Pub Date : 2021-08-01DOI: 10.32593/jstmu/vol4.iss1.134
M. Babar, Mohammad H. Abutaleb
While growing up in the digital age, most of us had the opportunity to witness the development of advanced methods and means of communication. We can fondly remember shifting from searching months’ old manuscripts in the libraries to using a smartphone to easily access the latest science in the palm of our hands. This development has not been confined to the scientific manuscripts only. Internet and social media platforms gave an opportunity to any individual interested in any field to develop ideas and share them with a wider audience. This freedom, coupled with the trend of covering medico-scientific news in the electronic and print media has made the general public more concerned about their physical and mental health. However, unfortunately, these developments have not all been very fruitful. In a real world setting where opinions are stronger than the truth, opportunists managed to exploit it to publicize their sociopolitical agenda.1 Advertisement of quackery, opposition of vaccination drives and defaming of safe surgical procedures have risen to prominence over the recent decades.2 These individuals and organized groups generally back their claims with unregulated blogs and fake news websites for spreading pseudoscience.
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Pub Date : 2021-08-01DOI: 10.32593/jstmu/vol4.iss1.119
Anum Ashfaq, Muhammad Atif Beg, Irshad Khan, T. Hussain, Uzma Batool
Coronavirus has become a global pandemic and causing huge number of mortalities due to variety of complications. Presentations from COVID-19 infection vary from mild respiratory symptoms, fever, pulmonary embolism, heart attacks and neurological manifestations to deadly acute respiratory distress syndrome. A case of elderly patient who was diagnosed as having COVID-19 infection with mild symptoms who was then admitted in hospital for the treatment of COVID-19 infection and then developed a massive ischemic stroke during the hospital stay. Coronavirus disease can present with atypical features for which clinicians should be aware of; so that the diagnosis and treatment should not be delayed and patient can receive maximum benefit with special emphasis on anticoagulant therapy in minimal symptomatic infection.
{"title":"Ischemic stroke is a rare finding in COVID-19 infected patients: A case report","authors":"Anum Ashfaq, Muhammad Atif Beg, Irshad Khan, T. Hussain, Uzma Batool","doi":"10.32593/jstmu/vol4.iss1.119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32593/jstmu/vol4.iss1.119","url":null,"abstract":"Coronavirus has become a global pandemic and causing huge number of mortalities due to variety of complications. Presentations from COVID-19 infection vary from mild respiratory symptoms, fever, pulmonary embolism, heart attacks and neurological manifestations to deadly acute respiratory distress syndrome. A case of elderly patient who was diagnosed as having COVID-19 infection with mild symptoms who was then admitted in hospital for the treatment of COVID-19 infection and then developed a massive ischemic stroke during the hospital stay. Coronavirus disease can present with atypical features for which clinicians should be aware of; so that the diagnosis and treatment should not be delayed and patient can receive maximum benefit with special emphasis on anticoagulant therapy in minimal symptomatic infection.","PeriodicalId":302306,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133631628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-01DOI: 10.32593/jstmu/vol4.iss1.133
Rabia Gul, Faryal Jahan, Faiza Naseer
Osteoarthritis is characterized by joint destruction followed by severe inflammation caused by variety of proinflammatory mediators released due to upregulation of nuclear translocation of nuclear factor (NF-kB). Current treatment involves chronic administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that is associated with bewildering array of systemic adverse effects. Transdermal drug delivery system address challenges of systemic toxicities but toxic chemical penetration enhancers limit its utility. Novel drug delivery system explores the potential of bio-inspired materials for designing of safe and effective carriers that specifically deliver drug to site of action with enhanced transdermal penetration of the drug. Chondroitin sulfate, a biopolymer that mimic extracellular matrix, binds specifically with its overexpressed receptors (CD44, RHAMM and ICAM-I) at inflammatory site, biodegradable and possess intrinsic anti-inflammatory properties. These attributes render chondroitin sulfate an ideal carrier for the drug delivery in osteoarthritis. Chondroitin sulfate based nanocarriers serve as a potential drug delivery system that not only deliver anti-arthritis drug through the skin but also produce synergistic effect to improve therapeutic outcome. In this review, molecular mechanism of intrinsic anti-inflammatory effects of chondroitin sulfate in osteoarthritis is discussed in detail. Moreover, potential of chondroitin sulfate to perform dual role of therapeutic agent as well as serve as nanocarrier in transdermal drug delivery for the treatment of osteoarthritis is elaborated.
