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Objective: To describe the clinical presentation, histopathological types and immunological profile of Hodgkin lymphoma at The Children Hospital & the Institute of Child Health Multan. Study Design: D ... Read More
bjective: To describe the clinical features of Rheumatic chorea in children Study Design: Hospital based prospective Descriptive study Setting: Pediatric department, Jinnah Hospital Lahore. Duration o ... Read More
Objective. It is personal observation that in many neonatal intensive care units in various cities of Pakistan and other resource limited countries there is a great desire to use their ‘ventilator’ to ... Read More
Objectives: To evaluate the contribution of cochlear implants in profoundly deaf children. Study Design: An on going study from June 2009 to June 2010. Settings: Departments of Paediatric Audiology, E ... Read More
Aims: To find out the prevalence of severe asthma, as reported by the parents, in school children of South Punjab, Pakistan. Methods: It was a cross sectional, questionnaire based, descriptive survey ... Read More
Objective: To find out the characteristic features of apparent life threatening events, underlying diagnoses and how to manage children with ALTE. Study design: Retrospective study. Place and duration ... Read More
Objectives: To determine the final diagnosis in patients who presented with fever and seizures in accident and emergency department of The Children’s hospital and Institute of Child Health, Lahore. Se ... Read More
Background: For childhood arterial ischemic stroke (cAIS) treatment trials are lacking and practice vary from centre to centre. Objectives: To describe clinical spectrum of cAIS and to investigate the ... Read More
Moyamoya disease is a progressive occlusive disease of the cerebral vasculature with particular involvement of the Circle of Willi’s and the arteries that feed it. Moyamoya characterizes the appearanc ... Read More
One of the most common endocrine diseases in paediatric age group is hypothyroidism. Childhood hypothyroidism may be present a birth (congenital) or it may be acquired. Congenital hypothyroidism is th ... Read More
Back Ground: Hypothyroidism is one of the most common endocrinopathy in childhood and a preventable cause of mental retardation. The incidence in Pakistan is around 1 in 1000 newborns. Children with d ... Read More
Objective: To determine the role of oral steroids in the management of pure red cell aplasia in children. Study Design: Prospective descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: It was carried out i ... Read More
Aim and Objective: To determine the underlying cause of seizures in children who presented in emergency department of a tertiary care centre. Patients and Methods: It was a prospective observational s ... Read More
Background: Past decade has seen an increase in cases of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) and multi-drug-resistance in such cases. Mortality is increased manifolds in presence of multi-drug-resistant tube ... Read More
Objective: To review the mode of presentation of posterior urethral valves in neonates in our population. Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Hospital based study. Materials and Methods: One hundred ... Read More
Background: Osteogenesis imperfacta is the most common congenital osteoporotic disease of connective tissue characterized by fractures and deformities. There is increasing use of pamidronate for sympt ... Read More
Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the sensitivity of the electroencephalography (EEG) in revealing abnormalities in patients suspected epilepsy. Introduction: Electroencephalography (EEG ... Read More
Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare disease of unknown etiology characterized by formation of lamellar concretions of calcium phosphate or microliths within the alveoli. Approximately 40 ... Read More
Brachytelephalangic chondrodysplasia punctata is a rare congenital skeletal dysplasia with in the heterogenous group of chondrodysplasia punctata. We report the case of a 17 days old male baby affecte ... Read More
Poisoning and foreign body inhalation/ingestion is a common emergency in paediatric emergency room. Oral intake is a common route of poisoning but topical, dermal, ophthalmic and inhalational may also ... Read More
Objectives: The objectives of our study were to identify common factors responsible for exposure to kerosene oil poisoning, its presenting features and outcomes. This was a descriptive study conducted ... Read More
Objective: To determine perinatal mortality rate and contributing risk factors at a teaching hospital. Methods: A retrospective hospital based observational study, conducted at the Department of Obste ... Read More
Objective: To evaluate the role of nasal continuous airway pressure in management of neonates with respiratory distress. Setting: Neonatal Intensive care Unit, Shalamar Hospital, Lahore. Study Period: ... Read More
Objective: The present study was under taken to find out the frequency and risk factors of hypoglycemia in newborns in given sample and their clinical manifestations. Method: The study was conducted i ... Read More
Objective: To find out the role of electroencephlography in the early diagnosis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Design: Cross sectional observational study. Place & duration of study: Departme ... Read More
ackGround and Objective: Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli is an important cause of diarrhea in infants, especially in regions of poor sanitation. Present study tried to detect enteropathogenic E.coli ... Read More
Hepatitis B and C infections are very common in children in Pakistan. There are very few hepatologists in Pakistan to manage such cases. This article gives guidelines for the management of such cases ... Read More
Objective: To determine the immunization status for BCG in children reporting to tertiary care hospital by gender and nutritional status. Methods: Study was conducted at National Institute of Child He ... Read More
Langer-Giedion syndrome is a rare genetic disorder, first described by Giedion in 1966, caused by a deletion of long arm of chromosome 8. This disorder is also known as trichorhinophalangeal type II. ... Read More
Objective: To assess the state of drug resistance to malaria in admitted paediatric patients and to identify the most frequent species associated with the drug resistance. Design: Descriptive observat ... Read More
Introduction: Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is the most common biopsy finding in children with steroid dependent (SD) and steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) and its management is ... Read More
Background: In the initial assessment of children with new-onset seizures, the suggestion that electroencephalography (EEG) is a standard investigation but neuroimaging of brain should be optional in ... Read More
Objective: To determine the frequency of short stature and truncal shortening in iron over loaded non chelated transfusion dependent thalassemic patients. Study Design:- Cross Sectional descriptive st ... Read More
Objectives: To evaluate the performance of children on Pure Tone Audiometry and the role of age in the test technique. Study Design: Retrospective study from January to December 2008. Settings: Depart ... Read More
Objective: To know the common presentation, nature and outcome of foreign body aspiration. Design: Descriptive – case series. Place & duration of study: National Institute of Child Health- Karachi fro ... Read More
Lymphadenitis is the commonest complication of BCG vaccination. Its exact incidence is unknown. It is of two types: non-suppurative type which is a normal response of the body to BCG inoculation and d ... Read More
Rhabdoid tumour of the kidney is a rare malignancy of pediatric population with distinct clinical and pathological features. It is a tumour of unknown histogenesis with a poor response to chemotherapy ... Read More
The nonketotic hyperglycemic syndrome is rare in pediatric population, associated with significant mortality. This syndrome is characterized by severe hyperglycemia, a marked increase in serum osmolal ... Read More