Internet addiction and depression: a study among adolescents.

Objective: The goal of our study is to determine the level of Internet addiction (IA) in adolescents by utilizing the IA scale.

Methods: We employed two tools: the IA test (IAT) and the beck depression inventory (BDI), complemented by a sociodemographic information form, to assess IA and depression levels.

Results: A total of 201 participants were included.

Can direct bilirubin-to-lymphocyte ratio predict surgery for pediatric adhesive small bowel obstruction?

Objective: Estimating which patients might require surgical intervention is crucial. Patients with complete bowel obstructions exhibit disrupted enterohepatic cycles of bile and bacteremia due to bacterial translocation. The goal of this study was to develop a prediction index using laboratory inflammatory data to identify patients who may need surgery.

Protective effects of Passiflora Incarnata on ischemia-reperfusion injury in testicular torsion: an experimental study in a rat model.

Objective: The current study aimed to explore the potential protective effect of Passiflora Incarnata L., (PI) in treating IR injury after testicular torsion in rats.

Materials And Methods: This research investigated the impact of PI on IR damage in male Wistar albino rats.

Evaluation of Hematological Parameters of Children Diagnosed with COVID-19: Single-Center Experience.

Objective: Although many pediatric studies on children infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been published, the diagnosis, clinical symptoms, laboratory findings, and treatment of COVID-19 in children are still unclear.

Materials And Methods: This study was conducted with an aim to examine the hematological findings of symptomatic pediatric patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in May 2020 at the Pandemic Hospital in Dicle University. Patient records were evaluated retrospectively.

Evaluation of children and adolescent with cystic fibrosis by pancreatic elastography.

Background: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessively inherited disease. Clinical findings vary by age of the patient, the organ systems involved, and the severity of the CFTR gene mutation. Pancreatic and liver involvement is prominent and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency is observed in the majority of patients.

Evaluation of the effects of diode laser application on experimental orthodontic tooth movements in rats. Histopathological analysis.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of diode laser use on experimental orthodontic tooth movements.

Methods: Thirty Rattus norvegicus albinus Wistar were divided into three equal groups (n = 10), two experimentals and one control. Applying 20 g orthodontic force were attached to the maxillary incisors of the rats in all groups.

Replacement of Lys-300 with a glutamine in the NhaA Na/H antiporter of yields a functional electrogenic transporter.

Much of the research on Na/H exchange has been done in prokaryotic models, mainly on the NhaA Na/H-exchanger from (EcNhaA). Two conserved aspartate residues, Asp-163 and Asp-164, are essential for transport and are candidates for possible binding sites for the two H that are exchanged for one Na to make the overall transport process electrogenic. More recently, a proposed mechanism of transport for EcNhaA has suggested direct binding of one of the transported H to the conserved Lys-300 residue, a salt bridge partner of Asp-163.

Use of complementary and alternative medicine in children who have no chronic disease.

Aim: In this study, we aimed to evaluate complementary and alternative methods of medicine, determine the frequencies of usage of these methods and investigate the factors which have an impact on their usage.

Material And Methods: The study was conducted between October, the 15(th) and November, the 15(th) 2012. Approval was obtained from the local ethics committee (08.

Serum galectin-3 levels in children with chronic hepatitis B infection and inactive hepatitis B carriers.

Background: Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is common worldwide. Follow-up of patients by the use of non-invasive techniques may be valuable in clinical practice. The aim of this study was to investigate serum galectin-3 (GAL-3) levels for monitoring disease status in children with chronic HBV infection.

Congenital tuberculosis: presentation of a rare case.

Congenital tuberculosis is a rare disease with a high mortality rate. Congenital tuberculosis is considered the result of mother-to-child transmission from the placenta to the fetus, through the ingestion of the amniotic fluid, or via transplacental transmission through the umbilical vein. Given the non-specific clinical signs of tuberculosis, it is usually difficult to diagnose it.

High frequency of E148Q sequence variation in children with familial Mediterranean fever in southeast Turkey.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the spectrum of Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene mutations and genotype-phenotype correlation in children with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in southeast Turkey.

