Publications by authors named "Wani Muzafar Maqsood"

Article Synopsis
  • Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is more effective than office blood pressure monitoring (OBPM) for accurately diagnosing hypertension, especially in living kidney donors.
  • A study involving 73 potential donors revealed that while OBPM identified 31.5% as hypertensive, ABPM found only 21.9%, highlighting discrepancies between the two methods.
  • The research also showed that OBPM overestimated hypertension prevalence; ABPM was better at detecting white-coat and masked hypertension and correlating with target organ damage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Primary hyperoxaluria (PH) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the excessive production and accumulation of oxalate. We present five cases of PH, each exhibiting varying manifestations of the disorder including a case presenting as postpartum kidney failure. Notably, three of these cases involve a previously unreported mutation.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: EGFR mutation has not been extensively studied in thyroid cancer. This study was conducted to study spectrum of EGFR mutation in thyroid cancer in Kashmiri population for possible therapeutic purpose.

Methods: It was 2 years prospective cross-sectional study conducted at a tertiary care center in which histologically confirmed, untreated thyroid cancers were included.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: The seroconversion is a significant health concern in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis particularly in high endemic zones of HBV and HCV.

Patients And Methods: This prospective study was conducted from January 2009 to April 2018 at Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Kashmir. A cohort of 459 end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis was enrolled from four dialysis centres and followed in a longitudinal manner.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

IgA nephropathy (IgAN) remains one of the most common glomerular lesions, which has a striking geographic distribution and is the most common form of primary glomerular disease in Asia. However, the exact prevalence or clinicopathological spectrum of IgAN in India is not well documented. This retrospective study analyzed the presentation in 126 patients of primary IgAN out of 298 native kidney biopsies (42.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF