COVID-19 Pandemic: A comparison of adult and pediatric populations

Aim:  Couple of pneumonia cases were reported in a short period in Wuhan, China. The cases were revealed to be associated with a different coronavirus type was named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease was identified as Covid-19.  It is known that the disease occurs in all age groups. We aimed to evaluate the differences in clinical and laboratory features between adult and pediatric patients. Method: The study is a retrospective cross-sectional study and consists of 206 patients with a definitive diagnosis of Covid-19 confirmed by a positive real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing for SARS-CoV-2. They hospitalized in health institutions connected to City Health Administrative of Bolu, Turkey between 11.03.2020 and 19.04.2020. The number of the pediatric patients (0-17 age group) was 106, that of the adult patients (18 and above age group) was 100. Data concerning the patients consisted of age, symptoms, laboratory parameters such as hemogram, biochemistry, coagulation. Results: The mean values of platelet (PLT), platocrit (PCT), percentage of monocytes (MONO %) and MONO in the “0-17” age group were found to be significantly higher than the mean values in the “18 and above” age group. The hemoglobin (HGB) mean value of the “0-17” age group was significantly lower than that of the “18 and above” age group. The mean C - reactive protein (CRP) value of the “0-17” age group (4.55; min: 1.20 – max: 11.80) was significantly lower than that of the “18 and above” age group (5.35; min 1.25- max: 19.77) with no statistically significance. In pediatric group, the most common symptoms were other symptoms like diarrhea, vomiting and joint pain whereas the adult patients had fever and cough often with statistically significant. Conclusion: Clinical findings and laboratory abnormalities in Covid-19 are less common in children. Although it seems that Covid-19 is less symptomatic in children, they are also affected by the disease. Performing RT-PCR test based on the contact history of the children may help to minimize morbidity with an early diagnosis. Multicenter studies with more numbers of patients should be performed

System and/or Criticism: Mehmet Izzet's Sociological Understanding

In this paper, Mehmet Izzet's profile as a sociologist, which support and criticize Gokalpian system, is described by his intellectual biography, by significant themes he investigated, and by his works. For this aim, firstly, we analyze dialectical relationship between dogmatism and criticism or as Mustafa Sekip called it, dialectic of part-idea and whole-idea in his research field. Secondly, Mehmet Izzet's evaluation of relation between hero and society, and his thoughts about ethos of the nation are discussed. Finally, how a society Mehmet Izzet depicts in Yeni ictimaiyat dersleri (Lectures of new sociology) is identified by comparing Sadak's Sociology. Hence we try to supply answers for the questions: Why the sociologist has been forgotten? Why his original standing has been faded

Why Did We Reject Tarde? A Genealogical Treatise on Turkish Sociology

Gabriel Tarde is one of the first figures in sociological history. If one goes through sociological books, it will be impossible to not to hap the name, Tarde. However, not only readers also sociologists usually know him of his few concepts: the theory of inter-personal imitation, psychological explanation, and as an intellectual opponent of Durkheim. The history of sociology is silent about him, who began the work before others but is disappeared on stage a few years after his death. This silence reminds sociologist the name of Tarde barely till 80s and 90s. A similar scenario of disappearance is also the case for Turkish sociology. This article tries to trace how Tarde has been known and used in the history of Turkish sociology. In this extent, it is indicated the assessments about Tarde in pre-academic period, academic period, and recent history. After Tardeian sociology is reviewed on some important points for Turkish sociology; it is discussed outlines of how Turkish intellectuals and sociologist recognize him. Consequently, we aim at developing a different perspective for Turkish sociology by investigating genealogical significance of exclusion of Tarde