Submissions from 2012
Helping Babies Breathe: Global neonatal resuscitation program development and formative educational evaluation, Nalini Singhal, Jocelyn Lockyer, Herta Fidler, William Keenan, George Little, Sherri Bucher, Maqbool Qadir, and Susan Niermeyer
Schools as potential vaccination venue for vaccines outside regular EPI schedule: results from a school census in Pakistan., Sajid Bashir Soofi, Inam-Ul Haq, M. Imran Khan, Muhammad Bilal Siddiqui, Mushtaq Mirani, Rehman Tahir, Imtiaz Hussain, Mahesh K Puri, Zamir Hussain Suhag, Asif R Khowaja, Abdul Razzaq Lasi, John D Clemens, Michael Favorov, R. Leon Ochiai, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Pediatric endotracheal intubations for airway management in the emergency department., Bano Surraiya, Akhtar Saleem, Nukhba Zia, Uzma Rahim Khan, and Anwarul Haq
555 Perinatal neuroblastoma with a germline interstitial 2P duplication involving the mycn gene: A case report, D Warad, Salman Kirmani, Marri Reddy, M Nemergut, V Rodriguez, and A Nageswara Rao
Community-based Treatment of Serious Bacterial Infections in Newborns and Young Infants A Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing Three Antibiotic Regimens, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Shiyam Sundar Tikmani, Haider J. Warraich, Gary L. Darmstadt, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Shazia Sultana, and Durrane Thaver
Submissions from 2011
Health in Southeast Asia 2 Maternal, neonatal, and child health in southeast Asia: towards greater regional collaboration, Cecilia S. Acuin, Geok Lin Khor, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, Endang L. Achadi, Thein Thein Htay, Rebecca Firestone, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Factors associated with typhoid relapse in the era of multiple drug resistant strains, Kaashif Aqeeb Ahmad, Liaqat Hayat Khan, Bakht Roshan, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Outcome and Prognostic Factors Seen in Pediatric Oncology Patients Admitted in PICU of a Developing Country, Nida Akhtar, Zehra Fadoo, Sukaina Panju, and Anwarul Haque
Perception and practices of breastfeeding of infants 0-6 months in an urban and a semi-urban community in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study, Sumera Ali, Syed Faizan Ali, Ayesha Mallick Imam, Samia Ayub, and Abdul Gaffar Billoo
Real-world comparison of two molecular methods for detection of respiratory viruses, Syed Asad Ali, James E. Gern, Tina V. Hartert, Kathryn M. Edwards, Marie R. Griffin, E Kathryn Mille, Tebeb Gebretsadik, Tressa Pappas, Wai ming Lee, and John V. Williams
Fecal incontinence and constipation in children: a clinical conundrum., Syed Rehan Ali, Shakeel Ahmed, Maqbool Qadir, Khadija N Humayun, and Khalil Ahmad
Foetus-in-Foetu, Syed Rehan Ali, Maqbool Qadir, Shakeel Ahmed, and Prem Kumar
Clinical spectrum and outcomes of neonatal candidiasis in a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Shabina Ariff, Ali Faisal Saleem, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Reema Sajjad
Murmur and Doppler Alternans in Critical Pulmonary Stenosis, Mehnaz Atiq, Saleem Akhter, Sheikh Abdul Sattar, Shazia Mohsin, and Nadeem Aslam
Seeing the unseen:targeting neonatal mortality in rural Vietnam., Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Pakistan National Nutrition Survey, 2011, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Sajid Bashir Soofi, S. Shujaat H Zaidi, Atif Habib, and Imtiaz Hussain
Stillbirths: what difference can we make and at what cost?, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Joy E. Lawn, Arjumand Rizvi, Ingrid K. Friberg, Eva Weissman, Eckhart Buchmann, and Robert L. Goldenberg
Child Development 2 Strategies for reducing inequalities and improving developmental outcomes for young children in low-income and middle-income countries, Patrice L. Engle, Lia C. H. Fernald, Harold Alderman, Jere Behrman, Chloe O'Gara, Aisha Yousafzai, Meena Cabral de Mello, Melissa Hidrobo, Nurper Ulkuer, Ilgi Ertem, and Selim Iltus
Outcome of In-Hospital Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Arrest from a Single Center in Pakistan, Anwarul Haque, Arjumand Rizvi, and Surraiya Bano
Gradenigo's syndrome: Surgical management in a child, Hassan Nabeel Humayun, Shabbir Akhtar, and Shakeel Ahmed
