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    Importance of Socioeconomic, Clinical, and Psychological Factors on Health-related Quality of Life in Adolescents After Kidney Transplant
    (Başkent Üniversitesi, 2011-02) Malekahmadi, Mohammad Reza; Assari, Shervin; Einollahi, Behzad; Lankarani, Maryam Moghani; Nejad, Mohammad Lorgard Dezfuli; Rahimzadeh, Shadi
    Objectives: Health-related quality of life after kidney transplant in adolescents is a major concern; nevertheless, there is a paucity of data on the variables that have an effect on it. This study evaluated the extent to which socioeconomic, clinical, and psychological characteristics explain the variance in the health-related quality of life of adolescent Iranian kidney transplant recipients. Materials and Methods: Into a hierarchical regression analysis, the cross-sectional socioeconomic, clinical, and psychological characteristics were entered among 55 adolescent Iranian kidney transplant recipients. Results: The relative predictive power of socioeconomic, clinical, and psychological variables with respect to health-related quality of life was 21.8% (P = .088), 21.2% (P = .014), and 27.6% (P = .001). Conclusions: Psychological factors had a greater relative predictive power in postrenal transplant health-related quality of life of adolescents than did the socioeconomic and clinical characteristics. Further research should target to improve the health-related quality of life in adolescent kidney recipients by psychological intervention.
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    Treatment of the Pediatric Patients With Fire Injuries
    (Başkent Üniversitesi, 2021-12) Anna Zioła; Tomasz Koszutski; Andrzej Bulandra
    ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: Among children, adolescents are most at risk of burns from fire. These occurrences are often associated with unsafe behavior and experiments with fire, flammable materials, and explosive materials. In this report, we have presented our experiences with treating children severely burned by fire. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Our study involved 5 cases of children who were burned by fire over the past 2 years. RESULTS: Ages of the children ranged from 2 to 17 years, and patients were exclusively boys. Burn area ranged from 10% to 47% of total body surface area and were deep second-degree B and third-degree burns. All children required staged surgical treatment, including excision of necrosis, temporary wound closure with skin substitutes, and then split thickness skin grafts. Hospitalization time ranged from 3 to 23 weeks. All patients were discharged home with wounds healed. After discharge, outpatient rehabilitation with the use of physical therapy, compression therapy, and laser therapy were initiated. CONCLUSIONS: The applied treatment enabled the patients to fully return to physical well-being and normal social functionality.