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 Sadia Saqib, Rafeea Tafweez, Nadia Haq, Mah-Jabeen Muneera
Objective: To determine the effects of commonly used commercial skin lightening creams on the thickness of epidermis of guinea pig skin. Study Design: Animal experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Anatomy, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, from March to May 2015. Me...
By Zia Ul-Haq, Daud Khan, Aliya Hisam, Yasar Mehmood Yousafzai, Shazia Hafeez, Fatima Zulfiqar, Adnan Mahmood Gul, Mohammad Hafizullah, Jill Pell
Objective: To find out the effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation in patients with myocardial infarction in Pakistan. Study Design: Randomised controlled trial. Place and Duration of Study: Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan, from July to December 2016. Metho...
By Saerah Iffat Zafar, Alina Shahiryar
Objective: To determine the effect of age, gender, varying specialties and year of residency on the practical skills of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in participants of basic life support (BLS) courses run at College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP), Islamabad – Regional Centre of ...
By Ahmed Farhan, Maliha Bukhari, Junaid Umar, Mudassar Ali Raza
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of oral rivaroxaban compared to warfarin in patients with deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Study Design: Open label randomized controlled study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of General Medicine, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad fro...
By Manzoor Ahmed, Mukhtar Mehboob
Objective: To compare the results of onlay with sublay mesh repair technique for ventral incisional hernia. Study Design: Comparative study. Place and Duration of Study: Surgical Unit IV, Sandeman (Provincial) Hospital, Quetta and Mohtarma Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Quetta, from July 2016 t...
By Meryem Askin, Esra Meltem Koc, Mustafa Soyoz, Saliha Aksun, Serpil Aydogmus, Kaan Sozmen
Objective: To determine whether vitamin D levels correlate with menopausal symptoms and female sexual functions. Study Design: A cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Izmir Katip Celebi University Hospital, Izmir, Turkey, between February and October 2017. Methodology: Menopausal an...
By Hatice Aysel Altan, Esat Bonabi, Sevgi Kesici, Hafize Sezer, Veli Bulent Ucar
Objective: To determine the growth of microorganisms in propofol when combined with fentanyl and lidocaine in different temperatures and times in order to find out whether there is any improvement in antimicrobial effect to lengthen the safe duration of time for application of propofol. Study Des...
By Saira Salim, Gohar Zaman, Sidra Younis, Wajid Hussain, Umar Khurshid, Muhammad Tahir Khadim
Objective: To evaluate a multiplex PCR for rapid diagnosis of drug resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strain. Study Design: Cross-sectional observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Rawalpindi, from January to...
By Zaigham Salim Dar, Umer-i -Farooq, Fida Hussain, Mehdi Raza, Ali Jamal, Khurram Hayat Mir
Objective: To compare single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with planar whole body bone scan (WBBS) in diagnosis of solitary vertebral lesion in non-skeletal malignancies in terms of diagnostic accuracy. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Nuclear Medica...
By Sara Erol, Zehra Arslan, Dilek Ulubas Isik, Ahmet Yagmur Bas, Nihal Demirel, Ozcan Erel
Objective: To determinate the effects of bilirubin and phototherapy on oxidative stress in newborns. Study Design: A case-control study. Place and Duration of Study: Third level Newborn Intensive Care Unit, Ankara Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Women's Health Teaching and Research Hospital, Turkey, fro...
By Nadia Haq, Raafea Tafweez, Sadia Saqib, Zahra Haider Bokhari, Irfan Ali, Ahmed Fawad Syami
Objective: To determine the cytoplasmic fatty change of rat liver due to artificial sweeteners – aspartame and sucralose. Study Design: Experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Anatomy, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, in collaboration with the University of Vet...
By Medhat K. Shier, Hebatallah H. Ali, Mohammad S. El-Wetidy, Mohammad M. Al-Qattan, Mohamed B. Al-Fageeh
Objective: To explore the effects of two different methodologies of RNA interference, namely small interfering RNA, and vector-based short hairpin RNA, on the expression levels of hepatitis C virus core RNA and protein of Saudi genotype 4 isolates. Study Design: An experimental study. Place and ...
