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.

Coexistence of Anal Atresia, Anophthalmia and Intestinal Neuronal Dysplasia Type-A in a Newborn.

We report a patient with anal atresia, anophthalmia and intestinal neuronal dysplasia type A.

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.

Neuron-specific enolase and S100B protein in children with carbon monoxide poisoning: children are not just small adults.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of S100B protein and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in children with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.

Methods: In this prospective, case-controlled study, children with CO poisoning were recruited. Patient demographics features and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) were recorded.

Hair zinc and selenium levels in children with recurrent wheezing.

The prevalence of asthma and other allergic diseases has increased markedly in the last few decades. Oxidative stress plays a central role in asthma pathogenesis, and reduced daily consumption of antioxidants is positively correlated with increased risk of asthma. Zinc (Zn) and selenium (Se) are the main antioxidant elements.

Giant congenital epiglottic cyst presenting with airway obstruction at birth.

Congenital laryngeal cysts (CLCs) are rare and may be fatal. Although CLCs have the potential to cause severe airway obstruction and death, these are not common presentations at birth. The most common CLCs are the aryepiglottic cysts, with the epiglottic cysts being the least common.

Cardiac functions in children with growth hormone deficiency before and during growth hormone-replacement therapy.

Childhood growth hormone deficiency (GHD) decreases left-ventricular (LV) mass, but impairment of cardiac function has never been documented. The objective of this study was to assess the cardiac effects of GHD and recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) treatment using conventional echocardiography and tissue Doppler imaging. Complete two-dimensional, M-mode, pulse-wave Doppler echocardiography and pulse-wave tissue Doppler imaging were performed in 12 children (6 male and 6 female patients) with GHD at baseline and at 5.

[Silent enemy in acute rheumatic fever: subclinical carditis].

Objectives: Routine use of Doppler echocardiography for the initial diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) might allow early detection and, hence, prevention of rheumatic recurrences. This study sought to determine the incidence of subclinical carditis in ARF patients.

Study Design: The study included 80 patients (64 migratory polyarthritis, 16 rheumatic chorea) who were diagnosed with ARF according to the Jones criteria, 1992 update.

Psychiatric symptoms of adolescents with physical complaints admitted to an adolescence unit.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychiatric symptoms among adolescents who were seen in the outpatient clinic for their physical complaints. Two hundred and ninety adolescent outpatients (154 males and 136 females) between 13 and 17 years of age (mean 14.3+/-1.