Telavancin against Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Microbiology, ... Read More
Background: With the emergence of targeted therapies for non-small cell lung carcinoma with different efficacy and toxicity, differentiating between adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in lung ... Read More
Some may go into shock seeing this title of our editorial. What a silly idea, what a stupid thought, how can we live in “stone age.” (If there was indeed such an age.) I remember during my medical col ... Read More
Abstract Ethics is the foundation of all healthy developments and human progress in all spheres. Truth is life, and lie is death said the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. When the world was in dark ages the Islam ... Read More
Background: Choriocarcinoma is a malignant tumor of trophoblastic origin which is highly sensitive to chemotherapy and has a 95-98 % 5-year survival rate even after metastasis. Objective: We report ... Read More
Background: Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia are the most common infecting organisms in patients with uncomplicated Urinary tract infections. Resistance against most of the commonly used anti ... Read More
Background: HCV presents major health care problem in Pakistan. Hepatitis C patients if not well treated may progress to liver cirrhosis and cancer. Currently recommended directly acting antiviral dru ... Read More
Background: Gastric cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Surgical resection remains the mainstay for treatment. Histopathology reports of these surgically rese ... Read More
Background: Genome of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) reveals a high degree of genetic diversity that could be associated with differential response to Interferon based antiviral therapy. Therapeutic response ... Read More
Objective: To find out the effectiveness and safety of tranexamic acid in the reduction of blood loss during and after the cesarean section. Methodology: A prospective, randomized, placebo controll ... Read More
Background: Pseudothrombocytopenia is spuriously low platelet count seen in complete blood count performed on an automated hematology analyzer. It may lead to unnecessary investigations& management. I ... Read More
Background: Uterine sarcomas are rare malignant tumors histologically categorized into high-grade and low-grade sarcomas (HGS & LGS). Objective: To examine the prognostic relevance of clinicopathol ... Read More
Modern day management of patients is a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) job and pathologist is an important member of the team. However, there are gross misconceptions about the role of pathology and pat ... Read More
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