Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
GAZI MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.34, sa.2, ss.137-140, 2023 (Scopus)
Objective: Cerebral
palsy (Cp) is a persistent developmental disorder that is common in childhood
and affects movement and posture throughout life. Along with motor dysfunction,
which is the main finding of the disease; Sensory cognitive problems, epilepsy,
communication perception problems, oral motor failure and related nutritional
problems, behavioral disorders, orthopedic disorders, neurological
dysfunctions, convulsions, chronic lung problems and sleep problems are common.
The prevalence of Cp is approximately 2- 3.5 per 1000 live births. The aim of
this retrospective study was to evaluate the biochemical blood parameters of
children with Cp.
Materials
and Methods: The study included 50 children with Cp
aged between 0 and 18 years and 50 healthy children as a control group. The Cp
group was selected from the children with Cp diagnosis in the Department of
Pediatric Neurology at Gazi University Faculty of Medicine between 2018-2019
and the control group was selected from the Children's Health Unit. Control
group; was selected from patients who were in the same age range as the Cp
group and who did not have any neurological disease. For the study, the ethics committee permission
was obtained from Gazi University Clinical Research Ethics Committee (decision
number: 430). In two groups, routine biochemical parameters were evaluated
retrospectively.
Results: According
to our study; creatinine, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, folic acid, albumin,
ferritin ratios were significantly different between Cp and control group
(p<0.05).
Conclusions: In
children with Cp there may be bone metabolism disorders. This quality of life
in chronic monitoring of children so that these disorders can be corrected
early it is important to be noticed and treated.