Submissions from 2026
Contraceptive choices in Karachi: a phenomenological analysis of women's perspectives on the quality of family planning services in low-income urban areas, Nazia Ahsan, Jawaria Mukhtar Ahmed, Farina G. Abrejo, Zahid Memon, and Neelofar Sami
Risk factors for mortality in children with hypoxemia in resource-constrained settings: A secondary analysis of Global Paediatric Acute Critical Illness Point Prevalence Study (PARITY), Carter Biewen, Shän L. Ward, Asya Agulnik, Srinivas Murthy, Qalab Abbas, Adnan Bhutta, Adrian Holloway, Jan Hau Lee, Eliana López Barón, and Christian Umuhoza
Evaluating the perceived outcome and impact of an integrated knowledge translation approach in the development of an equity reporting guideline: A cross-sectional survey, Jessica Brown, Omar Dewidar, Catherine Chamberlain, Luis Gabriel Cuervo, Holly North Ellingwood, Sonya Faber, Cindy Feng, Damian k. Francis, Sarah Funnell, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Disproportionate climate burden of rising temperatures on low birth weight in Pakistan, Syeda H Fatima Fatima, Corey JA Bradshaw, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Jai K. Das, Peng Bi, Salima Meherali, and Zohra S. Lassi
Experiences and beliefs related to exclusive breastfeeding and early supplementation in low income urban slums of Karachi, Pakistan- A qualitative study, Sajid Iqbal, Kheezran Ahmed, Benazir Baloch, Yasir Shafiq, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Sana Qaisar, Maryam Mansoor, Ameer Muhammad, Yasmin Parpio, and Fyezah Jehan
Unusual presentation of fungal infective endocarditis as the first manifestation of HIV in a child with a structurally normal heart, Amber Kamran, Yusra Tariq, Waris Ahmad, Saleem Akhtar, and Rumana Sangi
Utility of renal angina index as compared to KDIGO in critically ill children at a tertiary care hospital in a low middle-income country, Muhammad Nasheet Sagri, Bushra Rehman, Abida Akbar, Yusra Jamshed, and Sumaiyah Zahid
Distribution of capsule and O types in Klebsiella pneumoniae causing neonatal sepsis in Africa and South Asia: A meta-analysis of genome-predicted serotype prevalence to inform potential vaccine coverage, Thomas D. Stanton, Samiah Kanwar, Naveed Iqbal, Aneeta Hotwani, Aniqa Abdul Rasool, Fyezah Jehan, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Waqasuddin Khan, Sameen Ahmad Amin, Furqan Kabir, Najia Bano Ghanchi, Erum Khan, and Joveria Farooqi
Case-control and genomic epidemiology characterization of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections during the delta-to-Omicron transition, Erin Yuan, Chelsea L. Hansen, Sana Tamim, Samiah Kanwar, David J. Spiro, Refugio Gonzalez Losa, Pilar Granja Pérez, Gisela Barrea Badillo, Samantha Fennessey, and Michael C. Zody
Submissions from 2025
Community acceptance of services and effectiveness of health camps in high-risk areas of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, 2021, Fayaz Hussain Abbasi, Jaishri Mehraj, Azeem Khowaja, Irshad Ali Sodhar, Shoukat Ali Chandio, Shumaila Rasool, Asif Ali Zardari, Imtiaz Hussain, Altaf Bosan, Erin M. Stuckey, and Ahmed Ali Shaikh
Preoperative nutrition status in children with congenital heart disease and its impact on postoperative outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Qalab Abbas, Haider Ali, Akash Kumar Ahuja, Omaima Anis Bhatti, Shamila Ladak, Iraj Khan, Abdul Rehman, Ibrahim Shah, Aneela Ilyas, and Laila Ladak
Framework for the comprehensive screening for endocrine disorders in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia in low-resource settings, Saadia Abbas, Muhammad Osama Khan, Aahan Arif, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, Aisha Shaikh, Khadija N Humayun, Aysha Habib, and Bushra Moiz
