VOL 38.| NO.01 | January 2014

CONTENTS

Original Articles
Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)
Pulak Kumar Dey, Md. Touhidul Islam Khan, Md. S.M.Lutfor Rahman,Md. Zakir Hossain Sarker, Md. Abdus Shakur Khan, Md. Abdur Rouf,Mohammed Shahedur Rahman Khan, Bashir Ahmed, Md. Khairul Anam,Md. Abu Raihan, Md.Ali Hossain

Comparative Yielding of Acid Fast Bacilli from 3 Specimen Examinations –Experience from a High Burden Laboratory in Bangladesh
Md. Sirajul Islam , S. M. Mostofa Kamal, Md. Shamim Hossain,Mousomi Choudhury, Rumana Shams, Ohiuddin Ahmed,Sujan Kumar Sarker , Md. Shahedur Rahman Khan,Bashir Ahmed, Md. Naimul Hoque, Biswas Akhtar Hossain,Md. Rashidul Hassan, SM Abdur Razzaque

Prevalence of Chronic Bronchitis, Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis in a Rural Community of Bangladesh
Niru Sultana, Md. Humayun Kabir, M Abu Sayeed

Association between Dietary Habits and Asthma Severity
Syed Rezaul Huq, Nigar Sultana, Md Anwarul Karim, Md Khairul Hassan Jessy,Md Shahedur Rahman Khan, Barkat Ullah, Jalal Mohsin Uddin,Md. Abu Raihan, Mahmud Rahim

Study on Prognostic Evaluation of COPD Patients Using BODE Index
Md. Siddiqur Rahman, HN Sarker, Nasreen Haque,Md. Abdur Rouf, Bipul Kanti Biswas
 

Review Articles

Obesity Paradox in Heart Failure
Dilruba Ahmed, Md. Roushon Ali

Cough in Children: Diagnostic Approach and Management Update
Md. Saifuddin Khaled, Mohammed Shahidullah2, Firoza Akter

Case Reports

A Case with Pulmonary Fibrosis and Low Back Pain
Bashir Ahmed, Shah Md. Saifur Rahman, S.M. Lutfor Rahman,Md. Rustom Ali, Pulak Kumar Dey, Shah Sayeed Md. Iqbal Hooda,Md. Tahsin Ahmed Chowdhury, Md. K. M Saifulla, Touhiduzzaman

Cystic Hygroma with Thoracic Extension: A Case Report
Shantonu Kumar Ghosh, Mosharraf Hossain, Md. Delwar Hossain,Shahriar Moinuddin, Md. Shamsul Alam, Md. Aftabuddin,Asit Baran Adhikary

Rupture of Non Coronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm into Right Atrium: A Case Report
Syed Al-Nahian, Rakibul Hasan, Omar Sadeque Khan,Asit Baran Adhikary, Md. Aftabuddin

Successful Removal of a Intrathoracic Diaphragmatic Lipoma : A Case Report
Syed Al-Nahian, Mosharraf Hossain, Anwarul Anam Kibria, A.K.M. Razzaque,Asit Baran Adhikary, Md. Aftabuddin

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presented with Empyematous Pleural Effusion in an Adult Male Patient: A Diagnostic Challenge
Nihar Ranjan Saha, Md. Abdul Qayyum, Sadeya Afreen,Hena Khatun, Subrata Kumar Gain