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.
"As a large number of case reports are awaiting publication, JCPSP has decided to stop acknowledging Case Reports for a certain period of time until the backlog is cleared. Therefore, case reports are regretted from processing".
By Lubna Kamani, Jeanin E Van Hooft
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By Fatima Zia Sheikh, Ghazala Butt, Rukhsha Hafeez, Aiman Maqsood, Faria Altaf, Ijaz Hussain
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the association of early-onset AGA (androgenetic alopecia) and metabolic syndrome in the younger male population. Study Design: Case-control study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Dermatology, Mayo Hospital Lahore, from October 2017 to March 2018....
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By Abdul Moeez Kaiser Butt, Shahid Sarwar, Muhammad Arif Nadeem
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare concomitant therapy (CT) and triple therapy (TRT) for success in helicobacter (H.) pylori eradication and identify factors associated with treatment failure. Study Design: Quasi-experimental comparative study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medicine and Gas...
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By Ibrahim Ethem Ozsoy, Mehmet Akif Tezcan, Seda Guzeldag, Ayse Turunc Ozdemir
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the risk factors for spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM), its clinical course and effect on prognosis in patients with Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pneumonia. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Kayseri City Training and Research Hospit...
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By Burkay Yakar, Mustafa Demir, Erhan Onalan, Mehmet Onur Kaya
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of arterial stiffness in patients on hemodialysis and related factors that aggravate the condition. Study Design: Prospective-cohort study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Nephrology, Firat University Hospital, Turkey, from August to O...
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By Muhammad Anees, Saleem uz Zaman Adhami, Muhammad Aamer, Imran Shahid
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the pulmonary functions in patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and the associated factors including the acute effects of hemodialysis. Study Design: Observational, cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Nephrology Department in collaborat...
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ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate whether breast and axilla maximum standard uptake (SUVmax) values contribute to the treatment approach in breast cancer subgroups. Study Design: A descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: University of Health Sciences/Adana City Training and Research Hospita...
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By Osman Barut, Mehmet Kutlu Demirkol, Faruk Kucukdurmaz, Tayfun Sahinkanat, Sefa Resim
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the diagnostic value of the pre-treatment delta neutrophil index (DNI) before treatment in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and to compare this marker with other routine inflammation markers, such as neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-lymphocyte r...
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By Najia Uzair, Mariam Shamim, Syed Asaad Mamoon, Saliha Naz, Lubna Feroz, Komalta Kumari
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the reliability of Bruch Membrane Opening-Minimum Rim Width (BMO-MRW) Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) with Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer (RNFL) in myopic patients. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: LRBT Free Base Eye Hospital, Karac...
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By Serdar Karakaya, Ibrahim Karadag, Ozturk Ates, Omur Berna Cakmak Oksuzoglu, Umut Demirci
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the characteristics and prognosis of brain metastasised HER-2 positive breast cancer (BC) patients. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Turkey between 2000 and 2019. Methodology: HER-2 pos...
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By Oznur Tiryaki, Nursan Cinar
ABSTRACT Objective: To develop the readiness for hospital discharge scale for mothers and fathers with a premature infant hospitalised in the neonatal intensive care unit and to test the validity and reliability of this scale. Study Design: A cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Sakar...
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By Nazli Haciagaoglu, Huseyin Cetin, Ozlem Hurmeydan, Engin Ersin Simsek
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine cardiovascular risk factors, calculate cardiovascular risk, and the value of betatrophin, a novel biomarker in predicting the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in obese individuals. Study Design: Cross-sectional and descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study:...
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By Saira Afzal, Muhammad Hasan Masood, Fariha Salman, Khalid Masud Gondal, Amber Arshad
ABSTRACT Objective: To find out various organizational, personal, and systemic factors influencing the performance of the postgraduate trainee doctors in managing COVID-19 pandemic. Study Design: Analytical cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Conducted in various medical institution...
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By Harun Egemen Tolunay, Neval Cayonu Kahraman, Erol Nadi Varli, Yildiz Akdas Reis, Sevki Celen, Ali Turhan Caglar
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine whether the ratio of the first-trimester aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to platelet ratio index (APRI) score will be useful as a new determinant of hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets (HELLP) syndrome that may develop in the later stages of pregnancy S...
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By Nevin Ince, Hasan Tahsin Gozdas
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the factors associated with cervical lymph node suppuration in oropharyngeal tularemia. Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Departments of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculties of Medicine, Duzce University and...
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By Syed Munib, Tanveer Ahmed, Raheel Ahmed, Najam-ud-Din
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the pattern of histopathology in living-related, kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) from a transplant centre in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan. Study Design: Descriptive, observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Institute of Kidney Diseases, Pesha...
