Efficacy of zinc supplementation on the severity and duration of diarrhea in malnourished Turkish children

Background : Intervention trials have shown that zinc may be efficacious in treating acute diarrhea in children of developing countries. A double- blind placebo- controlled study was designed to evaluate the effects of zinc supplementation on the clinical course and duration of diarrhea in malnourished Turkish children

Pneumopericardium due to long sheath during transcatheter closure of PFO

Pneumopericardium due to long sheath during transcatheter closure of PFO Pneumopericardium is a rare complication of following cardiovasculer intervention. Untreated, it can lead to cardiac tamponade and thus must be promptly identified to treat the underlying etiology. This article reports a 64 year-old-woman developed pneumopericardium during transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO). While retrieiving the loader through the long sheath which was placed in to the left upper pulmonary vein, radiolucent areas along the anterior wall of the heart was detected, suggesting pneumopericardium.peer-reviewe

serotype 19A

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a leading cause of childhood mortality and morbidity worldwide.a PCV-13 has implemented incidence of CAP undoubtedly in a very good way but continuous surveillance for vaccine failures is still very important for future vaccination programs. To support this opinion we report seven children (age of the seven patients ranged between 10 months and 5 y, 10 months old patients were vaccinated 3 times with PCV13 whereas others were fully vaccinated as 3 + 1) infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 19A in last 4 y (2015-2018).C1 [Ozkaya-Parlakay, Aslinur; Bedir Demirdag, Tugba; Gulhan, Belgin; Kanik-Yuksek, Saliha] Hlth Sci Univ Ankara City Hosp, Pediat Infect Dis Unit, Ankara, Turkey.[Polat, Meltem] Pamukkale Univ, Pediat Infect Dis Unit, Denizli, Turkey.[Nar-Otgun, Selin] Publ Hlth Gen Directorate, Ankara, Turkey