Göksel Vatansever

• Ankara University

Background and Objectives: This study aimed to determine the initial clinical characteristics of children diagnosed with intentional head trauma (IHT) to obtain information about the long-term developmental, psychological, and psychosocial status of these children, to detect delayed sequelae, and to find out information about their judicial process...

Objective: Firearm injuries (FIs) hold a significant place among childhood deaths. Our study aims to raise awareness about preventable FIs by discussing deaths due to FIs in children in the light of relevant national and international studies. Method: The autopsy files of the cases under the age of 18 due to FIs occured between January 2011 and Dec...

Pediatric hand traumas are common injuries in childhood. The incidence and type of injury vary with age. In our country, there are only two publications in which only crush is examined in etiology. In this study, we aimed to develop a strategy to prevent hand injuries by examining pediatric hand injuries according to the child’s developmental stage...

Nursemaid elbow is subluxation of the radius head seen in early childhood. The aim of this study was to examine the epidemiology of recurrent dislocations and the effect of hyperlaxity and bone anatomy on recurrent dislocations in these injuries, for which the pathogenesis has not been fully clarified. The study included a total of 329 paediatric p...

Introduction: This study aimed to demonstrate the validity of the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) in a clinical sample consisting of adolescents admitted to child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP), and then to confirm its validation in those presenting to the pediatric emergency department (PED), which was the main target group for the study. M...

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of patients admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit for poisoning and the factors associated with their outcomes. Materials and methods: Patients who were admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit for poisoning over the 11-year period between January 2010 and December 2020 were...

Background: A significant number of children are injured by or die from firearm-related incidents every year, although there is a lack of global data on the number of children admitted to pediatric emergency departments (PEDs) and pediatric intensive care units (PICU) with firearm injuries. This study is the most comprehensive analysis of firearm...

Introduction: This study aimed to demonstrate the validity of the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) in a clinical sample consisting of adolescents admitted to child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP), and then to confirm its validation in those presenting to the pediatric emergency department (PED), which was the main target group for the study....

Objectives: Colchicine intoxication is rare but potentially fatal. The toxic dose of colchicine is not well established; it has been reported that major toxicity starts after doses of 0.5 mg/kg. We aimed to evaluate the demographic, clinical aspects, treatments, and outcome of colchicine toxicity cases in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). M...

Neisseria meningitidis is a significant worldwide cause of bacterial meningitis and sepsis. High case-fatality rates and severe complications in survivors can occur. We present a 1-month 23-day-old case diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis and sepsis, in which serogroup Z of N. meningitidis was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid and blood culture...

Background: The intensity of emergency services is an increasing health problem all over the world, necessitating an effective triage system. The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the "ANKUTRIAGE" in children. Methods: This prospective, longitudinal study was carried out at a pediatric emergency department. ANKUTR...

Objective We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and role of high-sensitivity troponin T in children with a confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and also the correlation of troponin T levels with symptoms, and echocardiographic findings were analysed. Methods Two hundred and fourteen patients with a confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection between the dates of 28 Marc...

Objective: Appendicitis is a common surgical emergency among children. The coronavirus pandemic affected the system of hospitals more than any other field, and great amount of people were concerned about visiting the hospitals for any reason. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the profile of appendicitis by emphasizing perforated and acute app...

Objectives: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the clinical and laboratory features of the patients with rotavirus (RV) antigen positivity on or following admission to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Methods: Patients admitted to the PICU due to community-acquired rotavirus (CA-RV) or hospital-acquired rotavirus (HA-RV)-induced gastro...

Poisoning; It is the harm of a foreign substance such as medicine, cleaning product and pesticides to the body through toxic dose mouth, inhalation, injection and absorption through the skin. It is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in childhood. More than 45,000 children and adolescents die from poisoning each year. The mortality rate i...

Aim of the study: Successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation and early defibrillation are critical in survival after in- or out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest. The scope of this multi-center study is to a) assess skills of pediatric health care providers (HCPs) concerning two domains: 1) recognizing rhythm abnormalities, 2) the use of defibrilla...

Objectives: The aim of this study is to identify the epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted by pediatric infectious disease specialists from 32 different hospitals from all over Turkey by case record forms. Pediatric cases who were diagnosed...

Purpose: Successful resuscitation and early defibrillation are critical in survival after in- or out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest. This study aimed to determine the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of the pediatric healthcare professionals about the defibrillator use and to offer solutions if there was room for improvement. Procedures: This w...

Background: Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic disorder of unknown etiology characterized by elevated serum IgG4 and tissue infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma cells. The disease was described in the pancreas, aorta, thyroid, salivary glands, periorbital tissues, kidneys, pericardium and lymph nodes. Case: Here in,...

Hodgkin`s lymphoma (HL) is highly curable disease in its early stages, but in advanced stages, it presents a dilemma when it becomes refractory or relapses after several rounds of chemotherapy. Brentuximab vedotin (BV) is an antibody-drug conjugate that targets the tumor necrosis receptor family protein member CD30 positive malignancies via an anti...

Colchicine is an anti-inflammatory drug, which has been used for the treatment of familial Mediterranean fever for several decades with narrow therapeutic-toxicity window. Colchicine poisoning is rare but frequently a life-threatening emergency condition in pediatric practice. It may occur by excessive ingestion of colchicine tablets accidentally o...

The aims of this study were to review the frequency, characteristics, and the clinical course of primary immunodeficiency (PID) patients admitted to pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and attempt to identify factors related with mortality that might predict a poor outcome. We performed a retrospective review of children with PID aged 1 month to 1...

Introduction Primary immunodeficiency disorders (PID) are characterized by poor or absent function in one or more components of the immune system. Early diagnosis and treatment is crucial for preventing morbidity and mortality. Despite adequate treatment, most of these patients require intensive care because of organ dysfunctions related to infecti...

Zona Zoster, is a mostly benign disease in immunocompetent children. Those of in immunocompromised children, there is a risk of dissemination. Zona zoster, scarcely causes some neurological complications such as myelitis, aseptic meningitis, encephalitis and ventriculitis in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised children. A 17-year-old girl wh...