Benzodiazepine use among adults residing in the urban settlements of Karachi, Pakistan: a cross sectional study., Saleem P. Iqbal, Syed Ahmer, Salima Farooq, Yasmin Parpio, Ambreen Tharani, Rashid A. M Khan, and Mohammad Zaman
Human rhinovirus species associated with hospitalizations for acute respiratory illness in young US children, Marika K. Iwane, Mila M. Prill, Xiaoyan Lu, Kathryn Miller, Kathryn M. Edwards, Caroline B. Hall, Marie R. Griffin, Mary A. Staat, Larry J. Anderson, and Syed Asad Ali
Transition towards health promoting hospitals: adapting a global framework to Pakistan., A. R. Khowaja, R. Karmaliani, R. Mistry, and A Agha
Relationship of testosterone and osteocalcin levels during growth, Salman Kirmani, Elizabeth J. Atkinson, L. Joseph Melton 3rd, B. Lawrence Riggs, Shreyasee Amin, and Sundeep Khosla
Effects of goal setting on dietary and physical activity changes in the Boy Scout badge projects., Hira Latif, Kathy Watson, Nga Nguyen, Debbe Thompson, Janice Baranowski, Russell Jago, Karen W Cullen, and Tom Baranowski
Safety of insulin tolerance test for the assessment of growth hormone deficiency in children, Saira Waqar Lone, Yasir Naqi Khan, Farah Qamar, Irum Atta, Mohsina Noor Ibrahim, and Jamal Raza
Incidence and etiology of omphalitis in Pakistan: a community-based cohort study, Fatima Mir, Shiyam Sundar Tikmani, Sadia Shakoor, Haider Javed Warraich, Shazia Sultana, Syed Asad Ali, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
5 versus 10 days of ceftriaxone for bacterial meningitis in children Reply, Elizabeth Molyneux, Shaikh Qamaruddin Nizami, Martin Willi Weber, and Shamim Ahmad Qazi
Does improving maternal knowledge of vaccines impact infant immunization rates? A community-based randomized-controlled trial in Karachi, Pakistan, Aatekah Owais, Beenish Hanif, Amna R. Siddiqui, Ajmal Agha, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Why do families of sick newborns accept hospital care? a community-based cohort study in Karachi, Pakistan, A. Owais, S. Sultana, A. D. Stein, N. H. Bashir, R. Awaldad, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Co-morbidity of Sanfilippo Syndrome type C and D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria, M Ali Pervaiz, Marc C. Patterson, Eduard A. Struys, Gajja S. Salomons, Cornelis Jakobs, Devin Oglesbee, and Salman Kirmani
Significance of pyuria in the diagnosis of urinary tract infections in neonates, Arshalooz J Rahman, Farah Naz, and Sohail Ashraf
Setting research priorities to reduce global mortality from childhood pneumonia by 2015, Igor Rudan, Shams El Arifeen, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Robert E. Black, Abdullah Brooks, Kit Yee Chan, Mickey Chopra, Trevor Duke, David Marsh, Antonio Pio, Eric A. F. Simoes, Giorgio Tamburlini, Evropi Theodoratou, Martin W. Weber, Cynthia G. Whitney, Harry Campbell, and Shamim A. Qazi
Acinetobacter species meningitis in children: a case series from Karachi, Pakistan, Ali Faisal Saleem, Muhammad Shafaat Shah, Abdul Sattar Shaikh, Fatima Mir, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Availability and affordability of essential medicines: Exploring the health seeking behaviours and health service utilisation for children under-5 years living in squatter settlement of Karachi, Pakistan, Yasir Shafiq, Babar Tasneem Shaikh, and Ramesh Kumar
Measles susceptibility in children in Karachi, Pakistan, Sana Sheikh, Syed Asad Ali, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Ajmal Agha, Asif Khowaja, Salim Allana, Shahida Qureshi, and Iqbal Azam
Health-care associated infections in children after cardiac surgery in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (PCICU), Naveed-ur-Rehman Siddiqui, Fatima Mir, Omair Shakil, Muneer Amanullah, and Anwarul Haque
A comparison of disease caused by Shigella and Campylobacter species: 24 months community based surveillance in 4 slums of Karachi, Pakistan., Sajid Bashir Soofi, Atif Habib, Lorenz von Seidlein, Muhammad Jawed Khan, Shah Muhammad, Naveed Bhutto, M. Imran Khan, Shahid Rasool, Afia Zafar, John D Clemens, Qamaruddin Nizami, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Clinical profile and outcomes of paediatric patients with diabetic ketoacidosis at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Madiha Syed, Fariha Batool Khawaja, Taimur Saleem, Umair Khalid, Abdul Rashid, and Khadija Nuzhat Humayun