A qualitative study of how maternal morbidities impact women's quality of life during pregnancy and postpartum in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, Martha Abdulai, Priyanka Adhikary, Sasha G. Baumann, Muslima Ejaz, Jenifer Oviya Priya, M Bridget Spelke, Victor Akelo, Kwaku Poku Asante, Bitanya M. Berhane, Shruti Bisht, Ellen Boamah -Kaali, Gabriela Diaz- Guzman, Anne George Cherian, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Margaret P. Kasaro, Amna Khan, Janae Kuttamperoor, Dorothy Lall, Gifta Priya Manohari, Sarmila Mazumder, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Kennedy Ochola, and Charlotte Tawiah
Awareness, usage, and perspectives on ChatGPT in dental education among graduate and undergraduate students, Raahim Salman Abdul Ghaffar, Raiqa Malik, Muqaddas Amjad, Ruba Nadeem, Muhammad Saad Admani, Anas Sanaullah, Sara Altamash, Naseer Ahmed, Artak Heboyan, and Rizwan Jouhar
Salbutamol in the management of congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS) and associated IgA and IgG deficiency, Abia Abdullah, Sana Ashraf, and Prem Chand
Preliminary psychometric properties of the autism classification system of functioning: Social communication (ACSF: SC) in urdu-speaking children, Gul Afshan, Sonila Ali, Nadia Mazhar, Sadia Parkar, Misbah Jindani, and Sidra Kaleem Jafri
Determining the cause of death through mortality surveillance using verbal autopsy in Karachi, Pakistan, Raheel Allana, Inci Yildirim, Shabina Ariff, Sameer M. Belgaum, Nazia Ahsan, Sabeen Umair, Sehrish Amir Ali, Tehreem Maqsood, Mohammad Iqbal, and Abdul Momin Kazi
Household food insecurity, growth and development of preschool children: Evidence from rural Pakistan, Alya Alsager, Emily Franchett, Saima Siyal, Shelina Bhamani, Aisha K. Yousafzai, and Christopher R. Sudfeld
Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in the paediatric intensive care unit: Frequency and outcomes, Anosha Muhammad Aslam, Wasif Ilyas Vohra, Ariba Siddiqui, Ezza Riaz, Qalab Abbas, and Sajid Bashir Soofi
Comparing global initiative for asthma guideline approaches to asthma control in adolescents aged 12 and above, Danish Abdul Aziz and werdah viquar
Expression of multidrug efflux pump gene acrAB in Escherichia coli: A systematic review and meta analysis, Saleh Salem Bahaj, Mohammed Saleh Al-Dhubaibi, Aref Noman, Sarosh Sher Ali, Haaris Mehmood, Waleed Yahya Alkassar, Ahmed Mohammed Al-Dhubaibi, Ghada Farouk Mohammed, and Ahmed Ibrahim Abd Elneam
The impact of donating human milk on the health of the donor and their infant: Evidence from two systematic reviews, Kendall E. Baier, Alaina Berg, Abigail Smith, James Evans, Jaimie Rogner, Mohammed H. Murad, Tarah Colaizy, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Aamer Imdad
Maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation in rural Pakistan increased some milk micronutrient concentrations, but not infant growth, at three-months postpartum: A randomized controlled trial substudy, Jo-Anna B. Baxter, Yaqub Wasan, Allison I. Daniel, Kehkashan Begum, Amjad Hussain, Junaid Iqbal, Susanne Aufreiter, Megan R. Beggs, Lauren Duan, Adrianna Greco, Carolina Huang, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Robert HJ Bandsma, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Deborah L. O’Connor
Genetic insights and diagnostic challenges in inherited bone marrow failure syndromes: A comprehensive study from a low middle-income country, Syed Ibrahim Bukhari, Fizza Akbar, Salman Kirmani, Zehra Fadoo, Asim Belgaumi, and Sadaf Altaf
