Congenital malaria is defined as the presence of malarial parasite in placenta at the time of delivery or in peripheral blood smear of newborn irrespective of clinical symptoms. Usually congenital mal ... Read More
Pediatric differentiated thyroid carcinoma is a rare disease and usually manifests in the form of papillary thyroid carcinoma. We present here two rare cases of papillary thyroid carcinoma. One case i ... Read More
Type-1 diabetes, one of the most common chronic disease of childhood is caused by insulin deficiency due to destruction of pancreatic beta cells, and treated with Insulin replacement1 . With the ... Read More
Objective: The present study is designed to measure the effectiveness of trauma focused cognitive behavior therapy to reduce emotional and behavioral problems and PTSD symptoms in children with sexual ... Read More
Objective: To investigate the personal (appraisal, coping, personality) and interpersonal factors (perceived social support and attachment styles) as predictors of post-traumatic stress symptoms sever ... Read More
Objective: The present study was conducted to assess and compare cognitive functioning of Children with Autism, ADHD and Healthy controls. Study Design: Cross sectional comparative study. Place and ... Read More
Objective: The aim of this study was to observe the frequency of congenital malaria (CM) causing neonatal cholestasis and its clinical presentation. Study design: Retrospective, cross sectional study ... Read More
Objectives: To study the prevalence and severity of rotavirus infection among children. Study Design: Longitudinal case series. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pediatrics, Benazir Bhutto ... Read More
Objective: To compare the effectiveness of energy-dense locally made food with micronutrients versus ready-to-use therapeutic food in complicated severely malnourished children at Nutritional Stabiliz ... Read More
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of congenital central nervous system (CNS) malformations in pregnant females coming to Radiology Department of Bahawal Victoria Hospital for antenatal ultrasonogr ... Read More
Objective: The objective of this study was to compare combinations of Glargine & Lispro with the combination of Neutral Protamine Hagedorn & regular insulin in children with Type-I diabetes mellitus. ... Read More
Objective: To find out the effect of T1DM on the growth of children. Study Design: Case control study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pediatrics, Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad for 1 ... Read More
The objective of this study was to ascertain the correlation of platelet indices i.e. platelet count (PC), MPV (mean platelet volume), PDW (platelet distribution width) and platelet crit (Pct) with on ... Read More
Somatic symptom disorder is common in adolescents. Although patients with somatic symptom disorder present with various complaints, medical examinations commonly reveal no significant abnormalities. H ... Read More
Congenital Myasthenia Gravis is congenital inherited disorder of neuromuscular junction. Congenital myasthenia syndromes are classified according to the pathology of the defect: presynaptic, synaptic, ... Read More
We report a 10-year-old girl who presented with fever, unilateral redness of eye, strawberry tongue,cheilitis,acralmaculopapularrash and erythematous swelling of hands and feet followed by desquamatio ... Read More
Per rectal bleeding is the most common presentation of Colorectal polyps. In children, isolated juvenile polyp is the most common type of polyp recognized. ‘Juvenile’ refers to its benign histological ... Read More
The world has changed dramatically due to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Children and adolescents with COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV- ... Read More
Objective: The study was conducted for knowing the spectrum of organisms and their sensitivity patterns against antibiotics. Study Design: It was cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: ... Read More
Objective: To describe the functional outcome in clubfoot children after ponseti method. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional design. Place and Duration of Study: The data was collected from Gh ... Read More
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of newborn jaundice. Study Design: In this retrospective study, 3200 newborns with jaundice with bilirubin level ... Read More
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the socio-psychological stress among Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) patients. Study design: A cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The study w ... Read More
Objective: To understand the impact of parent child bonding on psychological well-being of adolescents. Study Design: It was descriptive correlational study. Place and Duration of Study: Data was co ... Read More
Objective: To evaluate clinical presentation, vaccination status and outcome in measles infection. Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Pediatrics Departmen ... Read More
Objective: To assess the nutritional status of 6-60 months children using WHO (2007) mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) cut-off values. Study Design: Cross-sectional study Place and Duration of Stud ... Read More
Objective: To validate the clinical scoring system for malaria in children devised in India and express the clinical significance. Study design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: T ... Read More
Objective: To determine the efficacy of probiotics in preterm neonates in preventing late onset sepsis. Study Design: Randomized controlled trial. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conduct ... Read More
Objectives: To describe the epidemiological characteristics, clinical presentation, severity of the disease, and early outcomes of children with COVID-19 in Pakistan with special reference to underlyi ... Read More
Nephrotic syndrome is the most common chronic glomerulopathy in children and is characterized by leaking protein from blood into urine leading to hypoproteinemia, hyperlipidemia and manifested cli ... Read More
Gastric bezoars are described as the collection of non-digestible foreign material in the stomach. Bezoars are known as trichobezoar when they consist of hair. We report a case trichobezoar in a 12- ... Read More
