Mental and Psychosomatic Effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Adolescents: A Validation Study.

Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had detrimental impacts on both physical and mental health worldwide. In addition to the behavioral effects, it has caused a range of psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and anger. Fear and stress have been particularly prevalent in individuals.

Postnatal surgery for myelomeningocele in neonates: neurodevelopmental outcomes.

Background: The study aims to evaluate the neurodevelopmental outcomes of neonates with myelomeningocele (MMC) operated in the postnatal period.

Methods: This is a prospective follow-up study in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit. Neurodevelopmental outcomes of term neonates operated for MMC and healthy term newborns were compared with the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development -Third Edition (BSID III) at 12-18 months.

Investigating the Potential Connection Between Cyberchondria and Vaccine Hesitancy in High School Students.

Background: Internet use, which provides the opportunity to access information from anywhere, and anytime, is increasing among adolescents and young adults. In studies examining the effect of technology use in adults, it has been observed that there is a relationship between cyberchondria and vaccine hesitancy. This study aimed to uncover the potential relationship between cyberchondria and vaccine hesitancy in adolescents and to obtain data for combating anti-vaccination in this age group.

Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy: Social Isolation in Relation to Social Media Addiction and COVID-19 Anxiety.

Background: Despite significant advancements in immunization over the last century, vaccine hesitancy is a major threat to world health. Health-related information available from a variety of sources, including new media such as social media platforms, can encourage vaccine hesitancy. The aim of this study is to determine the level of vaccine hesitation among adults, specifically their belief in the advantages of vaccination and their perceptions of vaccine-related dangers in relation to social media addiction and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) anxiety.

Characteristics and Results of Hospital Admission Caused by Influenza Virus Infections in Children under 5 Years Old.

Aims: The influenza virus is an infectious disease with acute respiratory tract infections, caused secondary bacterial infections and death. In this study, we aimed to determine which predictors were associated with the need for high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy (HFNC) and transition to intensive care for influenza virus and also to compare single viral pathogens with multiple ones.

Methods: Inpatients under the age of 5 with influenza virus-related respiratory tract infections between November 2015 and March 2019 were included in the study.

Comparison of clinically related factors and treatment approaches in patients with acute bronchiolitis.

Aim: Acute bronchiolitis is a lower respiratory tract infection caused by viral agents in children aged under two years. Treatment includes hydration, oxygen, nebulized salbutamol, and intravenous steroids. This study aimed to determine the clinically related factors, the effect of viral agents on the clinical picture, and the efficacy of treatment methods in patients admitted with acute bronchiolitis.

The evaluation of burnout and job satisfaction levels in residents of pediatrics.

Aim: The aim of the study was to examine the level of job-related burnout and the level of job satisfaction among residents of pediatrics.

Material And Methods: A total of 102 residents of pediatrics who were trained in two Ministry of Health teaching and research hospitals and in two university hospitals in Izmir were included in the study. Demographic data (age, sex), lifestyle (living with parents or not, marital status, number of children) and professional characteristics (total time spent in profession, time spent in residency, number of night shifts per month, institution type: teaching hospital/university) were collected.

Ultrasonographic Assessment of the Distal Femoral Cartilage Thickness in Patients with Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease.

Objective: To compare the distal femoral cartilage thickness of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) with those of healthy subjects using ultrasonography.

Methods: The study comprised 30 patients with SCD (16 male, 14 female; mean age, 30.1 years) and 30 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects.

Toilet training age and influencing factors: a multicenter study.

To determine toilet training age and the factors influencing this in our country, 1500 children who had completed toilet training were evaluated in a multicenter study. The mean age of toilet training was 22.32 ± 6.

Mortal quintet of sickle cell diseases.

Background: Sickle cell diseases (SCDs) are chronic inflammatory processes on capillary level. We tried to understand some possible correlations between stroke and severity of SCDs.

Methods: All patients with SCDs were taken into the study.

Vasoactive intestinal peptide releasing tumor which caused to chronic watery diarrhea and hypokalemia.

Watery diarrhea, hypokalemia and achlorhydria syndrome is a rare cause of chronic secretory diarrhea arising from a vasoactive intestinal peptide releasing tumor. In this article, a 15-month old female patient with watery diarrhea and abdominal distension which lasting four months is presented. In different centers no diagnosis could be made although investigations.

