Neonatal Resuscitation Practices in Turkey: A Survey of the Turkish Neonatal Society and the Union of European Neonatal and Perinatal Societies.

Objective: Optimal care in the delivery room is important to decrease neonatal morbidity and mortality. We aimed to evaluate neonatal resuscitation practices in Turkish centers.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional survey consisted of a 91-item questionnaire focused on delivery room practices in neonatal resuscitation and was sent to 50 Turkish centers.

A new method to estimate children's weight accurately in emergency settings using foot length and mid-upper arm circumference.

Background: In emergency settings, medication dosages are primarily determined based on the child's weight; however, the healthcare personnel sometimes may have to make the first intervention without knowing the patient's weight, which may result in an underdose or overdose of the medication. We aimed to find a reliable method to estimate children's bodyweight, including the obese and malnourished.

Methods: We conducted the study with children between the ages of 3 and 17 years.

Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of neonates with late-onset COVID-19: 1-year data of Turkish Neonatal Society.

Unlabelled: The literature on neonates with SARS-CoV-2 is mainly concerned with perinatal cases, and scanty data are available about environmentally infected neonates. To fill knowledge gaps on the course and prognosis of neonatal cases, we analyzed 1-year data from the Turkish Neonatal Society in this prospective cohort study of neonates with postnatal transmission. Data from 44 neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), of neonates with positive RT-PCR results at days 5-28 of life, were extracted from the online registry system and analyzed.

The effects of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on routine antenatal care visits and complications of pregnancy.

Objective: Routine follow-up of pregnancy is a comprehensive care process starting from planning of pregnancy that involves rational and careful use of medical, psychological, and social support. In this study, our objective was to compare the adherence rate to routine antenatal follow-up program during the COVID-19 pandemic with that of previous years among pregnant women, in an effort to shed light on health policies to be developed similar events in the future.

Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study was carried out between March 11, 2019, when isolation measures were initiated in the context of precautionary steps taken in Turkey against the COVID-19 pandemic, and June 1, 2020, when the "normalization" was initiated.

A Multicentered Study on Epidemiologic and Clinical Characteristics of 37 Neonates With Community-acquired COVID-19.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) primarily affects adults and spares children, whereas very little is known about neonates. We tried to define the clinical characteristics, risk factors, laboratory, and imagining results of neonates with community-acquired COVID-19.

Methods: This prospective multicentered cohort study included 24 neonatal intensive care units around Turkey, wherein outpatient neonates with COVID-19 were registered in an online national database.

A multicenter study on epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 125 newborns born to women infected with COVID-19 by Turkish Neonatal Society.

Limited data are available on pregnant women with COVID-19 and their neonates. We aimed to evaluate the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of newborns born to women infected with COVID-19. A multicenter cohort study was conducted among newborns born to mothers with COVID-19 in 34 neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in Turkey.

Comparison between the use of saline and seawater for nasal obstruction in children under 2 years of age with acute upper respiratory infection.

Background/aim: The effectiveness of isotonic and hypertonic saline solutions used to open the nasal passage and improve clinical symptoms was compared in children under 2 years of age admitted with the common cold.

Materials And Methods: The study was performed as a randomized, prospective, and double-blind study. The study included 109 children.

Cord-blood 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and risk of early-onset neonatal sepsis: a case-control study from a tertiary care center in Turkey.

Unlabelled: Vitamin D has been linked with immunity, and the immunomodulatory role of this molecule in regulating key elements of the immune system has become an area of intense scientific investigation. We designed a case-control study to investigate whether neonates with early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) had lower levels of vitamin D. The primary exposure for the analysis in the study was the cord-blood level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D).

A Rare Cause of Chronic Headache that May Be Misdiagnosed as Migraine: Chronic Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.

Differential diagnosis of primary headache disorders can be challenging for physicians. Although the association of headache with acute carbon monoxide intoxication is very well-defined, in refractory nonspecific headaches associated with chronic low dose exposure to carbon monoxide, CO intoxication is usually overlooked, mostly due to vague symptoms. Herein we present a 15-year-old female patient with chronic carbon monoxide poisoning who was undergoing two years of follow-up care for migraines.

Neonatal inflammatory submandibular sialadenitis associated with prenatal methyldopa exposure.

Inflammation of a salivary gland is an uncommon condition in the neonatal period, and an isolated form of submandibular acute inflammatory sialadenitis is an exceptionally rare phenomenon. Among various conditions that might lead to submandibular acute inflammatory sialadenitis, maternal use of drugs during pregnancy should be questioned as there may be possible associations. Herein, we describe a late preterm infant who presented with a large submandibular mass.

Reference values of the 6-minute walk test in healthy Turkish children and adolescents between 11 and 18 years of age.

Introduction: Normal values of the 6-min walk distance (6MWD) for children have not been well demonstrated. This limits the interpretation of the 6MWD in children.

Methods: A cross-sectional prospective study was designed.

An abrupt increment in the respiratory rate is a sign of neonatal pneumothorax.

Objective: The objective of the present study was to investigate the early clinical signs of neonatal pneumothorax.

Methods: A case-control study at a level III referral center from 2006 to 2012 was conducted. For each neonate with pneumothorax (Group I), one control subject (Group II) was identified by selecting an infant born within the same week with a gestational age of ± 7 days and with a birth weight within 10% of the index case.

A descriptive study of transient neonatal feeding intolerance in a tertiary care center in Turkey.

Objective: To investigate the characteristic features of transient neonatal feeding intolerance (TNFI) during the hospitalization for birth in the maternity ward.

Design: A prospective follow-up study.

Setting: Maternity ward and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in an academic medical center.

Detection of cord blood hepcidin levels as a biomarker for early-onset neonatal sepsis.

Early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) continues to be a severe condition associated with a high mortality and morbidity. However, symptoms and laboratory markers of this serious condition are nonspecific and currently there are no available standard tests to provide perfect diagnostic accuracy. An early recognition and initiation of antimicrobial therapy are essential in order to prevent morbidity and mortality.

Social prejudice hindering proper use of car safety seats.

The compliance of parents with child passenger safety (CPS) has been mainly explained by their level of knowledge. Social, ethnic and cultural factors have not been investigated in detail. This study investigated the rate of compliance of parents with CPS guidelines, as well as the factors hindering it.

The utility of special radiological signs on routinely obtained supine anteroposterior chest radiographs for the early recognition of neonatal pneumothorax.

Background: Bedside chest radiographs used for the confirmation of diagnosis of pneumothorax in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are routinely obtained in the supine position. However, pneumothoraces may not appear in the classically described forms on these radiographs, resulting in a delayed diagnosis.

Objective: To assess the utility of special radiological signs in the neonatal population for the early recognition of pneumothorax.

Bohn's nodules: peculiar neonatal intraoral lesions mistaken for natal teeth.

Inclusion cysts of transient nature during the neonatal period are developmental lesions, which are seen in the oral cavity of the newborn infant. These lesions are classified into three subtypes according to their localizations. When noticed by the anxious parents on the gingival surfaces, they are often mistaken for natal teeth, which lead to seeking medical attention.

[Borderline cerebellar tonsillar ectopia in a child with headache. Case report].

Frequent headache is a symptom that leads to significant distress and functional impairment, both in childhood and in adulthood. Some medical conditions are associated with a higher frequency of headaches. Borderline cerebellar tonsillar ectopia which may be defined as the downward extension of cerebellar tonsils of <5 mm below the foramen magnum is among these conditions.

Is PFAPA syndrome really a sporadic disorder or is it genetic?

Periodic fever syndromes are a group of disorders sharing similar symptoms, characterized primarily by regularly recurring fevers. PFAPA syndrome, one of the members of this group of disorders, is a clinical entity of unknown etiology which is frequently seen in the early childhood. Currently, the pathogenesis and the genetic basis of most of the disorders in the periodic fever spectrum are known, other than that of PFAPA syndrome.

Do not overlook an umbilical cord hernia before clamping.

An umbilical cord hernia is a rare midline abdominal defect. These masses may be easily overlooked at birth, which may result in an intestinal injury due to careless proximal application of the cord clamp. Herein, we present a newborn infant with an umbilical cord hernia who was managed by primary closure of the lesion.