EDITORIAL

Editorial experience at Journal of Ayub Medical College Abbottabad (JAMC)

Muhammad Ayub

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Writing for high profile peer reviewed journals: prerequisites for effective scientific writing

Naeem Aslam

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Presentation of maxillofacial injuries in the 2005 earthquake victims

Iram Abbas, Masroor Manshad Abbasi, Shah Muhammad Ghous, Nofil Ahmad, Ans Ahmad, Muhammad Ayub

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Effect of Metformin hydrochloride in correcting hyperinsulinemia and high leptin levels in treatment of infertile polycystic patients

Asma Irfan, Irfan Afzal Mughal, Samina Jalali

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Methods and complications of septic induced abortion in patients managed at a tertiary care hospital

Alia Jabeen, Nasira Sabiha Dawood, Shazia Riaz, Shamaila Tanveer

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Risk factors for diabetic foot ulcer

Wasim Ahmad, Ishtiaq Ali Khan, Salma Ghaffar, Farhan Khasham Al-Swailmi, Ihsanullah Khan

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Risk factors for stroke: a prospective hospital based study

Javed Akhter Rathore, Zulfiqar Ali Kango, Munazza Nazir, Adnan Mehraj

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Routine preoperative chest x-ray and its impact on decision making in patients undergoing elective surgical procedures

Irum Sabir Ali, Mumtaz Khan, Muhammad Atif Khan

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Pap smear, an important screening tool to detect precancerous stage of carcinoma of cervix

Gulfareen Haider, Zahida Parveen, Farhana Anjum, Aftab Munir

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Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis among asymptomatic women

Mamuna Qayum, Muhammad Khalid-bin-Saleem

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Comparison of nasal profiles in various skeletal patterns

Tania Arshad, Attiya Shaikh, Mubassar Fida

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Outcome of laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gall stones disease in patients with liver cirrhosis

Nasir Khan, Ghulam Siddiq

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Role of nitric oxide in the effect of nebivolol on isolated tracheal muscle of guinea pig

Asma Shaukat, Naila Abrar, Ayesha Naureen, Muhammad Nawaz

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Effects of smoking on length of hospital stay in patients surviving an orthotopic liver transplant

Shahzad Riyaz, Seema Nadeem, Anila Riyaz

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Diagnostic performance of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of breast lumps

Sayed Agha Ali Shah, Shagufta Nasir Pervez, Khalid Javed

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Clinical presentation, risk factors and outcome of stroke at a district level teaching hospital

Choudhary Tariq Masood, Maqbool Hussain, Anis-ur-Rehman, Saleem Abbasi

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Prevalence of wheat allergy in Al-Kharj

Ali S Al-Ghonaim, Saad R Al-Qassam, Omar Kujan, Bassel Tarakji,  Azzegahiby S, Azzegahiby I, Richard KH Wyse, Mohammed W Al-Rabia, Faris QB Alenzi

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Animal laboratory, interactive and computer based learning, in enhancing basic concepts in physiology: an outlook of 481 undergraduate medical students

Najla Shore, Shireen Khawar, Miraa Qutab, Muhammad Ayub

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Functional outcome of surgery in patients with acetabular fractures

Shaukat Hayat Khan, Iffat Ara, Shahbaz Raza, Sarfraz Sipra

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Medical Colleges Admission Test in Punjab, Pakistan

Junaid Sarfraz Khan, John SG Biggs, Tahira Bano, Osama Mukhtar, Saima Tabasum, Malik Hussain Mubasshar

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Adenomyosis among samples from hysterectomy due to abnormal uterine bleeding

Shagufta Nasir Pervez, Khalid Javed

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First cancer statistics report from Hazara division

Sheraz Ahmad, A. Nadim Qureshi, Abida Kazmi, Ahsan Rasool, Mahwish Gul, Muhammad Ashfaq, Laila Batool, Raana Abdur Rehman, Jawad Ahmad, Muniba

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A call for mentoring of medical students in the backdrop of integrated curriculum

Naushaba Sadiq, Wajeeha Aurangzeb, Ayesha Farooq, Shahid Rauf, Syyeda Salman

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Efficacy of topical clotrimazole in treatment of otomycosis

Farida Khan, Raza Muhammad, Muhammad Riaz Khan, Fazal Rehman, Johar Iqbal, Munib Khan, Gohar Ullah

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Prevalence and factors associated with maternal postpartum haemorrhage in Khyber Agency, Pakistan

Gani N, Ali TS

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Correlation between glycated haemoglobin levels and random blood glucose

Nasir Hussain Shah Kazmi, Saima Gillani, Saleem Afzal, Saad Hussain

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Pattern of stroke in diabetics and non-diabetics

Rashid Ali, Sumera Kazmi, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal

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Delay in diagnosis and treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in current practice

Muhammad Arshad, Shujaat Abbas, Ishaq Ahmad Qureshi

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Lead, hypertension, and chronic renal failure

Nadeem ul Haq, Saiqa Tabassum, Rosheena Anjum, Batool Fatima

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Role of transvaginal ultrasound in identifying endometrial hyperplasia

Fatima Nazim, Zartaj Hayat, Abdul Hannan, Umar Ikram, Khola Nazim

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Efficacy of preoperative single dose antibiotic in patients undergoing mesh repair for inguinal hernia

Bakhtiar Ullah, Shahbaz Ali Khan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Tousif Pasha

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Evaluating neurology CME in two educational methods using Patton’s utilization focused model

