Submissions from 2008
Setting Priorities in Global Child Health Research Investments: Guidelines for Implementation of CHNRI Method, Igor Rudan, Jennifer L. Gibson, Shanthi Ameratunga, Shams El Arifeen, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Maureen Black, Robert E. Black, Kenneth H. Brown, Harry Campbell, Ilona Carneiro, Kit Yee Chan, Daniel Chandramohan, Mickey Chopra, Simon Cousens, Gary L. Darmstadt, Julie Meeks Gardner, Sonja Y. Hess, Adnan A. Hyder, Lydia Kapiriri, Margaret Kosek, Claudio F. Lanata, Mary Ann Lansang, Joy Lawn, Mark Tomlinson, Alexander C. Tsai, and Jayne Webster
Growth hormone increases intrahepatic rates of glycogen synthesis in growth hormone deficient adults, W. Schwenk and Salman Kirmani
Prenatal exposure to wood fuel smoke and low birth weight, Amna R. Siddiqui, Ellen B. Gold, Xiaowei Yang, Kiyoung Lee, Kenneth H. Brown, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Fluoroquinolones for treating typhoid and paratyphoid fever (enteric fever), Durrane Thaver, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Julia A. Critchley, Asma Azmatullah, Syed Ali Madni, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Alma-Ata: Rebirth and revision 8 - Primary health care: making Alma-Ata a reality, John Walley, Joy E. Lawn, Anne Tinker, andres de Francisco, Mickey Chopra, Igor Rudan, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Robert E. Black
Submissions from 2007
Dealing with childhood pneumonia in developing countries: how can we make a difference?, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Tracking inequity: assessments of poverty-related outcomes, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Phenotypic effects of null and haploinsufficiency of acid-labile subunit in a family with two novel IGFALS gene mutations, Horacio M. Domené, Paula A. Paula, Aida Lteif, Farid H. Mahmud, Salman Kirmani, Jan Frystyk, Patricia Bedecarrás, Mariana Gutiérrez, and Héctor G. Jasper
Changes in circulating osteoblast lineage cells following PTH (1–34) therapy and correlation with changes in trabecular bone mass, Salman Kirmani, M. Drake, U. Moedder, J. Peterson, and S. Khosla
Decreases in cortical thickness, and not changes in trabecular microstructure, are associated with the pubertal increase in forearm fractures in girls, Salman Kirmani; L. McCready; M. Holets; P. R. Fischer; B, L. Riggs; L. J. Melton; and S. Khosla
Poster # 306 PRF1-Related familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocyctosis in a Pakistani family: Importance of molecular testing, Shahzadi Resham and Salman Kirmani
Surgical removal of an embolised patent ductus arteriosus amplatzer occluding device in a 4-year-old girl, Syed Shahabuddin, Mehnaz Atiq, Mohammad Hamid, and Muneer Amanullah
Imiglucerase treatment in Gaucher's disease, Uzma Shah, Naila Nadeem, Yousef Husen, and Zehra Fadoo
Gastrograffin use in distal intestinal obstruction syndrome of cystic fibrosis, Uzma Shah, Yasir Shafiq, and Muhammad Arif Mateen Khan
Submissions from 2006
Brain abscess in children, Mehnaz Atiq, Umair Syed Ahmed, Salman Saleem Allana, and Khalid N. Chishti
Birth asphyxia in developing countries: current status and public health implications, Batool Azra Haider and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Current concepts in the diagnosis and treatment of typhoid fever, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
The Million Death Study in India: Cam it help in monitoring the millennium development goals?, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
What does absorption capacity not measure?, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Child health and survival in the eastern mediterranean region, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Asim Belgaumi, Rab Mohammad Abdur, Zein Karrar, Mohamed Khashaba, and Nezha Mouane
