Submissions from 2013
A cross sectional survey of newborn care practices in rural Sindh, Pakistan: implications for research and policy, Zahid Memon, M. Imran Khan, Sajid Bashir Soofi, S Muhammad, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Madurella mycetomatis as an agent of brain abscess: case report and review of literature, Fatima Mir, Sadia Shakoor, Mumtaz Jamshed Khan, Khurram Minhas, Afia Zafar, and Anita Zaidi
Midterm results of bovine jugular vein conduit for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction, Shazia Samad Mohsin, Maria Tariq Siddiqui, Abdul Sattar Shaikh, Mehnaz Atiq, and Muneer Amanullah
Childhood acute iymphoblastic leukaemia: Experience from a single tertiary care facility of Pakistan, Naureen Mushtaq, Zehra Fadoo, and Ahmed Naqvi
Pakistan's expanded programme on immunization: an overview in the context of polio eradication and strategies for improving coverage, Aatekah Owais, Asif Raza Khowaja, Syed Asad Ali, and Anita K M Zaidi
Formative research and development of an evidence-based communication strategy: the introduction of Vi typhoid fever vaccine among school-aged children in Karachi, Pakistan, Alfred Pach, Ghurnata Tabbusam, M. Imran Khan, Zamir Suhag, Imtiaz Hussain, Ejaz Hussain, Uzma Mumtaz, Inam ul Haq, Rehman Tahir, Amjad Miran, Aisha Yousafzai, Sushant Sahastrabuddhe, R Leon Ochiai, Sajid Soofi, John D. Clemens, Michael O. Favorov, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Comparison of clinical and CSF profiles in children with tuberculous and pyogenic meningitis; role of CSF protein: Glucose ratio as diagnostic marker of tuberculous meningitis, Farah Naz Qamar, Arshalooz Jamila Rahman, Sania Iqbal, and Khadija Humayun
Community-based management and outcome of omphalitis in newborns in Karachi, Pakistan, Farah Naz Qamar, Shiyam Sundar Tikmani, Fatima Mir, and Anita Kazmi Mehdi Zaidi
Health care use patterns for diarrhea in children in low-income periurban communities of Karachi, Pakistan, Farheen Quadri, Dilruba Nasrin, Asia Khan, Tabassum Bokhari, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Zaid Bhatti, Karen Kotloff, Myron M. Levine, and Anita K M Zaidi
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) in two patients with 16p11.2 microdeletion syndrome, Gordana Raca, Becky S. Baas, Salman Kirmani, Jennifer J. Laffin, Craig A. Jackson, Edythe A. Strand, Kathy J. Jakielski, and Lawrence D. Shriberg
Prevalence of hypertension in healthy school children in Pakistan and its relationship with body mass index, proteinuria and hematuria, Arshalooz Jamila Rahman, Farah Naz Qamar, Sohail Ashraf, Zubair Ali Khowaja, Shafaq Binte Tariq, and Hira Naeem
Estrogen reduces bone sost mRNA and circulating sclerostin levels in postmenopausal women, Matthew Roforth, Koji Fujita, Susan Demaray, Ulrike McGregor, Salman Kirmani, Louise McCready, James Peterson, Matthew Drake, David Monroe, and Sundeep Khosla
Effects of age on molecular pathways regulating bone formation in humans: A key role for notch and Rorβ signaling, Matthew Roforth, Koji Fujita, Ulrike McGregor, Salman Kirmani, Louise McCready, James Peterson, Matthew Drake, David Monroe, and Sundeep Khosla
Severe combined immune deficiency syndrome, Ali Faisal Saleem, Ranish Deedar Ali Khawaja, Abdul Sattar Shaikh, Syed Asad Ali, and Anita Kaniz Mehdi Zaidi
Trends in antibiotic susceptibility and incidence of late-onset Klebsiella pneumoniae neonatal sepsis over a six-year period in a neonatal intensive care unit in Karachi, Pakistan, Ali Faisal Saleem, Farah Naz Qamar, Hira Shahzad, Maqbool Qadir, and Anita K.M. Zaidi
Community-based versus health facility-based management of acute malnutrition for reducing the prevalence of severe acute malnutrition in children 6 to 59 months of age in low- and middle-income countries, Yasir Shafiq, Ali Saleem, Zohra S. Lassi, and Anita KM Zaidi
Anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity: prospective cohort study from Pakistan, Abdul Sattar Shaikh, Ali Faisal Saleem, Shazia Samad Mohsin, Muhammad Matloob Alam, and Mehnaz Atiq Ahmed
