Publications by authors named "Shabnam Batool"
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic, autoimmune, multisystem disease. Lupus enteritis accompanied by intestinal pseudo-obstruction (IPO) is a serious and rare initial manifestation that can lead to high mortality and morbidity in case of delay in diagnosis and treatment. Here, we present a very complicated case of a 36-year-old female Pakistani patient with lupus enteritis accompanied by IPO and bilateral hydronephroureter.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: A study was conducted evaluating the process of a rheumatology consultation.
Methods: Data on consultation times was obtained from 100 patient processes over three months. Prior to data collection, unstructured interviews were conducted with the entire staff of the rheumatology clinic in Shalamar Hospital, to understand the consultation process.
Aims: To determine the prevalence of inflammatory back pain (IBP) and radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) in a semi-urban community of Lahore, Pakistan.
Methods: This cross-sectional household survey was designed as per the Community Oriented Program for the Control of Rheumatic Diseases (COPCORD) model. In Phase 1, the subjects were interviewed for musculoskeletal (MSK) pain in the last 7 days by clinical assistants.
Objective: To determine the association of systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index (SLEDAI) score in pediatric onset SLE (p-SLE) with clinical and laboratory parameters.
Methods: This cross sectional observational study was conducted at Division of Rheumatology, Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore from November 2018 to January 2019. Total 23 patients diagnosed with p-SLE having onset of symptoms at ≤ 18 years of age, irrespective of their current age at presentation, of either gender, fulfilling criteria of 2012 Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) criteria were enrolled.
Introduction: Pakistan has a population of over 200 million with only 75 trained rheumatologists. To address the needs of rheumatology care, it is of paramount importance to train the primary care physician as a first line of defense.
Methods: The project "Empowering Family Physicians; fighting disability" was the recipient of a 2018 ILAR grant.
Objective: To determine the pattern of initial clinical manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and to compare these features with those recorded elsewhere in Pakistan.
Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive study was performed in the Department of Rheumatology, Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan, from November 2015 to January 2016. Sixty one patients of SLE diagnosed as per ACR (American College of Rheumatology) 1982 revised criteria, were enrolled.
Objective: To determine adherence to methotrexate (MTX) therapy in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and to identify factors that promote either adherence or non adherence.
Methods: One hundred Rheumatoid Arthritis patients on MTX for at least two months were enrolled. Questionnaire was completed by direct interview.