item: #1 of 69 id: afmdc-100 author: Nasir, Nabeel; Waseem, Muhammad Rustam; Sikandar, Mirza Zeeshan; Mumtaz, Asim; Shah, Syed Imran Ali title: Plasma Glycated Hemoglobin and Sleep Patterns in Local Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus date: 2021-02-04 words: 2645 flesch: 54 summary: Poor sleep quality was also linked with increased risk of diabetic polyneuropathy.18 Choi D, Kim B, Jung C, Kim C, Kang S, Mok J. Diabetic complications associated with poor sleep quality in type 2 diabetes. keywords: control; diabetes; diabetic; hba1c; levels; patients; quality; sleep; study; subjects cache: afmdc-100.pdf plain text: afmdc-100.txt item: #2 of 69 id: afmdc-101 author: Ali, Rabiya; Jawad, Muhammad; Jawed, Alishba; Afzal, Muhammad; Zafar, Azka r Maryam title: Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Survey: COVID-19 Pandemic and its Preventive Standard Operating Procedures in College Students date: 2021-02-04 words: 4128 flesch: 46 summary: KEYWORDS: COVID -19, College students, Pandemic, Standard operating procedures INTRODUCTION Corona virus disease (COVID-19) is an emerging public health challenge around the world causing acute respiratory illness leading to high mortality and morbidity.1 Healthcare Workers (HCWs) are frontline soldiers in this crisis, who also contracted the coronavirus and lost their precious lives to save their patients.6 In this worst situation, college students and their faculty members are also at risk of contracting the coronavirus in the pandemic chain as human-to-human transmission of COVID-19 is due to of overcrowding in colleges. keywords: college; covid-19; educational; knowledge; measures; practices; spread; students; study cache: afmdc-101.pdf plain text: afmdc-101.txt item: #3 of 69 id: afmdc-102 author: Hashmi, Riaz; Naeem, Laiba; Arif, Sana; Habiba, Umme; Irfan, Rabia; Zafar, Maham title: Frequency of Plantar Fasciitis among Females in Teaching Profession date: 2021-02-04 words: 3566 flesch: 57 summary: It holds the medial arch and give tensile strength to metatarsals specially when these bones are subjected to crucial bending forces propulsion or when foot absorbs forces in the stance phase of gait.2 Inflammation and degenerative changes of plantar fascia due to the repetitive stress and trauma specially on its origin at the medial calcaneal tuberosity of the heel and peri-fascial structures causes PF and subsequent central to medial plantar heel pain. Dependent variable is plantar fasciitis score, p value ≤ 0.05 is taken significant PF were used to wear flat shoes, whereas only 16 % wear heel shoes and 23% were using both type of shoes (heel and flat). keywords: age; fasciitis; foot; heel; pain; plantar; results; standing; teachers; value cache: afmdc-102.pdf plain text: afmdc-102.txt item: #4 of 69 id: afmdc-103 author: Khalid, Nauman; Sohail, Muhammad; Malik, M.Tahir Bashir; Noor, Hanan; Saifullah, Muhammad; Akram, Muhammad title: Efficacy of Herbal Preparation(Cystone) in Management of Urinary Stone Disease date: 2021-02-03 words: 2733 flesch: 42 summary: All patients with renal stones who were freshly prescribed with oral Tablet cystone twice a day for four weeks were enrolled in the study and were followed for stone size with ultrasonography followed for the duration of four weeks Patients were followed till the primary endpoint. There was significant decrease in stone size from initial mean stone size1.57 ±0.08 mm to end point stone size 0.69 ±0.09 mm after treatment with cystone (p- value 0.000). keywords: cystone; mean; patients; renal; size; stone; study; treatment; urolithiasis cache: afmdc-103.pdf plain text: afmdc-103.txt item: #5 of 69 id: afmdc-104 author: Jawed, Shireen title: Proceeding of Certificate Course in Medical Editing at University of Health Sciences Lahore date: 2021-02-03 words: 4683 flesch: 50 summary: Mr. Shaukat Ali Jawaid always highlighted problems faced by medical journals of Pakistan in different forums including regulatory bodies, she remarked. International committee of Medical Journal Editors. keywords: ali; authors; authorship; editors; jawaid; journals; medical; pakistan; peer; review; session cache: afmdc-104.pdf plain text: afmdc-104.txt item: #6 of 69 id: afmdc-105 author: Jawed, Shireen title: Acknowledgement date: 2020-12-29 words: 477 flesch: 49 summary: We are also grateful to the legends of medical journalism Mr. Shaukat Ali Jawaid, Dr Fatema Jawad, Dr. Akhter Sherin, Dr. Jamshed Akhter, whose guidance during certificate in medical editing course (CME) at University of Health Sciences Lahore (UHS) helped us to overcome our shortcomings. On achieving the first Milestone, as an editor, I wish to extend my thanks to JAFMDC’s Editorial board members especially to Dr. Farah Amir Ali, Dr. Benash Altaf and Dr. Mirza Aroosa Beg for helping me to achieve this task. keywords: journal cache: afmdc-105.pdf plain text: afmdc-105.txt item: #7 of 69 id: afmdc-111 author: Jawed, Shireen; Altaf, Benash; Zulfiqar, Farah title: Capacity Building of Editors of By Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Is Commendable Initiative date: 2021-03-24 words: 1137 flesch: 33 summary: Hence, professional trainings are needed to improve the multidisciplinary domains of medical journalism for improving the quality and authenticity of the published work.3 In this regard, efforts of Higher Education Commission Pakistan (HEC) are commendable for improving the standards of research journals and promoting Professionalism in scientific editing through edification Correspondence: Dr. Shireen Jawed Email: journal.editor@afmdc.edu.pk capacity building, mentoring and financial support of research journals. Out of these renowned medical journals, only three of them meet the criteria of international ranking of medical journals and earned the impact factors (IF), which reflects the high number of citations of their publications. keywords: hec; journals; medical; research cache: afmdc-111.pdf plain text: afmdc-111.txt item: #8 of 69 id: afmdc-112 author: Amir, Sadida; Ahmad, Shakil; Usman, Muhammad; Sarwar, Imran; Sajid, Nisar Khan; Ahmad, Tanveer title: Role of Oral Iron Supplementation in Reducing Breath-Holding Attacks in Children under five years: Role of Iron in BHA date: 2021-03-22 words: 3284 flesch: 56 summary: Conclusion: Frequency and severity of breath-holding attacks in iron deficient children are effectively reduced after treatment with oral iron supplements KEYWORDS: Breath-holding spell, Children, Iron deficiency anemia, Iron therapy. CONCLUSION Frequency and severity of breath-holding attacks in iron deficient children are effectively reduced after treatment with oral iron supplements. keywords: bhas; breath; children; deficiency; frequency; holding; iron; severity; study cache: afmdc-112.pdf plain text: afmdc-112.txt item: #9 of 69 id: afmdc-114 author: Atta, Komal; Ijaz, Saadia title: Perception of Health Sciences Students about Impact of Hidden Curriculum on Burnout and Empathy: Hidden Curriculum & burnout/empathy date: 2021-03-22 words: 3666 flesch: 54 summary: Results: Medical students followed by and physical therapy students experienced the greatest amount of burnout syndrome (p-value0.02 and p-value0.04, respectively) as compared to the other disciplines Final year students of each discipline reported higher rates of burnout as compared to all other years (p-value0.01).Medical students had lesser empathy as compared to other disciplines of health sciences. Conclusion: Medical students experienced the greatest amount of burnout and subsequently reported lesser empathy reflecting the negative relation between them. keywords: burnout; curriculum; data; empathy; health; medical; sciences; students; study; year cache: afmdc-114.pdf plain text: afmdc-114.txt item: #10 of 69 id: afmdc-115 author: Rashid, Abid; Bhatti, Muhammad Farooq; Ayaz, Sultan title: