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Dedicated 

 

To 

 

The Valiant Health Care Warriors Who Gave Their Lives Battling the COVID 19 
Pandemic 

 



Bismillah Hir Rehman Nir Raheem. 
In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent and the most Merciful 

 
Message by the  

Chairman Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex 
& 

Chief Editor of Proceedings 
 
 

     
    Prof. Mateen Izhar        Prof. Saadia S. Alam 
        (Chairman & Dean)     (Chief Editor) 

 
As the COVID 19 Pandemic rages on, we steadfastly publish a diverse April to June 2020 

Proceedings with  international and indigenous, basic and applied research on varied aspects of 
health care, therapeutics and diagnostics.  All articles submitted for publication have been judged 

on stringent international standards of plagiarism and blind peer reviews. We are one of the 17 
journals renewed by the PMDC out of the 72 who applied from all over the country. PMDC 

renewal was received till Dec 2019 with further renewal under process 
 

As Our Editions reflect we have achieved expanded viewership, with researchers in wide ranging 
medical fields from different institutions publishing their research in Proceedings. A robust nexus 
of undergraduate and postgraduate researchers, supervisors, academicians and reviewers remains 

imperative to achieving rigorous standards of research, writing and evaluation in Proceedings. 
 

HEC and International indexation procedure is ongoing.  Our vision is to create an R&D 
Department at SZMC in collaboration with The National Health Research Complex (NHRC), 

develop a new Proceedings website of international standards and build linkages with top journals 
and researchers both in the country and abroad     In Sha Allah. 

 
Our Motto “We Venture Forth” 

  



PM&DC APPROVED 

PROCEEDINGS 
SHAIKH ZAYED MEDICAL COMPLEX 

Vol. 34 (3)    PCPB/24(94) P-121/3196   JUL TO SEP 2020 
 

EDITORIAL BOARD  
Patron in Chief: 
Prof. Mateen Izhar 
Chairman & Dean 
Chief Editor: 
Prof. Saadia Shahzad Alam 
Head, Pharmacology & 
Therapeutics 
External Associate Editor: 
Dr. Usman Iqbal 
Taipei Medical University, Taiwan 
Associate Editors: 
Prof. Ayesha Humayun 
Head, Public Health & Community 
Medicine 
Prof. Imran Anwar 
Head, Surgery Unit-II 
Dr. Adnan Salim 
Assistant Prof. Gastroenterology 
Sub Editors: 
Dr. Uzma Nasim Siddiqui  
Assistant Prof. Medicine 
Dr. Shahila Jalil 
Associate Prof. Histopathology 
Prof. Tahira Naseem 
Head, Biochemistry & Chemical 
Pathology 
Dr. Samira Haque 
Associate Prof. Histopathology 
Dr. Lubna Riaz 
Assistant Prof. Pediatrics 
Dr. Sadia Maqsood 
Assistant Prof. Pharmacology 
Dr. Faraz Bokhari 
Associate Prof. Physiology 
Dr.Noora Hassan Hezam Al-Aqmer 
Physiology Department 
Mrs. Saima Mohsin 
Incharge, NHRC 
Consultant Biostatician: 
Dr. Akram Chaudhry 
Mr. Muhammad Aasim 
Library & Information Sciences:  
Mr. Ihsan Basit 
Dr. Muhammad Shahid Soroya 
 
 
 

CONTENTS 
Sarah Tehseen 
Transfusion Medicine Practice During COVID-19 Pandemic: 
Potential Pitfalls and Solutions for Provision of Blood Products 
Ruhina Akbar, Khadija Irfan Khawaja, Sara Mahmood, Ian Y. Goon, 
John Campbell Chambers, Saman Sarwar, Ayesha Shahid, Mahina 
Iftikhar Baloch 
Use of Point-Of-Care Cholesterol Testing in Population Based Non-
Communicable Disease Surveillance: Caveats and Challenges 
Riffat Saeed, Muhammad Naveed Shahzad, Zia Qazi, Iram Qamar, 
Amna Javed, Arif Javed 
Chances of Pneumothorax and Malpositioning of Central Venous 
Catheters in Internal Jugular Vein Versus Subclavian Vein Routes 
Wardah Anwar, Ambreen Anjum, Nasreen Akhtar, Maria Anwar, 
Tabinda Kazmi, Sibgha Zulfiqar, Faiza Khan 
Comparison of Salivary Cotinine Levels of Neonates Born to 
Mothers Exposed to Varying Degrees of Passive Cigarette Smoke 
Asma Akram, Mateen Izhar, Anwaar Basheer, Mariya Ali, Asma 
Yaqoob, Asim Saifullah 
A Detailed Study of Antimicrobial Sensitivity Pattern of Penton 
Valentine Leucocidin Gene Positive and Negative Staphylococcus 
aureus from Pus Samples 
Sadaf Bukhari, Aaifa Khalid Niazi, Syed Mahmood Ali, Maria Arshad, 
Muhammad Taqi 
Role of Prophylactic Dimenhydrinate Versus Ondansetron as an 
Adjunct to Dexamethasone on Post-Operative Nausea and 
Vomiting in Laparoscopic Abdominal Procedures 
Ayela Eman Zia, Bushra Suhail, Zujaja Zaheer 
Therapeutic Effects of Canagliflozin and Zinc Sulphate Alone and in 
Combination on Pancreatic Histology in Type-2 Diabetic Rat Model 
Mariya Ali, Tahira Naseem, Farooq Abdul Hakim Bajwa, Saira Zafar, 
Asma Akram, Hirra Ghaffar 
An Association of Vitamin D Insufficiency with Elevated Serum 
Uric Acid Levels Among Postmenopausal Women 
Fatima Sakhawat, Hamna Sohail, Fatima Zafar, Hassan Bashir, Hasan 
Shafique, Sana Iftikhar 
Clinical Risk Factors Associated with Mortality Among Burn 
Patients Admitted to Jinnah Burn and Reconstructive Surgery 
Center, Lahore 
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EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD 
Basic & Pre-Clinical Sciences 
Prof. Mateen Izhar  
Head, Pathology Division, SZMC 
Prof. Sibgha Zulfiqar 
Head, Physiology, SZMC. 
Prof. Muhammad Suhail 
Head, Anatomy, SZMC. 
Prof. Nasreen Ehsan 
Head, Forensic Medicine, SZMC 
Dr. Suleman Dawood (UOL) 
Assistant Prof. of Allied Health Sciences 
Dr. Nighat Yasmeen (KEMU) 
Assistant Prof. of Biomedical Sciences 
Dr. Tania Shakoori (KEMU) 
Assistant Prof. of Biomedical Sciences 
Dr. Saima Chaudhary (UHS) 
Assistant Prof. of Oral Pathology 
 

Medicine and Allied 
Prof Azeem Taj 
Head, Medicine, SZMC. 
Prof. Abdul Shakoor 
Head, Psychiatry, SZMC 
Prof. Talha Mahmud 
Head, Pulmonology, SZMC 
Prof. Safoora Aamir 
Head, Dermatology, SZMC 
 

Surgery and Allied 
Prof. Mamoon Rashid (Sitara-e-Eisaar) 
Head, Plastic Surgery, Shifa Hospital, Islamabad 
Prof. Ali Rafique Mirza 
Professor of Plastic Surgery, SZMC 
Prof. Muhammad Ikram 
Head, Gynecology, SZMC 
Prof. Shafqat Mukhtar 
Head, Gynecology, SZMC 
Dr Jamshaid Rahim 
Associate Professor Urology, SZMC 
 

Diagnostic Division 
Prof. Nadira Mamoon 
Head, Pathology, Shifa Hospital, Islamabad 
Prof. Mona Aziz 
Head, Hematology, SZMC 
Prof. Saulat Sarfraz 
Head, Radiology, SZMC 
Dr. Amir Khan 
Assistant Prof. Radiology, SZMC 
 
PEER REVIEW BOARD (International) 
Prof. Renne Koeffel (Switzerland) 
Prof. Mohammad Hisham AL-Muhtaseb (Jordan) 
Prof. Mukhtiar Baig (KSA) 
Dr. Jane Banaszak Hall (USA) 
Dr. Dagmar Stoiber Sakaguchi (Austria) 
Dr. Sarwat Shaheen (USA) 
Dr. Zeeshan I. Shaikh (USA) 
Dr. Aliya Asher (UK) 
Dr. Tanzeel Qurat Ijaz (UK) 
Dr. Hafiz Sohail Anjum(Ireland) 

Dr. Rafay Azhar (Singapore) 
Dr. Mazhar Nawaz (USA) 
Dr. Ahmad Azam Malik (KSA) 
Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed (KSA) 
Dr. Aamir Omair (KSA) 
Dr. Sabina Ahmed Mir (USA) 
Dr. Anita Lamichhane (Nepal) 
Dr. Faiza Durrani (UK) 
Dr. Waseem Lodhi (UK) 
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Dr. Madeeha Afzal (U.K) 
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PEER REVIEW BOARD (National) 
Prof. M. Ashraf (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz) 
Prof. Arshad Kamal Butt 
Prof. M. Nauman Ahmad 
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Prof. Moeed Iqbal Qureshi 
Prof. Naseem Saud 
Prof. M. Ovais Omer 
Prof. Shabbir Bhatti 
Prof. Zahid Niaz 
Prof. Zamir Ahmad 
Prof. Muhammad Arif Nadeem 
Prof. Muhammad Moin 
Prof. Khalid Mahmood 
Prof. Zujaja Zaheer 
Prof. Muhammad Aslam 
Prof Abdul Mannan 
Prof. Naheed Humayun  
Prof. Farhat Naz 
Prof. Abdul Hameed 
Prof. Rafeea Tafweez 
Prof. Inayat Thaver 
Prof. Ashraf Chaudhry 
Prof. Kashif Malik 
Prof. Aftab Turabi 
Dr. Maryam Rashid 
Dr. Farooq Afzal  
Dr. Saman Shahid 
Dr. Sarah Ghafoor 
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Dr. Shahzad Khuram Akram 
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Dr. Paras Khan 
Dr. Saba Riaz 
Dr. Raazia Tasadduq 
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Dr. Soumble Zulfiqar 
Dr. Rabeia Bilal