Special Article

206

Analysing the Functional Budget Allocation in Pakistani Provinces – Public expenditure with special focus on vertical programs

Christian Lorenz, Naveed Akhtar

Original Articles

213

Syndrome X (Metabolic Syndrome) and Diabetic Retinopathy: A Comparative Study in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Zahid Hussain Shah, Khurram Saleem, Usman Ghani, Sajid Abaidullah, Aurangzeb Afzal, Umair Aleem, Zunaira Arshad, Tooba Fatima

218

Association of CTLA-4 Gene Polymorphism in Jordanian Type 1 Diabetic Patients

Omar Al-Khaldi, Saied A. Jaradat, Boodor M. Alkawlani

224

Correlation of Varicocele with Abnormal Semen Parameters in Young Infertile Pakistani Males

Ambreen Khalid, Hamid Javaid Qureshi, Khalid Rahim Khan, Aamir Jawad Bhatti, Muhammad Humayoun

228

Keep Heart Healthy by Normalising Body Weight, Blood Pressure and Weight Reduction

Shah Murad, Rizwan Waseem, Aamir Bashir, Hafiz Hamad Ashraf, Amar Lal Ghurbakhshani, Riaz Ahmad Sheikh

232

Analytical Assessment of Nasal Packing in Septoplasty

Abid Rashid, Bakht Aziz, Maroof Aziz Khan, Azhar Hameed

236

Complications of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Acute and Chronic Cholecystitis

Muhammad Zulfiqar Ali, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Anwar Choudhry, Shumaila Imran

239

Postpartum and Emergency Caesarean Hysterectomy

Saima Javaid, Tahira Yasmeen, Salma Rafique, Salim Malik

243

Comparative Study of Post-Operative Astigmatism Following Phacoemulsification with Sutured Versus Un-Sutured Wound

Ch. Javed Iqbal, Rizwan Gul, Muhammad Sohail Arshad, Mumtaz Hussain

248

Histological Effect of Choloroquine on Developing Ovaries of Albino Rats

Anis Fatima, Muhammad Sohail, Muhammad Zubair, Syed Mustafa Raza Ali Kazmi, Riaz Ahmad Sheikh, Hafiz Hamad Ashraf, Samina Qamar

252

Profile of Patients with Pneumonia According to Acute Respiratory Infections (A.R.I. Programme of W.H.O) from 2 to 60 Months of Age

Muhammad Nasir Rana, Imran Saeed, Muhammad Rafique, Ambreen Nasir

262

Chemical Composition of Urinary Stones, in Stone Passers at Larkana

Haresh Chand, Khurshid Ahmed Abbasi, Sikandar Ali Shaikh, Saeed Ahmad Sheikh, Paras

265

Dengue Fever outbreak 2010: Clinical Experience in a Teaching Hospital of Lahore

Mujeeb-Ur-Rehman Abid Butt, Muzammil Shahzad, Amir Iqbal, Semaab

270

Role of N- Acetylcysteine in Fulminant Hepetic Failure

Amir Rashid, Arif Zaheer, Muhammad Riaz, Agha Shabir Ali, Humayun Iqbal Khan

274

Impact of Uterine Fibroids on the Obstetric Performance of the Women; Complications and Pregnancy Outcome

Tayyaba Majeed, Fatima Waheed, Yasmeen Sattar, Irum Mobusher, Kanwal Saba

278

Effects of Aspirin and Nigella Sativa on Coagulation Profile in Albino Rats for four Weeks Duration

Akhtar Munir, Khalid Qayyum, Muhammad Farooq

280

Frequency of Hepatitis C in patients of Chronic Liver Disease in Balochistan

Sherbet Khan Mandokhel, Mohammad Saleem, Shahid Raza Khalid, Azeem Ullah

283

Comparing the Inhibitory Effects of Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride with Cetirizine Dihydrochloride on Isolated Trachea of Rabbit

Gulshan Ara Jalbani, Madiha Shah, Manzoor Ahmed Unar, Nasreen Kazi, Mahboob Wagan,
 Riaz Ahmad Sheikh

288

Pain Right Iliac Fossa, not everyone has Acute Appendicitis

Omer Farooq Muhammad, Mehmood Alam, Khawar Awais,  Zulfiqar Saleem, Akbar Shah

292

Predictors of Complications of Tuberculous Meningitis

Khurram Saleem, Zahid Hussain Shah, Kashif Siddique, Sajid Abaidullah, Munir Iqbal

297

Comparison of Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Talc Pleurodesis to Pleurodesis through Chest Tube for Malignant Pleural Effusion

Asif Asghar, Muhammad Rashid, Imran Saeed, Bilal Umair, Mujahid Zulfiqar Ali, Mohammad Imtiaz Khan, Samar Subhani

303

Obstetric Outcome of Iron Deficiency Anemia

Samina Asghar, Uzma Naz, Faryal Awan, Ali Awan

307

Visual Outcome after Surgical Management in Penetrating Ocular Trauma

Ch. Javed Iqbal, Kashif Raza Khan, Muhammad Sohail Arshad, Mumtaz Hussain

311

Haematological Changes in Albino Rats fed on Aspirin and Nigella Sativa in Albino Rats for six weeks duration

Akhtar  Munir, Khalid Qayyum, Muhammad Farooq

313

Demographic Variables of Domestic Violence in a Medicolegal Office of Lahore

Najma Shoaib, Arooj Usman, M. Usman Tahir, Ayesha Maqbool, Mussarat Saleem Durrani, Noor-I-Kiran Haris

316

Risk Reduction of Myocardial Infarction by Reducing Cholesterol, Body Weight and Blood Pressure

Shah Murad, Aamir Bashir, Rizwan Waseem, Samina Qamar, Hafiz Hamad Ashraf, Amar Lal Ghurbakhshani, Riaz Ahmad Sheikh

320

Nasolabial Flap for Tongue Reconstruction

Kashif Iqbal Malik, Imran Saeed, Tahir Rasheed, Ijaz A Saud, Suresh Velagapudi, Norman Weir

323

Correlation of Hepatitis C with Multiple Blood Transfusions in Children of Thalassemia Major

Mobin-Ur-Rehman, Bashir Ullah, Farida Jan, Tariq Chishti

327

Frequency of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms during Pregnancy

Iram Chaudhry, Syeda Qurrah-Tul-Ain Humaira Rizvi, Bushra Sayeed

330

Effects of Two Different Oral Anti Diabetic Drugs in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Raj Kumar Chohan, Rizwan Waseem, Aamir Bashir, Shah Murad, Samina Qamar, Amar Lal Ghurbakhshani, Riaz Ahmad Sheikh, Hafiz Hamad Ashraf

334

Comparison of Analgesic Effect of Ketorolac and Lidocaine in Reduction of Propofol Induced Pain

Maqsood Ali, Muhammad Younis, Riaz Hussain, Tahir Nazeer

338

Role of Glucose to Insulin Ratio (G/R) in Obese and Non-Obese Patients with Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

Kaukab Sultana, Sadia Amir, Adina Shams

341

Evaluation of Scrotal Pathology on Ultrasonography

Tanveer Mahmood, Kahlid Farooq, Javed Asghar, Anjum Rashid

344

Gestational Lipid Profile in Pakistani Pregnant Women

Fakhar-un-Nisa, Rakhshanda Jabeen, Ahsan Raza

349

Different Modes of Presentation in Children with Celiac Disease

Tayyaba Noor, Muhammad Yaqoob, Muhammad Afzal Bhatti, Muhammad Farooq, Tahira S Izhar

352

Comparison of Serum Alinine Aminotransferase (ALT) of Newly Diagnosed Patients of Hepatitis C with Healthy Individuals

Muhammad Humayun, Zameer Ahamad, Muhammad Mustansar, Ambreen Khalid

355

Vascular Ring and Sling, Diagnosis and Management

Issa Hejazi

361

Emergency Based Ultrasound of Clinically Suspected Acute Appendicitis with Low Frequency Curvilinear Transducer and its Association with Surgical Outcome

Khalid Rehman Yousaf, Salman Atiq, Saira Bilal, Mian Sajid Nisar, M. Ismail, Khalid Yousaf, Muhammad Ghias

365

The Incidence of Orthopedic Related Problems in Lesch Nyhan Syndrome Patients and their Management

Mian Muhammad Azhar

368

To Study the Levels of Serum Chromium, Copper, Magnesium and Zinc in patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Muhammad Humayun, Ambreen Khalid, Azam Ali, Shakeel Ahamad, Atif Javed

373

Assessment and Interpretation of Pediatric Cardiac Consultations

Issa Hejazi, .Abdelfattah A Haweelah

378

Disinfection of Dental Gypsum Model with 0.5% Sodium Hypochlorite: Effect on Dimensional Stability

Syed Murtaza Raza Kazmi, Zahid Iqbal, Nazia Yazdanie, Sadiq Ali

383

Congestive Cholecystopathy; A Frequent Sonographic Sign of Evolving Esophageal Varices in Cirrhotics

Khalid Rehman Yousaf, Mian Sajid Nisar, Salman Atiq, Azhar Hussain, Amna Rizvi, M. Ismail Khalid Yousaf, Zahid Mansoor

Case Reports

387

Neonatal Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Omar Al Khaldi

390

Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome

Amir Rashid, Arif Zaheer, Junaid Nadeem

392

Abdominal Pregnancy with a Full Term Alive Fetus

Ikramullah Khan, Hani Gull

394

Maxillary Obturator Prosthesis: Support and Retention Case Series

Zahid Iqbal, Syed Murtaza Raza Kazmi, Nazia Yazdanie, Zahra Mehmood, Sadiq Ali