Role of a probiotic (Saccharomyces boulardii) in management and prevention of diarrhoea, A G. Billoo, M A. Memon, S A. Khaskheli, G Murtaza, Khalid Iqbal, M Saeed Shekhani, and Ahson Q. Siddiqi
Estrogen treatment decreases the osteoclast precursor population and TNF receptor expression by these cells in vivo in postmenopausal women, J. A. Clowes, A. H. Undale, Salman Kirmani, G. Z. Eghbali-Fatourechi, L. K. McCready, M. J. Oursler, S. Khosla, and L. R. Riggs
Multiple-micronutrient supplementation for women during pregnancy, B A. Haider and Z A. Bhutta
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in neonates, Shahnaz Ibrahim
Lessons and implications from a mass immunization campaign in squatter settlements of Karachi, Pakistan: an experience from a cluster-randomized double-blinded vaccine trial, M. Imran Khan, Rion Leon Ochiai, Hasan Bin Hamza, Shah Muhammad Sahito, Atif Habib, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Naveed Sarwar Bhutto, Shahid Rasool, Mahesh K Puri, Mohammad Ali, Shafi Mohammad Wasan, Mohammad Jawed Khan, Remon Abu- Elyazeed, Bernard Ivanoff, Claudia M Galindo, Tikki Pang, Allan Donner, Lorenz von Seidlein, Camilo J Acosta, John D Clemens, Shaikh Qamaruddin Nizam, and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Enhanced disease surveillance through private health care sector cooperation in Karachi, Pakistan: experience from a vaccine trial, Mohammad Imran Khan, Shah Muhammad Sahito, Mohammad Javed Khan, Shafi Mohammad Wassan, Abdul Wahab Shaikh, Ashok Kumar Maheshwari, Camilo J. Acosta, Claudia M. Galindo, Rion Leon Ochiai, and Shahid Rasool
Acute transverse myelitis in children, Syed Asif Masood and Shahnaz Ibrahim
Clinical features and outcome of cerebral abscess in congenital heart disease, Atiq Mehnaz, Ahmed Umair Syed, Allana Salman Saleem, and Chishti N. Khalid
Incidence of acute respiratory infections in children 2 months to 5 years of age in periurban communities in Karachi, Pakistan, Shaikh Qamaruddin Nizami, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Rumina Hasan
Neonatal Bartter syndrome, Jai Parkash, Sohail Muhammad, and Iqtidar A. Khan
Consecutive outbreaks of vibrio cholerae O139 and V. cholerae O1 cholera in a fishing village near Karachi, Pakistan, FJ Siddiqui, NS Bhutto, L von Seidlein, I Khurram, S Rasool, M Ali, Afia Zafar, JL Deen, JD Clemens, Q Nizami, and Zulfiqar Bhutta
Health care utilization for diarrhea and fever in 4 urban slums in Karachi, S Shujaat H Zaidi, Lorenz Von Seidlein, S Q. Nizami, Camilo Acosta, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Submissions from 2005
Isolated non-compaction of left ventricular myocardium, Mehnaz Atiq Ahmed, Muniza Yousuf, Ahmed Umair Syed, and Muniza Bana
Use of a modified basal rate of insulin to prevent post-exercise hypoglycemia in adolescents with type 1 diabetes on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion, Salman Kirmani, Ward F. Schwenk, and Thurlow K. Brenda
Helicobacter pylori colonization in infants in a peri-urban community in Karachi, Pakistan, Shaikh Qamaruddin Nizami, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Lawrence Weaver, and Tom Preston
Vi antigen expression in salmonella enterica serovar typhi clinical isolates from Pakistan, John Wain, Deborah House, Afia Zafar, Stephen Baker, Satheesh Nair, Claire Kidgell, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Gordon Dougan, and Rumina Hasan
Frequency of isolation of shigella serogroups/serotypes and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in children from slum areas in Karachi, Afia Zafar, Nasim Sabir, and Zulfiqar Bhutta
Hospital-acquired neonatal infections in developing countries, Anita K M Zaidi, W Charles Huskins, Durrane Thaver, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Zohair Abbas, and Donald A. Goldmann
Submissions from 2004
Patent ductus arteriosus: an uncommon cause of tracheobronchial compression in infants, Mehnaz Atiq, S. Alvi, Zafar Nazir, and Saulat Fatimi
