Submissions from 2023
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
Implementation research to increase treatment coverage of possible serious bacterial infections in young infants when a referral is not feasible: lessons learnt, Shabina Ariff, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Zamir Suhag, Suhail Chanar, Maria Asif Bhura, Zaib Dahar, Imran Ahmed, Ali Turab, Atif Habib, Yasir Bin Nisar, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Homozygous LEPR mutation as a cause of early onset childhood obesity in a Pakistani girl, Muzna Arif, Fozia Memon, Khadija N Humayun, and Salman Kirmani
Newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism through dried blood spot in Low middle income country (LMIC): Experience from a tertiary care center, Muzna Arif, Fozia Memon, Khadija N Humayun, and Salman Kirmani
Role of inhaled antibiotics in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis: Experience from the tertiary care center, Danish Abdul Aziz, Aiza Abbas, Anusha Alam, and Namrah Aziz
Association of vitamin D levels and asthma exacerbations in children and adolescents: Experience from a tertiary care center, Danish Abdul Aziz, Aiza Abbas, Werdah Viquar, and Ali Munawar Hussain
Neurodevelopment and recovery from wasting, Harriet M. Babikako, Celine Bourdon, Emmie Mbale, Peace Aber, Annet Birabwa, Josephine Chimoyo, Wieger Voskuijl, Zaubina Kazi, John Mukisa, and Ali Faisal Saleem
Risk factors associated with extensively drug-resistant typhoid in an outbreak setting of lyari town Karachi, Pakistan, Rabab Batool, Sonia Qureshi, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Abdul Momin Kazi, Miqdad Ali, and Farah Naz Qamar
Growth Faltering in Small and Sick Newborn Infants: Does it Matter?, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Optimizing prevention and community-based management of severe malnutrition in children, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Diabetes in Pakistan: Addressing the crisis, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Zia Ul Haq, and Abdul Basit
A healthy future for children and adolescents - Authors' reply, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Tyler Vaivada, Maureen M. Black, and Robert E. Black
Health and development from preconception to 20 years of age and human capital, Robert E. Black, Li Liu, Fernando P. Hartwig, Francisco Villavicencio, Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez, Luis P. Vidaletti, Jamie Perin, Maureen M. Black, Hannah Blencowe, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Omicron spike function and neutralizing activity elicited by a comprehensive panel of vaccines, John E. Bowen, Amin Addetia, Ha V Dang, Cameron Stewart, Jack T. Brown, William K. Sharkey, Kaitlin R. Sprouse, Kumail Ahmed, Asefa Shariq Ansari, and Najeeha Talat Iqbal
SARS-CoV-2 spike conformation determines plasma neutralizing activity elicited by a wide panel of human vaccines, John E. Bowen, Young-Jun Park, Cameron Stewart, Jack T. Brown, William K. Sharkey, Alexandra C. Walls, Anshu Joshi, Kumail Ahmed, Asefa Shariq, and Najeeha Talat Iqbal
A homozygous MED11 C-terminal variant causes a lethal neurodegenerative disease, Elisa Calì, Sheng-Jia Lin, Clarissa Rocca, Yavuz Sahin, Aisha Al Shamsi, Salima El Chehadeh, Myriam Chaabouni, SYNaPS Study Group, Shahnaz Ibrahim, and Salman Kirmani
Spectrum of common pediatric neurological disorders: A cross-sectional study from three tertiary care centres across Pakistan, Prem Chand, Shahnaz Ibrahim, Khairunnisa Mukhtiar, Safia Awan, Durray Shahwar Abid Khan, Asna Sulaiman, Sajid Muhammad, Zahra Ali Padhani, Jai K. Das, and Mohammad Wasay
