The Diagnostic Utility of Contrast-Enhanced FLAIR Imaging in the Diagnosis of Pediatric Uveitis.

Contrast-enhanced FLAIR fat-suppressed (CE-FLAIR-FS) imaging can potentially increase the diagnostic accuracy of uveal diseases and ultimately provide better patient management. This study aimed to determine the diagnostic value of CE-FLAIR-FS imaging versus contrast-enhanced T1-weighted imaging (CE-T1WI) in the assessment of pediatric patients with uveitis. Twenty-one children with uveitis who underwent whole brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), including CE-FLAIR-FS and CE-T1WI, were retrospectively included in the study.

Investigation of hemorheological parameters in patients with major depressive disorder.

Background: Hemorheological parameters have been reported to be altered in cardiovascular disease. Major depression has been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

Objective: Our hypothesis is that hemorheological parameters are disturbed in major depressive disorder.

Thiol disulfide homeostasis in ionizing radiation and chemotherapeutic drug exposure.

Objective: This study aims to reveal the oxidant and antioxidant status in nurses with chemotheropathic drug exposure and radiology unit workers exposed to ionizing radiation (IR).

Methods: Nineteen radiology unit workers, 14 nurses, and 15 controls were included the study. All of the participants using antioxidants, vitamin supplements, smokers, any therapeutic drugs, and exposed therapeutic or diagnostic X-ray or chemotherapeutic drugs in 12 months were excluded from the study.

The effect of COVID-19 patient care and emergency response interprofessional training on COVID-19 knowledge, perception, behavior and readiness for care.

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for Interprofessional Education (IPE) and collaborative practices have gained even more importance.

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of IPE on COVID-19 on students' knowledge, perceptions, behaviors and readiness for care regarding COVID-19.

Methods: The study followed a single-group pre-/post-test semi-experimental research design.

A novel mutation in the proteoglycan 4 gene causing CACP syndrome: two sisters report.

Background: Camptodactyly-arthropathy-coxa vara-pericarditis (CACP) syndrome, caused by biallelic pathogenic mutations in the proteoglycan 4 (PRG4) gene, is characterized by early-onset camptodactyly, noninflammatory arthropathy, coxa vara deformity, and rarely, pericardial effusion. This syndrome can mimic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. CACP syndrome is caused by mutations in the proteoglycan 4 (PRG4) gene.

Evaluation of radiologic evidence of metabolic bone disease in very low birth weight infants at fourth week of life.

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of metabolic bone disease (MBD) and assess the risk factors for development radiologic evidence of MBD.

Methods: Preterm infants with gestational age ≤32 weeks and birth weight ≤1500 g were included in this prospective study. Metabolic bone disease was defined as hypophosphatemia (phosphorus levels <4 mg/dl), ALP levels >450 U/L, or radiologic findings of MBD at four weeks of age.

Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis: a case report.

Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis is a rare autoinflammatory, immunologic disorder. It may involve recurrent inflammatory bone pain associated with aseptic osteomyelitis. If the diagnosis is delayed, it negatively influences quality of life by leading to persistent symptoms or joint damage.

Ultrasonographic clues for diagnosis of spina bifida occulta in children.

Background: The aim of the current study was to find out if spinal ultrasonography might have a predictive potential for detection of spina bifida occulta (SBO) in pediatric nocturnal enuresis patients.

Methods: A total of 108 children (58 females, 50 males) with a mean age of 8 (range, 6-15) years diagnosed for nocturnal enuresis in our tertiary care center were included in this cross-sectional analysis. Half of the cases (n=54, 50%) were found to have SBO, while the other half did not have SBO.

Antral gastritis caused by Helicobacter pylori infection in the pediatric age group is associated with increased mesenteric lymph node dimension observed by ultrasonography.

Background: To find out if transabdominal ultrasonography (US) may have a predictive role for detection of antral gastritis and Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection in the antrum of pediatric age group.

Methods: A total of 91 (63.6%) patients and 52 (36.

Miliary tuberculosis disease complicated by Pott's abscess in an infant: Seven year follow-up.

