Objective: Optimal care in the delivery room is important to decrease neonatal morbidity and mortality. We aimed to evaluate neonatal resuscitation practices in Turkish centers.
Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional survey consisted of a 91-item questionnaire focused on delivery room practices in neonatal resuscitation and was sent to 50 Turkish centers.
Background: Approximately 10 to 14 painful procedures per day are performed in infants during the hospital stay. We aimed to determine the effect of reflexology applied to the sole during painful procedures on pain perception in newborns compared with other nonpharmacologic methods.
Methods: Our study was planned as a randomized controlled trial in term infants being followed up in the neonatal intensive care unit and maternity ward.
Background: Cardiomyopathies account for 1% of cardiac diseases that mainly originate from myocarditis in the form of dilated cardiomyopathy in the neonatal period. Viruses are the main cause of myocarditis resulting in dilated cardiomyopathy. Rhinovirus is the leading cause of viral respiratory infections though it is rarely severe.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Preterm infants are at risk of neurodevelopmental impairments. At present, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-MRS) is used to evaluate brain metabolites in asphyxiated term infants. The aim of this review is to assess associations between cerebral H-MRS and neurodevelopment after preterm birth.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy is one of the main causes of neonatal deaths. The objective of this study was to evaluate the neuroprotective effect of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS) in neonatal rats with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, as well as its effect on neuronal apoptosis through histopathological and biochemical tests.
Methods: Forty-seven-day‑old rats with induced hypoxia‑ischemia (HI) were randomly separated into four groups.
Study Design: Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data.
Objective: To report the follow-up curve behaviors in different Sanders staging groups.
Summary Of Background Data: Vertebral body tethering (VBT) is a growth modulation technique that allows gradual spontaneous follow-up curve correction as the patient grows.
Objective: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the most prevalent causes of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI). The primary objective of this study is to provide the risk modelling of confirmed RSV infection in children who were born preterm at 29 to 35 weeks of gestational age and presented with LRTI.
Study Design: This prospective, multicenter study was performed between October 2015 and March 2017.
Background: A diverticulum is an outpouching of a tubular organ that is classified as congenital and acquired according to the involved layers of the gastrointestinal wall. Congenital true diverticulum has been very rarely seen in neonatal period and it is very difficult to diagnose it especially in premature infants.
Case: A male infant was born with birth weight of 1000 g at 28th gestational week, was hospitalized for prematurity and respiratory distress.
Background: Currently, there is a lack of clear definition for neonatal sepsis. The Pediatric Committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) developed consensus criteria to ensure a standardization for neonatal sepsis definition. However, there is no evidence supporting the accuracy of the EMA sepsis criteria in neonatal sepsis diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFYılmaz-Semerci S, Bornaun H, Kurnaz D, Cebeci B, Babayiğit A, Büyükkale G, Çetinkaya M. Neonatal atrial flutter: Three cases and review of the literature. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 306-309.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Biol Macromol
February 2019
Hydrogen peroxide is converted by catalase to molecular oxygen and water to remove oxidative stress. In this study, catalase immobilization was performed using poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-glycidyl methacrylate) (poly(HEMA-GMA)) cryogels with different amounts of GMA. Catalase adsorption capacity of 298.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Pediatr Pharmacol Ther
January 2018
Pulmonary atelectasis leads to difficulties in weaning of the neonates from mechanical ventilation. The management of persistent atelectasis in neonates constitutes a common challenge for physicians. Several reports suggested Recombinant human DNase (rhDNase) as a beneficial therapy for neonates with persistent atelectasis by reducing mucous viscosity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRespiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prophylaxis in high-risk infants is an effective intervention for the prevention of severe disease. The aim of this study was to determine the ideal target preterm population that might benefit from palivizumab prophylaxis by establishing the main risk factors for acute RSV-related infections. Former premature infants born with a gestational age ≤37 weeks and ≤1 year of age at the beginning of the RSV season and admitted with respiratory infection were included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The objective of the study was to investigate the possible association between maternal/neonatal 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25-OHD) levels and development of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
Study Design: One hundred and forty-five preterm infants ⩽36 weeks of gestation were enrolled. 25-OHD levels were determined in maternal/neonatal blood samples that were obtained at the time of admission to the neonatal intensive care unit.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak
March 2017
Intestinal perforation or inflammation due to appendicitis is rarely encountered in the neonatal period. The diagnosis may be delayed due to the lack of specific clinical symptoms and its rarity in this patient population. Early surgical treatment is the main treatment strategy with a good prognosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Hepatic abscess is a rare but potentially fatal entity in neonates. The aim of this study was to provide valuable data for diagnosis, management and prevention of hepatic abscess in preterm infants.
Methods: A retrospective chart review was made for patients diagnosed with hepatic abscesses between 2012 and 2015.
With advances in medical sciences, an increase in survival rates of low birth weight; increased incidence in use of catheter and antibiotics, and total parenteral nutrition are reported, therefore, the rate of fungal infections in late and very late onset neonatal sepsis have increased. Although fungal endocarditis rarely occur in newborns, it has a high morbidity and mortality. Antifungal therapy is often insufficient in cases who develop fungal endocarditis and surgical treatment is not preferred due to its difficulty and high mortality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate whether or not the CHA2DS2-VASc score predicts left atrial (LA) thrombus detected on pre-cardioversion transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE).
Materials And Methods: The medical records of patients who had undergone TEE were reviewed to assess the presence of LA thrombus prior to direct-current cardioversion for atrial fibrillation (AF). The CHA2DS2-VASc score was calculated for each patient.
Objective: The objective of this study was to compare frequently used cardiovascular risk scores in predicting the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) and 3-vessel disease.
Methods And Results: In 350 consecutive patients (218 men and 132 women) who underwent coronary angiography, the cardiovascular risk level was determined using the Framingham Risk Score (FRS), the Modified Framingham Risk Score (MFRS), the Prospective Cardiovascular Münster (PROCAM) score, and the Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE). The area under the curve for receiver operating characteristic curves showed that FRS had more predictive value than the other scores for CAD (area under curve, 0.