The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website. Free full text access is available for all readers.

The Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is now indexed in SciVerse Scopus (Source Record ID 19900193609), Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Global Health Database), DOAJ and is available in Google, as well as Google Scholar.

The policies of the journal are modelled on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations.

Current Issue

Volume 51 - Issue 4 - 2022

Editorial

Dengue vaccine: Re-visited

G. N. Lucas
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05 Dec 2022

51 (4):501-502

Original Articles

Short Report

Re-lactation or adoptive nursing

A. Priya Margaret, Krithika A P, Ramitha Kumar S
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05 Dec 2022

51 (4):605-607

Review Article

Quantification of human milk intake of the babies

Thushari Bandara, William Wong
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05 Dec 2022

51 (4):608-612

Point of View

Genetic polymorphism and COVID-19: a short summary

Pathum Sookaromdee, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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05 Dec 2022

51 (4):613-614

Case Reports

Picture Story

A case of hand foot genital syndrome with sporadic inheritance: first reported case from Sri Lanka

V. P. Sinhabahu, S. D. W. Gamage, C. L. Liyanaarachchi, N. M. Weerakoon, D. C. T. Kospelawaththa
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05 Dec 2022

51 (4):635-636
Spontaneous sub-aponeurotic fluid collection (SSFC) in a young infant

L. A. Hasitha Liyanaarachchi, V. Pujitha Wickramasinghe
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05 Dec 2022

51 (4):637-639
Intracranial dermoid cyst mimicking a meningocoele: A diagnostic dilemma

Chitturi Akhil, Sushma Myadam, Sarika Gaikwad, Shubhangi Ganvir
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05 Dec 2022

51 (4):640-642

Correspondence

Three Minute Article for Parents

Hydroxyurea reduces the blood transfusion burden in patients with thalassaemia

Sachith Mettananda
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05 Dec 2022

51 (4):647

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health

Current Issue

Volume 51 - Issue 4 - 2022

Editorial

Dengue vaccine: Re-visited

Original Articles

Association of inflammation with adiposity related metabolic derangements and waist-to-height ratio in predicting insulin resistance and low-grade inflammation among 8-9-year-old children in an urban area of Sri Lanka

Anti –NMDA receptor encephalitis in children: A study from Eastern India

Serum vitamin D, zinc, iron and copper levels in children with newly diagnosed coeliac disease

Paediatricians’ perspectives regarding breastfeeding during the Covid-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study

Risk factors associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A study from Eastern India

Three clinical signs to distinguish allergies or infections in allergic children with airway symptoms

Agreement between neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and procalcitonin for determining severe community acquired pneumonia in children

Maple syrup urine disease: Clinical presentation and diagnosis at Children Welfare Teaching Hospital, Iraq

Muscle strength, flexibility and cardiorespiratory endurance in children with human immunodeficiency virus on antiretroviral therapy: A case control study

2D echocardiogram findings in neonates born with anorectal malformations in Sri Lanka

Effect of virtual reality experience on distress in children admitted to the intensive care unit: a randomized controlled trial

Incidence, aetiology and adverse outcomes associated with respiratory distress in term neonates admitted to a tertiary care centre

Serum cholinesterase as a prognostic factor of mortality in children with sepsis

Acceptability of Covid-19 vaccine for healthy children and its associated factors: Parents’ perception from a study conducted in Galle district of Sri Lanka

Obstructive lesions in the aortic arch in children: A one year experience from a tertiary centre from western India

Short Report

Re-lactation or adoptive nursing

Review Article

Quantification of human milk intake of the babies

Point of View

Genetic polymorphism and COVID-19: a short summary

Case Reports

The first reported case of thinner sniffing in a Sri Lankan adolescent

Probable fulminant subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in a vaccinated 8-year-old girl: Clinical, radiological features and response to treatment

Autoimmune thyroiditis presenting as acute onset pure chorea without encephalopathy

A rare presentation of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Neonates (MIS-N) with a cerebral haemorrhage

Scalp osteomyelitis of the occipital bone in a neonate: An unusual sequel of a scalpel injury at birth

Schimmelpenning syndrome presenting with hypophosphataemic rickets

Picture Story

A case of hand foot genital syndrome with sporadic inheritance: first reported case from Sri Lanka

Spontaneous sub-aponeurotic fluid collection (SSFC) in a young infant

Intracranial dermoid cyst mimicking a meningocoele: A diagnostic dilemma

Correspondence

Is lymphadenopathy more commonly associated with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in the second Covid-19 wave than in the first wave?

Signal-to-cutoff ratio for true and false positive HIV test results from the Ag/Ab Combo assay: a summarization

Three Minute Article for Parents

Hydroxyurea reduces the blood transfusion burden in patients with thalassaemia

Obstructive lesions in the aortic arch in children: A one year experience from a tertiary centre from western India

Acceptability of Covid-19 vaccine for healthy children and its associated factors: Parents’ perception from a study conducted in Galle district of Sri Lanka

Serum cholinesterase as a prognostic factor of mortality in children with sepsis

Incidence, aetiology and adverse outcomes associated with respiratory distress in term neonates admitted to a tertiary care centre

Choosing the correct statistical test in research

The Growth Chart

Body Mass Index reference curves for Sri Lanka

Diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic fever

Conversations