Prevalence of premenstrual syndrome in adolescent girls.

Background: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is characterized by physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral symptoms that appear during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, disappear after menstruation, and are recurrent in every cycle. PMS significantly affects the social and academic lives of adolescents, and historically, it has been neglected by healthcare professionals. We aimed to evaluate the current point prevalence of PMS in Turkish adolescents presented to a tertiary adolescent medicine clinic.

Evaluation of the relationship between self-care agency and quality of life in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus during COVID-19 pandemic.

Purpose: This study aims to explore the relationship between self-care agency and quality of life among adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) during the pandemic.

Design And Methods: The study was conducted with 186 adolescents aged 13-16 who have T1DM and attended a pediatric endocrinology clinic at a Training and Research Hospital in the capital city of Turkey between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022. Data from 118 adolescents who met the inclusion criteria and fully completed the survey were used in the analysis.

Assessment of autoantibodies associated with intravenous immunoglobulin replacement therapy in children with primary immunodeficiency.

While it is known that immunoglobulin replacement therapy (IgRT) used in the treatment of primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs) can lead to the passive transfer of autoantibodies, there is no data indicating that these antibodies can cause clinical symptoms in patients. This study aimed to investigate the presence of autoantibodies and their clinical correlation in patients diagnosed with PIDs receiving IgRT. Paediatric patients who were diagnosed with PIDs, and administered IgRT at our immunology clinic between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2021, were included in the study.

Isolated mitral valve aneurysm in a 9-year old boy.

Background: Isolated mitral valve aneurysm is rarely reported in children. In most cases it is associated with an underlying disease such as infective endocarditis. MVA can lead to severe complications that needs surgical intervention.

Menstrual characteristics of atypical anorexia nervosa.

Objective: While menstrual irregularities are acknowledged in restrictive-type eating disorders (EDs), the menstrual characteristics specific to atypical anorexia nervosa (AAN) remain inadequately defined. This study aims to compare the menstrual features of anorexia nervosa (AN) and AAN.

Method: Adolescents diagnosed with AN or AAN who exhibited secondary amenorrhoea at presentation and had their menstrual cycles restored during follow-up were eligible for this study.

Community-acquired S. aureus infection in childhood: a multi-center study.

Background: The prevalence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus (CA-MRSA) has been increasing worldwide. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of MRSA in community-acquired S.

Clinical and radiologic manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children.

Background: Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) is one of the most important etiological agents of communityacquired pneumonia in children.

Methods: The medical records of children with an MP infection between 2008 and 2015 were reviewed for their clinical, laboratory radiological features.

Results: This study included 244 patients (male 57.

Distinguishing orbital cellulitis from preseptal cellulitis in children.

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate clinical and laboratory characteristics of children with preseptal cellulitis (PC) and orbital cellulitis (OC) and also to determine whether clinical and/or laboratory parameters could be used to distinguish OC from PC.

Methods: The medical records of pediatric patients (aged between 1 month and 18 years) with PC and OC who had been hospitalized at our center from January 2008 to December 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. Multivariable regression analysis was performed to identify possible parameters useful in differentiating between PC and OC.

Tobacco Containing Scenes in Some Selected Turkish Movies Released Between 1992 and 2016.

Objective: Movies are among the most widely used media for advertising, promotional, and sponsorship activities of the tobacco industry, and the industry has been making huge investments in this sector for many years. In this study, the effects of movie scenes depicting the use of tobacco products, and the possible effects of the laws governing such scenes, were examined.

Material And Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 50 films, the first 2 of which were the most watched each year, between the years 1992 and 2016, according to the data of the Center for Turkish Cinema Studies and the boxofficeturkiye.

Bloodstream infections due to Trichosporon species in paediatric patients: Results from the first national study from Turkey.

Background: Invasive Trichosporon infections are rarely seen opportunistic fungal infections in children and mainly affect immunocompromised patients. This multicenter retrospective study has rewieved the characteristics, risk factors, treatment modalities and outcomes of bloodstream infections caused by Trichosporon species in children diagnosed over the past ten years in Turkey.

Methods: The study was performed with the participation of 12 of 55 hospitals invited from Turkey.

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.

Sepsis in a Previously Healthy Infant with Subcutaneous Nodules and Mastoid Bone Destruction.

septicemia is rare in previously healthy children. Skin lesions such as subcutaneous nodules and ecthyma gangrenosum may be the first manifestation of infection that have rarely been reported. Herein we reported a previously healthy 6-month-old boy patient who presented with suppurative otitis media, multiple nodules, septic shock, and was identified in cultures of the blood, skin lesions, and purulent material of his ears.

Turkish pediatric residents' knowledge, perceptions, and practices of blood culture sampling.

Introduction: Pediatrics is one of the medical specialties in which blood cultures for bloodstream infections are performed very frequently. This study aimed to evaluate pediatric residents' knowledge and perceptions of blood culture sampling.

Material And Methods: Between June 2019 and September 2019, a questionnaire comprising 20 questions about blood culture sampling was sent via email to participants who were pediatric residents at five different hospitals in Turkey.

Pediatric subdural empyema as a complication of meningitis: could CSF protein/CSF glucose ratio be used to screen for subdural empyema?

Subdural empyema (SDE) is a rare condition which can appear secondary to meningitis in childhood, especially in infants. This study was planned to evaluate and compare clinical and laboratory features, treatment, and outcome of children with SDE to those with acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) without SDE. The electronic medical files of 266 patients diagnosed with ABM between January 2009 and December 2019 were evaluated.

Giant Right Atrial Myxoma with Fulminant Progression in an Infant.

Cardiac myxoma is rare in children. Myxomas are exceedingly rare in infancy. Right atrial myxomas were recorded in a small number of case reports involving infants worldwide.

Serotype distribution of in children with invasive disease in Turkey: 2015-2018.

: To determine the serotype distribution of pneumococcus causing invasive pneumococcal disease (meningitidis, bacteremia and empyema) in children in Turkey, and to observe potential changes in this distribution in time to guide effective vaccine strategies. : We surveyed with conventional bacteriological techniques and with real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in samples of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), blood and pleural fluid. strains were isolated from 33 different hospitals in Turkey, which are giving health services to approximately 60% of the Turkish population.

Multifocal mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall in a newborn.

Özkale Yavuz Ö, Özcan HN, Çınar HG, Oğuz B, Haliloğlu M. Multifocal mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall in a newborn. Turk J Pediatr 2019; 61: 975-978.

Can ultrasonography-guided aspiration and steroid injection treat reflux venous blood flow around symptomatic Baker's cysts? Our short-term experience.

Objective: The aim of the current study was to investigate the efficacy of ultrasonography-guided aspiration treatment with concomitant steroid injection on relieving reflux blood flow in veins located next to symptomatic Baker's cyst.

Methods: All patients were examined by ultrasonography at administration and 1 month follow-up after intervention. Puncture and aspiration of the cyst, as well as injection of 1 ml dexamethasone were performed by the same radiologist.

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.

Bacterial agents causing meningitis during 2013-2014 in Turkey: A multi-center hospital-based prospective surveillance study.

This is an observational epidemiological study to describe causes of bacterial meningitis among persons between 1 month and 18 y of age who are hospitalized with suspected bacterial meningitis in 7 Turkish regions. covering 32% of the entire population of Turkey. We present here the results from 2013 and 2014.

Is there a relationship between talar osteochondral lesions and foot angles?

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the relationship between talar osteochondral defects (OCDs) and foot angles in this study.

Materials And Methods: We performed a retrospective study that included 25 patients with talar OCD and 29 patients without OCD who underwent magnetic resonance imaging in our department between September 2013 and January 2015. We retrospectively measured the foot angles (Bohler's angle, lateral talocalcaneal angle and calcaneal inclination angle) on ankle radiographs in both groups.

Are there any novel radiological diagnostic clues in magnetic resonance imaging for vertebrobasilar insufficiency?

Background: The aim of the current study was to investigate whether signal intensities on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) views and radiological findings on Doppler ultrasonography may have a diagnostic value for vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI).

Methods: This case-control study was performed on demographic and radiologic data derived from 18 VBI patients and 58 healthy controls in the radiology department of a tertiary care center. The blood flow characteristics including peak systolic and end diastolic flow rates, resistance and pulsatility indices, mean velocities, flow rates, diameters and intensity pattern of vertebral arteries on cervical and cranial MRI sequences were noted.