Asia Pacific Journal of Pediatric and Child Health

Volume 7, Jul - Sep 2024

*The Alarming Prevalence of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Pakistani Children: A Call to Action*

Professor Mohsina Noor Ibrahim

In a bustling pediatrics clinic at a tertiary care hospital, managing two children aged 6 and 13 exhibiting all the signs of cretinism, and one girl with early puberty due to prolonged hypothyroidism (VWGS) on the same day inspired me to write this editorial Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is con...

Editorial Note

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International Pediatric Association Statement on MPOX: What Pediatricians Need to Know and Can Do to Help Their Communities

Prepared by: Ayebo Sadoh, Nigeria; Noni E MacDonald Canada; Walter Ornstein, USA; Yvonne A Maldonado, USA; Aishwarya Sathyan and Naveen Thacker, India

As pediatricians are trusted sources of health information in their community, they have the important role of helping communities deal with Mpox as the World Health Organisation has declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in mid-August 2024. While the majority of re...

Correspondence

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Determinants of Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Practices of Children (6-23) Among Mothers in Rural Area of Noakhali District, Bangladesh

Nahian Rahman ¹, Zannatul Ferdowsi ¹, Susmita Ghosh ¹, Ruhul Kabir ¹

I am enclosing herewith a manuscript entitled “Determinants of Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Practices of Children (6-23) Among Mothers in Rural Area of Noakhali District, Bangladesh” submitted to your Research Journal for possible publication. The aim of this study was to find critical ...

Research Article

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Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome in pregnancy presenting with severe thrombocytopenia - A success story

Sunil V. Kapur ¹, Dr Shreya Gowni ²

The persistent presence of antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with recurrent venous or arterial thromboembolism or pregnancy morbidity is known as the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS). Because this condition is characterized by a high risk of recurrent thromboembolism, antithrombotic th...

Case Report

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Is Mycoplasma Induced Rash And Mucositis Real Among Children? It’s Happening.

Lailajan Kassim ¹, Katie Rasmussen ², Katie Reeves ², Aaron Johnston ², Robyn M Brady ²

There has been a surge in paediatric Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection internationally in the last twelve months. While skin lesions are a well-known association, some cases have acute epidermolytic lesions and mucositis which has raised differential diagnoses including Stephens Johnson Syndrome (SJS)...

Case Report

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