Submissions from 2023
Multiomic signals associated with maternal epidemiological factors contributing to preterm birth in low- and middle-income countries, Camilo A. Espinosa, Waqasuddin Khan, Rasheda Khanam, Sayan Das, Javairia Khalid, Aneeta Hotwani, Ambreen Nizar, Furqan Kabir, Fyezah Jehan, and Muhammad Imran Nisar
Comparative predictive power of serum vs plasma proteomic signatures in feto-maternal medicine, Camilo Espinosa, Said Mohammed Ali, Waqasuddin Khan, Rasheda Khanam, Jesmin Pervin, Joan T. Price, Sayedur Rahman, Tarik Hasan, Salahuddin Ahmed, and Rubhana Raqib
Association of exercise, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and cognition among older women: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Shahrukh Farrukh, Shagufta Habib, Amna Rafaqat, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, and Hira Tariq
Emerging therapeutic strategies for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma: A systematic review, Shahrukh Farrukh, Shagufta Habib, Amna Rafaqat, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Muzna Sarfraz, Karla Robles-Velasco, Miguel Felix, and Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda
Client-centered counseling and facilitation in improving modern contraceptive uptake in urban slum of Karachi Pakistan, Zoha Zahid Fazal, Noor Ul Huda Zeeshan, Ghazal Moin, Alishan Bachlany, and Yasir Shafiq
Fresh versus frozen versus lyophilized fecal microbiota transplant for recurrent clostridium difficile infection: A systematic review and network meta-analysis, Manesh Kumar Gangwani, Muhammad Aziz, Abeer Aziz, Fnu Priyanka, Simcha Weissman, Khiem Phan, Dushyant Singh Dahiya, Zohaib Ahmed, Amir Humza Sohail, and Wade Lee-Smith
Newborn weight nomograms in selected low and middle-income countries, Amy Sarah Ginsburg, Fyezah Jehan, Shabina Ariff, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Eric Schaefer, Valerie Flaherman, Akina Shrestha, Srijana Dongol, Victoria Laleau, and Augusto Braima de Sa
Gain and loss of function variants in EZH1 disrupt neurogenesis and cause dominant and recessive neurodevelopmental disorders, Carolina Gracia-Diaz, Yijing Zhou, Qian Yang, Paula Espana-Bonilla, Chul-Hwan Lee, Shuo Zhang, Natàlia Padilla, Raquel Fueyo, Elisa A. Waxman, and Shahnaz H. Ibrahim
Development of treatment-decision algorithms for children evaluated for pulmonary tuberculosis: An individual participant data meta-analysis, Kenneth S. Gunasekera, Olivier Marcy, Johanna Muñoz, Elisa Lopez-Varela, Moorine P. Sekadde, Molly F. Franke, Maryline Bonnet, Shakil Ahmed, Farhana Amanullah, and Aliya Anwar
Does IPV boost intestinal immunity among children under five years of age? An experience from Pakistan, Atif Habib, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Imtiaz Hussain, Imran Ahmed, Zamir Hussain, Rehman Tahir, Saeed Anwar, Simon Cousens, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Exploring knowledge and perceptions of polio disease and its immunization in polio high-risk areas of Pakistan, Atif Habib, Farhana Tabassum, Imtiaz Hussain, Tooba Jawed Khan, Nazia Syed, Fariha Shaheen, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
High prevalence of food insecurity in peri-urban communities in Karachi, Pakistan: The flood aftermath, Kaniz Amna Haider, Zoya Surani, Ayesha Khalid, Syed Ali Jaffar Zaidi, Rumassah Chohan, and Zahra Hoodbhoy
Experience in prenatal genetic testing and reproductive decision-making for monogenic disorders from a single tertiary care genetics clinic in a low-middle income country, Amna Hanif, Fizza Akbar, Salman Kirmani, Amyna Jaffarali, Ghulam Zainab, Ayesha Malik, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, and Bushra Afroze
Implementation evaluation of a medical student-led intervention to enhance students' engagement with research: Findings and lessons learned, Mian Arsam Haroon, Ali Aahil Noorali, Abdullah Khan Khattak, Muzamil Hamid Hussain, Rohan Advani, Ashmal Sami, Asma A H. Merchant, Adnan Ali Khan, Sana Gul Baloch, Saulat Fatimi, Zainab Samad, Babar Hasan, and Muneera Rasheed
Can machine learning methods be used for identification of at-risk neonates in low-resource settings? A prospective cohort study, Babar S. Hasan, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Amna Khan, Mariana Nogueira, Bart Bijnens, and Devyani Chowdhury
Neurokinin 1/3 receptor antagonists for menopausal women: A current systematic review and insights into the investigational non-hormonal therapy, Fatima Hassan, Anam Saleem, Sehar Saba Samuel, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Muzna Sarfraz, and Manish Kc
Does the CDC COVID-19 exposure assessment criteria for healthcare personnel work in a healthcare setting in Pakistan?, Imran Hassan, Unab Khan, Shehreen Ali, Asif Hakim, and Asad Ali
Mean temperature and drought projections in Central Africa: A population-based study of food insecurity, childhood malnutrition and mortality, and infectious disease, Munum Hassan, Kinza Saif, Muhammad Saad Ijaz, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Karla Robles-Velasco, and Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda
Body composition from birth to 2 years, Andrew P. Hills, Shane A. Norris, Nuala M. Byrne, Sisitha Jayasinghe, Alexia J. Murphy-Alford, Cornelia U. Loechl, Leila I. Cheikh Ismail, Anura V. Kurpad, Rebecca Kuriyan, and Shabina Ariff
Routine immunization coverage and immunization card retention in Pakistan: Results from a cross-sectional national survey, Imtiaz Hussain, Ahmad Khan, Dale A. Rhoda, Imran Ahmed, Muhammad Umer, Uzair Ansari, Muhammad Akram Shah, Soofia Yunus, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Routine antibiotics for infants less than 6 months of age with growth failure/faltering: A systematic review, Aamer Imdad, Fanny F. Chen, Melissa François, Momal Sana, Emily Tanner-Smith, Abigail Smith, Olivia Tsistinas, Jai K. Das, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Recent advancements in gremlin-1: Breast cancer, Nimrah Inam, Ayesha Hameed, and Lubna Vohra
Ceftriaxone resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A identified in a case of enteric fever: First case report from Pakistan, Seema Irfan, Zahra Hasan, Farah Qamar, Najia Bano Ghanchi, Javaria Ashraf, Akber Kanji, Safina Abdul Razzak, David Greig, Satheesh Nair, and Rumina Hasan
Biomarker-based risk stratification in pediatric sepsis from a low-middle income country, Sidra Ishaque, Stephen Thomas Famularo, Ali Faisal Saleem, Naveed ur Rehman Siddiqu, Zaubina Kazi, Sadia Parkar, Aneeta Hotwani, Neal J. Thomas, Jill Marie Thompson, and Patrick Lahni
Telehealth as a public health approach to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan: A narrative review, Rawshan Jabeen and Unaib Rabbani
Referral profile of developmental disabilities at a tertiary care hospital in a resource-limited country, Sidra Kaleem Jafri, Anusha Alam, Hassan Raja, Nasreen Gulzar Ali, Fariha Shaheen, and Shahnaz Hamid Ibrahim
Life-threatening complication: The development of necrotising fasciitis in a preterm neonate with omphalitis, Maira Jamal, Kanza Ateeque, Maida Binte Khalid Quddusi, and Farah Naz Qamar
Remote monitoring in heart failure patients: A systemic review and meta-analysis, Syed S. Javaid, Muhammad U. Khan, Neha Saleem Paryani, Saad A. Ansari, Neha Mohiuddin, Nooraldin Merza, Naija Ehsan, Syeda T. Waheed, Muhammad S. Saleem, Haris B. Tahir, Muhammad A. Moiz, and Tariq J. Siddiqi
Exploring the long-term seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in infants born to women with clinical or laboratory-confirmed COVID-19, Uswa Jiwani, Khushboo Q. Ali, Saleema Khowaja, Junaid Iqbal, Almas Aamir, Uzair Ansari, Muhammad Atif Habib, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Shabina Ariff
Impact of enteropathogens on faltering growth in a resource-limited setting, Furqan Kabir, Junaid Iqbal, Zehra Jamil, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Fatima Aziz, Adil Kalam, Sahrish Muneer, Aneeta Hotwani, Sheraz Ahmed, Fayyaz Umrani, Sana Syed, Kamran Sadiq, and Syed Asad Ali
Oral and intravenous amoxicillin dosing recommendations in neonates: A pooled population pharmacokinetic study, Fleur M. Keij, Stef Schouwenburg, René F. Kornelisse, Tim Preijers, Fatima Mir, Pieter Degraeuwe, Leo M. Stolk, Arianne van Driel, Sandra Kenter, and Jacqueline van der Sluijs
Natural coumarins from Murraya paniculata as mixed-type inhibitors of cholinesterases: In vitro and in silico investigations, Asaad Khalid, Waqasuddin Khan, Komal Zia, Aziz uddin, Waquar Ahsan, Hassan A. Alhazmi, Ashraf N. Abdalla, Asim Najmi, Andleeb Khan, and Abdelhakim Bouyahya
Presentation of Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Syndrome in a 32-year-old female: Report of a rare case with a literature review, Muhammad Zubair Khan, Shruti Sagar Mahapatra, Tirath Patel, Waleed Razzaq, and Uzzam Ahmed Khawaja
Building up a genomic surveillance platform for SARS-CoV-2 in the middle of a pandemic: A true North-South collaboration, Waqasuddin Khan, Furqan Kabir, Samiah Kanwar, Fatima Aziz, Sahrish Muneer, Adil Kalam, Mehdia Ali, Nadia Ansari, Fyezah Jehan, and Muhammad Imran Nisar
Systematic review on the current state of disaster preparation simulation exercises (SimEx), Syed Sarosh Mahd, Hafsa Abrar Jafri, Raheel Allana, Gopi Battineni, Mariam Khawaja, Syeda Sakina, Daniyal Agha, Kiran Rehman, and Francesco Amenta
Mental health disparities among homosexual men and minorities: A systematic review, Muhammad Hadi Malik, Shahid Iqbal, Muhammad Noman, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, and Shabbir Mustafa
Predictive biomarkers for colorectal cancer: A state-of-the-art systematic review, Moeez Maqbool, Aden Khan, Areej Shahzad, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Hinna Aftab, and Ali Jaan
Construction and validation of ShaMaq developmental screening tool, Shazia Maqbool, Nick Brown, Aisha Farid, Anam Ali, Kamila Iftikhar, Attia Bari, Ehsan Ullah, and Shahid Hafeez
Humoral and T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 reveal insights into immunity during the early pandemic period in Pakistan, Kiran Iqbal Masood, Shama Qaiser, Syed Hani Abidi, Erum Khan, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Areeba Hussain, Zara Ghous, Khekahsan Imtiaz, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Muhammad Hasan, Haris Ali Memon, Maliha Yameen, Shiza Ali, Sadaf Baloch, Gulzar Lakhani, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Kumail Ahmed, Junaid Iqbal, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Rabia Hussain, Kulsoom Ghias, and Zahra Hasan
The creation of the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) for children aged 0-3 years: Combining subject matter expert judgements with big data, Gareth McCray, Dana McCoy, Patricia Kariger, Magdalena Janus, Maureen M. Black, Susan M. Chang, Fahmida Tofail, Iris Eekhout, Marcus Waldman, Stef van Buuren, Rasheda Khanam, Sunil Sazawal, Ambreen Nizar, and Imran Nisar
Complementary feeding pattern and nutritional status of children, Ramlah Mehmood, Khadija Nuzhat Humayun, Ali Faisal Saleem, Asma Sherazi, and Nuzhat Asghar Ali
Rabies in the SAARC region: An epidemiological study of disease burden and challenges, Bareea Mubashar, Sidra Iqbal, Amna Noor, Azza Sarfraz, and Zouina Sarfraz
Diagnostic dilemmas and challenges in the management of myasthenia in infants and toddlers: A case report, Khairunnisa Mukhtiar, Mohammad Raza, Farhan Ali, Shahnaz Ibrahim, and Isbaah Tejani
Body composition reference charts for infants from birth to 24 months: Multicenter infant body composition reference study, Alexia J. Murphy-Alford, William Johnson, Lukhanyo H. Nyati, Ina S. Santos, Andrew P. Hills, Shabina Ariff, V. Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Rebecca Kuriyan, M.Nishani Lucas, and Caroline S. Costa
Feasibility of a peer-supported, WhatsApp-assisted, lifestyle modification intervention for weight reduction among adults in an urban slum of Karachi, Pakistan: A mixed-methods, single-group, pretest-post-test, quasi-experimental study, Sabahat Naz, Kaniz Amna Haider, Ali Jaffar, Umber S. Khan, Iqbal Azam Syed, Amna Siddiqui, and Romaina Iqbal
Cohort profile: The Pregnancy Risk Infant Surveillance and Measurement Alliance (PRISMA) - Pakistan, Sabahat Naz, Ali Jaffar, Muhammad Kashif, Zaid Hussain, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Fyezah Jehan, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Emily Smith, Fouzia Farooq, and Uzma Khan
Assessing the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in Pakistan: A test-negative case-control study, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Nadia Ansari, Shahira Shahid, Kiran Ali Ramzan Ali Lalani, Maaheen Ahmed Chandna, Ayesha Mansoor Younus, Zahra Hasan, Unab Khan, Farah Khalid, Marvi Mahesar, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, and Fyezah Jehan
Calcium channel blockers for preventing cardiomyopathy due to iron overload in people with transfusion-dependent beta thalassaemia, Zahra Ali Padhani, Manesh Kumar Gangwani, Alina Sadaf, Babar Hasan, Steven Colan, Najveen Alvi, and Jai K. Das
What should we be recommending for the treatment of enteric fever?, Christopher M. Parry, Farah Qamar, Samita Rijal, Naina McCann, Stephen Baker, and Buddha Basnyat
Missense variants in RPH3A cause defects in excitatory synaptic function and are associated with a clinically variable neurodevelopmental disorder, Lisa Pavinato, Jennifer Stanic, Marta Barzasi, Antonia Gurgone, Giuseppe Chiantia, Valentina Cipriani, Ivano Eberini, Luca Palazzolo, Monica Di Luca, and Prem Chand
Azithromycin for bacterial watery diarrhea: A reanalysis of the antiBiotics for children with severe iarrhea (ABCD) trial incorporating molecular diagnostics, Patricia B. Pavlinac, James Platts-Mills, Jie Liu, Hannah E. Atlas, Jean Gratz, Darwin Operario, Aneeta Hotwani, Furqan Kabir, Farah Qamar, and Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai
A multicenter observational study on outcomes of moderate and severe pediatric traumatic brain injuries-time to reappraise thresholds for treatment, Syeda Kashfi Qadri, Jan Hau Lee, Yanan Zhu, Paula Caporal, Juan D. Roa G, Sebastián González Dambrauskas, Adriana Yock-Corrales, Qalab Abbas, Yasser Kazzaz, and Luming Shi
A global systematic review and meta-analysis on the emerging evidence on risk factors, clinical characteristics, and prognosis of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A), Mohammad Aadil Qamar, Syed Shabbir Afzal, Rubaid Azhar Dhillon, Mir Ibrahim Sajid, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Mehek Narmeen, Omar Irfan, Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda, and Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Community centred co-design methodology for designing and implementing socio-behavioural interventions to counter COVID-19 related misinformation among marginalized population living in the squatter settlements of Karachi, Pakistan: A methodology paper, Rubina Qasim, Waqas Ahmed Farooqui, Atiya Rahman, Rukhsana Haroon, Madiha Saleem, Muhammad Rafique, Fiza Noor, Afifa Ghani, Muhammad Yaqoob, and Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai
COHESION: A core outcome set for the treatment of neonatal encephalopathy, Fiona A. Quirke, Shabina Ariff, Malcolm R. Battin, Caitlin Bernard, Linda Biesty, Frank H. Bloomfield, Mandy Daly, Elaine Finucane, Maira Niaz, and Farhana Tabassum
Challenges and approaches of culturing the unculturable archaea, Muhammad Rafiq, Noor Hassan, Maliha Rehman, Muhammad Hayat, Gullasht Nadeem, Farwa Hassan, Naveed Iqbal, Hazrat Ali, Sahib Zada, and Yingqian Kang
Life-threatening complication of retropharyngeal abscess in an infant: A case report, Ayaz Ur Rehman, Salman Khan, Awais Abbas, Hamdan Ahmed Pasha, Qalab Abbas, and Naveed ur Rehman Siddiqu
Immunotherapy for prostate cancer: A current systematic review and patient centric perspectives, Laeeq Ur Rehman, Muhammad Hassan Nisar, Wajeeha Fatima, Azza Sarfraz, Nishwa Azeem, Zouina Sarfraz, and Karla Robles-Velasco
