Profile of gastroduodenal perforation patients admitted in a rural tertiary care hospital: An observational cross-sectional study.

Background: Gastro-duodenal perforation is a common surgical emergency that remains a formidable health burden worldwide with significant morbidity and mortality. Ulcer disease remains the most common cause of gastro-duodenal perforation. Diagnosing the presence of can help eradicate the infection from the community at large and thereby reduce the chances of gastro-duodenal perforation.

A Study of Prevalence of Renal Function Abnormalities and Their Association with the Individual Components of Metabolic Syndrome.

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is one of the most important emerging pandemics of the 21st century and is associated with renal dysfunction in a significant number of subjects, the association of which is shown to be of greater significance in the South Asian population.

Aims And Objectives: The prevalence of renal dysfunction in patients with MetS is the primary outcome. The secondary outcome is to assess the strength and significance of the association between the individual components of MetS and the presence of renal dysfunction.

Toluidine Blue Stain as a Rapid Onsite Tool for Preliminary Diagnosis in Imprint Smears of Bronchoscopic Biopsy: A Cytohistopathological Correlation.

 Lung cancer is currently the most common cause of cancer-related mortality, with 11.4% of cancers and 18% of cancer-related deaths worldwide whereas Indian figures are 6.9 and 9.

Pulmonary Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital.

Introduction: In half of the individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), over the course of the disease, pulmonary involvement occurs frequently and is one of the parts in the array of presenting symptoms. But the published research and information on SLE have historically concentrated on renal, central nervous system (CNS), and dermatological manifestations, while the pulmonary effects of SLE have received very less attention.

Objective: To know the extent and pattern of pulmonary involvement in SLE patients in a tertiary care hospital.

Evaluation of adverse drug reactions of chemotherapeutic agents used in advanced non-small cell lung cancer - experience from a rural tertiary care institution in North Eastern India.

Background: Lung cancer is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality both in developed and developing countries. Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are inevitable, albeit unwanted aspects of cancer chemotherapeutic agents used in lung cancer.

Aim And Objectives: To determine common ADRs and the severity of ADRs of different chemotherapeutic agents used in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.

The Bethesda system for reporting thyroid fine needle aspirates: A study of 1763 patients; with histopathological correlations, in eastern India.

Background: Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is an important test for triaging patients with thyroid nodules. The 2007 National Cancer Institute Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration State-of-the-Science Conference helped instigate the recent publication of The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBS).

Aims And Objectives: Terminology and therefore the probability of malignancy vary between pathologists and institutions.

Occupational Ventilatory Defects Among Workers Employed in Tea Gardens, A Cross-Sectional Study in Siliguri Subdivision of Darjeeling District, West Bengal.

Introduction: During the refining and packing of tea, a very fine dust is formed which is called the tea fluff. Exposure to this fluff has been reported to cause ventilatory defects on chronic exposure.

Objective: To determine the association between air quality of the different work sections of tea gardens and the ventilatory functions of the workers.

Perinatal and Fetal Autopsies in Neuropathology: How I do it.

Fetal and perinatal autopsies are useful to identify the accurate cause of death and in the process recognize disorders which may require counselling for future pregnancies. Abnormalities of the CNS are an important cause of fetal loss and perinatal deaths. Most of these are structural abnormalities of the CNS, however a smaller portion show changes pertaining to prematurity, infections and even congenital tumors.

Utility of tru-cut biopsy in diagnosis of palpable pediatric soft tissue neoplasms.

Context: Soft tissue neoplasms are infrequent in children with sarcomas accounting for approximately 7% of all pediatric malignancies. Morphologic diagnosis is challenging due to overlapping features. Subtyping and categorization of these lesions are difficult on fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) alone owing to tumor heterogeneity and limited material in some cases.

Medication adherence, recall periods and factors affecting it: A community-based assessment on patients with chronic diseases in urban slums.

Objective: To evaluate medication adherence, the effect of recall periods on self-reported adherence and factors influencing medication adherence among patients of chronic diseases, such as hypertension and diabetes, particularly in the community.

Methods: A cross-sectional cohort study was conducted among individuals with hypertension and/or diabetes coming as outpatients in community camps organised in a cluster of urban slums. Responses towards questions regarding self-reported quantitative and qualitative adherence for one week and one month along with information on pill burden, socio-demographic and other factors were recorded using a mobile application.

Utility of cell block preparation in diagnosis of paediatric abdominal neoplasms.

Background: Paediatric abdominal neoplasms are fairly common. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is used for the initial evaluation of paediatric abdominal neoplasms. However, sometimes FNA interpretation can be difficult on limited material, owing to tumour heterogeneity and overlapping features.