Troponin I, CK-MB, and inotropic score in hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and associated infant mortality.

Purpose: Cardiovascular dysfunction is common in hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), which is one of the leading causes of multi-organ failure in neonates. We aimed to assess troponin I and creatine kinase myocardial band (CK-MB) levels, inotropic score (IS) in HIE patients, and their associations with HIE staging and mortality.

Method: The medical records of all HIE infants admitted to our unit between 2016 and 2018 were retrospectively analyzed.

Different periods, similar challenges, opposing paths: Exploring the social structure of popular science magazines in Turkey.

This study questions the social relations behind the challenges that popular science magazines in Turkey have faced from their onset, by focusing on the peculiarities of different historical periods and prevailing relations of production. The history of popular science magazines from the Ottoman Empire to the present day is also the history of the transition from artisan-like relations of production to factory-like relations of production and more. In this long historical period, premodern social relations and market conditions come to the fore as the main source of the challenges these magazines face.

The Effect of Anesthesia Type During Delivery on Neonatal Otoacoustic Emission Hearing Test Results: A Tertiary Center Experience.

Background: Hearing is essential for the healthy development of an infant as language is one of the main stimulants of intellectual capacity. We investigate the effect of anesthesia type during delivery on neonatal otoacoustic emission (OAE) hearing test results.

Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study includes 1,493 healthy, full-term (39/0-40/6 gestational weeks) newborns of healthy women and who were delivered by cesarean section.

Analysis of cystic hygroma diagnosed in the first trimester: Single-center experience.

Objective: To evaluate the obstetric outcomes of fetuses with cystic hygroma other than karyotype abnormalities and structural malformations.

Material And Methods: We conducted a retrospective study based on the review of medical records of pregnant women in whom ultrasonographic diagnosis of fetal cystic hygroma was established in the first trimester from January 2014 to October 2018. All patients were offered genetic counselling and prenatal invasive diagnostic procedures to obtain fetal karyotype.

Effect of withholding feeds on transfusion-related acute gut injury in preterm infants: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Several retrospective studies have reported an increase in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) during the 48 h following red blood cell (RBC) transfusion. Whether withholding enteral feeding during transfusion decreases the risk of transfusion-associated acute gut injury (TRAGI) in preterm infants is unclear. In this pilot study, 112 preterm infants with gestational age ≤32 weeks and/or birth weight ≤1500 g were randomly assigned to withholding (NPO) or continuance of feeding (FED) during RBC transfusion.

Mean platelet volume/count and mortality in extremely low birth weight infants of preeclamptic mothers.

Purpose: To compare complete blood count (CBC) parameters in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants born to mothers with and without preeclampsia and to evaluate whether these parameters could be used to determine the prognosis of infants born to mothers with preeclampsia.

Method: Thirty-eight infants of preeclamptic mothers (IPM) and 77 infants of non-preeclamptic mothers (INPM) were included in the study. The CBC parameters of ELBW infants were evaluated at the sixth hour of life.

Preeclampsia is an independent risk factor for spontaneous intestinal perforation in very preterm infants.

Background: Spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP) is an important surgical emergency in preterm infants.

Aims: To evaluate the effect of maternal preeclampsia on development of SIP in premature infants.

Study Design: Retrospective observational study in a large tertiary neonatal intensive care unit.

Effects of red cell transfusion on cardiac output and perfusion index in preterm infants.

Objective/aim: The present investigation was designed to study the effect of blood transfusion on cardiac output and perfusion index. The aim was to demonstrate a relationship between hematocrit, lactate, cardiac output and perfusion index in anemic preterm infants and to investigate significant changes in these parameters induced by RBC transfusion.

Methods: Anemic infants who were under 35 weeks of gestational age (GA) and were in a stable clinical condition without respiratory or cardiac problems, signs of sepsis, or renal disease at the time of investigation were enrolled in the study.

Surfactant administration via thin catheter during spontaneous breathing: randomized controlled trial.

Background: The primary aim of this randomized study was to describe the feasibility of early administration of surfactant via a thin catheter during spontaneous breathing (Take Care) and compare early mechanical ventilation (MV) requirement with the InSurE (Intubate, Surfactant, Extubate) procedure.

Methods: Preterm infants, who were <32 weeks and stabilized with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) in the delivery room, were randomized to receive early surfactant treatment either by the Take Care or InSurE technique. Tracheal instillation of 100 mg/kg poractant α via 5-F catheter during spontaneous breathing under nCPAP was performed in the intervention group.

Low platelet count is associated with ductus arteriosus patency in preterm newborns.

Background/aim: To determine whether there is an association between platelet counts and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) incidence and/or closure in preterm newborns.

Study Design And Subjects: Premature infants with hemodynamically significant PDA (n=154) and a control group without PDA (n=207) who were hospitalized in the NICU were retrospectively evaluated. Platelet counts and other platelet indices including mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) of the infants in both groups during the first 3 days of life were recorded.

Fecal calprotectin levels are increased in infants with necrotizing enterocolitis.

Objective: To investigate the value of fecal calprotectin in diagnosis and predicting severity of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in preterm infants.

Methods: A prospective controlled study was conducted including preterm infants with stage 2 to 3 NEC, and birth weight and gestational age-matched controls. Fecal samples were obtained both at the time of NEC diagnosis and 3-5 days later from the patients, and at similar postnatal age from controls.

New adipocytokines (vaspin, apelin, visfatin, adiponectin) levels in children treated with valproic acid.

Aim: To investigate the relationship between the newly discovered adipocytokines and increasing body weight (paralleled by increased insulin resistance), and antiepileptic drug therapy with valproic acid (VPA).

Design And Methods: 44 children with idiopathic, generalized epilepsy treated with valproic acid (VPA), and 40 control group children were included in this study.

Results: Both the VPA-treated group and the control group showed no significant difference in terms of age, total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol.

Does individual room implemented family-centered care contribute to mother-infant interaction in preterm deliveries necessitating neonatal intensive care unit hospitalization?

The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of individual room care in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) on the factors that influence mother-preterm infant interaction. Mothers in group I had hospitalization with their preterm infants in an individual room in the NICU. Mothers in group II were not hospitalized but had opportunity to visit their babies and spend time with them whenever they wanted.