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Pub Date : 2021-08-01DOI: 10.32593/jstmu/vol4.iss1.132
Z. Naeem, Mahrukh Nadeem, M. Kamil, Aiman Ayub, Kalsoom Nawaz, S. Karim, A. Hassan
Introduction: Breast carcinoma is the leading cause of cancer in women worldwide. WHO statistics show 1.2 million new cases every year. Pakistan reports nearly 40,000 lives from Breast Cancer annually. Objective: To evaluate existing awareness levels regarding breast cancer among female educationalists in twin cities and to counsel the participants about diagnostic tools such as mammographic-screening and breast self-examination Methodology: The study design was an interventional community trial and was conducted on female teachers aged 30-60 years. Data was collected by a questionnaire, given before and after the interactive session to evaluate its impacts. SPSS Version 23 was used for data entry analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate the quantitative and qualitative variables. McNemar’s test was applied for this. P values less than 0.05 were considered significant. Results: Total number of participants was 106 women with a median age of 43.3 years (range of age 31-54 years). Before intervening, 67 (63.2%) participants had no knowledge of mammographic-screening and 15 (14.2%) participants didn’t know the definitive way of diagnosing it. 2 After intervention, mammogram was selected to be the definitive way of diagnosing breast cancer by 91 (85.8%) participants. 91(85.8%) participants would encourage close family and friends to get screened. 104 (98.1%) of women had become familiar with technique of self-examination, as compared to 63 (59.4%) before. Conclusion: Misconceptions about risk factors, screening methods and diagnostic procedures were identified and elucidated. This encouraged participants to start performing regular self-exams and get mammograms.
导读:乳腺癌是世界范围内女性癌症的主要原因。世卫组织的统计数据显示，每年有120万新病例。巴基斯坦每年报告近4万人死于乳腺癌。目的:评估双城女性教育工作者对乳腺癌的现有认知水平，并向参与者提供乳腺x光检查和乳房自检等诊断工具的建议。研究设计为干预性社区试验，研究对象为30-60岁的女教师。数据是通过问卷收集的，在互动式会议前后发放，以评估其影响。使用SPSS Version 23进行数据录入分析。采用描述性统计方法计算定量和定性变量。McNemar的测试被应用于此。P值小于0.05为显著性。结果:参与者总数为106名女性，中位年龄为43.3岁(范围为31-54岁)。干预前，67名(63.2%)参与者不了解乳房x光检查，15名(14.2%)参与者不知道诊断乳房x光检查的确切方法。2干预后，91名(85.8%)参与者选择乳房x光检查作为诊断乳腺癌的最终方法。91名(85.8%)受访者会鼓励亲密的家人和朋友接受筛查。有104名妇女(98.1%)已熟悉自查技术，而以前有63名妇女(59.4%)已熟悉自查技术。结论:发现并阐明了对危险因素、筛查方法和诊断程序的误解。这鼓励参与者开始定期进行自我检查并进行乳房x光检查。
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Pub Date : 2021-08-01DOI: 10.32593/jstmu/vol4.iss1.113
Zainab Mehmood, R. Shahzad, Ismat Fatima, Abubaker Shahid
Introduction: Some unique physiological changes occur in breast volume and water content during pregnancy which makes the radiological evaluation of the breast difficult. As a result, diagnosis of Pregnancy Associated Breast Cancer. is often delayed. Objective: To find out the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography in detection of pregnancy associated breast cancer taking histopathology as gold standard. Methodology: Present Cross-sectional study was carried out at INMOL Hospital, Lahore. Ultrasound of 200 women was performed. The patient was laid supine and then turned slightly in oblique position to scan the breast with high frequency linear probe (7.5-10 MHz). The contra-lateral breast and both axillae were also scanned in the same way. Findings were categorized on the basis of Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) assessment categories. Subsequently the breast tissue was sent to histopathology laboratory for tissue diagnosis. The pathologist was blinded of the results of ultrasonography. Results: Mean age was 34 ± 11.36 years. Twenty-eight percent patients were primi-para while 72% patients were multi-para. Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography taking histopathology as gold standard was analyzed and ultrasonography had sensitivity 84.78%, specificity 98.05%, positive predictive value 92.85%, negative predictive value 95.56% and diagnostic accuracy was 95%. Invasive ductal carcinoma was most commonly observed (P<0.001) malignant histopathology. On the other hand, significantly high (P = 0.033) number of benign lesions were Fibroadenomas. Conclusion: The high sensitivity and specificity along with easy availability, and non-invasive nature makes ultrasonography a very useful technique for the diagnosis of Pregnancy Associated Breast Cancer.
