November 2021, Volume 71, Issue 11
Editorial
The World Health Organization’s definition of health has remained unchanged for over seventy years. An ageing population, advances in prevention and management, as well as increasing impact of non-communicable diseases have led to the need for a novel definition of health. We suggest health to be “a sustainable state of optimized physical, social and mental well-being, and not merely the absence of acute disease or infirmity”.
Peer review is a recognized and established way of evaluating scientific literature and research practiced world over. It has its own merits, demerits and critique. Former editor of British Medical Journal, Richard Smith said that,” Democracy and scientific peer review have something in common: it is a system full of problems but the least worst we have”.1 The aim should be, how to get the best out of this. Good reviewer is an important factor that translates into publication of good quality science and scientific writing.
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Hafiz Syed Ijaz Ahmed Burq , et al
Comparison of commercially available preformed archwires with average natural arch forms
Alaina Tariq Mughal , et al
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Frequency and impact of slow flow / no flow in primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Ghazanfer Ali Shah , et al
Urdu translation and validation of clinically useful depression outcome scale
Yasmeen Wajid Mauna Gauhar , et al
The Link between Chronic Pain and Depression in Low Income Country, Pakistan
Mamoona Bokhari , et al
Study of Guillain-Barre syndrome etiology in Pakistani patients
Rashid Iqbal , et al
COVID-19 amongst cancer patients: An experience from Oman
Bassim Jaffar Al Bahrani , et al
Outcomes of 27gauge pars plana vitrectomy for a variety of posterior segment diseases
Muhammad Amer Awan , et al
IN THIS ISSUE
Short Reports
Patient safety awareness and attitude among interns of a tertiary care hospital
Ayesha Abubakar Mitha , et al
Short Communication
Trends in prescribing patterns and drug related problems of kidney disease patients
Muhammad Arfat Yameen , et al
Ventricular-arterial coupling as a potential therapeutic target in diabetes
Sahrai Saeed , et al
Letter to the Editor
Case Series
BAROCRINOLOGY
Obesity-Friendly Health Care Services – A pragmatic approach
Sanjay Kalra , et al
REVIEW ARTICLES
Review Articles
Systematic Review
Reorienting goals in endodontic therapy: Pulp revitalisation, on the brink of a paradigm shift
Ayousha Iqbal , et al
Effects of dry needling in lower extremity myofascial trigger points
Iqra Khan , et al
Narrative Review
Rawshan Jabeen , et al
CASE REPORTS
Renal dysfunction due to advance pelvic organ prolapse
Lubna Razzak , et al
Management of a giant carbuncle on the posterior trunk with excision and grafting
Muhammad Usman Akram , et al
Tricuspid valve myxoma: An uncommon presentation of a common tumour
Abdul Wajid Khan Faisal , et al
STUDENTS' CORNER
Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association has agreed to receive and publish manuscripts in accordance with the principles of the following committees:
