Submissions from 2024
Strain features of pneumococcal isolates in the pre- and post-PCV10 era in Pakistan, Nida Javaid, Asma Basharat, Hadiqa Jaleel, Shaper Mirza, Stephanie W. Lo, Stephen D. Bentley, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Sadia Shakoor, Furqan Kabir, and Aneeta Hotwani
Evaluating the association of childhood sexual abuse with the development of irritable bowel syndrome later in life: A systematic review, Muhammad Umer Junaid, Asad Saulat Fatimi, Hareem Rauf, Muhammad Taha Nasim, Kinza Jawed, and Kishwar Enam
Behavior change interventions to address unhealthy food consumption: A scoping review, Shivani Kachwaha, Sunny S. Kim, Jai K. Das, Sabrina Rasheed, SubbaRao M. Gavaravarapu, Pooja Pandey Rana, and Purnima Menon
Wastewater metagenomics in Africa: opportunities and challenges, Stephen Kanyerezi, Fatma Zahra Guerfali, Abbas Abel Anzaku, Oluwasegun Adesina Babaleye, Tracey Calvert Joshua, Julien Alban Nguinkal, Oluwaseun Paul Amoo, Waqasuddin Khan, Iqra Saleh, and Muhammad Imran Nisar
Role of rotavirus vaccine in reducing diarrheal episodes in infants visiting private primary health care clinics in Karachi, Pakistan: A mixed-methods study, Serish Karim, Amna Rehana siddiqui, Nurose Karim, Nousheen Pradhan, Iqbal Azam Syed, and Muhammad Farrukh Qazi
Effects of COVID-19 illness and vaccination infodemic through mobile health, social media, and electronic media on the attitudes of caregivers and health care providers in Pakistan: Qualitative exploratory study, Abdul Momin Kazi, Nazia Ahsan, Rawshan Jabeen, Raheel Allana, Saima Jamal, Muhammad Ayub Khan Mughal, Kathryn L. Hopkins, and Fauzia Aman Malik
Histopathology underlying environmental enteric dysfunction in a cohort study of undernourished children in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Zambia compared with United States children, Paul Kelly, Kelley VanBuskirk, David Coomes, Zehra Jamil, Syed Asad Ali, Kumail Ahmed, Sheraz Ahmed, Aneeta Hotwani, Junaid Iqbal, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Sadaf Jakhro, Furqan Kabir, Waheeda Memon, Abdul Khaliq Qureshi, Najeeb Rehman, Kamran Sadiq, Fayyaz Umrani, Samer Mouksassi, Gerald Smith, and Shabab Hossain
Heated and humidified high flow therapy (HHHFT) in extreme and very preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS): A retrospective cohort from a tertiary care setting in Pakistan, Vikram Kumar Kessani, Fatima Hemani, Iqrar Ali, Sana Memon, Rija Zaheer, Albar Soomro, Jai K. Das, Khalid N. Haque, and Syed Rehan Ali
Insights into tuberculosis burden in Karachi, Pakistan: A concurrent adult tuberculosis prevalence and child mycobacterium tuberculosis infection survey, Palwasha Y. Khan, Mohammed Shariq Paracha, Chris Grundy, Falak Madhani, Rashida Abbas Ferrand, Saadia Saeed, Lamis Maniar, Maqboola Dojki, Liesl Page- Shipp, Nazia Khursheed, and Waleed Rabbani
A smooth transition: Assessing transition readiness in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease, Shahzaib M. Khan, David Tuchman, Alizeh Imran, Fatima Mustafa Lakdawala, Sana Mansoor, and Joseph Abraham
Genomic analysis of clinical aeromonas isolates reveals genetic diversity but little evidence of genetic determinants for diarrhoeal disease, Elizabeth j. Klemm, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Farah Qamar, Anita K M. Zaidi, Farheen Qadri, Matt Bawn, Myron M. Levine, Robert A. Kingsley, Andrew Page, and Gordon Dougan
Health trends in Canada 1990-2019: An analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study, Jacek A. Kopec, Farshad Pourmalek, Daniel A. Adeyinka, Amin Adibi, Gina Agarwal, Samiah Alam, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Zahid A. Butt, Vijay K. Chattu, and Oghenowede Eyawo