Gender wise estimates of Hepatitis B and C in the General Population of Faisalabad , Pakistan: Gender wise estimates Hep B&C date: 2021-03-22 words: 2505 flesch: 51 summary: On comparing gender for hepatitis, we found that greater number of females were seropositive for hepatitis C as compared males while hepatitis B was more commonly detected in males. In terms of gender, hepatitis C was most frequently found in females while hepatitis B was most prevalent in male gender. keywords: faisalabad; gender; hcv; hepatitis; pakistan; study cache: afmdc-115.pdf plain text: afmdc-115.txt item: #11 of 69 id: afmdc-117 author: Aslam, Aneel; Waheed, Abdul title: Comparison of Forced Expiratory Volume in Six Seconds and FEV1/FEV6 ratio among Smokers and Non Smokers: FEV6 & FEV1/ FEV6 in Smokers date: 2021-03-25 words: 2258 flesch: 46 summary: In contrast to this, slightly more lower limit of the normal range for FEV1/FEV6 smokers was about 0.72, reported from the china and 0.73(73%) was reported by 3rd National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) from united states.10,11 Current results show that the smokers have lower FEV6 values and FEV1/FEV6 ratio as compared to the nonsmokers. Smokers have border line FEV1/FEV6 ratio of 0.75 (75%) reflecting airway limitation, as these similar fixed cut of points were reported by Singh et al from India and PLATINO studies for airway obstruction.8,9 Our results are in line with Enright et al study that also reported decline in FEV1/FEV6 ratio upto 69% in smokers indicating reduced lung functions.11 Current results are also confirmed by Layoun et al who also reported reduced FEV6 and FEV1/FEV6 in smokers reflecting decline in lung functions.12 keywords: airway; fev1; fev6; fvc; lung; nonsmokers; smokers; study cache: afmdc-117.pdf plain text: afmdc-117.txt item: #12 of 69 id: afmdc-118 author: Shaikh, Saifullah; Ali, Rabiya; Moazzam, Hina title: Tobacco Smoking is a Risk Factor for Decline Peak Expiratory Flow Rate in Young Healthy Smokers: Tobacco Smoking & PEFR date: 2021-03-25 words: 2419 flesch: 53 summary: The trend of tobacco consumption is increasing at an alarming rate among young adults across the world.1 The highest rate of tobacco smoking were reported in South Asian countries.1 In Pakistan, tobacco is consumed in various forms such as pipes, cigarettes, hookah/shisha, cigar, pan and gutka. Initial stages of airflow obstruction due to tobacco smoking are reversible but it can progress to irrepressible obstructive pulmonary disease if not managed timely. keywords: flow; nonsmokers; peak; pefr; rate; smokers; smoking; study; tobacco cache: afmdc-118.pdf plain text: afmdc-118.txt item: #13 of 69 id: afmdc-125 author: Iqbal, Muhammad waqas; Jamshed, Farhan; Akram, Adeen; Khalid, Nauman; Saifullah, Muhammad; Malik, Muhammad akram title: Guy’s stone Scoring in Predicting Post operative Residual Stones: Guy's scoring in PCNL date: 2022-02-15 words: 3137 flesch: 58 summary: As the age and clearance of renal stone is concerned there is significant difference in terms of residual stone among two age groups. After 24 hours of operation, CT scan was done in each patient and residual stone (present/abse nt) was noted. keywords: age; guy; nephrolithotomy; patients; pcnl; score; scoring; stone; study cache: afmdc-125.pdf plain text: afmdc-125.txt item: #14 of 69 id: afmdc-135 author: Ijaz, Farhat; Bokhari, Uswah ; Khan, Sehar Khauteja; Shoaib, Uswah ; Tariq, Sana ; Haris, Rana Zaid; Khurram Aftab, Rana title: Association of Imposter Phenomenon and Burnout with Mode of Education among Medical Students of Pakistan: Imposter Phenomenon and Burnout with Mode of Education date: 2022-02-15 words: 3609 flesch: 57 summary: Coalition for medical education A call to action: A proposition to adapt clinical medical education to meet the needs of students and other healthcare learners during COVID‐19. 4, NO. 1 12 Original Article Association of Imposter phenomenon and Burnout with mode of education among Medical Students of Pakistan Farhat Ijaz, Uswah Bokhari, Sehar Khauteja Khan, Uswah Shoaib, Sana Tariq, Rana Zaid Haris, Rana Khurram Aftab ABSTRACT Objectives: To determine the association of imposter syndrome and burnout in medical students during online and face-face education in Pakistan. keywords: burnout; education; face; impostor; medical; mode; online; phenomenon; score; students; study cache: afmdc-135.pdf plain text: afmdc-135.txt item: #15 of 69 id: afmdc-136 author: Bashir, Umaiza; Jabeen, Ayesha title: Psychological Sequelae of COVID-19: The Mediating Role of Family Communication as a Protective Factor date: 2022-12-23 words: 2562 flesch: 43 summary: The Mediating Role of Family Communication as a Protective Factor Umaiza Bashir, Ayesha Jabeen ABSTRACT: Objectives: To assess the mediating role of family communication between the relationship of psychological strengths or sequelae and anxiety symptoms in general population during lockdown in COVID-19 among. The present study showed that there was a significant relationship between the study variables, and family communication indicated partial mediating role between psychological sequelae and anxiety symptoms. keywords: anxiety; communication; covid-19; family; participants; role; strengths; study cache: afmdc-136.pdf plain text: afmdc-136.txt item: #16 of 69 id: afmdc-141 author: Batool, Aatika; Ansari, Farheen; Gondal, Sidra; Mahmood, Mahreen; Asmat, Kainat; Arif, Muhammad Maaz title: Antibiotic Sensitivity on Isolates from Diabetic And Non-Diabetic Population Based In Pattoki Punjab date: 2023-06-09 words: 3745 flesch: 50 summary: Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of different parts of plant extracts against isolated bacteria from diabetics showed that the highest sensitivity was shown against peel, leaves and seed extracts of Citrus sinensis and Psidium guajava while the least sensitivity was shown against the stem and root extracts of these plants. The bacterial isolate most commonly found among diabetics was E. coli followed by the presence of S. aureus, K. pneumonia, P. aeruginosa, P. vulgaris respectively MIC of different parts of plant extracts against isolated bacteria from diabetics showed that the highest sensitivity was found against peel, leaves and seed extracts of C. sinensis and P. guajava while the least sensitivity was shown against the stem and root extracts of these plants. keywords: activity; citrus; coli; diabetic; extracts; guajava; guava; leaves; non; plant; sinensis; study cache: afmdc-141.pdf plain text: afmdc-141.txt item: #17 of 69 id: afmdc-142 author: Nayab; Aijaz Khowaja, Shabnam ; Memon, Erum ; Jitendra Shahani, Mala ; Khalid, Sumiyya title: Fetomaternal Outcomes of Pregnancy among Women suffering from Chronic hypertension : Fetomaternal Outcome of Pregnancy date: 2022-02-15 words: 3915 flesch: 56 summary: 4, NO. 1 31 Original Article Fetomaternal Outcome of Pregnancy among Women Suffering from Chronic Hypertension Nayab Qasim, Shabnam Aijaz Khowaja, Erum Memon, Mala Jitendra Shahani, Sumiyya Khalid ABSTRACT Objective: To observe the association of chronic hypertension in pregnant women on their health and fetal outcome. Chronic hypertension (mean value 134/92) was present among 38.8% of the study participants. keywords: age; birth; chronic; doi; health; hypertension; maternal; outcome; pregnancy; study; women cache: afmdc-142.pdf plain text: afmdc-142.txt item: #18 of 69 id: afmdc-148 author: Rashid, Dr.Abid; Habiba, Dr. Ume ; Asif, Dr. Muhammad ; Akhtar, Dr. Naseem ; Ayaz, Dr. Sultan ; Khatoon, Dr. Saadia title: Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Dental Practitioners against Hepatitis B in District Faisalabad : KAP Study Dental Practitioners against Hepatitis date: 2021-11-30 words: 3165 flesch: 54 summary: Another study conducted by Mahesh et al reported that the level of knowledge regarding