Sengers disease: a rare association of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and congenital cataracts, Mehnaz Atiq, S Iqbal, and S Ibrahim
Beyond Bellagio: addressing the challenge of sustainable child health in developing countries, Z A. Bhutta
Maternal and child health: is South Asia ready for change?, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Indu Gupta, Harendra de'Silva, Dharma Manandhar, Shally Awasthi, S M. Hossain, and M A. Salam
Reducing length of stay in hospital for very low birthweight infants by involving mothers in a stepdown unit: an experience from Karachi (Pakistan), Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Iqtidar Khan, Suhail Salat, Farukh Raza, and Husan Ara
Acute respiratory infections in Pakistan: have we made any progress?, Tauseef Ahmad Khan, Syed Ali Madni, and Anita K M Zaidi
Childhood tuberculosis in developing countries: prospects for improved diagnosis and control, Anita K M Zaidi
Burden of infectious diseases in South Asia, Anita K M Zaidi, Shally Awasthi, and H Janaka deSilva
Submissions from 2003
A review of rotavirus diarrhea in Pakistan: how much do we know?, Nadia Kabiruddin Ali and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Closure of aortopulmonary window with amplatzer duct occluder device, M Atiq, N Rashid, K A. Kazmi, and S A. Qureshi
Febrile seizures: Factors affecting risk of recurrence in Pakistani children presenting at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Z Habib, S Akram, S Ibrahim, and B Hasan
Myopathy with Allgrove syndrome, S H. Ibrahim, J Vajsar, and V Jay
Status epilepticus in children: A five-year experience at Aga Khan University Hospital, S H. Ibrahim, M A. Yezdan, and S Q. Nizami
Clinical presentation of hypothyroidism: A case control analysis, Irfan M. Khurram, Kiran S. Choudhry, Khan Muhammad, and Najmul Islam
Submissions from 2002
Neonatal sepsis in Peshawar, Syed Asad Ali, T A. Khan, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Children of war: the real casualties of the Afghan conflict, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Ethics in international health research: a perspective from the developing world, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Acute myeloid leukemia in a patient with thrombocytopenia with absent radii syndrome, Zehra Fadoo and Syed Mohammad Ahmed Naqvi
A 15-year-old boy with central nervous system vasculopathy presenting with dysarthria-clumsy hand syndrome, Meredith R. Golomb, Shelly K. Weiss, Shahnaz Ibrahim, and Gabrielle A. deVeber
Submissions from 2001
Impact of socioeconomic conditions on perinatal mortality in Karachi, S Aziz, A G. Billoo, and N J. Samad
Structural adjustments and their impact on health and society: a perspective from Pakistan, Z A. Bhutta
Parental [correction of Perinatal] consanguinity: a risk factor for developmental delay in Pakistani children, S Ibrahim, Z Habib, S Hyder, I S. Azam, and R Ahmed
Submissions from 2000
Iron and zinc intake from complementary foods: some issues from Pakistan, Z A. Bhutta
Why has so little changed in maternal and child health in South Asia?, Z A. Bhutta
Therapeutic effects of oral zinc in acute and persistent diarrhea in children in developing countries: pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials, Z A. Bhutta, S M. Bird, R E. Black, K H. Brown, J M. Gardner, A Hidayat, F Khatun, R Martorell, N X. Ninh, and M E. Penny
Failure of short-course ceftriaxone chemotherapy for multidrug-resistant typhoid fever in children: a randomized controlled trial in Pakistan, Z A. Bhutta, I A. Khan, and M Shadmani
Genetic analysis of cystic fibrosis in Pakistan: A preliminary report, Z A. Bhutta, T Moattar, and U Shah
Job's syndrome, M A. Yousafzai, K Nasim, and S Q. Nizami
Submissions from 1999
Risk factors and spectrum of neonatal jaundice in a birth cohort in Karachi, K Arif and Z A. Bhutta
Myelofibrosis in severe vitamin D deficiency rickets, Mehnaz Atiq, Zehra Fadoo, Fouzia Naz, and Mohammad Khurshid
