Management of Childhood Iron Deficiency Anemia in a Developed Country-A Multi-Center Experience from Croatia.

Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) continues to be a global public health concern, mostly in the developing countries. However, precise epidemiological data on childhood IDA in Croatia are lacking. In order to establish its frequency, underlying etiologies, the rationale for tertiary care visits, diagnostic practices, and current treatment regimens of IDA, medical records of children referred to pediatric hematologists for iron deficiency in a five-year period at tertiary institutions (Zagreb, Rijeka, Split, Osijek) throughout Croatia were retrospectively analyzed.

Placental Findings in Infants Gestational Age < 34 Weeks and Impact on Short-Term Outcomes.

Aim: To analyse placental changes in infants' gestational age < 34 weeks and its correlation to short-term respiratory outcomes or death until hospital discharge.

Material And Methods: Information regarding all in-house born preterm infants born before 34 weeks gestation and born from January 2009 until December 2014 were collected and included among others, placental pathology and relevant data on demographics and outcomes of infants.

Results: Placental abnormalities was found in 157/253 (65.

Levels of Depression and Anxiety and the Body Image of Female Patients on Renal Replacement Therapy.

Background: Chronic kidney disease is a severe condition that can affect different dimensions of the patients' wellbeing. The aim of this study was to determine the role of the treatment type on the patients' levels of depression and anxiety as well as on their body image.

Subjects And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 146 respondents divided into three groups, 53 treated by hemodialysis (HD), 53 treated by kidney transplantation (TX), and 90 controls.

Severe Cranio-Cervical Stenosis in a Child with Saul-Wilson Syndrome: A Case Report.

Introduction: Saul Wilson syndrome (SWS) is a rare congenital syndrome characterized by a variety of symptoms, mostly skeletal changes. Saul and Wilson were the first to describe children with extremely short stature and craniofacial dysmorphism.

Case Report: We present a case of a 15-years-old boy with clinical and radiological characteristics of SWS.

Readmission of late preterm and term neonates in the neonatal period.

Objective: To determine the incidence of hospital readmissions in late preterm and term neonates, the most common reasons for readmission, and analyze the risk factors for readmission in the neonatal period.

Methods: Newborn infants admitted to a well-baby nursery ≥ 36 weeks gestation were included in this retrospective cohort study. Data for all infants born in a 3-year period and readmitted in the first 28 days of life were analyzed.

Cord blood bilirubin and prediction of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and perinatal infection in newborns at risk of hemolysis.

Objective: To assess the accuracy of umbilical cord bilirubin values to predict jaundice in the first 48h of life and neonatal infection.

Method: Newborn infants treated at a regional well-baby nursery born at ≥36 weeks of gestation were included in this retrospective cohort study. All infants born in a 3-year period from mothers with O blood type and/or Rh-negative were included and had the umbilical cord bilirubin levels measured.