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Timing for Removal of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters in Pediatric Renal Transplant Patients
(2016)
Objectives: Peritoneal dialysis, the preferred long-term renal replacement modality in the pediatric population, can also be used during the post transplant period. Although it is well known that peritonitis or other ...
Serum Vitamin D Levels Decrease in Children with Acute Urticaria
(2016)
Background: Acute urticaria is an immune-inflammatory disease, characterised by acute immune activation. There has been increasing evidence showing that vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased incidence and ...
A Comparision of Axillary with Infrared Tympanic and Non-Contact Infrared Thermometry
(2016)
Objective: Ideally, the temperature measurement should be safe, easy, noninvasive, cost effective, time efficient and technique independent and should precisely reflect core body temperature and should not be influenced ...
Pediatric Liver Transplantation Experience
(2016)
Background In this study, we aimed to evaluate pediatric liver transplantation in terms of outcomes, complications, and long-term follow-up results.
Materials and methods Between September 2001 and August 2015, 215 ...
Meckel Diverticulum in Children: Evaluation of Macroscopic Appearance for Guidance in Subsequent Surgery
(2016)
Background: The treatment of incidentally encountered asymptomatic Meckel diverticulum(MD) is controversial. We evaluated whether the macroscopic appearance correlates with clinical features, histopathological findings, ...
COVID-19 Infections in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients
(2022)
Objectives: The new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) first appeared in Turkey in March 2020, spread rapidly, and caused many deaths. Although COVID-19 is mostly a respiratory disease, it can cause kidney and multiorgan ...
Rituximab Therapy for Rejection in Pediatric Heart Transplant
(2018)
Objectives: Humoral rejection is the B-cell-mediated production of immunoglobulin G antibody against the transplanted heart. Antibody-mediated rejection may be resistant to standard immunosuppressive therapy and is associated ...
Overview of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Pediatric Neurology: A Single-Center Experience
(2018)
Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is used in the treatment of neurological, hematological, renal and autoimmune diseases with known or suspected immune pathogenesis. In comparison with neurological diseases of adults, ...
Report of 3 Patients With Urea Cycle Defects Treated With Related Living-Donor Liver Transplant
(2015)
Urea cycle defects are a group of metabolic disorders caused by enzymatic disruption of the urea cycle pathway, transforming nitrogen to urea for excretion from the body. Severe cases present in early infancy with ...
Extra-Renal Manifestations of Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in Children
(2018)
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a chronic disease characterized by thrombotic microangiopathy and a high risk of end-stage kidney disease. Dysregulation and/or excessive activation of the complement system ...
Agreement Between Integrated Management of Childhood Illness and Final Diagnosis in Acute Respiratory Tract Infections
(2018)
ObjectiveTo evaluate the agreement between integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) and final diagnosis in patients presenting with cough at the second and third level health institutions.MethodsThis cross-sectional ...
Effect of The Timing of Dialysis Initiation on Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Inflammation in Pediatric Patients
(2017)
Background The optimal time for dialysis initiation in adults and children with chronic kidney disease remains unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of dialysis timing on different outcome parameters, ...
Peer Bullying, Anxiety, and Depression Levels Among Turkish Children with Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder (COFD): A single-Center, Case-Control Study
(2022)
Objective: Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder (COFD) is associated with elevated levels of emotional/ behavioral problems and peer bullying. Studies on Turkish children with COFD are limited. We aimed to evaluate rates of ...
The Effect of Poverty on Depression Among Turkish Children
(2020)
This study was conducted to determine the effect of poverty on depression among Turkish children. The data of the study were collected in 2019 by using a questionnaire. A total of 4276 children were selected by multi-stage ...
Bloody Nipple Discharge As A Benign, Self-Limiting Disorder in Young Children: A Systematic Review Including Two Related Case Reports
(2015)
Background/purpose: Bloody nipple discharge (BND) is rare, distressing for parents, and presents a challenge for physicians.
Methods: We used PubMed to search for cases of BND that were diagnosed before adolescence and ...
Coexistence of Familial Mediterranean Fever and Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D Syndrome in a Child
(2015)
Hereditary periodic fever syndromes are Mendelian inherited single gene diseases which are also known as hereditary autoinflammatory syndromes, are characterized by recurrent attacks of fever and inflammation. Familial ...
Invasive Fungal Infections in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Experience from a Reference University Hospital in Cappadocia
(2020)
Invasive fungal infections (IFI) are an important cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with hematological malignancy. This study aims to investigate the incidence of IFI development, risk factors, the management ...
Assessment of the Platelet Parameters in Children With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
(2018)
Background: The purpose of this study was to assess platelet morphological parameters in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and to determine the factors affecting those parameters.
Methods: A ...