Factors affecting the timing of teething in healthy Turkish infants: a prospective cohort studyFigen Sahin
Department of Social Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
Int J Paediatr Dent 18:262-6. 2008
..Teething is a developmental process and occurs over a broad chronological age range...
The validity of diagnostic criteria for streptococcal pharyngitis in Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelinesFigen Sahin
Department of Pediatrics, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey
J Trop Pediatr 49:377-9. 2003
..9 and 87.7 per cent, respectively. Specificities of the same combinations were 49.4 and 30.6 per cent. We concluded that new combinations with a higher sensitivity may be considered as a criterion for antibiotic treatment...
- Screening for developmental dysplasia of the hip: results of a 7-year follow-up study
Figen Sahin
Department of Pediatrics, Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Turkey
Pediatr Int 46:162-6. 2004
..The present study evaluates the results of screening for developmental dislocation of hip in a clinic in Turkey over the course of 7 years...
- Reference values for urinary calcium, sodium and potassium in healthy newborns, infants and children
Ilknur Erol
Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Turk J Pediatr 51:6-13. 2009
..It might be concluded that determination of the upper limit of UCa/Cr in children less than five years old for every population can prevent unnecessary laboratory investigations and misdiagnosis of hypercalciuria...
- How to achieve long-term breast-feeding: factors associated with early discontinuation
Aysu Duyan Camurdan
Department of Social Pediatrics, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Public Health Nutr 11:1173-9. 2008
..To evaluate the factors associated with discontinuation of breast-feeding before 12 months in order to make suggestions for achieving long-term breast-feeding...
- Factors associated with defecation patterns in 0-24-month-old children
Vildan Taylan Tunc
Department of Family Practice, Ankara Numune Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Eur J Pediatr 167:1357-62. 2008
..3% of these infants defecated less than once a day...
- Current stretched penile length: cross-sectional study of 1040 healthy Turkish children aged 0 to 5 years
Aysu Duyan Camurdan
Department of Social Pediatrics, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Urology 70:572-5. 2007
..To update the normal stretched penile length values for children younger than 5 years of age. We also evaluated the association between penile length and anthropometric measures such as body weight, height, and body mass index...
- Diagnostic value of rapid antigen detection test for streptococcal pharyngitis in a pediatric population
Aysu Duyan Camurdan
Gazi University School of Medicine, Department of Social Pediatrics, Turkey
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 72:1203-6. 2008
..05). Diagnostic value of RADT is high and can be used safely in populations where streptococcal pharyngitis and its complications such as acute rheumatic fever and acute glomerulonephritis are common...
- New opportunity for vaccinating older people: well-child clinic visits
Ismail Arslan
Department of Family Practice, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Pediatr Int 54:45-51. 2012
..As aging of the population is making the health of the elderly a universal priority, preventive measures, such as vaccination, will become increasingly important...
- Six-year experience of a hospital-based child protection team in Turkey
Figen Sahin
Department of Pediatrics, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Turk J Pediatr 51:336-43. 2009
..Hospital-based multidisciplinary teams can start such a collaboration...
- Preliminary validation of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory in Turkey
Ebru Kutsal
Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
J Interpers Violence 26:2856-65. 2011
..2% false-positive result. MMPI-PD to all group and Pearson correlation coefficient analysis is found to be significant for both groups. These results show us high reliability and validity of the abuse scale for Turkey...
- Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in healthy Turkish infants
Bengu Ozdemir
Department of Pediatrics, Bilgi Medical Center, Batikent, Ankara, Turkey
J Infect 56:332-9. 2008
..In order to evaluate the possible impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in this population, coverage of the isolated serotypes by the vaccine was also calculated...
- Effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccine for prevention of otitis media in children
Senem Konuk Ozgur
Department of Pediatrics, Gazi University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
Pediatr Infect Dis J 25:401-4. 2006
..01). This difference was especially prominent in the influenza season (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Influenza vaccine is effective in reducing AOM and OME episodes in 6- to 60-month-old day care children, especially during influenza season...
- Immunogenicity of a Haemophilus influenzae type b-tetanus conjugate vaccine when administered separately or in combined vaccines for primary immunization in two consecutive national schedules in Turkey
Nurullah Yüksel
Department of Pediatrics, Gazi University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
Int J Infect Dis 16:e354-7. 2012
..This shift to the new schedule created different cohorts of vaccinated children as a consequence of the different schedules used. We evaluated the immunogenicity of the Hib vaccine in infants vaccinated with these different schedules...
- The relationship between urinary calcium, sodium, and potassium excretion in full-term healthy newborns
Ozan Ozkaya
Department of Pediatrics, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Turk J Pediatr 47:39-45. 2005
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- Physical and mental development of Turkish twins
Z Birsin Ozcakar
Department of Pediatrics, Gazi University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
Pediatr Int 45:712-8. 2003
..The aim of the present study was to evaluate physical and mental development of Turkish twins and then to assess whether being a twin poses risks for their development...
- Munchausen syndrome by proxy: a case report
Figen Sahin
Department of Pediatrics, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Turk J Pediatr 44:334-8. 2002
..The case was reported to the social services and the patient was placed in the custody of her father's sister. The mother is still undergoing treatment in our psychiatry department...
- Diphtheria immunity of different age groups in Turkey
Ufuk Beyazova
Department of Pediatrics, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Jpn J Infect Dis 55:52-4. 2002
..Therefore, revaccination of adults with tetanus-diphtheria toxoids at every opportunity (military service, pregnancy, admittance to emergency room) should be considered as an immunization policy...
