​​​​​​​​​​​​​Chemical Pathology Publications​​ 2025

April-June

  • Environmental Issues in Clinical Laboratories: Pragmatic Pathways to Sustainability. Badrick T, Majid H, Mannisto T, Anetor J; IFCC Task Force on Environmental Impact of Laboratory Medicine (TF-EILM). EJIFCC. 2025 Jun 3;36(2):187-192.​ PMCID: PMC12205155


  • Enhancing Ergonomics Practices Using Plan, Do, Check, Act cycle in Clinical Laboratories. Jahan F, Tareen HK, Jafri L, Majid H, Khan AH. EJIFCC. 2025 Jun 3;36(2):171-176. PMC​ID: PMC12205143.​


  • ​ISNS General Guidelines for Neonatal Bloodspot Screening 2025. Webster D, Gaviglio A, Khan AH, Baker M, Cheillan D, Chabraoui L, Abdoh G, Cabello J, Giugliani R, Platis D, Østrup J, Howell RR, Schielen PCJI, Bonham JR. Int J Neonatal Screen. 2025 Jun 14;11(2):45​. DOI: 10.3390/ijns11020045


  • ​Delirium and cognitive assessment in national hip fracture registries: a scoping review.​ ​Merriman NA, Penfold RS, Walsh ME, Sexton E,​ Bre​​nt L, Hickey P, Coughlan T, Ojeda-Thies C, Johansen A, Hall AJ, MacLullich AMJ, O'Regan N, Blake C; National Collaborators.  Eur Geriatr Med. 2025 Jun 6.​ DOI: 10.1007/s41999-025-01246-4. Collaborator​: ​Aysha Habib Khan


  • Gamification As a Learning Modality in Clinical Chemistry - Breaking the Glass Ceiling. Ayub S, Nawaz Naqvi SH,and Ahmed S. EJIFCC. 2025 Jun 3;36(2):95-96. ​PMCID: PMC12205156


  • Evaluation of Metabolomics in Chemical Pathology Research in Pakistan: A Less Explored Path and New Frontier. Ahmed S, Khan ZUN, Zubairi AM, Ozben T, Siddiqui I. ​​​​EJIFCC. ​2025 Jun 3;36(2):97-105. PMCID: PMC12205152


  • ​A National e-Survey of Adult Reference Intervals of Routine Chemistry Analytes Used by Laboratories Across Pakistan: A Step Towards Harmonization. Afzal N, Batool H, Raza S, Ayub S, Bashir S, Hayat A, Adnan K, Muneer S, Abbas G, Iqbal S, Imran K, Shafi M, Ahmed S. EJIFCC. 2025 Jun 3;36(2):132-142. PMCID: PMC12205144


  • ​Standardizing The Biochemical Tests for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD): Where Do We Stand? A National Survey of Laboratories Across Pakistan. Ahmed S, Asad Khan FM, Abbas G, Iqbal S, Shafi M, Arba​b K, Uppal R, Shaukat A, Khan MD, Alam Khan MQ, Zubairi AM, Nawaz Naqvi SH, Alam JM, Siddiqui I. EJIFCC. 2025 Ju​​​n 3;36(2):143-153. PMCID: PMC12205145


  • ​​Exploring landscape of drug abuse trends in Pakistan: A decade and a half of clinical laboratory big data analysis. Sarfaraz Y, Jafri L, Majid H, Khan NU, Sadiqa A, Khan AH, Siddiqui I, Ahmed S. ​PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025 May 5;5(5):e0004424. ​​​DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004424.​

January-Mar​ch

  • Establishing a Newborn Screening Programme: A Success Story from a Low-Resource Setting. Majid H, Jafri L, Ahmed S, Humayun KN, Kirmani S, Khan AH. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2025 Mar;35(3):387-389. ​DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2025.03.387


  • ​Optimizing Biotinidase Activity Assays: Insights From Clinical and Laboratory Evaluation From a Low-Middle Income Country. Majid H, Umer Naeem Effendi M, Jafri L, Jamil A, Hashmi B, Sarwar H, Khan NA, Ghori S, Khan AH. Cureus. 2025 Feb 4;17(2):e78529.​​ ​​DOI: 10.7759/cureus.78529


  • Exploring cotton plant compounds for novel treatments against brain-eating Naegleria fowleri: An In-silico approach. Zaman A, Noor S, Ahmad I, Shehroz M, Alhajri N, Ahmed S, Nishan U, Sheheryar S, Ullah R, Shahat AA, Dib H, Shah M.​ PLoS One. 2025 Feb 24;20(2):e0319032. ​​​​DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319032


  • Unveiling the clinical spectrum: Exploring the role of anti-β2glycoprotein-1 antibodies (anti-β2GPI) in antiphospholipid syndrome suspects. Effendi MUN, Majid H, Moiz B, Jafri L, Zehra N, and Khan AH.​ Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 2025 Jan-Dec​​​;39:3946320251316724. ​​DOI: 10.1177/03946320251316724


  • ​Factors associated with phosphate homeostasis in children with beta-thalassemia major: An analytical cross sectional study from Pakistan. Jafri L, Jameel Farooqui A, Moiz B, Sheikh A, Majid H, Nadeem S, Quddus R, Khan S, Khan QU, and Habib Khan A.  PLoS One. 2025 Feb 21;20(2):e0316566. ​DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316566


  • Ascorbic acid-immobilized zinc selenide for electrochemical monitoring of hydrogen peroxide in liver cancer samples. Jawad SEZ, Ahmed S, Hussain D, Najeeb J, ​Alam A, Najam-Ul-Haq M and Fatima B. Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 2;15(1):237. ​​​​​DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-81411-0


  • ​​Indirect determination of hemoglobin A2 reference intervals in Pakistani infants using data mining. Shaikh MS, Ahmed S, Farrukh S and Bayunus S.​ BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2025 Jan 9;25(1):15. ​​​​​DOI: 10.1186/s12911-025-02857-4

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