Impact of household food insecurity and nutrition on depression and anxiety symptoms among adolescents living in rural Pakistan, Susan Campisi, Florence Perquier, Suneeta Monga, Peter Szatmari, Yaqub Wasan, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Causes and risk factors for deaths in young infants in south Asia: The Anisa prospective population-based observational cohort study, Gary L. Darmstadt, Safa Abdalla, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Shams El Arifeen, Melissa L. Arvay, Abdullah H. Baqui, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Anuradha Bose, Muhammad Imran Nisar, and Sajid Bashir Soofi
Association of clinical signs of possible serious bacterial infections identified by community health workers with mortality of young infants in South Asia: A prospective, observational cohort study, Gary L. Darmstadt, Saifuddin Ahmed, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Safa Abdalla, Shams El Arifeen, Melissa L. Arvay, Abdullah H. Baqui, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Anuradha Bose, Nicholas E. Connor, Belal Hossain, Rita Isaac, Arif Mahmud, Dipak K. Mitra, Luke C. Mullany, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Kalpana Panigrahi, Pinaki Panigrahi, Qazi Sadeq-ur Rahman, Senjuti Saha, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Nardos Solomon, Mathuram Santosham, Stephanie J. Schrag, Shamim A. Qazi, and Samir K. Saha
Evaluation of community-based heat adaptation interventions: A systematic review, Jai K. Das, Bhavita Kumari, Abdur Rahman, Maha Azhar, Sara Khan, Ujala Masood, Deepna Karan, Rahima Yasin, Christopher Burman, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
An innovative community mobilisation and community incentivisation for child health in rural Pakistan (CoMIC): A cluster-randomised, controlled trial, Jai K. Das, Rehana A Salam A. Salam, Zahra Ali Padhani, Arjumand Rizvi, Mushtaq Mirani, Muhammad Khan Jamali, Sana Khatoon, Anjum Naqvi, Fariha Shaheen, Rafey Ali, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Maternal perinatal mental health and associated factors during the first postpartum year from a longitudinal birth cohort study in Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan, Rohini R. Datta, Daniel S. Farra, Shabina Ariff, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Imran A. Chauhadry, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Shahirose S. Premji, and Falak Madhani
Who protects the children and women of Sudan?, Georgia B. Dominguez, Naeha Sharma, Lamia Mahmoud, Maysoon Dahab, Nafisa Bedri, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Mitochondrial donation: Beyond the first healthy births, Sabahat Hafeez, Akshay Lohana, and Siddhant Kumar Yadav
Clinical and risk analytics associations with extubation failure in children following congenital cardiac surgery: A multicenter retrospective cohort study, 2017-2020, Daniel L. Hames, Qalab Abbas, Ahmed Asfari, Santiago Borasino, J Wesley Diddle, Yuanyuan Fu, Avihu Z. Gazit, Stuart Lipsitz, Amanda M. Marshall, and Katherine Reise
Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) as a predictor of multiple organ dysfunction in pediatric critical care: A retrospective study, Syed M Dayyan Hassan, Abdul Hadi Shahid, Zuhaib Ali, Muneeb Ahmed, Hasheem Mohammad, Syeda Farwa Fatima, Shalni Golani, Fatima Jamshaid, Najeeb Rehman, and Naveed ur Rehman Siddiqu
The impact of the central Asia stunting initiative on stunting among children under five years old in Gilgit Baltistan and Chitral, Pakistan, Imtiaz Hussain, Atif Habib, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Shabina Ariff, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Mushtaq Hassan, Asma A. Sattar, Sanober Nadeem, Aminah Jahangir, and Muhammad Umer
Progress and gaps in poliovirus immunity: Evidence from a serological survey of children aged 6-23 months in high-risk districts of Pakistan, Imtiaz Hussain, Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Umer, Muhammad Sajid, Haider Abbas, Muhammad Masroor Alam, Muhammad Anwar Ul Haq, Altaf Bosan, Rehan Hafiz, and Sajid Bashir Soofi
Making a difference: Bridging the gap in quality healthcare access for school children from urban slums in Karachi, Pakistan, Romesa Ibrahim, Adina Sajjad, Kishwar Enam, and Fyezah Jehan
Systematic review and meta-analysis of insulin dose and route of administration regimens for diabetic ketoacidosis in children and adolescents, Hiba Idrees, Fozia Memon, Ridwa Alam, Muhammad Talal, Aqsa Ishaq, Fatima Amjad, Eddy Lang, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Shabina Ariff
Chronic inflammation in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 modulates gut microbiome: A review of literature on COVID-19 sequelae and gut dysbiosis, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Hana Khan, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Nosheen Nasir, Iffat Khanum, Aqsa Khalid, Isadora de de Siqueira, and Wes Van Voorhis
Fatty acid optimization of locally produced ready-to-use therapeutic foods for the treatment of acute malnutrition in children using linear programming: An application to India and Pakistan, Samir Ismail, Amith Umesh, Mohid Khan, Meghana Dantuluri, Akhila Annadanam, Keith P West J, Varun Mahadevan, Melody Multra, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Gul Nawaz Khan
Host-microbiome determinants of ready-to-use supplemental food efficacy in acute childhood malnutrition, Zehra Jamil, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Sheraz Ahmed, Furqan Kabir, Fayyaz Umrani, Kamran Sadiq, Kumail Ahmed, Fatima Aziz, Syed Asad Ali, and Junaid Iqbal
Association between prophylactic anti-seizure medication and early post-traumatic seizures: An international observational multicenter study, Jian Ji, Juan D. Roa G, Shu-Ling Chong, Quan Wang, Chin Seng Gan, Jane P. W. Ng, Thelma Elvira Teran Miranda, Freddy Israel Pantoja Chamorro, Lawrence Chi Ngong Chan, Qalab Abbas, Jacqueline S. M. Ong, Ivan J. Ardila, Yasser M. Kazzaz, Jesús A. Domínguez-Rojas, Hiroshi Kurosawa, Susana Beatriz Reyes Domínguez, Natalia Elizabeth Gómez Arriola, and Natalia Zita Watzlawik
Antiviral efficacy of fluoxetine in early symptomatic COVID-19: An open-label, randomised, controlled, adaptive platform trial (PLATCOV), Podjanee Jittamala, Simon Boyd, William H.K. Schilling, James A. Watson, Thundon Ngamprasertchai, Tanaya Siripoon, Viravarn Luvira, Elizabeth M. Batty, Phrutsamon Wongnak, Lisia M. Esper, Pedro J. Almeida, Cintia Cruz, Fernando R. Ascencao, Renato S. Aguiar, Najia K. Ghanchi, James J. Callery, Shivani Singh, Farah Qamar, Varaporn Kruabkontho, Thatsanun Ngernseng, Abdul Momin Kazi, M Asim Beg, Jaruwan Tubprasert, and Nicholas J. White
Evaluating the burden of respiratory tract infections among mortality cases in Karachi, Pakistan: A post-pandemic surveillance analysis, Furqan Kabir, Raheel Allana, Inci Yildirim, Aneeta Hotwani, Fatima Aziz, Saima Jamal, Nazia Ahsan, Zahra Hasan, Shabina Ariff, and Abdul Momin Kazi
Prevalence, trends, and determinants of double burden of malnutrition among the mother-child dyads of Pakistan, Asif Khaliq, Muhammad Salman Godil, Shafaq Taseen, Izzan Ahmed Usmani, and Tasin Safwath Chowdhury
Cognitive impairment in essential tremor patients, Saad Khan, Maryam Adnan, Junaid Imran, Fatima Sohail, and Hiba Thasleem
