Submissions from 2010
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
Oral Antibiotics in the Management of Serious Neonatal Bacterial Infections in Developing Country Communities, Gary L. Darmstadt, Maneesh Batra, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Parenteral Antibiotics for the Treatment of Serious Neonatal Bacterial Infections in Developing Country Settings, Gary L. Darmstadt, Maneesh Batra, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Surface Area In Children: A Simple Formula, Muhammad Furqan and Anwarul Haque
Venoarterial PCO2 difference: a marker of postoperative cardiac output in children with congenital heart disease, Muhammad Furqan, Fahad Hashmat, Munir Amanullah, Mansoor Khan, Hina K Durani, and Anwarul Haque
Vitamin A deficiency in an infant with PAGOD syndrome, Ralitza Gavrilova, Nikola Babovic, Aida Lteif, Benjamin Eidem, Salman Kirmani, Timothy Olson, and Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic
Towards a new developmental synthesis: adaptive developmental plasticity and human disease, Peter D. Gluckman, Mark A. Hanson, Patrick Bateson, Alan S. Beedle, Catherine M. Law, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Konstantin V. Anokhin, Pierre Bougneres, Giriraj Ratan Chandak, Partha Dasgupta, George Davey Smith, Peter T. Ellison, Terrence E. Forrester, Scott F. Gilbert, Eva Jablonka, Hillard Kaplan, andrew M. Prentice, Stephen J. Simpson, Ricardo Uauy, and Mary Jane West-Eberhard
The effect of therapeutic zinc supplementation among young children with selected infections: A review of the evidence, Batool A. Haider and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Clinical profile and outcome in a paediatric intensive care unit in Pakistan, Anwarul Haque and Surraiya Bano
Improving outcome in pediatric intensive care unit in Academic Hospital in Pakistan, Anwarul Haque and Surraiya Bano
Intravenous Immune Globulin for Severe Acute Myocarditis in Children, Anwarul Haque, Samreen Bhatti, and Fahad J. Siddiqui
Implementation of brain trauma foundation guidelines in children with acute traumatic brain injury in tertiary-care hospital in Pakistan, Anwarul Haque and Ather Enam
On admission hypomagnesemia in critically ill children: Risk factors and outcome., Anwarul Haque and Ali Faisal Saleem
Treatment-resistant meningitis leading to the diagnosis of Currarino syndrome: A case report, Autumn S. Kiefer, Priyanka Gupta, Salman Kirmani, Kara Schwartz, Nancy Henry, and Philip R. Fischer
Towards individualized medicine: Insights gained from genomic studies, Salman Kirmani and Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic
Bone structure at the distal radius during adolescent growth, Salman Kirmani, David Christen, G Harry van Lenthe, Philip R. Fischer, Mary L. Bouxsein, Louise K. McCready, L Joseph Melton 3rd, B Lawrence Riggs, Shreyasee Amin, Ralph Müller, and Sundeep Khosla
Foreign body or foreign from body--congenital unilateral lobar hypoplasia of lung, Heeramani Lohana, Syed Rehan Ali, and Shakeel Ahmed
Human rhinovirus C associated with wheezing in hospitalised children in the Middle East, E Kathryn Miller, Najwa Khuri-Bulos, John V. Williams, Asem A. Shehabi, Samir Faouri, Ihsan Al Jundi, Qingxia Chen, Luke Heil, Yassir Mohamed, and Syed Asad Ali
Well leg compartment syndrome: The debit side of hemilithotomy position, Shahryar Noordin, Salim Allana, and Muhammad Abdul Wajid
Variation in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi IncHI1 Plasmids during the Global Spread of Resistant Typhoid Fever, Minh-Duy Phan, Claire Kidgell, Satheesh Nair, Kathryn E. Holt, Arthur K. Turner, Jason Hinds, Philip Butcher, Fiona J. Cooke, Nicholas R. Thomson, Richard Titball, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Rumina Hasan, Gordon Dougan, and John Wain
Controlled evaluation of bactec peds plus/F and bactec lytic/10 anaerobic/F media for isolation of salmonella enterica serovars typhi and paratyphi a from blood, Megan E. Reller, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Shazia Sultana, Shazia Azeem, Beenish Hanif, Shahida Qureshi, Rumina Hasan, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Rehana Akhter, and Donald A. Goldmann