Etiology of hospital mortality in children living in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Teresa B. Kortz, Rishi P. Mediratta, Audrey M. Smith, Katie R. Nielsen, Asya Agulnik, Stephanie Gordon Rivera, Hailey Reeves, Nicole F. O'Brien, Jan Hau Lee, and Qalab Abbas
Shigella detection and molecular serotyping with acCustomized taqman array card in the enterics for global health (EFGH): Shigella surveillance study, Jie Liu, Paul F Garcia Bardales, Sonia Qureshi, Naveed Ahmed, Fatima Aziz, Farah Qamar, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Furqan Kabir, Sheikh Jarju, and Jane Juma
Challenges in institutional ethical review process and approval for international multicenter clinical studies in lower and middle-income countries: The case of PARITY study, Eliana Lopez-Baron, Qalab Abbas, Paula Caporal, Asya Agulnik, Jonah E. Attebery, Adrian Holloway, Niranjan Tex Kissoon, Celia Isabel Mulgado-Aguas, Kokou Amegan-Aho, and Marianne Majdalani
Biomarker relationships with small bowel histopathology among malnourished children with environmental enteric dysfunction in a multicountry cohort study, Mustafa Mahfuz, David Coomes, Marwa Abdalla, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Syed Asad Ali, Kumail Ahmed, Sheraz Ahmed, Aneeta Hotwani, Shahneel Hussain, Junaid Iqbal, Sadaf Jakhro, Furqan Kabir, Waheeda Memon, Abdul Khaliq Qureshi, Najeeb Rehman, Kamran Sadiq, Fayyaz Umrani, Monica Mweetwa, Kelley VanBuskirk, and Kanta Chandwe
Initial dysnatremia and clinical outcomes in pediatric traumatic brain injury: A multicenter observational study, Gawin Mai, Jan Hau Lee, Paula Caporal, Juan D. Roa G, Sebastián González-Dambrauskas, Yanan Zhu, Adriana Yock-Corrales, Qalab Abbas, Yasser Kazzaz, and Dianna Sri Dewi
Global, regional, and national burden of injuries, and burden attributable to injuries risk factors, 1990 to 2019: Results from the Global Burden of Disease study 2019, Mohammad-Reza Malekpour, Negar Rezaei, Sina Azadnajafabad, Javad Khanali, Mohammadreza Azangou-Khyavy, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, Mahsa Heidari-Foroozan, Sahba Rezazadeh-Khadem, Seyyed-Hadi Ghamari, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Duodenal transcriptomics demonstrates signatures of tissue inflammation and immune cell infiltration in children with environmental enteric dysfunction across global centers, Chelsea Marie, Subhasish Das, Syed Asad Ali, Junaid Iqbal, David Coomes, Tahmeed Ahmed, Paul Kelly, Mustafa Mahfuz, Sean R. Moore, William A. Petri Jr., and Phillip I. Tarr
Prediction of low birth weight from fetal ultrasound and clinical characteristics: A comparative study between a low- and middle-income and a high-income country, Sergio Sanchez Martinez, Pablo Miki Marti Castellote, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Ambreen Nizar, Rimsha Ahmed, Fyezah Jehan, Lea Testa, Rimsha Ahmed, Fatima Crispi, and Corey Snyder
Implementation of a clinical breast exam and referral program in a rural district of Pakistan, Russell Seth Martins, Aiman Arif, Sahar Yameen, Shanila Noordin, Shah Muhammad, Mukhtiar Channa, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Abida K. Sattar
Effective strategies for increasing the uptake of modern methods of family planning in South Asia: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Zahid Memon, Tahmeena Ahmed, Syeda Aleena Fazal, Sophie Reale, Rachael Spencer, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Hora Soltani
