Increased Severe Cases and New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes Among Children Presenting With Diabetic Ketoacidosis During First Year of COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey.

Introduction: There have been some significant changes regarding healthcare utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic. Majority of the reports about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diabetes care are from the first wave of the pandemic. We aim to evaluate the potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the severity of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and new onset Type 1 diabetes presenting with DKA, and also evaluate children with DKA and acute COVID-19 infection.

COVID-19 Transmission and Clinical Features in Pediatric Intensive Care Health Care Workers.

Objective: This study aims to investigate modes of transmission and clinical features of coronavirus disease 2019 in healthcare workers in pediatric intensive care units.

Materials And Methods: This multicenter descriptive study was conducted between March and November 2020. Patient demographics, clinical characteristics, origin of coronavirus disease 2019, treatment modalities, and loss of workdays were recorded.

The relationship of abdominal perfusion pressure with mortality in critically ill pediatric patients.

Purpose: To the best of our knowledge, in the literature, there is no data regarding clinical utility of the abdominal perfusion pressure (APP) in critically ill children. Thus, in the present study, we aimed to investigate the clinical utility of APP in predicting of survival in critically ill children with IAH.

Design: A prospective cohort study of patients between 1 month to 18 years who had risk for intra-abdominal hypertension from June 2013 to January 2014.

Urticaria as a Rare Side Effect of Polyethylene Glycol-3350 in a Child: Case Report.

Polyethylene glycol electrolyte (PEG-3350) solution is usually used for bowel emptying before colonoscopy in adults. It has also been reported to be safe in children. It is thought that bowel irrigation with this solution can be a useful treatment alternative for poisoning with slow releasing drugs, swallowed packaged substances, enteric coated drugs, drugs not binding to charcoal, and heavy metals in children.

Serum, urine, and saliva levels of ghrelin and obestatin pre- and post-treatment in pediatric epilepsy.

Introduction: In this study, we aimed to determine the serum, urine, and saliva levels of acyl ghrelin, des-acyl ghrelin, and obestatin in the newly diagnosed idiopathic generalized pediatric epilepsy patients in the pretreatment period and in the third month of valproic acid.

Material And Methods: Thirty pre- and post-treatment cases of patients who were diagnosed with idiopathic generalized epilepsy and 30 control patients were included in this study. Serum, saliva, and urine levels of ghrelin were measured in epileptic group and in the control group in the pretreatment period and in the third month of the treatment.