Table of Contents
Editorial
| Backpacks in children | |
| Gerard Nimal Lucas | 1-3 |
Presidential Address
| Focusing on the young mind to create a psychologically healthier world for children | |
| Deepthi Samarage | 4-8 |
Original Articles
| How gender and child sensitive was the relief received after the tsunami? | |
| Manouri P Senanayake, Chinthana Ranawaka, Manisha Fernanado | 9-10 |
| Feasibility of early breast feeding after caesarean section | |
| S Parthasarathy, C Rajah | 11-12 |
| Short term results of balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty in children: a single centre study over a period of 42 months | |
| Sunethra Irugal Bandara, Sinnathurai Narenthiran, Wijeyasingam Santharaj, Kanapathipillai Rajakanthan, Duminda Samarasinghe, Shehan Perera, Upul Senarath | 13-15 |
| Socio-demographic and psychological aspects of children with thalassaemia | |
| M I Rifaya, S K Rajapaksa, G L D C Prematilaka, Nimanthika Hettiarachchi | 16-17 |
Current Practice
| Acute severe asthma | |
| Nalin C Kitulwatte | 18-25 |
Snippets
| Snippets from the worldwide web | |
| BJC Perera | 26-27 |
Case Reports
| Fanconi syndrome in a child on anticonvulsant therapy | |
| N I Gamaathige, K S H De Silva, S P Lamabadusuriya | 28-30 |
| A case of megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (Van der Knaap disease) | |
| P H Ariyawansa, B H M N Katugaha, T G P T Gamage, H R T Dammika, M G D G Wijewardena | 31-32 |
| Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in a six day old baby | |
| U A R S Ranawaka, A. K. Lamahewage | 33 |
Picture Story
| Blister beetle dermatitis: A seasonal occurrence | |
| Manouri P Senanayake, Arundathi Jayasena, Vanathy Varathan, S Kamaladeepan | 34 |
Point of View
| Medical indemnity in state hospitals: Whose baby is it? | |
| C D A Goonasekera | 35-37 |
Brain Teaser
| Paediatric crossword puzzle 10 (Answers) | |
| Manouri P Senanayake | 38 |
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