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Background: We aimed to evaluate the cardiac murmur and echocardiography findings of the patients who were referred to our pediatric cardiology unit for cardiac murmur.Materials and Methods: The murmurs of the patients were divided into two as innocent and pathological. Electrocardiographic and echocardiographic evaluations were performed on the patients.Results: 219 patients who applied with murmur were included in our study. The average age of the patients was 21.61 ± 34.3 months. Patent foramen ovale (40 patients) and small secundum atrial septal defect (1 patient) were detected in 138 patients with innocent murmur. While cardiac pathology was detected in 96.2% of the patients who were thought to have a pathological murmur, no cardiac pathology that required treatment was found in any of the patients with an innocent murmur (p, Amaç: Çocuk kardiyoloji polikliniğimize kardiyak üfürüm nedeni ile gönderilen hastaların kardiyak üfürüm ve ekokardiyografi bulgularının değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.Materyal ve Metod: Hastaların üfürümleri masum ve patolojik olmak üzere ikiye ayrıldı. Hastalara elektrokardiyografik ve ekokardiyografik değerlendirme yapıldı.Bulgular: Çalışmamıza üfürüm ile başvuran 219 hasta alındı. Hastaların yaş ortalaması 21,61 ± 34,3 ay. Masum üfürümü olan 138 hastada şu an için tedavi gerektirmeyen patent foramen ovale (40 hasta), küçük sekundum atriyal septal defekt (1 hasta) saptandı. Patolojik üfürüm olduğu düşünülen hastaların %96,2’sinde kardiyak patoloji saptanırken, masum üfürüm saptanan hastaların ise hiçbirinde tedavi gereken kardiyak patoloji saptanmadı (p

Platelet parameters such as platelet count (PLT), mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet mass index (PMI) are associated with physiological and pathological functions in various inflammatory diseases. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether platelet parameters were related to retinopath y of prematurity (ROP) in premature newborns. We retrospectively evaluated the platelet count, platelet mass index, and MPV parameters measured on the first day and 28th day, which belonged to patients, who were examined for retinopathy of prematurity at n eonatal intensive care unit. Among 343 patients enrolled by the study, 52.8 % (181) were male and 47.2 %(162) were female. The PLT level studied on the first day was 231.6±84(x1000/mm3) in the ROP group and 207.8±81.6(x1000/mm3) in the non ROP group, and t he PLT level studied on the 28th day was 409.9±179.4(x1000/mm3) in the ROP group and 350.7±140.4(x1000/mm3) in the non ROP group. There was a significant difference between the two groups regarding both PLT levels (p=0.007, p=0.006, respectively). The PMI level studied on the first day was 1854.1±774.7 in the ROP group and 1638.2±753.3 in the non ROP group, and the PMI level studied on the 28th day was 3784.5±1797.4 in the ROP group and 3302.8±1452.9 in the non ROP group. This study showed that platelet count and platelet mass index measured on the first and 28th days are important parameters in patients who undergo ROP examination, and these parameters measured prior to examination will guide clinicians in diagnostic process.