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Factors affecting the quality of postgraduate medical education in Pakistan – residents' perspective Open

Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Rafia Bano, Saliha Younas, Eesha Razia, Maham Azmat , et al. · 2025

Background: Postgraduate medical education (PGME) plays a crucial role in healthcare workforce development. In developing countries like Pakistan, PGME has seen significant advancements, particularly through institutions such as the Colleg…

Quality of life of individuals with intrathecal baclofen pump therapy Open

Abdulaziz Almosallam, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Anas Jehad AlSaleh · 2025

Background: This study was carried out to assess the quality of life (QOL) of adults with intrathecal baclofen (ITB) pump therapy. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted between February 2020 and April 2023 and included patients w…

Challenges of patients with intrathecal baclofen pump therapy during COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia Open

Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Hasan Shacfe, Mohammed Jameel, Waqas Sami, Imad Saeed Moukais , et al. · 2024

Background: This study was carried out to analyze the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on patients with intrathecal baclofen (ITB) therapy. Methods: Patients who came for ITB refill during the COVID-19 pandemic b…

Caregiver Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior toward Care of Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Saudi Arabian Perspective Open

Abdulaziz Almosallam, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Bashayer Alzahrani, Sultanh AlSultan, Waad Ibrahim Alzubaidi , et al. · 2024

The care of children with cerebral palsy (CP) requires a complex system of care that is not only dependent on health care resources, but is also strongly influenced by social and cultural attributes. Hence, it is important to explore the u…

Ethical and Legal Aspects of Telerehabilitation in Saudi Arabia Open

Ahmed Mushabbab AlHabter, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Sami Ullah · 2023

Organizations have their own policies and procedures to govern operational aspects of health care facilities. With the advent of telemedicine, there has been a growing trend in providing telehealth practices without formally exploring the …

Complications of Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Therapy: An Institutional Experience from Saudi Arabia Open

Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Hasan Shacfe, Amara Ilyas, Saeed Bin Ayaz, Khalid Yousef Aljamaan , et al. · 2023

The intrathecal baclofen pump (ITB) is one of the advanced treatment options in the management of spasticity. This retrospective cohort study was conducted to identify the complications of ITB treatment at a tertiary care rehabilitation fa…

Trends in Length of Stay: Experience From a Tertiary Care Pediatric Rehabilitation Unit in Saudi Arabia. Open

Sami Ullah, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Waqas Sami, Amara Ilyas, Sherif Samir Tantawy , et al. · 2023

Background: Pediatric rehabilitation units offer unique challenges due to complex rehabilitation needs of children based on their age group and diagnosis. Length of stay (LOS) is an indirect measure of hospital cost and efficiency of a cli…

Effect of Posterior Leaf Spring and Carbon Composite Ankle Foot Orthosis on Gait and Functional Mobility of Stroke Survivors with Hemiplegia: A Randomized Clinical Trial Open

Zidikheri Bashiri Msechu, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Tim Drew · 2023

Purpose: The study was carried out as a randomized clinical trial to assess the effect of posterior leaf spring ankle foot orthosis (PLS-AFO) and carbon composite ankle foot orthosis (C-AFO) on functional mobility, walking speed and satisf…

Functional Outcomes of Patients with Primary Brain Tumors Undergoing Inpatient Rehabilitation at a Tertiary Care Rehabilitation Facility in Saudi Arabia Open

Sami Ullah, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Farooq Azam Rathore, Waqas Sami, Imad Saeed Moukais , et al. · 2023

Rehabilitation services play a crucial role in improving the functionality and quality of life of individuals with a brain tumor; however, outcomes of inpatient rehabilitation based on tumor characteristics are not well known in the litera…

Complications of Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Therapy; A Regional Perspective from Saudi Arabia Open

Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Hasan Shacfe, Amara Ilyas, Saeed Bin Ayaz, Khalid Yousef Aljamaan , et al. · 2023

Perceived Clinical Barriers to Employment for Males with Spinal Cord Injury in Saudi Arabia Open

Ahmad H Alwashmi, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Sami Ullah, Saeed Bin Ayaz, Nourah Hamad AlKeaid , et al. · 2022

Return to work is a challenging aspect of community integration for individuals with disabilities. The reintegration of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) is multifactorial; hence, regional challenges need to be investigated in the …

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Disability Care and Persons with Disability in Pakistan Open

Farooq Azam Rathore, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi · 2021

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A Call to Develop Standardized Guidelines for Treatment of Spasticity Open

Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi · 2021

Due to the lack of understanding of spasticity across different medical disciplines, the approach and treatment strategies vary considerably among clinicians. This is further disjointed in health systems around the world due to differences…

Factors affecting functional outcomes of traumatic brain injury rehabilitation at a rehabilitation facility in Saudi Arabia Open

Sami Ullah, Saeed Bin Ayaz, Imad Saeed Moukais, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Talal Alumri , et al. · 2020

Reduction in disability at discharge was positively associated with the severity of disability at admission and negatively with the time duration from injury to IPR admission, indicating a need to reduce time before admittance to an IPR se…

