Frequency of vitamin D deficiency in children with iron deficiency anaemia and factors associated with vitamin D deficiency.

Objective: To evaluate vitamin D deficiency in children with iron-deficiency anaemia, and to identify the risk factors for such deficiency.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Children's Hospital, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, from October 2021 to March 2022, and comprised children aged 1-5 years who had been diagnosed with iron-deficiency anaemia. Quantitative variables, like age, height, weight, gender, socioeconomic status and sibling status, were controlled by stratification.

An effective and doable interventional strategy to enhance vaccination coverage - are we ready to change?

Objective: To evaluate the effect of patient reminder calls on improvement of routine vaccination coverage.

Methods: This prospective, interventional study was conducted at Rawal Institute of Health Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, from December 2014 to August 2016, and comprised babies enrolled at the time of 1st vaccination. Babies who were given bacillus Calmette-Guérin, oral polio vaccine were included.

Frequency of acute bacterial meningitis in children with first episode of febrile seizures.

Objective: To determine the frequency of acute bacterial meningitis in children with first episode of febrile seizures.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at the Polyclinic, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan, from December 2012 to August 2013, and comprised patients with first episode of fever and seizure. SPSS 10 was used for data analysis.