Clinical characteristics, factors affecting sepsis outcome, Pakistan, Shahla Siddiqui, Bushra Jamil, Nosheen Nasir, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Fauzia Anis Khan, Phillippe Fossard, and Rabia Hussain
Effect of provision of daily zinc and iron with several micronutrients on growth and morbidity among young children in Pakistan: a cluster-randomised trial, Sajid Soofi, Simon Cousens, Saleem P. Iqbal, Tauseef Akhund, Javed Khan, Imran Ahmed, Anita K. Zaidi, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Improved accessibility of emergency obstetrics and newborn care (EmONC) services for maternal and newborn health: a community based project, Ali Turab, Shabina Ariff, Atif Habib, Imran Ahmed, Masawar Hussain, Akhtar Rashid, Zahid Memon, M. Imran Khan, Sajid Soofi, and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Annual Research Review: Improved nutrition--pathway to resilience, Aisha K. Yousafzai, Muneera A. Rasheed, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Scientific rationale for study design of community-based simplified antibiotic therapy trials in newborns and young infants with clinically diagnosed severe infections or fast breathing in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, Anita K M Zaidi, Abdullah H. Baqui, Shamim Ahmad Qazi, Rajiv Bahl, Samir Saha, Adejumoke I. Ayede, Ebunoluwa A. Adejuyigbe, Cyril Engmann, Fabian Esamai, and Antoinette Kitoto Tshefu
Simplified antibiotic regimens for the management of clinically diagnosed severe infections in newborns and young infants in first-level facilities in Karachi, Pakistan: study design for an outpatient randomized controlled equivalence trial, Anita K M Zaidi, Shiyam Sundar Tikmani, Shazia Sultana, Benazir Baloch, Momin Kazi, Hamidur Rehman, Khairunnissa Karimi, Fyezah Jehan, Imran Ahmed, and Simon Cousens
Nutrition political economy, Pakistan. Province Report:Sindh, Shehla Zaidi, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Rozina Mistry, Gul Nawaz, Noorya Hayat, Shandana Khan Mohmand, and Andres Mejia Acosta
The political economy of undernutrition national report: Pakistan, Shehla Zaidi, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Shandana Khan Mohmand, and Andres Mejia Acosta
Nutrition political economy, Pakistan. Provincial Report: Balochistan., Shehla Zaidi, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Suleman Qazi, Gul Nawaz, Noorya Hayat, Shandana Khan Mohmand, and Andres Mejia Acosta
Nutrition political economy, Pakistan. Province Report: Punjab, Shehla Zaidi, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Akhtar Rashid, Gul Nawaz, Noorya Hayat, Shandara Khan Mohmand, and Andres Mejia Acosta
Nutrition political economy, Pakistan. Province Report: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shehla Zaidi, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Abdul Wajid, Gul Nawaz, Kashif Nazeer, Shandana Khan Mohmand, and Andres Mejia Acosta
Nutrition policy in the post-devolution context in Pakistan: an analysis of provincial opportunities and barriers, Shehla Zaidi, Shandana Khan Mohmand, Noorya Hayat, Andres Mejia Acosta, and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutta
Submissions from 2012
Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis presenting as severe iron deficiency anaemia--a case from Pakistan, Noureen Afzal, Ammara Mushtaq, Arshalooz Rahman, and Sonia Qureshi
Urinary tract infection presenting as jaundice in neonates, Noureen Afzal, Maqbool Qadir, Sonia Qureshi, Rehan Ali, Shakeel Ahmed, and Khalil Ahmad
Pseudomonas necrotizing fasciitis in an otherwise healthy infant, Shakeel Ahmed, Syed Rehan Ali, and Zahra Aziz Samani
Cardiac involvement in kawasaki disease in Pakistani children, Saleem Akhtar, Muhammad Matloob Alam, and Mehnaz Atiq Ahmed
Icterus Neonatorum in Near-Term and Term Infants: An overview., Rehan Ali, Shakeel Ahmed, Maqbool Qadir, and Khalil Ahmad
Sample size calculation and sampling techniques, Syed Asad Ali
Each day outdoor play!, Shelina Bhamani
Parwarish Markaz: Integrated services for the optimal development of children ages 0-3, Shelina Bhamani
Urban fathers’ involvement in early childhood development: A case study from Pakistan, Shelina Bhamani
