Does Monopolar Electrocautery Affect the Fetus during Cesarean Section?

This study aimed to assess the impact of monopolar electrocautery on the fetus during cesarean section. A retrospective analysis was conducted with 552 patients delivered by cesarean section. Patients were grouped based on usage of monopolar electrocautery.

Removal kinetics of vinyl acetate under aerobic and anoxic conditions in a batch bioreactor.

Vinyl acetate is a volatile organic compound widely used in the chemical industry, and there is a need for effective and economic removal of this volatile organic compound from wastewater and waste gases in chemical industries. This study aims to determine the biological treatability of vinyl acetate both under aerobic and anoxic conditions using mixed cultures obtained from a wastewater treatment plant. Considering the previous studies in the literature, testing the biodegradability of vinyl acetate under both aerobic and anoxic conditions, together with evaluating the effect of other mechanisms, such as adsorption and volatilization, on the removal of vinyl acetate, can be regarded as the prominent part of this study.

Intrauterine Growth References for Turkish Infants.

Fetal growth is known to be affected by ethnic and environmental factors; therefore, intrauterine growth references for each community vary and need to be determined individually. This study aimed to construct intrauterine growth references for Turkish infants. This prospective, multicenter, cross-sectional study was performed in collaboration with the Turkish Ministry of Health and the Turkish Neonatology Society, in coordination with Mersin University.

When should a premature neonate (24-35 weeks) be discharged? five-year experience from a single-center neonatal intensive care unit in Türkiye.

Background/aim: The survival rate among preterm infants has improved, and hospital stays have been prolonged, consistent with positive developments in perinatal and neonatal care. The aim of this study was to provide evidence-based information for healthcare professionals concerning the ideal time for discharge by evaluating the reasons for prolonged hospital stays.

Materials And Methods: Six hundred eighty-one premature babies born at 24-35 weeks at the Mersin University Medical Faculty Hospital between January 2016 and May 2020 and admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit were included in the study following a retrospective file examination.

Effect of combining oral glucose solutions with supportive positions on pain during heel puncture blood sampling in premature infants: A randomized quadruple-blinded experimental study.

Purpose: The trial aimed to assess the impact on pain scores of the administration of oral glucose solutions at different concentrations and in combination with supportive positions during heel puncture procedures.

Design & Methods: This trial was structured as a quadruple-blinded experimental study conducted at a single center - a Level II and IVa NICU between June 2022-2023. Included in the study were 128 premature infants born with a gestational age of between 33 and 36 weeks and a postnatal age of <7 days.

Should Perirectal Swab Culture Be Performed in Cases Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit? Lessons Learned from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Serial perirectal swabs are used to identify colonization of multidrug-resistant bacteria and prevent spread. The purpose of this study was to determine colonization with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE). An additional purpose was to establish whether sepsis and epidemic associated with these factors were present in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), to which infants with hospital stays exceeding 48 h in an external healthcare center NICU were admitted.

Is Selective Head Cooling Combined with Whole-Body Cooling the Most Effective Hypothermia Method for Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy?

This study aimed to compare combined hypothermia (CH) to the 2 classical therapeutic hypothermia (TH) methods selective head cooling (SHC) and whole-body cooling (WBC). This retrospective cohort study included neonates who underwent CH, SHC, and WBC between 2012 and 2020. Mean rectal temperature was maintained at 33.

Nonlethal Raine Syndrome in a Newborn Boy Caused by a Novel Variant.

Raine syndrome (RS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by osteosclerotic bone dysplasia caused by a homozygous mutation, compound heterozygous mutation, or microdeletion in the gene. In the present study, the MiSeq next-generation sequencing platform was used to perform the gene sequence analysis. A novel homozygous variant c.

Long-term cognitive outcomes of prematurely born infants: A longitudinal follow-up of Denver II, Bayley III and WISC-IV Tests.

Background: Prematurity constitutes a risk factor for developmental delay in infancy and childhood. This study aims to: (i) determine long-term cognitive outcomes in prematurely delivered children and compare them with term-delivered children using the WISC-IV and Stroop tests; (ii) examine the relation between Denver II, Bayley III and WISC-IV, Stroop tests.

Methods: The study group consisted of children born prematurely who had been tested with Denver II and Bayley III in their first 2 years, and had been evaluated with WISC-IV and Stroop tests under follow up, 6-10 years later.

The prevalence and diagnostic criteria of health-care associated infections in neonatal intensive care units in Turkey: A multicenter point- prevalence study.

Background: Healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) in the neonatal period cause substantial morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Our purpose was to determine the prevalence of HAIs, antimicrobial susceptibility of causative agents, and the adaptivity of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) criteria in neonatal HAI diagnosis.

Methods: A HAI point prevalence survey was conducted in the neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) of 31 hospitals from different geographic regions in Turkey.

A Newborn with Brain-Eating Ameba Infection.

Naegleria fowleriis a thermophilic free-living ameba that is found in warm, fresh water and causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) in humans with high mortality rate. Here we report a case of newborn admitted with destructive clinical features of PAM after having bath with unchlorinated well water on a summer day.

Upper arm life-saving amputation of a 12 day-old neonate due to extensive vascular tumor of the upper extremity.

Vascular tumors in neonates are mostly benign; however, locally aggressive voluminous forms may destabilize the hemodynamics of a neonate. Herein, we present an unusual case of a neonatal giant vascular tumor in the right upper extremity, causing a consumption coagulopathy and acute deterioration of vital signs. The patient required mechanical ventilation, inotropic support, and administration of blood products by the seventh day.

An observational, prospective, multicenter study on rescue high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in neonates failing with conventional ventilation.

Background: To achieve gas exchange goals and mitigate lung injury, infants who fail with conventional ventilation (CV) are generally switched to high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV). Although preferred in many neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), research on this type of rescue HFOV has not been reported recently.

Methods: An online registry database for a multicenter, prospective study was set to evaluate factors affecting the response of newborn infants to rescue HFOV treatment.

Prognostic markers in congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Left ventricular diameter and pulmonary hypertension.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate whether the outcome of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in newborns can be predicted using left ventricular (LV) diameter and estimated pulmonary artery pressure.

Methods: Patients in the newborn unit in 2012-2016 were screened retrospectively. Echocardiographic measurements of 35 patients with isolated left lateral CDH and 27 healthy newborns were compared in the first 24 h of life.

Lethal neonatal rigidity and multifocal seizure syndrome with a new mutation in BRAT1.

Rigidity and Multifocal Seizure Syndrome, Lethal Neonatal (RMFSL) (OMIM# 614498) is a rare and recently characterized epileptic encephalopathy that is related to variants in the BRAT1 gene (Breast Cancer 1-associated ataxia telangiectasia mutated activation-1 protein). In this report, an RMFSL case, who died in the 10th month of the life, with rigidity, drug-resistant myoclonic seizures in the face and extremities, with, significant motor delays is presented. The exon sequence was determined and a new homozygous variant (C.

Evaluation of Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology and Perinatal Extension II and Clinical Risk Index for Babies with additional parameters.

Background: The aim of this study was to determine mortality risk by calculating Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology and Perinatal Extension II (SNAP-PE-II) and Clinical Risk Index for Babies (CRIB) score, and evaluate prediction of the effects of antenatal corticosteroid and surfactant treatment on mortality.

Methods: This multicenter study was conducted simultaneously in five different centers in four different provinces in Southern Turkey between July 2012 and July 2013. A total of 1668 inborn subjects hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit within the first 12 h of delivery, and meeting the selection criteria, were included in the study, and CRIB and SNAP-PE-II were used to determine mortality.

Fibroblast growth factor 2 improves cognitive function in neonatal rats with hypoxic ischaemic brain injury.

Objective: To determine the effect of fibroblast growth factor 2 on cognitive function in neonatal rats with hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury.

Methods: The randomised controlled study was conducted from January to June 2011 at Mersin University, School of Medicine, Experimental Animals Research Laboratory and Physiology Behaviour Laboratory, Mersin, Turkey. It included 7-d-old male rats that were randomised into four groups: fibroblast growth factor 2-20, fibroblast growth factor 2-40, control and sham.

The effects of selective head cooling versus whole-body cooling on some neural and inflammatory biomarkers: a randomized controlled pilot study.

Background: Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has become standard care in newborns with moderate to severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), and the 2 most commonly used methods are selective head cooling (SHC) and whole body cooling (WBC). This study aimed to determine if the effects of the 2 methods on some neural and inflammatory biomarkers differ.

Materials And Methods: This prospective randomized pilot study included newborns delivered after >36 weeks of gestation.

Accessory Nostril: A Rare Congenital Nasal Anomaly.

Accessory nostril is a very rare congenital anomaly with an unknown etiology also known as supernumerary nostril. A few accessory nostrils have been reported up to the present time, and extremely rare cases located on columella. A newborn infant with respiratory distress was referred to our hospital.

The effects of fibroblast growth factor-2 and pluripotent astrocytic stem cells on cognitive function in a rat model of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the effect of pluripotent astrocytic stem cells (PASCs) and fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) on cognitive function in neonatal rats with hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HIBI).

Methods: The study was performed on 7-d-old rats that were randomly divided into four groups. All rats, except those in the sham group, were kept in a hypoxic chamber containing 8% oxygen for 2 h after the ligation of the right carotid artery.

A rare case of cardiac anomaly: prenatally diagnosed ectopia cordis.

Ectopia cordis is a rare congenital malformation in which the heart is located partially or totally outside the thoracic cavity. The estimated prevalence of ectopia cordis is 5.5-7.

Mesenchymal stem cell treatment in hyperoxia-induced lung injury in newborn rats.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of tracheally delivered mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) on lung pathology in a hyperoxia-induced lung injury (HILI) model in neonatal rats.

Methods: For the HILI model, rat pups were exposed to 85-95% oxygen during the first 10 days of life. Rats were divided into six groups: room-air normoxia (n = 11); room air, sham (n = 11); hyperoxia exposed with normal saline as placebo (n = 9); hyperoxia exposed with culture medium of MSC (n = 10); hyperoxia exposed with medium remaining after harvesting of MSC (n = 8); and hyperoxia exposed with MSC (n = 17).