Articles

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  Editorial

  Parental Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy for children

  
  

  Gerard Lucas

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  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 173-174
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  Original Articles

  Clinical characteristics and the role of echocardiography in diagnosing acute rheumatic fever in patients referred to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo, Sri Lanka

  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 182-188
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  Original Articles

  Cut-offs of mid-upper arm circumference to predict the double burden of malnutrition among Indian pre-adolescent children (5-9 years): Insights from Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey data 2016-18

  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 189-195
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  Original Articles

  Assessment of perception about oral habits in children among healthcare professionals: A cross sectional study

  Neha Kohli, Shivayogi Hugar, Sanjana Soneta, Nivedita Saxena, Chandrashekhar Badakar, Krishna Kadam

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  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 196-203
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  Original Articles

  Correlation between One Leg Stand Test and Paediatric Balance Scale in children aged 7-12 years

  Nurul Wardani, Martha Kusumawardani, Juwita Mayangsari, Sri Wulan

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  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 204-208
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  Original Articles

  Effectiveness of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) and risk factors for IPT failure in children below 5 years of age who are household contacts of smear positive adult patients with tuberculosis

  Dina Sumarno, Retno Setyoningrum, Hari Notobroto

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  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 209-214
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  Original Articles

  Fatty acid composition in the breast milk of Sri Lankan mothers during exclusive breastfeeding

  Thushari Bandara, Chandrani Liyanage, Sujeewa Amarasena, Tinku Thomas, Priyanka Bannikoppa, Indu Mani, Manjula Hettiarachchi

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  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 215-221
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  Original Articles

  Prevalence of dyselectrolytaemia in children with pneumonia admitted to a tertiary care centre in Eastern India

  Swaranjika Sahoo, Mrunmaya Mohapatra, Ria Ganguli, Mrinal Sinha, Mamta Mohanty, Rekulapalli Akhil, Dillip Dash

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  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 222-226
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  Original Articles

  Socio-demographic characteristics and risk factors of functional constipation in children: A case-control study

  Obay Edan, Farah Yahya

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  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 227-234
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  Original Articles

  A study of the knowledge of choking, burns, acute poisoning and their first aid practices among mothers of children below 14 years of age attending the District General Hospital, Kalutara

  N. K. Edirisinghe, S. A. C. Dalpatadu, T. S. Dissanayake

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  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 235-240
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  Original Articles

  Advanced maternal age and perinatal outcomes in two tertiary care maternity hospitals in Colombo, Sri Lanka

  Tharanga Jayatunge, Saman Kumara, Nishani Lucas

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  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 241-248
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  Original Articles

  Correlation between mitral regurgitation grading and left ventricular systolic function in children with rheumatic fever

  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 249-252
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  Original Articles

  A survey on clinical profile and outcome of critically ill children admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit: A retrospective study from a tertiary care hospital for children, Sri Lanka

  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 253-260
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  Original Articles

  A cross-sectional assessment of prevalence and risk factors-mediating hypovitaminosis D in 6-12-year-old school-going children in Highlands of Southern-Western Ghats, India

  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 261-269
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  Original Articles

  Urinary reagent strips a rapid diagnostic tool for cerebrospinal fluid analysis: A study from Western India

  Tushar Deshpande, Manaskumar Behera, Simmy Anuradha

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  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 270-276
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  Original Articles

  Outcome of very low birth weight infants in a tertiary neonatal care centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka: A preliminary study

  Sharmy Hassan, Nishani Lucas, Kanishka Wickramasinghe

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  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 277-281
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  Short Report

  Neonatal fall risk-assessment in hospitals: Are we compromising neonatal safety in developing countries?

  Mahaveer Lakra, Bhavana Lakhkar

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  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 282-283
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  Case Reports

  Outbreak of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the neonatal intensive care unit, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Indonesia: A case series

  Deborah Melati, Martono Utomo, Mahendra Arif, Risa Etika, Dwiyanti Puspitasari, Talitha Aden

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  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 294-298
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  Case Reports

  Umbilical discharge, a rare symptom of infected ventriculo-peritoneal shunt

  Karthikeya Nagula, Sham Lohiya, Sachin Damke, Richa Chaudhary

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  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 299-300
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  Case Reports

  A case of ketotic hypoglycaemia with cataract

  
  

  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 301-302
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  Case Reports

  Spontaneous onset extensive aortic thrombosis in a Sri Lankan neonate treated successfully using recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rTPA)

  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 303-304
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  Case Reports

  Undisplaced spiral humeral fracture in a non-ambulant infant: Is it always a non-accidental injury?

  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 305-307
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  Case Reports

  Renal abscess in a 3-year-old boy with Brucellosis

  
  

  Kushagra Singh, Sham Lohiya, Sachin Damke

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  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 308-309
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  Case Reports

  Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Neonates (MIS-N) in very-preterm quadruplets born to a mother with SARS CoV-2 infection in Colombo, Sri Lanka

  Sangeetha Wickramaratne, Nalin Gamaathige, Nishani Lucas

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  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 310-312
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  Picture Story

  Ellis-van Creveld syndrome with homozygous deletions in exons 1 to 11 of the EVC gene and exons 1 to 22 of the EVC2gene

  Seba Biswal, Arun Dash, Ch Kumar, Prateek Panda, Nirmal Mohakud

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  05 Jun 2022

  51 ( 2 ) : 313-315