An unusual foreign body ricocheting into the pericardium after a penetrating thoracic injury: A case report.

Introduction And Importance: Injuries to the thorax are common in trauma patients, among whom cardiac injuries are most lethal, particularly in the setting of penetrating trauma.

Case Presentation: In this case report, the foreign body was visualized to be lodged in between the left atrium and ventricle. After that, an emergency open heart surgery was performed.

Role of serum C-reactive protein (CRP)/Albumin ratio in predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis: A retrospective cohort.

Acute pancreatitis is a disease with a wide spectrum of severity, complications, and outcome with severe life-threatening complications develop in patients leading to high mortality in severe acute pancreatitis. The rationale of this study is to diagnose the severity of acute pancreatitis using a single test ratio, i.e.

Role of inflammatory and hematological markers in predicting the complicated and perforated acute appendicitis in pediatric population: A cohort study.

Introduction: It is important to promptly assess the severity of appendicitis since late diagnosis can proceed towards perforation, peritonitis and sepsis. The main objective of this study is to decipher the ability of CRP, TLC and neutrophils in acute appendicitis to predict complications and perforation in pediatric age group.

Methods: This cohort study was conducted in the Pediatric Surgery Department of Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi.

Outcome of heat stroke patients referred to a tertiary hospital in Pakistan: a retrospective study.

Background: Climate change has heightened the threat of heat stroke in previously temperate zones.

Aims: This study aimed to assess the outcome of patients in relation to mortality and the role of effect modifiers among heatstroke patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Karachi during June 2015.

Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted on heatstroke patients 20-27 June 2015 at the Emergency Room(ER) of a private hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.

High sustained response to daily dosing of interferon with ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C patients naïve to therapy.

Background: : Viral kinetics suggests that daily administration of alpha-interferon (IFN) will clear hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA earlier and more frequently compared with standard t.i.w.