Submissions from 2009
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
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