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Preferences are a strong driver of children’s dietary intake. Young children show innate preferences for sweet, salty, and savory tastes and aversion to bitter tastes, but also a strong propensity to ... Read More
It was first described by Charlotte Dravet in 1978 and has been recognized as a syndrome by the International League Against Epilepsy since 1989. It starts in the first year of life frequently with fe ... Read More
A 3 month old Omani boy developed fever with skin rash. He was taken to many local health centers, got treatment but without any lasting benefit. At the age of eight months he developed status epilept ... Read More
Introduction: Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) is a global problem among children. Worldwide 27% under five children are malnourished. PEM is more prevalent in India where almost half (47%) the child ... Read More
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to compare the stability of fixation in supracondylar fracture humerus in children between two techniques of pin fixation (cross K wires and two parallel ... Read More
Objective: To analyze the morbidity and mortality in 38 patients with variants of esophageal atresia and trachea-esophageal fistula who were treated between January 2007 and January 2012. Study Design ... Read More
Objective: The object of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of this sedation protocol, and to emphasize that pediatric patients need MRI suite with facilities to provide general anesthes ... Read More
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess renal ultrasound in pediatric patients admitted with uncomplicated urinary tract infection. Patients and methods: This retrospective study was carried out in A ... Read More
Objective: To assess the association of various factors with infantile colic. Methods: This case control study was done at Government Sardar Begum Hospital Sialkot in the period from January 2011 to D ... Read More
Objective: To find out the most common types of congenital heart defects among Down syndrome children in Duhok/Kurdistan and the effects of parental consanguinity on the pattern of congenital heart de ... Read More
Objective: To find out the most common types of congenital heart defects among Down syndrome children in Duhok/Kurdistan and the effects of parental consanguinity on the pattern of congenital heart de ... Read More
Birth asphyxia remains an important cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity in the developing world. Babies who suffer birth asphyxia may develop cerebral palsy, learning difficulties and epilepsy. ... Read More
Objective: To assess and compare the knowledge regarding Integrated Management of Neonatal and Child Illness (IMNCI) in final year medical students of two private and two public sector universities in ... Read More
Every year more than nine and a half million children under the age of 5 years die worldwide. This figure has not changed significantly from 1999 when the global under-5 mortality was just under 10 mi ... Read More
The fecal flora has a role in immunoregulation. Prebiotics are nondigestible sugars that can modulate the fecalflora by stimulating proliferation of selective beneficial bacteria. Fecal bacteria can a ... Read More
Chronic or progressive ataxia in children may be caused by a number of conditions, including brain tumors, malformations and hereditary disorders. We report here a case of a 5 year old boy who present ... Read More
Introduction: Giardia lamblia, the causative agent for giardiasis, is ubiquitous throughout the world. It is one of the first enteric pathogens to infect children in the developing world. Objective: T ... Read More
Isolated congenital hypoparathyroidism is a very rare entity. It has not been reported in Pakistani literature before; however it has been reported as part of various syndromes and autoimmune disorder ... Read More
A community based study was conducted to find out any association of adolescent hypertension with family history in an urban slum of Kolkata, India. 633 subjects were studied. Prevalence of hypertensi ... Read More
Objective: To know the frequency of various human malaria infections at private clinic in district Mardan. . Material and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at a private clinic in distr ... Read More
Objective: To determine the prevalence, etiology and clinical pattern of childhood epilepsies in Children Hospital Taif. Study Design: Retrospective review of the hospital record, managed for epilepsi ... Read More
Objective: To determine the prevalence, etiology and clinical pattern of childhood epilepsies in Children Hospital Taif. Study Design: Retrospective review of the hospital record, managed for epilepsi ... Read More
Objectives: To document the presentation management and treatment outcome of Intussusception, when presenting late. Introduction: Intussusception classically affects infants. Usually is diagnosed very ... Read More
Objective: To explore underlying causes of cleft lip and/or cleft palate in a group of children affected with these anomalies. Study Design: Case finding cross-sectional descriptive study Place and Du ... Read More
Objective: To assess the knowledge of mothers having infants less than two years of age on complementary feeding (CF) in two low socioconomic communities of Karachi (Bilal Colony and Bhains Colony). M ... Read More
Objectives: To evaluate the immunization status, complications and clinical outcome in children admitted with measles. Place and duration: National Institute of Child Health Karachi from 1stJanuary 20 ... Read More