{"title":"Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound in detection of pregnancy associated breast cancer","authors":"Zainab Mehmood, R. Shahzad, Ismat Fatima, Abubaker Shahid","doi":"10.32593/jstmu/vol4.iss1.113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32593/jstmu/vol4.iss1.113","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Some unique physiological changes occur in breast volume and water content during pregnancy which makes the radiological evaluation of the breast difficult. As a result, diagnosis of Pregnancy Associated Breast Cancer. is often delayed. \u0000Objective: To find out the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography in detection of pregnancy associated breast cancer taking histopathology as gold standard. \u0000Methodology: Present Cross-sectional study was carried out at INMOL Hospital, Lahore. Ultrasound of 200 women was performed. The patient was laid supine and then turned slightly in oblique position to scan the breast with high frequency linear probe (7.5-10 MHz). The contra-lateral breast and both axillae were also scanned in the same way. Findings were categorized on the basis of Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) assessment categories. Subsequently the breast tissue was sent to histopathology laboratory for tissue diagnosis. The pathologist was blinded of the results of ultrasonography. \u0000Results: Mean age was 34 ± 11.36 years. Twenty-eight percent patients were primi-para while 72% patients were multi-para. Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography taking histopathology as gold standard was analyzed and ultrasonography had sensitivity 84.78%, specificity 98.05%, positive predictive value 92.85%, negative predictive value 95.56% and diagnostic accuracy was 95%. Invasive ductal carcinoma was most commonly observed (P<0.001) malignant histopathology. On the other hand, significantly high (P = 0.033) number of benign lesions were Fibroadenomas. \u0000Conclusion: The high sensitivity and specificity along with easy availability, and non-invasive nature makes ultrasonography a very useful technique for the diagnosis of Pregnancy Associated Breast Cancer.","PeriodicalId":302306,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128967630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-23DOI: 10.32593/JSTMU/VOL3.ISS2.107
Safina Ahmed, M. Niaz, Zara Seemab, Rifat Nadeem
Introduction: In this changing paradigm of flipped classrooms, online learning is becoming center of focus. The spread of CoVID-19 pandemic has prompted medical institutions to quickly adopt online curriculum delivery to avoid any breaks. This transition seems to adequately serve the needs of medical education. As this new technology is rapidly being implemented, the students’ and teachers’ perspectives need to be evaluated to assess the outcome of these changes and to design effective strategies. Objectives: To assess the impact of online learning by recording experiences and attitudes of faculty members and students from two medical institutions. Materials & Methods: The study was conducted at SCM and FUMC, Islamabad. 275 3rd year MBBS students from both medical colleges along with 40 faculty members were enrolled after taking consent. Their perspectives were taken by a questionnaire. They were asked about familiarity of e-learning, its advantages, disadvantages, credibility of online assessments and whether e-learning should be part of future medical education. The data was analyzed using SPSS23. Results: 34 faculty members and 214 students from both institutes completed the questionnaire. Majority of the faculty members and students believed that e-learning can only serve as complementary role to traditional teaching. Conclusion: E-learning provided us the needed mode to continue delivering the course in the need of the hour. Both faculty and students deemed that online learning is not as proficient as face-to-face teaching however, hybrid model combining both modalities can achieve better results.
{"title":"Impact of online learning; experiences and attitudes of faculty and students from two medical colleges","authors":"Safina Ahmed, M. Niaz, Zara Seemab, Rifat Nadeem","doi":"10.32593/JSTMU/VOL3.ISS2.107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32593/JSTMU/VOL3.ISS2.107","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: In this changing paradigm of flipped classrooms, online learning is becoming center of focus. The spread of CoVID-19 pandemic has prompted medical institutions to quickly adopt online curriculum delivery to avoid any breaks. This transition seems to adequately serve the needs of medical education. As this new technology is rapidly being implemented, the students’ and teachers’ perspectives need to be evaluated to assess the outcome of these changes and to design effective strategies. \u0000Objectives: To assess the impact of online learning by recording experiences and attitudes of faculty members and students from two medical institutions. \u0000Materials & Methods: The study was conducted at SCM and FUMC, Islamabad. 275 3rd year MBBS students from both medical colleges along with 40 faculty members were enrolled after taking consent. Their perspectives were taken by a questionnaire. They were asked about familiarity of e-learning, its advantages, disadvantages, credibility of online assessments and whether e-learning should be part of future medical education. The data was analyzed using SPSS23. \u0000Results: 34 faculty members and 214 students from both institutes completed the questionnaire. Majority of the faculty members and students believed that e-learning can only serve as complementary role to traditional teaching. \u0000Conclusion: E-learning provided us the needed mode to continue delivering the course in the need of the hour. Both faculty and students deemed that online learning is not as proficient as face-to-face teaching however, hybrid model combining both modalities can achieve better results.","PeriodicalId":302306,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116078081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-23DOI: 10.32593/JSTMU/VOL3.ISS2.105
S. Naseem, Z. Naeem, H. Choudhry, Ghanwa Bereach, S. Rafi, Fozia Tahir, M. Qazi, Sana Mangrio, R. Khalil
Background: Erroneous treatments are hovering all over the internet and social media due to non-existence of the ultimate treatment to CoVID-19. There is a need to disseminate correct knowledge and encourage practices based on evidence, which can successfully prevent the spread of this deadly global pandemic. Objectives: The objective of the study was to explore the myths and misconceptions related to CoVID-19 pandemic in a pre and post health awareness workshop among the future health care professionals in a private medical university in Islamabad, Pakistan. Methodology: A quasi experimental study was carried out in March, 2020 over a period of two weeks at Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad. The participants included undergraduate medical, nursing and pharmaceutical sciences students, making a total sample size of 315. Simple random sampling was used. Data was collected using a self-designed questionnaire exploring the myths and misconceptions. A pre and post health awareness workshop was conducted and questionnaires filled by the participants. Data was analyzed using SPSS 23. Result: A change in the frequency of concepts related to myths and misconceptions was observed following the health awareness session, results were statistically significant using McNemar’s test in context to majority of the myths and misconceptions, p-value < 0.05. Conclusion: Health education has very important role in public health especially in times when the health problem is novel. In such situations, emphasis should be paid on the health education as it can modify the behavior regarding myths and misconceptions which can contribute to decrease in morbidity and mortality.
