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Inheritance Patterns, Challenges, And Outcomes Of Fracture Management In Osteopetrosis Patients. Case Series And Review Of Pertinent Literature, Obada Hussein Hasan, Aly Zaheer Pathan, Hammad Naqvi, Pervaiz Hashmi, Riaz Hussain Lakdawala

Department of Surgery

Background: Osteopetrosis (OP) is a group of rare inheritable genetic disorders which show increased bone radiodensity on radiography. As no cure exists, careful symptomatic treatment is the mainstay in management due to brittle bone and frequent complications. We would like to present a case series of OP patients, their management, a review of literature about this rare disease and its genetic and inheritance patterns.
Materials and methods: Retrospective case series of 6 patients with OP seen at our institution from 2010 to January 2018. We searched PubMed and Google Scholar for articles using the following keywords: Osteopetrosis, Radiology, Fracture and …

Outcome Of Radioactive Iodine Therapy In Toxic Nodular Goiter In Pakistan, Tauseef Ahmad, Adeel Khoja, Naveed Rashid, Muhammad Areeb Ashfaq

Section of Cardiology

Objective: To determine the outcome of patients receiving radioactive iodine therapy for toxic nodular goiter coming to Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi.

Methods: A total of 89 patients who visited the outpatient department of Aga Khan University Hospital from January 2010 to August 2017 were recruited for the study. Toxic nodular goiter was diagnosed on the basis of having hot nodule on thyroid scan with low TSH and high FT4/T4. Other demographic and laboratory data were also recorded.

Results: Eighty nine patients with toxic nodular goiter received a dose range from 10 to 30mCi RAI. Six months after RAI, 36.2% …

Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Cohort Study, Shakeel Ahmed, Syed Rehan Ali, Farida Karim, Sidra Ishaque, Iman Qaiser, Kanwal Nayani, Ayesha Ahmed

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health

Objective: To determine the clinical and immunological characteristics and short-term outcome of children with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Study Design: A descriptive cohort study.
Place and Duration of Study: Paediatric Rheumatology Clinic, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from January 2011 to December 2015.
Methodology: Clinical and immunological profile and short-term outcome of children less than 16 years of age admitted in the paediatric ward, with the diagnosis of SLE was studied. Demographic data, clinical presentation, laboratory findings, immunological profile and treatment regimens of these children were evaluated.
Results: Thirty-two children, satisfying the criteria of American College of Rheumatology (ACR) …

Improving Outcomes Of Emergency Bowel Surgery Using Nela Model, Rizwan Sultan, Hasnain Zafar

Section of General Surgery

Objective: To find outcomes of emergency bowel surgery and review the processes involved in the care of these patients on the same template used in National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA).
Study Design: An audit.
Place & Duration of Study: Surgery Department, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from December 2013 to November 2014.
Methodology: Patients undergone emergency bowel surgery during the review period were included. Demographic data, type of admission, ASA grade, urgency of surgery, P-POSSUM score, indication of surgery, length of stay and outcome was recorded. Data was then compared with the data published by NELA team in their …