Publications by authors named "Dilara Ceylan"
Background: Adolescents are mostly considered as a healthy population; however, failure to acquire positive health behaviors during this period makes them vulnerable to poor health outcomes and long-term chronic disorders. Health literacy is one of the most influential parameters in promoting adolescent health. This study aimed to determine the level and promoters of health literacy in adolescents, emphasize the importance of internet use, and evaluate the relationship between self-efficacy and health literacy.
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- Three infants (38 to 43 days old) experienced poor weight gain and electrolyte imbalances (low sodium and high potassium), leading to urinary tract infections and malformations.
- Hormonal tests showed normal cortisol and 17-hydroxy progesterone but high aldosterone levels, resulting in a diagnosis of transient pseudohypoaldosteronism.
- After appropriate treatment, the transient condition resolved, highlighting the need for pediatricians to consider this diagnosis in infants with UTIs and electrolyte issues.
septicemia is rare in previously healthy children. Skin lesions such as subcutaneous nodules and ecthyma gangrenosum may be the first manifestation of infection that have rarely been reported. Herein we reported a previously healthy 6-month-old boy patient who presented with suppurative otitis media, multiple nodules, septic shock, and was identified in cultures of the blood, skin lesions, and purulent material of his ears.
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