​​​​​​​​​Haematology and ​Transfusion Medicine Publications​ 2024

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October-December

  • Correction: IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic blood donors at two time points in Karachi. Hasan M, Moiz B, Qaiser S, Masood KI, Ghous Z, Hussain A, Ali N, Simas JP, Veldhoen M, Alves P, Abidi SH, Ghias K, Khan E, Hasan Z. PLoS One. 2024 Dec 12;19(12):e0315960. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315960​

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  • ​Bacterial contamination of platelets concentrates in a lower middle-income country: Data from a single tertiary care hospital. Kumari B, Hasan M, Irfan S, Khalid A, Moiz B. Transfus Apher Sci. 2024 Dec;63(6):104018. ​DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2024.104018


  • ​Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant in Hematological Disorders: A Decade of Experience. Arif S, Ali N, Shaikh U, Adil S, Jehanzeb H. Int J Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Res. 2024 Oct 1;18(4):344-357. ​DOI: 10.18502/ijhoscr.v18i4.16759


  • Frequency of Deletion 13q14.3 and Its Impact on Outcome in Patients of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia; Single-Centered Institutional Study from Pakistan. Drs. Nabiha Saeed, Zurrya Fasih Khan, Hamzah Jehanzeb, Hammad Atif Irshad, Usman Shaikh, Salman Naseem Adil, Taha Shaikh, Dahir Ashfaq Faryal Jahangir, Saqib Raza Khan, Nawazish Zehra, Natasha Ali. Journal of Haematology and Stem Cell Research; Published on 2024-08-06 issue Vol. 4 No. 1 (2024): January-June. https://jhscr.org/index.php/JHSCR/article/view/108​
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  • ​Outcomes of Patients with NPM1 Positive Acute Myeloid Leukemia, An Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Drs. Maria Zulfiqar, Natasha Ali, Usman Shaikh, Hamzah Jehanzeb, Salman Arif, Nabiha Saeed, Zurrya Fasih Khan, Zeeshan Ansar. Journal of Haematology and Stem Cell Research; Published on 2024-01-01 issue Vol. 3 No. 2 (2023): July-December. https://jhscr.org/index.php/JHSCR/article/view/88​

  • Pure Biclonal Hairy​​ Cell Leukemia-Apt Diagnosis with Multicolor Flow Cytometry.​ Adnan S, Farrukh S, Ahmed A, Shaikh MS.​​​​ Int J Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Res. 2024 Oct 1;18(4):400-402. ​​​DOI: 10.18502/ijhoscr.v18i4.16764

July-Septmber

  • Advancing medical laboratory practice in Pakistan: insights from a focus group study on technologists' training needs. Khan FMA, Moiz B, Rehman J, Majid H, Zeeshan M, Jafri L, and Khan AH. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Aug ​28;24(1):938. DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05836-x​


  • Clinical Outcome of Patients Receiving Rituximab in Combination with Bendamustine in Indolent B-cell Lymphomas: A Single-center Institutional Study. Khan ZF, Saeed N, Jehanzeb H, Jahangir F, Shaikh U, Adil S, Khan MA, Daniyal M, Jamshed MM, Ali M, and Ali N. J Cancer Allied Spec. 2024 Aug 16;10(2):677. DOI: 10.37029/jcas.v10i2.677.​

April​-June​​​

  • Mass online training of health care workers during COVID-19: approach, impact, and outcomes for over 10,000 health care providers. Latif A, Zaki M, Shahbaz H, Hussain SA, Daudpota AA, Imtiaz B, Asghar F, Hassan MM, Asghar MA, Aqeel M, Khan MF, Khan R, Mahmood F, Nawab S, Sabeen A, Sohaib M, Sultan SF, Tariq M, Thawer H, Ali N, Jawwad M, Niazi K, Noorali AA, Amin SK, Atiq H, Samad Z, Haider AH. Public Health. 2024 Jun 27;233:193-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.05.006​.