Identification of differentially expressed non-coding RNAs in the plasma of women with preterm birth, Waqasuddin Khan, Samiah Kanwar, Mohammad Mohsin Mannan, Furqan Kabir, Naveed Iqbal, Mehdia Nadeem Rajab Ali, Syeda Rehana Zia, Sharmeen Mian, Fatima Aziz, Sahrish Muneer, Adil Kalam, Akram Hussain, Iqra Javed, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Javairia Khalid, Muhammad Imran Nisar, and Fyezah Jehan
What makes an effective chief of pediatric cardiology: Insights from chiefs of programs globally, Michael E. Kim, Lars Idorn, Sandra S. Mattos, Worakan Promphan, Anne Dubin, Michael Cheung, Francesca Raimondi, John Lawrenson, Damien Kenny, and Babar Hasan
Personalized azithromycin treatment rules for children with watery diarrhea using machine learning, Sara S. Kim, Allison Codi, James A. Platts-Mills, Patricia B. Pavlinac, Karim Manji, Christopher R. Sudfeld, Christopher P. Duggan, Queen Dube, Naor Bar-Zeev, Karen Kotloff, Samba O. Sow, Sunil Sazawal, Benson O. Singa, Judd Walson, Farah Qamar, Tahmeed Ahmed, Ayesha De Costa, David Benkeser, and Elizabeth T. Rogawski McQuade
Modeling the initial impact and predicted future benefits of TCV from two Pakistani provinces, Alicia NM Kraay, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Sonia Qureshi, and Farah Qamar
Women in science: Bridging gaps in basic sciences, Bhavita Kumari, Narjis Fatima Hussain, Stephen H. Kennedy, Aris T. Papageorghiou, Jai K. Das, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Serocalculator, an R package for estimating seroincidence from cross-sectional serological data, Kristina W. Lai, Chris Orwa, Jessica C. Seidman, Denise O. Garrett, Samir K. Saha, Dipesh Tamrakar, Farah Naz Qamar, Richelle C. Charles, Jason R. Andrews, and Kristen Aiemjoy
Integrating phylodynamics and historical records reveals decades-old introductions of PRRSV into Costa Rica via international swine trade, Bernal León, Samiah Kanwar, Olga Aguilar, Idania Chacón, Gisela Cháves Cháves, David j. Spiro, and Nidia S. Trovao
Assessing candidacy for fetal intervention in congenital lower urinary tract obstruction: A comprehensive review, Hajra Malik, Brian A. Burnett, Hiba J. Mustafa, and Ahmed A. Nassr
Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn: A review of pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management, Hajram Malik, E J T Joanne Verweij Joanne Verweij, and Hiba j. Mustafa
Mapping neonatal vulnerability using the small vulnerable newborn (SVN) framework-secondary analysis of PRISMA Pakistan study, Hajra Malik, Nida Yazdani, Sameeta Kumari, Sheikh Asad Jamal, Muhammad Kashif, Azqa Mazhar, and Zahra Hoodbhoy
From paper to pixels: EMR as the solution to prescription errors in Pakistan, Areeba Memon, Minahil Memon, and Dua Mahfooz Memon
Factors influencing glycaemic control in adolescents with type I diabetes: Cross-sectional analysis of individual and parental factors, Fozia Memon, Muzna Arif, Maryam Haider, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Muhammad Imran Nisar, and Khadija Humayun
TANGO-2: A rare genetic condition with severe clinical presentation of encephalopathy, rhabdomyolysis, and cardiac rhythm disorders in 2 children, Khairunnisa Mukhtiar, Shahnaz Ibrahim, and Qurat ul-Ain Khalid
Outcomes of continuous and non-invasive positive pressure ventilation in neonates, Rabia Munir, Nimra Chohan, Aiman Ali Brohi, Hafiz Muhammad Aamir Yousuf, and Muhammad Sohail Salat
Wastewater surveillance for early pathogen detection in Asia, Junxiong Pang, Judith Chui Ching Wong, Suci Melati Wulandari, Martin Tay, Erik Albert Karlsson, Vicka Oktaria, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Munirul Alam, Indah Kartika Murni, and Afreenish Amir
Cranial ultrasound as a diagnostic tool for infant meningitis in a low-or middle income setting: "Sensitivity and specificity", Sadia Parkar, Kiran Hilal, Zaubina Kazi, Kumail Khandwala, Mahjabeen Zehra, Nadia Mazhar, Sanam Umair, and Ali Faisal Saleem
