Comparison of DECAF (dysponea, eosinopenia, consolidation, acidaemia, and atrial fibrillation) and APACHE II (acute physiology and chronic health evaluation ii) scoring system to predict mortality among patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Objectives: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of two systems in predicting mortality among patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2017 to June 2018 in the Department of Chest Medicine, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, and comprised patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Dyspnoea-eosinopenia-consolidation-acidaemia-atrial fibrillation system was compared with acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II scoring system after mortality scores were calculated for each patient.

Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of Breast.

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a rare malignant neoplasm of skin, subcutaneous tissue and dermis, with more potential of local infiltration, appears most frequently on the trunk, followed by extremities, head, neck, and extremely rare in breast. It often occurs in young adults and middle-aged adults. The standard of treatment for this disease is local surgical excision with 2-3 cm wide margins.

Quality of Breast Cancer Surgical Pathology Reports.

Background: Surgical pathology reporting of breast cancer is needed for appropriate staging and treatment decisions. We here checked the quality of surgical pathology reports of breast cancer from different laboratories of Karachi, Pakistan. Methods: One hundred surgical pathology reports from ten different laboratories of Karachi were assessed for documentation of elements against a checklist adopted from the CAP guideline over a period of six months from January, 2017 to June, 2017 in the Oncology Department, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi.

Remission Rate of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) in Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA).

Objective: To determine the remission rate in adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Study Design: Descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Oncology, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Karachi from January, 2016 to March, 2017.