Pan-resistant Acinetobacter infection in neonates in Karachi, Pakistan., Ali Faisal Saleem, Imran Ahmed, Fatima Mir, Syed Rehan Ali, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Does Prophylactic use of Dexamethasone have a role in reducing post Extubation Stridor and Reintubation in children?, Ali Faisal Saleem, Surrayo Bano, and Anwarul Haque
On admission hypomagnesemia in critically ill children: Risk factors and outcome, Ali Faisal Saleem and Anwarul Haque
Zinc Supplementation in Infants Less Than 6 Months of Age, Taimur Saleem and Umair Khalid
Incomplete, atypical kawasaki disease or evolving systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a case report., Shakeel Shaikh, Sidra Ishaque, and Taimur Saleem
Endemic dengue fever: a seldom recognized hazard for Pakistani children., Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, Syed Rizwan Haider, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Antimicrobial Resistance Among Neonatal Pathogens in Developing Countries, Durrane Thaver, Syed Asad Ali, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Burden of Neonatal Infections in Developing Countries A Review of Evidence From Community-Based Studies, Durrane Thaver and Anita K. M. Zaidi
A comparison of fluoroquinolones versus other antibiotics for treating enteric fever: meta-analysis, Durrane Thaver, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Julia Critchley, Asma Azmatullah, Syed Ali Madni, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Surveillance of Pneumococcal Meningitis among Children in Sindh, Southern Pakistan, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Hassan Khan, Razzaq Lasi, and Waheed Mahesar
Pathogens Associated With Sepsis in Newborns and Young Infants in Developing Countries, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Durrane Thaver, Syed Asad Ali, and Tauseef Ahmed Khan
Submissions from 2008
Prevalence and mode of spread of hepatitis B and C in rural Sindh, Pakistan., Z Abbas, N. L. Jeswani, G. N. Kakepoto, M. Islam, K. Mehdi, and W. Jafri
Newborn screening in Pakistan - lessons from a hospital-based congenital hypothyroidism screening programme., Bushra Afroze, Khadija Nuzhat Humayun, and Maqbool Qadir
Human placental IGF-I and IGF-II expression: correlating maternal and infant anthropometric variables and micronutrients at birth in the Pakistani population, S. K. Akram, M. Akram, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and O. Soder
Combined treatment for multiple cardiac defects with interventional techniques, Mehnaz Atiq, Sohail Abraar Khan, Fateh Ali Tipu, and Zahid Amin
Estimation of pulmonary vascular resistance with Doppler diastolic gradients., Mehnaz Atiq, Habiba Tasneem, and Kalimuddin Aziz
Treating childhood pneumonia empirically: Several issues still remain!, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Drug Resistant Infections in Poor Countries: A major burden on children, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Tahmeed Ahmed, Robert E. Black, Simon Cousens, Kathryn Dewey, Elsa Giugliani, Batool A. Haider, Betty Kirkwood, Saul S. Morris, and H P S Sachdev
Making a difference - Drug resistant infections in poor countries - A major burden on children, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Managing severe pneumonia in children in developing countries - Increasing resistance to first line antibiotics means recommendations need changing, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Micronutrient needs of malnourished children, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Vitamin D and child health: some emerging issues, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Alma-Ata: Rebirth and revision 6 - Interventions to address maternal, newborn, and child survival: what difference can integrated primary health care strategies make?, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Samana Ali, Simon Cousens, Talaha M. Ali, Batool Azra Haider, Arjumand Rizvi, Pius Okong, Shereen Z. Bhutta, and Robert E. Black
Maternal micronutrient deficiencies in developing countries, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and Batool Azra Haider
Implementing community-based perinatal care: results from a pilot study in rural Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Zahid Memon, Sajid Soofi, Muhammad Suhail Salat, Simon Cousens, and Jose Martines
