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Hasnain Zafar

Associate Professor, Section of General Surgery, Department of Surgery

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Present	Associate Professor, Aga Khan University ‐ Section of General Surgery, Department of Surgery
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Disparate outcomes of global emergency surgery - A matched comparison of ...

The American Journal of Surgery (2018)

Adil A.Shah, Cheryl K. Zogg, Abdul Rehman, Asad Latif, et al.

Introduction Access to surgical care is an essential element of health-systems strengthening. This study aims to compare two diverse healthcare ...

Disparate outcomes of global emergency surgery: A matched comparison of ...

American Journal of Surgery (2018)

Adil A. Shah, Chery K Zogg, Abdul Rehman Alvi, Asad Lafif, et al.

Introduction: Access to surgical care is an essential element of health-systems strengthening. This study aims to compare two diverse healthcare ...

Improving outcomes of emergency bowel surgery using NELA model

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (2018)

Rizwan Sultan and Hasnain Zafar

Objective: To find outcomes of emergency bowel surgery and review the processes involved in the care of these patients on ...

Bomb blast in a tertiary care hospital, the challenges faced ...

Rizwan Sultan, Hasnain Zafar, Umar B and Khabir Ahmed

Abstract Introduction: A bomb blast in a hospital results in a many fold increase in the casualties. The affected health ...

Better outcome of splenectomy in younger patients suffering from chronic ...

JPMA: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association (2016)

Sabah Saqib, Rizwan Hashim and Hasnain Zafar

Abstract Immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP) may need splenectomy after failure of medical treatment. The aim of this study was to ...

Do outcomes of emergency surgery differ around the globe? Matched ...

Journal of the American College of Surgeons (2016)

Adil A. Shah, Cheryl K. Zogg, Asad Latif, Nabil Wasif, et al.

Introduction: Access to surgical care is an essential element of strengthening health systems. With the recent publication of guidelines by ...

Reducing mortality in emergency laparotomy in a developing country: we ...

Journal of The American College of Surgeons (2016)

Rizwan Sultan and Hasnain Zafar

INTRODUCTION: Outcomes of emergency bowel surgery are dependent on the structural factors of an institute and quality of care to ...

Survival outcomes after prolonged intensive care unit length of stay ...

Mehreen T. Kisat, Asad Latif, Cheryl K. Zogg, Elliott R. Haut, et al.

Background: Prolonged intensive care unit length of stay (ICU-LOS) is associated with high mortality for medical and surgical patients. Existing ...

Survival outcomes after prolonged intensive care unit length of stay ...

Mehreen T Kisat, Asad Latif, Cheryl K Zogg, Elliott R Haut, et al.

BACKGROUND: Prolonged intensive care unit length of stay (ICU-LOS) is associated with high mortality for medical and surgical patients. Existing ...

Influence of sub-specialty surgical care on outcomes for pediatric emergency ...

International Journal of Surgery (2016)

Adil A. Shah, Amarah Shakoor, Cheryl K. Zogg, Tolulope Oyetunji, et al.

Background: Whether adult general surgeons should handle pediatric emergencies is controversial. In many resource-limited settings, pediatric surgeons are not available. ...

Influence of sub-specialty surgical care on outcomes for pediatric emergency ...

Int J Surg (2016)

Adil A Shah, Amarah Shakoor, Cheryl K Zogg, Tolulope A Oyetunji, et al.

Background: Whether adult general surgeons should handle pediatric emergencies is controversial. In many resource-limited settings, pediatric surgeons are not available. ...

Experience of damage control trauma laparotomy in a limited resource ...

International journal of surgery (2016)

Mehreen Kisat, Syed Nabeel Zafar, Syed Nabeel Zafar, Zain G. Hashmi, et al.

Introduction: Damage control surgery (DCS) is an established option for managing severely injured trauma patients. However, its role in the ...

Paucity of trauma literature from a highly burdened developing country

Rizwan Sultan and Hasnain Zafar

Abstract Introduction: Trauma is the leading cause of death among a younger population not only in USA but in Pakistan ...

Emergency general surgery in a low-middle income health care setting ...

Adil Aijaz Shah, Asad Latif, Cheryl K. Zogg, Syed Nabeel Zafar, et al.

Introduction: Emergency general surgery (EGS) has emerged as an important component of frontline operative care. Efforts in high-income settings have ...

High PATI score is associated with increase mortality in patients ...

National Journal of Health Sciences (2016)

Syed Zohaib Gulzar Naqvi, Shahrukh Effendi and Hasnain Zafar

Background: Worldwide, injuries due to violence constitute eighth leading cause of death. Penetrating abdominal injuries account for third most common ...

Teaching and practising rectal examination in Pakistan

Clin Teach (2015)

Muhammad Asif, Noman Shahzad, Madeeha Ali and Hasnain Zafar

Abstract BACKGROUND: Digital rectal examination (DRE) is an integral part of physical examination. The teaching and practising of DRE should ...

Massive transfusion for trauma in a lower middle income country.

Am Surg. (2015)

Abdul Rehman Alvi, Adil A, Shah AA, Sayyed, Tareen Adil, et al.

Abdominal gunshot wounds-a comparative assessment of severity measures.

The Journal of surgical research (2015)

Adil Aijaz Shah, Abdul Rehman Alvi, Syed Jawad Shah, Adil H Haider, et al.

Background: Penetrating abdominal trauma is a common feature of trauma treated in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The penetrating abdominal ...

Geriatric emergency general surgery: Survival and outcomes in a low-middle ...

Adil A. Shah, Adil H. Haider, Robert Riviello, Cheryl K. Zogg, et al.

Background: Geriatric patients remain largely unstudied in low-middle income health care settings. The purpose of this study was to compare ...

Angiographic embolization for major trauma in a low-middle income healthcare ...

International journal of surgery (2015)

Adil Aijaz Shah, Abdul Rehman Alvi, Adil Hussain Haider, Raza Sayani, et al.

Introduction: Interventional radiology (IR) provides a range of adjunctive techniques to assist with hemorrhage control after trauma that can be ...

Learning the hard way: when a CT scan misleads your ...

BMJ Case Rep. (2015)

Roger Gill, Fatima Mannan, Amber Bawa and Hasnain Zafar

Abstract Oesophageal injury due to blunt trauma is extremely rare, and when it presents it carries a very high mortality. ...

National estimates of predictors of outcomes for emergency general surgery

J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2015)

Adil Aijaz Shah, Adil H Haider, Cheryl K. Zogg, Diane A. Schwartz, et al.

Background: Identifying predictors of mortality and surgical complications has led to outcome improvements for a variety of surgical conditions. However, ...

Impact of a predefined hospital mass casualty response plan in ...

Adil Aijaz Shah, Abdul Rehman, Raza Hasnain Sayyed, Adil Hussain Haider, et al.

Introduction: Pre-hospital triage is an intricate part of any mass casualty response system. However, in settings where no such system ...

Outcomes of splenectomy for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in adults: a ...

JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (2014)

Amyn Pardhan, Aamir Hameed, Hasnain Zafar, Samia Mazahir, et al.

Objective: to determine the outcome of splenectomy done in adult patients of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura over a period of 10 ...

Angiographic embolization for major trauma in a resource limited healthcare ...

Journal of Surgical Research (2014)

A.A. Shah, A.H. Haider, Z.G. Hashmi, K. Ali, et al.