The Effect of "Unclassified" Blood Pressure Phenotypes on Left Ventricular Hypertrophy.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the clinical significance of the "unclassified" blood pressure phenotypes on left ventricular hypertrophy in children.

Materials And Methods: All children evaluated with ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the pediatric nephrology department between October 2018 and January 2021 were included in the study. Prehypertension, normotensive, white coat hypertension, masked hypertension, ambulatory hypertension groups and 2 other groups including increased blood pressure load, normal ambulatory blood pressure measurements, but normal (unclassified group 1) or high (unclassified group 2) office blood pressure measurements were defined according to the American Heart Association 2014 statement.

Pulse Wave Analysis in Obese Children with and without Metabolic Syndrome.

Objective: To compare pulse wave analysis (PWA) of obese children with and without metabolic syndrome (MS) with healthy, non-obese children and to evaluate the association between PWA findings and additional risk factors present in children with MS and obesity.

Methods: From the obese patients examined between June 2019 and June 2021, 41 patients with MS, 36 obese patients without MS, and 34 healthy non-obese children of similar age and gender were evaluated retrospectively. Anthropometric measurements, biochemical evaluation, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure (BP) measurement (ABPM), left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and PWA measurements were compared.

Blood pressure parameters affecting ventricular repolarization in obese children.

Background: Ventricular repolarization (VR) increases the risk of sudden cardiac death due to ventricular arrhythmia. We aimed to evaluate the blood pressure (BP) parameters affecting VR in obese children.

Methods: Obese (BMI ≥ 95p) and healthy children ≥ 120 cm between January 2017 and June 2019 were included.

A new recommendation for febrile urinary tract infection in children aged 2-24 months: Tepecik UTI Guideline-2.

Aim: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) represent a common febrile illness in infancy. The study compared two UTI guidelines in terms of number of imaging studies, presence of parenchymal damage and radiation exposure in patients with the first febrile UTI between 2 and 24 months of age.

Method: The results of Tepecik UTI Guideline-1 used until 2012 (Group 1, n = 105) were retrospectively compared with Tepecik UTI Guideline-2 (Group 2) used after 2013.

Epicardial adipose tissue and risk of arrhythmia in nephrotic syndrome.

Background: Patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS) are at a high risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity, and dyslipidemia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the formation of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) and investigate electrocardiographic (ECG) parameters in patients.

Methods: Thirty-two patients aged 0-18 years and 15 control patients were compared.

The Influence of Non-E. Coli or Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Bacterial Growth on the Follow-Up Procedure of Infants with the First Febrile Urinary Tract Infection.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of non-E. coli or extended-spectrum β-lactamase-positive (ESBL-positive) microorganism growth in the first febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) of infants on laboratory findings or renal parenchymal damage presenting the severity of inflammation, anatomic abnormalities defined by imaging studies, and recurrent UTIs in the follow-up period.

Methods: The data of patients aged between 2 and 24 mo and followed up for at least 6 mo with febrile UTI guideline of the authors' pediatric-nephrology clinic, were retrospectively analyzed.

A rare endocrinological complication of chronic kidney disease.

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) may lead to increase in serum levels of peptide hormones as a result of changes in peripheral metabolism. The pathogenesis of uremic hyperprolactinemia in CKD is not fully understood. Plasma prolactin levels are elevated in women, pubertal girls, and also in men with chronic kidney disease.

Predictors of febrile urinary tract infection caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria.

Background: We aimed to evaluate the predictability of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria (PB) with inflammation markers and hemogram parameters as neutrophil-lymphocyte-ratio (NLR), platelets-lymphocyte-ratio (PLR) and mean-platelet-volume (MPV) in infants with febrile urinary tract infection until the urine cultures are resulted.

Methods: Infants between 2-24 months hospitalized for the first febrile urinary tract infections were grouped as those infected with ESBL-PB and non-ESBL-PB. The demographic and laboratory data (inflammation markers and hemogram parameters) and the ultrasonographical findings were compared between the two groups.

Re-evaluating hypertension in children according to different guidelines: a single-center study.

We aimed to evaluate the agreements between the guidelines used for both office blood pressure (OBP) and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). Our secondary aim was to define the best threshold to assess children at risk of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Thresholds proposed by the Fourth Report (FR), European Society of Hypertension (ESH), and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for OBP and the Wühl, ESH, and American Heart Association (AHA) for ABPM were used, and nine different BP phenotype combinations were created.

Effects of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring parameters on left ventricular mass index in hypertensive children.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the effects of blood pressure (BP) values obtained by 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) of hypertensive children and adolescents on left ventricular mass index (LVMI).

Methods: Patients diagnosed with HT with BP measurements confirmed with ABPM and evaluated with echocardiography for LVMI were included. The patients were divided into two groups according to their BMI as obese and nonobese.

Prediction of More Severe MEFV Gene Mutations in Childhood.

Aim: This study aimed to present the demographic, clinical, and laboratory features of children clinically diagnosed with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and to predict more severe mutations by evaluating those findings.

Methods: We enrolled cases diagnosed with FMF with a defined variation in at least one allele. The medical charts of the patients were reviewed retrospectively.

Is coronavirus pandemic-related anxiety higher in children with chronic kidney disease than healthy children?

Background: Since the emergence and worldwide spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it has caused people to experience adverse psychological effects. This study aimed to assess anxiety levels during COVID-19 in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD), including nephrotic syndrome (NS) and kidney transplantation (Tx).

Methods: A case-controlled, cross-sectional study was conducted with children aged 10-18 years, who had a diagnosis of CKD or NS, or Tx, and followed in our center between April and July 2020.

Can we use copeptin as a biomarker for masked hypertension or metabolic syndrome in obese children and adolescents?

Objectives: Copeptin, the C-terminal part of arginine-vasopressin, is increased in hypertensive adolescents and closely associated with metabolic syndrome (MS). We aimed to investigate whether serum copeptin can be used to differentiate masked hypertension (MHT) and MS, and the role of sodium intake, natriuretic peptide response and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in MHT and MS in obese youth.

Methods: Obese children aged 10-18 years with normal office blood pressure measurements were included.

Risk Assessment for Arrhythmia in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients.

Objectives: Renal transplant recipients are at risk for ventricular arrhythmia and sudden death. To assess that risk, we compared the ventricular repolarization markers of pediatric renal transplant recipients with those of healthy children.

Materials And Methods: We included 30 children and adolescents who were followed for at least 6 months after renal transplant; 30 age- and sex-matched children were included for the control group.

Cardiovascular risk assessment in children and adolescents with congenital solitary kidneys.

Patients with solitary kidneys (SKs) are at risk of hypertension (HT) and associated end-organ damage. The authors aimed to evaluate whether children with congenital SKs (CSKs) have higher office, ambulatory, or central blood pressure (BP), increased arterial stiffness or left ventricular mass index, or any risk for arrhythmia. With this purpose, patients with CSK and healthy controls being followed up between January 2018 and June 2019 were enrolled in the study.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of children with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: a single center experience.

Background/aim: In children with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), clinical manifestations range from severe neonatal presentation to renal cysts found by chance. We aimed to evaluate demographic, clinical, laboratory findings, and genetic analysis of children with ADPKD.

Materials And Methods: We evaluated children diagnosed with ADPKD between January 2006 and January 2019.