01 - Recent Advances in the Treatment of Tuberculosis Infection
http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/giidr.2019(IV-I).0110.31703/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
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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
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(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.
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).0210.31703/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
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Natriuretic Peptides, Prognostic Factors, B-Type Natriuretic Peptide, Heart Failure, CHF, Mortality Rate
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(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.
03 - Leishmaniasis: A Neglected Tropical Disease
http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/giidr.2019(IV-I).0310.31703/giidr.2019(IV-I).03 Published : Dec 2019
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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
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Leishmaniasis, Prevalence, Treatment, Control
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(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.
04 - Worldwide Epidemiology of Plasmodium Vivax Malaria and its Clinical Management
http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/giidr.2019(IV-I).0410.31703/giidr.2019(IV-I).04 Published : Dec 2019
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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
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Plasmodium Vivax, Malaria, Epidemiology, Long Incubation, P. Vivax Prevention, P. Vivax Treatment
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(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.
05 - A Literature Review of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): Its epidemiology, Genet
http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/giidr.2019(IV-I).0510.31703/giidr.2019(IV-I).05 Published : Dec 2019
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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
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), CrohnâÃâ¬Ãâ¢s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Treatment, Epidemiology.
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(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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