The effect of baby-led weaning and traditional complementary feeding trainings on baby development.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the risks of self-feeding, transition to early solid food and family meals, choking risk, anemia risk and obesity risk in 6-12-month-old infants who were introduced to complementary feeding using the traditional complementary feeding (TCF) and baby-led weaning (BLW) methods/training.

Design And Methods: Mothers of infants who had not yet transitioned to complementary feeding were included in this randomized study. The mothers of 62 infants included in the study were randomized into the intervention groups as TCF and BLW, classified according to the number of children and education level.

Evaluation of renal injury in children with a solitary functioning kidney.

Objective: Children with a solitary functioning kidney have an increased risk of developing renal injury that is hypothesized to be caused by glomerular hyperfiltration. In this study, we aimed to assess the early signs of renal injury and ambulatory blood pressure profiles in children with a solitary functioning kidney.

Materials And Methods: Data of children with normal office blood pressure measurement and a solitary functioning kidney were reviewed (serum creatinine and urine albumin and β2 microglobulin excretions), and 23 age-, weight-, and height-matched healthy children were considered as a control group.

Urinary tract infections in children with myelodysplasia in whom clean intermittent catheterization was administered.

Aim: In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the frequency of significant bacteriuria and antibiotic resistance characteristics in children with myelodysplasia in whom clean intermittent catheterization was administered.

Material And Methods: The study group was composed of 71 patients with myelodysplasia who were found to have significant bacteriuria (age: 8.20±4.

Subclinical cardiovascular disease and its association with risk factors in children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its relation to risk factors in pediatric patients with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (NS).

Methods: Thirty-seven patients with normal renal function were compared with 22 healthy controls regarding the presence of subclinical CVD. Measurements included aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV), carotid intima media thickness (IMT), and left ventricular mass (LVM).

Acute peritoneal dialysis in neonates with acute kidney injury and hypernatremic dehydration.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of acute peritoneal dialysis (PD) and clinical outcomes in neonates with acute kidney injury (AKI) and hypernatremic dehydration. ♢

Methods: The medical records of 15 neonates with AKI and hypernatremic dehydration who were treated with acute PD were reviewed. The diagnoses were AKI with hypernatremic dehydration with or without sepsis in 13 patients and AKI with hypernatremia and congenital nephropathy in 2 patients.

Dialysate CA125 levels after 5 years on continuous peritoneal dialysis.

The aim of this study was to evaluate longitudinal changes in dialysate cancer antigen 125 (dCA125) levels over time and to analyze relationships between dCA125 and peritoneal glucose exposure (PGE) in children undergoing long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD). The study group included seven boys and four girls (mean age 13 ± 5.1 years) with a mean PD duration of 84.

Unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney: single-center experience.

Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is one of the most common renal abnormalities in children. The aim of our study was to evaluate the clinical course and outcome of patients with MCDK. Ninety pediatric patients with unilateral MCDK followed by the Pediatric Nephrology Department of Bakirkoy Maternity and Children's Hospital between 1990 and 2007 were included in this retrospective study.

Dialysate CA125 levels in children on continuous peritoneal dialysis.

This prospective study was conducted to assess dialysate cancer antigen 125 (dCA125) levels in pediatric peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients and to investigate whether it exhibits any alterations during or after recovery from peritonitis, and also to analyze the relationships between dCA125 and age, duration of PD treatment, peritonitis incidence, time passed since the last episode of peritonitis, PD prescription parameters, and peritoneal transport parameters. Forty-seven standardized 4-h peritoneal equilibration tests (PET) were performed in 38 children (mean age 11.6+/-4.

Enuresis: prevalence, risk factors and urinary pathology among school children in Istanbul, Turkey.

Background: Enuresis is a common problem among children and adolescents, and can lead to important social and psychological disturbances. The aim of the present study was to establish the prevalence of enuresis among school children and determine the risk factors associated with this disorder.

Methods: A cross sectional population-based study was conducted in 1576 children.