Name
Mirza Saif ullah Baig
Designation
Associate Professor of Pulmonology & Deputy Director Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases Dow International Medical College Dow University of Health Sciences
saifullah.baig@duhs.edu.pk
Office
Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases Ground Floor, Ojha Campus
Research
1. Baig S, Rizvi N, Saifullah N. To determine the acquired resistance of mycobacterium tuberculosis by culture to 1st line anti-tuberculous drugs in non responding smear positive patients who have taken category 1. European Respiratory Journal 2011 38: p2622.
2. Shah SA, Qayyum S, Abro R, Baig S, Creswell J. Active contact investigation and treatment support: an integrated approach in rural and urban Sindh, Pakistan. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2013 Dec 1;17(12):1569-74.
3. "Outcome of Mediastinal Lypmh Node Biopsy By Cervical Mediastinoscopy."Soomro, Niaz H., Aneeqa A. Zafar, Saifullah Baig, and Nisar A. Rao. Journal of Surgery Pakistan (International) 19 (2014): 4.
4. Soomro NH, Zafar AA, Baig S, Maxood G, Rao N. MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE IN CHEST WALL NEOPLASMS. The Professional Medical Journal. 2015 Sep 10;22(09):1176-80.
5. Saifullah N, Baig S, Soomro NH, Rizvi N. EXUDATIVE PLEURAL EFFUSION; Comparison of diagnostic yield between pleuroscopic and closed percutaneous pleural biopsies in patients. Professional Medical Journal. 2016 Aug 1;23(8).
6. Saifullah N, Baig S, Soomro NH, Rizvi N, Zafar AA. DIAGNOSTIC YIELD OF PLEURAL BIOPSY USING ABRAMS NEEDLE. Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences. 2016 Jul 15;14(2).
7. Qamar A, Baig MS, Saifullah N. Obstructive sleep apnea and metabolic syndrome; causal association or co-existence. InMed Forum 2017 (Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 188-92).
8. Soomro NH, Baig S, Rao N, Zafar AA, Hashmat F, Awan SB, Ullah H. GENEXPERT OF CERVICAL LYMPH NODE SPECIMENS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF EXTRAPULMONARY TB AND RIFAMPICIN RESISTANCE. Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences. 2017 Aug 17;15(1).
9. Qamar A, Haque Z, Baig MS, Owais M, Iffat W, Qamar A. OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA: A PREDICTOR OF ABNORMAL GLUCOSE METABOLISM. Pakistan Journal of Physiology. 2018 Dec 31;14(4):5-8.
10. Baig S, Khan RA, Khan K, Rizvi N. Effectiveness and Quality of Life with Montelukast in Asthma–A double-blind randomized control trial. Pakistan journal of medical sciences. 2019 May;35(3):731.
11. Rasheed W, Rao N, Adel H, et al. (August 15, 2019) Diagnostic Accuracy of Xpert MTB/RIF in Sputum Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Cureus 11(8): e5391. doi:10.7759/cureus.5391.
12. Qamar A, Qureshi M, Nazar S, Baig S, Iffat W, Owais M. Physical activity and apnoea-hypopnea index in obstructive sleep apnoea. PJP [Internet]. 26 Nov.2019;15(3):670.http://www.pjp.pps.org.pk/index.php/PJP/article/view/1116
13. Sharif N, Baig MS, Sharif S, Irfan M. Etiology, Clinical, Radiological, and Microbiological Profile of Patients with Non-cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Pakistan. Cureus. 2020 Mar 8;12(3):e7208. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7208. PMID: 32269886; PMCID: PMC7138467.
14. Ali S, Luxmi S, Anjum F, Muhaymin SM, Uddin SM, Ali A, Ali MR, Tauheed S, Khan M, Bajwa M, Baig SU, Shalim E, Ahmed I, Khan AS, Quraishy S. Hyperimmune anti-COVID-19 IVIG (C-IVIG) Therapy for Passive Immunization of Severe and Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2020 Nov 2;21(1):905. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-04839-5. PMID: 33138867; PMCID: PMC7604645.
15. Alamgir, M., Sajjad, M., Baig, M., & Noori, M. (2021). Mutational Frequencies in Mycobacterial rpoB gene using GeneXpert/MTB Rif Assay in Rifampicin Resistant patients at a tertiary care setting in Urban Sindh, Pakistan: Analysis from a Five-Year Period. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 37(4). https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.4.3875.
16. Ali S, Uddin SM, Shalim E, Sayeed MA, Anjum F, Saleem F, Muhaymin SM, Ali A, Ali MR, Ahmed I, Mushtaq T, Khan S, Shahab F, Luxmi S, Kumar S, Arain H, Khan M, Khan AS, Mehmood H, Rasheed A, Jahangeer A, Baig S, Quraishy S. Hyperimmune anti-COVID-19 IVIG (C-IVIG) treatment in severe and critical COVID-19 patients: A phase I/II randomized control trial. EClinicalMedicine. 2021 Jun;36:100926. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100926. Epub 2021 Jun 4. PMID: 34109306; PMCID: PMC8177439.
17. Akhter S, Saifullah N, Zaina F, Durrani N, Baig MS. Validation of Screening Tools andComparison of Anthropometric Characteristics in Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Med Forum 2021;32(6):107-111.
18. Qamar A, Haque Z, Zehra S, Baig M. OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA AND ROLE OF INTERLEUKIN-6 AS A CIRCULATORY BIOMARKER: A CROSS-SECTION STUDY. PJP [Internet]. 30Jun.2021 [cited 25Sep.2021];17(2):15-9. Available from: http://www.pjp.pps.org.pk/index.php/PJP/article/view/1346
19. Qamar A, Haque Z, Zehra S, Baig MS. Obstructive sleep apnoea: Potential role of tumour necrosis factor alpha as a circulating biomarker. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2022 Feb 19.
20. Moin M, Rizvi SA, Baig MS, Asad F, Rizvi SH. Impact of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy on Body Weight in patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Pakistan Journal of Medical & Health Sciences. 2022 Apr
21. Hussain, R., Hussain, S., Baig, M. S., Rao, N. A., Ali, R., Ali, S. and Qalb-i-Hyder, S. (2022) “Study on Frequency of Impaired Lung Function in Treated Tuberculosis Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital of Pakistan”, Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International, 34(46B), pp. 1-6. doi: 10.9734/jpri/2022/v34i46B36383.
22. Fatima R, Yaqoob A, Qadeer E, Khan MA, Ghafoor A, Jamil B, Haq MU, Ahmed N, Baig S, Rehman A, Abbasi Q, Khan AW, Ikram A, Hicks JP, Walley J. Community- vs. hospital-based management of multidrug-resistant TB in Pakistan. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2022 Oct 1;26(10):929-933. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.21.0695. PMID: 36163662.
23. Impact of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy on Body Weight in patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Madiha Moin, Sameera Ali Rizvi, Mirza Saifullah Baig, Faisal Asad, Syeda Hina Rizvi, Ubedullah, P J M H S Vol. 16, No. 04, APR 2022.DOI: https://doi.org/10.53350/pjmhs2216466