• Tayaba Yasmeen

• NIGHAT SULTANA,

• MUHAMMAD SARWAR,

• Muhammad Haroon Hamid

Methemoglobinemia is a pathological condition in which methemoglobin produced in the body exceeds its physiological limit of ... Read More

• Muhammad Saeed

• AHMED AL BISHRI,

• SAEED AL-FADHL,

• Ali Al Quraishi

Posterior reversible encephalopathy is a clinicoradiological condition with specific features on neuro imaging. It is associated with several medical conditions and characterized by seizures, altered ... Read More

• Fouzia Ishaq

• ASMA ANWAR

• , NADIA SHAHID,

• Rashid Mahmood,

• Hasnain Abid

Objective: Objective of this study was to assess the impact of early versus delayed cord clamping on mean hemoglobin level in term neonates. Study Design: randomized controlled trial. Place and Durati ... Read More

• Kamran Ishfaq

• SALMAN BIN NAEEM,

• JOHAR ALI,

• TANVEER AHMAD

• SAFIA ZAINAB

Objectives: To assess the parental knowledge about thalassemia. Study design: A descriptive study. Place & duration: The study was carried ouconducted at the Thalassemia Centre of The Children’s Hospi ... Read More

• Iqra Khan

• SAMREEN SADIQ

Objective: Determine the effects of Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy (HABIT) in children presenting with spastic type of Cerebral Palsy. Methods: A Quasi-experimental study was conducted in Childre ... Read More

• Anjum Saeed

• ASAAD ASSIRI,

• ZAFAR ZAIDI,

• Hamad Aljaedi,

• Anhar Ullah

Introduction: Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) is a gram negative, spiral gastro duodenal pathogen that infects 50% of the world population. Although infection is acquired during childhood but disease ... Read More

• Iqbal Bano

• FARHANA SHAHZAD,

• MARIA RAMZAN,

• Ahsan Waheed Rathore,

• Tahira, Rabia,

• Saba Aziz

Objective: To determine and compare the serum CRP levels, complement C3, C4 levels, Total IgE levels, Hemoglobin level, eosinophil and platelets count in asthmatic patients and control group. Material ... Read More

• Haji Gul

• MUHAMMAD RAFIQ KHAN,

• MUHAMMAD NASIR RANA,

• Haseen Dil Wazir

Objective: To determine frequency of various etiologic factors among non-traumatic comatose children presenting in medical emergency in Children Hospital, Lahore Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectio ... Read More

• Saima Majeed

• FARAH MALIK

Objectives: To develop an indigenous measure of anger that provides rapid and thorough assessment of anger expression and its intensity in children both normal and children with emotional-behavioral p ... Read More

• Prof. Humayun Iqbal Khan

• Prof. Sajid Maqbo

After the Pakistan Pediatric Association came into existence, the founding fathers felt the need for a scientific journal of the new association. Soon thereafter, the Pakistan Pediatric Journal was la ... Read More

• Mashal Khan Flat

• KANWAL ALTAF MALIK,

• MEHEOZIA NUZHAT

Background: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency is an Xlinked recessive disorder, prevalent in 400 million individuals worldwide. It constitutes a common inherited cause of neonatal jaundice. ... Read More

• Shahzadi Asma Tahseen

• ALIA RUBAB,

• SHAHZADI ASMA TAHSEEN

Introduction: Tuberculosis is a common and often life threatening disease in Pakistani children. Objective: To determine the risk factors associated with tuberculosis in children. Methods and Material ... Read More

• Choudhury Habibur Rasul

• F AHAMMAD,

• T ISLAM,

• S Shoyeb

Background: Neonatal apnea is frequently encountered in Very low birth weight (VLBW) babies contributing to death and disability. Apart from conventional treatment many centres developed transfusion g ... Read More

• Farhana Shahzad,

• IQBAL BANO,

• BUSHRA MUBARAK,

• Ahsan Waheed Rathore,

• Saba Aziz

Aims and Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the effects of Inhaled corticosteroids on growth of asthmatic children. It was an observational cross sectional study. Two groups were des ... Read More

• Nazia Khan

• MUHAMMAD SHAHID,

• SOBIA NAEEM,

• Muhammad Tariq Bhatti

Objective: To determine the frequency of (UTI) Urinary tract infections in asymptomatic jaundiced babies in neonatal age group. Study Design: Cross sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: Pedia ... Read More

• Rizwana Kousar

• NAZISH SAQLAIN,

• NISAR AHMED

Background: Malaria can be transmitted through transfusion of blood infected with Plasmodia, which can be disastrous for an immune compromised recipient. The screening of donated blood units for malar ... Read More

• Syed Zafar Mehdi

• JALAL UD DIN AKBER,

• MAZHAR NIZAM,

• Kamran Dawood,

• Ahmed Raheem Buksh

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of organisms and their antimicrobial sensitivity pattern in infantile burn. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted at the plast ... Read More

• Humayun Iqbal Khan

Pediatric asthma is a growing problem worldwide. The prevalence of asthma and allergic conditions has markedly increased over the last decades due to rapid industrialization and urbanization. Asthma i ... Read More

• Sobia Naeem,

• AYESHA ARIF,

• MAHMOOD SHAUKAT,

• SOBIA NAEEM,

Chlorfenapyr is a widely used insecticide. Despite its use, human poisoning data is not sufficient and has been rarely reported. Chlorfenapyr interferes with oxidative phosphorylation at mitochondrial ... Read More

