Uroflowmetry parameters in healthy children between 5 and 15 years old.

Objectives: Uroflowmetry (UFM) is the first-line noninvasive screening test employed in the diagnosis of lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD). The purpose of this study was to determine normal UFM values in healthy Turkish children among our local population.

Methods: A total of 100 healthy girls and 62 healthy boys aged 5-15 years, who applied to İnönü University Turgut Özal Medical Center Pediatrics Polyclinic between February 2021 and January 2022, were included in the present study.

Effectiveness of game-based core exercise in children with non-neuropathic bladder dysfunction and comparison to biofeedback therapy.

Objectives: This study was planned to evaluate the effectiveness of game-based core exercises in children diagnosed with non-neuropathic bladder dysfunction and compare this effectiveness to that of the biofeedback treatment method.

Methods: The study included 48 children, aged 6-13 years, who were diagnosed with non-neuropathic bladder dysfunction. The children satisfying the inclusion criteria were selected by drawing lots from the population with the method of nonprobability random sampling.

Comparison of Urinary Tract Dilatation and Society of Fetal Urology systems in the detection of vesicourethral reflux and renal scar.

Purpose: The presence and degree of hydronephrosis is very important in the management of many diseases of the urinary tract. In this study, we aim to compare the sensitivity and specificity of 2 classification systems that are used for hydro-nephrosis grading in ultrasound, for reflux and scar detection. The classification systems were the Society of Fetal Urology (SFU) and Urinary Tract Dilatation (UTD).

Prevalence estimates of voiding disorders in Turkish school-age children.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the prevalence of voiding disorders and identify the associated risk factors for school-age children in East Anatolia, Turkey.

Methods: We randomly selected six primary schools in Malatya in East Anatolia, and 907 students from 6 to 14 years old were involved. Data were obtained using the dysfunctional voiding and incontinence scoring system (DVISS) scale, and children who scored 8.

Risk factors and mortality rate in premature babies with acute kidney injury.

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common morbidity in neonatal intensive care units and associated with poor outcome. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of AKI and provide a demographic data and risk factors associated with the mortality and morbidity.

Methods: This is a retrospective study included 105 premature babies.

Evaluation of hypertension by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in children with solitary kidney.

In this study, we aimed to investigate the blood pressure (BP) profile in children with a unilateral functioning solitary kidney (UFSK). A group of 49 patients between the ages of 5 and 18 years, and 30 healthy controls between the ages of 6 and 16 years were investigated. Gender, weight, height and body mass index (BMI) of patients and controls were recorded.

Platelet Counts in Children With Henoch-Schonlein Purpura--Relationship to Renal Involvement.

Background: The aim of this study is to identify the clinical and laboratory risk factors for renal involvement and to determine the relationship between platelet counts and renal involvement in (Henoch-Schönlein purpura) HSP patients.

Methods: We reviewed the medical records of 107 children with HSP according to Eular/Press diagnostic criteria. Clinical and laboratory parameters for renal involvement were evaluated and compared to no renal involvement.

Evaluation of renal functions in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome.

Background: The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate urinary glutathione S transferases π (GST-π), beta-2-microglobulin (B2-MG), and N-acetyl-β-d-glucosaminidase (NAG) levels as markers revealing the effect of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) on renal function in preterm infants.

Methods: The study was performed with 76 preterm infants whose gestational ages were between 28 and 32 weeks. Twenty-six preterm infants with RDS (cases) and 50 preterm infants without RDS (controls) enrolled in the study.

Determination of reference values for urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in premature infants.

Background: The aim of this study is to determine the reference values of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) in healthy very preterm infants.

Method: The study was performed on 30 preterm infants whose gestational ages (GA) were between 28 and 34 weeks. They were divided into three groups according to the GA as group 1: GA 28-29 weeks, group 2: 30-32 weeks and group 3: 33-34 weeks.

Urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as an early biomarker for prediction of acute kidney injury in preterm infants.

Background: Our aims are to determine whether the urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) can predict acute kidney injury (AKI) development in nonseptic and nonasphyxiated but critically ill preterm infants.

Methods: Fifty preterm infants, gestational age (GA) between 28 and 34 weeks, were included in this case control study. Blood and urine samples were taken for blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, and uNGAL on postnatal (PN) days 1 and 7.

Reference intervals of serum cystatin C for determining cystatin C-based glomerular filtration rates in preterm neonates.

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the reference values of serum Cystatin C (CysC) and CysC-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) on the 3rd and 30th day of life in comparison with serum creatinine (Cr) and Cr-based estimated GFR.

Methods: This prospective study was performed on 52 preterm neonates whose gestational ages were between 28 and 34 weeks. Preterm neonates were divided into three groups according to the gestational age as follows: gestational week of 28-29 (group 1), gestational week of 30-32 (group 2) and gestational week of 33-34 (group 3).

Serum cystatin C predicts acute kidney injury in preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome.

Background: We aimed to compare serum cystatin C levels (sCysC) in preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) with a control group and to investigate whether it could be used as a predictor for acute kidney injury (AKI).

Methods: sCysC was measured in 62 neonates with RDS (n = 28) and control neonates without RDS (n = 34), whose gestational ages (GA) were between 27 and 29 weeks (subgroup 1) and 30-32 weeks (subgroup 2). AKI was defined as oliguria and/or increase of serum creatinine.

Short- and long-term efficacy of levamisole in children with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome.

Purpose: In this study, we aimed to evaluate short- and long-term effects of levamisole therapy in steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) in children.

Methods: The study consisted of 29 SSNS patients who had been treated with levamisole for 12 months. Laboratory values and clinical data were analyzed for three separate periods for each patient: 1 year prior to the initiation of levamisole therapy (Pre-Lev), during 1 year of levamisole therapy (During-Lev), and the year following cessation of levamisole therapy (End-Lev).

Clinical features of children with Henoch-Schonlein purpura: risk factors associated with renal involvement.

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate renal involvement and factors affecting the prognosis in patients with Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP).

Materials And Methods: The outcomes of 107 children diagnosed with HSP who had been followed up for at least 6 months were reviewed.

Results: Renal involvement was observed in 26.