Conduct problems in children attending pre-primary schools in rural areas of Pakistan, Shelina Bhamani and Nadia Ayub
The Countdown for 2015: what lies ahead?, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta and Mickey Chopra
The Ignominy of Low birth Weight in South Asia, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Household food access and child malnutrition: Results from the eight-country MAL-ED study, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, MALED Network Investigators, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Ali Turab, Didar Alam, Shahida Qureshi, Aisha Khizar Yousafzai, Syed Asad Ali, Imran Ahmed, Sajad Memon, and Muneera Rasheed
Global nutrition epidemiology and trends, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta and Rehana A. Salam
Chronic tibial nonunion in a Rothmund-Thomson syndrome patient, Aaron M. Carlson, Kristen B. Thomas, Salman Kirmani, and Noralane M. Lindor
Adherence to guidelines for respiratory syncytial virus immunoprophylaxis among infants with prematurity or chronic lung disease in three United States counties, Kecia N. Carroll, Marie R. Griffin, Kathryn M. Edwards, Syed Asad Ali, Yuwei Zhu, Marika K. Iwane, Peter G. Szilagyi, Mary A. Staat, Timothy P. Stevens, and Caroline B. Hall
Group B streptococcal disease in infants aged younger than 3 months: systematic review and meta-analysis, Karen M. Edmond, Christina Kortsalioudaki, Susana Scott, Stephanie J. Schrag, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Simon Cousens, and Paul T. Heath
Hereditary paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma syndromes, Tobi Else, Samantha Greenberg, Lauren Fishbein, Salman Kirmani, Roger D. Klein, Ricardo V. Lloyd, and William F. Young
Acute myeloid leukaemia in children: experience at a tertiary care facility of Pakistan, Zehra Fadoo, Naureen Mushtaq, Saima Alvi, and Muhammad Ali
Omphalocoele, ten years experience at a tertiary care hospital, Anila Haroon, Akhtar Amin Memon, and Rehan Ali
Array CGH on unstimulated blood does not detect all cases of Pallister-Killian syndrome: A skin biopsy should remain the diagnostic gold standard, Jennelle C. Hodge, Rachael L. Hulshizer, Pam Seger, Angelique St Antoine, Jennifer Bair, and Salman Kirmani
Spinal muscular atrophy:clinical spectrum and genetic mutations in Pakistani children, S. H. Ibrahim, Tariq Moatter, and Ali Faisal Saleem
Global micronutrient deficiencies in childhood and impact on growth and survival: challenges and opportunities, Aamer Imdad and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Intervention strategies to address multiple micronutrient deficiencies in pregnancy and early childhood, Aamer Imdad and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Basic study designs in health research, Fyezah Jehan and Abdul Momin Kazi
Questionnaire designing and validation, Abdul Momin Kazi and Wardah Khalid
Risk factors associated with typhoid fever in children aged 2-16 years in Karachi, Pakistan, M. Imran Khan, R. L. Ochiai, S. B. Soofi, L. Von-Seidlein, M. J. Khan, S. M. Sahito, Atif Habib, M. K. Puri, J. K. Park, Y. A. You, M. Ali, S. Q. Nizami, C. J. Acosta, R. Bradley-Sack, J. D. Clemens, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effectiveness of Vi capsular polysaccharide typhoid vaccine among children: a cluster randomized trial in Karachi, Pakistan, M. Imran Khan, Sajid Bashir Soofi, R. Leon Ochiai, Atif Habib, Shah Muhammad Sahito, S. Qamaruddin Nizam, Camilo J Acosta, John D. Clemens, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Epidemiology, clinical presentation, and patterns of drug resistance of salmonella typhi in Karachi, Pakistan, M. Imran Khan, Sajid Bashir Soof, R. Leon Ochiai, Mohammad Jawed Khan, Shah Muhammad Sahito, Atif Habib, Mahesh K Puri, Lorenz von Seidlein, Jin Kyung Park, Young Ae You, Mohammad Ali, S. Qamarudding Nizami, Camilo J Acosta, Richard Bradley Sack, John D Clemens, and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Risk factors associated with typhoid fever in children aged 2–16 years in Karachi, Pakistan, M. I. KHAN, R. L. OCHIA, S. B. SOOFI, L. VON- SEIDLEIN, M. J. KHAN, S. M. SAHITO, Atif Habib, M. K. PURI, J. K. PARK, Y. A. YOU, M. ALI, S. Q. NIZAMI, C. J. ACOSTA, R. BRADLEY- SACK, J. D. CLEMENS, and Z. A. BHUTTA
