Predictive Value of Complete Blood Count, Venous Blood Gas Measurements, and Glucose/Potassium Ratio for Delayed Neuropsychiatric Syndrome in Children with Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Due to Coal-Burning Stove.

Objective: Delayed neuropsychiatric syndrome may occur after carbon monoxide poisoning has completely healed. The literature on indicators to predict delayed neuropsychiatric syndrome in pediatric patients is limited. The aim of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of complete blood count parameters, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, platelet/lymphocyte ratio, systemic immune inflammation index, glucose/potassium ratio, venous blood gas parameters, and carboxyhemoglobin in predicting delayed neuropsychiatric syndrome in children with carbon monoxide poisoning due to coal-burning stove.

The relationship between environmental air pollution, meteorological factors, and emergency service admissions for epileptic attacks in children.

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between exposure to acute air pollution and meteorological factors on the frequency of epileptic attacks in children.

Methods: This retrospective study was carried using patient files from a children's hospital in Diyarbakır, one of the largest cities in Turkey. In the present study, the possible relationship between epileptic attacks seen in children over a 10-year period, two air polluting factors (PM and SO), and the meteorological factors (air pressure, humidity, precipitation, wind speed) affecting them were investigated.

Real-time ultrasound elastography of the Achilles tendon in patients with cerebral palsy: is there a correlation between strain ratio and biomechanical indicators?

Purpose: Our aim was to comparatively investigate the strain ratio and thickness of the Achilles tendon in children with cerebral palsy (CP), and to elucidate whether there is a correlation between biomechanical features of the Achilles tendon and strain ratio.

Methods: A total of 155 participants (72 CP patients and 83 healthy controls) who underwent real-time elastography of both Achilles tendons were studied. A linear transducer (4.

Early-onset chronic axonal neuropathy, strokes, and hemolysis: inherited CD59 deficiency.

Objective: To identify the underlying etiology of 3 patients in a multiplex family with strokes, chronic immune-mediated peripheral neuropathy, and hemolysis. All had onset in infancy.

Methods: We performed genome-wide linkage analysis followed by whole exome sequencing (WES) in the proband, Sanger sequencing, and segregation analysis of putative mutations.