Long-term, Low-Dose Oral Azithromycin Treatment for Chronic Severe Bilateral Blepharokeratoconjunctivitis in Pediatric Patients.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral azithromycin treatment combined with topical antibiotic and anti-inflammatory agents in pediatric patients with chronic severe bilateral blepharokeratoconjunctivitis.

Methods: Patients younger than 14 years with chronic and severe bilateral blepharokeratoconjunctivitis were reviewed retrospectively. Consecutive patients receiving oral azithromycin treatment were included.

Effects of the Dibenzofuran, Usnic Acid, on Inhibition of Ocular Biofilm Formation Due to Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci.

BACKGROUND Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are gram-positive, aerobic, commensal bacteria found on the skin and mucus membranes, including the conjunctiva. Usnic acid (UA) is a dibenzofuran derivative isolated from lichens. This study aimed to investigate the effects of usnic acid on inhibition of ocular biofilm formation due to CoNS.

Clinical features and outcomes of children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit due to posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome.

Objective: The aim of this study is to analyze the clinical features, neuroimaging findings and outcomes of the children admitted to our tertiary pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) due to posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES).

Methods: This was a retrospective study where the hospital records of children admitted to PICU due to PRES between January 1, 2011 and January 1, 2021 were reviewed.

Results: We enrolled 14 patients with a median age of 8 years (IQR 2.

Orbital structures in the pediatric age group: A normative assessment using magnetic resonance imaging.

Purpose: Many diseases of traumatic, infectious, endocrinologic and neoplastic origin can lead to orbital involvement and related morphological changes. In the present study, we aimed to determine the age-based normal orbital measurements using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in pediatric patients.

Methods: Our retrospective study included 186 patients with normal orbital MRI findings.

An indirect effect of COVID-19 pandemic: Increased pediatric perforated appendicitis rate due to delayed admission.

Objectives: Appendicitis is a common surgical emergency among children. The coronavirus pandemic affected the system of hospitals more than any other field, and great amount of people were concerned about visiting the hospitals for any reason. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the profile of appendicitis by emphasizing perforated and acute appendicitis in the pandemic period and to compare the rates with previous three years.

Effects of Muscle Architecture on Eccentric Exercise Induced Muscle Damage Responses.

There is a need to investigate the role of muscle architecture on muscle damage responses induced by exercise. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of muscle architecture and muscle length on eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage responses. Eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage was performed randomly to the elbow flexor (EF), knee extensor (KE), and knee flexor (KF) muscle groups with two week intervals in 12 sedentary male subjects.

Antibiofilm effect of probiotic lactic acid bacteria against Bacillus spp obtained from the ocular surface.

Objective: Increasing emergence of antibiotic resistance has led to developing alternative methods to overcome this issue. The antibiotic resistance is mainly associated with formation of biofilms. Restoring healthy microbiota is one of these methods to fight the biofilm formation.

Ophthalmic Emergencies and Effects of Different Quarantine Models During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiological features of the patients admitted to our emergency department (ED) during the COVID-19 pandemic in March, April, and May 2020, compare them with the patients in March, April, and May 2019, and to investigate the effect of various quarantine models. MATERIAL AND METHODS The records of 1206 eligible patients were reviewed. Age groups were divided according to their quarantine status.

A 2-Year-Old Boy With Hypoxemia, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Digital Clubbing.

A 2-year-old boy was referred to the Ankara University School of Medicine Children's Hospital with a history of recurrent respiratory distress and cyanosis since birth. His medical history was significant for premature birth at 31 weeks via cesarean section, as an infant of a diabetic mother. There was no parental consanguinity.

Dynamic stretching does not affect peroneal and tibial muscle reaction properties.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate acute and chronic effects of dynamic stretching on peroneal and tibialis anterior reaction properties.

Patients And Methods: Between September 2015 and June 2017, a total of 21 male athletes (mean age 22.6 years; range, 20 to 30 years) were included in this study.

The Effect of Static Stretching of Peroneal and Tibialis Anterior Muscles on Reaction Time: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the acute and chronic effects of static stretching on peroneal and tibialis anterior reaction characteristics.

Design: All 23 participants who volunteered for this study were randomly divided into static (n = 12) and control (n = 11) groups. The subjects in the static stretching group performed stretching exercises for the ankle evertor and dorsiflexor muscles 5 days a week for 6 wks.

Effect of Upper-Extremity Strengthening Exercises on the Lumbar Strength, Disability and Pain of Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Study.