By Memoona Mansoor, Syed Moyn Aly, Arshad Javaid
Objective: To determine if there was any significant difference in scores of students who acquired knowledge through team-based learning (TBL) versus those who learned through small group discussion (SGD). Study Design: Quasi-experimental cross-over study. Place and Duration of Study: Shifa Colle...
By Zia Ur Rehman, M. Younus Durrani, Hassan Ishaq, Ziad Sophie
Distal revascularization and interval ligation (DRIL) is considered a useful option to relieve haemodialysis access-related steal syndrome. The results of this procedure are not known in the local setup. This is a case series of patients who underwent DRIL between January 2005 and December 2015. A...
By Aysegul Bayrak, Gonul Sagiroglu, Elif Copuroglu
Objective: To determine the effects of the level of the anxiety of the patients on the intraoperative hemodynamic parameters and postoperative pain, patient satisfaction and the stay period at the hospital. Study Design: A descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: General Surgery, Faculty o...
By Faisal Saud Dar, Muhammad Atiq, Neelam Shahzadi, Seemab Khalid Ainy, Atif Rana, Abu Bakar Hafeez Bhatti
Objective: To report long term outcomes after surgical resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma (hCCA). Study Design: Cohort study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Liver Transplant and Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan, from October 2011 t...
By Azka Fatima, Rubina Kamran, Haniya Rashid, Muhammad Shafique
Objective: To determine the molecular characterisation of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) from patients admitted in intensive care units (ICUs) of a tertiary care hospital. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Pakist...
By Ghulamullah Lail, Farina Muhammad Hanif, Amanullah Lail, Muhammad Manzoor ul Haque, Abbas Ali Tasneem, Nasir Hassan Luck
Objective: To assess the impact of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) on quality of life (QOL) in local population. Study Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Hepatogastroenterology Department, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi, from J...
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome causes paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in which short PR intervals and delta waves are seen in electrocardiography, which may cause sudden cardiac death. A 19-year female presented with increasing episodes of wide and narrow QRS complex tachycardia for ...
By Muhammad Rizwan, Nadia Iftikhar, Tariq Sarfraz, Obed Ullah
Acanthosis nigricans is a skin disease characterised by symmetric velvety hyperpigmented, verrucous plaques of the intertriginous surfaces of the axilla, neck, inframammary, and mucocutaneous regions. Malignant acanthosis nigricans is a paraneoplastic phenomenon most commonly associated with gastr...
By Kamran Amir Khan, Sameed Ullah Qureshi
Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is common among adults. However, its incidence is rare among children associated invariably with delay in diagnosis. In children, it is caused by hyperplasia, adenoma or related hereditary disorders. Herein, a 17-year male with PHPT presented with rare skeletal m...
By Yusuf Velioglu, Ahmet Yuksel
The incidence of iatrogenic femoral artery pseudoaneurysm (FAP) has dramatically increased due to marked increase of endovascular procedures in recent years. Once diagnosed, a prompt and optimal treatment should be done as soon as possible to avoid potential complications like thromboembolism, isc...
By Wenbo Zhang, Jingliang Cheng, Yong Zhang, Keyan Wang, Hongrui Jin
The aim of this study was to analyse the application value of CT and MRI combined examination for the diagnosis of acute cerebral infarction. It was an observational study carried out from March 2017 to April 2018. All the patients of acute cerebral infarction, diagnosed on the basis of clinical a...
By Yi Sun, Haixia Zhao, Ying Shen, Wenying Guan
The aim of this study was to compare the levels of erythropoietin (Epo), semaphorins 3A (Sema 3A) and pigment epithelium derived factors (PEDF) in serum and aqueous humor of those with neovascular glaucoma (NVG) and patients with cataract. It was an experimental study carried out from January 2016...
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By Shams Raza Brohi, Muzamil Dilber, Fahmida Arab Mallah
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