Congenital lumbar hernia is a rare anomaly characterized by protrusion of abdominal viscera through a defect in lateral abdominal wall. It is found in association with rib and vertebral anomalies. We ... Read More
Soil transmitted helminth infections are among the most common pediatric infections in the developing countries including Pakistan. These worm infestations are usually associated with general growth a ... Read More
It is extremely rare to see splenic infarction as a complication of extensively drug resistant (XDR) enteric fever. We present a case of 8- years-old boy who presented with high grade fever and pain i ... Read More
Objective: Aim of this study earmark the role of hand arm bimanual intensive therapy (HABIT) in enhancing manual activities of upper extremity in adolescents with athetoid CP. Study Design: A quasi-ex ... Read More
Objective: To assess diarrhea knowledge and prevention practices along with its associated factors like hand washing, water treatment, and breastfeeding among mothers of children less than five years ... Read More
Objective: To determine the perceptions of medical students towards online learning during COVID 19 Study Design: Cross sectional online survey Place and Duration of Study: The Department of Pediatric ... Read More
Objective: The current study intends to look at how COVID-19 pandemic affected parenting practices during COVID-19 in Pakistan and if the children were exposed to more abuse and neglect at home. Study ... Read More
Objectives: This study intended to look at how people were receiving information on COVID-19, how children spent time during the COVID19 pandemic and if the screen time for children had increased duri ... Read More
Objective: To assess correlation between knowledge assessment and ability to perform Heimlich maneuver in infants. Study Design: Cross-sectional study design. Place and Duration of Study: Study was ... Read More
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of undiagnosed Otitis Media with Effusion (OME) in children aged 6 months to 59 months admitted in pediatric medical wards. Study Design: Observational cross-sect ... Read More
Objective: The study was done to assess the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) about Airborne Communicable Diseases among parents of pediatric patients in teaching hospital. Study Design: This s ... Read More
Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the pattern of accidental poisoning in children at Ziauddin Emergency. Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Place and Duration of Study: This s ... Read More
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of celiac disease (CD) among children who presented to a private tertiary care hospital with recurrent abdominal pain. Study Design: Retrospective ... Read More
Objective: To compare the efficacy of levetiracetam (LEV) versus sodium valproate (VPA) in pediatric patients with status epilepticus (SE) Study Design: Randomized controlled trial Place and Duration ... Read More
Objective: To explore the existing practices and protocols for cord care among healthcare providers at various levels (e.g. community/home based deliveries as well as primary and secondary health faci ... Read More
Objective: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of anti-tissue transglutaminase IgA (Anti-tTG IgA) in the diagnosis of celiac disease, taking small bowel biopsy as a gold standard. Study Design: Cross ... Read More
Introduction: Neonatal Sepsis is one of the common causes of neonatal mortality and morbidity in developing countries. It is estimated that 20% of all neonates develop sepsis, and it is responsible ... Read More
Nephrotic Syndrome is primarily a Pediatric disorder, characterized by edema, heavy proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesteremia and normal renal functions. In patients of nephrotic syndrome, urin ... Read More
Objective: To determine the frequency of different haematological manifestations in childhood celiac disease. Study Design: Cross sectional descriptive study. Place & Duration of Study: Department of ... Read More
Objectives: Evaluation of clinical spectrum of bronchoscopy proven bilateral broncheal foreign bodies: diagnostic and therapeutic efficacy of bronchoscopy. Methods: A retrospective descriptive clinica ... Read More
Enteric infection by Giardia lambia is a common cause of diarrhoea not only in Pakistan but throughout the world. It is considered as a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in pediatric age gr ... Read More
Aim and Objective: To determine the frequency of derangement of Liver Function Tests in critically sick patients admitted in high dependency unit. Patients and Methods: This is a prospective descripti ... Read More
Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the causes, incidence, sex distribution, nature of injury and outcome of infants with burn. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted at the plas ... Read More
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of disorders causing thrombocytosis in children. Place and Duration of Study: This Cross sectional study was carried out at Depart ... Read More
Irrational use of antibiotics is a major public health problem worldwide and this practice is more common in treating pediatric illnesses. Certain factors are contributing to this growing problem wh ... Read More
Apert syndrome is a congenital malformation syndrome in which there is craniosynostosis,midfacial anomalies and symmetrical syndactyly. Herein,we relate to a 10 month old baby having Apert syndrome ... Read More
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare inherited autosomal dominant disorder characterized by congenital malformation of the big toes and progressive heterotopic ossification of the con ... Read More
There are no consensus guidelines for management of inadvertent overdose of BCG vaccine. Occasional case reports have mentioned use of anti tuberculosis drugs for variable duration with or without sys ... Read More
Objectives: To determine the nutritional, socio-demographic & other epidemiologic factors contributing to low birth weight and preterm births. Methods: This cross sectional study was carried out at Kh ... Read More
Objective: To estimate the pattern of different electrolyte imbalances i.e. sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium among children between 3 months to 5 years with acute diarrhea. Study Design: Descr ... Read More
Objective: To find out the clinical presentation, type of duodenal obstruction, management and outcome of neonates presenting with duodenal obstruction. Study Design: Case series. Place and Duration o ... Read More
Haematuria is a commonly encountered manifestation in pedriatric clinical practice and is defined as more than 5 red blood cells per high power field in the sediment from 10 ml of centrifuged freshly ... Read More
Objectives: To analyze the socio-demographics and clinical presentation of Saudi children with sickle cell disease (SCD). Study site: This study was conducted at Assir Central Hospital Abha, Kingdom o ... Read More
We were interested in identifying vitamin B12 and Folate deficiency as a cause of pancytopenia in children, as megaloblastic anemia or aplastic anemia due to vitamin B12 and Folate deficiency is a tre ... Read More
Back Ground: Thalassemia is an inherited haemoglobinopathy. Traditional treatment with blood transfusion is usually recommended but repeated transfusions expose them to the risk of transfusion transmi ... Read More
Apert syndrome is a very rare congenital disorder. Its inheritance may be autosomal dominant or sporadic. There is mutation in fibroblast growth factor receptor (2 geneFGFR2) which maps to chromosome ... Read More
Hyperekplexia is a rare neurological disorder defined as an exaggerated startle response to noise or touch, stiffening of body and it often diagnosed mistakenly epilepsy in neonatal period. However, t ... Read More
Objectives: • To know the burden of ventilator associated pneumonia among ventilated patients. • To know the organisms responsible for ventilator associated pneumonia. • To know the outcome of ventila ... Read More
Background: The prevalence of obesity continues to rise all around the world. Obesity is associated with important complications such as coronary heart disease, hyperlipidemia, diabetes and others. On ... Read More
Objective: To ascertain the prevalence of thrombocytopenia and study changes in MPV(mean platelet volume) and PDW(platelet distribution width) in cases of vivax malaria. Design: Descriptive analytic s ... Read More
Objective: The purpose of study was to know the spectrum of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and its proportion in relation with total cases of tuberculosis admitted in the pediatric unit in a high endemic ... Read More
Objective: To look into the causes of stroke in children in tertiary care pediatric neurology centre hospital. Design: Descriptive study with a prospective data. Place & duration of study: Department ... Read More
Objective: The objective of this study was to establish the association between febrile seizures and iron deficiency anemia in children of 6 to 36 months. Study design: Case control study. Place of St ... Read More
Objective: To determine the safety of Outpatient Blind Percutaneous Liver Biopsy (OBPLB) in children and to document the spectrum of pediatric liver disease. Material and Methods: This retrospective s ... Read More
Background/objective: To study the complications of measles in hospitalized patients. Measles is common below 5 years of age. It is transmitted by droplet spray through respiratory tract, mostly durin ... Read More
