Is higher 25-hydroxyvitamin D level preventive for respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants?

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between cord blood 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels and respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) development in preterm infants.

Study Design: Between January 2012 and January 2013, 81 preterm infants, gestational age below 32 weeks, were prospectively enrolled into the study. Cord bloods of these newborns were tested for 25(OH)D levels.

Exchange transfusion for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: an 8-year single center experience at a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit in Turkey.

Objective: The aim of present study was to evaluate the indications and the complications associated with neonatal exchange transfusion (ET) performed for hyperbilirubinemia.

Methods: This study included overall 306 neonates who underwent ET between 2005 and 2012. The demographic characteristics of patients, causes of jaundice and adverse events occurred during or within 1 week after ET were recorded from their medical files.

Analysis of cardiac and pulmonary injuries resulting from an experimental penetrating thoracic injury.

Background: This study was planned to analyze the internal and external anatomical findings of cardiac injuries and the presence of accompanying pulmonary injuries in intentionally inflicted thoracic injuries to swine models.

Methods: We inflicted a penetrating heart injury in six suis domesticus female swine models. Two cardiac injuries, one on the left paratracheal of fourth intercostal space (ICS) and the other on the right side were inflicted on each model by the same researcher using a 20-cm long scalpel.

The radioprotective effect of Nigella sativa on nitrosative stress in lens tissue in radiation-induced cataract in rat.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the antioxidant and radioprotective effects of Nigella sativa oil (NSO) and thymoquinone (TQ) against ionizing radiation-induced cataracts in lens after total cranium irradiation (IR) of rats with a single dose of 5 gray (Gy).

Materials And Methods: Seventy-four Sprague-Dawley rats were used for the experiment. The rats were randomly divided into six groups.

Factors affecting mortality in stage 3b necrotizing enterocolitis.

This study aimed to determine the factors that may affect the development of mortality in patients with stage 3b necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Between January 2005 and December 2012, patients with the diagnosis of stage 3b NEC who were surgically treated were enrolled in the study. Gestational age, birth weight, presence of hypoxemia history, major congenital heart diseases, enteral feeding, age at perforation, drainage type, operation, and laboratory findings were considered regarding their possible relationship with mortality.

Early postpartum breast-feeding outcomes and breast-feeding self-efficacy in Turkish mothers undergoing vaginal birth or cesarean birth with different types of anesthesia.

Purpose: To compare the breast-feeding outcomes and breast-feeding self-efficacy, in the first 24 postpartum hours, of mothers who underwent vaginal birth, cesarean birth with epidural anesthesia, and cesarean birth with general anesthesia.

Methods: A comparative study was conducted in Turkey. A total of 334 mothers participated.

Detecting the specific parameters that affect the maturation of farmed sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) fillets stored in sunflower oil.

In this study, it was aimed to detect the specific parameters that effect the maturation of farmed sea bass fillets stored in sunflower oil. Sea bass fillets were taken into the pickling solution (2.5% acetic acid and 11% sodium chloride) at 4 °C(±1).

Can biochemical markers predict the severity of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy?

Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) due to perinatal asphyxia remains an important cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive values of biochemical parameters, including serum creatine kinase (CK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), uric acid (UA), and lactate, in newborns with HIE. A total of 94 patients who were diagnosed with HIE were prospectively enrolled into the study.

Psychometric evaluation of the Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale-Turkish version (TPDS-T).

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of the Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale-Turkish version (TPDS-T).

Methods: The sample consisted of 214 healthy pregnant women in maternity clinics in an urban center in western Turkey. The instruments included a demographic questionnaire and TPDS-T.

Synthesis, characterization and experimental, theoretical, electrochemical, antioxidant and antibacterial study of a new Schiff base and its complexes.

A new Schiff base ligand was synthesized by reaction of salicylaldehyde with 1,6-bis(4-chloro-2-aminophenoxy)hexane. Then the Schiff base complexes were synthesized by metal salts and the Schiff base. The metal to ligand ratio of metal complexes was found to be 1:1.

Treacher Collins syndrome with multiple congenital heart defects after paroxetine exposure: case report.

Treacher Collins syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder of craniofacial development with an incidence of I in 40,000 to in 70,000 live births. It is characterized by abnormalities of the pinnae which are frequently associated with atresia of the external auditory canals and anomalies of the middle ear ossicles. Rarely congenital heart defects can be present.

Evaluation of nosocomial blood stream infections caused by Pseudomonas species in newborns.

Background: Nosocomial blood stream infections (NBSI) are a significant hazard in health care facilities, exacting a tremendous toll and causing increased morbidity, mortality, and increased length of hospital stay and health care costs.

Methods: In this article, we report the results of a retrospective cohort study to describe the epidemiology of pseudomonas NBSI in infants admitted to one Turkish neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) during the 5-year period 2006-2010. In this period, Pseudomonas spp.

Surgical outcomes of isolated lens coloboma with or without cataract among young adults.

Objective: To evaluate the visual and refractive outcomes after phacoemulsification surgery in eyes with isolated lens coloboma.

Design: Prospective, consecutive case series.

Participants: Eighteen eyes with isolated lens coloboma of 13 patients were included in the study.

Mean platelet volume and uric acid levels in neonatal sepsis.

Objectives: To determine the role of mean platelet volume (MPV) and uric acid levels in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis (NS).

Methods: A total of 146 newborns with suspected NS were prospectively included in the study and infants without NS (n = 142) were assigned as controls. The patients were divided into three groups: Group I (n = 64): clinical NS, Group II (n = 82): culture-proven NS, and Group III (n = 142): healthy controls.

Ocular findings in children with thalassemia major in Eastern Mediterranean.

Aim: To investigate ophthalmologic findings in children with thalassemia major (TM) and compare the findings with healthy controls.

Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 43 children with thalassemia major from pediatric hematology outpatient clinics from two university hospitals and age/sex matched 47 healthy children were included in the study. After a complete ophthalmic examination, tear function tests including the Schirmer test, fluorescein tear break-up time (BUT), ultrasound pachymetry, and axial length measurement were performed.

Effects of corrective surgery on social phobia, psychological distress, disease-related disability and quality of life in adult strabismus patients.

Background: Corrective surgery is done for ocular alignment and disrupted facial expression in some cases of adult strabismus patients. The effects of corrective surgery on the presence of social phobia (SP) diagnosis, the severity of social anxiety symptoms, the disease-related disability and the quality of life (QoL) among strabismus patients have not been thoroughly studied yet.

Methods: The study sample was composed of patients who had undergone corrective surgery for strabismus.

Investigation of the Rho-kinase Gene Polymorphism in Primary Open-angle Glaucoma.

Purpose: Genetic factors are shown to have a role in the development of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). The aim of this study was to determine the effects of genetic polymorphisms of Rho-kinase (ROCK) genes on the risk of POAG in a Turkish population.

Methods: Genomic DNA was extracted from leukocytes of the peripheral blood, and 8 single nucleotide polymorphisms in the ROCK1 and ROCK2 genes were analysed in 179 patients with POAG and in 182 healthy controls of similar age by using BioMark HD dynamic array system.

An interesting newborn case of fructose 1-6 diphosphatase deficiency triggered after thyme juice ingestion.

Herbs have been used for centuries to prevent and control many diseases. The biggest challenge and problem is lack of information about the effect of herbs and its side effects. Thyme (thymus vulgaris) is a small shrubby plant with a strong, spicy taste, and odor.