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A 3-Day Boy With a Right Preauricular Swelling
(Springer, 2010) Akgun, Cihangir; Peker, Erdal; Akbayram, Sinan; Dogan, Murat; Tuncer, Oguz; Kirimi, Ercan
A 3-day-old boy was admitted for right preauricular swelling. Examination showed a toxic looking neonate with poor neonatal reflexes. There was erythema and swelling of 4 x 3 cm at the level of the right cheek. Laboratory investigation pointed to a bacterial infection. With parenteral antibiotics, the lesion resolved completely.
Acute Appendicitis in Two Children With Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
(Maney Publishing, 2012) Bilici, Salim; Akgun, Cihangir; Melek, Mehmet; Peker, Erdal; Akbayram, Sinan; Bulut, Gulay; Dogan, Murat
In Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP), involvement of the ileum and ascending colon with vasculitis can mimic appendicitis and cause unnecessary appendicectomy. A 13-year-old boy presented with signs of HSP and abdominal pain. He was treated with prednisolone (2 mg/kg/day) for 10 days, but there was no improvement. At laparotomy he had acute suppurative appendicitis. A 12-year-old girl presented with HSP associated with abdominal pain and bloody diarrhoea and at laparotomy was also found to have suppurative appendicitis. Both patients had vasculitic areas in the ileum. In HSP, although suppurative appendicitis is rare, it should always be considered and appropriate investigations, including ultrasonography, undertaken.
Amniyotik Band Sendromu Olgusu
(2011) Taşkın, Gökmen A.; Çaksen, Hüseyın; Aktar, Fesih; Temel, Hayrettin; Peker, Erdal; Doğan, Murat; Üstyol, Lokman
Amniotik band sendromu (ABS), amniyondan yoksun plasenta, amniotik zar kalıntılarının fetusa yapışması ya da dolanması ile oluşan fetal deformasyon, malformas-yon veya amputasyon üçlüsü ile karakterize bir tablodur. Prevelansı 1.200 ile 15.000 canlı doğumda bir arasında değişmektedir. Altı yaşında erkek hasta doğuştan el ve ayaklarının olmaması şikayetleriyle getirildi. Fizik mua-yenede sağ diz 5 cm altı ve sol ayak bileğinin hemen altından itibaren, ayrıca sağ ve sol el ikinci, üçüncü ve dördüncü parmak metakarpofalangial eklem, sol el birinci ve beşinci parmak proksimal interfalangial eklem hizasında boğumlanma tarzında anomalileri vardı. Beyin manyetik rezonans incelemesi ve batın ultrasonografisi normal idi. Bu vaka dolayısıyla ekstremite anomalileriyle getirilen vakalarda ayırıcı tanıda ABS’nin de düşünülmesi gerektiğini vurgulamak isteriz.
An Analysis of Children With Brucellosis Associated With Isolated Thrombocytopenia
(Sage Publications inc, 2011) Akbayram, Sinan; Dogan, Murat; Akgun, Cihangir; Peker, Erdal; Parlak, Mehmet; Oner, Ahmet Faik
Hematologic abnormalities of mild anemia and leucopenia have been frequently associated with acute brucellosis, but thrombocytopenia are less frequently seen. In the present study, we documented 5 (2.6%) isolated thrombocytopenic patients with the manifestations of brucellosis observed during the course of active infection. Five (2.6%) patients, 4 boys and 1 girl, with ages ranging from 2 to 14 years, had isolated thrombocytopenic at diagnosis. In 5 (2.6%) patients, platelet counts ranged from 39 000 to 120 000/mm(3). Tube agglutination tests for brucellosis were positive for all patients (1/160-1/1280). All patients recovered completely, and their thrombocytopenia returned to normal by 2 to 4 weeks after antibiotic treatment of brucellosis. In our study, we present 5 patients with Brucella-induced thrombocytopenia mimicking idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura to emphasize the isolated thrombocytopenia and the resolution of thrombocyte counts following treatment of brucellosis.