A 20-month-old boy presented with 1-year history of persistent fever, cough, and progressive abdominal distention. Abdominal ultrasonography showed hepatomegaly and multiple calcifications in the liver and spleen. Thoracic computed tomography showed multiple mediastinal lymph nodes and consolidation in both lungs.

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis associated with acute Toxoplasma gondii Infection.

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis is an acute demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system, which principally affects the brain and spinal cord. It usually follows a benign infection or vaccination in children. Although a number of infectious agents have been implicated in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, Toxoplasma gondii infection has not been described previously in children.

Value of pelvic sonography in the diagnosis of various forms of precocious puberty in girls.

Purpose: To evaluate the role of pelvic sonography (US) in the diagnosis and differentiation of various forms of precocious puberty in girls, and to explore reliable cutoff points of pelvic US measurements for differentiating between these conditions.

Methods: Uterine length, uterine cross-sectional area, uterine volume, fundocervical ratio, and ovarian volumes of 143 healthy girls were compared with those of 125 girls with different forms of sexual precocity. Ovaries were morphologically classified as homogenous, paucicystic, multicystic, macrocystic, and isolated cystic.

Cost-effectivity analysis of one-step versus two-step screening for gestational diabetes.

Objective: Early diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is important for both maternal and fetal health. The literature has varying recommendations about one-step and two-step tests for GDM screening and diagnosis. The present study aimed to investigate the difference in the cost and duration of hospital stay of a one-step procedure compared to a two-step procedure, which is routinely performed in our hospital.

Immediate postplacental insertion of an intrauterine contraceptive device during cesarean section.

Background: An intrauterine device (IUD) is an effective reversible form of contraception. We determined the efficacy and safety of immediate postplacental IUD insertion during cesarean section.

Study Design: Two hundred forty-five women with term pregnancies delivering by cesarean section between September 2006 and December 2007 were included in the study.

Neurologic manifestations of novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in childhood.

The neurologic manifestations and prognoses of a novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in previously healthy children were evaluated. Nose and throat swabs were retrieved from all patients who met the criteria of influenza-like illness. A real time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assay was used to confirm the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus.

Retrospective evaluation of perinatal outcome in women with mild gestational hyperglycemia.

Aim: To assess maternal and perinatal complications associated with mild gestational hyperglycemia (MGH).

Material And Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in the perinatology division of Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Hospital between January and June 2009. Four hundred and eighty one patients with MGH and 212 patients with pre-gestational diabetes or gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) were recruited in the study.

Abdominal, vaginal and total laparoscopic hysterectomy: perioperative morbidity.

Purpose: The aim of our retrospective study was to assess and to compare the surgical complications of hysterectomy regarding the choice of procedure [abdominal (AH), vaginal (VH), and total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH)].

Methods: A total of 6,480 patient charts undergone hysterectomy were retrospectively analyzed. Data including transfusion, bladder, ureteral and bowel injury, cuff dehiscence, pulmoner embolus, febrile morbidity, hematoma, reoperation, pelvic wall problems were gathered.

Ectopic pregnancy following levonorgestrel emergency contraception: a case report.

Hormonal contraceptive pills containing 750 microgram levonorgestrel are the most commonly used postcoital contraceptive method because of their high efficacy and fewer side effects. Emergency contraceptive pills containing levonorgestrel present their effects by several mechanisms, including delayed tubal transport of the ovum. A delay of tubal transportation of an ovum is also one of the possible etiologic factors of tubal ectopic pregnancies.

Multiple visceral hematomas in a child with familial Mediterranean fever: polyarteritis nodosa.

A 14-year-old girl was diagnosed with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) with homozygous for M694V mutation of the MEFV gene and was started on colchicine therapy 4 years before admission to our hospital. She was uncompliant to therapy and was admitted to a local hospital with complaining of fever, malaise, abdominal pain and artralgia lasting for 2 months. Multiple hypoechogenic mass lesions were detected on liver and kidneys with ultrasonography (US) and diagnosed to be hematomas by laparoscopic examination.