Insulin-like growth factor I response during nutritional rehabilitation of persistent diarrhoea, Z A. Bhutta, P Bang, E Karlsson, L Hagenas, S Q. Nizami, and O Soder
Rapid serologic diagnosis of pediatric typhoid fever in an endemic area: a prospective comparative evaluation of two dot-enzyme immunoassays and the Widal test, Z A. Bhutta and N Mansurali
Zinc supplementation in malnourished children with persistent diarrhea in Pakistan, Z A. Bhutta, S Q. Nizami, and Z Isani
Is management of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome feasible in developing countries? Experience from Karachi (Pakistan), Z A. Bhutta, K Yusuf, and I A. Khan
Self-reported feeding advice by physicians for common childhood illnesses, S Q. Nizami and Z A. Bhutta
Dysphagia in hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy type IV, U Shah, M Arshad, and T Mozaffar
Submissions from 1998
Inflammatory reactions following homograft insertion in children with congenital heart disease, M Atiq, J Sunnegardh, and G Sudow
Maternal vitamin-D deficiency in Pakistan, M Atiq, A Suria, S Q. Nizami, and I Ahmed
Vitamin D status of breastfed Pakistani infants, M Atiq, A Suria, S Q. Nizami, and I Ahmed
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome in childhood: An experience of 7 years at the Aga Khan University, S H. Ibrahim, Z A. Bhutta, and I A. Khan
Age and sex are important factors in determining normal retinol levels, B S. Lindblad, M Patel, M Hamadeh, N Helmy, I Ahmad, A Dawodu, and S Zaman
Cholera in children in Karachi from 1990 through 1995: A study of cases admitted to a tertiary care hospital, S Q. Nizami and B J. Farooqui
Submissions from 1997
Neonatal infections, Z A. Bhutta
Quinolone-resistant Salmonella paratyphi B meningitis in a newborn: a case report, Z A. Bhutta
The role of zinc in health and disease: Relevance to child health in developing countries, Z A. Bhutta
Plasma cytokines in paediatric typhoidal salmonellosis: correlation with clinical course and outcome, Z A. Bhutta, N Mansoorali, and R Hussain
Lactose intolerance in persistent diarrhoea during childhood: The role of a traditional rice-lentil (Khitchri) and yogurt diet in nutritional management, Z A. Bhutta, S Q. Nizami, and Z Isani
Factors determining recovery during nutritional therapy of persistent diarrhoea: the impact of diarrhoea severity and intercurrent infections, Z A. Bhutta, S Q. Nizami, S Thobani, and Z Issani
Risk factors for mortality among hospitalized children with persistent diarrhoea in Pakistan, Z A. Bhutta, S Q. Nizami, S Thobani, and Z Issani
Perinatal care in Pakistan: a situational analysis, Z A. Bhutta and S Rehman
Early-onset neonatal sepsis in Pakistan: a case control study of risk factors in a birth cohort, Z A. Bhutta and K Yusuf
Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome in Karachi: some epidemiological considerations, Z A. Bhutta and K Yusuf
Neonatal sepsis in Karachi: factors determining outcome and mortality, Z A. Bhutta and K Yusuf
Profile and outcome of the respiratory distress syndrome among newborns in Karachi: risk factors for mortality, Z A. Bhutta and K Yusuf
Profile and risk factors for congenital heart disease, I Hassan, A A. Haleem, and Z A. Bhutta
Paediatric prescribing in Karachi, S Q. Nizami, I A. Khan, and Z A. Bhutta
Submissions from 1996
Enterobacter sepsis in the newborn--a growing problem in Karachi, Z A. Bhutta
Impact of age and drug resistance on mortality in typhoid fever, Z A. Bhutta
Pneumococcal sepsis in the newborn--an emerging problem?, Z A. Bhutta
Therapeutic aspects of typhoidal salmonellosis in childhood: the Karachi experience, Z A. Bhutta
Nutritional management of persistent diarrhea in childhood: a perspective from the developing world, Z A. Bhutta and K M. Hendricks
Concomitant bacteraemia as a risk factor for diarrhoeal disease mortality in Karachi: a case-control study of hospitalized children, Z A. Bhutta, N Punjwani, and B S. Lindblad