Association between the use of accredited social health activist (ASHA) services and uptake of institutional deliveries in India, Sujata Mishra, Susan Horton, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Beverley M. Essue
Association of maternal prenatal copper concentration with gestational duration and preterm birth: A multicountry meta-analysis, Nagendra K. Monangi, Waqasuddin Khan, Furqan Kabir, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Aneeta Hotwani, Usma Mehmood, Ambreen Nizar, Javairia Khalid, Huan Xu, and Rasheeda Khanam
Quantifying the Cost of shigella diarrhea in the enterics for global health (EFGH) Shigella surveillance study, Chloe Morozoff, Naveed Ahmed, Sonia Qureshi, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Farah Qamar, Jobiba Chinkhumba, Md Taufiqul Islam, Abdoulie F. Jallow, Billy Ogwel, and Doh Sanogo
Clinical pattern, neuroimaging findings and outcome of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in children: A retrospective study, Khairunnisa Mukhtiar, Mohammad Raza, Sidra Ishaque, Quratulain Maha, and Ayesha Noor
International consensus on standard outcome measures for neurodevelopmental disorders: A consensus statement, Melissa Mulraney, Umanga de Silva, Andria Joseph, Maria da Luz Sousa Fialho, Iain Dutia, Natalie Munro, Jonathan M. Payne, Tobias Banaschewski, Cláudia Bandeira de Lima, and Sidra Kaleem Jafri
Consensus guidelines for the management of pediatric medulloblastoma in low and middle-income countries, Naureen Mushtaq, Ather Enam, Mohammad Hamza Bajwa, Fatima Gauhar, Afia Arif, Gohar Javed, Fatima Mubarak, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Mohammad Khurram Minhas, Salman Kirmani, Shahzadi Resham, and Nouman Mughal
Mortality among severely injured adolescents admitted to pediatric vs adult trauma centers, Fiona Muttalib, Bourke Tillmann, Genevieve Ernst, Srinivas Murthy, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Bettina Hansen, and Neill K J. Adhikari
Linezolid-resistant enterococcus faecium clinical isolates from Pakistan: A genomic analysis, Syed Ali Raza Nasir, Mohammad Zeeshan, Najia Bano Ghanchi, Noureen Saeed, Hassan Ghayas, Sadaf Zaka, Javaria Ashraf, Kauser Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Zahra Hasan, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Mehreen Arshad, Erum Khan, and Rumina Hasan
Management of iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy: A midwife-led continuity of care model, Sabahat Naz, Sahir Noorani, Ishrat Fatima, Fyezah Jehan, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Arjumand Rizvi, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Muhammad Kashif, and Ali Jaffar
Secondary attack rates and determinants of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) household transmission in Pakistan: A case-ascertained prospective, longitudinal study, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Nadia Ansari, Farah Khalid, Shahira Shahid, Marvi Mahesar, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Aneeta Hotwani, Fyezah Jehan, Najeeb Rehman, Arslan Ashraf, and Maryam Mansoor
Does the implementation of revised American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines improve the identification of stillbirths and preterm births in hypertensive pregnancies: A population-based cohort study from South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Ibrahim Kabole, Rasheda Khanam, Shahira Shahid, Bihila Abdalla Bakari, Nabidul Haque Chowdhury, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Javairia Khalid, Nadia Ansari, Usma Mehmood, Shahiryar Khan, Fyezah Jehan, Arup Dutta, Sayedur Rahman, and Usha Dhingra