Physician's attitudes on pulmonary rehabilitation following COVID-19: A brief perspective from a developing country, Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda, Emanuel Vanegas, Miguel Felix, María José Farfán Bajaña, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, Genesis Camacho, Alanna Barrios-Ruiz, and Jack Michel
Childhood mortality during and after acute illness in Africa and south Asia: A prospective cohort study, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition (CHAIN) Network, Abdoulaye Hama Diallo, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin Shahid, Ali Fazal Khan, Ali Faisal Saleem, Benson O. Singa, Blaise Siezanga Gnoumou, Caroline Tigoi, Syed Asad Ali, and Zaubina Kazi
Performance of machine learning classifiers in classifying stunting among under-five children in Zambia, Obvious Nchimunya Chilyabanyama, Roma Chilengi, Roma Chilengi, Michelo Simuyandi, Caroline C. Chisenga, Masuzyo Chirwa, Kalongo Hamusonde, Rakesh Kumar Saroj, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, and Innocent Ngaruye
Associations between eight earth observation-derived climate variables and enteropathogen infection: An independent participant data meta-analysis of surveillance studies with broad spectrum nucleic acid diagnostics, Josh M. Colston, Benjamin F. Zaithcik, Hamada S. Badr, Eleanor Burnett, Syed Asad Ali, Ajit Rayamajhi, Syed M. Satter, Daniel Eibach, Ralf Krumkamp, M Imran Nisar, Anita K. M. Zaidi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Risk factors for community-acquired bacterial infection among young infants in South Asia: A longitudinal cohort study with nested case–control analysis, Nicholas E. Connor, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Luke C. Mullany, Nong Shang, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Pinaki Panigrahi, and Kalpana Panigrahi
Alleviating hidden hunger: An infallible bridge to improved health and nutrition, Jai K. Das and Zahra Ali Padhani
Risk of obstructive sleep apnea and traffic accidents among male bus drivers in Ecuador: Is there a significant relationship?, Miguel Felix, María Belén Intriago Alvarez, Emanuel Vanegas, María José Farfán Bajaña, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Jack Michel, and Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda
Women's health: Optimal nutrition throughout the lifecycle, Edith J M Feskens, Regan Bailey, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Hans-Konrad Biesalski, Heather Eicher-Miller, Klaus Krämer, Wen-Harn Pan, and James C. Griffiths
Newborn weight change and predictors of underweight in the neonatal period in Guinea-Bissau, Nepal, Pakistan and Uganda, Valerie J. Flaherman, Amy S. Ginsburg, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Muddassir Altaf, Khushboo Liaquat, Benazir Baloch, Najeeb Rehman, Yasir Shafiq, Shabina Ariff, and Fyezah Jehan
Prevalence of hearing loss in children living in low- and middle-income countries over the last 10 years: A systematic review, Hillary V. Ganek, Ada Madubueze, Catherine E. Merritt, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effects of prenatal exposure to maternal COVID-19 and perinatal care on neonatal outcome: results from the INTERCOVID Multinational Cohort Study, Francesca Giuliani, Daniel Oros, Robert B. Gunier, Sonia Deantoni, Stephen Rauch, Roberto Casale, Ricardo Nieto, Enrico Bertino, Albertina Rego, Camilla Menis, and Shabina Ariff
Burden, clinical characteristics, risk factors, and seasonality of adenovirus 40/41 diarrhea in children in eight low-resource settings, Godfrey Guga, Sarah Elwood, Caroline Kimathi, Gagandeep Kang, Margaret N. Kosek, Aldo A M Lima, Pascal O. Bessong, Amidou Samie, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Measuring contraceptive method mix, prevalence, and demand satisfied by age and marital status in 204 countries and territories, 1970-2019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, Annie Haakenstad, Olivia Angelino, Caleb M S Irvine, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Kelly Bienhoff, Corinne Bintz, Kate Causey, M Ashworth Dirac, Nancy Fullman, and Emmanuela Gakidou
