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), DOAJ and IMSEAR. The journal incorporates many research articles into its issues and is pleased to entertain articles on child health from Sri Lanka as well as those from abroad. A rich and varied mix of academic disclosures is assimilated into each issue of the publication.

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 49 - Issue 1 - 2020

Editorial

Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and syphilis in Sri Lanka

Gerard Lucas
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05 Mar 2020

49 (1):1-2

Original Articles

Current Practice

Clinical and laboratory evaluation of childhood anaemia

Sachith Mettananda, Senani Williams
- PDF (EN)
05 Mar 2020

49 (1):64-70

Case Reports

Large left atrial myxoma: Thorough clinical evaluation is the key

Thushara Rodrigo, Duminda Samarasinghe
- PDF (EN)
05 Mar 2020

49 (1):71-74
Gratification behaviour: A seizure mimicker in children

Amit Satapathy, Lipsa Das, Basudev Biswal
- PDF (EN)
05 Mar 2020

49 (1):75-76
Primary infantile haemangiopericytoma of liver

Madhura Fadnis, Sushmita Bhatnagar, Shakuntala Prabhu, Shilpa Kulkarni, Sumitra Venkatesh
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05 Mar 2020

49 (1):77-79
A case of eosinophilic meningitis

Chamidri Naotunna, Dananjaya Vithanage, Thilina Munasinghe, Ayesh Fernando, Ruwan Samararathna, Imalke kankananarachchi, Pushpika Jayawardena
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05 Mar 2020

49 (1):80-82
A case of Glanzmann thrombasthenia presenting at birth

K D S K Savithri, A M B W M R N N Ekneligoda, A Y Wimalasiri, H D K S K Thilakarathna, M Weerasekera
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05 Mar 2020

49 (1):83-84
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: A rare case in a child with an unusual presentation

P Kariyawasam, W A N D Wickramasinghe, N D Liyanarachchi, P Gamage, J Liyanage
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05 Mar 2020

49 (1):85-86

Picture Story

Rowell syndrome in a nine year old child

Soumya Roy, Sumit Majumdar, Subroto Chakrabartty, Swati Chakravarti
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05 Mar 2020

49 (1):87-89
A case of hydrometrocolpos in a neonate

Nimantha Vithanage, Kapilani Jayasekara Jayasekara, Imalke Kankananarachchi, Milinda Jayawardena
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05 Mar 2020

49 (1):90-93

Three Minute Article for Parents

Improving standards of care for children with thalassaemia in Sri Lanka

Sachith Mettananda
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05 Mar 2020

49 (1):94

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health

Current Issue

Volume 49 - Issue 1 - 2020

Editorial

Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and syphilis in Sri Lanka

Original Articles

A clinical audit on maintenance of optimal peripheral oxygen saturation in preterm neonates needing mechanical ventilation at a level III neonatal intensive care unit

“The battle of feeding”: Awareness and practices of responsive complementary feeding in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka - a qualitative study

Quality of life of caregivers with children having congenital heart disease awaiting cardiac surgery at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Diagnostic accuracy of transcutaneous bilirubinometer devices compared with the total serum bilirubin measurement in preterm (≤35 weeks) very low birth weight neonates during the neonatal period up to 7 days of life

Respiratory distress in term newborns: Can we predict the outcome?

Juvenile polyp and polyposis syndrome: Experience at a tertiary hospital of Bangladesh

Pattern of dietary supplement consumption among Iranian high school girls and related factors

Predictors of complementary feeding in infants aged 6 to 18 months: An application of Health Belief Model

Prevalence of skin diseases in children attending government vs private school in a rural set up in the sub-Himalayan region

Teaching therapeutics in paediatrics using high fidelity simulation: Knowledge gain and perception among final year medical students

Current Practice

Clinical and laboratory evaluation of childhood anaemia

Case Reports

Large left atrial myxoma: Thorough clinical evaluation is the key

Gratification behaviour: A seizure mimicker in children

Primary infantile haemangiopericytoma of liver

A case of eosinophilic meningitis

A case of Glanzmann thrombasthenia presenting at birth

Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: A rare case in a child with an unusual presentation

Picture Story

Rowell syndrome in a nine year old child

A case of hydrometrocolpos in a neonate

Three Minute Article for Parents

Improving standards of care for children with thalassaemia in Sri Lanka

Conversations

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health

Current Issue

Volume 49 - Issue 1 - 2020

Editorial

Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and syphilis in Sri Lanka

Original Articles

A clinical audit on maintenance of optimal peripheral oxygen saturation in preterm neonates needing mechanical ventilation at a level III neonatal intensive care unit

“The battle of feeding”: Awareness and practices of responsive complementary feeding in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka - a qualitative study

Quality of life of caregivers with children having congenital heart disease awaiting cardiac surgery at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Diagnostic accuracy of transcutaneous bilirubinometer devices compared with the total serum bilirubin measurement in preterm (≤35 weeks) very low birth weight neonates during the neonatal period up to 7 days of life

Respiratory distress in term newborns: Can we predict the outcome?

Juvenile polyp and polyposis syndrome: Experience at a tertiary hospital of Bangladesh

Pattern of dietary supplement consumption among Iranian high school girls and related factors

Predictors of complementary feeding in infants aged 6 to 18 months: An application of Health Belief Model

Prevalence of skin diseases in children attending government vs private school in a rural set up in the sub-Himalayan region

Teaching therapeutics in paediatrics using high fidelity simulation: Knowledge gain and perception among final year medical students

Current Practice

Clinical and laboratory evaluation of childhood anaemia

Case Reports

Large left atrial myxoma: Thorough clinical evaluation is the key

Gratification behaviour: A seizure mimicker in children

Primary infantile haemangiopericytoma of liver

A case of eosinophilic meningitis

A case of Glanzmann thrombasthenia presenting at birth

Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: A rare case in a child with an unusual presentation

Picture Story

Rowell syndrome in a nine year old child

A case of hydrometrocolpos in a neonate

Three Minute Article for Parents

Improving standards of care for children with thalassaemia in Sri Lanka

Teaching therapeutics in paediatrics using high fidelity simulation: Knowledge gain and perception among final year medical students

Prevalence of skin diseases in children attending government vs private school in a rural set up in the sub-Himalayan region

Predictors of complementary feeding in infants aged 6 to 18 months: An application of Health Belief Model

Pattern of dietary supplement consumption among Iranian high school girls and related factors

The Growth Chart

Choosing the correct statistical test in research

Body Mass Index reference curves for Sri Lanka

Diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic fever

Conversations