Effect of obesity on COVID-19 disease severity in children.

Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused many injuries and deaths worldwide. Obesity is reported to be an important risk factor for severe COVID-19, although the underlying mechanism is not fully understood. The present study aimed to determine whether obesity or being overweight is associated with the clinical course and severity of COVID-19 in children.

Evaluation of Long-term Posterior Segment Parameters in Children Who Had Recovered From Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome.

Background And Objective: To evaluate long-term posterior segment findings in children recovering from multisystemic inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

Patients And Methods: Our study included 22 patients who were admitted to an intensive care unit with a diagnosis of MIS-C between November 2021 and March 2022, and 25 healthy controls. The study included pediatric patients who had an eye examination an average of 12.

Infections in Pediatric Patients With Burn Injury: 6 Years of Experience.

Background: This study aimed to determine the frequency of bloodstream and wound infections and their possible risk factors in hospitalized children with burn injury.

Methods: We performed this retrospective descriptive study from 2015 to 2021. The study subjects consisted of all the pediatric patients hospitalized in the burn unit, from whom microorganisms were isolated either from blood or wound culture samples.

Experience with enterococcal meningitis/ventriculitis in children.

Background: Enterococcal infections are increasingly common in hospitalized patients. Enterococcal meningitis/ventriculitis (EMV) is an extremely rare condition of enterococcal infections, occurring particularly in children. This study investigated the clinical and microbiological characteristics, predisposing factors, and prognosis in pediatric patients with EMV.

Evaluation of vaccination status of health care workers for recommended vaccines and their acceptance of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.

Introduction: Health care workers (HCWs) are disproportionately exposed to infectious diseases and play a role in nosocomial transmission, making them a key demographic for vaccination. HCW vaccination rates are not optimal in many countries; hence, compulsory vaccination policies have been implemented in some countries. Although these policies are effective and necessary under certain conditions, resolving HCWs' hesitancies and misconceptions about vaccines is crucial.

Relationship of chest computed tomography score with disease severity and laboratory values in children with COVID-19.

Aim: Although chest computed tomography (CT) score has been well evaluated in adult coronavirus disease (COVID-19), its use in paediatric cases is insufficiently studied. Our aim is to evaluate the relationship of chest CT score with disease severity and laboratory parameters.

Methods: Seventy-six paediatric patients with confirmed COVID-19 and chest CT evaluation on admission have been included in this study.

SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among pediatric health care personnel after the first peak of the pandemic: nationwide surveillance in Turkey.

Background: Understanding SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among health care personnel is important to explore risk factors for transmission, develop elimination strategies and form a view on the necessity and frequency of surveillance in the future.

Methods: We enrolled 4927 health care personnel working in pediatric units at 32 hospitals from 7 different regions of Turkey in a study to determine SARS Co-V-2 seroprevalence after the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. A point of care serologic lateral flow rapid test kit for immunoglobulin (Ig)M/IgG was used.

Coinfection in SARS-CoV-2 Infected Children Patients.

Introduction: The aim of this study is to determine the coinfections with other respiratory pathogens in SARS-CoV-2 infected children patients in a pediatric unit in Istanbul.

Methodology: This retrospective descriptive study was conducted in a 1000-bedded tertiary education and research hospital in Istanbul. All children hospitalized with the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection had been investigated for respiratory agents in nasopharyngeal secretions.

Can immature platelet fraction be an early predictor for congenital pneumonia?

Aim: Timely diagnosis and treatment of congenital pneumonia are crucial. A new hematologic parameter, immature platelet fraction, has been used to gather clinical information on the prognosis of thrombocytopenia, as well as to measure inflammatory activity in adult patients. This study aimed to compare immature platelet fraction and sepsis biomarkers in late-preterm infants diagnosed as having congenital pneumonia and to evaluate its predictive value for congenital pneumonia.

The Efficacy of Chest Computed Tomography in Pediatric Patients With Suspected COVID-19.

Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate chest computed tomography (CT) findings and the value of CT in the diagnosis in children with suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Materials And Methods: Chest CT images of pediatric patients with suspected COVID-19 were retrospectively evaluated. Computed tomography findings were divided into 3 groups: normal, consistent, and inconsistent with COVID-19.

Global surveillance, travel, and trade during a pandemic.

Pandemics have had very important consequences in human history. Lots of people lost their lives and countries have been intensively affected in terms of socioeconomic problems. Unfortunately, avoidance of pandemics and limiting the spread are still currently not always possible.

Comparative analysis of glucoinsulinemic markers and proinflammatory cytokines in prepubertal children born large-versus appropriate-for gestational age.

Children born large for gestational age (LGA) may be at risk for development of obesity and insulin resistance (IR). The reciprocal relationship of adipokines and proinflammatory cytokines is suggested to play a putative role in fine tuning of insulin secretory dynamics. To evaluate serum interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), leptin, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), and IGF-binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) concentrations in idiopathic LGA-born children to appropriate for gestational age (AGA) and idiopathic LGA-born children at prepubertal ages and investigate their associations with IR, evaluated by homeostasis model assessment-IR (HOMA-IR), we conducted a cross-sectional study to compare 40 (19 females) idiopathic LGA-born prepubertal children [mean ± SD age 6.

Are metabolic syndrome antecedents in prepubertal children associated with being born idiopathic large for gestational age?

Introduction: Being born large for gestational age (LGA) is a risk factor for development of metabolic syndrome (MS) in adolescents and adults.

Objective: To evaluate prepubertal children born idiopathic LGA to non-obese mothers without gestational diabetes or glucosuria with respect to the presence of MS antecedents.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study to compare 40 (19 F) LGA-born prepubertal children of a mean age of 6.