Helicobacter Pylori [H.P] infection is a newer infective organism of gastrointestinal system which not only is an asymptomatic infection in children but is now an established cause of peptic ulcer dis ... Read More
Prematurity should be considered as an utritional emergency. Optimizing nutritional support in preterm infants improve spostnatal growth and may reduce adverse outcomes. Feeding the preterm infants ha ... Read More
A 12 yrs old boy having a characteristic face and h/o recurrent skin abscesses since infancy presented with as cites and abdominal mass . His investigations revealed blood eosinophilia, markedly eleva ... Read More
FHI is a rare lesion which is benign but can cause concern because of association of lumps with infections and tumour. We report a case of a 30 month old female child whose nodule was noticed when she ... Read More
Objective: To determine the frequency of drug induced hepatotoxicity in children on anti-tuberculous therapy (ATT). Study Design: Case series study Place and Duration: National Institute of Child Heal ... Read More
Objective: To assess the body weight, paired testicular weight and relative tissue weight index (RTWI) of male adult albino rats after the long and short term use of sildenafil citrate. Background: As ... Read More
Objective: To evaluate immediate and midterm results after balloon valvuloplasty in an infant population with critical aortic stenosis, giving special consideration to relief of aortic stenosis, deg ... Read More
Aims: To determine the prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency in children (age 6 month - 5 years), presenting with recurrent sino-pulmonary infections, in an out-patient department setting. Methods: It wa ... Read More
Introduction: Infant and childhood mortality remains high in the poor population of the developing world. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the leading causes of death among children a ... Read More
Objective: To determine the effect of diosmectite in reducing the duration of diarrhea in comparison with placebo. Method and Material: This randomized open clinical trial was conducted in the Pediatr ... Read More
Background & Aims: Chronic diarrhea and malnutrition is common in our region due to poverty and water borne diseases. Celiac disease may be missed or overlooked. Data from Pakistan is lacking. The obj ... Read More
Background & Aims: Chronic diarrhea and malnutrition is common in our region due to poverty and water borne diseases. Celiac disease may be missed or overlooked. Data from Pakistan is lacking. The obj ... Read More
This article reviews the knowledge about the management of varicella zoster virus infection and exposure. ... Read More
Objective: To determine the frequency of celiac disease (CD) in children with short stature presenting to the Children’s Hospital & the Institute of Child Health, Multan. Study Design: Descriptive cro ... Read More
During my training as an undergraduate, just 45 years ago, pediatrics was a subject that could be ‘ignored’ as a branch of medicine encompassing all the arena of medical care; the children by virt ... Read More
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) is a rare syndrome of multiple congenital anomalies affecting various organs, distinctive facial features, upper extremity malformations, and mental retardation. We e ... Read More
Morquio syndrome is a rare genetic disorder caused by the lack of enzyme responsible for the breakdown of the mucopolysaccharide keratin sulphate which causes accumulation of glycosaminoglycans in var ... Read More
Background: The pattern of Pediatric kidney disease varies from congenital anomalies of kidneys and urinary tract (CAKUT) such as obstructive uropathies to acquired glomerulonephritides, urinary sto ... Read More
Objective: Balloon atrial septostomy (BAS) is a life saving emergency palliative procedure in the neonatal period. Data from developing countries is limited. We describe our experience with BAS over t ... Read More
Of 26,266 live-births over 5-year period, 163 neonates (6.2 per 1,000 live birth) were diagnosed as congenital heart defect (CHD) before discharge. The median time of detection CHD was significantly l ... Read More
Objective: To study and evaluate the accuracy and safety of automated biopsy gun for collection of renal tissue sample in children. Design: Hospital based prospective study. Place and Duration: Depart ... Read More
To be certain about using or not using antibiotic therapy for a neonate is often problematic as signs and symptoms of sepsis are non-specific but at the same time both mortality and morbidity from sep ... Read More
Objective: To study the clinical presentation, management and outcome of foreign body aspiration in children. Patients and Methods: This case series study was conducted at the Department of Medicine U ... Read More
Objective: To determine the types of infections in primary nephrotic syndrome. Study Design: case series. Place and Duration of Study: Pediatric Departments of Shaheed Mohtrama Benazir Bhutto Medical ... Read More
n the annals of medicine 19th and 20th century shall be remembered as the age of specialization. Never before in the medical history of mankind such outburst of creative energy has been generated. The ... Read More
Background: Posterior urethral valve (PUV) is the most common cause of obstructive uropathy in boys. This study was done to find out the pattern of presentation in children till the age of 12 years. P ... Read More