Publications by authors named "Qasim Zafar Iqbal"
Traditionally, normal saline solution (NSS) has been the fluid of choice in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) patients, but the NSS is an acidic fluid and may lead to the delayed resolution of DKA. A systemic review search was conducted on PubMed, Embase, and Central Cochrane Registry to compare the efficacy of low chloride solutions with normal saline solution in DKA resolution. Randomized clinical trials with normal saline as a control arm and low chloride solutions as an intervention arm were included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There is a high prevalence of malaria and viral hepatitis in South Africa. Co-infection with Plasmodium malaria (leading to cerebral malaria) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a rare phenomenon.
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old African American male with no past medical history developed altered mental status on his return from Ivory Coast.
Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) is one of the herpes viruses that is responsible for causing infectious mononucleosis, lymphomas, and carcinomas primarily in immunocompromised individuals. We present a case of EBV-induced pneumonitis in an immunocompetent female, successfully treated with steroids. The patient is a 70 year-old female with a history of infectious mononucleosis in her teens who presented to the emergency room with worsening shortness of breath, associated with cough and fever.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSodium-glucose cotransporter-2 SGLT2 inhibitors are antihyperglycemic drugs that are currently being recommended as second-line therapy for patients with diabetes mellitus. They have grown increasingly popular over recent years, as they have been shown to have some protective effects on the heart and kidneys, both organ systems that diabetes mellitus has shown to have deleterious effect on over time. Despite their growing popularity, they have been found to increase the risk of euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).
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- * Research shows a high rate of blood clotting issues (thrombotic episodes) in critically ill COVID-19 patients, more so than in other severe viral infections.
- * The text discusses a specific case of a young woman who, due to COVID-19, developed locked-in syndrome from bilateral pontine infarction, highlighting the severe neurological consequences of the disease.
Background & Objective: Microvascular complications are the major outcome of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus progression, which reduce the quality of life, incur heavy economic burdens to the health care system and increase diabetic mortality. The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of microvascular complications among newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients and to analyze the association between these complications and poor glycemic control.
Methods: This cross sectional hospital based study was carried out in Diabetic Clinic of Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore Pakistan.