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Aadil Institute of Nephrology Urology and Transplantation

Frequency of Retinopathy in Type II Diabetic Patients with or without Microalbuminuria

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder of multiple etiologies characterized by chronic hyperglycemia with disturbances of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both .....

Sajid Nasir, Fazl-E-Mateen, Faisal Masud

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A Comparative Analysis of Sextant and Extended 5 – Region 13 Core Trans-rectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy

To compare the diagnostic value of Extended 5 – Region (13 core) Trans-rectal Ultrasound guided Prostate Biopsy with Standard Sextant Biopsy.

Kamran Zaidi, Khizar Hayat, Fawad Nasar Ullah, Mumtaz Ahmed, Ahmed Salman Waris, Sajjad Husain

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Laparoscopic Nephrectomy for Benign Renal Diseases: An Initial Experience

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of Laparoscopic nephrectomy for benign renal diseases at Department of Urology Post Graduate Medical Institute / Lahore General Hospital Lahore.

Khizar Hayat, Kamran Zaidi, Nisar Ahmed, Ather Hameed, Ahmed Salman Waris

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Chronic Renal Failure in Children

Objective: To assess the clinical presentation, underlying causes and outcome of patients with chronic renal failure (CRF). Design: Prospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Nephrology Department....

Farkhanda Hafeez, Mohammad Yaqoob, Iqbal Bano, Sajid Maqbool.

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Renal biopsy in childhood Nephrotic Syndrome

Objective: To study the histopathological pattern in childhood nephrotic syndrome who underwent biopsy, and the safety of the procedure. Design: A prospective study....

Farkhanda Hafeez, Farooq Rasool, Tahira Hamid.

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Acute complications of Hemodialysis in children

ntroduction: The incidence of end stage renal disease requiring renal replacement therapy has been increasing in the pediatric population and hemodialysis remains one of the important modalities in this regard....

Haroon Hamid, Iqbal Ahmed, Agha Shabbir Ali, Farkhanda Hafeez, Sajid Maqbool.

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Efficacy of steroids, cyclosporin and cyclophosphamide in steroid resistant idiopathic nephrotic syndrome

Objective: To determine the efficacy of three different treatment protocols in steroid resistant idiopathic nephrotic syndrome, (SRINS)....

Farkhanda Hafeez, Tahir Masood Ahmad, Sumair Anwar

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Nephronophthisis: a variant

The case report describes a young boy with renal, retinal, hepatic and cerebellar involvement in a rare syndrome. He had polyuria, deranged renal functions and cystic lesions in kidneys, which led to the diagnosis of nephronophthisis (NPH)....

Farkhanda Hafeez, Farooq Rasool, Tahir Masood Ahmad

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Levamisole in steroid dependent and frequently relapsing nephrotic syndrome

Objective: To determine the efficacy of levamisole in steroid dependent (S.D) and frequently relapsing (F.R) nephrotic, from syndrome (N.S). Design: Quasi-experimental study....

Farkhanda Hafeez, Tahir Masood Ahmed, Uzma Samina

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Familial hypomagnesemia – hypercalciuria (Manz Syndrome)

We report a case of a rare inherited tubular disorder of linked transport of magnesium and calcium at the level of ascending limb of loop of Henle, characterized by hypomagnesemia, hypercalciuria....

Naureen Akhtar, Farkhanda Hafeez, Tahir Masood Ahmad

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Peritoneal dialysis; indication, efficacy and acute complications

Objective: The objectives of this study were to find out indications, complications, and effectiveness of peritoneal dialysis. Design: Observational Setting: This study was done in ....

Anjum Saeed, Muhammad Yaqoob, Muhammad Khalid Masood, Farkhanda Hafeez, Tahira S Izhar, Atta Ullah

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Urinary tract infection in children: clinical and etiological pattern

Objective: To assess the clinical and etiological pattern of urinary tract infection (UTI) in children. Design, Place & Duration: This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted utilizing prospective data....

Farkhanda Hafeez, Sumair Anwar, Tahir Masood Ahmad

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Lupus nephritis in children

Objective: To determine the clinicopathological pattern of lupus nephritis in paediatric nephrology patients. Design: Case series study. Place and Duration of Study: The department of paediatric nephrology.....

Farkhanda Hafeez, Abid Mahmood Tarar, Rashid Saleem

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Galloway-Mowat syndrome

Galloway-Mowat syndrome is a rare multisystem genetic disorder with constellation of neurological, skeletal, growth, facial, gastrointestinal and renal abnormalities.....

Naureen Akhtar, Sadia Kiran, Farkhanda Hafeez.

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Pakistan Pediatric Association's scoring chart for diagnosis of tuberculosis in children

Objective: To validate the applicability of Pakistan Paediatric association's (PPA) Scoring chart to diagnose tuberculosis in children. Method: In this prospective descriptive study, 200 children....

Iqbal Bano, Farah Naz, Ahsan Waheed Rathore, Farkhanda Hafeez, Afsheen Batool Raza

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HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION AND ITS ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS; ASSESSMENT IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

ABSTRACT…Objective: The present study was carried out to screen for prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection and its associated risk factors in patients presenting for various complaints at a tertiary care hospital. Study design: Cross-sectional descriptive study....

Dr. Ghulam Mujtaba Siddiqi, Dr. Zafar Altaf Jafary, Dr. Manzoor A.Naeem, Dr. Khursheed Anwer, Dr. M Adil Khurshid

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Pattern of genitourinary tuberculosis in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Introduction: Tuberculosis is an ancient disease. It is responsible for causing a major health problem in developing countries. Genitourinary tuberculosis is the second most common form of extra pulmonary tuberculosis after lymph node involvement....

M. Adil Khursid, G. M. Siddiqi, M. Riaz Hussain, M. Nawaz Chughtai, Anjum Azhar

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Results of end to end anastomotic uethroplasty in adult patients of stricture urethera

Objective: To see the results of stricture excision and end to end anastomosis of urethra after spatulation in patients with blind urethral stricture. Patients and methods: This study was carried out from...

Arif Qayyum, Muhammad Kaleem, Sohail Hassan, Adil Khurshid

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Repair of distal penile hypospadias with (meateal based flap) Mathieu technique

Hypospadias is one of the most common congenital anomalies amenable to surgery. The efficacy of Mathieu (meatal based flap) procedure for distal penile hypospadias was evaluated....

Arif Qayyum, Muhammad Kaleem, Sohail Hassan

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Prevalence of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Elderly Men Above 50 Years of Age

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms in hospital attendants population.....

Sohail Hassan, Arif Qayyum, Muhammad Kaleem, Adil Khurshid

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Factors Affecting Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Elderly Men Above 50 Years of Age

Abstract: Objective: To find out the correlation of the lower urinary tract symptoms with age, fluid intake, economical status, education and area of residence....

Sohail Hassan, Adil Khurshid, Mohammad Kaleem, Arif Qayyum

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Management of Fournier's Gangerene: Experience at Nawaz Sharif Social Security Hospital, Lahore

Abstract: Objective:To analyze the results obtained in the Department of Urology, N.S.S.S. Hospital, Lahore presented with Fournier's Gangerene....

Sohail Hassan, Mohammad Kaleem, Arif Qayyum, Adil Khurshid

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Acute complications of Hemodialysis in Pediatric age group

Objective: To assess acute complications of haemodialysis in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of Study: The Nephrology Department of The Children`s Hospital....

Farkhanda Hafeez

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