the course and transmission of Hepatitis B among dental students was satisfactory.15 A study carried out in Iran revealed that the level of knowledge, attitude and practices of dentists regarding Hepatitis B virus were moderately good.16 3, NO. 2 51 Original Article Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Dental Practitioners against Hepatitis B in District Faisalabad Abid Rashid, Ume Habiba, Muhammad Asif, Naseem Akhtar, Sultan Ayaz, Saadia Khatoon ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of dental practitioners against Hepatitis B in district Faisalabad. keywords: dental; dentists; hepatitis; knowledge; practitioners; respondents; study; vaccination cache: afmdc-148.pdf plain text: afmdc-148.txt item: #19 of 69 id: afmdc-149 author: Alavi , Dr.Nusrat ; Khawaja , Dr Aneela ; Asif , Dr. Maliha ; Ejaz , Dr Asma; Abeer, Dr; Arshad , Faiqa title: Comparison of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Chemiluminescence Immunoassay for Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Analysis in Tertiary Care Hospital Lahore: Comparison of ELISA & CLIA for TSH date: 2021-11-30 words: 2787 flesch: 49 summary: TSH monitoring by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in very low and very high level of frank hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism is very benefi- cial in grouping subjects according to expression of TSH level.2 ELISA is a popular analytic procedure that applies a solid stage enzyme immunoassay (EIA) to identify the presence of a specific element, usually an antigen, in a serum sample. ELISA technique identified 134 subjects as Euthyroid, 40 Hypothyroid and 24 Hyperthyroid, while 122 Euthyroid, 48 hypothyroid and 28 hyperthyroid subjects by CLIA. keywords: assay; clia; elisa; euthyroid; hypothyroid; study; subjects; thyroid; tsh cache: afmdc-149.pdf plain text: afmdc-149.txt item: #20 of 69 id: afmdc-150 author: Riaz, Dr. Lubna ; Shafique, Dr.Waqas ; Ishaq, Dr. Fouzia; Faryad, Dr. Neelam; Ali Sheikh, Dr. Muhammad ; Shahzad, Dr. Naveed title: Spectrum of Electroencephalographic Findings in Seizures under 6 months aged infants at a Tertiary Care Hospital: EEG Findings in Infants with Seizures date: 2021-11-30 words: 2898 flesch: 55 summary: Conclusion: Almost one third of patients with epilepsy had abnormal EEG findings so antiepileptic therapy selection must be tailored on individual basis, with special focus on patient’s history and clinical presentation. At the same time abnormal EEG occurred in non-epileptic patients.9 keywords: age; eeg; epilepsy; findings; hospital; months; patients; seizures; study; waves cache: afmdc-150.pdf plain text: afmdc-150.txt item: #21 of 69 id: afmdc-151 author: Khurshid, Dr. Rukhshan ; Fatima, Dr.Nafisa; Hamza, Dr.Muhammad Shahroz; Ahmad, Dr.Shakil ; Fayyaz, Dr.Iram; Ashraf, Dr.Huma title: Impact of consanguinity marriage on developing type 1 diabetes of beta thalassemia children: Consanguinity marriage & DM in thalassemia children date: 2021-11-30 words: 2822 flesch: 52 summary: 3, NO. 2 46 Original Article Impact of consanguinity marriage on developing type 1 diabetes in beta thalassemia children Rukhshan Khurshid, Nafisa Fatima, Muhammad Shahroz Hamza, Shakil Ahmad, Iram Fayyaz, Huma Ashraf ABSTRACT Objective: To find impact of consanguinity marriage on developing diabetes in a group of thalassemia children. Conclusion: Consanguinity marriages may have a role on developing diabetes in thalassemia children. keywords: blood; children; consanguinity; diabetes; fasting; frequency; glucose; iron; patients; study; thalassemia cache: afmdc-151.pdf plain text: afmdc-151.txt item: #22 of 69 id: afmdc-152 author: Bibi, Dr. Sarwat ; Saqib, Dr. Khurram ; Saleem, Dr. Muhammad; Jaddan, Dr. Aalia; Ahmad , Dr.Humaira ; Rana, Hamza title: Role of White blood cell count in Diagnostic accuracy of Acute Appendicitis: WBC Count for Appendicitis date: 2021-11-30 words: 3277 flesch: 40 summary: So they should be observed carefully before discharging them.16 previous study of Bilal M, et al strongly favors results of our study who found that TLC count was normal in 83.2% of patients.11 our findings are in accordance with study by Er S et al also reported that 81% of the patients with a normal WBC Count had Acute Appendicitis while 19% had a normal appendix.17Alam et al also concluded normal TLC count in 83.9% of patients with diagnosis of acute appendicitis based upon clinical findings.18 Apart from the TLC , we also noticed that the 83.1% patients with normal neutrophil count had inflamed appendix and 14.3% of the patients with raised neutrophil had the normal appendix. 3, NO. 2 56 Original Article Role of White Blood Cell Count in Diagnostic Accuracy of Acute Appendicitis Sarwat Bibi, Khurram Saqib, Muhammad Saleem, Aalia Jadaan, Humaira Ahmad, Hamza Rana ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the role of white blood cell count (WBC) in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis and its relation to histopathological findings. keywords: acute; appendicitis; appendix; count; diagnosis; patients; study; tlc; wbc cache: afmdc-152.pdf plain text: afmdc-152.txt item: #23 of 69 id: afmdc-153 author: Hussain, Khalid; Ahmed, Tanseer ; Ali, Amjad; Raza, Faheem title: Assessment of Anxiety and Depression and its Association with Socio-demographic Characteristics among Family Caretakers of Cancer Patients: Anxiety and Depression in Caregiver of Cancer Patients date: 2021-11-30 words: 3462 flesch: 51 summary: 3, NO. 2 30 Original Article Assessment of Anxiety and Depression and its Association with Socio-demographic Characteristics among Family Caretakers of Cancer Patients Khalid Hussain, Tanseer Ahmed, Amjad Ali, Faheem Raza ABSTRACT Objective: To find out the frequency of anxiety and depression and its association with socio-demographics characteristics among family caretakers of cancer patients. The Aga Khan University Anxiety and Depression Scale (AKU-ADS) was used to assess the symptoms among family caregivers of cancer patients. keywords: anxiety; cancer; caregivers; depression; family; participants; patients; study; symptoms cache: afmdc-153.pdf plain text: afmdc-153.txt item: #24 of 69 id: afmdc-156 author: Zia, Dr. Rabia; Aqeel, Dr. Samreen title: A case report: Amelogenesis imperfecta: A case report: Amelogenesis imperfecta date: 2021-11-30 words: 2035 flesch: 47 summary: It is observed that as amelogenesis imperfecta patients presents at younger age hence treatment options usually starts with restorative procedures. Amelogenesis imperfecta is defined as genetic determined malformation with various manifestations particularly concerning functional disability and enamel discoloration. keywords: amelogenesis; enamel; fig; imperfecta; patient; treatment cache: afmdc-156.pdf plain text: afmdc-156.txt item: #25 of 69 id: afmdc-164 author: Farooqui, Nida; Maha, Qurat-ul-ain; Ashraf, Mussarat; Azhar, Dr.Arfa; Jehan, Farrukh; Rehman, Dr. Rehana title: Vitamin D and Vitamin D Receptor in Female Infertility: VD and VDR in female infertility date: 2021-11-30 words: 2593 flesch: 49 summary: According to previous a study, it was observed that females having high levels of VD in follicular fluid (FF) and serum have a higher chance of conceiving following IVF, hence VD levels in FF independently can determine IVF outcome.12 With this background, we came across with following research questions; Is there a role of FF Vitamin D with pregnancy J Aziz Fatm Med Den College JULY - DECEMBER 2021; VOL. Vitamin D levels with reproductive outcomes after assisted reproductive techniques (ART). keywords: fluid; follicular; levels; pregnancy; serum; study; vdr; vitamin cache: afmdc-164.pdf plain text: afmdc-164.txt item: #26 of 69 id: afmdc-166 author: Iqbal, Muhammad Hashir; Noukhaiz, Namra; Shahzad, Dr.Saadia title: Knowledge & Practices of Breastfeeding in Working and Non-working Mothers: KAP Study Breastfeeding date: 2021-11-30 words: 3735 flesch: 57 summary: Our findings are also similar to a past Indian study that investigated the knowledge, attitude, and practices of mothers regarding breastfeeding.12 These findings are also consistent with the findings of breastfeeding practices investigated in a study conducted in Lahore, Pakistan that reported similar trends of breastfeeding practices as in our study.13 In the present study breastfeeding practice rate in 4-6 months’ infants is again lower than some past studies that found breastfeeding rate for four months’ duration as: 20.9% 16; 31% 14; and 49%.15 Results also showed a highly significant association of family income with knowledge of immediate onset of breastfeeding after birth; with a greater proportion of mothers in the category of <25000 and up to 50000 per month. Present study found a significant association of demographic factors: status of mother (working/ housewife), type of KAP Study Breastfeeding family (nuclear/ extended), total family income, and type of delivery (normal/ C-section); with duration of breastfeeding practices. keywords: breastfeeding; child; family; knowledge; level; months; mothers; practices; study cache: afmdc-166.pdf plain text: afmdc-166.txt item: #27 of 69 id: afmdc-167 author: Abdul Razzaque, Muhmooda; Sabir Hussain; Ghulam Qadir; Yasmin Azad; Abdul Wahid title: Stress and its Influencing Factors among Intern Nurses during Pandemic Outbreak of Covid - 19 date: 2022-12-23 words: 3024 flesch: 63 summary: NO. 2 25 Original Article Stress and its Influencing Factors among Intern Nurses during Pandemic Outbreak of Covid - 19 Muhmooda Abdul Razzaque, Sabir Hussain, Ghulam Qadir, Yasmin Azad, Abdul Wahid ABSTRACT: Objectives: To investigate the frequency of stress and its influencing factors among intern nurses during the pandemic outbreak of Covid-19 in Karachi, Pakistan. This descriptive study was conducted among intern nurses who were working in different hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan from 15th August to 15th September 2021. keywords: care; covid-19; factors; health; intern; intern nurses; nurses; pandemic; stress; study cache: afmdc-167.pdf plain text: afmdc-167.txt item: #28 of 69 id: afmdc-168 author: Gul, Nimra; Iqbal , Iqra; Farooq , Amna title: Color Vision Outcome after Phacoemulsification with Intraocular Lens Implant in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus date: 2022-12-23 words: 3185 flesch: 50 summary: The color vision defect often precedes the onset of retinopathy.5 Advancing Age, macular edema, diabetic retinopathy or neovascularization contribute in ICV that may progress with progression of diabetic retinopathy.6Decline in color vision frequently produces changes in clinical measures like visual acuity.6 Presence of maculopathy and the increased macular thickness in retinopathy may the results in deterioration of color vision and mostly tritan-like defect are common.7 Outcome after cataract surgery was reported to be worse in diabetic patients especially in those with diabetic retinopathy.8 keywords: background; color; diabetes; diabetic; patients; pseudophakic; retinopathy; study; vision cache: afmdc-168.pdf plain text: afmdc-168.txt item: #29 of 69 id: afmdc-169 author: Imdad, Laraib; Shah, M Adeel Alam; Hassan, Javaid; Humayun, Dr. Farhat ; Sadiq, Dr. Ayesha ; Javed, Mavish title: Probing the Therapeutic Effects of Bamboo Shoots Supplementation on Diabetic Male and Female Patients: Therapeutic Effects of Bamboo Shoots in Diabetic Subject date: 2022-02-15 words: 3155 flesch: 57 summary: 4, NO. 1 26 Original Article Probing the Therapeutic Effects of Bamboo Shoots Supplementation on Diabetic Male and Female Patients Laraib Imdad, M Adeel Alam Shah, Javaid Hassan, Farhat Humayun, Ayesha Sadiq, Mavish Javed ABSTRACT Objective: To check whether bamboo shoots help to lower blood glucose level in type II diabetic patients. Current result revealed that blood glucose level was decreased gradually in 120 minutes of period after eating bamboo shoots supplemented cookies as compared to control group. keywords: bamboo; blood; cookies; data; diabetes; food; glucose; levels; shoots; study; type cache: afmdc-169.pdf plain text: afmdc-169.txt item: #30 of 69 id: afmdc-170 author: Muhammad Abbas, Shakila Abbas; Gul, Nimra; Kiran, Ayesha; Shezadi, Komal title: Myopia Frequency of Myopia in Rural and Urban School Going Children: Frequency of Myopia in School Going Students date: 2022-02-15 words: 3060 flesch: 62 summary: It is evident a student who spends more time in near work and reduces outdoor activities, reading in supine position more prone to rapid progression in myopia.9 Myopia is more frequently developing in school going children in this era of modern technology and of growing increase in the use of electronic screens including, computers and smart mobile phone during online classes and for playing video games and watching cartoons and drama frequently.8,9 Myopia may divide into three types according to the degree of severity such as low myopia, medium myopia and high myopia. Awasthi S, Pant BP, Langaas T. Refractive error prevalence among school children in Dadeldhura District of Nepal. keywords: children; error; factors; frequency; myopia; prevalence; school; students; study cache: afmdc-170.pdf plain text: afmdc-170.txt item: #31 of 69 id: afmdc-172 author: Muhammad Raheem; Sajid Ali Shah; S H Waqar title: Accuracy of Ultrasonography in Predicting Factors for Difficult Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Accuracy of ultrasonography in difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy date: 2022-02-15 words: 3694 flesch: 50 summary: To determine the accuracy of ultrasound in predicting difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy, keeping preoperative findings as gold standard. 2. Chindarkar H, Dumbre R, Fernandes A, Phalgune D. Study of correlation between pre-operative ultrasonographic findings and difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy. keywords: bladder; cholecystectomy; gall; laparoscopic; patients; preoperative; stone; study; ultrasonography; wall cache: afmdc-172.pdf plain text: afmdc-172.txt item: #32 of 69 id: afmdc-176 author: Khurshid, Rukhshan; Saima Rasheed; Shakil Ahmed; Huma Ashraf; Gul-e-Raana; Maira Mahmood title: Correlation of Immunoglobulin G With Severity Of Psoriasis date: 2023-06-09 words: 2566 flesch: 58 summary: However a study stated that in psoriasis patients, especially those with severe disease, high values of Immunoglobulin A. Immunoglobulin E and IgGalong with antinuclear antibodies was seen. This study concludes that the autoantibodies are found to be present in psoriasis patients or latent autoimmune diseases that may develop in psoriasis patients without any clinical sign and symptoms14. keywords: correlation; disease; duration; igg; immunoglobulin; patients; psoriasis; severity; study; years cache: afmdc-176.pdf plain text: afmdc-176.txt item: #33 of 69 id: afmdc-179 author: Mankani, Sadhna; Nausheen Saifullah; Saima Akhter; Asha Devi title: Mortality Predictors in Hospitalized Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD) date: 2022-12-23 words: 4323 flesch: 52 summary: This index is a rapid, easy and cost-effective method which is a calculated index derived from a routine complete blood count test in clinical practice.3 NLR has been reported to be higher in AECOPD patients than in stable patients and is associated with severity of COPD6,7, 8 Recently few international studies have evaluated the role of Platelet Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR) in patients with COPD.9,10 To the best of our knowledge no such study has been done before in our Pakistani population so far. Previously conducted study showed that in- hospital mortality rate