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) associated peritonitis in a child: a rare case of peritonitis caused by sphingomonous paucimobilis, Arwa Quresh Tambawala, Sadaf Hamid, Iqtidar Khan, and Asad Ali
Aplastic Anemia: Clinicohaematological Features, Treatment and Outcome Analysis, Rabia Wali, Zehra Fidoo, Salman Adil, and Muhammad Ahmed Naqvi
Floods in Pakistan: a public health crisis, Haider Warraich, Anita K. M. Zaidi, and Kavita Patel
A source of strength and empowerment? An exploration of the influence of disabled children on the lives of their mothers in Karachi, Pakistan, Aisha Khizar Yousafzai, Zia Farrukh, and Kausar Khan
Effect of case management on neonatal mortality due to sepsis and pneumonia, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Hammad A. Ganatra, Sana Syed, Simon Cousens, Anne C. C. Lee, Robert Black, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, and Joy E. Lawn
Submissions from 2010
Dyssegemental dyspalsia; Rolland-Desbuquois type--a case report from Pakistan, Bushra Afroze
Asthma in children: management issues for family doctors., Shakeel Ahmed, Rehan Ali, Maqbool Qadir, and Khadija Humayun
Transcatheter Closure of a Patent Ductus Arteriosus in a Patient With an Anomalous Inferior Vena Cava, Saleem Akhtar, Shazia Mohsin Samad, and Mehnaz Atiq
Human metapneumovirus in hospitalized children in Amman, Jordan, Syed Asad Ali, John V. Williams, Qingxia Chen, Sameer Faori, Assem Shehabi, Eshan Al Jundi, Najwa Khuri-Bulos, and Natasha Halasa
Evaluation of health workforce competence in maternal and neonatal issues in public health sector of Pakistan: an Assessment of their training needs, Shabina Ariff, Sajid B. Soofi, Kamran Sadiq, Asher B. Feroze, Shuaib Khan, Sadiqua N. Jafarey, Nabeela Ali, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Pediatrics, war, and children., Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Aisha K Yousafzai, and Alvin Zipursky
High Mortality Rates for Very Low Birth Weight Infants in Developing Countries Despite Training, Waldemar A. Carlo, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Imtiaz Jehan, Elwyn Chomba, Antoinette Tshefu, Ana Garces, Sailajanandan Parida, Fernando Althabe, Elizabeth M. McClure, Richard J. Derman, Robert L. Goldenberg, Carl Bose, Michael Hambidge, Pinaki Panigrahi, Pierre Buekens, Hrishikesh Chakraborty, Tyler D. Hartwell, Janet Moore, and Linda L. Wright
Newborn-Care Training and Perinatal Mortality in Developing Countries, Waldemar A. Carlo, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Imtiaz Jehan, Elwyn Chomba, Antoinette Tshefu, Ana Garces, Sailajanandan Parida, Fernando Althabe, Elizabeth M. McClure, Richard J. Derman, Robert L. Goldenberg, Carl Bose, Nancy F. Krebs, Pinaki Panigrahi, Pierre Buekens, Hrishikesh Chakraborty, Tyler D. Hartwell, and Linda L. Wright
New approaches to preventing, diagnosing, and treating neonatal sepsis, Karen Edmond and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Pediatric lymphoma: A 10-year experience at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Zehra Fadoo, Asim Belgaumi, Matloob Alam, Syed Iqbal Azam, and Ahmed Naqvi
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Tongue in an 11-Year-old Girl, Zehra Fadoo, Fozia Naz, Yousuf Husen, Shahid Pervez, and Nizam-ul Hasan
International Perspective on Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis, Hammad A. Ganatra, Barbara J. Stoll, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Neonatal Infections in the Developing World, Hammad A. Ganatra and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Infant with PAGOD syndrome phenotype and vitamin a deficiency, Ralitza Gavrilova, Nikola Babovic, Aida Lteif, Benjamin Eidem, Salman Kirmani, Timothy Olson, and Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic
Transient QT interval prolongation in an infant with Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, Emily Gertsch, Salman Kirmani, Michael J. Ackerman, and Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic
Effect of zinc in tablet and suspension formulations in the treatment of acute diarrhoea among young children in an emergency setting of earthquake affected region of Pakistan, Muhammad Atif Habib, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Efficacy and safety of procedural sedation and analgesia by paediatric intensivist in paediatric oncology unit, Anwarul Haque and Zahra Fadoo
Teaching paediatric critical care medicine to paediatric residents, Anwarul Haque, Rizwan Haider, and Muhammad Sohail Salat
Brain calcinosis and seizures in an adolescent boy., Anwarul Haque, Shahnaz Ibrahim, Shamshad Gulab, Taimur Saleem, and Sidra Ishaque
Experience of Pediatric Rapid Response Team in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan, Anwarul Haque, Ali Faisal Saleem, Samreen Zaidi, and Syed Rizwan Haider
Validity of neonatal jaundice evaluation by primary health-care workers and physicians in Karachi, Pakistan, L. Hatzenbuehler, Anita K. M. Zaidi, S. Sundar, S. Sultana, F. Abbasi, A. Rizvi, and G. L. Darmstadt
Use of miltefosine in the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in children at a tertiary care hospital of Karachi, Khadija Nuzhat Humayun, Taimur Saleem, Umair Khalid, Fyezah Jehan, and Sajid Soofi
Clinical profile and treatment of infantile spasms using vigabatrin and ACTH - a developing country perspective, S. H. Ibrahim, Shamshad Gulab, Sidra Ishaque, and Taimur Saleem
Non-typhoidal Salmonella rates in febrile children at sites in five Asian countries, M. Imran Khan, R. L. Ochiai, L. von Seidlein, B. Dong, S. K. Bhattacharya, M. D. Agtini, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, G. C. Do, M. Ali, D. R. Kim, M. Favorov, and J. D. Clemens
Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood: a fatal complication of swine flu, Muhammad Rehan Khan, Prem Kumar Maheshwari, Syed Asad Ali, and Anwarul Haque
Burden of respiratory syncytial virus in hospitalized infants and young children in Amman, Jordan, Najwa Khuri-Bulos, John V. Williams, Asem A. Shehabi, Samir Faouri, Ehsan Al Jundi, Omar Abushariah, Qingxia Chen, Syed Asad Ali, Sten Vermund, and Natasha B. Halasa
Germline TGF-β receptor mutations and skeletal fragility: A report on two patients with Loeys–Dietz syndrome, Salman Kirmani, Peter J. Tebben, Aida N. Lteif, David Gordon, Bart L. Clarke, Theresa E. Hefferan, Michael J. Yaszemski, Pamela S. McGrann, Noralane M. Lindor, and Jay W. Ellison
Successful management of invasive aspergillosis with voriconazole and amphoteracin B therapy in a patient with acute mycloid leukemia (AML-M2), Nauman Fazal Manzoor, Sidra Azim, and Zehra Fadoo
Inadvertent Intrathecal Injection of PEG-asparaginase, Ahmed Naqvi and Zehra Fadoo
Vaccination Guidelines for Children With Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Living in Resource-Poor Countries, Ahmed Naqvi, Zehra Fadoo, and Saima Alvi
Surgical management of neglected bilateral obligatory patella dislocation, Shahryar Noordin, Salim Allana, and James G. Wright
Incidence of Typhoid Bacteremia in Infants and Young Children in Southern Coastal Pakistan, Aatekah Owais, Shazia Sultana, Umber Zaman, Arjumand Rizvi, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Incidence of pneumonia, bacteremia, and invasive pneumococcal disease in Pakistani children, Aatekah Owais, Shiyam S. Tikmani, Shazia Sultana, Umber Zaman, Imran Ahmed, Salim Allana, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Suitable Disk Antimicrobial Susceptibility Breakpoints Defining Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Isolates with Reduced Susceptibility to Fluoroquinolones, Christopher M. Parry, Chau Tran Thuy, Sabina Dongol, Abhilasha Karkey, Ha Vinh, Nguyen Tran Chinh, Pham Thanh Duy, Tran Vu Thieu Nga, James I. Campbell, Nguyen Van Minh Hoang, Amit Arjyal, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Sujit K. Bhattacharya, Magdarina D. Agtini, Baiqing Dong, Do Gia Canh, Aliya Naheed, John Wain, Tran Tinh Hien, Buddha Basnyat, Leon Ochiai, John Clemens, Jeremy J. Farrar, Christiane Dolecek, and Stephen Baker
Analysis of the UK recommendations on obesity based on a proposed implementation framework, Amudha S. Poobalan, Lorna S. Aucott, Sheraz Ahmed, and W. Cairns S. Smith
Klebsiella osteomyelitis of the right humerus involving the right shoulder joint in an infant, Maqbool Qadir, Syed Rehan Ali, Mumtaz Lakhani, Pervaiz Hashmi, and Ahsen Amirali
Congenital bilateral choanal atresi, Ali Faisal Saleem, Shabina Ariff, Nadeem Aslam, and Mubasher Ikram
