A Case With Short Stature, Growth Hormone Deficiency and 46, XX, Xq27-qter Deletion.

We report a case of 11-year-old girl with growth retardation and 46, XX, Xq27-qter deletion. The endocrinologic evaluation revealed growth hormone deficiency. In karyotype analysis  46, XX, Xq27-qter deletion was determined.

Protective effects of ursodeoxycholic acid in experimental corrosive esophagitis injury in rats.

Unlabelled: Accidental caustic ingestions are serious medical problems especially in childhood. Various treatment modalities are being used for the complications of caustic injuries such as stricture formation. The aim of this study is to establish whether ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) has protective effects on experimental corrosive esophagitis in rats.

Prolonged pacifier usage in infancy does not cause eating behavior problem later.

The objective of this study conducted in children aged 3-7 years was to determine whether pacifier use during infancy is associated with eating problems in later periods. A total of 85 children (55.2 ±12.

Does intrauterine tobacco exposure increase the pain perception of newborns?

Background: This study aimed to assess whether there was a difference in the pain-perception levels of newborns born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy and newborns born to mothers who were not exposed to active or passive smoking during pregnancy.

Materials And Methods: A total of 60 newborns born by normal spontaneous vaginal birth between June 2013 and June 2014 were included in the study: 30 born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy, and 30 born to mothers not exposed to smoking. Mothers or newborns who had taken analgesics or sedative medications in the previous 24 hours, newborns not born at term, and sick newborns were not included in the study.

Nitric oxide and asymmetric dimethyl arginine (ADMA) levels in an experimental hydronephrotic kidney caused by unilateral partial ureteral obstruction.

Aim: Our aim is to measure asymmetric dimethyl arginine and nitric oxide levels in rats with induced unilateral acute ureteral obstruction to research the effects on the kidney.

Material And Methods: The study included 21 adolescent (average age 6 weeks) Sprague-Dawley male rats weighing between 240-290g divided at random into 3 groups. Group-1: Control group (n=6): underwent no procedures.

Correlation of ischemia-modified albumin levels and histopathologic findings in experimental ovarian torsion.

Objectives: Ischemia modified albumin (IMA) levels significantly increased and may be used as a diagnostic marker in ovarian torsion. The aim of this study is to investigate whether there was any correlation between IMA levels and histopathologic changes in experimental ovarian torsion.

Material And Methods: Fourteen Sprague-Dawley rats, each weighing 220-250 g were divided randomly into 2 groups; in Group 1, the control group (n = 7), only laparotomy was performed and in Group 2, the experimental group (n = 7), ovarian torsion was performed.

Relation between QT Variables and Left Ventricular Geometry in Athletes and Obese Children.

Introduction: We aimed to evaluate the relation between QT variables and left ventricular geometry in athletes and obese children.

Material And Methods: This study included 209 children and adolescents. Thirty-eight of them were obese, 140 were athletes and 31 were normal weighted.

Do we really ponder about necessity of intravenous hydration in acute bronchiolitis?

Objective: The goal was to establish the role of intravenous hydration therapy on mild bronchiolitis.

Methods: This was a retrospective case control study. Infants between 1 month and 2 years of age admitted to our general pediatrics ward between June 2012 and June 2013 with a diagnosis of uncomplicated acute bronchiolitis were enrolled to the study.

Serum ischemia-modified albumin levels in adolescent smokers.

Background: It is known that the biochemical marker linked to tissue ischemia, ischemia-modified albumin (IMA), is related to oxidative stress. Cigarette smoking is a situation with increased oxidative stress causing cell damage and it is thought that many of the negative effects linked to smoking may occur after the biological material in the body is exposed to oxidative damage. This study aimed to identify variability in serum IMA levels in adolescents who smoke.

Prenatal maternal risk factors for infantile colic.

Aim: To examine maternal prenatal risk factors for infantile colic (IC).

Methods: Mothers were asked to complete a standard pre-coded questionnaire form. Inclusion in the study consisted of four criteria.

Association between teething and independent walking in healthy children.

Developing teeth provide a reliable indication of maturation and biological age. The objective of this study was to establish whether there is any association between the time of emergence of the first primary tooth and the time when independent walking occurs. A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 206 healthy children (95 girls and 111 boys) aged 12 to 60 (mean: 29.

Relationship between Abdominal Aortic Intima Media Thickness and Central Obesity in Children.

Background: Childhood obesity is one of the important risk factors for early atherosclerosis. We aimed to evaluate the effect of obesity on abdominal aortic intima media thickness (aaIMT) in children.

Methods: We consecutively recruited 60 obese and 28 healthy children from the outpatient clinic of pediatrics.

Experimental Esophagitis Model Preventing Tracheal Aspiration.

Background: Corrosive esophagitis injuries are a serious clinical problem with many agents used for diagnosis and treatment. Experimental esophagus burn models use a method described mainly in studies by Gehanno and Guedon, and modified by Liu and Richardson.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe a new esophagitis model that prevents tracheal aspiration.

Glucagon-like peptide-2 exhibits protective effect on hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats.

Glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) has potent anti-inflammatory effects and protects against experimental ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in pulmonary, intestinal, and myocardial tissue. However, its protective abilities against I/R injury in the liver are unknown. We investigated the potential role of GLP-2 pretreatment on hepatic I/R injury in rats.

Does Glp-2 have a protective effect on cerebral ischemia/reperfusion model?

Background/aim: To investigate the neuroprotective effects of glucagon-like peptide 2 (Glp-2), which increases cerebral blood flow, on the hippocampal complex after cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in rats.

Materials And Methods: Animals were randomized into 4 groups: sham, I/R + 0.9% NaCl, I/R + pre-Glp-2, and I/R + post-Glp-2.

Serum Ischemia-Modified Albumin Levels in Experimental Model of Acute Pancreatitis.

Objective: To establish whether the Ischemia-Modified Albumin (IMA), a new parameter of oxidative stress, has diagnostic role in experimental acute pancreatitis.

Study Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Place And Duration Of Study: Experimental Animal Center, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey, from May to September 2013.

Protective role of Proanthocyanidin in experimental ovarian torsion.

Background: Proanthocyanidin is a potent bioactive antioxidant naturally occurring in grape seed and acts as reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenger. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of proanthocyanidinin in experimental ovarian torsion injury.

Methods: Twenty four rats were randomly divided into three groups (n=8).

The protective effect of syringic acid on ischemia injury in rat brain.

Background/aim: Brain ischemia and treatment are important topics in neurological science. Free oxygen radicals and inflammation formed after ischemia are accepted as the most significant causes of damage. Currently there are studies on many chemopreventive agents to prevent cerebral ischemia damage.

Effect of delivery mode on postpartum neonatal body temperatures.

Objective: It is known that general and local anesthesia practices disrupt the delicate balance of thermoregulation center which is already sensitive to very tiny differences of temperatures in a normal subject. We aimed to evaluate and compare the rectal temperatures of newborns born with normal vaginal delivery and cesarean section.

Methods: We performed a prospective study of 106 term newborn - 40 born with normal vaginal delivery (group 1) and 66 born with cesarean section [51 spinal anesthesia (group 2), 15 general anesthesia (group 3)].

The effects of passive smoking on the six-minute walk test in obese pediatric cases.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether exposure to second-hand smoke affected the six-minute walk test (6 MWT) of obese non-asthmatic pediatric cases.

Methods: Obese pediatric patients (body mass index >95th p) with no existing co-morbidities were included in the study. Smoke exposure was assessed with a self-reported questionnaire completed by the parents.

Prolonged rooming-in in infancy is associated with generalized anxiety disorder in the adolescent period.

Objective: This study aims to investigate whether anxiety disorders in adolescents have a link with the separation time of bed/bedroom sharing with parents. It also aims to raise awareness in society about the issue of minimizing anxiety disorders in childhood.

Methods: A case-control study was conducted in Şevket Yılmaz Training and Research Hospital between June 2013 and May 2014.

Early detection of myocardial deformation by 2D speckle tracking echocardiography in normotensive obese children and adolescents.

Objective: To evaluate the left venticular myocardial deformation parameters in normotensive obese children and adolescents by using 2-D speckle tracking echocardiography.

Methods: This observational cross-sectional study included 69 children and adolescents (aged between 10-18), 38 were normotensive obese and 31 were normal weighted. All children underwent detailed two- dimentional, Doppler and two-dimentional speckle tracking echocardiography.

Knowledge, attitude and behavior of mothers related to acute respiratory infections.

Background: The aim of this paper was to evaluate the level of knowledge and general attitude to acute respiratory diseases and behavior of antibiotic usage and related factors.

Methods: The study included 122 mothers of children between 2 and 16 years of age who applied the complaint of respiratory infections and experienced the respiratory infections previous year, to policlinics between January and May 2012. A survey form was used to evaluate the sociodemographic properties of the mothers, and the level of knowledge, attitude and behavior of mothers to childhood acute respiratory infections, fever and antibiotic use.