Effect of one prophylactic dose of azithromycin on bifidobacterium infantis colonization in infants from the mumta trial, Aneela Pasha, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Yasir Shafiq, Waqasuddin Khan, Iqbal Azam Syed, Furqan Kabir, Ameer Muhammad, Muhammad Imran Nisar, and Fyezah Jehan
Food acquisition, preparation, and consumption practices in South Asia: A scoping review of assessment tools, Sharvari Patwardhan, Rasmi Avula, Morgan Boncyk, Christine E. Blake, Purnima Menon, Fahmida Akter, Jai K. Das, Renuka Silva, and Samuel Scott
Infections do not play fair: the Charlson-Age Comorbidity Index reveals sex-specific risk in laparotomy patients in an LMIC, Komal Abdul Rahim, Bilal Ahmed Usmani, Iqbal Azam Syed, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Mushyada Ali, Anum Rahim, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Zainab Samad, and Adil H. Haider
Paediatric Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis: Patterns and outcomes in a retrospective Pakistani cohort, Arshalooz Rahman, Saadia Tabassum, Farwa Ayub, Amala Khan, Amber Tahir, Ambreen Sonawalla, and Saima Mehmood
A systems-change approach to addressing the mortality surveillance gap in Pakistan, Mohummad Hassan Raza Raja, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Sana Sheikh, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Sameen Siddiqi, Zafar Mirza, Faiza Bashir, Mirza Tayyab Mehmood, and Zainab Samad
Response to Haliloğlu et al, Lettie E. Rawlins, Stuart J. Cannon, Bilal Ahmad Mian, Farhan Bahadar Ali, Shahnaz Ibrahim, Mathias Toft, Ambrin Fatima, Zafar Iqbal, Emma L. Baple, and Andrew H. Crosby
Unveiling pediatric neurosarcoidosis mimicking central nervous system tuberculosis: Diagnostic challenges, Mohammad Raza, Shahnaz Ibrahim, and Isbaah Tejani
Association of iron deficiency anemia with dental caries in the permanent first molars of children aged 7-12 years in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan: Protocol for an analytical cross-sectional study, Syeda Sadaf, Iqbal Azam Syed, Farhan Raza Khan, Ali Faisal Saleem, and Shiyam Sunder Tikmani
Post-vaccination campaign evaluation of systemic and mucosal immunity of trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine in Karachi, Pakistan (2020-2021): A cross-sectional study, Ali Faisal Saleem, Visalakshi Jeyaseelan, Zaubina Kazi, Mahjabeen Zehra, Muhammad Masroor Alam, Grace Macklin, Rocio Lopez Cavestany, Sajid Muhammad, Najeeb Rehman, and Ondrej Mach
A recurrent GNE variant causing GNE myopathy in unrelated patients from Pakistan: A case series, Shafaq Saleem, Fizza Akbar, Salman Kirmani, Ehtesham Khalid, and Sara Khan
Prevalence of large-for-gestational age and macrosomia among livebirths in 23 low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2021: An individual participant data analysis, Fati Kirakoya Samadoulougou, Joyeuse Ukwishaka, Calypse Ngwasiri, Seema Subedi, Elizabeth A. Hazel, Daniel J. Erchick, Lee Shu Fune Wu, Carlos Grandi, Carl Lachat, Fyezah Jehan, and Muhammad Ilyas
Defining severe shigellosis in the enterics for global health study: A comparison of leading diarrhea severity definitions among children with Shigella diarrhea, Olivia Lang Schultes, Aneeta Hotwani, Patricia B. Pavlinac, M Jahangir Hossain, Dilruba Nasrin, Richard Omore, Farhana Khanam, Flywell Kawonga, Paul F Garcia Bardales, Hannah E. Atlas, Alex O. Awuor, Henry Badji, Bakary Conteh, Jennifer Cornick, Erika Feutz, Junaid Iqbal, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, and Farah Qamar
