Pediatricians` attitudes, practices, and perceived barriers to school readiness.

Background: School readiness (SR) has been adopted by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) as a component of health supervision, but the medical community`s role is unknown. We evaluated the pediatricians` attitudes, practices, and perceived barriers to SR.

Methods: This multicenter, cross-sectional descriptive study was performed among 787 general pediatricians, pediatric residents, subspecialists, and subspecialty fellows.

Knowledge and Attitudes of Pediatric Residents to Smoking Intervention in Adolescents.

Objective: Tobacco use is an important, preventable public health problem, and its use usually begins in adolescence. For this reason, smoking intervention for tobacco control is considered one of the fields of pediatrics. This study aims to examine the knowledge and attitudes of pediatric residents toward tobacco control and smoking intervention.

Investigation of care burden and musculoskeletal pain of parents of paediatric palliative care patients in Turkey.

Background: Caring for a paediatric patient is associated with psychological, physical and social challenges. It may be easy to identify the emotional effects of caregiving burden on parents, but the physical effects are often not known.

Aims: We aimed to examine the relationship between caregiver burden and musculoskeletal pain in caregiver parents of children accessing palliative care services.

The experiences of parents of children in pediatric palliative care: A qualitative study.

Purpose: This study aims to better understand the experiences of mothers of children receiving pediatric palliative care.

Design And Methods: The qualitative phenomenological method was used to determine the mothers' experiences. The study sample included 15 mothers.

Thoraco-abdominal duplication cyst of the jejunum presenting as respiratory distress in a young infant-a case report.

Thoraco-abdominal duplication cysts are rare congenital anomalies that can accompany vertebral and spinal cord pathologies and occur most frequently in the small intestines. Symptoms such as respiratory distress, dyspnea, tachypnea, cough, hemoptysis, cyanosis, vomiting and dysphagia may develop depending on the location. The cyst has several clinical and radiological dilemmas.

Evaluation of children diagnosed with a lower respiratory tract infection due to Human metapneumovirus.

Background: Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is one of the leading causes of acute respiratory infections and bronchiolitis in infants. A history of prematurity and chronic diseases such as congenital heart disease or asthma/reactive airway disease (RAD) increases the risk of severe lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) due to hMPV. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to analyze the clinical outcome and risk factors for severe disease in children with LRTI due to hMPV.

Assessment of biochemical bone markers of osteoporosis in children with thalassemia major.

Background: Beta thalassemia major (β-TM) is a common cause of skeletal morbidity and is associated with increased bone fracture risk, particularly in inadequately transfused children. The aim of this study was to investigate some potential biochemical markers as possible early predictors of BMD variations in children with β-TM.

Methods: The study included 38 children with β-TM and 40 sex-age matched controls.

Evaluation of Primary Caregiver Parents' Quality of Life in Pediatric Palliative Care with the WHOQOL-Bref (TR).

Objective: Pediatric palliative care is a top-level care system that focuses on improving the quality of life of the child and family. Quality of life is an expression of individual well-being based on an individual's assessment of their own life. It includes satisfaction in all areas of life, including physical and mental health, environment, and social areas.

Distribution of spreading viruses during COVID-19 pandemic: Effect of mitigation strategies.

Background: The study aimed to evaluate the distribution of circulating respiratory viral pathogens other than severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) during the first year of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with especially focusing on the effects of the national-based mitigation strategies.

Methods: This single-center study was conducted between March 11, 2020-March 11, 2021. All children who were tested by polymerase chain reaction on nasopharyngeal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 and other common respiratory viral pathogens were included in the study.

Characteristics and outcomes of critically ill children transported by ambulance in a Turkish prehospital system: a multicenter prospective cohort study.

Background: The most underdeveloped area in the care of critically-ill-children (CIC) is the prehospital period. Appropriate prehospital assessment and life-saving-interventions (LSI) of this population are challenging and require dedicated resources to ensure the best outcomes. We aimed to determine the characteristics and outcomes of CIC transported to the Turkish Pediatric Emergency Departments (EDs).

Inborn errors of metabolism in palliative care.

Background: In parallel with the increase in the number of children with life-limiting or life-threatening diseases, the need for and right to pediatric palliative care is also increasing. This study aimed to examine the metabolic diseases, evaluate the symptoms, and review the needs of children who were admitted to the pediatric palliative care service.

Methods: Following the approval of the local ethics committee (18/7/2019-107), the computer records of patients hospitalized in the pediatric palliative care service between December 1, 2018 and January 6, 2019 were reviewed retrospectively.

Influenza-related hospitalizations due to acute lower respiratory tract infections in a tertiary care children's hospital in Turkey.

Background: The influenza virus is a significant cause of acute lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) requiring hospitalization in childhood and leads to severe morbidity and mortality, especially in certain risk groups.

Objectives: The study aims to evaluate acute LRTI due to influenza in a tertiary care hospital and the risk factors for hospitalization among Turkish children.

Study Design: Children between 1 month and 18 years of age who were hospitalized at Dr.

Use of noncontact infrared thermography to measure temperature in children in a triage room.

We compared the accuracy and utility of 3 infrared (IFR) thermographs fitted with axillary digital thermometers used to measure temperature in febrile and afebrile children admitted to an emergency triage room.A total of 184 febrile and 135 afebrile children presenting to a triage room were consecutively evaluated. Axillary temperature was recorded using a digital electronic thermometer.

Iron deficiency parameters in autism spectrum disorder: clinical correlates and associated factors.

Background: High prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) has been reported in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, there is a limited number of studies about the association between iron deficiency parameters and clinical symptoms of ASD. This study aims to compare hemoglobin, hematocrit, iron, ferritin, MCV, and RDW levels between ASD patients and healthy controls and to investigate the correlation between these values and clinical symptoms of ASD.

[Mean Platelet Volume in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis Caused by Entamoeba histolytica].

Objective: Mean platelet volume (MPV) is a marker of platelet activation, which is a determinant of inflammation. The first aim of the present study was to investigate the MPV levels in children with amebiasis and compare the MPV levels with healthy controls. The second aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between MPV and other acute phase reactants.

Iodine, copper, zinc, selenium and molybdenum levels in children aged between 6 and 12 years in the rural area with iodine deficiency and in the city center without iodine deficiency in Hatay.

Aim: Thyroid diseases related with iodine deficiency are observed commonly in our country and in the world. In this study, we aimed to investigate iodine deficiency in urine and selenium, zinc, copper or molybdenum deficiency which may accompany this in children aged between 6 and 12 years in two schools in the province of Hatay (endemic goitre region).

Material And Methods: This study is a case-control field-study in which students aged between 6 and 12 years were included.

Mean Platelet Volume can Predict Cerebrovascular Events in Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of mean platelet volume (MPV) on the frequency and severity of vaso-occlusive and cerebrovascular events in patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA).

Methods: The 238 cases diagnosed with SCA were evaluated retrospectively with respect to the occurrence of painful crisis for the previous year. The incidence, severity and type of the vaso-occlusive crises of the patients with SCA between March 2010 and March 2011 were recorded.

Mean platelet volume as a negative marker of inflammation in children with rotavirus gastroenteritis.

Objective: Mean platelet volume (MPV) is a determinant of inflammation. The aim of the present study was to investigate the MPV levels in children with rotavirus gastroenteritis and to evaluate the possible relationship between MPV and severity of gastroenteritis.

Methods: Children diagnosed with acute rotavirus gastroenteritis and healthy controls were enrolled in this study.

Comparison of the Relative Renal Function Calculated with 99mTc-Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic Acid and 99mTc-Dimercaptosuccinic Acid in Children.

The aim was to compare the relative renal functions measured with technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (99mTc-DMSA) and technetium-99m diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (99mTc-DTPA) in children with renal diseases. Relative renal function of 128 children who applied to three hospitals from 2009 to 2011 were analyzed retrospectively. The mean value measured with 99mTc-DTPA and 99mTc-DMSA were 51.

Efficacy and safety of IV levetiracetam in children with acute repetitive seizures.

Background: Levetiracetam has been proven to be effective in both partial and generalized seizures in children. However, few studies have reported its efficacy in the treatment of acute repetitive seizures. We aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of levetiracetam in children with acute repetitive seizures.

Association Between Internet Use and Sleep Problems in Adolescents.

Introduction: Sleep problems are commonly encountered in adolescents. It has been shown that electronic media have a negative influence on the sleep quality and daytime functioning in adolescents. This study aims to investigate the association between internet use and sleep problems in adolescents.

The value of neurologic and cardiologic assessment in breath holding spells.

Objective : To evaluate the value of neurologic and cardiologic assessment and also the frequency of iron deficiency anemia in children with Breath Holding Spells (BHS). Methods : The hospital charts of patients diagnosed with BHS between 2011 and 2013 were reviewed retrospectively. Results : A total of 165 children (90 boys, 75 girls) with BHS comprised the study group.

Nocturnal enuresis in sickle cell disease and thalassemia major: associated factors in a clinical sample.

In this study, we aimed to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of nocturnal enuresis in sickle cell disease (SCD) and thalassemia major (TM) patients in a single center from Turkey. One hundred and six patients, 51 (48.1 %) with TM and 55 (51.

Evaluation of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in pediatric patients with acute rotavirus gastroenteritis and dehydration.

Background: Dehydration caused by acute rotavirus gastroenteritis is a frequent finding in pediatric patients. The most important treatment modality in these patients is recognising and treating dehydration, electrolyte imbalance and acute kidney injury. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is used widely as a biomarker for the diagnosis of acute or chronic renal injury in numerous clinical studies.

Effects of boric acid and 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate on necrotizing enterocolitis.

Objective: The aim was to study the effects of boric acid (BA) and 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB) on oxidative stress and inflammation in an experimental necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) rat model.

Methods: Experimental NEC was induced in 40 newborn Sprague-Dawley rats by asphyxia and hypothermia applied in 3 consecutive days. Rats were subdivided into 4 subgroups as NEC, NEC+BA, NEC+2-APB, and controls.