Effect of bovine lactoferrin on seroconversion following polio vaccine administration in children: Protocol for a double-blinded randomised controlled trial, Atif Habib, Sidrah Nausheen, Shanila Nooruddin, Tooba Javed, Tariq Samejo, Amjad Hussain, Suneeta Namdave, Sehrish Amirali, Muhammad Umer, and Lumaan Sheikh
Health workers' experience of a digital health intervention implemented in peri-urban communities in Karachi, Pakistan, Kaniz Amna Haider, Omar Gulam, Rehan Adamjee, Benazir Baloch, and Zahra Hoodbhoy
Diagnostic accuracy of various immunochromatographic tests for NS1 antigen and IgM antibodies detection in acute dengue virus infection, Mughees Haider, Saira Yousaf, Asifa Zaib, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, and Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda
Mental health and positive development prevention interventions: Overview of systematic reviews, Leila Harrison, Naeha Sharma, Omar Irfan, Michele Zaman, Tyler Vaivada, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
A case report on fibular aplasia, tibial campomelia, oligosyndactyly syndrome variant in a male infant, Hina Mumtaz Hashmi, Nazia Shamim, Vinod Kumar, Adnan Mirza, Salman Kirmani, Babar Irfan, and Hania Hasan
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
Practical approaches to improve vancomycin-related patient outcomes in pediatrics- an alternative strategy when AUC/MIC is not feasible, Kashif Hussain, Muhammad Sohail Salat, Shahzad Rauf, Manoj Rathi, Midhat Khan, Fizzah Naz, Wasif Ahmed Khan, Rahila Ikram, and Gul Ambreen
Optimal iron content in ready-to-use therapeutic foods for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition in the community settings: A protocol for the systematic review and meta-analysis, Aamer Imdad, Melissa François, Fanny F. Chen, Abigail Smith, Olivia Tsistinas, Emily Tanner Smith, Jai K. Das, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Enteroinvasive Escherichia Coli O96: H19 is an emergent biofilm-forming pathogen, Junaid Iqbal, Niharika Malviya, Jennifer A. Gaddy, Chengxian Zhang, Andrew J. Seier, Kathryn P. Haley, Ryan S. Doster, Ana E. Farfán-García, and Oscar G. Gómez-Duarte
Zinc supplementation and the prevention and treatment of sepsis in young infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Omar Irfan, Robert E. Black, Zohra S. Lassi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Early postoperative arrhythmias after pediatric congenital heart disease surgery: A 5-year audit from a lower- to middle-income country, Sidra Ishaque, Saleem Akhtar, Asma Akbar Ladak, Russell Seth Martins, Muhammad Kamran Younis Memon, Alisha Raza Kazmi, Fatima Mahmood, and Anwar Ul Haque
Community-based asthma assessment in young children: Adaptations for a multicentre longitudinal study in South Asia, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Samin Huq, Steven Cunningham, Jurgen Schwarze, ASMD Ashraful Islam, Mashal Amin, Farrukh Raza, Benazir Baloch, Muhammad Imran Nisar, and Sajid Bashir Soofi
Prevention and management of high-burden noncommunicable diseases in school-age children: A systematic review, Reena P. Jain, Daina Als, Tyler Vaivada, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Frequency of use and preferences for information and communication technologies in patients with sleep apnea: A multicenter, multinational, observational cross-sectional survey study, Veronica R. Jaritos, Emanuel Vanegas, Juan Facundo Nogueira, Sebastian Leiva Agüero, Vanina Giovini, Jorge Rey de Castro, Yadira Rodríguez Reyes, José Luis Carrillo Alduenda, Pammela Torres Gittaim, Zaira Romero, and Azza Sarfraz