Predicting total body water in infants aged 0.5-24 months and the implications for measuring breast milk intake: A secondary analysis of isotope dilution data, Marieke Aj de Sévaux, Pernille Kæstel, Hinke Haisma, Teresa Hm da Costa, Tinku Thomas, Regien Biesma, Rebecca Kuriyan, Grace Munthali, Aly Diana, and Shabina Ariff
The path to equitable respiratory syncytial virus prevention for infants: Challenges and opportunities for global implementation, Farina L. Shaaban, Rosalie W. Groenendijk, Ranju Baral, Mauricio T. Caballero, James E. Crowe Jr, Janet A. Englund, Ignacio Esteban, Siddhivinayak Hirve, Mark Jit, and Muhammad Imran Nisar
Towards rabies elimination in Pakistan: Barriers, facilitators, and the role of one health, Anum Shaikh, Shifa Salman Habib, Ali Faisal Saleem, and Naseem Salahuddin
Protocol for the redefining maternal anemia in pregnancy and postpartum (ReMAPP) study: A multisite, international, population-based cohort study to establish global hemoglobin thresholds for maternal anemia, Emily R. Smith, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Aneeta Hotwani, Fyezah Jehan, Amna Khan, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Nida Yazdani, Santosh Joseph Benjamin, Anne George Cherian, and Venkata Raghava Mohan
Revolutionizing surgical preparedness: Personalized preoperative planning with digital twins of an organ, Abdullah Sohail, Mariyah Zainab Irfan, and Areeba Shaikh
Perspectives of faculty, students and patients on clinical skills teaching in undergraduate medical education in Pakistan: A qualitative study, Fadieleh A. Sohail, Marium Iqbal, Marib Ghulam Rasool Malik, and sana saeed
Is rotavirus aetiology in young children with acute diarrhoea associated with sociodemographic and clinical factors, including rotavirus vaccination status? A secondary cross-sectional analysis of the abcd trial, Sarah Somji, Christopher R. Sudfeld, Christopher Duggan, Karim Manji, Tahmeed Ahmed, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Usha Dhingra, Sunil Sazawal, Benson Singa, Judd L. Walson, Patricia B. Pavlinac, Naor Bar-Zeev, Eric Houpt, Queen Dube, Karen L. Kotloff, Samba O. Sow, and Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai
Health related quality of life assessment in children with epilepsy aged 3-11 at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Yusra Tariq, Prem Chand, Farah Qamar, Humaira Ali, Ghazal Peerwani, and Hassan Mirza
Seroresponse to repeated infections with salmonella enterica typhi and paratyphi A, Peter F M Teunis, Jessica C. Seidman, Dipesh Tamrakar, Farah Naz Qamar, Samir K. Saha, Denise O. Garrett, Jason R. Andrews, Richelle C. Charles, and Kristen Aiemjoy
Maternal iron status and total immunoglobulin-G influence transplacental antibody transfer across eight diverse geographical settings, Karen S. Tiley, Andrew E. Armitage, Beth Holder, Ed Clark, Stephen Cose, Duc Anh Dang, Ha ThiThu Hoang, Beate Kampmann, Fiona van der Klis, and Abdul Momin Kazi
The waning of maternal measles antibodies: A multi-country maternal-infant seroprevalence study, Karen S. Tiley, Hinke Ten Hulscher-van Overbeek, Sudha Basnet, Rob van Binnendijk, Ed Clarke, Stephen Cose, Duc Anh Dang, Ha Thi Thu Hoang, Beth Holder, and Abdul Momin Kazi
Clinical and genetic landscape of IGHMBP2 -related disorders: From novel variants to phenotypic insights, Tinatin Tkemaladze, Kakha Bregvadze, Luka Abashishvili, Gocha Chikvinidze, Angelica Maria Delgado Vega, Fizza Akbar, Sara Khan, and Salman Kirmani
Antispike IgG antibody decay after immunisation with fractional versus full booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines: A 6-month longitudinal analysis of the FRACT-COV trial in Brazil, Juliana Barros Verruck, Marco Antonio Moreira Puga, Roberto Dias de Oliveira, Patricia Vieira da Silva, Vivek Charu, Haley Hedlin, Di Lu, Amy Zhang, Victor Ritter, Blake Shaw, Joelle I. Rosser, Jessica Couvillion Seidman, Alice Scott Carter, Farah Qamar, Stephen Luby, Denise Garret, and Julio Croda