Predictors of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus, and human metapneumovirus carriage in children under 5 years with WHO-defined fast-breathing pneumonia in Pakistan, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Salima Kerai, Shahira Shahid, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Sarah Rehman, Fatima Aziz, and Fyezah Jehan
Early to mid-pregnancy HbA1c levels and its association with adverse pregnancy outcomes in three low middle-income countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Javairia Khalid, Shahira Shahid, Farah Khalid, Usma Mehmood, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Asra Abeer Usmani, Usha Dhingra, Swagata Chetia, and Fyezah Jehan
Breaking barriers: Shaping global health futures with pilot and feasibility initiative, Ambreen Nizar and Magdalena Janus
Infant growth and body composition from birth to 24 months: Are infants developing the same?, Shane A. Norris, Lukhanyo H. Nyati, Alexia Murphy Alford, Nishani Lucas, Ina S. Santos, Caroline S. Costa, Rebecca Kuriyan, V Pujitha Wickranasinghe, Shabina Ariff, and Andrew P. Hills
Exploring the role of information and communication technologies in allergic rhinitis in specialist centers: Patient perspectives on usefulness, value, and impact on healthcare, Ivan Cherrez Ojeda, Jean Bousquet, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Monica Rodriguez Gonzales, Anna Bedbrook, Nelson Rosario, Benjamin Zepeda Ortega, Guillermo Guidos, and Ulbio Alcivar Molina
Understanding the determinants of anemia reduction among women of reproductive age: Exemplar country case studies' methodology, Aatekah Owais, Muhammad Islam, Anushka Ataullahjan, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
COVID-19 vaccine coverage, determinants and inequity amongst refugees and migrants in Pakistan: A cross-sectional study, Zahra Ali Padhani, Abdur Rahman, Rahima Yasin, Maryam Hameed Khan, Mushtaq Mirani, Muhammad Jamali, Zahid Ali Khan, Sana Khatoon, Riya Partab Partab, Jai K. Das, and Sohail Lakhani
Characteristics and outcomes of children 2-23 months of age with prolonged diarrhoea: A secondary analysis of data from the 'Antibiotics for children with Diarrhea' trial, Irin Parvin, Sharika Nuzhat, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin Shahid, Farah Qamar, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Mst Mahmuda Ackhter, Tahmina Alam, Md Farhad Kabir, Sharmin Khanam, Sunil Sazawal, and Usha Dhingra
Longevity of immune response after a single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine against Salmonella Typhi among children in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Farah Naz Qamar, Sonia Qureshi, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Ibtisam Qazi, Seema Irfan, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Zohra Amalik, Aneeta Hotwani, Qumber Ali, Irum Fatima Dehraj, and Najeeb Rehman
The frequency and associated factors of typhoid carriage in patients undergoing cholecystectomy for gallbladder disease in Pakistan: A cross-sectional study, Sonia Qureshi, Noshi Maria, Tabish Chawla, Junaid Iqbal, Abdul Momin Kazi, Mehreen Adnan, Aneeta Hotwani, Najeeb Rehman, Muhammed Wahhaab Sadiq, Farah Naz Qamar, Richelle Charles, and Stephen Baker
Is home environment associated with child fluid reasoning abilities in middle childhood in high-risk settings? findings from a cross-sectional study in Pakistan, Muneera A. Rasheed, Sondre Aasen Nilsen, Tor A. Strand, Fariha Shaheen, and Ingrid Kvestad
Clinical spectrum, treatment and outcome of children with autoimmune encephalitis, Mohammad Raza, Khairunnisa Mukhtiar, and Shahnaz Ibrahim
Role of therapeutic plasmapheresis in acute liver failure in paediatric patients: A case series, Ayaz Ur Rehman, Wajiha Khan, Salman Khan, Awais Abbas, Qalab Abbas, and Naveed ur Rehman Siddiqu