An unusual mechanism of spinal cord injury due to active neck stretching and its functional implications Open

Sami Ullah, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Sherif Samir Tantawy, Yazid Antar AlJaizani · 2020

Spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality is a rare entity and has not been reported to occur secondary to active neck stretching. The case report highlights the possible mechanisms of injury and functional outcomes of multidisci…

Rehabilitation of a patient with spinal cord decompression sickness: First case report from Saudi Arabia Open

Sami Ullah, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Kholoud M. Kedowah, Afnan AlHargan, Asim Niaz · 2019

This case brings attention to development of rehabilitation protocols for patients with decompression sickness (DCS). A lack of data regarding DCS renders the need of conducting multicenter studies to document the epidemiology and outcomes…

The negative effects of anterior cruciate ligament injury during stroke rehabilitation Open

Nawaf Alzamil, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Farooq Azam Rathore, Sami Ullah · 2019

Musculoskeletal problems are commonly reported after stroke resulting in abnormal gait biomechanics, pain, and limitation in performing activities of daily living. Anterior circulate ligament is the most frequently injured knee ligament ac…

Falls in individuals with stroke during inpatient rehabilitation at a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia Open

Sami Ullah, Mohammed Alatwi, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Sherif Samir Tantawy, Amara Ilyas , et al. · 2019

Age, hemorrhagic stroke, laterality of stroke and previous history of stroke were identified as risk factors associated with falls. Injured patients tend to stay longer for inpatient rehabilitation. Due to different culturual, environmenta…

Long-term compliance with bladder management in patients with spinal cord injury: A Saudi-Arabian perspective Open

Anas Jehad AlSaleh, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Zilal Syamsuddin Abdin, Ahmed Mushabbab AlHabter · 2018

Objective: To examine long-term compliance with bladder management in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) at a tertiary care rehabilitation facility in Saudi Arabia.Design: Cross-sectional survey.Setting: Tertiary c…

Functional outcomes in geriatric patients with spinal cord injuries at a tertiary care rehabilitation hospital in Saudi Arabia Open

Sami Ullah, Irfan Qamar, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Amani Abu‐Shaheen, Asim Niaz · 2018

The loose end: neurology without rehabilitation Open

Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Farooq Azam Rathore · 2018

In recent years, successive therapies for previously untreatable neurological conditions have been introduced in clinical practice and these advance interventions have remarkably changed the landscape of neurosciences1,2 .But, rehabilitati…

Outcomes of patients with multiple sclerosis at a neurorehabilitation unit in Saudi Arabia Open

Abdulaziz M. Al Mosallam, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Abdussalam Alshehri, Fayez Alshehri, Sami Ullah · 2018

Inpatient rehabilitation is an important intervention that improves the functional independence of patients with chronic MS.

BRAIN INJURY REHABILITATION Open

Sami Ullah, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi · 2018

This letter is in response to a recently published article in Oct-Dec 2017 issue of JPMI by Hassan et al regarding traumatic brain injury (TBI) at a teaching hos- pital in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1 . The article included 1338 patients with br…

Fatal innominate artery hemorrhage in a patient with tetraplegia: Case report and literature review Open

Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi · 2018

Context Hemorrhage is one of the potentially fatal complications of tracheostomy. A rare but lethal cause of tracheostomy related bleeding is hemorrhage from the innominate artery. This occurs following tracheo-innominate artery fistula (T…

Spinal cord injury during the second trimester of pregnancy Open

Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Sami Ullah, Anas Jehad AlSaleh, Rubina Ullah · 2017

Inspiring school students to become surgeons – A solution to an imminent recruitment crisis? Open

Zaamin B. Hussain, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Philip Jull, Vinci Naruka, Xuezhi Zheng , et al. · 2016

Adult onset Still’s disease with dermatopathic lymphadenopathy Open

Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Mohammad Alsheef, Waqas Qureshi, Waseem Amjad · 2016

Adult onset Still's disease (AOSD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder involving multiple systems. The symptoms mimic those of lymphomas, therefore, the diagnosis of lymphoma needs to be excluded prior to establishing the diagnosis of AOSD.…

Length of Stay in In-Patient Rehabilitation after Stroke at a Tertiary Care Rehabilitation Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Open

Sami Ullah, Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Rubina’ullah Fachaerztin · 2016

The broken link: Admission criteria for inpatient rehabilitation and some common misconceptions Open

Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Randolph M. Jenkins, Laneita Freeman Williamson · 2016

Admitting a patient to a rehabilitation hospital or unit is a complex decision that involves the consideration of medical, functional, and other criteria that are almost always interrelated.[1] There are multiple factors that need to be co…

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy versus nasogastric tube feeding during neurorehabilitation. <i>Ifs, ands, or buts</i> Open

Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi, Randolph M. Jenkins, T. H. Thornhill · 2016

In a rehabilitation setting, dysphagia secondary to neurological disorders is considered to be one of the significant impairments affecting patient quality of life. Addressing deficits related to swallowing is a challenge for patients, hea…

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