Packed Red Blood Cell Transfusion as a Predictor of Moderate-Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: A Comparative Cohort Study of Very Preterm Infants.

Objective: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care units. Our aim was to evaluate association between packed red blood cell transfusion and the development of BPD in very preterm infants.

Study Design: This retrospective study of very preterm infants (mean gestational age: 27.

Factors Affecting Metabolic Bone Disease of Prematurity: Is Hypothyroxinemia Included?

Objectives: The association between transient hypothyroxinemia of prematurity (THOP) and metabolic bone disease of prematurity (MBD) is not clearly known. We aimed to evaluate the effects of THOP and other risk factors on MBD in very low birth weight infants.

Methods: This study included infants born at <30 weeks gestational age and <1500 g birth weight who were hospitalized between July 2016 and December 2019.

Role of testosterone to estradiol ratio in predicting the efficacy of recombinant human chorionic gonadotropin and testosterone treatment in male hypogonadism.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the role of testosterone to estradiol ratio in predicting the effectiveness of human chorionic gonadotropin and testosterone treatments in male hypogonadism.

Methods: Thirty-six male patients with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism were included in the study. Seventeen (47.

Tension gastrothorax secondary to trauma in the emergency room: A case report.

In tension gastrothorax, the abdominal contents are displaced into the thorax, leading to a mediastinal shift that arises from the pressure placed on the intrathoracic region. This condition is often due to a congenital or acquired (secondary to surgery) diaphragmatic defect and is rarely seen secondary to trauma. A 40-year-old man presented to the emergency department after an in-vehicle traffic accident.

Cardiac compression of a hepatic cyst in polycystic liver disease: A rare cause of hemodynamic instability.

Polycystic liver disease (PLD) develops due to embryonic ductal plate malformation of intrahepatic bile ducts. Cysts in the liver can range from a simple compression effect to severe liver failure. The most common complication is rupture and inflammation of cyst.

Relationship between serum Pentraxin 3 and pro-adrenomedullin levels with acute cholecystitis.

Objectives: The perforation of the gallbladder (GP) is one of the most significant complications of acute cholecystitis. A biochemical marker indicating the GP has not been determined fully to date. Pentraxin 3 and pro-adrenomedullin (Pro-ADM) proteins are novel acute phase reactants.

A newborn with trisomy 13 presenting with cloacal exstrophy.

Trisomy 13 syndrome is a rare disorder that carries a high mortality rate due to abnormal prenatal development resulting in serious birth defects. Although genitourinary malformations are commonly seen in trisomy 13 syndrome, to our knowledge, the association of cloacal exstrophy with trisomy 13 has been extremely rarely reported. Herein, a newborn with trisomy 13 syndrome having multiple congenital anomalies, including cloacal exstrophy, is presented, and the importance of structural anomalies of the neutrophilic leukocytes on a blood smear in supporting diagnosis of trisomy 13 is discussed.

The effect of delivery type on uncoupling protein-2 levels.

Objective: Uncoupling proteins (UCPs) are carrier proteins located in the mitochondrial inner membrane that disturb the proton gradient by re-transporting protons and that thus inhibit ATP synthesis. UCP-2 is found in in several tissues, particularly the brain. This study was performed to examine the effects of mode of delivery on UCP-2 in humans.

Status of vitamin D, antioxidant enzymes, and antioxidant substances in neonates with neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

Objective: To investigate the concentration of vitamin D (VD), glutathione peroxidase (GP), superoxide dismutase (SOD), malondialdehyde (MDA), and advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP) in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).

Material And Methods: This study was performed prospectively in term neonates treated for HIE. Samples were collected from the neonates in study and control groups at 6-14 h and on day 5 of their lives for 25-OH vitamin D3, antioxidant enzymes including GP and SOD and oxidants substances including MDA and AOPP.

One-year experience in the retinopathy of prematurity: frequency and risk factors, short-term results and follow-up.

Aim: As a result of the increase in premature births and the advances in neonatal intensive care, retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) remains one of the most important causes of childhood blindness worldwide. The main factors in the development of ROP are gestational age, birth weight and oxygen therapy. ROP continues to gain importance due to the increasing survival rates of more immature babies.