Pakistan Physiological Society

Pakistan Journal of Physiology

Pak J Physiol 2018;14(4)

Recognised by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC)
Recognised by Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC)
p-ISSN 1819-270X, e-ISSN 2073-1183, IP/0034
Volume 14, No. 4 (Oct-Dec 2018)

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Learning basic medical sciences as foundation of medicine: a challenge

Muhammad Aslam

1

Revisiting experimental physiology in undergraduate medical curriculum

Idrees Farooq Butt

3

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Obstructive sleep apnoea: a predictor of abnormal glucose metabolism

Ambreen Qamar, Zeba Haque, Mirza Saifullah Baig, Muhammad Owais, Wajiha Iffat, Afsheen Qamar

5

Relationship of serum testosterone levels with anthropometric parameters of obesity in young males of South Punjab

Hamid Hassan, Oneeb Sanaullah, Syed Ahtesham Ali, Tahira Munir, Muhammad Imran, Mehreen Zaidi

9

Risk estimation of t wave alternans and ventricular late potentials in patients with cardiomyopathy

Hira Ashraf, Madiha Imran, Komal Saad, Azmat Hayat, Muhammad Alamgir Khan

14

Disparate relationship of vitamin D receptor CDX2 gene polymorphism and polycystic ovarian syndrome

Soubia Malik, Aliya Maqsood, Mehir-un-Nisa Iqbal, Taseer Ahmed Khan

18

Pattern of paediatric malignancies in a tertiary care hospital in Northern Pakistan

Tanveer Ashraf, Tariq Ghafoor, Saman Tanveer

21

Conservative management of emphysematous pyelonephritis: the shifting trend

Malik Nadeem Azam Khan, Koukab Javed, Haroon Sabir Khan, Naila Azam, Khalid Rehman, Wahaj

25

Comparison of rectal diclofenac sodium versus intramuscular tramadol for pain relief in manual vacuum aspiration

Qurrat-ul-Ain, Arfa Tabassum, Shumaila Hamid, Naveera Saeed

28

Comparison of vitamin D and lipid profile between rural and urban population

Sana Rasheed, Muhammad Shafiq, Oneeb Sanaullah, Sadia Chiragh

32

Trial Without Catheter: What predicts the outcome in acute urinary retention?

Haroon Sabir Khan, Malik Nadeem Azam Khan, Gulnaz Malik

36

 Antithrombin III level in patients of β-thalassemia: a cross-sectional study 

Ammar Bin Saad, Javed Iqbal Khan, Tahir Angez Khan, Muhammad Basharat Khan, Nadia Altaf

40

Interfamilial problems and marital dissatisfaction among fertile and infertile couples

Neelam Ehsan, Maryam Khurshid, Najamul Hasan Abbasi, Ghazala Fazaldad, Seema Gul, Rabia Mushtaq

44

Comparison of academic performance in peer assisted and expert-assisted learning through test scores

Gul-e-Naghma Saeed, Sadia Ahsin, Komal Saad, Amir Afzal

47

Gender disparity in big five factors of personality and their effect on academic achievement of students

Syed Afzal Shah

51

Identifying the barriers between researchers and Ethical Review Committee: a pilot study

Sadia Ahsin, Madiha Imran

55

Guidelines for Authors

58

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