Uncommon presentation: Monozygotic twins with turner syndrome, Bushra Rehman, Yumna Shariff, Muzna Arif, and Fozia Memon
Human milk micronutrients and child growth and body composition in the first 2 years: A systematic review, Sarah M. Reyes, Meredith Merilee Brockway, Larisa Lotosk, Joann M. McDermid, Deborah Chan, Matthew Granger Granger, Fyezah Jehan, Patrick Kolsteren, Lindsay H. Allen, and Daniela Hampel
High rates of placental inflammation among samples collected by the MOMI consortium, Joshua F. Robinson, Sayan Das, Waqasuddin Khan, Javairia Khalid, Fyezah Jehan, Rasheda Khanam, Joan T. Price, Anisur Rahman, Salahuddin Ahmed, and Said Mohammed Ali
High rates of placental inflammation among samples collected by the MOMI Consortium, Joshua Robinson Robinson, Sayan DAS, Waqasuddin Khan, Javairia Khalid, Fyezah Jehan, Rasheda Khanam, Joan T. Price, Anisur Rahman, Salahuddin Ahmed, and Said Mohammed Ali
Temporary persistence of bedaquiline-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates under bedaquiline pressure as a model to explore resistance mechanisms, Dania Khalid Saeed, Sadia Shakoor, Zahra Hasan, Safina Abdul Razzak, Javaria Ashraf, Zahida Azizullah, Akber Kanji, and Rumina Hasan
Transforming the delivery of care from "I" to "We" by developing the crisis resource management skills in pediatric interprofessional teams to handle common emergencies through simulation, Sana Saeed, Nagwa Nashat Hegazy, Marib Ghulam Rasool Malik, Qalab Abbas, Huba Atiq, Muhammad Maisam Ali, Aashir Aslam, Yasmin Hashwani, and Farzana Bashir Ahmed
Barriers to medical consultation and strategies for enhancing the prevention and reporting of child abuse: A cross-sectional survey of caregivers of paediatric patients at a tertiary care center in Karachi, Pakistan, Sana Saeed, Muhammad Umer Junaid, Marib Ghulam Rasool Malik, Hareem Rauf, Muhammad Osama Khan, and Kishwar Enam
Care for the caregiver: An exploration of caregiver burden of children with chronic medical conditions at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan - A mixed-methods study, Sana Saeed, Marib Ghulam Rasool Malik, Maryam Hameed Khan, Shahzil Abdur Rehman Malik, and Bisma Aziz
An evidence gap map of interventions for noncommunicable diseases and risk factors among children and adolescents, Rehana A. Salam, Maryam Hameed Khan, Syed Saqlain Ali Meerza, Jai K. Das, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Mucosal immunity to poliovirus in children 0-15 years of age: A community-based study in Karachi, Pakistan in 2019, Ali Faisal Saleem, Zaubina Kazi, Mahjabeen Zehra, Sadia Parkar, Grace Macklin, Bernardo A. Mainou, Rocio Lopez Cavestany, Ondrej Mach, and Masroor Alam
Unveiling school community perceptions of nutrition-friendly school initiatives in preschool settings in rural Sindh province, Pakistan: An exploratory study, Amir Ali Samnani, Rozina Karmaliani, Rozina Nuruddin, Pammla Petrucka, and Sajid Bashir Soofi
Leishmaniasis - still a diagnostic challenge: An individual participant data systematic review, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, Maryyam Liaqat, Muhammad Hadi Khan, Hafiza Aqsa Abdul Jabbar, and Muhammad Abdullah
Evaluating cognitive behavioral therapy as a solution for postnatal depression in economically disadvantaged regions, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, and Shah Zaib Amin
Racial and socioeconomic disparities in triple-negative breast cancer treatment, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Onaiza Mehak, Ramsha Akhund, Shehar Bano, and Hinna Aftab
