Can lactate be valuable in early diagnosis and prognosis of neonatal sepsis?

Background: Sepsis monitoring tissue perfusion is crucial for detecting circulatory failure early, implementing the right treatments, and assessing response. Insufficient oxygenation leads to a rise in lactate level and has been shown to be useful in predicting mortality and morbidity in newborns. There have not been many studies on how lactate measurement affects neonatal sepsis diagnosis and prognosis.

The disappearance of respiratory syncytial virus and influenza viruses in children during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic - are non-pharmaceutical interventions as effective as vaccines?

Objective: Respiratory viral diseases are common in children. A viral diagnostic test is necessary, because COVID-19 shows signs and symptoms similar to those of common respiratory viruses. The article aims at analyzing the presence of respiratory viruses that were common before the pandemic in children who were tested for suspected COVID-19, and is also concerned with how common respiratory viruses were impacted by COVID-19 measures during the second year of pandemic.

Effect of Phototherapy on Neutrophil VCS Parameters and White Blood Cells.

Objective: To investigate the effect of phototherapy (PT) on WBC parameters and neutrophil volume, conductivity and scatter (VCS) parameters.

Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Keçiören Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, from October 2016 and January 2017.

Unilateral Ectrodactyly in a Newborn with Trisomy 18 Syndrome: An Unusual Association.

The case of a newborn male with trisomy 18 syndrome, having bilateral syndactyly, aplasia and hypoplasia of the foot digits, unilateral ectrodactyly of the left foot and a prominently dorsiflexed hallux, clenched hand with overlapping fingers and general hypertonia, is presented. There are only 5 cases of trisomy 18 syndrome associated with ectrodactyly in the literature. We present a case of trisomy 18 syndrome with unilateral ectrodactyly of the left foot, which is an infrequent association.

Incidence of maternal vitamin D deficiency in a region of Ankara, Turkey: a preliminary study.

Background/aim: To evaluate vitamin D levels and risk factors for vitamin D deficiency in healthy newborns and their mothers.

Materials And Methods: Ninety-nine healthy pregnant women (≥ 37 weeks of gestation) were enrolled in the study. Previous history of pregnancies and births, nutritional status, multivitamin supplementation, educational status, type of clothing, and the economic level of the family were recorded.