Shared reading: Parental attitudes, practices and barriers in Turkey.

Aim: Understanding the nature of parent-child shared reading (SR) practices is important to reach children's developmental potential and subsequent achievement. We evaluated the parental attitudes and practices, associated variables and barriers related to SR.

Methods: This prospective study enrolled 624 parents of children aged 1-72 months who presented to a tertiary hospital for well-child care or acute minor illness.

Neurodevelopmental outcomes of very low birth weight preterm infants treated with poractant alfa versus beractant for respiratory distress syndrome.

Background: Some controlled trials have shown significant differences in short-term clinical outcomes between poractant alfa and beractant in infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). There is, however, no study showing the differences in long-term outcomes with these treatments.

Aim: To determine and compare the neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm infants with RDS treated with poractant alfa or beractant at 2 years of age.