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Publication Asthma symptomatics school children of Sonapur(Kathmandu University, 2007) Pokharel, PK; Pokharel, P; Bhatta, NK; Pandey, RM; Erkki, KAbstract Background: Bronchial asthma is one of the most common illnesses in children. Factors influencing development of asthma have not been studied in rural population. Materials and methods: Two thousand school-going children from three schools of Sonapur VDC, Sunsari in the surrounding of industries were screened for the presence of symptoms of asthma using a questionnaire suggested by International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Children (ISSAC). Results: One hundred twenty children were identified with symptoms of bronchial asthma. For each child with asthma two age and sex matched non-asthmatic control were selected from the study population. History, clinical examination and in-depth interview were carried out for all cases and controls. Factors associated with presence of symptoms of asthma on multivariate analysis were: passive smoking (OR 3.33, 95% CI 1.85-7.65), pets at home (OR 5.5, 95% CI 1.04-29.15), and absence of windows in living rooms (OR 4.03, 95% CI 1.17- 13.79). Factors such as family history of asthma, history of worm infestation, fuel used for cooking, location of kitchen and food allergy were not significant in statistical analysis. Conclusion: Thus, passive smoking, inadequate ventilation and domestic animals and pets (dogs and cats) at home are significant risk factors associated with presence of symptoms of asthma in these children. Key words: asthma; risk factors; passive smoking; domestic animals and pets; cross ventilation; childhood asthmaPublication Giant cell tumor of patella(Institute of Medicine, 2012) Paudel, S; Kayastha, P; Pokharel, P; Shah, A; Ghimire, RK; Ansari, MAAbstract Giant cell tumor of bone also known as osteoclastoma is a distinct clinical, roentgenographic and pathologic entity with specific characteristics. It is a benign but locally aggressive neoplasm of the epiphyseal or metaphyseal-epiphyseal region of long tubular bones extending to the articular surface. It usually occurs after skeletal maturation and is one of the rare bone tumors that more frequently affects women. We report here a case of giant cell tumor originating from the right patella diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology.