The relationship between kinesiophobia and physical activity levels, gestational weight gain, and musculoskeletal pain in pregnant women.

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the effect of kinesiophobia on musculoskeletal pain, physical activity levels, and gestational weight gain in pregnant women. One hundred and sixty-three pregnant women participated in the study by completing a personal characteristics information form along with the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia, the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire, and the Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire. The results showed a weak negative correlation between total physical activity scores and Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia scores ( = .

Association of physical activity self-worth perceptions and physical activity levels in female nursing students: cross-sectional study.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the self-worth perceptions that can be effective on the physical activity levels of female nursing students. Cross-sectional study was carried out with 311 female nursing students. Data were collected using Personal Information Form, International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form and Women's Physical Activity Self-Worth Inventory.

Evaluating the Efficiency of Breathing Exercises via Telemedicine in Post-Covid-19 Patients: Randomized Controlled Study.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of breathing exercises given by telemedicine in post-Covid-19 dyspneic individuals. Individuals in the intervention group (: 26) were asked to perform breathing exercise three times a day for 5 weeks (one session performed via telemedicine each week). Individuals in the control group (: 26) were given a brochure explaining the exercises.

Evaluation of pulmonary function and exercise capacity after COVID-19 pneumonia.

Background: Individuals who suffer from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia may experience pulmonary dysfunction during the chronic period due to pulmonary parenchymal damage after acute disease.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the pulmonary function and exercise capacity of patients treated for COVID 19 pneumonia after discharge.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 79 people who were hospitalized with COVID-19 between March and October 2020 were evaluated at least two months after discharge.

The Effect of Sun Light Exposure to the Level of Vitamin D in Elderly People Living in Nursing Home.

Background: Elderly people are considered to be in the risk group for vitamin D deficiency. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of nursing interventions and sunlight exposure to reach optimum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels by individuals living in nursing homes.

Methodology: Randomized controlled experimental study was carried out in June-August 2018 period in the nursing home.

Development of a New Passive Sampling Method for the Measurement of Atmospheric Linear and Cyclic Volatile Methyl Siloxanes.

A new passive sampling method was developed and characterized to measure atmospheric volatile methyl siloxanes (VMS). The infrastructure of a commercial passive air sampler (PAS) was used along with XAD-2 resin as the adsorbent. Experimental sampling rates (SR) determined using collocated active and passive samplers ranged between 0.

Association of ferritin levels with depression, anxiety, sleep quality, and physical functioning in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome: a cross-sectional study.

Aim: To determine the frequency of ferritin deficiency in individuals with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and to evaluate the association of ferritin level with depression, anxiety, sleep quality, and physical functioning.

Methods: This cross-sectional study, conducted from 2016 to 2017, compared the frequency of ferritin deficiency between 100 non-anemic fibromyalgia patients and 100 non-anemic individuals without FMS. Serum ferritin level of <30 ng/mL indicated iron deficiency.

Effect of Sunlight Exposure on Vitamin D Status of Individuals Living in a Nursing Home and Their Own Homes.

Introduction/background: The present study was carried out to determine prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and related factors in individuals living in nursing home and their own homes.

Methodology: This cross-sectional study included 72 elderly people 60 yr and older. All subjects were given a questionnaire form evaluating their individual characteristics, eating habits which affected their vitamin D status, wearing habits, and their duration of sun exposure and a Standardized Mini Mental Test evaluating their cognitive levels.

Successful percutaneous removal of broken umbilical vein catheter in a very low-birth-weight preterm infant.

A 28-week-old preterm infant with a birth weight of 1250 g had a broken segment of umbilical vein catheter (UVC) lodged in the right atrium. It was observed that a 7-cm fragment of catheter had migrated to the right atrium through the inferior vena cava. The catheter was successfully retrieved by fluoroscopically guided percutaneous cardiac catheterization, using a cobra catheter and snare wire, without complication.

Effect of low versus high early parenteral nutrition on plasma amino acid profiles in very low birth-weight infants.

Objective: To study the efficacy of early high doses parenteral nutrition (PN) versus early low dose with progressive increments PN regimens, we performed a prospective randomized study in very low birth-weight infants.