Investigating experimental treatments for rhinitis: A state-of-the-art systematic review, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, and Ivan Cherrez Ojeda
The epidemiology and impact of persistent campylobacter infections on childhood growth among children 0-24 months of age in resource-limited settings, Francesca Schiaffino, Josh M. Colston, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Pablo Peñataro Yori, Evangelos Mourkas, Ben Pascoe, Aldo A.M. Lima, Carl J. Mason, Tahmeed Ahmed, Gagandeep Kang, Estomih Mduma, Amidou Samie, Jie Liu, Kerry K. Cooper, Eric R. Houpt, Craig T. Parker, Gwenyth O. Lee, and Margaret N. Kosek
Causes of maternal deaths in Sierra Leone from 2016 to 2019: Analysis of districts' maternal death surveillance and response data, Yasir Shafiq, Marta Caviglia Caviglia, Zainab Juheh Bah, Abibatu K. Kamara, Francesca Tognon, Michele Orsi, Caracciolo Claudia, Fabio Manenti, Francis Moses, and Tom Sessay
Impact of Ebola and COVID-19 on maternal, neonatal, and child health care among populations affected by conflicts: A scoping review exploring demand and supply-side barriers and solutions, Yasir Shafiq, Elena Rubini, Luca Ragazzon, Francesco Barone Adesi, Zoha Zahid Fazal, Muhammad Murtaza Bukhari, Maheen Zakaria, and Noor Ul Huda Zeeshan
Metabolic and bariatric surgery in children: Current practices and outcomes, Shayan Shah, Noor A. Khan, and Faisal G. Qureshi
Congenital zika syndrome presenting with late-onset seizures: A new phenotypic variant, Yumna Shariff, Minhaj Ali Malik, and Muhammad Abbas
Prevalence and correlates of paediatric guideline non-adherence for initial empirical care in six low and middle-income settings: A hospital-based cross-sectional study, Riffat Ara Shawon, Donna Denno, Kirkby D. Tickell, Michael Atuhairwe, Robert Bandsma, Ezekiel Mupere, Wieger Voskuijl, Emmie Mbale, Tahmeed Ahmed, and Ali Faisal Saleem
"If the food is finished after my brother eats then we (girls) sleep hungry." Food insecurity and dietary diversity among slum-dwelling adolescent girls and boys in Pakistan: A mixed methods study, Sana Sheikh, Rubina Barolia, Atif Habib, Iqbal Azam Syed, Rahat Qureshi, and Romaina Iqbal
Clinical and nutritional correlates of bacterial diarrhoea aetiology in young children: A secondary cross-sectional analysis of the ABCD trial, Sarah Somji, Per Ashorn, Karim Manji, Tahmeed Ahmed, Md Chisti, Usha Dhingra, Sunil Sazawa, Benson Singa, Farah Qamar, and Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai
Assessment of evidence based care and uniformity of practices through implementation of standardized medical protocols and guidelines in pediatric emergency departments, Areeba Sultan, Irfan Habib, Faizia Naseem, Hayat Bozdar, Ibrahim Shakoor, Shanti Lal, and Ghulam Rasool Bouk
Protocol of digital decision support system (DDSS) embedded within a tele-primary healthcare platform in Pakistan: An assessment of usability, acceptability, effectiveness and perceived quality of care in a resource-constrained setting, Hasan Nawaz Tahir, Shifa Salman Habib, Rawshan Jabeen, Anny Dhanwani, Samrah Jawed, Sara Saeed Khurram, Lorena Guerrero- Torres, Mahek Karim, Abdul Momin Kazi, Shehla Zaidi, and Iffat Zafar Aga
Shorter antibiotic courses for respiratory tract infections, Javeria Tariq and Ritu Banerjee
Multiplexed immunohistochemical evaluation of small bowel inflammatory and epithelial parameters in environmental enteric dysfunction, Kelley VanBuskirk, Monica Mweetwa, Syed Asad Ali, Zehra Jamil, Tad Kolterman, Shyam Raghavan, Tahmeed Ahmed, SM Khodeza Nahar Begum, Ellen Besa, Donna M. Denno, Paul Kelly, Mustafa Mahfuz, Sean R. Moore, Samer Mouksassi, and William A. Petri Jr.
