Evaluation of Mean Platelet Volume in Children with Hypertension.

Background: Childhood hypertension, a disease with increasing prevalence, can lead to severe health problems. With the increased pressure on the vascular endothelium in hypertension, lesions in the endothelium result in endothelial activation and a process of inflammation, which causes platelet activation and in the bone marrow the release of platelet precursor cells into the peripheral blood stream. During inflammation, changes in the number and size of platelets are observed.

Pediatricians' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Therapeutic Approaches Regarding Diaper Dermatitis: A Common Condition with Many Different Practices.

Background: Diaper dermatitis is one of the most common skin diseases in early childhood. The prevalence of diaper dermatitis varies between 7% and 35% depending on population and age groups. There may be some differences among the pediatricians about treatment approaches to this common skin condition.

Assessments of left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions with tissue Doppler imaging and myocardial performance index in children with chronic kidney disease.

Background: This study aimed to document early left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in chronic kidney disease (CKD) using methods such as tissue Doppler imaging and the myocardial performance index (MPI).

Methods: A total of 40 patients diagnosed with CKD (mean age, 10.1 ± 4.

Evaluation of left ventricular systolic functions in two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in children with chronic renal failure.

Background And Aim: Chronic kidney disease may lead to left ventricular dysfunction. Early detection of cardiovascular disease in children with chronic kidney disease is essential to prevent cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in early adulthood. This study aimed to document the dysfunction using methods such as two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in the early stage.

Tissue Doppler and speckle tracking echocardiography assessment of left ventricular function in children with cystic fibrosis.

Background: Cystic fibrosis may lead to left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. This dysfunction can be documented by methods such as tissue Doppler echocardiographic (TDI) imaging and two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) in early stage.

Study Design: This was prospective cohort study.

Residents and interns in the 3 university hospitals: their knowledge of and attitudes to drug allergy.

Background: Previous studies revealed there are many gaps in the awareness and knowledge regarding the diagnosis and management of drug allergy (DA) among various health-care professionals.

Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards DA among residents and interns of 3 university hospitals in the region of Trakya (Thrace), Turkey.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted at university hospitals of 3 cities in the Trakya region: 1.

Impaired systolic and diastolic left ventricular function in children and adolescents with congenital adrenal hyperplasia receiving corticosteroid therapy.

Unlabelled: AimThe present study aimed to evaluate systolic and diastolic myocardial function in children and adolescents with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Methods: The study included 44 children with the diagnosis of classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia and 39 healthy children whose age, pubertal status, and gender were similar to those of the patient group. Anthropometric parameters and 17-hydroxyprogesterone levels were measured, and bone age was calculated.

Anemia and Its Effect on Cardiovascular Findings in Obese Adolescents.

Objective: We assessed the effect of anemia on cardiovascular findings in obese adolescents.

Materials And Methods: We studied 29 anemic and 33 nonanemic obese adolescents, and 33 nonobese healthy adolescents. These three groups were investigated for clinical and laboratory features of anemia and obesity.

Signs in Neuroradiology: A Pictorial Review.

One of the major problems radiologists face in everyday practice is to decide the correct diagnosis, or at least narrow down the list of possibilities. In this context, indicative evidences (signs) are useful to recognize pathologies, and also to narrow the list of differential diagnoses. Despite classically being described for a single disease, or a closely related family of disorders, most indications are not restricted exclusively to their traditional definition.

Revisiting subclavian flap repair for neonates and small infants.

Objective: We have utilized subclavian flap angioplasty (SFA) frequently in infants with coarctation particularly in patients with arch hypoplasia which is quite frequent. We have followed these patients with serial echocardiography and have analyzed our results in this study to determine recoartation rates, recurrent hypertension and left arm development.

Methods: Thirty eight infants less than 3 months age (22 boys and 16 girls, mean age was 28±22.

Can ambulatory blood pressure monitoring detect early diastolic dysfunction in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus: correlations with B-type natriuretic peptide and tissue Doppler findings.

Aim: To evaluate the relationship between 24-h blood pressure (BP) measurements and diastolic heart function evaluated by Doppler tissue imaging and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM).

Patients And Methods: A total of 32 diabetic and 18 healthy children were enrolled. Spectral Doppler analysis and tissue Doppler measurements were performed by conventional echocardiography.

Hydatid disease located in the cerebellomedullary cistern.

Hydatid disease is an endemic zoonotic disease in many areas of the world. Liver, followed by lung, is the most commonly affected organ and involvement of other organs is rare. When brain is involved, lesions are typically supratentorial, and infratentorial localisation is even rarer.

Risk factors for community-acquired urinary tract infection caused by ESBL-producing bacteria in children.

Background: The aim of the present study was to investigate the risk factors of antimicrobial resistance in children with urinary tract infection caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria.

Methods: A total of 344 patients diagnosed with urinary tract infection (UTI) between January 2008 and December 2009 were enrolled in this retrospective study. Causative microorganisms were ESBL-producing bacteria in 148 patients and non-ESBL-producing bacteria in 196 patients.