Six centuries of Upper Indus Basin streamflow variability and its climatic drivers.

Our understanding of the full range of natural variability in streamflow, including how modern flow compares to the past, is poorly understood for the Upper Indus Basin (UIB) because of short instrumental gauge records. To help address this challenge, we use Hierarchical Bayesian Regression (HBR) with partial pooling to develop six centuries long (1394-2008 C.E.

Multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting and Radiologist workload, a prospective review in a tertiary care hospital.

Objective: To quantify the increase in workload associated with multidisciplinary team meetings for radiologists in a tertiary care hospital over a period of 15 months.

Methods: Data was collected prospectively regarding number of multidisciplinary team meetings, number of clinical cases discussed, number of individual imaging studies reviewed, and preparation time of residents, senior registrar and consultants and the delivery time of meeting.

Results: Total 223 meetings were held over 15 months (April 2014 to June 2015) for 12 clinical specialty areas.

Vascular complications in cases of acute pancreatitis - CT scan based study.

Objective: To record the incidence of vascular complications in cases of acute pancreatitis.

Methods: This retrospective, cross-sectional study was performed at the Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi, from October 31, 2012 to October 31, 2014, and comprised computerised records and computerised tomography scan images related to cases of pancreatitis.

Results: Of the 210 patients included, 97(46.

Dynamics of some common epidemics in Karachi, Pakistan.

Objective: To examine the severity, frequency, monthly variability and grouping of some common epidemics and its relation to hygienic conditions and life style of the people in Karachi.

Methods: This ecological study was conducted from 2006 to 2009. Data was obtained from five different localities of Karachi.