Frequency of ABO/Rhesus Blood Groups in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus.

The correlation between ABO/Rh blood groups and diabetes mellitus is still controversial. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between ABO/Rhesus blood groups and diabetes in Turkish population. This cross-sectional study was conducted in Istanbul Medeniyet University Göztepe Education and Training Hospital's Diabetes Units.

The Cost Analysis of Preterm Infants from a NICU of a State Hospital in Istanbul.

Objective: The objective of this study was assessment of hospital costs of 211 preterm babies admitted to NICU in a 12-month period.

Methods: Preterm babies with gestational age 28-37 GW hospitalized in Dr. L.

Hospitalizations for pediatric intoxication: a study from Istanbul.

The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiological features of pediatric patients hospitalized for intoxication. Data were collected from the medical records of children < or =14 years of age, admitted for intoxication in 2005-2007. Of the 2989 admissions, 330 (11%) were intoxication cases; 238 (72.

Penile size in term newborn infants.

The objective of this study was to establish standard penile size in healthy full-term Turkish newborns and to evaluate the relation between penile and other anthropometric measures. For this prospective study, stretched penile length (SPL) and penile diameter (PD) of live-borns delivered in our hospital between September 2007-December 2008 were measured, and their birthweight, length and head circumference were recorded. Penile versus other anthropometric correlations were determined by Pearson analyses, followed by linear regression.

Hypospadias in Istanbul: incidence and risk factors.

Background: The aim of the present prospective study was to determine the incidence of hypospadias in newborns in one of the busiest teaching hospitals of Istanbul, and to investigate the risk factors.

Methods: All live-born boys delivered between September 2007 and December 2008 were screened for hypospadias. A questionnaire was given to the parents of the hypospadias and control subjects for investigation.

Macrosomic newborns: a 3-year review.

The objective of this study was to determine the incidence, perinatal complications and the outcome of macrosomic infants. A retrospective analysis was made of macrosomic deliveries and of those admitted into the Neonatology Unit. A control group of 854 deliveries weighing between 2500-4000 g was randomly composed.

Increasing low birth weight rates: deliveries in a tertiary hospital in istanbul.

Objective: Prevalence of low birth weight deliveries may vary across different environments. The necessity of determination of regional data prompted this study.

Methods: Information of all deliveries from January 2004 to December 2008 was obtained from delivery registry records retrospectively.

The effect of maternal anemia on anthropometric measurements of newborns.

Objective: To evaluate the relation between maternal prenatal hemoglobin concentration and neonatal anthropometric measurements.

Methods: All pregnant women who gave birth at the Obstetrics Department of Dr. LK Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2006, and their newborns were included in this prospective, cross-sectional study.