An Analysis of Children With Brucellosis Associated With Pancytopenia
(informa Healthcare, 2011) Akbayram, Sinan; Dogan, Murat; Akgun, Cihangir; Peker, Erdal; Parlak, Mehmet; Caksen, Huseyin; Oner, Ahmet Faik
Brucellosis produces a variety of nonspecific hematologic abnormalities. Hematologic complications of mild anemia and leukopenia have been frequently associated with acute brucellosis, but pancytopenia is less frequently seen. In this study, records of children with brucellosis aged under or equal to 16 years, admitted to Yuzuncu Yil University Hospital between 2004 and 2010, were analyzed retrospectively. Over this time period, 187 patients with brucellosis were diagnosed. Twenty-five (13.3%%) of 187 patients had pancytopenia during admission to hospital. The diagnosis of brucellosis was confirmed by standard tube agglutination test in all patients; titers were 1:320 in 1 patient and 1:1280 in 24 patients. Blood culture was positive for Brucella melitensis in 3 patients (12%%). Fever was the most common manifestation, followed by malaise, anorexia, sweating, and weight loss. Fever and splenomegaly were the common signs in most patients. In addition, arthritis was observed in 5 patients, and epistaxis, headache, and abdominal pain were observed in 3 patients. The common bone marrow aspiration findings consisted of increased megakaryocytes and hyperplasia of erythroid series, with a shift to the left of the granulocytic series. Histiocytic hyperplasia was observed in the bone marrow smear of 2 patients. Mild hemophagocytosis was observed in the bone marrow of 3 patients. All patients recovered completely, and their peripheral blood counts returned to normal by 2 to 6 weeks after antibiotic treatment of brucellosis. In conclusion, the authors would like to emphasize that brucellosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of children with pancytopenia.
Are Consanguineous Marriage and Swaddling the Risk Factors of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
(Springer, 2013) Guner, Sukriye Ilkay; Guner, Savas; Peker, Erdal; Ceylan, Mehmet Fethi; Guler, Ayse; Turktas, Ugur; Kaki, Baris
The purpose of this study was to investigate prospectively the effects of swaddling and consanguineous marriage on developmental dysplasia of the hip and associated risk factors. We screened by ultrasound 265 infants using the Graf method. The Pediatrics Department referred all newborn infants with suspected instability or a recognized risk factor to the orthopedic clinic. Risk factors of developmental dysplasia of the hip were searched and noted in these patients. Swaddling and consanguineous marriage were also determined and noted. We observed 164 of 265 infants (61.9 %) who had been swaddled and that 64 of 265 infants' parents were in a consanguineous marriage (24.2 %). In the statistical analysis that was conducted for swaddling and consanguineous marriage, highly significant differences were found. Our study showed that the rate of developmental dysplasia of the hip is very high, 11.7 %, in our region, eastern Turkey. Also, we commonly see improper swaddling and consanguineous marriage in our region, which affects many infants.
Arı Sokmasını Takiben Konvulziyon Geliştiren İki Olgu Sunumu
(2010) Bektaş, Selçuk; Sal, Ertan; Çağan, Eren; Kaya, Avni; Peker, Erdal; Çaksen, Hüseyın; Doğan, Murat
Arı sokmasına bağlı genelde aşırı duyarlılıkbelirtileri ortaya çıkar. Konvülziyon nadir olarakgörülebilen bir bulgudur. Burada arı sokmasınıtakiben nöbet geçiren ve etiyolojide başka nedensaptanamayan 2 olgu sunulmaktadır.
The Association of Oxidant Status and Antioxidant Capacity in Children With Acute and Chronic Itp
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010) Akbayram, Sinan; Dogan, Murat; Akgun, Cihangir; Mukul, Yurdaguel; Peker, Erdal; Bay, Ali; Oner, Ahmet Faik
Purpose: This study was undertaken to investigate oxidant and antioxidant systems in patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). With this purpose, we measured the levels of serum malondialdehyde (MDA), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), total oxidant status (TOS), and other oxidative stress parameters. Patients and Methods: Fifty-two pediatric patients with ITP (25 acute, 27 chronic) and 21 healthy children were included in the study. Patients with acute ITP were studied, before and after, methylprednisolone treatment. Results: Hemoglobin, hematocrit, platelet count, and TAC were statistically significantly lower in patients with acute ITP before treatment than those in the control group (P<0.05). In addition, in this group, MDA, TOS levels, and OSI (oxidative stress index) were found to be higher than those in the control group. In chronic ITP group, although hemoglobin hematocrit, platelet counts, and TAC levels were statistically significantly lower than those in the control groups, the mean platelet volume, MDA, TOS, and OSI were found to be statistically significantly higher (P<0.05). Platelet count and mean platelet volume values were statistically significantly lower in patients with acute ITP before treatment than after treatment (P<0.05). We also found a positive correlation between thrombocyte count and TAC, in patients with acute ITP before treatment (r: 0.601, P<0.001) and acute ITP after treatment (r: 0.601, P<0.001) and chronic ITP (r: 0.601, P<0.001). A negative correlation was found between thrombocyte count and serum MDA levels, in patients with acute ITP before treatment (r: -0.356, P<0.001) and acute ITP after treatment (r: -0.356, P<0.001) and chronic ITP (r: -0.356, P<0.001). We also found a negative correlation between thrombocyte count and serum OSI, in patients with acute ITP before treatment (r: -0.494, P<0.001) and acute ITP after treatment (r: -0.494, P<0.001) and chronic ITP (r: -0.494, P<0.001). A negative correlation was found between thrombocyte count and TOS, in patients with acute ITP before treatment (r: -0.470, P<0.001) and acute ITP after treatment (r: -0.470, P<0.001) and chronic ITP (r: -0.470, P<0.001). In conclusion, increased MDA, TOS and OSI, and decreased TAC levels were found in patients with acute and chronic ITP. Conclusions: On the basis of these findings, we suggest that free oxygen radicals may have an effect on the structural and functional damage of platelets, and on the mechanism of thrombocytopenia in both, acute and chronic ITP.
Beckwith-Wiedemann Sendromu Ve Uzamış Hipoglisemi
(2010) Kırımi, Ercan; Peker, Erdal; Tuncer, Oğuz; Akbayram, Sinan
Beckwith-Wiedemann sendromu (BWS), makrosomi, makroglossi, karın duvar defektleri, hemihipertrofi ile karakterize prenatal veya postnatal bir aşırı büyüme sendromudur. Hastalığın komplikasyonları arasında wilms tümörü, rabdomyosarkom, nöroblastom gibi embriyonal kanserlerle ve hipoglisemi sayılmaktadır. BWS’lu bebeklerin yaklaşık %30’unda hipoglisemi rastlanmaktadır. Hipoglisemi nedeni tam olarak bilinmemekte ve hiperinsülinemi suçlanmaktadır. BWS’da hipoglisemi genellikle yaşamın ilk üç gününden sonra iyileşmesine rağmen vakaların %5’inde dirençli hipoglisemi devam etmektedir. Sonuç olarak BWS’lu bebeklerde kan şekeri düzeyleri ilk saatlerden itibaren düzenli izlenmeli ve insülin düzeyleri de kontrol edilmelidir. Hiperinsülinemi varlığında hipoglisemi problemi burada sunulan vakada olduğu gibi uzayabilir.
Bilateral Brachial Plexus Palsy and Right Horner Syndrome Due To Congenital Cervicothoracal Syringomyelia
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2010) Cagan, Eren; Sayin, Refah; Dogan, Murat; Peker, Erdal; Cagan, Havva Hasret; Caksen, Hueseyin
Syringomyelia (SM) is a disorder in which a cyst forms within the spinal cord. This cyst, called a syrinx, expands and elongates over time, destroying the center of the cord. Horner syndrome is an infrequent illness caused by a lesion of the cervical sympathetic nerve fiber. Its clinical features are facial anhidrosis, ptosis, miosis, and hypochromia iridis of the affected side. A full-term male newborn infant was admitted with weakness in bilateral upper extremities and narrowing of the palpebral fissure on the right side. Ophthalmologic examination revealed a smaller right pupil. Muscle power in bilateral upper limbs was 1/5. Chest X-ray and cranial magnetic resonance imaging were normal. Magnetic resonance imaging of the cervicothoracic spine showed SM at C4-T2 level. Electromyographic examination revealed bilateral brachial plexus palsy. The diagnosis was of brachial plexus palsy and congenital Homer syndrome due to congenital cervicothoracic SM. According to our best knowledge, this association has not been reported in the literature. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Boy Kısalığı Şikayeti ile Başvuran Bir Erkek Hastada Makroprolaktinoma
(2010) Arslan, Mehmet; İzmirli, Mustafa; Cesur, Yaşar; Akgün, Cihangir; Peker, Erdal; Doğan, Murat
Boy kısalığı ve müphem baş ağrısı şikâyeti ile polikliniğimize başvuran 156/12 yaşında erkek hastanın 10 yaşından itibaren akranlarına göre kısa kaldığı ve son iki aydır hemen hemen her gün olan ancak hastayı fazla rahatsız etmeyen hafif şiddette müphem bir baş ağrısı şikâyeti olduğu, görme bozukluğu olmadığı öğrenildi. Fizik muayenede boy 144.9 cm (-3;-4 SD arasında) idi. Nörolojik defisit yoktu. Görme alanı ölçümünde bilateral periferal görme alanı defekti mevcuttu. Diğer sistem muayeneleri normaldi. Laboratuar incelemelerinde, Prolaktin:8400 ng/ml idi. L-Dopa ve Klonidin ile yapılan iki büyüme hormonu uyarı testlerine yetersiz cevap alındı. Hipotalamus-hipofiz MR incelemesinde 3x1cm boyutunda, suprasellar sisternayı dolduran, üçüncü ventriküle uzanım gösteren, düzgün lobüle kontürlü ‘sellar kitle lezyon (makroadenom)’ tespit edildi. Bu vaka ile izole boy kısalığı şikâyeti ile getirilen vakalarda büyüme hormon eksikliği tespit edilmiş ise diğer hormon eksiklikleri açısından olguların tetkik edilmesi ve anormallik saptanması durumunda görüntüleme yöntemlerinin uygulanmasının önemini bir kez daha vurgulamak istedik.
Brachial Plexus Paralysis Due To Giant Cavernous Hemangioma With Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome: Successful Management With Interferon Alpha
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2009) Peker, Erdal; Kirimi, Ercan; Tuncer, Oguz; Ceylan, Abdullah; Oner, Ahmet F.
Giant hemangiomas are rare in newborn babies and may cause some life-threatening complications such as congestive heart failure and coagulopathies including severe thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and bleeding such as Kasabach-Merritt syndrome. We have presented here one infant case with a right lower brachial plexus paralysis due to giant hemangioma treated successfully with interferon alpha and have discussed the treatment. This is the first case of Kasabach-Merritt syndrome associated with a right lower brachial plexus paralysis treated with interferon in the literature to our knowledge. The administration of interferon-alpha might be indicated as a therapy for severe, life-threatening and giant hemangiomas such as Kasabach-Merritt syndrome, especially when there is resistance to steroid. However, more extensive data and new patients are needed to clarify this issue.
Brusellozda Akciğer Tutulumu
(2010) Bektaş, M. Selçuk; Peker, Erdal; Akbayram, Sinan; Doğan, Murat; Öner, A. Faik
Bruselloz, gram-negatif bakteri ailesinden Brusella türü bakterilerle oluşan zoonotik bir hastalıktır. Bruselloz, dünya genelinde özellikle gelişmekte olan ülkelerde bir halk sağlığı sorunu olarak görülmeye devam etmektedir. Bakteri başta retiküloendotelyal sistem olmak üzere eklem, kalp, böbrek gibi pek çok sistemi tutabilir. Solunum sistemini tuttuğu bilinmesine rağmen akciğer tutulumu nadirdir. Akciğer tutulumu olan hastalarda klinik bulguların ve komplikasyonların nonspesifik olması tanı koymayı zorlaştırmaktadır. Bu olgu sunumunda, ateş yüksekliği, öksürük, balgam çıkarma, hemoptizi, halsizlik, istahsızlık, dizlerde ağrı şikâyetiyle başvuran 6 yaşındaki erkek hasta pnömoni ve plevral efüzyon tanılarıyla yatırıldı. Yapılan tetkiklerinde hepatosplenomegali ve bisitopeni saptanan olgunun alınan kan ve plevral efüzyon mayisinden Rose- Bengal testi (+++) ve Wright agglütinasyon testi 1/1280 (+) saptandı. Olgu brusellaya bağlı pnömoni ve plevral effüzyon olarak kabul edildi. Olgu nadir görülmesi ve ülkemiz gibi brusellanın endemik olduğu ülkelerde brusellaya bağlı komplikasyonların geniş bir yelpazede olduğunu vurgulamak üzere sunuldu.
Ceftriaxone-Induced Toxic Hepatitis
(Baishideng Publishing Group inc, 2009) Peker, Erdal; Cagan, Eren; Dogan, Murat
Toxic hepatitis or drug-induced liver injury encompasses a spectrum of clinical disease ranging from mild biochemical abnormalities to acute liver failure. The advantages of along half-life, wide spectrum, high tissue penetration rate, and a good safety profile, make ceftriaxone, a third-generation cephalosporin, a frequent choice in the treatment of childhood infections. Previous studies have reported a few cases of high aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase levels, along with three cases of hepatitis caused by ceftriaxone. Here, we report a case of drug-induced toxic hepatitis in a patient who was treated with ceftriaxone for acute tonsillitis. (C) 2009 The WJG Press and Baishideng. All rights reserved.
Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in 2 Children With Celiac Disease
(Sage Publications inc, 2011) Dogan, Murat; Peker, Erdal; Akbayram, Sinan; Bektas, Mehmet S.; Basaranoglu, Murat; Cesur, Yasar; Caksen, Huseyin
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is an uncommon disease in childhood. In the largest study carried out so far, the incidence was 0.67 case per 100 000 children per year. A number of etiologies and risk factors have been so far identified for CVST in childhood, including head trauma, local and systemic infectious diseases, malignancies, and autoimmune diseases. Celiac disease (CD) is a disease of the small intestine caused by an immune response to ingested gluten. Epilepsy, bilateral occipital calcification, cerebellar ataxia, degenerative central nervous system disease, peripheric neuropathy, myopathy, and rarely stroke were defined as neurologic disorders. In this presentation, we report 2 cases (16-year-old boy and 2-year-old boy) with CD and CVST. We emphasized that CD can be investigated in patients with CVST even with the absence of gastrointestinal symptoms. Finally, we suggest that algorithm of CVST can be involved in the investigation of CD.
Clinical Features and Prognosis With Guillain-Barre Syndrome
(Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011) Akbayram, Sinan; Dogan, Murat; Akgun, Cihangir; Peker, Erdal; Sayin, Refah; Aktar, Fesih; Caksen, Huseyin
Background: Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory polyneuropathy commonly characterized by rapidly progressive, symmetric weakness and areflexia. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively assessed the clinical manifestations, results of electrodiagnostic tests, functional status and prognosis of 36 children diagnosed with GBS. Results: Based on clinical and electrophysiological findings, the patients were classified as having acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP) (n = 25), acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) (n = 10) and acute motor-sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN) (n = 1). Twenty (55.5%) patients were males and 16 (44.5%) patients were females. The mean age of the 36 patients was 68.1 +/- 45.01 months (range, 6-180 months). Five (13.8%) patients were younger than 2 years. The most common initial symptoms were limb weakness, which was documented in 34 (94.4%) patients. In our study, 18 patients (51.4%) showed albuminocytological dissociation (raised protein concentration without pleocytosis) on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination. Three patients (8.3%) required mechanical ventilation therapy during hospitalization. Unfortunately, three (8.3%) patients died; one patient had AIDP and two patients had axonal involvement (one case was AMAN and another case was AMSAN). When we compared the cases of residual sequel/dead and cases of complete recovery for neural involvement type including AIDP, AMAN and AMSAN, we did not find a statistically significant difference between the groups (P > 0.05). Conclusion: Our findings showed that cases of GBS was not uncommon in children younger than 2 years of age, and CSF protein level might be found high in the first week of the disease in about one half of the patients, with a higher rate of morbidity and mortality in patients with axonal involvement than in those with AIDP.
Clinical Findings in Children With Cutaneous Anthrax in Eastern Turkey
(Wiley, 2010) Akbayram, Sinan; Dogan, Murat; Akgun, Cihangir; Peker, Erdal; Bektas, M. Selcuk; Kaya, Avni; Oner, Ahmet Faiko
Anthrax is a zoonosis produced by Bacillus anthracis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical findings, therapy, and outcome in children with cutaneous anthrax (CA). Data on age, gender, occupation, clinical symptoms and findings, location and type of lesions, clinical history, laboratory findings, treatment, and outcome were recorded from patients' medical records, retrospectively. The study included 65 patients between 1 month and 18 years old (9.0 +/- 4.0 years), 37 patients (56.9%) were male and 28 (43.1%) were female. Most of the patients (89.1%) were admitted in summer and autumn (p < 0.001). Of the 65 patients, 20 patients (30.8%) had received antibiotherapy before admission to our hospital. All patients except one had a contact history with infected animals. A 1-month-old patient had a contact history with his mother who had CA. On clinical examination, anthrax edema was noted in 36 (55.3%) patients, anthrax pustule in 27 (41.5%), and anthrax edema and anthrax pustule in two (3%) patients. Gram staining and culture was positive for B. anthracis in 35 (53.8%) patients, and only Gram staining was positive in 10 (15.4%) patients. In the remaining 20 (30.8%) patients, the diagnosis was made by clinical findings. Because the anthrax outbreak in Turkey was associated with slaughtering or milking of ill cows, sheep, or goats, and handling raw meat without taking any protective measures, persons in the community must be educated about using personal protective equipment during slaughtering of animals and handling of meat and skins.
The Clinical Outcome of 260 Pediatric Itp Patients in One Center
(Sage Publications inc, 2011) Akbayram, Sinan; Dogan, Murat; Ustyol, Lokman; Akgun, Cihangir; Peker, Erdal; Bilici, Salim; Oner, Ahmet Faik
In the current study, clinical and laboratory findings and treatment modalities of children with acute and chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) were evaluated retrospectively. Our purpose was to determine clinical outcome of children with ITP and their responses to different treatment regimes. Total of 260 children with ITP were enrolled in the study. The mean age of patients was 76.8 +/- 48.1 months. The therapy responses of high-dose methylprednisolone (HDMP; n = 134), standard dose methylprednisolone (n = 32), and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG; n = 15) treatments were similar. Two (0.8%) of the 260 ITP patients had intracranial bleeding. None of the patients died due to hemorrhage. Of all the patients with ITP, 191 (73.5%) completely resolved within 6 months after initiation of the disease and therefore they were diagnosed as acute ITP; 69 patients (26.5%) had progressed into chronic ITP. The therapy responses of HDMP, standard dose methylprednisolone, and IVIG treatments are similar.
Çocuk Kardiyoloji Polikliniğine Göğüs Ağrısı ile Getirilen Çocukların Değerlendirmesi
(2010) Çağan, Eren; Doğan, Sait Murat; Çaksen, Hüseyın; Üner, Abdurrahman; Odabaşı, Dursun; Peker, Erdal
Amaç: Göğüs ağrısı, çocukluk yaş grubunda sıkgörülen bir şikayet olup, fizik ve emosyonel açıdanrahatsız edici bir semptom olabilmektedir. Göğüsağrısı çocuklarda nadiren ciddi bir kardiyakproblemi göstermekle birlikte, çocuklar ve ailelertarafından kalp ağrısı olarak algılanır ve hekimlereayırıcı tanı yönünden davetiye çıkarır. Buçalışmadaki amacımız, çocuklarda göğüs ağrısıetiyolojisinde kardiyak nedenlerin oranınıbelirlemektirGereç ve yöntem: Çalışmaya Yüzüncü YılÜniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Çocuk Sağlığı veHastalıkları kardiyoloji polikliniğine Nisan 1999 ileNisan 2004 tarihleri arasında göğüs ağrısı şikâyetiile başvuran toplam 63 hasta alındı..Bulgular: Çalışmamızda olguların yaşları 5 yıl ile16 yıl (ortalama 10.92±2.33 yıl) arasındadeğişmekteydi. Hastaların 39’u (%61,9) erkek, 24’ü(%38,1) kız idi. Fizik muayenede 21 (%33,3) olgudakardiyak üfürüm, 2 (%3,1) olguda S2 de çiftleşeme,1 (%1,5) olguda splenomegali, 1 (%1,5) olgudapostnazal akıntı ve 1 (%1,5) olguda pektuskarinatus tespit edildi. Teleradyografide 4 (%6,3)olguda pulmoner arter konusunda hafif belirginleşme, 1 (%1,5) olguda pulmonervaskülaritede hafif artma, 1 (%1,5) olgudakardiomegali, 1 (%1,5) olguda damla kalpgörünümü, 1 (%1,5) olguda kalbin mezokardiyakpozisyonda olduğu tespit edildi.Elektrokardiyografide 23 (%36,5 ) olguda sinüzalartimi, 1 (%1,5) olguda ise sol aks tespit edildi.Olguların hepsine ekokardiyografi yapılmıştı.Ekokardiyografi yapılan hastaların 7’sinde (%11.1)eser triküspit yetersizliği, 1’inde (%1.6) minimaltriküspit yetersizliği, 4’ünde (%6.3) hafif triküspityetersizliği, 2 (%3.2) olguda 1. derece triküspityetersizliği, 1 ( %1.6) olguda patent foremen ovaleveya çok küçük atriyal septal defekt, 3 (%4.6)olguda eser pulmoner yetersizliği, 1 ( %1.6) olgudahafif mitral valv prolopsusu, 1 (%1.6) olguda esermitral yetersizlik tespit edildi. Kırk yedi (%74.6)olguda ekokardiyografi normal olarakdeğerlendirildi. Çalışmamızda 63 olgunın sadecebirinde (ki bu hastamızda mitral valv prolopsususaptanmıştı) göğüs ağrısının kardiyak nedene bağlıolduğu tespit edildi.Sonuç: Bulgularımız çocukluk çağında göğüsağrısının olguların çoğunda kardiyak dışı nedenlerebağlı olduğunu göstermektedir. Ancak yine degöğüs ağrısıyla getirilen çocukların kesin tanıamacıyla bir pediatrik kardiyolojist tarafındandeğerlendirilmesinin mutlaka gerekli olduğunudüşünüyoruz.
Comparison of Pulse Oxymeter and Cerebral Oxymeter Values in Healthy Newborns in the First Five Minutes of Life
(Nobel Ilac, 2015) Taskin, Gokmen A.; Kaya, Avni; Sal, Ertan; Ustyol, Lokman; Peker, Erdal; Tuncer, Oguz; Kirimi, Ercan
Objective: Practical approaches in delivery rooms have been discussed about oxygen usage in recent years. In this study, it was aimed to correlate preductal arterial oxygen saturation (SpO(2)), heart rate per minute and serebral oxygen saturation (SbO2) values of first five minutes of life and to try the pulse oxymeter (PO) and cerebral oxymeter (SO) usage practice in delivery room. Material and Method: A hundred healthy term uncomplicated newborn babies, who were born via normally spontan vaginal route, were included in the study. SpO(2), SbO2, heart rate measurements and blood gase analysis of first five minutes of postnatal life were completed. Babies, who needed oxygen during measurements, were not taken in to the study.. Results: While postnatal 1st minute SpO(2) value was 83.0 +/- 4.4 (74-94)%; at 5th minute these measurements reached to 92.9 +/- 3.5 (85-98)% with gradually increment. Except values of 4(th) and 5(th) minutes; SpO(2) values were found statistically significant high with each other (p<0.05). At SbO2 measurements, suitable data was taken from 100% of the babies in first minute of life. While postnatal mean SbO2 value of the first minute was 48.9 +/- 9.9 (32-74)%; these measurements were reached to 69.9 +/- 9.5 (46-89)% at 5th minute gradually increment as like as SpO2 values. Conclusion: SO is complementary to PO in delivery room and can be used routinely. It was seen also in our study; oxygen need of newborns can be determined faster and more accurately with SO use in delivery room so unnecessary oxygen usage and its potential risks can be avoided..