Tonsilectomy in sickle cell diseases.

Background: We tried to understand whether or not there are lowered prevalences of terminal consequences of sickle cell diseases (SCDs) with tonsilectomy.

Methods: All cases with SCDs were taken into the study.

Results: The study included 334 patients (164 females).

Changes in the cornea related to sickle cell disease: a pilot investigation.

Purpose: To investigate corneal structural changes (central corneal thickness, endothelial cell count, and cellular morphology) in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD).

Methods: This prospective study included 56 patients with SCD and 50 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects without any eye disease aside from refractive errors. Endothelial cell density (ECD), percentage of hexagonality, and the coefficient of variation in cell size (CV) were measured using noncontact specular microscopy, and central corneal thickness (CCT) was measured by pachymetry.

Acute chest syndrome in severity of sickle cell diseases.

Background: Sickle cell diseases (SCDs) are chronic inflammatory processes on capillary level. We tried to understand whether or not there are some positive correlations between acute chest syndrome (ACS) and severity of SCDs.

Methods: All patients with the SCDs were taken into the study.

Clinical and economic results of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections in children.

Aim: This study evaluated the clinical and economic outcomes of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections.

Material And Methods: Patients diagnosed with ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections for the first time between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2011 were included in this study. Demographic, clinical, and economic data were analyzed retrospectively.

Faecal calprotectin levels in children with Henoch-Schönlein purpura: is this a new marker for gastrointestinal involvement?

Aim: We aimed to investigate the significance of faecal calprotectin (FC) levels in children diagnosed with Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) and examine its relationships with gastrointestinal system (GIS), renal involvement and with clinical findings.

Patients And Methods: In total, 66 children diagnosed with HSP for the first time and a control group of 25 healthy children were included. The cases were divided into mild and severe groups on the basis of GIS findings.

Sickle cell diseases and ileus.

Background: We tried to understand whether or not there is an increased incidence of ileus in patients with sickle cell diseases (SCDs).

Methods: All cases with SCDs were taken into the study.

Results: The study included 325 patients (160 females).

Left renal atrophy.

Background: We tried to understand whether or not there is a higher risk of left renal atrophy in human being.

Methods: All patients applying to the Hematology Service with any underlying complaint were studied.

Results: The study included 2,417 cases (1,248 females).

Autosplenectomy in severity of sickle cell diseases.

Background: We tried to understand whether or not there is an association between prevalence of autosplenectomy and severity of sickle cell diseases (SCDs).

Methods: All SCDs patients with red blood cell (RBC) transfusions of less than 50 units in their lives were put into the first group and 50 units or higher were put into the second group.

Results: The study included 316 patients (155 females).

The importance of microalbuminuria in predicting patient outcome in a PICU.

Objective: To evaluate the prognostic significance of microalbuminuria in critically ill children.

Design: Prospective study.

Setting: PICU of a teaching hospital.

Severe acute disseminated encephalomyelitis with clinical findings of transverse myelitis after herpes simplex virus infection.

Background: ADEM is a central nervous disease that leads to myelin damage as a result of autoimmune response that develops after infections or vaccination. Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) infection rarely leads to ADEM.

Patient: 25-month-old male due to urinary retention, paradoxical respiration and muscle weakness after herpetic gingivostomatitis diagnosed as transverse myelitis.

A novel OCRL1 gene mutation in a Turkish child with Lowe syndrome.

Oculocerebrorenal syndrome, also known as Lowe syndrome, is an X-linked recessive disorder that predominantly affects males and is characterized by growth and mental retardation, congenital cataract and renal Fanconi syndrome. OCRL1 is the gene responsible for Lowe syndrome and encodes an inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase. We present an 11-year-old boy with Lowe syndrome, who had a de novo frameshift mutation in exon 22 that resulted in amino acid substitution and premature codon termination at position 788.

White coat hypertension may be an initial sign of the metabolic syndrome.

Aim: to understand the role and significance of WCH in definition of the metabolic syndrome.

Methods: the study was performed in the Internal Medicine Polyclinic of the Dumlupinar University between August 2005 and March 2007. We took consecutive patients at and above the age of 20 years.