Acute kidney injury

Ci fai o ci SEU?

Benigni G, Verticelli T, Pugliese F

2026/3 — pag. 72-73 — DOI

Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) is a thrombotic microangiopathy frequently triggered by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). This report compares two paediatric cases caused by the same pathogen (E. coli O157:H7) with divergent clinical outcomes. I...

Due fratellini inseparabili con la sindrome emolitica uremica (SEU)

Delcaro G, Dall'Amico R, Tubaro M

2026/1 — pag. 16-16 — DOI

This report describes a familial cluster of typical Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) caused by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (EHEC). An 18-month-old girl initially presented with haemorrhagic diarrhoea, which rapidly progressed to acute renal failure...

Diarrea emorragica acuta, infezione da Escherichia coli produttori di Shiga tossine e sindrome emolitica uremica

Documento d’indirizzo inter-societario

2025/8 — pag. 510-518 — DOI

Haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) associated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection is a major individual and public health challenge and is the leading cause of acute kidney injury in children. In Western countries, HUS complica...

Dal rene all'occhio: che cos'è la TINU?

Sapienza GM, Greco M, Cardilicchia M, Lo Scalzo L, Spallino E, Corrado C, Pavone G, Cusumano R, Sapia MC, D'Alessandro MM, Corsello G

2024/26 — pag. 2-2 — DOI

An eight-year-old boy presenting with interstitial nephritis (abdominal pain, microhematuria, glycosuria, proteinuria, elevated urinary beta2-microglobulin levels) was eventually diagnosed with TINU syndrome (tubulointerstitial nephritis associated w...

Quando la PRESsione si associa a disfunzione del neurone

Tavarella R, Scalas M, Baudi F, Mallamaci MF, Brisca G, Carrato V.

2024/6 — pag. 397-399 — DOI

The Authors describe the case of a 12-year-old boy who presented with a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. His blood pressure was moderately elevated (148/109). He was eventually diagnosed with PRES (posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome) relat...

Un caso di shock tossico stafilococcico in un'adolescente

Barazzoni M, Lazzerotti A, Amoroso A, Tealdo M.

2024/5 — pag. 332-334 — DOI

A 13-year-old adolescent presented with symptoms compatible with septic shock following a vacation by the lake. Initially, she presented with gastrointestinal symptoms and fever, and later she developed rash, arthralgia, myalgia, asthenia, erythroder...

Un caso di shock tossico stafilococcico in un'adolescente

Barazzoni M, Lazzerotti A, Amoroso A, Tealdo M

2024/5 — pag. 84-86 — DOI

A 13-year-old adolescent presented with symptoms compatible with septic shock following a vacation by the lake. Initially, she presented with gastrointestinal symptoms and fever, and later she developed rash, arthralgia, myalgia, asthenia, erythroder...

Diarrea emorragica: a volte i nodi vengono al pettine tardi

De Crescenzo S, La Scola C, Pillon R, Pasini A, Lami F, Pession A

2023/4 — pag. 72-72 — DOI

The case of a two-year-old girl finally diagnosed with haemolytic uremic syndrome is described....

Rabdomiolisi... stellare

Belleri P, Guariento M, Tisato MG, La Fauci G.

2023/2 — pag. 127-130 — DOI

The case of a 9-year-old boy presenting with brown coloured urine (myoglobinuria) and extraordinarily high blood CPK levels is described. A diagnosis of rhabdomyolisis related to a Coxsackievirus A and B infection was finally made....

Rabdomiolisi... stellare

Belleri P, Guariento M, Tisato MG, La Fauci G

2023/2 — pag. 41-41 — DOI

The case of a 9-year-old boy presenting with brown coloured urine (myoglobinuria) and extraordinarily high blood CPK levels is described. A diagnosis of rhabdomyolisis related to a Coxsackievirus A and B infection was finally made....