Paediatric early warning score to detect deterioration in paediatric patients at a tertiary care hospital of a developing country: A validation study, Wasif Ilyas Vohra, Ayaz Ur Rehman, Anosha Aslam, Salman Khan, and Qalab Abbas
Plummer Vinson syndrome: A rare occurrence in pediatrics, Wasif Ilyas Vohra, Kamran Sadiq, Mubashir Iqbal Iqbal, and Ayaz Ur Rehman
Elucidating the dynamics and impact of the gut microbiome on maternal nutritional status during pregnancy, effect on pregnancy outcomes and infant health in rural Pakistan: Study protocol for a prospective, longitudinal observational study, Yaqub Wasan, Jo-Anna B. Baxter, Carolyn Spiegel-Feld, Kehkashan Begum, Arjumand Rizvi, Junaid Iqbal, Jessie Hulst, Robert Bandsma, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Molecular docking analysis reveals the promising role of apigenin as a potential treatment for neurological disorders, Muhammad Wasim, Syeda Rehana Zia, and Saara Ahmad
Anthropometric prediction models of body composition in 3 to 24month old infants: A multicenter international study, Vithanage Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Shabina Ariff, Shane A. Norris, Ina S. Santos, Rebecca Kuriyan, Lukhanyo H. Nyati, Jithin Sam Varghese, Alexia J. Murphy-Alford, Nishani Lucas, and Caroline Costa
Severe Pneumonia in PICU Admissions: The Pediatric Acute and Critical Care Medicine Asian Network (PACCMAN) observational cohort study, 2020-2022, Judith Ju Ming Wong, Qalab Abbas, Justin Qi Yuee Wang, Wei Xu, Hongxing Dang, Phuc Huu Phan, Liang Guo, Pei Chuen Lee, Xuemei Zhu, and Suresh Kumar Angurana
Late-preterm corticosteroids in low-resource settings, Blair J. Wylie and Syed Asad Ali
Effect of a youth-led early childhood care and education programme on children's development and learning in rural Sindh, Pakistan (LEAPS): A stepped-wedge cluster-randomised implementation trial, Aisha K. Yousafzai, Saima Siyal, Emily E. Franchett, Quanyi Dai, Karima Rehmani, Christopher R. Sudfeld, Shelina Bhamani, Shahnaz Hakro, Chin R. Reyes, Günther Fink, and Liliana A. Ponguta
Current evidence of PD-1 and PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitors for esophageal cancer: An updated meta-analysis and synthesis of ongoing clinical trials, Saram Zafar, Rabbia Shehzadi, Hina Dawood, Moeez Maqbool, Azza Sarfraz, and Zouina Sarfraz
Increased throughput in methods for simulating protein ligand binding and unbinding, Syeda Rehana Zia, Adriana Coricello, and Giovanni Bottegoni
Submissions from 2023
Low-field magnetic resonance imaging in a boy with intracranial bolt after severe traumatic brain injury: Illustrative case, Awais Abbas, Kiran Hilal, Aniqa Abdul Rasool, Ume-Farwah Zahidi, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, and Qalab Abbas
641: Resources and inequities among pediatric critical care facilities in Pakistan, Qalab Abbas, Muhammad Zaid Hussain, Fatima Farrukh Shahbaz, Hamna Shahbaz, Mustafa Ali Khan, Naveed ur Rehman Siddiqui, Anwarul Haque, Muhammad Haroon Hamid, and Asad Latif
Clinical and epidemiological features of pediatric population hospitalized with COVID-19: A multicenter longitudinal study (March 2020-December 2021) from Pakistan, Qalab Abbas, Farah Khalid, Fatima Farrukh Shahbaz, Javeria Khan, Shazia Mohsin, Murtaza Ali Gowa, Abdul Sattar Shaikh, Javairia Khalid, Sehrish Karim, and Fyezah Jehan
