Effect of neonatal resuscitation courses on long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes of newborn infants with perinatal asphyxia.

Background: In previous studies, it has been demonstrated that Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) courses improve the early outcomes of infants with perinatal asphyxia, but there has been no evidence to demonstrate the effect of NRP on long-term outcomes of perinatal asphyxia. The goal of the present study was to determine the effect of NRP courses on the long-term neurodevelopmental outcome of perinatal asphyxia.

Methods: This prospective study included infants referred to the Neonatal Unit during the years 2003-2005.

Clinical features of nine patients with alternating hemiplegia of childhood.

Aim: To define clinical features of patients with alternating hemiplegia of childhood.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical presentation and course of the disease in patients diagnosed between January 2003 and December 2008 at the Pediatric Neurology Department of the Istanbul Medical Faculty.

Results: The nine patients had a mean age of 6.

Proficiency and knowledge gained and retained by pediatric residents after neonatal resuscitation course.

Background: In previous studies the efficacy of the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) was evaluated, demonstrating good retention of knowledge in the participants. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the knowledge and proficiency that pediatric residents gained and retained following NRP and to determine the necessity and timing of the refresher courses.

Methods: The study consisted of 42 pediatric residents who were divided into three groups.

Dietary intakes of adolescents living in Edirne, Turkey.

Objective: To assess the dietary intakes of the adolescents in the area of Edirne, Turkey.

Design: Cross-sectional, prospective, epidemiological study.

Settings And Subjects: Our study group consists of 1944 adolescents aged between 12 to 17 years; 940 females and 1004 males.

The comparison of single-dose ceftriaxone, five-day azithromycin, and ten-day amoxicillin/clavulanate for the treatment of children with acute otitis media.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of short-course antimicrobial therapies [single intramuscular dose of ceftriaxone (50 mg/kg, not exceeding 1 g), 5 days of azithromycin (10 mg/kg on day 1, then 5 mg/kg daily on days 2-5) and the traditional 10-day course of amoxicillin/clavulanate (90/6.4 mg/kg/day in 2 doses)] in children with acute otitis media (AOM). The study was conducted as a prospective, comparative, open randomized trial between February 2001 and April 2003, and 104 children were enrolled, with a mean age of 3.

[Evaluation of the fall-related trauma cases applied to our pediatric emergency department].

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the fall-related trauma cases who were admitted to our pediatric emergency unit.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the files of 161 cases (100 males [62.1%], 61 females [37.

Rubella seroprevalence among Turkish adolescent girls living in Edirne, Turkey.

This study was designed to estimate the rubella seroprevalence in unvaccinated Turkish adolescent girls in urban and rural areas of Edirne, and to create preventive strategies for congenital rubella syndrome (CRS). The sample, representing 12- to 17-year-old adolescent girls, consisted of 1,600 subjects selected from school lists by systematic and random sampling, which was matched by age and urban-rural residency strata proportional to the corresponding distributions in the Edirne population. For each participant, a questionnaire was completed and rubella-specific IgG antibodies were measured.

[The evaluation of bicycle accidents that were admitted to a pediatric emergency department].

Background: We planned this study to evaluate trauma cases secondary to bicycle driving in childhood and to draw attention to the importance of the regulation of traffic rules, the education of bicycle drivers, and the importance of helmet usage.

Methods: Data in this study were obtained by retrospective review of the files of trauma cases admitted to the Pediatric Emergency Unit of Trakya University Medical Faculty between January 2003 and August 2005. Patients' age, gender, clinical signs, type of injury, season of the event and percentage of hospitalization were obtained from hospital records.

Clinical utility of dorsal sural nerve conduction studies in healthy and diabetic children.

Objective: Monitoring of the dorsal sural sensory nerve action potential (SNAP) is a sensitive method for detection of peripheral neuropathies. We tried to determine the normal dorsal sural nerve conduction values of the childhood population and assessed the clinical utility of this method in diabetic children who have no clinical sign of peripheral neuropathy.

Methods: In the study, 36 healthy and 27 diabetic children were included.