Secondary Gains of Strategies to Prevent COVID-19 Infection in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Has the Frequency of Healthcare-Associated Infections Decreased?

Objective: To compare the frequency and distribution of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) during COVID-19 infection.

Methods: We compared all cases hospitalized in the NICU and diagnosed with HAIs between 1 March - 1 September 2019 (pre-COVID-19 pandemic) and 1 March - 1 September 2020 (during the COVID-19 pandemic).

Results: We evaluated a total of 957 babies, 427 babies in the pre-COVID-19 period and 530 babies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Frequency and Prognosis of Hydrops Fetalis: A 10-Year Single-Center Experience.

Objective: The study aims to evaluate the etiological distribution and prognosis of newborn infants with hydrops fetalis (HF).

Methods: All infants born in our hospital within the past 10 years and hospitalized with the diagnosis of HF were included in this retrospective descriptive study. Demographic characteristics, etiological distributions, treatment interventions, and prognosis information of the infants were recorded retrospectively.

Outcomes of lacrimal probing surgery as the first option in the treatment of congenital dacryocystocele.

Purpose: To determine the demographic and clinical characteristics of newborn patients who underwent lacrimal probing surgical intervention with or without the marsupialization of intranasal cysts as the primary management for dacryocystocele treatment.

Methods: Data from the medical charts of 350 infants who underwent lacrimal probing surgery due to nasolacrimal duct obstruction were reviewed retrospectively. Ten newborn patients with a naive diagnosis of congenital dacryocystocele were included in the study.

Value of urinary kidney injury molecule-1 levels in predicting acute kidney injury in very low birth weight preterm infants.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the significance of urinary kidney injury molecule-1 (uKIM-1) levels in predicting acute kidney injury (AKI) and mortality in very low birth weight (VLBW) preterm infants.

Methods: This prospective, observational cohort study was conducted on 39 VLBW preterm infants. Serum creatinine (SCr) and uKIM-1 levels were measured in the first 24 and 48 to 72 hours of life.

Risk Factor Assessment and the Incidence of Neonatal Hypoglycemia in the Postnatal Period.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate risk factors used for the assessment of neonatal hypoglycemia and to examine the follow-up outcomes observed in the first 48 hours of postnatal life.

Methods: The records of infants born between 2015 and 2017 (3 years) at Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital who had a blood glucose level test performed within the first 24 hours after birth and who had follow-up results for 48 hours were included in the study. Data of gestational age; birth weight; gender; antenatal, natal and postnatal characteristics; blood glucose measurement method and time during the first 48 hours postpartum; glucose values and follow-up; nutritional status; and the need for hospitalization due to a low blood glucose value were recorded.

Functional genomics resources for the North Atlantic copepod, Calanus finmarchicus: EST database and physiological microarray.

The copepod, Calanus finmarchicus is a keystone species for the North Atlantic. Because of recent changes in the geographic distribution of this species, there are questions as to how this organism responds physiologically to environmental cues. Molecular techniques allow for examination and new understanding of these physiological changes.

Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery in gynecology: scientific dream or reality?

Objective: To analyze the feasibility, safety, advantages, and disadvantages of using robotic technology for gynecologic surgeries in a large group of patients.

Design: Retrospective study (Canadian Task Force classification II-3).

Setting: Tertiary endoscopic referral centers.