The WHO global tuberculosis 2021 report - not so good news and turning the tide back to end TB, Chakaya Jeremiah, Eskild Petersen, Rebecca Nantanda, Brenda N. Mungai, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Farhana Amanullah, Patrick Lungu, Francine Ntoumi, and Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy
Compounding inequalities: Adolescent psychosocial wellbeing and resilience among refugee and host communities in jordan during the COVID-19 pandemic, Nicola Jones, Sarah Baird, Bassam Abu Hamad, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Erin Oakley, Manisha Shah, Jude Sajdi, and Kathryn M. Yount
COVID-19, nutrition, and gender: An evidence-informed approach to gender-responsive policies and programs, Anna Kalbarczyk, Noora-Lisa Aberman, Bregje S M van Asperen, Rosemary Morgan, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Bianca Carducci, Rebecca Heidkamp, Saskia Osendarp, Neha Kumar, and Anna Lartey
Exploring terminology for puerperal sepsis and its symptoms in urban Karachi, Pakistan to improve communication, care-seeking, and illness recognition, Anna Kalbarczyk, Fatima Mir, Shabina Ariff, Aspara Ali, Abdul Momin Kazi, Gurpreet Kaur, Farheen Yousuf, Farzeen Hirani, Shazia Sultana, Linda A. Bartlett, Amnesty E. Lefevre, and Sajid Bashir Soofi
Acute stress in parents of patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit: A two-center cross-sectional observational study, Daniel Kaplan, Mekela Whyte Nesfield, Peter S. Eldridge, WIlliam Cuddy, Nadia Ansari, Pamela Siller, and Simon Li
Malaria reduction drove childhood stunting decline in Uganda: A mixed-methods country case study, Emily C. Keats, Richard B. Kajjura, Anushka Ataullahjan, Muhammad Islam, Breagh Cheng, Ahalya Somaskandan, Kimberly D. Charbonneau, Erica Confreda, Rachel Jardine, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Knowledge and Practices on the Prevention and management of diarrhea in children under-2 years among women dwelling in urban slums of Karachi, Pakistan, Asif Khaliq, Amreen 1, Nazia Jameel, and Stefanie J. Krauth
Burden and risk factors for antenatal depression and its effect on preterm birth in South Asia: A population-based cohort study, Rasheda Khanam, Jennifer Applegate, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Arup Dutta, Sayedur Rahman, Ambreen Nizar, Said Mohammed Ali, Farzana Begum, Usma Mehmood, and Sajid Muhammad
Nutritional status and dietary intake of school-age children and early adolescents: Systematic review in a developing country and lessons for the global perspective, Durray Shahwar Abid Khan, Jai K. Das, Shagufta Zareen, Zohra S. Lassi, Afsah Salman, Muhammad Raashid, Aftab A. Dero, Aijaz Khanzada, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Interventions for high-burden infectious diseases in children and adolescents: A meta-analysis, Durray Shahwar Abid Khan, Rabia Naseem, Rehana Salam, Zohra Lassi, Jai K. Das, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Multiplex PCR assay to detect high risk lineages of Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi A, Fahad Khokhar, Derek Pickard, Zoe Dyson, Junaid Iqbal, Agila Pragasam, Jobin Jacob John, Balaji Veeraraghavan, Farah Qamar, Gordon Dougan, and Hilary MacQueen
Measurement of sound levels in a neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, Saleema Khowaja, Shabina Ariff, Laila Ladak, Zainab Manan, and Tazeen S. Ali
Improving health and social systems for all children in LMICs: Structural innovations to deliver high-quality services, Margaret E. Kruk, Todd P. Lewis, Catherine Arsenault, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Grace Irimu, Joshua Jeong, Zohra S. Lassi, Susan M. Sawyer, Tyler Vaivada, and Peter Waiswa