Study Design: Forty-one appropriate gestational age preterm infants with birth weights ranging from 750-1500 g were randomly assigned into two groups. In Group 1, infants started on 3.

Analgesic effects of skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding in procedural pain in healthy term neonates.

Objectives: The effectiveness of skin-to-skin contact to decrease pain from heel-lancing in healthy term neonates and whether breastfeeding in addition to skin-to-skin contact provided a more effective analgesia than skin-to-skin contact alone were investigated.

Methods: A randomised, controlled trial was conducted in 107 neonates undergoing heel-lance. Infants were randomly assigned to three groups: (i) being breastfed with skin-to-skin contact (group 1, n=35), (ii) being held in their mother's arms with skin-to-skin contact but no breastfeeding (group 2, n=36), or (iii) lying on the table before, during and after painful stimulus (group 3, n=36).

Neonatal psoas abscess simulating septic arthritis of the hip: a case report and review of the literature.

We report a newborn infant with psoas abscess caused by methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. He was referred to our hospital with a history of hospital admission for hip septic arthritis without clinical improvement, and presented limited left hip motion, swelling on the groin and pain. A magnetic resonance imaging study revealed an abscess of the left psoas muscle.

Idiopathic congenital chylothorax presented with severe hydrops and treated with octreotide in term newborn.

Chylothorax is a relatively uncommon condition defined as an abnormal collection of lymphatic fluid within the pleural space. Morbidity of congenital chylothorax (CC) is high, and prognosis is very poor if chylothorax is associated with hydrops fetalis. The optimal treatment of CC has not been defined.

Percutaneously inserted central catheters in the newborns: a center's experience in Turkey.

Objective: To evaluate the success rate of insertion of percutaneously inserted central catheters (PICCs) and their duration; and the short- and long-term complications in the neonatal period.

Study Design: We did a prospective collection and analysis of the data of all infants who underwent PICC placement from January 2005 and through January 2007. During this period there were 139 PICCs inserted in a total of 124 infants.

Acute osteomyelitis of the iliac bone presenting with gluteal syndrome in a newborn.

Acute osteomyelitis in neonates, although rare, represents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We herein report an extremely rare case of congenital nonsyphilitic iliac bone osteomyelitis caused by methicilline-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and presenting with gluteal syndrome in a near-term infant. To our knowledge, this represents the second report with iliac osteomyelitis and the first report with gluteal syndrome in neonatal period.

Incontinentia pigmenti mimicking a herpes simplex virus infection in the newborn.

Introduction: Incontinentia pigmenti is a rare, X-linked dominant multisystem genodermatosis that presents at or soon after birth with characteristic cutaneous signs. The main features occur in the skin where a blistering rash occurs in the newborn period, followed by the blisters becoming raised-like warts. After the skin, the central nervous system is the next most affected system.

Neurological aspects of tuberous sclerosis in relation to MRI/MR spectroscopy findings in children with epilepsy.

Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between the neurological outcome of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and the findings obtained from both cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and single voxel proton spectroscopy (SVPS). MRIs of 13 children who met the diagnostic criteria for TSC were taken. Eleven of these children also underwent a prospective analysis of SVPS.

A rare and preventable cause of respiratory insufficiency: ingestion of benzalkonium chloride.

Caustic agents stored in ordinary containers can be ingested by children. These materials should be stored in soft distinctive bottles and in safe places. The probability of ingestion of a caustic agent is low in the newborn period, and caustic burns have been reported infrequently.

Analgesia in preterm newborns: the comparative effects of sucrose and glucose.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of different oral carbohydrate solutions for alleviation of pain in healthy preterm babies. Thirty-one preterm infants who were having blood drawn by heel prick were given 2 ml of solution A (20% sucrose), solution B (20% glucose) or solution C (placebo, sterile water) into the mouth, 2 min before lancing. Behavioural responses to this painful stimulus were measured by duration of crying and facial expressions (Neonatal Facial Coding System, NFCS) and physiological responses were measured by heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR), and oxygen saturation changes (SaO(2)).

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccination in preterm infants.

Objective: To evaluate the tuberculin response after bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination in preterm infants.

Methods: Thirty-five infants born at <35 weeks gestation were included in the study. An intradermal injection of 0.