Khalid, Javeria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4850-9215
Umar, Mohammad https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9588-837X
Ur-Rehman, Tofeeq https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-1367
Ali, Mashhood
Khan, Gul Majid https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3282-1711
Article History
Received: 20 October 2019
Accepted: 4 May 2020
First Online: 27 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Institutional review board (IRB) of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad allowed the conduct of this research in the PIMS Hospital after critical review. In addition to this the institutional review board of Rawalpindi Medical University also allowed the conduct this research at Holy Family Hospital and at Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi.
: All study subjects (patients) gave their informed consent statement written/verbal prior to study inclusion.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.