Relationship of caffeine regimen with osteopenia of prematurity in preterm neonates: A cohort retrospective study, Manoj Kumar, Amin Ali, Muhammad Azeem Khan, Sadia Sohail, Syed Muzaffar Saleem, Fizzah Naz, Wasif Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Sohail Salat, Kashif Hussain, and Gul Ambreen
Etiology, sensitivity and resistance pattern of urinary tract infection among children (0 To 16 Years), Manoj Kumar, Warda Khalid, Amin Ali, Syed Khurram Sajid, Yumna Muhammad Aslam, and Ayaz Ur Rehman
Towards standardised and valid anthropometric indicators of nutritional status in middle childhood and adolescence, Natasha Lelijveld, Rukundo K. Benedict, Stephanie V. Wrottesley, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Elaine Borghi, Tim J. Cole, Trevor Croft, Edward A. Frongillo, Chika Hayashi, and Sorrel Namaste
Oral amoxicillin plus gentamicin regimens may be superior to the procaine-penicillin plus gentamicin regimens for treatment of young infants with possible serious bacterial infection when referral is not feasible: Pooled analysis from three trials in Africa and Asia, Adrien Lokangaka Longombe, Adejumoke Idowu Ayede, Irene Marete, Fatima Mir, Clara Ladi Ejembi, Mohammod Shahidullah, Ebunoluwa A. Adejuyigbe, Robinson D. Wammanda, Antoinette Tshefu, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
The promise of telemedicine in Pakistan: A systematic review, Syed Sarosh Mahdi, Raheel Allana, Gopi Battineni, Tamsal Khalid, Daniyal Agha, Mariam Khawaja, and Francesco Amenta
Perspective on newborn screening (NBS): Evidence sharing on conditions to be included in NBS in Pakistan, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, Sibtain Ahmed, Khadija Humayun, Salman Kirmani, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Bushra Moiz, Aysha Habib, and Bushra Afroze
Anti-PD-1 immunotherapy - Pembrolizumab current clinical trials for advanced head and neck cancer: A mapping systematic study, Humayun Manzoor, Amina Rasheed, Farah Zeen, Azza Sarfraz, and Zouina Sarfraz
Ventilator associated pneumonia in neonatal intensive care unit: Occurrence and risk factors, Fayaz Ahmed Memon, Javaid Iqbal, Faraz Hussain, Khalil Ahmad, Abdul Jabbar, and Shabina Ariff
Wolcott-Rallison syndrome: A case series of three patients, Fozia Memon, Muzna Arif, Salman Kirmani, and Khadija N Humayun
Epidemiological characteristics, treatment and its outcomes in children presenting with craniopharyngioma at a tertiary care center, Fozia Memon, Muzna Arif, Naureen Mushtaq, Salman Kirmani, and Khadija N Humayun
Pregnancy outcomes of patients with ultrasound-indicated and history-indicated mcdonald cervical cerclage, Zaibunnisa Memon, Naureen Anjum, and Zahra Hoodbhoy
Immunity to poliovirus in Afghanistan: A household sampling method for serological assessment based on geographical information systems, Amalia Mendes, Ari Whiteman, Benjamin Nygren, Brian Kaplan, Imtiaz Hussain, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Maureen Martinez, and Noha H. Farag
Risk factors for acute respiratory infections in children between 0 and 23 months of age in a peri-urban district in Pakistan: A matched case–control study, Fatima Mir, Shabina Ariff, Maria Asif Bhura, Suhail Chanar, Aspara Ali, Muhammad Jawwad, A Hussain, Arjumand Rizvi, Muhammad Umer, Zahid Memon, Atif Habib, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Quality improvement initiative in paediatric echocardiography laboratory in a low- to middle-income country, Shazia Mohsin, Babar Hasan, Mishaal Ather, Salima Ashiqali, Nadeem Aslam, Farah Khalid, Zain Adil Shabbir, Shaan Adil Shabbir, and Devyani Chowdhury
Ameliorative effects of half-dose saffron and chamomile combination on Psycho-endocrinological changes in a diabetic murine model, Saara Muddasir, Hamna Rafique, Asra Khan, Prashant Tikmani, Zehra Batool, Saiqa Tabassum, Fazal M. Arain, Salman Siddiqi, Faiq Amin, and Muhammad Wasim