was 11.5% among AECOPD patients (REF). keywords: aecopd; copd; disease; exacerbation; hospital; lymphocyte; mortality; nlr; patients; pulmonary; ratio; study; survivors cache: afmdc-179.pdf plain text: afmdc-179.txt item: #34 of 69 id: afmdc-183 author: Waqar shamim; Rizwan , Muhammad; Khan , Rizwan Rasul ; Javed, Masood ; Mahmood, Nasir ; Nawaz , Kashif title: Effect of Rivaroxaban in Stroke Prevention in Patient with Atrial Fibrillation due to Valvular Heart Disease: Rivaroxaban in valvular AF date: 2022-02-15 words: 2787 flesch: 54 summary: 4, NO. 1 18 Original Article Effect of Rivaroxaban in Stroke Prevention in Patient with Atrial Fibrillation Due to Valvular Heart Disease Waqar Shamim, Muhammad Rizwan, Rizwan Rasul Khan, Masood Javed, Nasir Mahmood, Kashif Nawaz ABSTRACT Objective: To observe the effect of rivaroxaban in patients with atrial fibrillation due to valvular heart diseases for proper anticoagulation to avoid stroke. Conclusion: Rivaroxaban can be given safely to the patients with valvular heart disease with atrial fibrillation, particularly in patients who cannot get the INR checked on regular basis. keywords: aziz; fibrillation; heart; inr; patients; rivaroxaban; stroke; study; warfarin cache: afmdc-183.pdf plain text: afmdc-183.txt item: #35 of 69 id: afmdc-185 author: Majeed, Abdul ; Kamran Ch, Mohammad; Zakir, Mohmmad; Abbas, Tayyab title: Compound type-dual blood supply to Gallbladder revealed during Laproscopic Cholecystectomy date: 2022-02-15 words: 948 flesch: 57 summary: The incidence of cystic artery variation during laproscopic surgery. In addition to this, unusual large artery about 2.5 times the diameter of cystic artery was found about 3 cm above the Callot's triangle that was pulsating. keywords: artery; bladder; gall cache: afmdc-185.pdf plain text: afmdc-185.txt item: #36 of 69 id: afmdc-187 author: Soomro, Fiza; Kazi, Nasreen ; Rajput, Aatir Hanif; Memon, Sadat title: Antidepressant and Anxiolytic Effect of Tramadol as Compared to Imipramine, in Acute and Chronic Dosage in Rats: Antidepressant and Anxiolytic Effects of Tramadol & Imipramine date: 2022-02-15 words: 4168 flesch: 58 summary: One such research revealed that tramadol produced significant antidepressant effect at three different doses and that the antidepressant effect of tramadol at doses of 10 and 20 mg/kg was comparable with that of fluoxetine. 12,13 Few of the previous studies evaluated tramadol which exhibited antidepressant activity in mice using different experimental model of depression. keywords: antidepressant; chronic; effect; group; imipramine; maze; rats; study; test; tramadol cache: afmdc-187.pdf plain text: afmdc-187.txt item: #37 of 69 id: afmdc-219 author: Kahlid, Amna ; Rashid, Abid; Mahmood, Sultan; Ahmad, Jawad; Sarfaraz, Sana; Ayaz, Dr. Sultan title: Use of Single Shoulder Handling Bag: Scoliosis and Musculoskeletal Pain in School Going Children. “A Cross Sectional Study” date: 2022-12-23 words: 3841 flesch: 68 summary: “A Cross Sectional Study” Amna Khalid, Abid Rashid, Sultan Mahmood, Jawad Ahmad, Sana Sarfraz, Sultan Ayaz ABSTRACT Objectives: The objectives of the study were to assess the Frequency of musculoskeletal pain, and to check whether single strapped bags are culprit of causing scoliosis in school going children or not as compared to other types of school bags i.e. double strapped and trolley type bags. Scoliosis, Musculoskeletal Pain, School bags, Children INTRODUCTION School going children carry heavy backpacks on their shoulders as an integral part of their daily routine.1 School bags consist of mandatory stuff Amna Khalid DPT, MPhil (PT) Lecturer, of Physical Therapy Government College University Faisalabad Dr. Abid Rashid MBBS, FCPS, PhD Professor, of Medical Sciences Government College University Faisalabad Dr. Sultan Mahmood Khan MBBS, MS (Surgery) Assistant Professor Aziz Fatimah Medical & Dental College/ Hospital Faisalabad, Jawad Ahmad, DPT, MS (PT) Department of Physical Therapy Government College University Faisalabad Sana Sarfraz DPT, MS (PT) Department of Physical Therapy Government College University Faisalabad Dr. Sultan Ayaz PhD Associate Professor, of Medical Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad Correspondence: Dr. Abid Rashid Email: drabidrashid37@gmail.com containing books, copies and other helping material but these advantageous learning assets can cause a number of harmful effects on the child’s health, growth, and overall physical appearance. keywords: bag; bags; children; frequency; pain; school; scoliosis; students; study cache: afmdc-219.pdf plain text: afmdc-219.txt item: #38 of 69 id: afmdc-224 author: Khalid, Dr. Romaisa; Ehsan, Dr.Sumera ; Khalid , Ayesha ; Mahmood, Dr. Khalid title: Knowledge of the Human Monkey Pox Infection among Medical Practitioners in Punjab, Pakistan date: 2022-12-23 words: 2510 flesch: 55 summary: Results: Out of the 250 participants, 52(20.8%) were house officers, 78(31.2%) were medical officers,78(31.2%) were postgraduate residents and 16.8% were consultants. Human Monkeypox: Fifty-Two Years based analysis and Updates. keywords: hmpi; human; knowledge; medical; monkeypox; participants; practitioners; study cache: afmdc-224.pdf plain text: afmdc-224.txt item: #39 of 69 id: afmdc-227 author: Faheem Ur Rahman ; Sumayya Rahman; Iqbal Haider; Nayab Munib; Wazir Mohammad Khan title: Hypoglycemia in Patients with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Nephropathy date: 2023-06-09 words: 2511 flesch: 52 summary: At all degrees of hypoglycemia, the risks of 1-day mortality increased but attenuated in CKD patients compared to controls. Med Den College Original Research Hypoglycemia in Patients with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Nephropathy Faheem ur Rehman, Sumayya Rehman, Iqbal Haider, Nayab Munib, Wazir Mohammad khan ABSTRACT Objective: To find out the frequency of hypoglycemia in Type-2 Diabetics having nephropathy Methodology: keywords: diabetes; diabetic; duration; hypoglycemia; nephropathy; patients; study; years cache: afmdc-227.pdf plain text: afmdc-227.txt item: #40 of 69 id: afmdc-228 author: Ibtehaj Munir; Ijaz, Farhat ; Kanza Waqar; Iman Hussain; Rana Khurram Aftab; Asim Zia title: Prevalence and Purpose of Medical App Usage In Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Study date: 2023-06-09 words: 3171 flesch: 57 summary: Conclusion: The common usage of medical apps was recurrent amongst medical students. Awareness of academic use of smartphones and medical apps among medical students in a private medical college. keywords: applications; apps; college; medical; participants; students; study; use cache: afmdc-228.pdf plain text: afmdc-228.txt item: #41 of 69 id: afmdc-23 author: Shafiq, Hamid title: Emerging Need of New Medical Journals date: 2019-04-23 words: 618 flesch: 55 summary: journal.cdr Editorial Emerging Need of New Medical Journals Medical advances will keep on putting upward pressure on the need for new medical journals (to find a space for publications). In view of above, to maintain the standard, many medical journals of Pakistan have been de-recognized or downgraded recently. keywords: journals; medical cache: afmdc-23.pdf plain text: afmdc-23.txt item: #42 of 69 id: afmdc-24 author: Zia, Sadaf; Shafiq, Hamid; Jamshed, Fouzia; Salam, Rana Muhammad Tahir title: Impact of Environmental Tobacco Smoke on Pulmonary Functions of Females: Environmental Tobacco on Pulmonary Functions date: 2019-04-23 words: 3918 flesch: 62 summary: More than 4000 compounds including carcinogens, are emitted from burning cigarettes and cigars etc. 3 Environmental Tobacco Smoke and pulmonary functions Inclusion criteria All self-reported volunteers with history of exposure to passive tobacco smoking through cigarette, bidi and cigar were included as the passive smokers. Passive smoking exposure and risk of