The Cost Analysis of Preterm Infants from a NICU of a State Hospital in Istanbul.

Objective: The objective of this study was assessment of hospital costs of 211 preterm babies admitted to NICU in a 12-month period.

Methods: Preterm babies with gestational age 28-37 GW hospitalized in Dr. L.

Hospitalizations for pediatric intoxication: a study from Istanbul.

The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiological features of pediatric patients hospitalized for intoxication. Data were collected from the medical records of children < or =14 years of age, admitted for intoxication in 2005-2007. Of the 2989 admissions, 330 (11%) were intoxication cases; 238 (72.

Necrotizing fasciitis of the perineum.

Background: Necrotizing fasciitis is a severe soft tissue infection characterized by rapidly progressing necrosis, involving subcutaneous tissues. This rare condition carries a high mortality rate and requires prompt diagnosis and urgent treatment with radical debridement and antibiotics; but early diagnosis, which is essential to successful treatment, remains a challenge.

Methods: Physical examination findings, preoperative and operative findings, histopathological results of the structure, and follow-up results of the patient are discussed with related reports.

Macrosomic newborns: a 3-year review.

The objective of this study was to determine the incidence, perinatal complications and the outcome of macrosomic infants. A retrospective analysis was made of macrosomic deliveries and of those admitted into the Neonatology Unit. A control group of 854 deliveries weighing between 2500-4000 g was randomly composed.