Evaluation of the resources and inequities among pediatric critical care facilities in Pakistan, Qalab Abbas, Fatima Farrukh Shahbaz, Muhammad Zaid H. Hussain, Mustafa Ali Khan, Hamna Shahbaz, Huba Atiq, Naveed ur Rehman Siddiqu, Murtaza Ali Gowa, Hamna Shahbaz, Huba Atiq, and Naveed Ur Rehman Siddiqui
A versatile tool for precise variant calling in mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic polymorphisms, Safina Abdul Abdul Razzak, Zahra Hasan, M. Kamran Azim, Akber Kanji, Sadia Shakoor, and Rumina Hasan
Intestinal epithelial digestive, transport, and barrier protein expression Is increased in environmental enteric dysfunction, Shabnam Abtahi, Anne Sailer, Joseph T. Roland, Xenia Haest, Sandra D. Chanez-Paredes, Kumail Ahmed, Kamran Sadiq, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Syed Asad Ali, and Jerrold R. Turner
Comprehensive profiling of social mixing patterns in resource poor countries: A mixed methods research protocol, Obianuju Genevieve Aguolu, Moses Chapa Kiti, Maria Sundaram, Alessia Melegaro, Charfudin Sacoor, Ivalda Macicame, Americo Jose, Rajan Srinivasan, Saad B. Omer, and Abdul Momin Kazi
Placental inflammation and pregnancy outcomes: A prospective, observational study in South Asia: The PURPOSe study, Imran Ahmed, Najia Bano Ghanchi, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Kay Hwang, Afia Zafar, Sarah Saleem, Zeeshan Uddin, Sheetal Harakuni, Sheetal Harakuni, and Manjunath S. Somannavar
Evaluation of the clinical, biochemical, and genetic presentation of neonatal and adult-onset 5,10-methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency in patients from Pakistan, Sibtain Ahmed, Fizza Akbar, Ralph J. DeBerardinis, Min Ni, and Bushra Afroze
Postmortem minimally invasive tissue sampling in communities: Exploring perceptions of families, funeral workers, religious and community leaders and healthcare providers from Pakistan, Nazia Ahsan, Fauzia Aman Malik, Waliyah Mughis, Rawshan Jabeen, Shaheen Mehboob, Raheel Allana, Syeda Quratulain, Saima Jamal Saima Jamal, Christina R. Paganelli, and Abdul Momin Kazi
Biorisk management, laboratory acquired infections and clinical containment, Kashif Ali, Furqan Kabir, and Esmeralda Meyer
COVID-19 pandemic impacted internet use and anxiety among general public during COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Malik Muhammad Hamza Khan, Fauzia Basaria Hasnani, Ghazal Peerwani, Muhammad Talha Nawaz, Ayesha Nasir Hameed, Meher Angez, Aspara Ali Nathwani, and Syed Iqbal Azam
Can marburg virus be the next global pandemic, Raheel Allana and Asad Allana
Bridging the equity gap through EPI immunization services in Pakistan, Raheel Allana and Rawshan Jabeen
Differential associations between body composition indices and neurodevelopment during early life in term-born infants: Findings from the Pakistan cohort: Multi-center body composition reference study, Shabina Ariff, Almas Aamir, Aneurin Young, Laila Sikanderali, Arjumand Rizvi, Fariha Shaheen, Gul Nawaz Khan, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Michelle Fernandes
A near real-time risk analytics algorithm predicts elevated lactate levels in pediatric cardiac critical care patients, Ahmed Asfari, Joshua Wolovits, Avihu Z. Gazit, Qalab Abbas, Andrew J. Macfadyen, David S. Cooper, Craig Futterman, Jamie S. Penk, Robert B. Kelly, and Joshua W. Salvin
Has the landscape of immunotherapy for prostate cancer changed? A systematic review and post hoc analysis, Muhammad Usman Ashraf, Ume Farwa, Maryam Siddiqa, Azza Sarfraz, Nishwa Azeem, and Zouina Sarfraz