Addressing the endometriosis knowledge gap for improved clinical care-A cross-sectional pre- and post-educational-intervention study among Pakistani women, Muhammad Saad, Aiman Rafiq, Anam Jamil, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Karla Robles-Velasco, and Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda
Student experiences of simulation-based learning and its impact on their performance in objective structured clinical examination in pediatrics - A mixed method study, sana saeed, Azam Afzal, Farah Khalid, and Fyezah Jehan
Process evaluation of paediatric fellowship training programs at a university hospital in Pakistan, sana saeed, Prem Chand, Asna Sulaiman, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Khadija N Humayun, Marib Ghulam Rasool Malik, and Fyezah Jehan
Hybridizing video-based learning with simulation for flipping the clinical skills learning at a university hospital in Pakistan, sana saeed, Maryam Hameed Khan, Muhammad Muneeb Ullah Siddiqui, Anny Dhanwani, Areeba Hussain, and Muhammad Maisam Ali
Factors associated with medical students' career choices at a private university: a cross-sectional study, sana saeed dr, Mahanoor Raza, Areeba Hussain, Muhammad Maisam Ali, and Farah Khalid
The clinical and genetic spectrum of autosomal-recessive TOR1A-related disorders, Afshin Saffari, Tracy Lau, Homa Tajsharghi, Ehsan Ghayoor Karimiani, Ariana Kariminejad, Stephanie Efthymiou, Giovanni Zifarelli, Tipu Sultan, Mehran Beiraghi Toosi, and Shahnaz Ibrahim
Two-year duration of immunity of inactivated poliovirus vaccine: A follow-up study in Pakistan in 2020, Ali Faisal Saleem, Sadia Parkar, Syeda Mahjabeen Zehra, Zaubina Kazi, Asma Sadruddin Pethani, Yiting Zhang, Bernardo A. Mainou, Rocio Lopez Cavestany, Grace Macklin, and Visalakshi Jeyaseelan
Correction: Infant body composition at 6 and 24 months: What are the driving factors?, Ina S. Santos, Caroline S. Costa, Andrew P. Hills, Shabina Ariff, V Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Shane Norris, Alexia J. Murphy-Alford, Christine Slater, Nishani Lucas, and Lukhanyo H. Nyati
Infant body composition at 6 and 24 months: What are the driving factors?, Ina S. Santos, Caroline S. Costa, Andrew P. Hills, Shabina Ariff, V Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Shane Norris, Alexia J. Murphy-Alford, Christine Slater, Nishani Lucas, and Lukhanyo H. Nyati
Standard RUTF vs. locally-made RUSF for acutely malnourished children: A quasi-experimental comparison of the impact on growth and compliance in a rural community of Pakistan, Azza Sarfraz, Sheraz Ahmed, Sajid Muhammad, Najeeb Rehman, Sanam Iram Soomro, Abdul Khaliq Qureshi, Sadaf Jakhro, Fayyaz Umrani, Sana Syed, and Syed Asad Ali
Impact of diarrhoea and acute respiratory infection on environmental enteric dysfunction and growth of malnourished children in Pakistan: A longitudinal cohort study, Azza Sarfraz, Zehra Jamil, Sheraz Ahmed, Fayyaz Umrani, Abdul Khaliq Qureshi, Sadaf Jakhro, Muhammad Sajid, Najeeb Rehman, Arjumand Rizvi, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Sana Syed, Junaid Iqbal, Kamran Sadiq, and Syed Asad Ali
Differential coverage for vaccines in the expanded program on immunization (EPI) among children in rural Pakistan, Shahira Shahid, Sheraz Ahmed, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Rafey Ali, Syed Asad Ali, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Fyezah Jehan, and Muhammad Imran Nisar
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards seasonal influenza vaccination among pregnant women and healthcare workers: A cross-sectional survey in Afghanistan, Shahira Shahid, Shafi Kalhoro, Hajra Khwaja, Mohammad Asif Hussainyar, Junaid Mehmood, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Abdinasir Abubakar, Shaza Mohamed, Fyezah Jehan, and Muhammad Imran Nisar
