EDITORIAL
Endovascular Intervention – An Innovative Procedure for the Management of Hemoptysis 1
Md. Sayedul Islam

ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Prevalence of Multidrug Resistance Tuberculosis Among Presumptive MDR-TB 5
Patients Attending at 250 Bedded Tuberculosis Hospital
Hasbi Ara Mostofa, Sharmin Tarek, Md.Ahashan Habib, Sultan Mahmud,
Md.Maniul Hasan, Abdullah Al Mujahid, Md.Abu Raihan,
Bipul Kanti Biswas, Mohammad Mosharaf Hossain

Study of plasma C - Reactive Protein Level in Bacteriological Sputum Culture 9
Positive & Culture Negative Patients of COPD with Exacerbation
Abdullah Al Mujahid, Md. Ali Hossain, Md.Abu Raihan, Md. Khairul Anam,
Md. Habib Uddin Ahmad, Samprity Islam, S.M.Abdur Razzaque, Nihar Ranjan Saha

Central venous line (CVL): Importance of its use in the Cardiac ICU and its complications 15
Subhash C Mandal, Md. Shafiqul Islam, Khondokar Shamim Shahriar Ziban Rushel,
Md. Jobayed Hasan, Tanvir Rahman, Ankan Kumar Paul, Arvi Nahar, Nagib Mahfuz

Depressive Disorders among Patients In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases 22
Md. Mahamudul Hasan, R. K.S. Royle, Sheikh A H M Mesbahul Islam,
Md. Delwar Hossain, Syed Abdullah Burhan Uddin, Md. Rafiqul Alam

Prevalence and Socio Demographic Factors of Tuberculosis Patients 31
in Selected Slum Areas of Dhaka City
Bipul Kanti Biswas, S.M. Abdur Razzaque, Khairul Anam, Nihar Ranjan Saha,
Anup Kumar Saha, Zakir Hossain, Saroj Kanti Chowdhury, Taposh Bose,
Sanjoy Kumar Kar, Snehashis Nag

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in patients with mild and moderate Chronic 40
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD):Our experience in Hepatobiliary
& Pancreatic Surgery Division in BSMMU
Nur-E-Elahi M, DasBC, Uddin MS, Imdad S, Chowdhury MM, Khan ZR

Diagnostic Yield of Fiber Optic Bronchoscopy (FOB) in Different Lung Diseases 47
Rafiqul Islam, Mahbub e khuda, Rokeya Sultana, Juwel chowdhury,
MahmudulHasan Rasel, Haripada paul, Ashrafuzzaman khan

Exploratory laparotomy findings in Polytrauma victims with chest and abdominal injury 52
Taher MA, Nur-E-Elahi M, Sadia Imdad, Biswas AK, Siddiqui O

CASE REPORT
Unilateral Pleural Effusion: An Uncommon Initial Presentation of Acute
Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
Nirmal Kanti Sarkar, Md. Mofazzal Haider Siddique, Sarmin Sultana,
Sanjoy Kumar Kar, Mahmud Masum Attar