Visual performance and quality of life in myopic adolescents with pupil-optimised multifocal versus single-vision contact lenses.

Clinical Relevance: Myopia control is a prominent area of global research, with multifocal contact lenses identified as an effective intervention for adolescents.

Background: This study aims to evaluate the visual performance and vision-related quality of life (QoL) of myopic adolescents when corrected with pupil-optimised multifocal soft contact lenses (MFSCLs) versus single-vision contact lenses (SVCLs), with each participant serving as their own control.

Methods: Thirty-five myopic adolescents, habitually wearing SVCLs and fitted with pupil-optimised MFSCL with mid-addition power, were recruited.

Energy window optimization in bremsstrahlung imaging after Yttrium-90 microsphere therapy.

In imaging of Yttrium-90 patients treated hepatic primary and metastatic cancers, bremsstrahlung photons produced in a wide energy range is used. However, the image quality depends on acquisition energy window. This research aimed energy window optimization for Yttrium-90 bremsstrahlung imaging and 48 patients with various types of cancer received radioembolization therapy were investigated.

A comparison of hypersensitivity reactions between intravenous and intramuscular applications of native asparaginase in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Introduction: Asparaginase is an indispensable drug in treating childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Hypersensitivity reactions (HSR) are the most common side effects and interfere with the antineoplastic activity of the drug. This study aims to compare the intramuscular (IM) and intravenous (IV) administration routes of Native Escherichia coli Lasparaginase (L-ASNase) in terms of hypersensitive reactions.

Risk factors for persistence of coronary artery abnormalities in Turkish children with Kawasaki disease.

The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors for persistence of coronary artery abnormalities (CAAs) in Kawasaki disease and to compare the differences between complete (n=25) and incomplete (n=18) forms of the disease in relation to CAAs. The patients' demographic (age and sex), clinical (season of admission, duration of fever, form of Kawasaki disease), laboratory (complete blood count, eosinophil count, serum biochemistry, C-reactive protein level, erythrocyte sedimentation rate [ESR], urinary analysis), echocardiographic and therapeutic data were evaluated retrospectively from the medical records. The incidence of sterile pyuria was nearly twofold greater in patients with initial CAAs than in patients in which CAAs were not present (25% and 13%, respectively; p=0.

Improvement in cardiac structure and functions early after transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defect in children and adolescents.

We sought to assess the effects of transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) on right and left ventricular form and functions, as well as atrial volumes and pulmonary venous flows. We enrolled 25 patients (mean age: 9.02) prospectively who underwent successful transcatheter closure of secundum ASD.