FORBESPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.5222/FORBES.2021.69875
Selin Taşar, Esra Bal Yüksel, Derya Sağcan, E. Oncel, Ahu Aksay, D. Çiftdoğan
{"title":"Knowledge and Attitudes of Pediatricians to The Human Papilloma Virus Vaccines","authors":"Selin Taşar, Esra Bal Yüksel, Derya Sağcan, E. Oncel, Ahu Aksay, D. Çiftdoğan","doi":"10.5222/FORBES.2021.69875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5222/FORBES.2021.69875","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted viral infection worldwide. It is the cause of cervical cancer, and also causes many malignant, and benign diseases. Although it has an effectual vaccine, vaccination rates are still at an undesired level. In this cross-sectional study, it was aimed to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of pediatricians about HPV vaccine. Method: A questionnaire consisting of 18 questions about HPV disease and vaccine was applied to pediatricians working in our hospital via face-to-face interviews. Demographic characteristics, duration of their working in the field of pediatrics, and some questions and suggestions about HPV disease and vaccine were included in the questionnaire. Results: Ninety-eight (66.6%) out of 147 pediatricians participated in the questionnaire survey..The median age of the participants was 30.5 years (min-max: 25-66), and they were consisted mostly (70.4%).of female pediatricians. In terms of distribution of their academic positions, 54 (55.1%) of them were working as pediatric residents. Only 15.3% of the participants had received HPV vaccine. When questions about the vaccine were analyzed, 94.9% of the participants knew that the HPV vaccine was not included in the national vaccination schedule, 64.3% knew the recommended vaccination age, and 84.7% knew that application gender of the vaccine. Some ( 60.2%) participants recommended HPV vaccine to their patients. When pediatricians were asked why they did not recommend the vaccine, according to their responses, the most important factor was the fact that had not sufficient knowledge about the vaccine (14.3%) and had not encountered a patient within the indication (14.3%).The vaccine recommendation rates of the vaccinated physicians were statistically significantly higher than unvaccinated physicians (p=0.028).There was no statistically significant difference between medical experience and recommendation for HPV vaccine beforehand and knowing the names of HPV vaccines (p=0.316, p=0.414, respectively). Conclusion: Although the overall attitude towards HPV vaccination was generally positive in our study, additional training should be provided to both pediatricians and healthcare professionals in order to achieve higher HPV vaccination coverage rates in Turkey.","PeriodicalId":48269,"journal":{"name":"FORBES","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70833700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FORBESPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.5222/FORBES.2021.27247
H. Üstün, M. Oncel, Özgün Uygur, E. Bal, Defne Ergür, M. Akar
{"title":"Rare Birth Defects in Pregnancies of Women with Pregestational Diabetes: Absent Radius","authors":"H. Üstün, M. Oncel, Özgün Uygur, E. Bal, Defne Ergür, M. Akar","doi":"10.5222/FORBES.2021.27247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5222/FORBES.2021.27247","url":null,"abstract":"Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an important disease that negatively affects fetal development and women with pregestational diabetes have an increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes, including a markedly increased risk for birth defects. In this report, a newborn with absent radius associated with pregestational diabetes was presented. A male newborn was born at 40th gestational week from a 20-year-old mother by cesarean section. The patient had shortness in the limbs, hypoplastic right thumb and flexion contracture at his right hand besides respiratory distress.To our knowledge, with this case report, we would like to share the second case of diabetic mother’s infant with absent radius in the literature.","PeriodicalId":48269,"journal":{"name":"FORBES","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70833553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FORBESPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.5222/FORBES.2021.25733
İbrahim Ömeroğlu, H. Pala, Hakan Gölbaşı
{"title":"Isolated Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery and Trisomy 21 Case","authors":"İbrahim Ömeroğlu, H. Pala, Hakan Gölbaşı","doi":"10.5222/FORBES.2021.25733","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5222/FORBES.2021.25733","url":null,"abstract":"Abnormal right subclavian artery (ARSA) is the most common anomaly of the aortic arch with a rate of 0.5-1.4%. Normally, three vessels arises from the aortic arch, while four vessels arise in ARSA. ARSA leaves the distal of the aortic arch and passes behind the esophagus and trachea. It is also called the abnormal retroesophageal right subclavian artery. It is generally an asymptomatic benign finding, but it can cause esophageal compression causing dysphagia. In this article, an isolated ARSA and trisomy 21 case referred to our clinic in the second trimester of pregnancy and detected ultrasonographically is presented.","PeriodicalId":48269,"journal":{"name":"FORBES","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70833544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FORBESPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.5222/FORBES.2021.74936
E. Başok
{"title":"Acute Abdominal Pain Due to Spontaneous Renal Calyceal Rupture: Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis and Management","authors":"E. Başok","doi":"10.5222/FORBES.2021.74936","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5222/FORBES.2021.74936","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Rupture of renal calyces with urinoma, mimicking acute abdomen, is an unusual condition that is mostly caused by distal ureteral stone. Case Presentation: Ultrasonographic evaluation showed right hydronephrosis in a woman who was admitted to our emergency department with persistent severe abdominal pain. A delayed contrast -enhanced computerized tomography (CT) was required to confirm the diagnosis of rupture in symptomatically worsening patient. Among various treatment options conservative treatment was preferred, the patient was recovered, and urinoma was resolved without any complication. Diagnosis and treatment options are discussed. Conclusion: A spontaneous rupture of the urinary system can mimic acute abdomen, and should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of a patient presenting complex symptoms after renal colic. If a definite diagnosis cannot be established by routine imaging modalities, delayed phase contrast- enhanced CT would be helpful in this regard. Conservative treatment with careful monitoring is an option with good results, thus it may obviate the need for surgical intervention in most of the patients.","PeriodicalId":48269,"journal":{"name":"FORBES","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70833745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FORBESPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.5222/FORBES.2021.77487
Vahide Çakmak, Zehra Keme, I. Ünal, H. Can
{"title":"Investigating the Reasons for Using the Withdrawal Method and Quitting of Women Applying to the Family Planning Clinic to Use an Effective Family Planning Method","authors":"Vahide Çakmak, Zehra Keme, I. Ünal, H. Can","doi":"10.5222/FORBES.2021.77487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5222/FORBES.2021.77487","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: This study was carried out with the aim of determining the reasons for using, and quitting the coitus interruptus method at any stage of the lives of women aged 15- 49 years who applied to family planning clinic to use effective contraceptive methods. Method: The study was carried out descriptively and cross-sectionally. The sample of the study consisted of 200 sexually active women aged 15- 49 years who used the coitus interruptus method at any stage of their lives, and applied to a Mother and Child Health Family Planning Center in Bornova, Izmir so as to use an effective family planning method. The data of the study were collected by face to face interview method using the questionnaire form prepared by the researchers in line with the literature.The data were evaluated in SPSS, 16.0 package program and the numerical and percentage distributions of the collected data were created. Results: Sixty percent of women aged 15-49 years who participated in our study were in the 20-34 age group, and 40% of them were literate / primary school graduates.It was determined that 30.5% of these women were using the coitus interruptus method because of their spouses desired and 34% of these women quit this method due to its negative aspects.Seventy-eight percent of these women were using effective family planning methods because of their positive features and 56.0% of them preferred IUD as an effective method. It was determined that 17% of the women in our study got pregnant while using the coitus interruptus method.In addition, a significant difference was detected between age and the reasons why women preferred the coitus interruptus method (p <0.05). Conclusions: According to the results of the study, women included in the study prefer the withdrawal method because their spouses desired, and quit it because of the negative aspects of the method.","PeriodicalId":48269,"journal":{"name":"FORBES","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70833763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FORBESPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.5222/FORBES.2021.38258
Tuba Oz, M. Pehlivan, İ. Pirim
{"title":"The Role of ncRNAs in Covid-19 Pathogenesis","authors":"Tuba Oz, M. Pehlivan, İ. Pirim","doi":"10.5222/FORBES.2021.38258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5222/FORBES.2021.38258","url":null,"abstract":"Genomic studies have shown that approximately 2% of the human genome encodes protein, and the rest consists of non-coding RNAs (ncRNA). ncRNAs are the modifications that can alter gene expression at different levels without making any changes on the DNA sequence. One of the most important function of non-coding RNAs is to modulate host immunity and inflammatory response by regulating chromatin structure and gene expression. The World Health Organization has declared Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). COVID-19 shows symptoms such as fever, cough, shortness of breath and it can lead to severe symptomatic acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), bring along many problems such as cardiovascular complications, kidney damage, stroke and death. Virus host interactions associated with the immune system is also important beside the viral replication mechanism in the development of a successful therapeutic target for SARS-CoV-2. Epigenetic mechanisms that regulate virus-host interactions affect the extent and adequacy of immune and inflammatory responses that are important for clinical outcomes. Thus, identifying ncRNAs involved in SARS-CoV-2 infection will help to understand the epigenetic regulation underlying the immune response that occurs and to develop new specific strategies to prevent and treat the infection. In this review, the importance of ncRNA mediated gene regulation in SARS-CoV-2 infection and its role in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic were discussed.","PeriodicalId":48269,"journal":{"name":"FORBES","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70833591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FORBESPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.5222/FORBES.2021.40469
O. Ulusoy, Efil Aydın, O. Karakuş, Y. Çekdemir
{"title":"An Unusual Pediatric Case with Spontaneous Pneumoperitoneum: Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis Induced by Constipation","authors":"O. Ulusoy, Efil Aydın, O. Karakuş, Y. Çekdemir","doi":"10.5222/FORBES.2021.40469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5222/FORBES.2021.40469","url":null,"abstract":"Pneumoperitoneum almost always indicates a perforation. However, perforation is not detected approximately 5% to 15% of all exploratory laparotomies and it is called spontaneous pneumoperitoneum (SP). One of the rare causes of SP is Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI). An 11-year-old female patient was transferred to the pediatric emergency department due to suspicion of intestinal perforation. Erect abdominal X-ray revealed pneumoperitoneum below the right diaphragm. Emergent exploratory laparotomy was performed. No perforation was detected during exploratory laparotomy. Both the absence of fever, peritoneal irritation signs and normal biochemical parameters SP must be considered. It should be kept in mind that PCI induced by constipation may be a cause of SP.","PeriodicalId":48269,"journal":{"name":"FORBES","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70833610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FORBESPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.5222/FORBES.2021.19483
Duygy Uçar, Burcu Artunç Ülkümen
{"title":"A Rare Complication: Blue Urine Developed After Laparoscopic Chromopertubation","authors":"Duygy Uçar, Burcu Artunç Ülkümen","doi":"10.5222/FORBES.2021.19483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5222/FORBES.2021.19483","url":null,"abstract":"Methylene blue is a dye that is widely used in medicine. The underlyin reason this widespread use is that it is easily accessible, inexpensive and safe. Although rarely seen, some complications may develop during use of methylene blue. It is important that clinicians should be aware of these unwanted conditions, recognize these complications at an earlier stage, and take suitable measures.","PeriodicalId":48269,"journal":{"name":"FORBES","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70833947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FORBESPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.5222/FORBES.2021.66376
M. Karacaoğlu, N. Yurttutan, B. Kizildag, Turgay Kara, S. Koçarslan
{"title":"Castleman’s Disease: Due to a Rare Intraabdominal Location","authors":"M. Karacaoğlu, N. Yurttutan, B. Kizildag, Turgay Kara, S. Koçarslan","doi":"10.5222/FORBES.2021.66376","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5222/FORBES.2021.66376","url":null,"abstract":"Castleman disease (CD) is a rare benign disease with unknown etiology. It is also called angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia, giant lymph node hyperplasia, lymph node hamartoma, benign giant lymphoma. Histologically, it is classified as hyaline vascular and plasma cell variant, but rarely features of two types can coexist. Most of the cases with unisentric disease are hyaline vascular and most of the cases with multicentric disease are in plasma cell histological type. Although it is frequently located in thorax, it can be found throughout the body. Salivary glands, lungs, pancreas, larynx, parotid gland, meninges, and even limb muscles can be affected as extralymphatic spread. Since it is localized in the middle and anterior mediastinum in the thorax, it should be differentiated from mediastinal autoimmune and neoplastic diseases. In this case report, we aimed to present the radiological findings of a CD case with a rare intraabdominal location.","PeriodicalId":48269,"journal":{"name":"FORBES","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70833659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FORBESPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.5222/FORBES.2021.04706
Yavuz Demirçelik, Hacer Örsdemir Hortu, Özlem Üzüm, K. Eliaçık, M. Helvacı
{"title":"The Effect of Social Support and Workplace Breastfeeding Conditions of Mothers Working in an Education Research Hospital on Breastfeeding Period","authors":"Yavuz Demirçelik, Hacer Örsdemir Hortu, Özlem Üzüm, K. Eliaçık, M. Helvacı","doi":"10.5222/FORBES.2021.04706","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5222/FORBES.2021.04706","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Breast milk is considered to be natural, reference nutrition for infants. The American Academy of Pediatrics and World Health Organization recommend that infants should be exclusively breastfed for about 6 months and breasteeding should be continued at least for 12 months as long as both the mother and the infant desire. It is known that mothers who started to work during breastfeeding period have difficulty in continuing breastfeeding due to inconvenient workplace conditions and breastfeeding breaks. Social support, known to have a role in coping with stress, has also been shown to be effective in maintaining breastfeeding. The aim of our study is to evaluate the problems faced by the mothers working in a training and research hospital related to the workplace environment and conditions and their social support. Method: The study group consisted of mothers who had children under three years of age and working in a training and research hospital. Eighteen questions prepared by the researchers, and questions in the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support were addressed to the mothers participating in the study about their breastfeeding period, return time to their work, breast-feeding permission, and milking, etc. Results: Fifty-one working mothers were reached during the study period. It was seen that 29 (56.9%) working mothers used formula during breastfeeding period. When mothers exclusively breastfed their infants, and those used formula during breastfeeding period were compared, it was seen that the mothers who used formula returned earlier to work (p = 0.036). Conclusion: Study results supported that the period of maternity leave should be longer to avoid using formulas more frequently, and to support exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months. It was concluded that employers should provide more suitable conditions for breastfeeding mothers to support breastfeeding.","PeriodicalId":48269,"journal":{"name":"FORBES","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70833787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}