Dysphagia lusoria is a rare cause of dysphagia and vomiting which is caused by the presence of aberrant subclavian artery. Majority of these patients are asymptomatic and intervention is only requir ... Read More
Objective: Neck circumference (NC) is considered as an alternative screening method for obesity. The core objectives of this investigation were to evaluate the diagnostic ability of NC as an indicat ... Read More
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of magnesium sulphate to control muscle spasm in children with moderate to severe tetanus. Study Design: It was a descriptive case series. Place and Durati ... Read More
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of closed K-wire reduction of displaced supracondylar region fracture of humerus in children using image intensifier. Study Design: Descriptive case series ... Read More
Objective: To evaluate the grip strength among special school going children with down syndrome as compared to age matched normally developed children. Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical surv ... Read More
Objective: To determine the epidemiology and Its associated factors of bilateral club feet in orthopedic department of Children Hospital, Multan. Study design: Observational study Place and Durati ... Read More
Objective: To determine the frequency of candiduria in children and adolescents attending a healthcare facility in Kabul and to analyze antifungal susceptibility of Candida isolates. Study Design: ... Read More
Objective: To explore trends and determinants of birth interval in Pakistan. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Based on the three Pakistan Demographic and Health Su ... Read More
Objective: To compare the mean forced expiratory volume in 1 second with nebulized versus systemic corticosteroid therapy for management of children presenting with acute exacerbation of asthma. St ... Read More
Objective: Pediatric caudal block is a simple, reliable and safe analgesic technique for infraumblical surgeries but having disadvantage of short duration after single injection. Different additives ... Read More
Objective: To compare the efficacy of oral ondansetron with oral domperidone in reducing vomiting in children with acute diarrhea. Study Design: Randomized controlled trial Place and Duration: Chil ... Read More
Objective: To determine the accuracy of urine protein creatinine ratio with 24-hour urinary protein excretion in the diagnosis of childhood nephrotic syndrome. Study design: Cross-sectional study ... Read More
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2). The outbreak started in December 2019 ... Read More
Typhoid fever is a major burden on our healthcare system. There were times when typhoid responded to many antibiotics. With the passage of time, however, the causative agent of typhoid fever, Salm ... Read More
COVID-19 has created havoc since its emergence in December 2019.The world we live in today is a world of fear and anxiety. When this pandemic started to unfold with drastic changes all over the worl ... Read More
The global spread of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), resulting from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2), is a serious public health emergency, especially for susceptible i ... Read More
The recent pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2), has spread across the globe. The disease has a significant impact o ... Read More
Children are not the face of the COVID-19 pandemic; however, they are considered its “biggest victims” and the ensuing crisis is likely to have a profound effect on their wellbeing. The “secondary p ... Read More
COVID-19 (Corona virus disease of 2019) is the clinical presentation of acute disease associated with infection by the beta coronavirus SARSCoV-2. Centers across Europe and USA have recently been rep ... Read More
During past couple of decades, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – the two human coronaviruses (HCoVs), emerged as ... Read More
Autosomal recessive myotonia congenita (Becker disease) is due to mutation in the skeletal muscles chloride channel CLCN1 gene. This causes sarcolemmal chloride channel functional disturbance, resul ... Read More
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a hypersensitivity reaction to colonized aspergillosis in bronchi. It commonly presents with difficult to treat asthma. It also affects patients of ... Read More
Objective: To determine the Nature and frequency of feeding problems and oral motor dysfunction among Cerebral Palsy children. Study Design: An observational Study Place and Duration of Study: Data ... Read More
Objective: To investigate the personal (appraisal, coping, personality) and interpersonal factors (perceived social support and attachment styles) as predictors of post-traumatic stress symptoms sev ... Read More
Objective: To determine the association between maternal risk factors and birth asphyxia in neonates presenting in tertiary care hospital. Study Design: Case control study. Place and Duration of St ... Read More
Objective: To determine the frequency of hypomagnesaemia and hypocalcaemia in neonates with birth asphyxia. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Neonatal Intensive Care ... Read More
Objective: To describe the frequency of hyponatremia in children with pneumonia and to compare mean hospital stay in children presenting with or without hyponatremia. Study Design: Descriptive case ... Read More
Objective: To investigate the social, demographic and biological factors contributing towards exclusive breastfeeding duration in Pakistan. Study Design: For current study, secondary data from cros ... Read More
Objective: To determine the commonest types of poisoning and factors leading to their ingestion in children. Study Design: Cross-sectional study Place and Duration of Study: This study was done at ... Read More
Objective: The study was conducted as a need assessment survey designed for the faculty of the University of Lahore to assess their current knowledge and attitude about child rights. Study Design: ... Read More
Objective: To evaluate the predictors of mortality in extramural neonate. Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Tertiary care teaching hospital of central India for durat ... Read More
Objective: To determine the clinical profile and current trends of culture and sensitivity patterns in pediatric enteric fever. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Dep ... Read More
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