The present study aimed to analyze the impacts of a low back rehabilitation program accompanied with neck, shoulder and upper back exercises on pain, disability, and physical characteristics of patients with chronic low back pain. Twenty sedentary male patients with chronic low back pain participated in the study on a voluntary basis. The patients were randomly allocated into two groups: a conventional low back exercise group (CE) and a supported exercise group (SE; CE plus upper back, neck, and shoulder exercises).

Effects of Static and Dynamic Stretching on the Isokinetic Peak Torques and Electromyographic Activities of the Antagonist Muscles.

The aim of this study was to investigate if static and dynamic stretching exercises of the knee muscles (quadriceps and hamstring muscles) have any effects on concentric and eccentric isokinetic peak torques and electromyographic amplitudes (EMG) of the antagonist muscles. Twenty healthy male athletes (age between 18-30 years) voluntarily participated in this study. All of the subjects visited the laboratory to complete the following intervention in a randomized order on 5 separate days; (a) non-stretching (control), (b) static stretching of the quadriceps muscles, (c) static stretching of the hamstring muscles, (d) dynamic stretching of the quadriceps muscles, and (e) dynamic stretching of the hamstring muscles.

Eccentric Training Improves Ankle Evertor and Dorsiflexor Strength and Proprioception in Functionally Unstable Ankles.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a combined eccentric-concentric exercise program of the ankle evertors and dorsiflexors on proprioception in functionally unstable ankles.

Design: Thirteen male recreational athletes with unilateral functional ankle instability were admitted to this study. The unaffected opposite ankles were used as controls.

Acute effects of static stretching on peak and end-range hamstring-to-quadriceps functional ratios.

Aim: To evaluate if static stretching influences peak and end-range functional hamstring-to-quadriceps (H/Q) strength ratios in elite women athletes.

Methods: Eleven healthy female athletes in an elite competitive level participated to the study. All the participants fulfilled the static stretching or non-stretching (control) intervention protocol in a randomized design on different days.

Eccentric/concentric training of ankle evertor and dorsiflexors in recreational athletes: muscle latency and strength.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a combined eccentric-concentric exercise program of the ankle evertors and dorsiflexors on the latency time of the peroneus longus and tibialis anterior muscles. Twenty-four healthy male recreational athletes were admitted to this study and were randomly assigned to either the exercise group (n = 12) or the control group (n = 12). Subjects in the exercise group performed an isokinetic exercise program of the ankle evertors and dorsiflexors in a combined eccentric-concentric mode for 3 days per week for 6 weeks.

Early versus late start of isokinetic hamstring-strengthening exercise after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with patellar tendon graft.

Background: Hamstring strengthening after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is a vital component of the rehabilitation program.

Purpose: The objective of this trial was to investigate the effects of hamstring isokinetic training used in the early phase of the rehabilitation program on the stability, strength, symptoms, and functional outcomes of patients throughout 12 months after anterior cruciate ligament surgery.

Study Design: Randomized controlled clinical trial; Level of evidence, 2.

Acute effects of static and dynamic stretching on leg flexor and extensor isokinetic strength in elite women athletes.

The aim of this study was to explore the effects of static and dynamic stretching of the leg flexors and extensors on concentric and eccentric peak torque (PT) and electromyography (EMG) amplitude of the leg extensors and flexors in women athletes. Ten elite women athletes completed the following intervention protocol in a randomized order on separate days: (a) non-stretching (control), (b) static stretching, and (c) dynamic stretching. Stretched muscles were the quadriceps and hamstring muscles.

Difference in the magnitude of muscle damage between elbow flexors and knee extensors eccentric exercises.

The aim of this study was to investigate the difference in the magnitude of muscle damage between maximal eccentric exercises of the elbow flexors (EF) and knee extensors (KE). Twelve sedentary male volunteers participated in the study. Range of motion (ROM), isometric peak torque (IPT), delayed onset of muscle soreness (DOMS), creatine kinase activity (CK), and myoglobin concentration (Mb) were evaluated before, immediately after, and on the 1(st) , 2(nd), 3(rd) , and 7(th) days following exercise.

Complications of primary placement of motility post in porous polyethylene implants during enucleation.

Purpose: To evaluate the complications associated with the primary placement of a motility coupling post (MCP) in spherical porous polyethylene (PP) implants at the time of enucleation.

Design: Retrospective, interventional case series.

Methods: The records of all patients who had undergone primary enucleation and spherical PP implant with MCP insertion, and who were followed for at least six months were reviewed.

Simultaneous bilateral external dacryocystorhinostomy.

Purpose: To assess the outcome and complications of simultaneous bilateral external dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) surgery.

Methods: The records of all patients who underwent bilateral external DCR in a single session between November 1999 and October 2005 were reviewed.

Results: The study cohort comprised 59 patients (50 females, nine males; age range: 6-72 years; mean age: 49 years).