{"title":"Myths and misconceptions related to CoVID-19 among future health care providers in a private University of Islamabad - An interventional study","authors":"S. Naseem, Z. Naeem, H. Choudhry, Ghanwa Bereach, S. Rafi, Fozia Tahir, M. Qazi, Sana Mangrio, R. Khalil","doi":"10.32593/JSTMU/VOL3.ISS2.105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32593/JSTMU/VOL3.ISS2.105","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Erroneous treatments are hovering all over the internet and social media due to non-existence of the ultimate treatment to CoVID-19. There is a need to disseminate correct knowledge and encourage practices based on evidence, which can successfully prevent the spread of this deadly global pandemic. \u0000Objectives: The objective of the study was to explore the myths and misconceptions related to CoVID-19 pandemic in a pre and post health awareness workshop among the future health care professionals in a private medical university in Islamabad, Pakistan. \u0000Methodology: A quasi experimental study was carried out in March, 2020 over a period of two weeks at Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad. The participants included undergraduate medical, nursing and pharmaceutical sciences students, making a total sample size of 315. Simple random sampling was used. Data was collected using a self-designed questionnaire exploring the myths and misconceptions. A pre and post health awareness workshop was conducted and questionnaires filled by the participants. Data was analyzed using SPSS 23. Result: A change in the frequency of concepts related to myths and misconceptions was observed following the health awareness session, results were statistically significant using McNemar’s test in context to majority of the myths and misconceptions, p-value < 0.05. \u0000Conclusion: Health education has very important role in public health especially in times when the health problem is novel. In such situations, emphasis should be paid on the health education as it can modify the behavior regarding myths and misconceptions which can contribute to decrease in morbidity and mortality.","PeriodicalId":302306,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127197053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-23DOI: 10.32593/JSTMU/VOL3.ISS2.109
Riffat Shafi, A. Rauf, Khurram Irshad, Iffat F. Zaman, A. Hussain, Syed Shoaib Shah, Mohammed Amir
Introduction: The importance of faculty development programs (FDP) to improve teaching effectiveness has been emphasized in recent years. Our endeavors to improve teaching ways at Shifa College of Medicine, include development of student feedback mechanisms, professional development programs, and research into teaching. New trends taking place in academic medicine were accommodated by modification of faculty development model. Methods: With an aim to assess the perceptions of faculty about FDP at Shifa College of Medicine we gathered views of faculty, by administering questionnaire, conducting focus group and individual interviews. Results: More than half of faculty (51%-83%) agreed with various items related to teaching and learning concepts, 79% believed that they learned assessment methods. 73% agreed that it was a source of introduction to new educational strategies. Sixty-eight percent agreed that FDP helped to improve skills in teaching of ethics and professionalism. Results of focus group discussion show that faculty found program helpful in their grooming and development and it made them more knowledgeable. Views from individual interviews stated that faculty development program has contributed towards learning. Conclusion: In conclusion FDP at Shifa College of Medicine is valued by faculty. It has contributed towards excellence in teaching. This program should be continued with an endeavor to improve it further.
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Pub Date : 2020-12-23DOI: 10.32593/JSTMU/VOL3.ISS2.100
J. Malik
Clopidogrel is an adenosine diphosphate receptor blocker. It is widely used as a part of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD), regardless of the acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Although a rarely reported entity, clopidogrel-induced liver injury is commonly seen in clinical practice. It is widely overlooked by clinicians and is thus a potential hazard to patients with IHD.
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Pub Date : 2020-12-23DOI: 10.32593/JSTMU/VOL3.ISS2.90
Faiza Naseer, H. Bibi
The rapid outbreak of Covid-19 which emerged from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, has lately become a worldwide emergency. This has caused an enormous adverse impact globally. In this review article, studies related to pathogenesis of Covid-19 related comorbidities with different organs are viewed and summarized.
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