Methods: A total of 507 children (274 females) with FMF and MEFV gene mutation(s) were included. A 15-year retrospective evaluation was conducted; parameters analyzed were: age, sex, age at symptoms onset, age at FMF diagnosis, delay between symptoms onset and diagnosis, FMF attack symptoms, and response to colchicine.

Surgical outcome of bronchiectasis in children: long term results of 60 cases.

Background: Bronchiectasis is described as destruction and the irreversible dilatation of bronchial structure. We wanted to demonstrate our surgical practice and outcome of surgical treatment in bronchiectasis.

Methods: We studied records of 60 pediatric patients who underwent surgical resection in our clinic between January 2000 and January 2013.

A newborn with trisomy 13 who had tetralogy of Fallot and metopic synostosis: Case report.

Background And Aim: Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome) was first described by Patau et al in 1960. It is characterized by serious head, facial, and extremity anomalies, congenital heart defects, and mental abnormalities. The incidence rate of Trisomy 13 is 1/10.

Cystic fibrosis of pancreas and nephrotic syndrome: a rare association.

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease with autosomal recessive inheritance and is common in Caucasian people. The prevalence of this disease is between 1/2,000 and 1/3,500 live births, and the incidence varies between populations. Although the CF transmembrane conductance regulator gene is expressed in the kidneys, renal involvement is rare.

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin is a preventive factor in mortality of childhood tuberculous meningitis.

Objectives: Studies have been done that have focused on the efficacy of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination in the prevention of cases of childhood tuberculous meningitis (TBM). However the efficacy of the vaccination in the prevention of mortality has not been sufficiently evaluated. This study aimed to determine the main features of TBM cases in childhood and to evaluate the factors related to mortality, proving the protective effect of BCG vaccination in childhood TBM.

The evaluation of children with prolonged cough accompanied by American College of Chest Physicians guidelines.

Introduction: In children, coughs lasting longer than 4 weeks are considered to be chronic, with etiological factors varying widely.

Objective: This study included children with chronic cough who were followed for 1 year. All cases were evaluated with the guidance of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), and etiological factors were analyzed.

The role of serum N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in transient tachypnea of the newborn.

Background And Objectives: Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN), also known as wet lung disease, is a common cause of respiratory distress in the newborn. It has been demonstrated that, in alveolar type II cell cultures of the rat, receptors affected by the natriuretic peptides are expressed and that atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) reduced amiloride-sensitive Na+ transport in these cells with a pattern similar to that in renal tubules, thereby inhibiting Na+ re-absorption in a concentration-dependent manner. Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is known to act on these receptors and it is suggested that it may be involved in fluid absorption by the lungs.

[A rare cause of afebrile convulsion: rotavirus gastroenteritis].

Rotavirus is the most common infectious diarrhea that causes important mortality and morbidities in small children, severe dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. Extraintestinal signs are rare in rotavirus infections. Recently, afebrile seizures associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis but without encephalopathy, dehydration, electrolyte imbalance or hypoglycemia have being reported.

The clinical findings and prophylactic treatment in children with factor X deficiency.

Factor X (FX) is the component of both extrinsic and intrinsic coagulation cascade and is the first enzyme of the common pathway which results in thrombus. Congenital FX deficiency (FXD) is an extremely rare coagulation defect. In this study, we aimed to investigate the clinical and laboratory data of the patients diagnosed with FXD.

[An uncommon cause of hypocalcemic convulsion: congenital rickets. Case report].

Vitamin D deficiency and rickets are major health problems in developing countries. Congenital rickets is a rare form of rickets. Maternal vitamin D deficiency is the most important risk factor for vitamin D deficiency and rickets in newborns and early infancy.

Children with food refusal: an assessment of parental eating attitudes and their styles of coping with stress.

Background: In this study, we aimed to assess the eating attitudes and stress coping styles of parents whose children presented to the clinic complaining of food refusal.

Methods: The parents of 31 children aged ≥3 years, presented to the clinic with the complaint of food refusal. The control group consisted of 30 healthy children with no prior history of food refusal, and their parents.