June 2020, Volume 70, Issue 6
Editorial
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a novel coronavirus that is now named 'severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2' (SARS-CoV-2)1. The disease, emerged in Wuhan, China in late 2019, has become a global pandemic, spreading to many countries including Pakistan2. Symptoms at the onset of illness are fever, cough, myalgia, and fatigue. Patients with more severe disease have a productive cough, headache, dyspnoea, and haemoptysis. Some of these patients end up with acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiorgan failure as a result of cytokine storm.3,4
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected virtually every country across the world. Though a respiratory virus, it’s impact can be felt across all organ-systems, by all medical and surgical specialties.COVID-19 has a multifaceted relationship with diabetes. In this editorial, we describe this complex, evolving relationship, and its clinical as well as public health significance.
Every woman has a right to change her outlook, use different types of hair colours or tattoo themselves with henna; some have a passion for it while others use it at times of need. The history of cosmetics has a span of more than 7,000 years and is present in almost every society. The Nefertiti bust in Cairo Museum which dates back to 1320 BC clearly reveals the use of eyeliner, and Cleopatra, the last female pharaoh of Egypt was also famous for eye make- up and death by its poison.
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Muhammad Obaid ur Rehman , et al
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Lung ultrasound for the diagnosis of pneumonia in adults
Isik Melike Unlukaplan , et al
Effects of dental aesthetics on psycho-social wellbeing among students of health sciences
Abeeha Batool Zaidi , et al
Evaluation of nursing students’ self-control in Turkey
Aslihan Ozturk Eyimaya , et al
IN THIS ISSUE
Short Reports
Short Communication
Newer molecular insights into type-2 diabetes mellitus
Sikandar Hayat Khan , et al
Letter to the Editor
Special Communication
Case Series
Innovation
KAP Study
Hassan Ahmed , et al
Awareness of sexually transmitted diseases among young adults of Karachi; a cross-sectional study
Saher Aijaz , et al
Sumera Inam Bhatty , et al
REVIEW ARTICLES
Systematic Review
Review of ethics teaching in undergraduate medical education
Muhammad Shahid Shamim , et al
Narrative Review
CASE REPORTS
Paediatric calcified tendinitis in extensor carpi radialis brevis: A case report
Firas Ahmad Suleiman , et al
Non-recurrent laryngeal nerve: a case report and review of literature
Muhammad Hassan Danish , et al
STUDENTS' CORNER
Muhammad Asharib Arshad , et al
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