Assessing masked hypertension and ambulatory arterial stiffness index in children congenital kidney malformations.

Background: Patients diagnosed with congenital kidney malformations are at an increased risk of developing hypertension, proteinuria, and progressing to chronic kidney disease (CKD). The present study aimed to determine the frequency of masked hypertension and ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) in patients with congenital kidney malformations.

Methods: The study included 174 patients with congenital kidney malformations (48 patients with unilateral renal agenesis (URA), 40 patients with ectopic kidney (EK), 36 patients with horseshoe kidney (HK), 31 patients with multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK), 19 patients with unilateral renal hypoplasia (URH), and 45 healthy controls.

Evaluation of pediatric spinal ependymomas: A 25-year retrospective observational study.

This study aims to evaluate the clinical and radiological features, histopathological characteristics, treatment modalities, and their effectiveness, as well as long-term follow-up results of pediatric spinal ependymomas treated at a single institution. In this retrospective study, medical records of 14 pediatric patients (3 females and 11 males) who were surgically treated for spinal ependymoma in our institution between 1995 and 2020 were reviewed. Data regarding age, gender, presenting symptoms and signs, radiological findings, postoperative status, extent of resection, histopathological grading, recurrence, tumor growth, seeding, and adjuvant treatment were collected and analyzed.

Congenital Brain Tumors: Surgical Outcomes and Long-Term Prognostic Factors.

Objective: To evaluate long-term outcomes of surgical resection for congenital brain tumors (CBTs) in infants under one year of age and to identify factors related to survival.

Methods: Our retrospective study analyzed infants who underwent gross total or subtotal resection (STR) for CBTs between 2001 and 2019. Data were obtained from medical records, including demographics, clinical presentation, diagnosis, tumor characteristics, and presence of hydrocephalus.

Contextualizing wild cereal harvesting at Middle Palaeolithic Ghar-e Boof in the southern Zagros.

A stratigraphic sequence from Ghar-e Boof, a cave site in Iran, covering a period of c. 80,000-30,000 BP and containing more than 20,000 seed and chaff remains, allows a detailed study of the use of annual seed species of Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer groups and its evolution under the influence of changing environmental conditions. Taxonomic changes in the archaeobotanical assemblage and the stable carbon isotope data of pistachio support a considerable change in environmental conditions over the sequence from MIS 5a to MIS 3.

Retrospective evaluation of acute kidney injury in paediatric COVID-19 patients: a tertiary referral hospital experience.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been recognised as a risk factor for acute kidney injury (AKI). Our aim was to investigate the risk factors contributing to hospitalised and outpatient paediatric COVID-19-associated AKI.

Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted on patients aged 1 month to 18 years with diagnosed COVID-19-associated AKI applied to a tertiary paediatric referral hospital between March 1, 2020 and March 1, 2022.

The relationship between self-compassion and caring behaviour in nurses: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: To examine the relationship between self-compassion and caring behaviour in nurses.

Background: Self-compassion can influence nurses' ability to cope with stress and their job performance. High levels of self-compassion may play a role in nurses' coping with compassion fatigue and burnout.

Effect of high-intensity interval training on self-care and anxiety-like behaviors in naive rats.

Self-care behavior covers individual's health, life and well-being to maintain the necessary activities. The aim of this study is to examine the self-care and possible anxiolytic effects of high-intensity interval exercise (HIIT). Eight-week-old Wistar Albino male rats were divided into Control (n = 8), and Exercise (n = 8).

Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis Syndrome During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Series.

Objectives: To report the ocular findings, laboratory results, and management of patients with tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome (TINU), whose numbers increased during the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Materials And Methods: Demographic characteristics, ophthalmic examination findings, laboratory results including polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), serum SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody, and treatment of patients diagnosed with TINU between March 2020 and March 2022 were evaluated retrospectively.

Results: The study included 19 eyes of 10 patients (6 female/4 male).

Region-Based Semi-Two-Stream Convolutional Neural Networks for Pressure Ulcer Recognition.