Micronutrients associated with anemia in school-age children and adolescents 2005-2018: Biomarkers reflecting inflammation and nutritional determinants of anemia (BRINDA) project, Rochelle Werner, Hanqi Luo, Lei Liu, Yuqing Wang, Jiaxi Geng, Yi-An Ko, Parminder S. Suchdev, Yaw Addo, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Victor Temple
Aflatoxin exposure and mortality in acutely ill children: Results from the CHAIN network cohort, Lei Xia, Hang Wu, Ali Faisal Saleem, Ezekiel Mupere, Christina Lancioni, Hama Diallo, Isabel Potani, Syed Asad Ali, Wieger Voskuijl, and Mohammod Jobayer Chisti
Formulation of quality improvement methodology for risk mitigation in congenital cardiac catheterization, Mary J. Yeh, Fatima Ali, Nadeem Aslam, Sarosh P. Batlivala, Darren Berman, Martin L. Bocks, Kristin Chenault, Thomas Doyle, Todd Gudausky, and Ralf Holzer
Formulation of quality improvement methodology for risk mitigation in congenital cardiac catheterization, Mary J. Yeh, Fatima Ali, Nadeem Aslam, Darren Berman, Martin L. Bocks, Kristin Chenaul, Thomas Doyle, Todd Gudausky, Michael Hainstock, and Ralf Holzer
Association between procedure duration and adverse events in congenital cardiac catheterization, Mary j. Yeh, Lisa Bergersen, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Saleem Akhtar, Sarosh P. Batlivala, Martin L. Bocks, Ralf Holzer, Shabana Shahanavaz, Sara M. Trucco, and Thomas Zellers
Current landscape and future directions of policies addressing air quality improvement in Pakistan: A scoping review, Maham Zahid, Ramsha Tariq Baig, Hareem Fatima, Hana Mahmood, Paras Shakeel, Amina Khan, Genevie Fernandes, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Osman Mohammad Yusuf, Shabina Ariff, and Linda Bauld
Recommendations for addressing suicidal ideation precipitated by levetiracetam in the treatment of Seizure Disorder: A Case Report and Review of the Literature, Ishrath Zamani, Misha Khalid Khan, Ann Manzardo, and Naveen Khanzada
Submissions from 2024
UNITY: A low-field magnetic resonance neuroimaging initiative to characterize neurodevelopment in low and middle-income settings, F Abate, A Adu-Amankwah, K A Ae-Ngibise, F Agbokey, V A Agyemang, C T Agyemang, C Akgun, J Ametepe, Zahra Hoodbhoy, and Sidra Kaleem Jafri
Facilitators and barriers in acceptance of telemedicine among healthcare providers in Pakistan: A cross-sectional survey, Muhammad Wasi Abbas, Hasan Nawaz Tahir, Nazish Jaffar, Ghana Raza, Syed Aman Ali, and Rawshan Jabeen
Clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C): a systematic review, Qalab Abbas, Haider Ali, Fatima Amjad, Muhammad Zaid Hamid Hussain, Abdu R. Rahman, Maryam Hameed Khan, Fatima Abbas, Danyal Imam, Zuviya Alikhan, Sameer M. Belgaumi, Faiza Sattar, Arsalan Siddiqui, and Jai K. Das
Short- and medium-term longitudinal outcomes of children diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children - Report from a single centre in Pakistan, Qalab Abbas, Fatima Farrukh Shahbaz, Fatima Amjad, Farah Khalid, Nadeem Aslam, and Shazia Mohsin
Publications in paediatric critical care medicine: Trends from Pakistan, Qalab Abbas, Naveed ur Rehman Siddiqu, Zahra Cheema Cheema, Muhammad Shahzad, Abdul Rahim Ahmed, and Anwar Ul Haque
Toxic elements identified in breast milk of mothers residing in water contaminated region of Sindh and their impact on infants’ growth patterns: A case-control study, Nurmeen Adil, Syed Sibt-E- Hassan, Amna Jabbar Siddiqui, Zehra Jamil, Junaid Iqbal, Syed Asad Ali, and Syed Ghulam Musharraf