Farhan Vakani, Amina Ahmad, Aziz Sonawalla, Mughis Sheerani

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Knowledge, attitude and practices of health staff regarding infectious waste handling of tertiary care health facilities at metropolitan city of Pakistan

Ramesh Kumar, Ratana Samrongthong, Babar Tasneem Shaikh

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Prevalence of examination related anxiety in a private medical college

Abdul Najeeb Khan, Sohail Ataur Rasool, Ambreen Sultan, Irum Tahira

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Prevalence and associated factors of perceived stress among adolescent girls in Nawabshah City, Pakistan

Yasmin Parpio

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Association of allergic rhinitis with gender and asthma

Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Alamgir Khan, Faizania Shabbir, Tausif Ahmed Rajput

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Nutritional status of primary school children in Abbottabad

Saadia Siddique, Muhammad Ayub, Najla Shore, Usman Tariq, Shakila Zaman

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Impact of movie-based simulation training, with or without conventional verbal demonstration on observed OSPE scores in medical undergraduates:  a double control study

Samina Malik, Reema Zaheer, Muhammad Bilal

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Significance of glycaemic control in type 1 diabetes

Maryam Wahid, Abdul Khaliq Naveed

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Animal allergy among husbandry personnel in Riyadh

Muhammad Al-Maneea, Saad Al-Juhaim, Omar Al-hatlan, Omar Kujan, Bassel Tarakji, Saleh Azzegahiby, Ibrahim Azzegahiby, Richard KH Wyse, Mohammed W Al-Rabia, Faris QB Alenzi

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Awareness regarding obesity amongst general physicians of Karachi

Fatima Mannan, Khawaja Zain Hasan , Honey Raj, Nosheen Zehra, Mohammad Ali,  Khawaja Saad Haq, Zaid Shamsi, Wasiya Irfan

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Emergency contraception: knowledge, attitude and practices among doctors of a tertiary care hospital

Kinza Alam, Ayesha Snover, Nadra Sultana, Tahir Ahmad Munir, Syed Shoaib Shah

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Efficacy of newly formulated ointment containing 20% active antimicrobial honey in treatment of burn wound infections

Samiyah Tasleem, Syed Baqir Shyum Naqvi, Saadat Ali Khan, Khursheed Hashmi

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Vitamin D status among vegetarians and non-vegetarians

Jawed Altaf Baig, Shehnaz A Sheikh, Ibnat Islam, Mukesh Kumar

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Relationship between anaemia and simple febrile convulsions

Ambreen Sultan, Muhammad Fayaz, Abdul Najeeb Khan, Afnan Fayaz

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Immunoglobulin gene rearrangement in detection of minimal residual disease in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Ayesha Nayyar, Suhaib Ahmed

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Serum electrolyte derangements in patients with traumatic brain injury

Mirza Faisal Ahmed Rafiq, Noor Ahmed, Adil Aziz Khan

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Reasons for failure of exclusive breastfeeding in children less than six months of age

Asma Yaqub, Sidra Gul

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Spectrum of trigeminal neuralgia

Abdur Rehman, Iram Abbas, Shahbaz Ali Khan, Ehtisham Ahmed, Fozia Fatima, Syed Abbas Anwar

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Role of prophylactic antibiotics in low risk elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Is there a need?

Muhammad Ali Naqvi, Adnan Mehraj, Raja Ejaz, Amer Mian

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Prevalence of tuberculosis in Kotli, Azad Kashmir

Mohammad Saleem, Waseem Ahmad, Fareeda Jamshed, Javed Sarwar, Nasreen Gul

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Bedside manners: do we care?

Zerwa Farooq, Tajammal Mustafa, Alia Akram, Mariha Khan, Rabbia Amjad, Maryam Naveed, Ayesha Azhar, Abdul Majeed Chaudhry, M Amir Zaman Khan, Farida Rafiq

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Comparison of periodontal health status of smokers versus non-smokers

Ursala Jogezai, Anser Maxood, Noosheen Asim Khan

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Role of cranial computed tomography in predicting clinical outcome in patients with minor head injury

Tayyaba Afzal, Faiza Akram, Misbah Durrani

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Relationship of the inter-condylar width with mandibular inter-canine width

Khezran Qamar, Irfan Ahmed Shaikh, Sajid Naeem

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Emergency obstetrics care services in District Neelum, Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Abdul Mateen, Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Ramesh Kumar

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REVIEW ARTICLE

Political and economic unfairness in health system of Pakistan: a hope with the recent reforms

Shaikh BT, Ejaz I, Achakzai DK, Shafiq Y

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CASE REPORTS

Silent uterine rupture of scarred uterus —an unusual presentation as amniocele

Aisha Syed Wali, Tahira Yasmeen Naru

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An effective and physiological lifestyle change for management of gastroesophageal reflux disease

Mohammad A Randhawa, Taley Yar, Anton Gillessen

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Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome

Ruqqayia Adil, Adil Qayyum

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Teenage jejunoileal diverticulosis

Syed Inamullah Shah, Eitezaz Ahmad Bashir, Abdul Hannan, Attique Sadiq, Mehreen Baig

Adult woman with intra-oral epidermoid cyst

Sadia Chaudhry, Abdul Hannan, Umar Ikram

Non-Moyamoya bilateral middle cerebral artery agenesis mimicking multiple sclerosis

Qasim Bashir, Aamir Badruddin, Saeed Arif, Tamir Hersonsky

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