Effectiveness of Valproic Acid in the Treatment of Sydenham's Chorea and a Literature Review.

There is still no evidence-based guideline and consensus on the treatment Sydenham's Chorea (SC). The first-line medication preference of specialists depends on personal experience and is variable. In this study, we evaluate the treatment results of pediatric patients who were treated with valproic acid (VPA).

Neonatal classic galactosemia-diagnosis, clinical profile and molecular characteristics in unscreened Turkish population.

Background: Classic galactosemia (CG) is a rare hereditary disease that can cause serious morbidity and death if it is not diagnosed and treated in early periods of life. Clinical findings usually occur in the neonatal period after the neonate is fed with milk that contains galactose. Most patients are presented with jaundice, hepatomegaly, hypoglycemia and cataracts.

A Better Way for Ductal Stenting in Patients with Duct-Dependent Pulmonary Flow and Vertical and Tortuous Patent Ductus Arteriosus.

Background: In this study, we aimed to compare the femoral route and the carotid artery route in terms of procedural success of ductal stent implantation in patients with ductdependent pulmonary blood flow.

Methods: The study included 51 patients with duct-dependent pulmonary circulation who underwent ductal stent implantation upon their admission to our clinic between July 2017 and March 2021. In total, 23 patients (group I) underwent ductal stent implantation via the femoral route, while the remaining 28 (group II) underwent the procedure via the carotid artery.

Hepatitis A Vaccine Effectiveness and Seropositivity Among 1- to 18-Year-Old Children: 10-Year Results.

Objective: The aim of the study was to examine and compare hepatitis A seropositivity in children.

Materials And Methods: The study included patients aged 0-18 years who presented to our hospital and were examined for hepatitis A virus serology between 2009 and 2018. Patients were separated into 2 groups: those who presented before (group I) or after (group II) September 2012, when the mandatory hepatitis A vaccination program came into effect in Turkey.

Evaluation of Term Newborn Patients With Hypernatremic Dehydration.

Aim: We aimed to evaluate the demographic, clinical, and laboratory findings and the management of newborns with hypernatremic dehydration (HDH).

Materials And Methods: A total of 85 term newborns with serum sodium (Na) levels higher than 145 mEq/L who admitted to our hospital between January 2011 and December 2018 were included in this study.

Results: Among all cases, 54.

Is arterial switch operation possible with neonatology-focused intensive care unit modality.

Background: In this study, we aimed to examine the feasibility of arterial switch operation and its perioperative management with neonatology-focused intensive care modality in a region of Turkey where the birth rate and the number of asylum seekers who had to leave their country due to regional conflicts are high.

Methods: Between December 2017 and June 2020, a total of 57 patients (48 males, 9 females; median age: 12.2 days; range, 2 to 50 days) who were diagnosed with transposition of the great arteries in our clinic and underwent arterial switch operation were retrospectively analyzed.

Cardiac evaluation in children with malnutrition.

Aim: The main purpose of this study was to identify myocardial changes in malnourished children.

Material And Methods: This prospective study included 47 patients with malnutrition and 44 healthy controls. The subjects who had malnutrition were classified according to the method of Gomez and Waterlow.

Early neurological complications in children with classical galactosemia and p.gln188arg mutation.

Background: Despite implementation of a controlled diet, children with classical galactosemia (CG) may develop a variety of developmental and cognitive problems. In this study, we examined the early developmental status of, as well as the neurological and neuroradiological findings for, children with CG.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 46 galactosemia patients who were followed between 2003 and 2017.

Short-term results of continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration versus peritoneal dialysis in 40 neonates with inborn errors of metabolism.

Several recent studies have reported that toxic metabolites accumulated in the body as a product of inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) are eliminated more rapidly with continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) than with peritoneal dialysis (PD). However, there is still uncertainty about the impacts of dialysis modalities on the short-term outcome. Here, it was aimed to investigate the effects of dialysis modalities on the short-term outcome.

Efficacy of peritoneal dialysis in neonates presenting with hyperammonaemia due to urea cycle defects and organic acidaemia.

Aim: Newborns with inborn errors of metabolism can present with hyperammonaemic coma. In this study, we evaluated the effect of peritoneal dialysis on plasma ammonium levels and on the short-term outcome in neonatal patients with urea cycle defects and organic acidaemia.

Methods: Data from infants with hyperammonaemia due to urea cycle defects or organic acidaemia treated with dialysis were collected and retrospectively analyzed.

Folate deficiency in patients with classical galactosemia: A novel finding that needs to be considered for dietary treatments.

Çelik M, Özgün N, Akdeniz O, Fidan M, Tüzün H, İpek MŞ, Emecan M, Eminoğlu FT. Folate deficiency in patients with classical galactosemia: A novel finding that needs to be considered for dietary treatments. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 540-546.

Echocardiographic diagnosis of double-chambered left ventricle.

Double-chambered left ventricle (DCLV) is a rare congenital abnormality in which the left ventricle is divided into two separate chambers by a septum or anomalous muscular structure. The chambers are observed mostly parallel to each other without stenosis, and less frequently in a superior-inferior arrangement. An asymptomatic girl is presented here who was diagnosed with DCLV on echocardiographic examination that was performed for the evaluation of cardiac murmur detected by a pediatrician.

Problems of the neonates with congenital heart disease requiring early interventions: a regional report.

Aim: In this study, it was aimed to determine the problems of the neonates who were diagnosed with congenital heart disease requiring early intervention in our hospital.

Material And Methods: The files of the newborn babies with congenital heart disease requiring early intervention who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of our hospital between January 2011 and January 2013 were evaluated retrospectively. In all cases, echocardiography and ''Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology-II" (SNAP-II) scoring were performed within the first day of admission.

[Follow-up of our patients with transposition of the great arteries and arterial switch operation; comparison of simple and complex transposition cases].

Objective: 1. Follow-up data of patients with simple transposition of great arteries (TGA) and TGA with ventricular septal defect (VSD), who had arterial switch operation (ASO) are compared. 2.