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Volume-IV

, Issue-I

(FALL 2019)

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01 - Recent Advances in the Treatment of Tuberculosis Infection

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/giidr.2019(IV-I).01
10.31703/giidr.2019(IV-I).01      Published : Dec 2019

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    Tuberculosis (TB) is a centuries old disease which is quite prevalent throughout the world caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This disease kills more people every year than other infectious diseases despite the existence of an effective treatment. This treatment has been available since 1940, which means its existence spans over more than fifty years now. The development of antimicrobial resist... Details

    Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT960), Drug Susceptibility Testing (DST), Human Immuno Defficiency Virus (HIV), Multidrug-Resistant TB (MDR-TB), Tuberculosis (TB), Extensively Drug-Resistant T

    (1) Ravish Faiz
    Undergraduate Student, Department of Pharmacy, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Khansha Chaudary
    Undergraduate Student, Department of Pharmacy, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Rabia Saeed
    Undergraduate Student, Department of Pharmacy, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
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02 - Role of BNP and Pro-BNP as Prognostic Factors in Predicting the Mortality of Pat

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/giidr.2019(IV-I).02
10.31703/giidr.2019(IV-I).02      Published : Dec 2019

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    Diseases like heart failure is quite serious as the indications are not very clear to declare about its prognosis in the patient. This review depicts a study about the use of Btype natriuretic peptide levels to make an estimate about different heart functions. These calculations are very useful in the prognosis of heart diseases changes in functions of diastole. BNP and ANP are the natriuretic pep... Details

    Natriuretic Peptides, Prognostic Factors, B-Type Natriuretic Peptide, Heart Failure, CHF, Mortality Rate

    (1) Arooj Shahid
    Pharm-D, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Saadullah Khan
    Pharm-D, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Syeda Komal Fatima
    Pharm-D, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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03 - Leishmaniasis: A Neglected Tropical Disease

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/giidr.2019(IV-I).03
10.31703/giidr.2019(IV-I).03      Published : Dec 2019

Abstract

    Leishmaniasis is an emerging tropical disease in the world as declared by WHO. At least 89 countries are affected, risking lives of 350 million people resulting in 70,000 deaths annually. It is spread to human beings and animals by bite of sandflies of genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia. The disease is more prevalent in the poverty-stricken populations. In Pakistan, the most affected province is KPK... Details

    Leishmaniasis, Prevalence, Treatment, Control

    (1) Gul Shehnaz
    Chairperson, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Mahnoor Zahra
    Undergraduate Students, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid- i- Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Doua Ilyas
    Undergraduate Students, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid- i- Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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04 - Worldwide Epidemiology of Plasmodium Vivax Malaria and its Clinical Management

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/giidr.2019(IV-I).04
10.31703/giidr.2019(IV-I).04      Published : Dec 2019

Abstract

    Plasmodium vivax malaria is one of the most common vector-borne parasitic infections worldwide. P. vivax clinical manifestations include lung injury, renal dysfunction, hepatic dysfunction and extreme thrombocytopenia etc. P. vivax contributes around 70% of malaria cases in Pakistan with variable severity, but 47% of total severe vivax malaria cases have been reported in India. Elimination of P. v... Details

    Plasmodium Vivax, Malaria, Epidemiology, Long Incubation, P. Vivax Prevention, P. Vivax Treatment

    (1) Iqra Riaz
    Undergraduate Students, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Mehek Muhammad
    Undergraduate Students, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Amina Bibi
    Senior Chief Pharmacist, Federal Government Polyclinic Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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05 - A Literature Review of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): Its epidemiology, Genet

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/giidr.2019(IV-I).05
10.31703/giidr.2019(IV-I).05      Published : Dec 2019

Abstract

    Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) consists of two major inflammatory problems, which includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease. Both are inflammatory conditions of the alimentary canal, but ulcerative colitis mostly affects the rectum and colon, whereas Crohn disease affects the small intestine, large intestine, oesophagus and anus. This article highlights the causes, major role of genetic fact... Details

    Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Treatment, Epidemiology.

    (1) Sana Asghar
    Undergrad 8th Semester, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Syeda Komal Fatima
    Pharm D Graduate, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Nida Javaid
    Undergrad 8th Semester, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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