Dear readers,
We are pleased to inform you that the new issue of The Journal of Pediatric Research has been published, which is indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index, Embase, Directory of Open Access Journals, EBSCO, CINAHL Complete Database, ProQuest, CABI, Gale/Cengage Learning, Ulakbim TR Dizin, TurkMedline, J-GATE, IdealOnline, Hinari, GOALI, ARDI, OARE, AGORA, and the Türkiye Citation Index.
We present 8 articles, including five original research articles and three case reports from different disciplines. We hope our readers will find interest in the article entitled “Survival Predictors and Morbidity Risk Factors in Extremely Preterm Infants: A Clinical Cohort Study” from Türkiye, which aims to enhance knowledge regarding risk factors and outcomes of extremely preterm infants. Another interesting article is “Identification of Breastfeeding Problems and the Effect of Educational Breastfeeding Support on the Breastfeeding Success”. Breastfeeding is the gold standard of infant feeding, as it is cheap, safe, and always readily available. Therefore, this article may enhance the awareness of pediatricians in overcome challenges in this critical period for both infants and mothers. Another article, “Cerebral and Mesenteric Perfusion Changes Due to Mydriatic Use for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) by Near-infrared Spectroscopy,”. Mydriatic agents mostly used ROP screening. During this procedure, near-infrared spectroscopy screening of cerebral and mesenteric tissue oxygenation may reduce the risk and contribute to safer ROP screening protocols in premature infants. Our readers can find information about “False Positive Peripheral Blood Cultures in Children with Leukaemia: A Descriptive Retrospective Prevalence Study’ in this issue. These findings may help reduce the overuse of antibiotics and contribute to the development of antimicrobial stewardship programs. Also, this issue covers the article entitled “Determination of Biotinidase Enzyme Levels in Umbilical Cord Blood and Comparisons with Dried Blood Spot Testing in Newborns”.
Two interesting case reports are included in this issue. The first describes a patient presenting with multiple giant coronary and systemic arterial aneurysms associated with Kawasaki Disease; the second details an acute soft head syndrome in a pediatric sickle cell anemia patient from India. The last is a letter to the editor about young children with β-thalassemia major who received ruxolitinib as a bridge therapy to avoid splenectomy.
As a pediatrician, I once again commemorate the children lost due to malnutrition in the ongoing war in Gaza and hope that this war will end as soon as possible so that all children around the world can grow up healthy and in peace.
We want to thank the authors, reviewers, editorial team, and Galenos Publishing House for their support in preparing this issue. We look forward to your scientific contributions to future editions.
Best wishes,
Assoc. Prof. Zümrüt Şahbudak Bal, MD