Neurodevelopmental outcomes of premature infants at a tertiary care center in Pakistan, Muhammad Rehan Khan, Prem K. Maheshwari, Huma Shamim, Ali F. Saleem, Shakeel Ahmed, Syed R. Ali, and Shahnaz H Ibrahim
Morbidity pattern of sick hospitalized preterm infants in Karachi, Pakistan, Muhammad Rehan Khan, Prem Kumar Maheshwari, Huma Shamim, Shakeel Ahmed, and Syed Rehan Ali
Mutation in NSUN2, which Encodes an RNA Methyltransferase, Causes Autosomal-Recessive Intellectual Disability, Muzammil Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Arshad Rafiq, Abdul Noor, Shobbir Hussain, Joana V. Flores, Verena Rupp, Akshita K. Vincent, Roland Malli, Ghazanfar Ali, Falak Sher Khan, Gisele E. Ishak, Dan Doherty, Rosanna Weksberg, Muhammad Ayub, Christian Windpassinger, S. H. Ibrahim, Michaela Frye, Muhammad Ansar, and John B. Vincent
Parental Awareness and Coverage of Mass Measles Vaccination Drive 2011: Cross-Sectional Survey in the Metropolitan City of Karachi, Pakistan, Asif Raza Khowaja, Sana Sheikh, Ali Faisal Saleem, and Anita KM Zaidi
Molecular genetic testing in endocrinology - A practical guide, Salman Kirmani
Sclerostin levels during growth in children, Salman Kirmani, S. Amin, L. K. McCready, E. J. J. Atkinson, L. Joseph Melton III, R. Müller, and S. Khosla
Real-time reverse transcriptase PCR assay for improved detection of human metapneumovirus, Jennifer Klemenc, Syed Asad Ali, Monika Johnson, Sharon J. Tollefson, H Keipp albot, Tina V. Hartert, Kathryn M. Edwards, and John V. Williams
Multiple jejunal cancers resulting from combination of germline APC and MLH1 mutations, Noralane M. Lindor, Tom C. Smyrk, Sheila Buehler, Shanaka R. Gunawardena, Brittany C. Thomas, Paul Limburg, Salman Kirmani, and Stephen N. Thibodeau
Simultaneous Detection of Six Diarrhea-Causing Bacterial Pathogens with an In-House PCR-Luminex Assay, Jie Liu, Jean Gratz, Athanasia Maro, Happy Kumburu, Gibson Kibiki, Mami Taniuchi, Arif Mahmud Howlader, Shihab U. Sobuz, Rashidul Haque, Kaisar A. Talukder, Shahida Qureshi, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Doris M. Haverstick, and Eric R. Houpta
Elective tracheostomy in mechanically ventilated children, Prem Kumar Maheshwari, Muhammad Rehan Khan, and Anwarul Haque
Familial thrombocythemia: A case report of three Arab siblings with MPL gene mutation p. Pro106Leu and abnormal platelet aggregation studies, Preethi Reddy Marri, Vilmarie Rodriguez, and Salman Kirmani
Translational research in the developing world: Molecular medicine goes global, Asad Mian, Nathan S. Bryan, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Reduced elastogenesis: A clue to the arteriosclerosis and emphysematous changes in Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia?, Marie Morimoto, Zhongxin Yu, Peter Stenzel, J Marietta Clewing, Behzad Najafian, Christy Mayfield, Glenda Hendson, Justin G. Weinkauf, Andrew K. Gormley, and Salman Kirmani
Dental Abnormalities in Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia, M Morimoto, O Kérourédan, M Gendronneau, C Shuen, A Baradaran-Heravi, Y Asakura, M Basiratnia, R Bogdanovic, D Bonneau, and Salman Kirmani
A novel sclerosing skeletal dysplasia with mixed sclerosing bone dysplasia, characteristic syndromic features, and clinical and radiographic evidence of male-male transmission, Maureen Murphy-Ryan, Salman Kirmani, Dana Mara Thompson, Larry A. Binkovitz, Kristen B. Thomas, and Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a child with Fanconi’s anemia, Naureen Mushtaq, Rabia Wali, Zehra Fadoo, and Ali Faisal Saleem
Time trends and age-related etiologies of pediatric hydrocephalus: results of a groupwise analysis in a clinical cohort, Qura-Tul-Ain Rashid, Muhammad Sohail Salat, Kishwar Enam, Syed Faraz Kazim, Saniya Siraj Godil, Syed Ather Enam, Saleem Perwaiz Iqbal, and Syed Iqbal Azam
Healthcare-associated infections among pediatric oncology patients in Pakistan: risk factors and outcome., Naveed-ur-Rehman Siddiqui, Rabia Wali, Anwarul Haque, and Zehra Fadoo
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