Effects of early physical therapy on motor development in children with Down syndrome.

Objective: The objective of the study was to compare the motor development of children with Down syndrome (DS) who received physical therapy (PT) and did not receive PT, and to show the effect of PT programs started before the age of one on movement development.

Methods: The study included aged between 6 and 42 months, 58 children with DS. Children with DS were divided into two groups as receiving PT and non-receiving PT.

Experience of mothers with Down syndrome children at the time of diagnosis.

Introduction: Down's syndrome (DS) is a common genetic disorder. The families of children with DS generally do not receive sufficient information at the time of the diagnosis. They are dissatisfied with the manner of healthcare professionals.

Sleep patterns of young children with newly diagnosed atopic dermatitis.

Introduction: Even though atopic dermatitis (AD) most often begins in the first year of life, it is not well known whether sleep disturbances occur following the onset of the disease or whether they develop later.

Aim: To determine the sleep patterns of young children already diagnosed with AD in comparison to a control group by using a validated questionnaire, the Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ).

Material And Methods: Forty-six children with a new diagnosis of AD and 60 healthy children, aged 3-36 months, participated in the study.

Communication skills of residents to families with Down syndrome babies.

Background: Generally, pediatricians are the first health caregivers to deliver initial diagnosis of Down syndrome (DS) to the families. However, most of the parents are not satisfied with the contents and how they receive information when their child is born with DS. Pediatric residents should target educational interventions to help parents to overcome with these issues and to provide accurate information.

Human milk banking and milk kinship: Perspectives of mothers in a Muslim country.

Aim: The present study aims to determine the knowledge, attitudes and views of mothers regarding infant feeding, breast milk, wet-nursing, milk kinship and human milk banks.

Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was composed of 1042 mothers who delivered at two different hospitals in Turkey.

Results: Almost half of the participating mothers, 49.

Clinical features of children with Henoch-Schonlein purpura: risk factors associated with renal involvement.

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate renal involvement and factors affecting the prognosis in patients with Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP).

Materials And Methods: The outcomes of 107 children diagnosed with HSP who had been followed up for at least 6 months were reviewed.

Results: Renal involvement was observed in 26.

Comparison of brain apparent diffusion coefficient value in naturally and assisted conceived newborns.

Background: Our aim was to assess the value of brain apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) and spontaneously conceived preterm singletons.

Methods: Twenty ICSI-conceived preterm singletons and 20 gestational age matched spontaneously conceived preterm singletons were studied. All subjects underwent diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI).

Is "premature sebaceous hyperplasia" really a sebaceous hamartoma? Report of a case with neonatal onset.

Sebaceous hyperplasia is a common benign proliferation of the sebaceous gland. It commonly presents in middle-aged people as soft, yellow papules with central umbilication on the face, particularly on the forehead. We report a newborn with striking unilateral sebaceous hyperplasia and suggest that this may represent a unique sebaceous hamartoma rather than "premature sebaceous hyperplasia.

Prolonged jaundice in newborns is associated with low antioxidant capacity in breast milk.

In breastfeeding newborns who are otherwise healthy, the mechanism of prolonged jaundice remains unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate relations between prolonged jaundice and oxidative parameters in breast milk. Full-term, otherwise healthy newborns with jaundice lasting more than 2 weeks were enrolled prospectively in the study.

Baby walkers: a perspective from Turkey.

Aim: To determine in an urban population in Turkey, the frequency of baby walker (BW) use, beliefs and attitudes of mothers regarding BWs, frequency of BW-related injuries and whether families receive counselling from their paediatricians about BWs or not.

Methods: Children aged 2 months to 5 years who attended the well-child care clinics of Fatih University Hospital in Ankara comprised the sample. A semi-structured questionnaire was verbally administered.

A guide for monitoring child development in low- and middle-income countries.

Objective: In low- and middle-income countries, methods for clinicians to address difficulties in language, social-emotional, cognitive, behavioral, or neuromotor development during early childhood are lacking. To fill this gap, we designed, in Turkey, the Guide for Monitoring Child Development, which aims to aid clinicians in monitoring and supporting child development and the early detection and management of developmental difficulties. The Guide for Monitoring Child Development monitoring component is a practical, open-ended interview that catalyzes communication between clinicians and caregivers and obtains a portrayal of the child's development.

Promoting child development at sick-child visits: a controlled trial.

Objective: In developing countries, the health care system often is the only existing infrastructure that can reach young children, and health care encounters may be the only opportunity for professionals to have a positive influence on child development. To address the discrepancy between Western and developing countries related to the information that is available for caregivers on how to support their child's development, the World Health Organization Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development and United Nations International Children's Education Fund have developed the Care for Development Intervention. The Care for Development Intervention aims during acute health visits to enhance caregivers' play and communication with their children.