Inappropriate supplementation of Vitamin D can result in toxicity: A crosssectional study of paediatrics population, Nazia Shamim, Hafsa Majid, Suneeta Khemani, Maliha Salim, Siraj Muneer, and Aysha Habib
Pulse oximetry: Why oxygen saturation is still not a part of standard pediatric guidelines in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs), Maheen Sheikh, Huzaifa Ahmad, Romesa Ibrahim, Muhammad Imran Nisar, and Fyezah Jehan
Determinants of stunting among children under five in Pakistan, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Ahmad Khan, Sumra Kureishy, Imtiaz Hussain, Atif Habib, Muhammad Umer, Shabina Arif, Muhammad Sajid, Arjumand Rizvi, Imran Ahmed, Junaid Iqbal, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
GATA6-AS1 regulates intestinal epithelial mitochondrial functions, and its reduced expression is linked to intestinal inflammation and less favourable disease course in ulcerative colitis, Katya E. Sosnovski, Tzipi Braun, Amnon Amir, Danielle Moshel, Marina BenShoshan, Kelli L. VanDussen, Nina Levhar, Haya Abbas-Egbariya, and Katia Beider
GATA6-AS1 regulates intestinal epithelial mitochondrial functions, and its reduced expression is linked to intestinal inflammation and less favorable disease course in ulcerative colitis (UC), Katya E. Sosnovski, Tzipi Braun, Amnon Amir, Danielle Moshel, Marina BenShoshan, Kelli L. VanDussen, Nina Levhar, Haya Abbas-Egbariya, Katia Beider, Rakefet Ben-Yishay, and Syed Asad Ali
Maternal and environmental Impact assessment on neurodevelopment in early childhood years (MINE): A prospective cohort study protocol from a low, middle-income country, Zoya Surani, Sadia Parkar, Gul Afshan, Kinza Naseem Elahi, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Kiran Hilal, and Sidra Kaleem Jafri
Global pediatric craniopharyngioma management modalities and outcomes, Alan R. Tang, Joseline Haizel-Cobbina, Muhammad Usman Khalid, Uchenna I. Peter-Okaka, Olivia L. Prosak, Naureen Mushtaq, and Michael C. Dewan
Plasma proteomic signatures of enteric permeability among hospitalized and community children in Kenya and Pakistan, Kirkby D. Tickell, Donna M. Denno, Ali Faisal Saleem, Zaubina Kazi, Benson O. Singa, Catherine Achieng, Charles Mutinda, Barbra A. Richardson, Kristjana H. Ásbjörnsdóttir, and Stephen E. Hawes
Promoting science literacy and awareness across the globe: The role of scientists as science ambassadors, Matthew J. Tuttle, Daniela Cejas, Donghoon Kang, Francis Muchaamba, Britta Goncarovs, Yaprak Ozakman, Fatima Aziz, and Arnaud Orelle
Pregnancy outcomes and vaccine effectiveness during the period of omicron as the variant of concern, INTERCOVID-2022: A multinational, observational study, Jose Villar, Constanza P. Soto Conti, Robert B. Gunier, Shabina Ariff, Rachel Craik, Paolo I. Cavoretto, Stephen Rauch, Serena Gandino, Ricardo Nieto, Adele Winsey, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Efficacy and tolerability of semaglutide in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus: Experience of a tertiary care hospital, Pakistan, Maria Wajid, Saadia Sattar, Farah Khalid, and Muhammad Qamar Masood
Pediatric critical care–associated parental traumatic stress: Beyond the first year*, Mekela Whyte-Nesfield, Daniel Kaplan, Peter S. Eldridge, Jiaxiang Gai Gai, William Cuddy, Karli Breeden, Nadia Ansari, Pamela Siller, Jenna M. Mennella, and Toah A. Nkromah
Pregnant women's experiences with midwifery-led antenatal care services in peri-urban communities in Karachi, Pakistan, Nida Salman Yazdani, Kaniz Amna Haider, Amna Khan, Syed Ali Jaffar Zaidi, Akbar Rajani, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Fyezah Jehan, and Zahra Hoodbhoy
Safety huddles in paediatric intensive care unit: Implementation and staff perception in a resource limited setting, Arsheen Zeeshan, Yasmin Hashwani, Muhammad Jawwad, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Naveed ur Rehman Siddiqu, and Qalab Abbas