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By Fatima Mannan, Roger Christopher Gill, Abdul Ahad Sohail, Rehman Alvi
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the frequency of adherence of laparoscopic appendectomy operative notes with the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) guidelines at the tertiary care centre. Study Design: A clinical audit report. Place and Duration of Study: The Aga Khan University Hospital, ...
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By Xin Hu, Haofeng Xiong, Shiying Huang, Ting Mao, Liudi Yang, Tong Su
ABSTRACT Ubenimex is widely used as an immunomodulator in the treatment of leukemia and non-small cell lung cancer to improve the anti-tumor treatment effect. However, there has not been any multicenter randomised controlled trials to study its impact on the prognosis of cancer patients. The authors...
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By Abdul Sattar Narejo, Muhammad Musa Khan, Ali Alwhabi, Adel Alqarni, Abdulaziz Ejaz Ahmed, Abdelazeem Ali Eldawlatly
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the impact of intraoperative dexmedetomidine versus remifentanil on postoperative pain; and enhanced recovery profile in patients scheduled for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). Study Design: Clinical observational double-blind pilot study. Place and Duration of ...
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By Hamid Ali Kalwar, Tauqeer Shaikh, Muhammad Hussain Baloch
ABSTRACT Vascular thrombosis is an unusual yet well-known extra-intestinal complication of ulcerative colitis, usually involving the peripheral veins and occasionally the cerebral veins and the arterial system. We, herein, report a case of a 45-year female with ulcerative colitis in remitting p...
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By Syed Muhammad Zubair, Naveed Haroon Rashid
ABSTRACT Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disorder of unknown cause that occurs in both men and women of all races. It typically presents in patients after 20 years of age. Sarcoidosis most frequently involves the lung, but up to 30 percent of patients present with extra-thoracic manifestatio...
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By Jahnvi Dhar, Garvit Chhabra, Lokesh Khandelwal, S. Anuradha, Akshee Batra
ABSTRACT Cortical venous thrombosis (CVT) mostly occurs due to a hypercoagulable state. Infection- related CVT is very rare and is a medical emergency associated with a very high mortality rate. It has been described with bacterial and fungal infections; but only a few isolated case reports of CVT ...
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By Ozlem Ceren Gunizi, Hasan Calis
ABSTRACT Invasive breast cancer is the most common carcinoma in women. Invasive ductal carcinoma, not otherwise specified (NOS), is the largest group of invasive breast cancers. The second most common cancer of skin is squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Collision tumor is a very rare and unusual tumor. ...
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By Faruk Recep Ozalp, Tugba Karadeniz, Alper Alp
ABSTRACT Tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN) presents histopathologically as tubulitis and oedema/inflammation and fibrosis, affecting the renal tubules and interstitium with relative sparing of the glomeruli and vasculature. It can be acute or chronic or acute on chronic and has a wide range of eti...
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By Ali Dogan, Sinan Demircioglu, Omer Ekinci
ABSTRACT Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare disorder of the mononuclear phagocytic system, characterised by histiocyte and lymphocyte activation. It can be classified as primary and secondary HLH. Primary HLH usually presents in childhood, and is associated with gene mutations. Secon...
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By Sajad Ahmad, Muhammad Anees, Irfan Elahi, Fazal-e-Mateen
ABSTRACT Rhabdomyolysis constitutes an uncommon cause of acute kidney injury (AKI). A large variety of causes with different pathogenic mechanisms may involve skeletal muscles resulting in rhabdomyolysis with or without acute kidney injury. Crush syndrome and unaccustomed physical exertion are the m...
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By Wei Su, Yanjun Li, Yuebin Wang, Lixiang Li, Jianhui Yan
ABSTRACT Correlation was sought between serum intestinal fatty acid binding protein (I-FABP), blood routine examination indexes, and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) disease classification. According to Bell-NEC grade, 86 children with NEC were divided into mild group (46 cases) and severe group (40 ...
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By Kang Wei, Yuxing Qu, Yi Gao, Yong Ma
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of teriparatide (parathyroid hormone 1-34) alone and in combination with zoledronic acid (ZA) for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Ninety-six patients were randomly equally divided into Groups A (n=48) and B (n=48)....
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By Anwar Ul Huda, Mohammad Yasir
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By Muhammad Mohsin Sajjad, Kabir Ali, John Corrigan
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By Metin Bağci, Batuhan Erdogdu, Mehmet Dagli, Abdulkadir Basturk
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By Akkan Avci, Begum Seyda Avci, Kemal Sener
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