Pressure ulcers are a common, painful, costly, and often preventable complication associated with prolonged immobility in bedridden patients. It is a significant health problem worldwide because it is frequently seen in inpatients and has high treatment costs. For the treatment to be effective and to ensure an international standardization for all patients, it is essential that the diagnosis of pressure ulcers is made in the early stages and correctly.

"His heart is hardening, but his BRAIN is softening": Life experiences of adolescents using psychoactive substances: A qualitative study.

Purpose: The aim of the research was to portray the life experiences of adolescents using psychoactive substances with regard to their substance use.

Design And Methods: This study was carried out in a descriptive phenomenological design, which is a qualitative research method. A purposeful sampling method, was used.

The association of mental health literacy with mental well-being and help-seeking in young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Problem: It is important to determine the relationship between mental health literacy (MHL), mental well-being and help seeking in young people in terms of guiding research and practices related to MHL.

Eligibility Criteria: A literature scan of the databases of Web of Science, PubMed, Science Direct, EBSCOhost CINAHL Complete, Cochrane Library, Springer Link, Scopus, Wiley Online Library, Ovid, Taylor & Francis and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global was conducted in May 2022 and April 2023 without any year limitations.

Sample: A total of 12 studies with 4659 young people were included.

Complications Related to Childhood Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome, Its Treatment and the Associated Risks in Patients.

Aim Nephrotic syndrome is the most common childhood glomerular disorder, but data on the associated complications are limited and predisposing risk factors have not been fully defined. The aim of this study was to evaluate disease- and treatment-related acute and chronic complications in patients with childhood idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS), and to identify the risk factors involved in the development of complications. Methods This single-center study was performed at the pediatric nephrology department of a tertiary pediatric hospital in Turkey.

The Nightmare of Aneurysm Surgery: Intraoperative Rupture.

Intraoperative rupture is the most important complication of aneurysm surgery and occurs in 3 different stages: premature (before dissection), dissection, and clipping. We present a video of premature rupture and its management (Video 1). A 45-year-old patient presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage originating from a dorsal internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysm of the communicating segment.

Pressure Injury Prevalence and Risk Factors: A National Multicenter Analytical Study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the point prevalence (PP) of general pressure injuries (PIs), hospital-acquired PIs, PI-related risk factors, and PI preventive interventions performed by nurses.

Design: Descriptive, multicenter, prospective, analytical study.

Subjects And Setting: The sample comprised 5088 patients cared for in 13 hospitals in 12 geographic regions of Turkey.

Predictors of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis.

Background: Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) is an immune-mediated inflammatory respsonse in the kidneys caused by nephritogenic strains of group A β-hemolytic streptococcus (GAS). The present study aimed to present a large patient cohort of APSGN patients to determine the factors that can be used for predicting the prognosis and progression to rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN).

Methods: The study included 153 children with APSGN that were seen between January 2010 and January 2022.

The relevance of practical laboratory markers in predicting high-grade vesicoureteral reflux and renal scarring.

Introduction: A high vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) grade is among the specific risk factors for febrile urinary tract infection (febrile UTI) and renal scarring. The aim of this study was to examine the predictive value of some potential hematological parameters for high-grade VUR and renal scarring in children 2 to 24 months old with febrile UTI.

Methods: We retrospectively examined the clinical features, laboratory tests, and imaging studies of 163 children 2 to 24 months old with a diagnosis of febrile UTI.

Problematic internet use in adolescents: A phenomenological study.

Unlabelled: WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Problematic internet use (PIU) negatively affects adolescents' lives biopsychosocially. There is limited qualitative research examining the problem of PIU in adolescents. These studies focused more on the non-clinical population.

Microsurgical Treatment of Previously Coiled Giant Aneurysms: Experience with 6 Cases and Literature Review.

Objective: Surgical treatment of insufficiently embolized (coiled) or recurrent giant aneurysms has not been well established in the literature. The aim of this study is to bring up the surgical difficulties of these rare aneurysms and to offer solutions.

Methods: A database was queried for giant aneurysms that had been previously embolized and subsequently required surgical treatment.