  • Correction: Need for ICU and outcome of critically ill patients with COVID-19 and haematological malignancies: results from the EPICOVIDEHA survey. ​​Lahmer T, Salmanton-García J, Marchesi F, El-Ashwah S, Nucci M, Besson C, Itri F, Jaksic O, Čolović N, Weinbergerová B, Seval GC, Adžić-Vukičević T, Szotkowski T, Sili U, Dargenio M, van Praet J, van Doesum J, Schönlein M, Ráčil Z, Žák P, Poulsen CB, Magliano G, Jiménez M, Bonuomo V, Piukovics K, Dragonetti G, Demirkan F, Blennow O, Valković T, Gomes Da Silva M, Maertens J, Glenthøj A, Fernández N, Bergantim R, Verga L, Petzer V, Omrani AS, Méndez GA, Machado M, Ledoux MP, Bailén R, Duarte RF, Del Principe MI, Farina F, Martín-Pérez S, Dávila-Valls J, Marchetti M, Bilgin YM, Fracchiolla NS, Cattaneo C, Espigado I, Cordoba R, Collins GP, Labrador J, Falces-Romero I, Prezioso L, Meers S, Passamonti F, Buquicchio C, López-García A, Kulasekararaj A, Ormazabal-Vélez I, Cuccaro A, Garcia-Vidal C, Busca A, Navrátil M, de Jonge N, Biernat MM, Guidetti A, Abu-Zeinah G, Samarkos M, Anastasopoulou A, de Ramón C, González-López TJ, Hoenigl M, Finizio O, Pinczés LI, Ali N, Vena A, Tascini C, Stojanoski Z, Merelli M, Emarah Z, Kohn M, Barać A, Mladenović M, Mišković B, Ilhan O, Çolak GM, Čerňan M, Gräfe SK, Ammatuna E, Hanakova M, Víšek B, Cabirta A, Nordlander A, Nunes Rodrigues R, Hersby DS, Zambrotta GPM, Wolf D, Núñez-Martín-Buitrago L, Arellano E, Aiello TF, García-Sanz R, Prattes J, Egger M, Limongelli A, Bavastro M, Cvetanoski M, Dibos M, Rasch S, Rahimli L, Cornely OA, Pagano L; EPICOVIDEHA registry​​. Infection. 2024 Jun;52(3):1191-1194. ​​DOI: 10.1007/s15010-024-02240-x​


  • Real-World Outcomes in Transplant-Ineligible Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Treated With Bortezomib/Cyclophosphamide/Dexamethasone and Bortezomib/Lenalidomide/Dexamethasone as Upfront Treatment. Shaikh U, Adil S, Ali N, Saeed N, Khan Z, Jehanzeb H, et al. April 25, 2024​. 10.7759/cureus.58999​


  • Dexamethasone treatment for COVID-19 is related to increased mortality in hematologic malignancy patients: results from the EPICOVIDEHA Registry.​ ​Aiello TF, Salmanton-Garcia J, Marchesi F, Weinbergerova B, Glenthoj A, Van Praet J, Farina F, Davila-Valls J, Martin-Perez S, El-Ashwah S, Schonlein M, Falces-Romero I, Labrador J, Sili U, Buquicchio C, Vena A, Plantefeve G, Petzer V, Biernat MM, Lahmer T, Espigado I, Van Doesum J, Blennow O, Piukovics K, Tascini C, Samarkos M, Bilgin YM, Fianchi L, Itri F, Valković T, Fracchiolla NS, Dargenio M, Jimenez M, Magyari F, Lopez-Garcia A, Prezioso L, Čolović N, Shumilov E, Abu-Zeinah G, Krekeler C, Lavilla-Rubira E, Papa MV, Gonzalez-Lopez TJ, Pinczes LI, Demirkan F, Ali N, Besson C, Fouquet G, Romano A, Hernandez-Rivas JA, Del Principe MI, Aujayeb A, Merelli M, Lamure S, De Almeida JM, Da Silva MG, Eisa N, Meletiadis J, Rinaldi I, Finizio O, Jaksic O, Delia M, Nizamuddin S, Marchetti M, Ijaz M, Machado M, Bailen-Almorox R, Čerňan M, Coppola N, Gavriilaki E, Cattaneo C, Groh A, Stojanoski Z, Erben N, Pantic N, Mendez GA, Di Blasi R, Meers S, De Ramon C, Bahr NC, Emarah Z, Varricchio G, Cvetanoski M, Garcia-Sanz R, Mitrovic M, Lievin R, Hanakova M, Račil Z, Vehreschild M, Tragiannidis A, Rodrigues RN, Garcia-Bordallo D, Cordoba R, Cabirta A, Nordlander A, Ammatuna E, Arellano E, Wolf D, Prin R, Limongelli A, Bavastro M, Colak GM, Grafe S, Hersby DS, Rahimli L, Cornely OA, Garcia-Vidal C, Pagano L; EPICOVIDEHA study group. ​​​Haematologica. 2024 Apr 4.​​​DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2023.284678​



