Publications by authors named "Reema Arshad"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to investigate heart changes in children with severe acute malnutrition using echocardiography.
- Conducted in a pediatric hospital in Multan, Pakistan, the research analyzed 150 children, comparing malnourished patients to healthy controls and measuring various heart metrics.
- Results showed that malnourished children had significantly lower left ventricular mass and ejection fraction compared to controls, indicating potential heart issues linked to malnutrition.
Background: Stunting is a major public health issue in most of developing countries. Although, its worldwide prevalence is decreasing slowly but the number of stunted children is still rising in Pakistan. Stunting is highly associated with several long-term consequences, including higher rate of mortality and morbidity, deficient cognitive growth, school performance, learning capacity, work capacity and work productivity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess the nutritional status of mothers of severely malnourished children, and to evaluate the factors associated with inadequate caloric intake of children with severe acute malnutrition versus sufficient caloric intake by mothers.
Methods: The cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from January to June 2016 at Children Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Multan, Pakistan, and comprised mothers of severely malnourished children admitted for treatment. Data was collected using a questionnaire administered through interviews.