Evaluation of clinical and laboratory findings in severe group COVID-19 pregnants without comorbidity.

Background: COVID - 19 disease may be seen with different clinical presentations in pregnant women. Comorbid diseases are important factors affecting the progression of this disease. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the clinical and laboratory findings in pregnant women with COVID - 19 who had no comorbid disease.

The level of anxiety in pregnant women in COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: We aimed to determine the COVID-19 anxiety level in pregnant women who presented to an outpatient clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Patients And Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study including 203 of 310 pregnant women who presented to the outpatient clinic of a training and research hospital of the Ministry of Health between 29 September-1 October, 2020. The level of anxiety was assessed with the COVID-19 Anxiety Inventory (CAS) using a face-to-face survey method.

The role of adverse childhood experience and social support type in postpartum depression in Turkey.

Background: Improved knowledge of causal and protective factors is crucial for Postpartum depression (PPD) prevention and management.

Aims: To investigate the relationship between adverse childhood experience (ACE), perceived social support and PPD in a middle-income non-Western country, and to investigate which type of ACE and which sources of social support were associated with PPD.

Methods: The study was cross-sectional study and conducted in a one center from Turkey during March-June 2019.

Determination of ventriculoperitoneal shunt dysfunction using optic nerve sheath diameter measurement on CT scan in pediatric patients with hydrocephalus.

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate whether optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) measurement by computed tomography (CT) can be a diagnostic criteria for the detection of ventriculoperitoneal shunt dysfunction among children whose fontanels are still open.

Methods: Patients with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt who were currently showing clinical and radiological signs of acute hydrocephalus depending on the shunt dysfunction were included in this study. The study was designed to compare the preoperative and postoperative ONSDs of three groups of patients divided according to their ages: group 1, patients aged < 4 months; group 2, patients aged 4-18 months; and group 3, patients aged > 18 months.

Screening traumatic life events in preschool aged children: cultural adaptation of Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen (CATS) Caregiver-report 3-6 years version.

Background: Given the high prevalence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs), pediatric providers are in a novel position in early identification and referral of the children with PTEs. Yet paucity of culturally adapted instruments to screen PTEs and related symptoms in preschool-aged children limits pediatric providers. This multicenter study aimed to screen the traumatic life events of preschool-aged children admitted to pediatric outpatient clinics at four different cities of Turkey and to determine the socio-demographic risk factors associated with PTEs.