Associations Between Maternal Vitamin B12 Levels, Sociodemographic Factors and Placental Weight: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in a Tertiary Hospital.

This study aimed to investigate whether serum vitamin B12 concentration is associated with placental weight and maternal sociodemographic characteristics in pregnant women who delivered in a tertiary hospital. A total of 497 pregnant women with a single foetus who had achieved 37 weeks gestational age were included in this cross-sectional study. All pregnant women were evaluated via a questionnaire about nutrition and dietary habits, weight gain during pregnancy, antenatal multivitamin supplementation and sociodemographic features.

Spiritual Orientation and Religious Coping Styles of Mothers whose Babies were Hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Türkiye: Relationship with Stress Levels and Parental Beliefs.

This descriptive, correlational study examined the relationship between spiritual orientations, religious coping styles, stress, and parental beliefs in mothers with infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The study included 120 mothers whose infants were treated in a hospital NICU. Data were collected using the Mother and Infant Descriptive Information Form, Parental Stressor Scale: NICU (PSS:NICU), NICU Parent Belief Scale (PBS), Spiritual Orientation Scale (SOS), and Religious Coping Styles Scale (RCSS).

Lymphadenopathies: A Retrospective Study of Epidemiology, Characteristics, Diagnosis and Treatment Outcomes of Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Mogadishu-Somalia.

Introduction: Lymphadenopathies, which can be caused by infections, malignant diseases, autoimmune disorders, and many other diseases, pose a challenge to clinicians in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as all over the world. The purpose of this research was to identify the clinical and diagnostic characteristics of Somalian patients suffering from swollen lymph nodes.

Methods: Under the purview of this study, the diagnoses, patient clinical courses, and treatment outcomes were ascertained retrospectively by analyzing the biochemical, microbiological, radiological, and pathological data of the cases in all age groups who underwent therapy for lymphadenitis at Mogadishu Somali Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Training and Research Hospital between January 2016 and September 2023.

Role of Lactate Dehydrogenase and Lymphocyte Count as Predictors of Poor Perinatal Outcomes in COVID-19-Infected Pregnancies Requiring Hospitalization and Delivery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Introduction: Physiological, hormonal, or biochemical changes may be related to the increased morbidity of COVID-19 during pregnancy. Our knowledge remains limited about which pregnant women will worsen and develop complications. The aim was to evaluate the maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes in hospitalized pregnant women who delivered while infected with acute COVID-19 and to investigate the possible predictors of poor prognosis in a tertiary pandemic center.

Echocardiographic Findings in Children with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome from Initial Presentation to the First Years after Discharge.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate clinical and echocardiographic features of the children diag- nosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome related to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection and determine early and mid-term cardiovascular outcomes.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 38 children who were diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in our hospital between November 2020 and November 2021. Cardiovascular evaluations were performed during hospitalization, at the first, the second, and the third months after discharge, and then cardiac evaluation was repeated at 3-month intervals until a median of 24 weeks (range: 9-56 weeks).

Comparison of Effect of Feeding Premature Infants with Either Cup, Bottle, and Syringe on Transition to Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Success, Weight Gain, and Duration of Hospitalization.

This study was completed with the aim of determining the effect of cup feeding (CF), bottle feeding (BF), and syringe feeding (SF) methods on the transition to breastfeeding, breastfeeding success, physiological parameters, weight gain, and discharge duration for preterm neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The study was designed to be randomized, controlled, and single blinded. The study was completed with 102 premature neonates between 29-34 gestational weeks abiding by the case selection criteria receiving treatment and care in the NICU.

Effect of using crochet octopus in reducing the pain: a randomized controlled study.

Aims: The study aimed to determine the effect of using a crochet octopus to reduce acute pain and maintain optimal physiological measurements that develops during procedural pain in neonates.

Materials And Methods: This was a parallel design randomized controlled study. During the procedure of heel lance, experimental groups were delivered a crochet octopus 10 min before the process and let them touch the octopus during and for up to 10 min after the procedure.

Clinical validation of the infant-driven feeding scales© in Turkey.

Background: Supporting the development of feeding skills among preterm infants is an important component of neonatal care. The selection of appropriate and supportive feeding interventions begins with a comprehensive assessment of the infant's skills.

Purpose: This study aimed to adapt the Infant-Driven Feeding Scales© (IDFS) to the Turkish language.

"Triangular QRS-ST-T waveform ECG pattern" during SARS-CoV-2 infection in a paediatric case with multiple comorbidities.

Triangular QRS-ST-T waveform electrocardiography pattern, so-called "shark fin sign," is a rare and highly mortal electrocardiography finding, which usually occurs in adult patients with coronary occlusion. Here, we reported the first paediatric case occurring in a striking "triangular waveform electrocardiography pattern" due to myocarditis during COVID-19 infection.

A newborn with aortico-left ventricular tunnel mimicking sinus of valsalva aneurysm.

Aortico-left ventricular tunnel (ALVT) is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly and constitutes less than 0.1% of all congenital cardiac defects (1). ALVT is described as an abnormal connection between the ascending aorta and the left ventricle which originates commonly above the right sinus of valsalva.

Evaluation of accidental and intentional pediatric poisoning: Retrospective analysis in an emergency Department of Turkey.

Introduction: Childhood poisoning is one of the leading causes of applications to ED and is a preventable cause of morbidity and mortality. The characteristics of poisoning may differ by geographic region, season, and the sociocultural aspects of the community and age groups.

Method: Poisoned patients age ≤ 18 years admitted to the ED January 2018-December 2019, were evaluated retrospectively.

Evaluation of perceived breast milk insufficiency in mothers of infants with infantile colic: a case-control study.

Background: Mothers' lack of information about crying spells in infantile colic and feeling of insufficiency create anxiety in mothers, a decrease in satisfaction with being a mother and make them feel insufficient and tired. Fatigue in breastfeeding mothers can also lead to changes in milk biology and cause insufficient milk secretion.

Methods: This study aims to determine the perceived breast milk insufficiency of mothers of infants with infantile colic and mothers of healthy infants.

A comparison of clinical, laboratory and chest CT findings of laboratory-confirmed and clinically diagnosed COVID-19 patients at first admission.

Purpose: This study aims to identify chest computed tomography (CT) characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), investigate the association between CT findings and laboratory or demographic findings, and compare the accuracy of chest CT with reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).

Methods: Overall, 120 of 159 consecutive cases isolated due to suspected COVID-19 at our hospital between 17 and 25 March 2020 were included in this retrospective study. All patients underwent both chest CT and RT-PCR at first admission.

The Effect of Music Therapy, Hand Massage, and Kaleidoscope Usage on Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting, Pain, Fear, and Stress in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of music therapy, hand massage, and kaleidoscope usage on nausea and vomiting, pain, fear, and stress in 7-year-old to 11-year-old children after circumcision.

Design: This study was a prospective and randomized controlled trial.

Methods: The study was conducted at the pediatric surgery unit in a hospital in Turkey.

The effect of DALI lipid apheresis in the prognosis of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: Seven patients' experience at a DALI apheresis center.

Introduction: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is characterized by severe hypercholesterolemia that can result in coronary artery disease occurring at an early age. If patients are not cured with lipid-lowering drugs and diets, lipid apheresis may be an effective treatment option in these cases. Here, we evaluate the efficacy, selectivity and safety of the DALI apheresis technique.

Evaluation of Chest X-ray and Thoracic Computed Tomography in Patients with Suspected Tuberculosis.

Objective: To investigate if there is any correlation between positive findings detected by posterior-anterior (PA) chest radiograph and thoracic computerized tomography (CT) in cases with suspected lung tuberculosis (TB) due to positive tuberculin skin test (TST) results.

Methods: This is a retrospective evaluation of the medical files of patients who visited the Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine from 2006, through 2011 as outpatients and had positive TST (>15 mm) results.

Results: A total of 326 patients were included in the study; 45.