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PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY · AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Prof. Dr. Nilgün Erkek, MD

Head of Pediatric Emergency · Akdeniz University Hospital
Prof. Dr. Nilgün Erkek is Head of the Pediatric Emergency Department at Akdeniz University Hospital, Antalya. Her clinical and research record spans pediatric emergency medicine, pediatric intensive care, and neonatology, with 171 publications and a Scopus h-index of 11.
Specialties: Paediatrics
171
publications (AVESIS)
11
h-index (Scopus)
460
Scopus citations
Pediatric Emergency MedicinePediatric Intensive CareNeonatologyGeneral Pediatrics
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
TR Turkish · native
EN English · professional
RU Russian · via BergemHealth coordinator
UK Ukrainian · via BergemHealth coordinator
NM
ANTALYA · 05/2026
EDUCATION & CAREER

Timeline

Career milestones.

Recent
Professor of Pediatrics / Head of Pediatric Emergency Department
Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya (AVESIS notes 'researcher has left the institution')
PUBLICATIONS

Scientific work

Selected peer-reviewed publications.

  • 2012
    Critical Care
    «Hyperferritinemia in the critically ill child with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis»
    · co-author
  • 2012
    Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
    «Critically ill children with pandemic influenza (H1N1) in pediatric intensive care units in Turkey»
    · co-author
  • 2015
    Pediatric Emergency Care
    «Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Children With In-Hospital and Out-of-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Arrest: Multicenter Study From Turkey»
    · co-author
  • 2010
    Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    «Parents' perspectives to childhood fever: Comparison of culturally diverse populations»
    · first author
  • 2014
    Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
    «Early extracorporeal life support experiences in 2 tertiary pediatric intensive care units in Turkey»
    · co-author
CLINIC

Where they practise

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PRIMARY CLINIC
Akdeniz University Hospital
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