COPD among adults in China: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study. keywords: ets; exposure; fev1; function; fvc; health; lung; population; smokers; smoking; study; subjects; tobacco cache: afmdc-24.pdf plain text: afmdc-24.txt item: #43 of 69 id: afmdc-247 author: Atta, Komal title: From Separate Silos to a Cohesive Whole: The story of Integrated Medical Education date: 2023-06-09 words: 771 flesch: 46 summary: This effort spearheaded by the Vice Chancellor UHS and orchestrated via the Department of Medical Education is a good model for understanding development of an integrated curriculum catering to a wide range of audience and keeping at par with international regulations but molding them to our local contexts as is suggested in most curriculum design studies now.3 To contextualize integration in medical education in Pakistan, it is crucial to consider the unique sociocultural and economic factors that influence the delivery of healthcare services in the country. DISCLAIMER The author is part of both the steering committee and working group of UHS curriculum 2k23 and is actively involved in its development and implementation process. keywords: curriculum; education; integration cache: afmdc-247.pdf plain text: afmdc-247.txt item: #44 of 69 id: afmdc-25 author: Amjad, Amsal; Altaf, Benash; Amir Ali, Farah; Beg, Mirza Aroosa title: Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B &C and its Association with Stroke in Local Population: Hepatitis and Stroke date: 2019-04-23 words: 2978 flesch: 58 summary: 0.85-5.5% of the cases with HCV infection are reported by previous 5 studies. This finding is suggesting that HCV infection is the independent risk factor for stroke. keywords: association; hcv; hepatitis; infection; patients; population; stroke; study cache: afmdc-25.pdf plain text: afmdc-25.txt item: #45 of 69 id: afmdc-251 author: Malik, Muhammad Akram ; Akram, Adeen; Anwar, Marraym ; Jamshed, Farhan ; Ramzan, Asad title: Rare Complication of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Nephrostomy Tube in Renal Vein and Inferior Vena Cava date: 2023-06-09 words: 1356 flesch: 60 summary: They managed these Figure 1: Nephrostomy tube inside the IVC Figure 2: Nephrostomy Tubes in pelvis of kidney after removal from IVC and renal vein and contrast going into ureter and bladder patients with intravenous antibiotics and strict bed rest. We encountered a patient who underwent PCNL and inadvertently placement of percutaneous nephrostomy tube in the inferior vena cava through the left renal vein from the left Kidney. keywords: case; nephrostomy; pnt; tube; vein cache: afmdc-251.pdf plain text: afmdc-251.txt item: #46 of 69 id: afmdc-26 author: Naeem, Noor-i-Kiran; Iqbal, Haris; Butt, Wajid title: Attributes of an Effective Clinical Teacher in Undergraduate Medical Education: Students' Perspective: Attributes of an Effective Clinical date: 2019-04-23 words: 2876 flesch: 51 summary: Key Words: Attributes, Clinical teacher, undergraduate medical teacher. Study conducted by Cruess S et al demonstrated the role of positive role modeling of clinical teachers in a medical 5 student's life. keywords: attributes; clinical; medical; skills; students; study; teacher; teaching cache: afmdc-26.pdf plain text: afmdc-26.txt item: #47 of 69 id: afmdc-27 author: Rehman, Anam; Shafiq, Hamid; Jawed, Shireen; Behram, Fakiha title: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Screening is Still a Challenge in Pakistan: COPD in Pakistan date: 2019-04-23 words: 4255 flesch: 59 summary: Key Words: Air way obstruction, undiagnosed COPD, smokers, nonsmokers, PEFR, spirometry Introduction 1 2020. Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) encourages new researches worldwide in this highly prevalent disease to develop innovative approaches for early screening of undiagnosed COPD and planning its management and prevention to reduce its 1 burden on population. keywords: air; copd; disease; flow; nonsmokers; obstruction; pefr; smokers; smoking; study; zone cache: afmdc-27.pdf plain text: afmdc-27.txt item: #48 of 69 id: afmdc-28 author: Altaf, Benash; Aftab, Rana Khurram; Khan, Zeeshan Ali; Salam, Rana Muhammad Tahir; Behram, Fakiha title: Obesity as an Emerging Risk Factor for Anemia: Obesity and Anemia date: 2019-04-23 words: 2428 flesch: 56 summary: Conclusion:Anemia is more prevalent among obese individuals than non-obese subjects. Hemoglobin levels were compared between obese and non-obese 2 subjects by Mann whitney test. keywords: anemia; bmi; hemoglobin; iron; obese; obesity; study; subjects cache: afmdc-28.pdf plain text: afmdc-28.txt item: #49 of 69 id: afmdc-29 author: Jahan, Sarwat; Mushtaq, Saira; Amir Ali, Farah title: Screening of Blood Donors for Transfusion Transmitted Infections in Tertiary Care Hospital of Faisalabad: Transfusion Transmitted Infections of Blood date: 2019-04-23 words: 3300 flesch: 60 summary: journal.cdr Original Article Screening of Blood Donors for Transfusion Transmitted Infections in Tertiary Care Hospital of Faisalabad Sarwat Jahan, Saira Mushtaq, Farah Amir Ali ABSTRACT Background:Blood transfusion saves millions of lives worldwide each year and reduces morbidity but at the same time is a source for potentially life threatening transfusion transmissible infections (TTIs). All 18-40 years, blood donors were male; no female came to donate blood during this duration. keywords: blood; donors; hcv; hepatitis; hiv; infections; malaria; study; syphilis; transfusion cache: afmdc-29.pdf plain text: afmdc-29.txt item: #50 of 69 id: afmdc-30 author: Iqbal, Fatima; Atta, Komal; Khan, Hashim Ali; Iqbal, Amna title: Effect of Inter-pupillary Distance on Stereo-acuity: IPD and Stereo-acuity date: 2019-04-23 words: 2668 flesch: 60 summary: IPD values for both genders were ranged between 62 – 66 mm. IPD values higher in males as compared to 6 females. keywords: depth; distance; ipd; perception; stereopsis; study cache: afmdc-30.pdf plain text: afmdc-30.txt item: #51 of 69 id: afmdc-31 author: Saleem, Muhammad; Hassnain, Danish title: A Rare Presentation of Central Giant Cell Granuloma of the Maxillary Sinus: Giant Cell Granuloma of the Maxillary Sinus date: 2019-04-23 words: 2597 flesch: 58 summary: journal.cdr Case report A Rare Presentation of Central Giant Cell Granuloma of the Maxillary Sinus Muhammad Saleem, Danish Hassnain ABSTRACT Objective: Central giant cell granuloma (CGCG), also known as giant cell reparative granuloma, is a non-cancerous proliferative lesion of unknown aetiology. Diagnosis of giant cell granuloma was made on the basis of age presentation, rare location, and histological findings of excised specimen, which revealed central giant cell granuloma. keywords: case; cell; central; cgcg; giant; granuloma; maxillary cache: afmdc-31.pdf plain text: afmdc-31.txt item: #52 of 69 id: afmdc-32 author: Siddique, Muhammad Kamran; Rehman, Ehsan -ur-; Khan, Muhammad Saqib title: Initial Systemic Treatment of Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Non-small Cell Lung Cancer date: 2019-04-23 words: 4730 flesch: 58 summary: The intent of treatment for advanced NSCLC patients remains palliative. Conclusion In conclusion, for advanced NSCLC patients (regardless of histology) without a sensitizing mutation and with PD- L1 expression of at least 50 percent, single agent pembrolizumab is judicious choice. keywords: cancer; cell; chemotherapy; lung; nsclc; patients; pembrolizumab cache: afmdc-32.pdf plain text: afmdc-32.txt item: #53 of 69 id: afmdc-48 author: Altaf, Benash title: Launching of New Medical Journals date: 2019-11-19 words: 982 flesch: 56 summary: Furtherly, here implies the duty of experienced editors from all over the world to play their role for uplifting the ethical and moral values of new editors that should not be compromised at any cost.6 PMDC should also instead of derecognizing the journals must provide the author with ample of opportunities for their publications.5 Hence, these authorities must encourage new journals but with proper check and balance policies as full protocol followed published journal will also help to uplift our research ranking. To publish an acceptable standard scientific journal, HEC and PMDC though have formulated certain guidelines and policies which are to be followed by new journals. keywords: journals; medical; research cache: afmdc-48.pdf plain text: afmdc-48.txt item: #54 of 69 id: afmdc-49 author: Manzoor, Javaria; Alam, Muhammad Absar; Tariq, Rooha title: Inter-arm Blood Pressure Difference as an Emergent Risk for Pre-hypertension: Inter-arm Difference & Pre-hypertension date: 2019-11-19 words: 3068 flesch: 49 summary: The similar findings were observed in the study of Kim and his colleagues.4 Present study also found significant association between raised systolic IAD and hypertension, this is supported by Su HM et al, who also documented association of systolic IAD >10mmHg with hypertension and obesity.16 Future studies on a larger scale are required for early screening of young adults at risk of hypertension and to evaluate association between inter-arm blood pressure difference and hypertension. According to NICE systolic IAD blood pressure <10 mmHg is considered normal, >15mmHg of systolic IAD blood pressure are risk for cardiovascular disorders and peripheral vascular diseases.7 Statistical Analysis of data was done on SPSS 21. keywords: arm; blood; difference; hypertension; iad; pressure; study; subjects; systolic cache: afmdc-49.pdf plain text: afmdc-49.txt item: #55 of 69 id: afmdc-50 author: Maroof, Nirmeen; Sikandar, Mirza Zeeshan; Nawaz, Haleema; Shah, Syed Imran Ali title: Professional Quality of Life and Its Association with Work Experience and Income among Healthcare Worker: Quality of Life among Healthcare Workers date: 2019-11-19 words: 3262 flesch: 52 summary: Such negative consequences have been described in terms of Compassion Fatigue (CF).5 Burnout (BO) is emotional and mental exhaustion leading to lack of personal accomplishment caused by long-term involvement in emotionally challenging circumstances.6 The assessment of job satisfaction is important as high job satisfaction is associated with enhanced productivity and lower employee turnover rates. There is need to optimize the working environment and health of healthcare professionals to prevent the negative impact on staff and impaired work capacity for better provision of health care services for patients.6,9 The healthcare delivery system in the private sector is considered to have better working conditions than the public sector, however, there is no indication that this leads to a higher level of job satisfaction in healthcare professionals working in private set-ups.9,10 Job satisfaction has been investigated to some extent in the government sector but no substantive data from the private sector is available at present.11 Numerous studies have evaluated patients’ satisfaction in terms of the medical care they receive at hospitals but professional satisfaction of healthcare workers has not been studied that extensively, especially in Pakistan, where there is a considerable shortfall of adequately skilled human resource in healthcare services. keywords: experience; healthcare; job; life; professional; quality; satisfaction; study; value; workers cache: afmdc-50.pdf plain text: afmdc-50.txt item: #56 of 69 id: afmdc-54 author: Altaf, Benash; Rehman, Anam; Ali, Farah Amir title: Comparison of Academic Performance among Boarders and Day-Scholars: Academic Performance of Boarders & Day Scholars date: 2019-11-19 words: 1672 flesch: 57 summary: Mean±SD of the overall aggregate of the boarder students and day scholar students were 55.36±11.85 and 45.35±17.5 respectively. (%) Day scholars 132 (62%) 38 (28.8%) 84 (63.6%) 10 (7.6%) Boarders 82 (28%) 45 (54.9%) 34 (41.5%) 3 (3.7%) p value 0.001*, p ≤0.05 is significant The results show that day scholars students overall aggregate results were more competent than boarder students. keywords: boarders; day; performance; scholars; students cache: afmdc-54.pdf plain text: afmdc-54.txt item: #57 of 69 id: afmdc-55 author: Atta, Komal; Zia, Sadaf; Jabeen, Farkhanda title: Impact of Anthropometric Parameters on Peak Expiratory Flow Rate: Anthropometric Parameters & PEFR date: 2019-11-19 words: 2415 flesch: 54 summary: Over Weight (BMI= 23-24.9 kg/m2 29 (13.80) 346 ± 85.11 Obese (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2) 109 (50.95) 355 ± 66.2 p value 0.42 L/min=liters/minute, statistically significant value at p < 0.05 DISCUSSION PEFR is a valuable tool for assessing airway caliber and obstruction and has a pivotal role in the identification of obstructive and hyperactive pulmonary diseases.7 Evidences are available showing impact of anthropometric parameters on PEFR values, due to which the PEFR varies among residents of different geographic areas and ethnicity. β coefficient of 1.89 shows that increase in 1 cm of height will increase PEFR by 1.89 liters/min. PEFR is not significantly associated with age (p value =0.12), weight (p value =0.27) and BMI (p value =0.93). keywords: bmi; flow; peak; pefr; value; weight cache: afmdc-55.pdf plain text: afmdc-55.txt item: #58 of 69 id: afmdc-56 author: Salam, Rana Muhammad Tahir; Tariq, Rooha; Jahan, Sarwat; Bibi, Sarwat; Ahmad, Humaira title: Frequency and Association between Different ABO Blood Groups with Hepatitis C: ABO Blood Groups & Hepatitis C date: 2019-11-19 words: 1696 flesch: 60 summary: Mounting evidence has suggested an association of ABO blood groups with blood borne infectious diseases but outcomes were different from study to study. No association of ABO blood group was noted with hepatitis C. (p value 0.49) keywords: abo; association; blood; group; hcv; hepatitis cache: afmdc-56.pdf plain text: afmdc-56.txt item: #59 of 69 id: afmdc-57 author: Patel, Keval; Stefan, Samuel; Naqvi, Syed; S. Khan, Jim title: The Surgical Management of Haemorrhoids – A Historical Perspective: Surgical Management of Haemorrhoids date: 2019-11-19 words: 4756 flesch: 48 summary: This article places these more modern techniques in the context of the long history of surgical treatments for haemorrhoids and reviews the latest literature comparing operative haemorrhoidectomy, stapled haemorrhoidopexy and THD. Thus, the excisional haemorrhoidectomy became the unchallenged gold-standard operation for 3rd and 4th degree haemorrhoids for the majority of the 20th Century, with the Milligan-Morgan (MM) haemorrhoidectomy remaining popular in the UK and the closed haemorrhoidectomy commonly used throughout the USA.6 Despite the haemorrhoidectomy being the gold standard treatments for haemorrhoids, Bleday et al.17 recommended that just under 10% of haemorrhoidal patients presenting to colorectal surgeons should be offered haemorrhoidectomy and it should be only offered to patients with 3rd and 4th haemorrhoids. keywords: colon; conventional; dis; haemorrhoidectomy; haemorrhoidopexy; haemorrhoids; ligation; operative; patients; post; rectum; recurrence; treatment cache: afmdc-57.pdf plain text: afmdc-57.txt item: #60 of 69 id: afmdc-58 author: Hassan, Syed Hafeez ul title: Malnutrition Challenge Therapeutic Strategy date: 2019-11-19 words: 1232 flesch: 33 summary: The therapeutic strategy which also includes nutrition assessment and treatment may result in decrease in complications hence decreased hospital stay and cost of treatment having better hospital outcomes. The therapeutic strategy which also includes nutrition assessment and treatment may result in decrease in complications hence decreased hospital stay and cost of treatment having better hospital outcomes. keywords: assessment; hospital; malnutrition; nutrition; outcomes cache: afmdc-58.pdf plain text: afmdc-58.txt item: #61 of 69 id: afmdc-59 author: Farhat Ch, Raheela; Tariq, Rooha title: Exogenous Caesarean Scar Pregnancy; A Diagnostic Challenge: Caesarean Scar Pregnancy date: 2019-11-19 words: 1701 flesch: 55 summary: The clinical diagnosis can be obscure, especially in the initial stages; therefore clinicians should be acquainted with the sonographic hallmarks of caesarean scar pregnancy on radiographic. We present a case of caesarean scar pregnancy which was managed by performing an emergency laparotomy. keywords: caesarean; csp; pregnancy; scar; ultrasound cache: afmdc-59.pdf plain text: afmdc-59.txt item: #62 of 69 id: afmdc-69 author: Aitazaz, Fauzia; Aurangzeb., Muhammad; Khan, Radhia; Khan, Samiullah; khan, Zakia title: Evaluation of Oxidative Stress Markers’ Status in Obese Females Using Hormonal Contraceptives: Oxidative stress & contraceptives date: 2020-07-02 words: 2715 flesch: 48 summary: Conclusion: Oxidative stress in obese are due to higher MDA levels. stress.1 Use of contraceptive pills and injections are responsible for obesity in females of reproductive age.2 Hyperlipidemia, hyperleptinemia and release of inflammatory cytokines from adipocytes are the contributing factors for over production of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) including Superoxide (O2 -) and Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) that causes oxidative stress, damage to DNA and RNA leading to cell death.3 Moreover, oxidative stress is best reflected by products of lipid peroxidation Malondialdehyde (MAD).4 In obese subjects accumulation of abdominal fat enhances lipid peroxidation and subsequent production of MDA due to excess release of pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL6), Tumor Necrosis Factor- alpha (TNF-α) and C Reactive Proteins (CRP).3 These factors are responsible for activating the apoptotic cascade causing cell death and oxidative stress in obese subjects. keywords: bmi; catalase; females; mda; obese; sod; stress; value cache: afmdc-69.pdf plain text: afmdc-69.txt item: #63 of 69 id: afmdc-72 author: Raja, Khurram Sohail; Naz, Shakeela; Aslam, Faria; Arshad, Noor; Hayat, Amer title: Screening of Barbers for Hepatitis B and C in Faisalabad: Hepatitis in barbers date: 2020-07-02 words: 2207 flesch: 52 summary: J Aziz Fatm Med Den College JAN-JUNE 2020; VOL.2, NO 1 8 Original Article Screening of Barbers for Hepatitis B and C in Faisalabad Khurram Sohail Raja, Shakeela Naz, Faria Aslam, Noor Arshad, Amer Hayat ABSTRACT Objective: To screen the barbers for Hepatitis B and hepatitis C in Faisalabad. The camp for screening barbers was arranged in September 2019 at Sargodha road, Faisalabad. keywords: barbers; hbv; hcv; hepatitis; prevalence; study cache: afmdc-72.pdf plain text: afmdc-72.txt item: #64 of 69 id: afmdc-76 author: Khan, Ahmad Hassan title: COVID 19: What Do We Need To Do Right Now date: 2020-07-02 words: 466 flesch: 56 summary: Mukhtar S. Preparedness and proactive infection control measures of Pakistan during COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Right Now Ahmad Hassan Khan Madam, On 26 th of February 2020, Zafar Mirza, the Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Health confirmed via a tweet first two cases of coronavirus in Pakistan, first case was reported from Karachi and second case was reported from Islamabad, both were recently returned from Iran. keywords: covid-19; pakistan cache: afmdc-76.pdf plain text: afmdc-76.txt item: #65 of 69 id: afmdc-78 author: Khan, Khadija Asim; Ejaz, Sarah; Naeem, Noor-i-Kiran; Khan, Asim title: Burnout Syndrome and its Risk Factors among Gynecology Consultants: Burnout among gynecologist date: 2020-07-02 words: 2948 flesch: 67 summary: Furthermore we also noticed higher burnout levels in doctors having pay between 60-100 thousand PKR as compared to doctors having pay greater than 100 thousand PKR. It is a validated tool which has been extensively used in the literature for assessment of Burnout syndrome. 8,9 MBI is a 22-item scale with measuring burnout in three domains namely Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Depersonalization (DP) and Personal and Professional Achievement (PPA). keywords: burnout; doctors; doi; gynecologists; med; participants; study; syndrome cache: afmdc-78.pdf plain text: afmdc-78.txt item: #66 of 69 id: afmdc-79 author: Mumtaz, Muhammad Sarim; Pansota, Qamar Javaid; Majeed, Muhammad Muneeb; Mujeeb, Mahnoor; Abdur Rehman, Umar; Rana, Mohtisum title: Impact of Shisha and Cigarette Smoking on Lung Functions in Young Adults: Shisha smoking & lung function tests date: 2020-07-02 words: 3888 flesch: 60 summary: Out of the total study participants 16(16%) were cigarette smokers, 11(10.3%) were shisha smokers, 22(20.7%) were users of both cigarettes as well as shisha and 51(48,1%) were non-smokers. FEV1 (2.73 versus 1.5, p value= 0.66) and FEV1/FVC (63 versus 50.5, p value= 0.449) was higher in shisha smokers as compared to cigarette smokers but the difference was statistically not significant. keywords: cigarette; fev1; function; fvc; lung; shisha; smokers; smoking; study cache: afmdc-79.pdf plain text: afmdc-79.txt item: #67 of 69 id: afmdc-80 author: Rehman, Quddus Ur; Latif, Usman; Haris, Faiqa; Liaqat, Faiza title: Frequency of agenesis of Palmaris Longus muscle in medical students of Faisalabad: Agenesis of Palmaris Longus muscle date: 2020-07-02 words: 2659 flesch: 54 summary: 17 An Indian study also documented higher prevalence of PL agenesis in females as compared to male population (40.2% vs 14.7%) and unilateral being more common than bilateral PL agenesis. Frequencies and percentages for PL agenesis were obtained and compared by chi square test. keywords: absence; agenesis; bilateral; muscle; palmaris; population; students; study cache: afmdc-80.pdf plain text: afmdc-80.txt item: #68 of 69 id: afmdc-98 author: Zulfiqar, Farah title: Importance of Teaching Medical Ethics at Undergraduate Level in Medical Colleges date: 2021-02-04 words: 798 flesch: 48 summary: The importance of understanding medical ethics is undeniable due to increasing litigations and complexities in medical practice. On the other hand, majority of population is depending on doctors who are not adequately trained for medical ethics and professionalism. keywords: curriculum; ethics; undergraduate cache: afmdc-98.pdf plain text: afmdc-98.txt item: #69 of 69 id: afmdc-99 author: Javed, Masood; Sheikh, Ghulam Abbas; Rizwan, Muhammad; Khan, Rizwan Rasul; Mehmood, Nasir; Anjum, Mubarak Ali title: Frequency of Eosinophilia among Patients of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Acute Exacerbation date: 2021-02-04 words: 3330 flesch: 52 summary: The goal of this study was early detection of blood eosinophilia in COPD patients which helps us to take appropriate measures early for its effective prevention and treatment so that the outcome of patients can be optimized and financia l impact of the disease can be minimized. 3 Eosinophilic inflammation is most often associated with bronchial asthma, but researches done in this field have proved that about one third of patients with COPD also have blood and/or sputum eosinophilia , although its detection depends upon eosinoph il threshold used and the patient population under study.7,8Several previous studies have proposed levels of eosinophil count as a predictor of response to treatment with inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) in patients of COPD with acute exacerbations.14,15 On the othe r hand, this emerging role for blood eosinophil count as biomarker in COPD patients as a guide for inhale d corticosteroid (ICS) therapy has been challenge d recently. keywords: acute; aziz; blood; chronic; copd; disease; eosinophilia; exacerbation; patients; pulmonary; study cache: afmdc-99.pdf plain text: afmdc-99.txt