AKU Child Health

31/12/2025

Orange Week lit up our paediatric clinics yesterday with colour, smiles, and a boost of Vitamin C! 🍊 From fun activities to fresh oranges for all, it was a joyful celebration of healthy habits and happy little immune systems.

31/12/2025

Closing the year with Vit C at AKU Child Health

30/12/2025

OBITUARY
The mother-in-law of
Dr. Sanam Bano has passed away.
May Allah rest her soul in eternal peace and give patience to their family to bear this loss (Aameen). Please recite Surah Fateha
For condolences:
sanam.kalhoro@aku.edu

29/12/2025

29/12/2025

Orange Week at AKU Paediatrics 🍊

This winter, we're painting our clinics orange for a week packed with colour, joy, and vitamin-packed goodness!

Each orange delivers a powerful dose of Vitamin C, boosting little immune systems when they need it most during cold and flu season. Plus, these sunshine-coloured citrus gems are packed with antioxidants, fiber, and natural hydration to keep growing bodies strong and healthy.

From Monday, our clinics transform into orange wonderlands! Expect:
🍊 Interactive play activities for kids
🍊 Fun Q&A sessions (test your orange knowledge!)
🍊 Fresh oranges for patients, families & staff
🍊 Our team in orange, celebrating health together

Tuesday kicks off at 9:30am with special activities celebrating how nature's pharmacy fits in your pocket. One medium orange = 100% of a child's daily Vitamin C needs.
Organised by: Syed Haider Rizwan Zaidi, Out Patients Services Clinic Coordinator and our teams across the clinics.

*Orange you excited? We are!* 🧡

26/12/2025

Red eye in children may look simple, but missing the red flags can cost vision. From pain, photophobia, and corneal staining to safe steroid use, VKC, and early-onset squint as a warning sign — this talk highlights what must not be overlooked.

Key clinical information shared by Dr Attiya Zehra Rizvi on timely assessment, safe management, and when to urgently refer.

26/12/2025

6th Biennial international pediatric nephrology conference
Pre Conference workshop: Paediatric CRRT – Bridging theory to bedside: a hands-on workshop
REGISTER HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfP87XWRQz84cS_oDvvBbXWzBTJpD0Dar_I5Fru15G1xZ_WHw/viewform
Date: 8th Jan 2026
Venue: Seminar 8-2, UC Building
Learning objectives
1- To understand principles of CRRT and indications of its different modalities
2- To learn CRRT prescription and develop expertise in trouble shooting
3- To acquire the skill to perform the treatment and manage its complication
Who should attend:
Paediatric nephrology residents and fellows, paediatric critical care residents and fellows,
Critical care nurses, staff and technicians

Workshop Directors: Dr Vina Tresa (Paediatric nephrologist)
Dr Naveed UR Rehman (Intensive care physician)
Program:
8.30 to 9.00 am -- Registration
9.00 to 9.30 am --- Participants introduction and pretest (Dr Arshalooz/Dr Vina Tresa)
9.30 to 10.00 am: From indication to application: The science and art of CRRT in children (Dr Vina Tresa, pediatric nephrologist)
10.00 to 10.30 am; Prescription pitfall and problem solving in pediatric CRRT (paediaric critical care intensivist)
10.30 TO 11.00: TEA BREAK
11.00 TO 11.45: Hands on demonstration on CRRT machine, describing the machine and circuit connections
11.45 to 12.45; Case based discussion in groups (Dr Vina Tresa , Dr Naveed ur Naveed Rehman Siddiquin, Dr Qalab Abbas, Dr Sidra ishaque, Dr Humaira, Dr Sidra Khan)
12.45 to 1.00pm: Post test
1.00 to 1.30: post test discussion and feedback evaluation
1.30 to 1.45 : concluding remarks (Dr Arshalooz)

25/12/2025

From the Baby Doctors!

23/12/2025

Chair’s Note (Reflective edition)

As 2025 wraps up, here’s what I’m counting. And no, it’s not just patients, CMEs, promotions, or grants. Those matter, but we have excels for them.

What I’m really thinking about are the things that never make it into the newsletter. Mostly because our media team is still trying to figure out how to design a graphic for “quiet resilience” and “held it together remarkably well” 😅

The hard conversations that pushed people out of their comfort zones. The quiet losses people carried while still showing up. The slow comebacks that happened one email, one meeting, and one chai at a time ☕📧
And the small wins that felt huge after weeks of “are we there yet?”

These moments are never on record, but they shape people. And people shape our department, our culture, and the care we give. (Also, people are why meetings exist, so this feels important to acknowledge :))

I am very grateful for the trust, the resilience, and the good humor that got us through this year. Some things can’t be counted. They can only be felt...and survived 😌

Wishing you and your families a healthy, peaceful, and kind 2026 🎉✨ May we continue to support one another with compassion, curiosity, and just enough humor to get through the days when nothing goes according to plan.

22/12/2025

Did you know that NICUs can give babies caffeine to make parts of them grow faster? So you have these babies swinging back Nespresso shots in their cribs. (Well, metaphorically speaking. These posts don't write themselves, you know.)

22/12/2025

Obesity isn’t defined the same way for a 5-year-old and a 35-year-old and getting this wrong can change everything.

In this session, Dr. Muzna Arif breaks down why BMI works differently in children, how age-specific cut-offs really matter, and how growth charts help distinguish overweight vs obesity in paediatric patients. She also touches on when obesity is not just “simple weight gain” and when to think endocrine or genetic causes.