• Sumera Akram,

• MUHAMMAD AHMED KHAN

Caffey disease is an uncommon benign self limiting disease typically presenting in a young infant with fever, irritability and soft tissue swelling. . It can mimic osteomyelitis, scurvy, hypervitamino ... Read More

• Maira Zaheer,

• JAI PARKASH,

• SHAZIA SOOMRO

Background: The umbilical cord is a significant site for bacterial colonization and the commonest route for tetanus neonatorum. It was found that alcohol enhances cord separation and mothers found a l ... Read More

• Atiq Ur Rehman

• SYEDA FARHANA KAZMI

• , FARRUKH MUNIR

Objectives: The first objective of this study was to assess mother' knowledge about child development and the second objective was to identify their sources of knowledge. Study Design: Cross sectional ... Read More

• The Chief Editor,

We read with much interest the article by Perveen, et al [1] published in the recent issue of your journal and have the following comments to offer: ... Read More

• Muhammad Saeed,

• MUHAMMAD AZAM,

• ANJUM SAEED,

• Qamar Ali

Objectives: The aim of this study is to review the clinical presentations and outcome of Moyamoya disease in children. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective record review study of 11 patients ... Read More

• Usman Rashid,

• UZMA KAZMI,

• TAYBA SAHER,

• Syed Najam,

• Masood Sadiq

Objective: To determine the age distribution, gender and pattern of various heart diseases either congenital or acquired in pediatric patients aged 16 year or less in our local setup. Patients and Met ... Read More

• Arbab Ali Junejo,

• KHURSHID AHMED ABBASI

• , AMMAN ULLAH SHAIKH

Background: Malaria is one of major killer diseases in world. There were 198 million cases and 581000 deaths due to malaria globally in 2013. Malaria causes 500000 infections and 50000 deaths each y ... Read More

• Ghulam Mustafa,

• MUHAMMAD ASLAM,

• IMRAN IQBAL,

• Ijaz Ahmad,

• Abu Talib,

• Nadir Bashi

Objectives: To assess vitamin D status and its determinants in infants aged 1-6 months, of south Punjab. Methods: Sixty infants, 30 each healthy & sick, 1-6 months were recruited, from August 2010 to ... Read More

• Saadia Khan,

Objectives: To screen close family members of Thalassemia children for the presence of Thalassemia trait; To do genetics counseling of carriers and at risk couples in families of thalassemic children ... Read More

• Bibi Hajira,

• ZIA UD DIN,

• IMRAN KHAN

Objective: This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the association of the current nutritional status of children aged 3-24 months with maternal knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of ch ... Read More

• Saima Farhan,

• UNAIZA QAMAR,

• ASMA SAADIA,

• Irem Iqbal,

• Anum Waseem,

• Nisar Ahmed

The congenital dyserythropoietic anemias (CDA) comprise a group of rare hereditary disorders of erythropoiesis, characterized by ineffective erythropoiesis as the predominant mechanism of anemia and b ... Read More

• Atika Zubair Aslam

• TAYYABA NOOR,

• RIZWAN WASEEM

Objectives: i) To determine the frequency of children, who are exclusively breast fed for first six months in selected population, aged 0 – 24 Months. ii) To determine the maternal knowledge, attitude ... Read More

• Tayyaba Khawar Butt

• Humayun Iqbal Khan

Benefits of breast feeding have been known to mankind from a long time. It is not only involved in the physical growth of the baby but also improves psychological association between mother and infant ... Read More

• Huma Arshad Cheema,

• , HASSAN SULEMAN MALIK,

• MUHAMMAD ALMAS HASHMI,

• Arit Parkash

• Zafar Fayyaz

Introduction: Esophageal stricture is a common and horrible complication of corrosive ingestion. Injury incurred by the corrosive and repeated therapeutic dilations; followed by healing, results in fi ... Read More

• Shahida Perveen

• FARKHANDA HAFEEZ,

• NAUREEN AKHTAR,

• Faiz Ahmad Bhati,

• Iftikhar Ahmad Rabbani,

• Shadab Masood

Background: The changing spectrum of micro-organisms causing urinary tract infection (UTI) and emerging resistance to antimicrobials are upcoming problems around the globe. Complicated UTI develops in ... Read More

• Hamdi Kaziz Orthopedics

• NADER NAOUAR,

• THABET MOUELHI,

• Walid Osman

• , Mourad Mtaoumi,

• Mohamed Laziz Ben Ayeche

Introduction: Elbow dislocations are rarely seen in children. The treatment and outcomes remains controversial. Materials and methods: we reported retrospectively the clinical and functional results e ... Read More

• Shahzadi Asma Tahseen,

Introduction: Tuberculous meningitis is not an uncommon cause of prolonged morbidity and mortality in our set up. Objective of the Study: To describe our experiences in the presentation diagnostic ri ... Read More

• Arshad Hamid Khan

• SYED ZAFAR MEHDI,

• JALAL AKBER, Veena Kumari,Jamil Akhtar

Objective: To determine the effect of age, number of children and educational status of mothers on breast feeding practices. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out in the De ... Read More

• Afsheen Batool Raza,

• IQBAL BANO,

• FARRAH NAZ,

• Tahseen Fatima

Aim and objective: To determine the frequency of measles complications among children presenting in tertiary care unit. Patients and methods: It was a prospective observational study conducted in isol ... Read More

• Julie R Ingelfinger,

• KAMYARKALANTAR-

• ZADEH, FRANZ SCHAEFER

World Kidney Day 2016 focuses on kidney disease in childhood and the antecedents of adult kidney disease that can begin in earliest childhood. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in childhood differs from t ... Read More