Value of renal pelvic diameter and urinary tract dilation classification in the prediction of urinary tract anomaly.

Background: The aim of this study was to identify the cut-offs of postnatal anteroposterior renal pelvic diameter (APRPD), according to the urinary tract dilation (UTD) classification system, to identify the predictors of final diagnosis of UTD and the need for surgery.

Methods: A total of 260 infants (336 renal units) with prenatally detected UTD were prospectively evaluated on serial ultrasonography by the same radiologist. Additional voiding cystourethrography and scintigraphy was done according to the clinical algorithm.

Renal outcome of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract system: a single-center retrospective study.

Background: Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) have been defined in 20% to 50% of all fetal anomalies. The aim of this study was to determine the demographic and clinical characteristics of such patients, as well as to describe the outcome and risk factors that affect the prognosis.

Methods: The analysis investigated retrospective data from 303 patients diagnosed with CAKUT between January 2015 and April 2017.

Comparison of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and office blood pressure measurements in obese children and adolescents.

Background: Obesity in adults has been related to hypertension and abnormal nocturnal dipping of blood pressure, which are associated with poor cardiovascular and renal outcomes. Here, we aimed to resolve the relationship between the degree of obesity, the severity of hypertension and dipping status on ambulatory blood pressure in obese children.

Methods: A total 72 patients with primary obesity aged 7 to 18 years (mean: 13.

Evaluation of Patients With Febrile Seizure: Risk Factors, Reccurence, Treatment and Prognosis.

Introduction: Febrile convulsion (FC) is the most common neurological disorder in childhood. The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors for recurrence and the development of epilepsy from the demographic data of these patients.

Methods: A retrospective study was made of 680 patients with FC who presented to our hospital.

Can salivary creatinine and urea levels be used to diagnose chronic kidney disease in children as accurately as serum creatinine and urea levels? A case-control study.

Background And Aim: Children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) develop many metabolic changes in blood that often necessitate frequent biochemical analysis. Serum analysis is an invasive and painful procedure. It would be highly beneficial if a noninvasive alternative process to serum analysis in children were identified.

Cochlear sensitivity in children with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis.

Objectives: Auditory system abnormalities commonly occur in patients with chronic renal disease and end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between cochlear sensitivity and hemodialysis in dialytic and non-dialytic chronic kidney disease patients.

Methods: The study included children aged 6-18 years that were divided into 3 groups: 36 non-dialytic patients with chronic kidney disease, 16 end-stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis, and 30 healthy controls.

Do antithyroid antibodies affect hearing outcomes in patients with pediatric euthyroid Hashimoto's thyroiditis?

Objectives: Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is the most common autoimmune thyroid disease in children. HT is a multifaceted disease with a variable clinicopathological presentation, including hearing impairment. It is known that hearing function is negatively affected in patients with thyroid disorders.

An unusual pediatric case with neurofibromatosis and systemic lupus erythematosus.

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a relatively common autosomal dominant disorder affecting mainly ectodermal and mesodermal tissues. It is well known that patients with NF1 have an increased risk of developing benign and malignant tumors, but its association with autoimmune diseases has been rarely reported. Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune chronic inflammatory disease that has the potential to affect various organ systems.

The immunostimulant OM-85 BV prevents wheezing attacks in preschool children.

Background: No reagents have been shown to be effective in preventing wheezing attacks provoked by acute respiratory tract illnesses (ARTIs) in preschool children. New therapeutic agents and preventive strategies are needed.

Objectives: We assessed the effect of OM-85 BV (Broncho-Vaxom; OM Pharma, Geneva, Switzerland) in preventing ARTI-provoked wheezing attacks in preschool children with recurrent wheezing.

Do immunosupressive patients really have a severe outcome with H1N1 virus infection?

Influenza virus is a common human pathogen that has the potential to cause widespread pandemics. The last pandemic began in April 2009 in CA, USA and killed about 14,000 people since then. The virus affects people at all ages, and school-aged children have the highest rates of infection.