January​-March​​​

  • Decoding the historical tale: COVID-19 impact on haematological malignancy patients-EPICOVIDEHA insights from 2020 to 2022. Salmanton-García J, Marchesi F, Farina F, Weinbergerová B, Itri F, Dávila-Valls J, Martín-Pérez S, Glenthøj A, Hersby DS, Gomes da Silva M, Nunes Rodrigues R, López-García A, Córdoba R, Bilgin YM, Falces-Romero I, El-Ashwah S, Emarah Z, Besson C, Kohn M, Van Doesum J, Ammatuna E, Marchetti M, Labrador J, Zambrotta GPM, Verga L, Jaksic O, Nucci M, Piukovics K, Cabirta-Touzón A, Jiménez M, Arellano E, Espigado I, Blennow O, Nordlander A, Meers S, van Praet J, Aiello TF, Garcia-Vidal C, Fracchiolla N, Sciumè M, Seval GC, Žák P, Buquicchio C, Tascini C, Gräfe SK, Schönlein M, Adžić-Vukičević T, Bonuomo V, Cattaneo C, Nizamuddin S, Čerňan M, Plantefeve G, Prin R, Szotkovski T, Collins GP, Dargenio M, Petzer V, Wolf D, Čolović N, Prezioso L, Valković T, Passamonti F, Méndez GA, Sili U, Vena A, Bavastro M, Limongelli A, Duarte RF, Ledoux MP, Cvetanoski M, Stojanoski Z, Machado M, Batinić J, Magliano G, Biernat MM, Pantić N, Poulsen CB, Cuccaro A, Del Principe MI, Kulasekararaj A, Ormazabal-Vélez I, Busca A, Demirkan F, Ijaz M, Klimko N, Stoma I, Khostelidi S, Fernández N, Omrani AS, Bergantim R, De Jonge N, Fouquet G, Navrátil M, Abu-Zeinah G, Samarkos M, Maertens J, De Ramón C, Guidetti A, Magyari F, González-López TJ, Lahmer T, Finizio O, Ali N, Pinczés LI, Lavilla-Rubira E, Romano A, Merelli M, Delia M, Calbacho M, Meletiadis J, Antić D, Hernández-Rivas JÁ, Marques de Almeida J, Al-Khabori M, Hoenigl M, Tisi MC, Khanna N, Barać A, Eisa N, Di Blasi R, Liévin R, Miranda-Castillo C, Bahr NC, Lamure S, Papa MV, Yahya A, Aujayeb A, Novák J, Erben N, Fernández-Galán M, Ribera-Santa Susana JM, Rinaldi I, Fazzi R, Piedimonte M, Duléry R, Gonzaga Y, Soto-Silva A, Sapienza G, Serris A, Drgoňa Ľ, Groh A, Serrano L, Gavriilaki E, Tragiannidis A, Prattes J, Coppola N, Otašević V, Mladenović M, Mitrović M, Mišković B, Jindra P, Zompi S, Sacchi MV, Krekeler C, Infante MS, García-Bordallo D, Çolak GM, Mayer J, Nygaard M, Hanáková M, Ráčil Z, Bonanni M, Koehler P, Rahimli L, Cornely OA, Pagano L; EPICOVIDEHA registry. EClinicalMedicine. 2024 Mar 18;71:102553. ​​​​DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102553.


  • ​Need for ICU and outcome of critically ill patients with COVID-19 and haematological malignancies: results from the EPICOVIDEHA survey. Lahmer T, Salmanton-García J, Marchesi F, El-Ashwah S, Nucci M, Besson C, Itri F, Jaksic O, Čolović N, Weinbergerová B, Seval GC, Adžić-Vukičević T, Szotkowski T, Sili U, Dargenio M, van Praet J, van Doesum J, Schönlein M, Ráčil Z, Žák P, Poulsen CB, Magliano G, Jiménez M, Bonuomo V, Piukovics K, Dragonetti G, Demirkan F, Blennow O, Valković T, Gomes Da Silva M, Maertens J, Glenthøj A, Fernández N, Bergantim R, Verga L, Petzer V, Omrani AS, Méndez GA, Machado M, Ledoux MP, Bailén R, Duarte RF, Del Principe MI, Farina F, Martín-Pérez S, Dávila-Valls J, Marchetti M, Bilgin YM, Fracchiolla NS, Cattaneo C, Espigado I, Cordoba R, Collins GP, Labrador J, Falces-Romero I, Prezioso L, Meers S, Passamonti F, Buquicchio C, López-García A, Kulasekararaj A, Ormazabal-Vélez I, Cuccaro A, Garcia-Vidal C, Busca A, Navrátil M, de Jonge N, Biernat MM, Guidetti A, Abu-Zeinah G, Samarkos M, Anastasopoulou A, de Ramón C, González-López TJ, Hoenigl M, Finizio O, Pinczés LI, Ali N, Vena A, Tascini C, Stojanoski Z, Merelli M, Emarah Z, Kohn M, Barać A, Mladenović M, Mišković B, Ilhan O, Çolak GM, Čerňan M, Gräfe SK, Ammatuna E, Hanakova M, Víšek B, Cabirta A, Nordlander A, Nunes Rodrigues R, Hersby DS, Zambrotta GPM, Wolf D, Núñez-Martín-Buitrago L, Arellano E, Aiello TF, García-Sanz R, Prattes J, Egger M, Limongelli A, Bavastro M, Cvetanoski M, Dibos M, Rasch S, Rahimli L, Cornely OA, Pagano L; EPICOVIDEHA registry.  Infection. 2024 Feb 22. ​​​DOI: 10.1007/s15010-023-02169-7​



  • Fibrin glue in managing intractable gingival bleeding in patients with inherited bleeding disorders-a quasi-experimental pilot study. ​Hussain S, Ali Zaidi SA, Sawani S and Moiz B.​ ​J Pak Med Assoc. 2024 Feb;74(2):378-383.​ ​​DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.9378​


  • Maham Vaqar, Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Sadaf Khan, Qamar Riaz, Sana Mahmood, Natasha Ali, Adil H Haider, A Journey of Innovation: 40 years of Pioneering Medical Education at the Aga Khan University Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan, Postgraduate Medical Journal, Volume 100, Issue 1183, May 2024, Pages 350–357, https://doi.org/10.1093/postmj/qgad139​​.