Una crisi convulsiva… emolitica

Posocco F

2022/9 — pag. 193-193 — DOI

The Author describes the case of an 18-month-old child presenting with convulsions and poor general conditions and eventually diagnosed with uraemic-haemolytic syndrome....

La calcolosi delle vie urinarie in età pediatrica a tutto tondo

Faraguna MC, Terranova CM, Peccatori N, Gnech M, Berrettini A, Melzi ML.

2022/7 — pag. 435-440 — DOI

Overall, the incidence of paediatric urolithiasis is increasing; 50-90% of cases are due to metabolic alterations, 3-30% are associated with urinary tract infections and the remaining cases are idiopathic. About 20-30% of children, especially boys wh...

L’IRA di Proteus

Faraguna MC, Melzi ML

2022/7 — pag. 153-153 — DOI

The case of a 9-month-old infant presenting with urinary tract infection due to Proteus mirabilis followed by acute renal failure due to a congenital urethral stenosis with calculosis is described. The diagnostic implication of a urinary tract infect...

Ostruzione ureterale bilaterale post-appendicectomia

Chiaraluce S, Vedovati S

2022/7 — pag. 137-138 — DOI

The development of anuria after appendectomy is usually related to complications associated with appendicitis or with the surgical sequelae of appendectomy. The paper reports an unusual case of anuria after appendectomy in a 13-year-old boy. The pati...

Diarrea ematica nel bambino… pensa alla sindrome emolitico-uremica!

R. Letizia, G. Maiorino, M.E. Di Cicco, G.I. Baroncelli, E. De Marco, D. Peroni

2020/7 — pag. 180-185 — DOI

A healthy 5-year-old boy was brought to the Emergency Department with a 24-hour-history of fever, abdominal pain, bloody diarrhoea and vomiting. Blood tests and ultrasound of the abdomen suggested an acute gastroenteritis. The boy was admitted and in...

Un lattante che fa i calcoli

V. Dolcemascolo, E. Miorin, E. Vidal, P. Cogo

2018/1 — pag. 55-56

The paper presents the case of a four-month-old infant with a history of crying spells, vomit and renal stones on ultrasounds. Urinary excretion of dibasic amino acids and genetic study confirm a digenic cystinuria. The presented case shows that clin...

Uso degli steroidi per via orale per un breve periodo ed eventi avversi

V. Murgia, F. Marchetti

2016/3

Questa dialisi non s’ha da fare

M. Pennesi

2015/10

Insufficienza renale acuta e farmaci antinfiammatori non steroidei (FANS): un caso clinico

E. Miorin, P. Pecile

2014/8

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) are widely used in paediatric population because of their proven efficacy and excellent safety profile in a diverse range of clinical conditions. The paper reports a case of a 13-year-old boy who develope...

Ceftriaxone e insufficienza renale acuta nei bambini

V. Murgia

2014/4

Febbri di una notte di mezza estate

A. Paladini, V. Venturoli, M. Fornaro, G. La Fauci, E. Valletta

2014/2

Era il suo destino

A. Guala, G. Ballardini, P. Angellotti

2011/5 — pag. 328

Rabdomiolisi in età pediatrica

C.L. Bersanini, S. Arrigoni, C. Stringhi, P. Tommasi, G. Zuin, M. Fontana

2011/3 — pag. 161-166

Rhabdomyolysis is the common final pathway of different processes that lead to the destruction of skeletal muscle and release of cellular contents in plasma; it is defined as serum creatine kinase (CK) level five times above normal in the absence o...

Cautele sull’uso dei FANS nei bambini

Working Group Pediatrico dell’AIFA

2010/10 — pag. 654-656

In the last few years, reports on adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to NSAIDs in paediatric age, especially to ibuprofen and ketoprofen, have remarkably increased. As to the most prescribed ibuprofen, reports (rash, rectal haemorrhage and acute kidney ...

Una banale gastroenterite?

A. Paladini, S. Ciccone, C. Farneti

2010/10