Recent advances and evidence gaps in persistent diarrhea, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, E. A. Nelson, W. S. Lee, P. I. Tarr, R. Zablah, K. B. Phua, K. Lindley, D. Bass, and A. Phillips
Mainstreaming interventions in the health sector to address maternal and child undernutrition, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Meera Shekar, and Tahmeed Ahmed
Community-based newborn care: are we there yet?, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and Sajid Soofi
Training for lady health workers clarified, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Sajid Soofi, and Zahid Memon
A family with acute intermittent porphyria, Abdul Gaffar Billoo and Saira Waqar Lone
Clinical signs that predict severe illness in children underage 2 months: a multicentre study, John B. Carlin, Gary L. Darmstadt, Davidson H. Hamer, Martin W. Weber, Azad Chowdhury, Samir Saha, Ashok Deorari, Vinod Paul, Praveen Kumar, Anil Narang, Anita Zaidi, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Prakash Jeena, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, Emmanuel Ado Yobo, andres Bartos, Eduardo Mazzi, and Rajiv Bahl
The cost-effectiveness of typhoid Vi vaccination programs: Calculations for four urban sites in four Asian countries, Joseph Cook, Marc Jeuland, Dale Whittington, Christine Poulos, John Clemens, Dipika Sur, Dang Duc Anh, Magdarina Agtini, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Factor XIII deficiency in children--clinical presentation and outcome, Zehra Fadoo and Ali Faisal Saleem
Short-course versus long-course antibiotic therapy for non-severe community-acquired pneumonia in children aged 2 months to 59 months, Batool A. Haider, Muhammad Ammad Saeed, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Implantable port devices are catheters of choice for administration of chemotherapy in pediatric oncology patients-a clinical experience in Pakistan., Barkat Hooda, Gulrose Lalani, Zehra Fadoo, and Ghaffar Billoo
Clinical profile and outcome of cyanotic congenital heart disease in neonates, Khadija N Humayun and Mehnaz Atiq
Perinatal arterial ischaemic stroke: an update with literature review, S. H. Ibrahim and Zafar Abdul Mueed
A comparison of treatments offered to patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, Saleem Perwaiz Iqbal, Sadia Mahmud, Saeed Hamid, Omrana Pasha, and Khabir Ahmad
Microfinite element modeling reveals that transient deficits in cortical bone may underlie the adolescent peak in forearm fractures, Salman Kirmani, D. Christen, G. H. van Lenthe, P. R. Fischer, M. L. Bouxsein, B. L. Riggs, L. J. Melton, S. Amin, J. Peterson, and L. McCready
Familial chylomicronemia in a nine months old infant, Saira Waqar Lone, Aamer Imdad, and Abdul Gaffar Billoo
Vitamin D status of socio-economically deprived children in Kabul, Afghanistan, Semira Manaseki-Holland, M. Zulf Mughal, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and M. Qasem Shams
Health care preferences for children with typhoid fever in two slum communities in Karachi, Pakistan., Zahid Memon, Alfred Pach, Marina Rifkin, Oak Pil Han, Bonita Stanton, John Clemens, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
A study of typhoid fever in five Asian countries: disease burden and implications for controls, R. Leon Ochiai, Camilo J. Acosta, M. Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, Dong Baiqing, Sujit K. Lhattacharya, Magdarina D. Agtini, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Do Gia Canh, Mohammad Ali, Seonghye Shin, John Wain, Anne-Laure Page, M. John Albert, Jeremy Farrari, Remon Abu-Elyazeed, Tikki Pang, Claudia M. Galindo, Lorenz von Seidlein, and John D. Clemens
Alma-Ata: Rebirth and revision 4 - 30 years after Alma-Ata: has primary health care worked in countries?, Jon Rohde, Simon Cousens, Mickey Chopra, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Robert Black, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Joy E. Lawn
Alma-Ata: Rebirth and revision 5 - Community participation: lessons for maternal, newborn, and child health, Mikey Rosato, Glenn Laverack, Lisa Howard Grabman, Prasanta Tripathy, Nirmala Nair, Charles Mwansambo, Kishwar Azad, Joanna Morrison, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Henry Perry, Susan Rifkin, and Anthony Costello