Publications by authors named "Tuba Esra Sahlar"
Background: Lockdowns, pregnant women's fear from hospitalization in addition to uncertainties about appropriate birthing practices at the beginning of the pandemic may have affected the health outcomes of mother-infant couples. We aimed to explore whether pregnancy outcomes including the rates of cesarean delivery (CS), preterm, and low birth weight (LBW) births have changed during the pandemic period compared with the pre-pandemic period.
Methods: We applied a population-based retrospective cohort, before-after approach in 2020 vs.
Background/aim: To assess the clinical and demographic features of maternal mortality cases among patients with cardiac valvular diseases between 2012 and 2019.
Methods: Maternal mortality due to valvular heart disease between January 2012 and December 2019 in Turkey was retrospectively analyzed. The cases were classified according to New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification based on the severity of the heart disease.
Maternal deaths with epilepsy: A population-based study in Turkey.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
March 2021
Objective: To evaluate the clinical characteristics of maternal deaths with epilepsy in Turkey.
Study Design: This epidemiological population-based study was conducted on all consecutive early maternal deaths with epilepsy in Turkey from 2012 to 2019. Maternal deaths accompanied by epilepsy as a comorbidity (n = 13) were evaluated separately.
Background: Cystic fibrosis is the most common metabolic chronic disease among European Caucasian children. Cystic fibrosis incidence in Northern Europeans countries is approximately 1 in 3000 births while the worldwide prevalence varies considerably.
Aims: To determine the incidence of cystic fibrosis in the central region of Anatolia in Turkey using the newborn screening program data.