Determinants of inpatient costs of angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, and heart failure in a university hospital setting in Turkey.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the correlates of in-hospital costs for angina pectoris (AP), myocardial infarction (MI), and heart failure (HF) in a university hospital setting.

Methods: This is a retrospective cost-of-illness study using data from the records of patients who were admitted with AP, MI, or HF to Dokuz Eylül University Hospital during 2008. Direct medical costs were calculated from the Social Security Institute perspective using a bottom-up approach.

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.

Efficacy and tolerability of the first antiepileptic drug in children with newly diagnosed idiopathic epilepsy.

Purpose: Limited data are available for the effectiveness of the antiepileptic drugs in children in daily clinical practice. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy and tolerability of the first prescribed old and new antiepileptic drugs in children with newly diagnosed idiopathic epilepsy during a 12-month period.

Method: A total of 289 children (141 females and 148 males) who received phenobarbital (n=33), valproate (n=142), carbamazepine (n=42), oxcarbazepine (n=38), or levetiracetam (n=34) as the first-line treatment, were enrolled in the study.

Childhood headaches and brain magnetic resonance imaging findings.

Background: Headaches are common in children and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies are widely used in everyday clinical practice because of increasing demands by parents.

Aim: To determine headache types and to evaluate the frequency and clinical significance of brain MRI abnormalities in children with headache.

Methods: A total of 449 children (261 male and 188 female with a mean age of 11.

Peripheral facial palsy in children.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the types and clinical characteristics of peripheral facial palsy in children. The hospital charts of children diagnosed with peripheral facial palsy were reviewed retrospectively. A total of 81 children (42 female and 39 male) with a mean age of 9.

The effect of antiepileptic drugs on thyroid function in children.

Background: Limited and conflicting data exist for the influence of antiepileptic drugs on thyroid function in children.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of phenobarbital, valproate, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, and levetiracetam monotherapy on thyroid function in daily clinical practice during a 12-month treatment period.

Method: A total of 223 children (103 females and 120 males) with new onset and controlled epilepsy treated with valproate (n=129), phenobarbital (n=33), carbamazepine (n=36), oxcarbazepine (n=14), levetiracetam (n=11) were enrolled in the study.