Barriers and facilitators of pediatric adherence to antiretroviral therapy: perspectives from caregivers in Türkiye.

Aim: This study aimed to describe barriers and facilitators of the adherence of children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to antiretroviral therapy (ART) from the perspectives of their caregivers.

Methods: In-depth interviews were held with the caregivers of 15 children. The collected data were analyzed using thematic analysis procedures.

[Management of Infants Born to HIV-Infected Mothers: Eighteen Years of Single-Center Experience].

Çocuklarda insan immün yetmezlik virüsü [human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)] enfeksiyonunun en yaygın bulaş yolu perinatal bulaştır. Anneden bebeğe gebelik, doğum ve emzirme sırasında HIV enfeksiyonu bulaşabilir. Bu çalışmada HIV ile enfekte annelerden doğan bebek ve annelere ait özelliklerin, perinatal HIV geçişini önlemek için uygulanan yöntem ve sonuçlarının değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.

Assessing and managing benign breast lesions leading to mastalgia: A review of 840 patients.

Objective: Mastalgia often raises malignancy concerns. This study explores its link to benign breast conditions, and cancer.

Material And Methods: This retrospective study included 840 patients presenting to the surgical clinic with breast disease between January 2016 and January 2023.

Emerging importance of multidrug-resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections in neonatal intensive care unit in a tertiary center in Turkey.

Objective: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging multi-drug resistant, opportunistic pathogen in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). In this study, we aimed to assess the incidence, clinical features, antibiotic susceptibility, and treatment options of S. maltophilia infection among the healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in the neonatal unit.

A snapshot of pediatric inpatients and outpatients with COVID-19: a point prevalence study from Turkey.

This multi-center point prevalence study evaluated children who were diagnosed as having coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). On February 2nd, 2022, inpatients and outpatients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) were included in the study from 12 cities and 24 centers in Turkey. Of 8605 patients on February 2nd, 2022, in participating centers, 706 (8.

[Long COVID in Children: A Pediatric Center Experience].

Although COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease-2019) is observed to be milder in children, it has been observed that the symptoms continue for a long time in many people after the acute period of the disease, especially the multisystemic inflammatory syndrome (MISC) that developed after COVID-19 with the progression of the pandemic. Although it was first defined by different names such as long COVID and post COVID in adults, it has been observed in studies that similar complaints such as cough, fatigue and difficulty in concentrating continue for a long time in children, just as in adults. In our study, we aimed to evaluate the status of long COVID in childhood.

Mutation identification and prediction for severe cardiomyopathy in Alström syndrome, and review of the literature for cardiomyopathy.

Objective: Alström syndrome (ALMS) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder that is caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the ALMS1 gene. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the well-recognized features of the syndrome ranging from sudden-onset infantile DCM to adult-onset cardiomyopathy, sometimes of the restrictive hypertrophic form with a poor prognosis. We aimed to evaluate severe cardiomyopathy in Alström syndrome in infancy and display susceptible specific mutations of the disease, which may be linked to severe DCM.

Impact of sodium phenylbutyrate treatment in acute management of maple syrup urine disease attacks: a single-center experience.

Objectives: Accurate management of metabolic decompensation in maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) has a crucial role, as acute attacks can cause neurological sequels and can be life threatening. Here, we aimed to evaluate effect of sodium phenylbutyrate (NaPBA) in acute management of MSUD attacks.

Methods: Episodes with an initial plasma leucine (Leu) level above 750 µmoL/L and that require hospitalization due to clinical findings of Leu neurotoxicity and/or feeding difficulties were included to the study.

Comparison of the efficacy of physical examination and radiological imaging in detecting sacroiliitis in patients with juvenile spondyloarthropathies.

Objectives: To determine and compare the effectiveness of history, physical examination, conventional radiography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the detection of sacroiliitis in juvenile spondyloarthropathies.

Methods: One hundred and one patients with JSpA, 33 patients with other diseases and 24 children without rheumatologic complaints were included in the study. Subjects were evaluated using physical examination, laboratory findings, pelvic radiography and MRI.