Morbidity and mortality associated with obstetric hysterectomy, Najma Bano Shaikh, Shabnam Shaikh, and Jan Muhammad Shaikh
Effects of Leather Industry on Health and Recommendations for Improving the Situation in Pakistan, Madiha Syed, Taimur Saleem, Shuja-ur-Rehman, Muhammed Asif Iqbal, Faisal Javed, Muhammed Bilal Salman Khan, and Kamran Sadiq
Congenital infections, Part I: Cytomegalovirus, toxoplasma, rubella, and herpes simplex, Cuixia Tian, Syed Asad Ali, and Jörn-Hendrik Weitkamp
Incidence of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: a population-based prospective study in Pakistan, Shiyam Sundar Tikmani, Haider Javed Warraich, Farrukh Abbasi, Arjumand Rizvi, Gary L. Darmstadt, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Investment in paediatric tuberculosis prevention in Pakistan: loss or gain, Emad uddin Siddiqui, Kiran Ejaz, Saira Lone, and Syed Jamal Raza
Phenotypic Features of Carbohydrate Sulfotransferase 3 (CHST3) Deficiency in 24 Patients: Congenital Dislocations and Vertebral Changes as Principal Diagnostic Features, Sheila Unger, Ekkehart Lausch, Antonio Rossi, andre Megarbane, David Sillence, Melanie Alcausin, Antonio Aytes, Roberto Mendoza-Londono, Sheela Nampoothiri, Bushra Afroze, Bryan Hall, Ivan F. M. Lo, Stephen T. S. Lam, Julia Hoefele, Imma Rost, Emma Wakeling, Elisabeth Mangold, Komudi Godbole, Nithiwat Vatanavicharn, Luis M. Franco, Kate Chandler, Sophia Hollander, Tanja Velten, Kerstin Reicherter, Juergen Spranger, Stephen Robertson, Luisa Bonafe, Bernhard Zabel, and andrea Superti-Furga
Submissions from 2009
Multiple major artery compression by an idiopathic aortic aneurysm: an unusual cause of hypertensive encephalopathy, Shakeel Ahmed, Syed Rehan Ali, and Husen Yousuf
Hepatitis B and hepatitis C in Pakistan: Prevalence and risk factors, Syed Asad Ali, Rafe M J. Donahue, Huma Qureshi, and Sten H. Vermund
Research Priorities to Reduce Global Mortality From Newborn Infections by 2015, Rajiv Bahl, Jose Martines, Nabeela Ali, Maharaj K. Bhan, Wally Carlo, Kit Yee Chan, Gary L. Darmstadt, Davidson H. Hamer, Joy E. Lawn, Douglas D. McMillan, Pavitra Mohan, Vinod Paul, Alexander C. Tsai, Cesar G. Victora, Martin W. Weber, Anita K. M. Zaidi, and Igor Rudan
Prenatal micronutrient supplementation: Are we there yet?, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and Batool Azra Haider
Treatment Response to Iron and Folic Acid Alone Is the Same as with Multivitamins and/or Anthelminthics in Severely Anemic 6-to 24-Month-Old Children, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Rolf Klemm, Farhana Shahid, Arjumand Rizvi, Jee Hyuan Rah, and Parul Christian
Addressing Maternal Nutrition and Risks of Birth Asphyxia in Developing Countries, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and Maqbool Qadir
A comparative evaluation of multiple micronutrient and iron-folic acid supplementation during pregnancy in Pakistan: Impact on pregnancy outcomes, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Arjumand Rizvi, Farrukh Raza, Sunil Hotwani, Shujaat Zaidi, S. Moazzam Hossain, Sajid Soofi, and Shereen Bhutta
Addressing the Global Disease Burden of Typhoid Fever, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and John Threlfall
Management of Newborn Infections in Primary Care Settings A Review of the Evidence and Implications for Policy?, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Durrane Thaver, Quratulain Humayun, Samana Ali, and Gary L. Darmstadt
Incomplete Kawaski disease: are we missing it, Abdul Gaffar Billoo, Saira Waqar Lone, Salman Siddiqui, and Huba Atiq
Comparison of oral versus injectable vitamin-D for the treatment of nutritional vitamin-D deficiency rickets, Abdul Gaffar Billoo, Ghulam Murtaza, M. Ashraf Memon, Sultan Ahmed Khaskheli, Khalid Iqbal, and Masood Hussain Rao
Deficits in cortical bone may cause increased incidence of forearm fractures during adolescence, D Christen, Salman Kirmani, Harry van Lenthe, P R. Fischer, M L. Bouxsein, L K. McCready, L K. Melton, B L. Riggs, S Amin, S Khosla, and R Mueller
Treatment response to standard of care for severe anemia in pregnant women and effect of multivitamins and enhanced anthelminthics, Parul Christian, Farhana Shahid, Arjumand Rizvi, Rolf D. W. Klemm, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta