The Effect of Acute Weight Loss on Body Composition, Self-esteem and Appearance Esteem before Competitions

Weight loss in human body accompanies physical and psychological differences. In this study, it was aimed to see whether acute weight loss (dehydration) affected self-esteem and appearance esteem in the elite wrestlers before competitions. 38 professional wrestlers who had international competition experiences and were required to be in a lower weight class because of having more than the competition weight, participated in the research voluntarily. 1st measurement 1 week before the competition, 2nd measurement during the competition morning when class determination was done in accordance with body weight were performed in the participant wrestlers prior to acute weight loss. In addition to the athletes’ body weight, body mass index (BMI), “the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale” for the determination of their self-esteem levels and “the Appearance Esteem Scale” for the determination of self-esteem associated with appearance were used. The participant wrestlers were professional, they often lost weight before competitions and reached their goal, that’s why they had positive feelings, which gave rise to increases in self-esteem and appearance esteem values after weight loss. In conclusion, significant differences were found in body weight, BMI, self-esteem and appearance esteem values before and after weight loss (dehydration) of the wrestlers. A positive uprising was determined in the self-esteem and appearance esteem values after the wrestlers’ weight loss. The participant wrestlers were professional, often experienced weight loss before competitions and had targeted weights, that’s why they had positively emotional situations, which led to increases in their self-esteem and appearance esteem values

Physical Trauma among Refugees: Comparison between Refugees and Local Population Who Were Admitted to Emergency Department—Experience of a State Hospital in Syrian Border District

Background. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled to Turkey since the civil war started in Syria in 2011. Refugees and local residents have been facing various challenges such as sociocultural and economic ones and access to health services. Trauma exposure is one of the most important and underestimated health problems of refugees settling in camps. Aims. We aimed to evaluate refugee admissions to emergency department because of trauma in means of demographics of patients and mechanism of trauma and compare the results with the local population. Methods. Retrospective evaluation of results and comparison with the results of local population. Results. We determined that the ratio of emergency admission of refugee patients because of trauma was significantly higher than the local population for most types of trauma. Conclusion. Further studies with more refugee participants are needed to fully understand the underlying reasons for this high ratio to protect refugees as well as for planning to take caution to attenuate the burden on healthcare systems

Increased risk for kidney sequelae surrogates in survivors of Wilms tumor

Background There is evidence of increased risk of hypertension, albuminuria, and development of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in long-term follow-up of survivors of Wilms tumor (WT). However, most studies were conducted in heterogeneous groups, including patients with solitary kidney. In addition, little is known about tubular dysfunction. This study aimed to investigate kidney sequelae, including CKD development, hypertension, and glomerular and tubular damage in WT survivors