Impact of COVID-19 on feto-maternal and neonatal health in Karachi, Pakistan, A retrospective cohort study, Mahjabeen Zehra, Sadia Parkar, Zaubina Kazi, Asma Sadruddin Pethani, Ayesha Malik, Adnan Mirza, Falak Abro, Abdul Jabbar, and Ali Faisal Saleem Dr
Needs assessment for faculty development in health professions education at a medical university in Karachi, Pakistan, Tabassum Zehra, sana saeed, Rahila Ali, Amber Sultan, and Areeba Hussain
Synthesis, characterization, DPPH radical scavenging, urease enzyme inhibition, molecular docking simulation, and DFT analysis of imine derivatives of 4-formylpyridine with selective detection of Cu+2 Ions, Ambreen Zia, Syed Nawazish Ali, Erum Hasan, Mehreen Lateef, Syeda Rehana Zia, Sana Gul, Syeda Farah Bukhari, and Nazish Dildar
Submissions from 2022
Unassigned complex unique recombinant forms related to CRF36_cpx in children identified in an HIV-1 outbreak in Pakistan, Syed Hani Abidi, Dilsha Siddiqui, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Apsara Ali Nathwani, Aneeta Hotwani, Sharaf Ali Shah, Palwasha Khan, Rashida Abbas Ferrand, and Fatima Mir
Raoultella species associated sepsis in children: A case series at a tertiary hospital, Karachi, Falak Abro, Asma Sherazi, Sara Fatima, and Ali Faisal Saleem
Impact of active physiotherapy rehabilitation on pain and global and functional improvement 1-2 months after lumbar disk surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Kiran Afzal, Hafsah Gul Khattak, Abdul Ghafoor Sajjad, Syed Ali Hussain, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, and Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda
The correlation of D-dimer to stroke diagnosis within 24 hours: A meta-analysis, Adeel Ahmad, Zara Islam, Saad Manzoor Ahmad, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Miguel Felix, and Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda
A changing epidemic and the rise of opioid-stimulant co-use, Saeed Ahmed, Zouina Sarfraz, and Azza Sarfraz
Association of anti-rotavirus IgA seroconversion with growth, environmental enteric dysfunction and enteropathogens in rural Pakistani infants, Sheraz Ahmed, Junaid Iqbal, Kamran Sadiq, Fayyaz Umrani, Arjumand Rizvi, Furqan Kabir, Sana Syed, Sajid Muhammad, Aneeta Hotwani, and Najeeb Rehman
Utility of genetic testing in pediatric epilepsy: Experience from a low to middle-income country, Fizza Akbar, Raisa Saleh, Salman Kirmani, Prem Chand, Khairunnisa Mukhtiar, Farida Jan, Raman Kumar, and Shahnaz Ibrahim
Characteristics and birth outcomes of pregnant adolescents compared to older women: An analysis of individual level data from 140,000 mothers from 20 RCTs, Nadia Akseer, Emily Catherine Keats, Pravheen Thurairajah, Simon Cousens, Ana Pilar Bétran, Brietta M. Oaks, David Osrin, Ellen Piwoz, Exnevia Gomo, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Etiology, clinical characteristics, and outcome of infective endocarditis: 10-year experience from a tertiary care center in Pakistan, Sara Salim Ali, Imran Ahmed Qureshi, Ahmed Ayaz, Ainan Arshad, Awais Farhad, Bushra Jamil, and Muhammad Rizwan Sohail
Evaluation of pharmaceutically compounded oral caffeine on the impact of medication adherence and risk of readmission among preterm neonates: A single-center quasi-experimental study, Gul Ambreen, Manoj Kumar, Amin Ali, Syed Akbar Ali Shah, Syed Muzaffar Saleem, Ayesha Tahir, Muhammad Sohail Salat, Muhammad Shahzad Aslam, and Kashif Hussain
Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound compared to standard-of-care methods for endotracheal tube placement in neonates, Shabina Ariff, Khushboo Q. Ali, Mark O. Tessaro, Uzair Ansari, Shaun Morris, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Hasan S. Merali
Understanding perceptions and practices for designing an appropriate community-based kangaroo mother care implementation package: Qualitative exploratory study, Shabina Ariff, Ikram Maznani, Maria Asif Bhura, Zahid Memon, Tayyaba Arshad, Tariq Ahmed Samejo, Shujaat Zaidi, Muhammad Umer, Imran Ahmed, Muhammad Atif Habib, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta