Rivista di formazione e aggiornamento professionale del pediatra e del medico di base, fondata nel 1982. In collaborazione con l'Associazione Culturale Pediatri.
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Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

244 articoli — 1997-2025 Include sottocategorie MeSH

RI Pediatria narrativa
Accesso libero
Un sabato... trascinato per i polsi

Barabino A.

2025/9 — pag. 587-589 — DOI

EL Pediatria nella Comunità
Madri adolescenti: promuovere l'allattamento al seno e l' "Embodying the Baby"

Moioli M, Riva Crugnola C, Albizzati A, Ierardi E

2025/5 — pag. 112-116 — DOI

Breastfeeding has short and long-term benefits for the mother and baby and leads to the development of a positive emotional bond. Motherhood in adolescence is itself a risk factor and an intervention to support breastfeeding should be carried out dur...

RI Lettere
Accesso libero
“La salute comincia da piccoli”: dai pediatri le “6 A”

Di Chiara B.

2025/4 — pag. 222-223 — DOI

RI Neonatologia
La fototerapia ciclica

Davanzo R, Cavicchioli P, Agosti M, Dani C.

2025/2 — pag. 103-106 — DOI

A proactive approach to the management of hyperbilirubinemia during phototherapy may help reduce mother-infant separation, maintain comfort of the newborn, reduce maternal anxiety and promote exclusive breastfeeding. Cyclic phototherapy may be part o...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Quando l'anemia blocca le gambe

Bellotto A, Gagliardo di Carpinello B, Radice C, Addeo AM, Mambelli L, Marchetti F

2024/9 — pag. 191-192 — DOI

A 17-month-old girl was hospitalized for dehydration due to gastroenteritis. She presented with a severe microcytic anaemia (Hb 6.2 g/dl) linked to an exclusive breastfeeding diet. Attempts at introducing solid foods had failed. Despite improvement i...

RI Lettere
Profitto e diritti sono sempre in contraddizione?

Neri A, Tamburlini G.

2024/7 — pag. 420-422 — DOI

RI Lettere
Routine del sonno: una scelta informata e consapevole nonostante la complessità

Bontempo F, Malventano M, Corbelli E, Di Fazzio G, Regazzi C, Davoli AM, Vignali D, Ubaldi A, Ferrari E, Marchesi M, Panza C, Segre G, Clavenna A, Roberti E, Campi R, Rapisardi G, Bonati M.

2024/7 — pag. 420-422 — DOI

RI Casi indimenticabili
L’ittero in un lattante

Moras M, Tanzi G, Melli P, Cogo P.

2024/5 — pag. 329-331 — DOI

The diagnosis of biliary atresia was ultimately made in an infant who still presented with jaundice after his first month of life and had previously been misdiagnosed with breast milk jaundice. The authors underline that biliary atresia should always...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Allarme rosso: il sanguinamento rettale

Fracas D, Di Leo G

2023/7 — pag. 135-135 — DOI

A 6-week-old, exclusively breastfed and well-appearing infant presented with blood in her stools. A diagnosis of food protein-induced allergic proctocolitis was promptly made by the presence of the high number of eosinophils in her blood and the prom...

RI Lettere
Allattamento e deficit di vitamina B12: facciamo chiarezza

Di Mario S.

2023/6 — pag. 352-353 — DOI

RI Lettere
Allattamento e salute mentale

Davanzo R.

2023/6 — pag. 352-353 — DOI

EL Caso contributivo
Profilassi con vitamina D nel lattante: l’importanza di capirsi bene

Addeo AM, Izzo BP, Mainetti M, Scorza S, Marchetti F

2023/6 — pag. 94-96 — DOI

The paper describes a case of intoxication from vitamin D in a 35-day infant of exclusive breastfeeding life who was administered 8000 IU of vitamin D per day over 4 weeks. There was an important linguistic barrier with her mother. The clinical pictu...

RI Domande e risposte
Mamma vegana e svezzamento Depuratori d’aria e allergie

2022/6 — pag. 399 — DOI

EL Caso contributivo
Anemia severa, arresto di crescita... e dintorni

Tognato E, Fiorica L, Perona A, Loperfido B, Cimminelli L, Ceratto S, Enrico G, Felici E, Manzoni P

2021/9 — pag. 277-279 — DOI

Iron deficiency is the most commonly detected nutritional disorder in childhood and at the same time the most frequent cause of anaemia worldwide. In most cases it can go unnoticed, because it causes subtle symptoms and signs. Iron plays a key role i...

RI Domande e risposte
Proctocolite allergica DOPA precoce, lattanti al bivio

2021/8 — pag. 533-534 — DOI

RI Speciale
Nutrizione

Di Leo G, Gandullia P

2021/26 — pag. 11 — DOI

RI Speciale
Neonatologia

Corsello G, Risso FM

2021/26 — pag. 9 — DOI

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Un bambino che non mangia… e non sta seduto

Trippella G, Iacopelli J

2021/5 — pag. 157-157 — DOI

The Authors describe the case of an 11-month-old infant with severe vitamin B12 deficiency consequent to a strict vegan diet followed by the mother during pregnancy and to a strictly vegan weaning. The child presented with food refusal, somatic growt...

RI Neonatologia
Accesso libero
Covid-19 e pratiche postnatali: una moderna parabola

R. Davanzo, F. Mosca

2020/10 — pag. 651-655 — DOI

Early in the Covid-19 pandemic maternity hospital practices were jeopardized by guidelines produced by scientific societies to reduce the risk of mother to child transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 infection to a minimum. Subsequent research has documente...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Allattamento e infezione da SARS-CoV-2

SIN, R. Davanzo, F. Mosca

2020/4 — pag. 241-242

EL Il punto su
Accesso libero
Allattamento e infezione da SARS-CoV-2

Società Italiana di Neonatologia (SIN), R. Davanzo, F. Mosca

2020/4 — pag. 79-86 — DOI

RI Focus
SVEZZAMENTO 2020: IN SCIENZA E... COSCIENZA

L. Greco

2020/1 — pag. 15

RI Neonatologia
L’assistenza al neonato fisiologico in ospedale: coniugare sicurezza e promozione della salute

R. Davanzo, F.M. Risso

2020/1 — pag. 35-44

Caring for the normal term and late preterm newborn infants calls for perinatal hospital practices that combine promotion of maternal infant bonding, breastfeeding and newborn health. Actually, the safety of some hospital practices, particularly skin...

RI Focus
Svezzamento e malattie: non solo celiachia

M. Bramuzzo, G. Gortani

2020/1 — pag. 23-27

Weaning, namely the transition from an exclusively milk-based nutrition to a diet that includes other liquids and solids, is a period of transition that is often crucial for the manifestation or the development of food-related diseases. The article...

RI Focus
Genetica del gusto e svezzamento

A. Robino, G. Paviotti, G. Cont

2020/1 — pag. 20-22

Genetically mediated sensitivity to bitter taste has been associated with food preferences and eating behaviour in children. Recently, a study also revealed a possible link between TAS2R38 bitter taste gene and the first complementary food acceptan...

RI Focus
Svezzamento libero, svezzamento felice?

L. Piermarini

2020/1 — pag. 16-19

To be allowed to ask the question in the title, and possibly to propose an alternative option, one should be sufficiently sure that weaning, as it has been popular for the last decades, is neither happy nor free, given that freedom is enough to be ...

RI News box
Accesso libero
Denutrizione, fame nascosta e obesità

2019/9 — pag. 563-565

RI Neonatologia
Osservazione nel neonato a rischio di sepsi precoce

A. Berardi, C. Spada, M. Ciccia, M Capretti, G. Brusa, F. Sandri, E. Balestri, L. Rocca, L. Gambini, M. Azzalli, V. Rizzo, G. Piccinini, E. Vaccina, L. Lucaccioni

2019/6 — pag. 370-376

The approach to the newborn at risk of early-onset sepsis is a challenge. In the past the approach was mainly based on laboratory tests, which were poorly predictive and might cause repeated blood samples and unnecessary antibiotic therapies, with ...

RI Articolo speciale
Agenda 2019-2022 per l’allattamento

R. Davanzo

2019/4 — pag. 237-241

The Italian Paediatric Societies recommend breastfeeding as the nutritional norm, unless an informed choice of mothers or an acceptable medical reason for formula feeding exists. Disappointingly, the 2014 Survey on Breastfeeding in Italy conducted ...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Non si attacca bene al seno: pensa anche al frenulo linguale corto

L. Morra, M. Pizzul, L. Godina

2019/3 — pag. 191-192

RI Editoriali
Anche il neonato sente il dolore

M. Fontana

2019/2 — pag. 75-76

RI Il graffio
Accesso libero
L’etica delle molecole

2018/10 — pag. 625

RI Ricerca
Alimentazione complementare nel primo anno di vita

D. Lacorte, P. Lionetti, C. Retetangos, R. Ghio, P. Di Saverio, P. De Gregorio, P. Alvisi

2018/3 — pag. 172-177

Background - Complementary feeding (CF) is a delicate phase in children’s growth. The lack of evidence-based clinical recommendation on CF creates confusion and leads to important differences of behaviour both among primary care paediatricians and...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Un neonato con... il mal di denti

A. Mangione

2017/9 — pag. 593

RI Casi indimenticabili
Melena, ematemesi e... latte materno

A. Morreale

2017/8 — pag. 530

RI Casi indimenticabili
Gli effetti avversi di una dieta vegana

F. Galdo, M.C. Pellegrin, V. Pintabona, A. Delise

2017/6 — pag. 393-394

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Nuove evidenze sulla profilassi neonatale con vitamina K

C. Lama, S. Pusceddu, P. Gallo, F. Marchetti

2016/8

RI Percorsi clinici
La medicina “magica” che ti rimette in piedi

G.I. Baroncelli, G. Laccetta, A. Giannoni, F. Massei

2016/7 — pag. 445-448

Prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding without vitamin D supplements is a main determinant of vitamin D deficiency rickets in children of immigrants living in Italy. Dark skin may be an adjunctive factor for the development of rickets. Early signs a...

RI Casi indimenticabili
C'è sempre un vegano da mangiare

E. Ferretti, M.V. Micheletti, G.I. Baroncelli, G. Federico

2016/4 — pag. 255-258

RI Pagine elettroniche
Utilizzo di cocaina in gravidanza e perforazione intestinale neonatale

S. Dal Bo, G. Piccinini, F. Currò, A. Ratta, S. Straziuso, S. Federici, F. Marchetti

2016/4 — pag. 259-261

Cocaine abuse during pregnancy is associated with a significant increase in obstetric complications: i.e. premature labour, premature rupture of membranes, abortion, eclampsia, and placental abruption. Infants of cocaine-addicted mothers present ...

RI Percorsi clinici
Quando una vitamina fa la differenza...!

P. Gallo, A. Lambertini, C. Landini, E. Mazzoni, F. Marchetti

2016/4 — pag. 231-236

Vitamin B12 deficiency, a rare condition in the paediatric population, can lead to serious haematological consequences and alterations in the neurocognitive development if not promptly recognized and treated. The paper reports the cases of two infa...

RI Il graffio
L’uomo innaturale

2016/4 — pag. 217

RI Ricerca
Cos’è quel 2?

A. Cattaneo, P. Pani, C. Carletti, M. Guidetti, V. Mutti, C. Guidetti, A. Knowles e il Gruppo di Ricerca sulle formule di proseguimento

2016/3 — pag. 177-182

Background - In most European countries advertisements of infant formula are forbidden, while those of follow-on formula are allowed. Recent researches carried out in Australia and Great Britain have suggested that advertisement of toddler formula ...

RI Linee guida
Otite media acuta in età pediatrica Aggiornamento della Linea Guida della Regione Emilia-Romagna

S. Di Mario, C. Gagliotti, M.L. Moro, a nome del Gruppo "ProBA"

2016/1 — pag. 35-40

This guideline on acute otitis media in childhood updates the guideline published by the Emilia-Romagna Region in 2007. Acute otitis media (AOM) is a frequent condition in childhood, which causes repeated clinical visits, emergency unit visits, and...

RI Articolo speciale
Latte: a ciascuno il suo! Effetti non nutrizionali del latte

L. Greco, M.P. Mollica, R. Negri

2015/9 — pag. 573-579

Relevance of early nutrition in promoting body growth and health is well established. Human milk is the natural food of all human infants; it provides an adequate supply of all nutrients necessary to support growth and development and even plays a ...

RI Editoriali
Prevenzione, che dolori

G. Tamburlini

2015/9 — pag. 551-553

RI L'esperienza che insegna
Anemia sideropenica nel III millennio“Nuovi” parametri di monitoraggio della risposta terapeutica

E. Parodi, M.L. Aurucci, B. Stella, G. Russo, U. Ramenghi

2015/8 — pag. 515-519

Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) secondary to inadequate dietary iron intake are still in the third millennium the most common nutritional disorder and the most common haematological diseases of infancy and childhood. The article d...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Gialli di latte

A. Di Tullio

2015/5 — pag. 325-326

RI Problemi correnti
Lo svezzamento vegetariano

M.L. Ferrari, M. Berveglieri

2015/4 — pag. 235-238

Vegetarian weaning is widespread and increasingly in demand because vegetarian families are increasing. Literature informs that, to be appropriate and healthy, vegetarian weaning must be “well-planned”. A well-balanced lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet, in...

RI Il graffio
Impraticabilità del campo

2014/3 — pag. 150

RI Il graffio
Dipendenze

2013/10 — pag. 625

RI Pagine elettroniche
Esiste una relazione tra latte materno e infezione neonatale da streptococco B?

E. Zanelli, S. Pastore, C. Zanchi, L. Travan

2013/8 — pag. 530-531

Recurrent GBS infection represents a potentially preventable subset of late-onset GBS sepsis. It occurs in 0.5% to 3.0% of infants. Mother can represent the first source of late-onset disease (LOD) and some case reports attribute responsibility to br...

RI News box
Statement dell’IBFAN su alimentazione dei bambini e residui chimici

Commento di Giorgio Tamburlini

2013/7 — pag. 427-428

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Gli opposti si attraggono

M. Del Pistoia, E. Alberti, M. Leoni, M. Gori, F. Vierucci, G. Saggese

2013/6

RI Problemi correnti
Il fruttosio prima del divezzamento: quali i motivi per evitarne l’assunzione?

R. Iorio, M.G. Puoti, F. Chiatto, G. Parenti, M.I. Spagnuolo

2013/5 — pag. 289-294

In the last few decades there has been a considerable increase in fructose and sweeteners consumption. At the same time, there has been an increase in childhood obesity and an ever more evident correlation between high fructose intake and obesity r...

RI Il commento
Accesso libero
Allattamento al seno: scienza e conformismo

S. Naviglio

2013/1 — pag. 47-48

RI Articolo speciale
Lo strano caso della comunicazione scientifica sull’alimentazione dei lattanti

A. Giusti

2013/1 — pag. 42-46

The scientific research on infant feeding is a strange case of “scientific method reversal”, in which evidence of the superiority of the biological norm, breastfeeding, compared to breast milk substitutes is desperately sought. Even institutional c...

RI Articolo speciale
Il Global Burden of Disease Study 2010: stime e previsioni su malattie, lesioni e fattori di rischio

G. Tamburlini, L. Monasta

2013/1 — pag. 29-34

The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) is the largest ever systematic effort to describe the global distribution and causes of a wide array of major diseases, injuries, and health risk factors. The results show that infectious diseases,...

EL Il punto su
Il ruolo del latte materno nella protezione dallo sviluppo di patologie immunomediate

E. Uga, I. Stasi, D. Pampinella, D. Tozzini, A. Gueli, S. Guercio Nuzio, G. Cosi

2013/1

The nutritional potential of human milk is universally known, but its biological potential is not. Research in recent years has revealed the presence of many cellular and humoral factors in human milk that interact with each other and with external f...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Viva il latte materno!…Quando c’è

M.T. Bartolini

2013/1

RI Digest
Sui poteri occulti del latte materno

2012/7 — pag. 459-460

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Deficienza di vitamina D: un problema “familiare” al pediatra

F. Vierucci, M. Gori, A. Petracchi, G. Carlone, M. Del Pistoia, G. Federico, G. Saggese

2012/3

RI Problemi correnti
Alimentazione complementare con un po’ di sale in zucca

C. Carletti, P. Pani, A. Cattaneo

2012/1 — pag. 35-37

While there is much evidence to support the beneficial effect of reducing sodium intake in adults to prevent hypertension and cardio and cerebro-vascular diseases, evidence for a relation between sodium intake and blood pressure levels in children is...

RI Pagine elettroniche
L’alimentazione complementare nelle popolazioni immigrate: indagine su tre gruppi linguistici della provincia di Reggio Emilia

A. Volta, A. Fabbri, I. Dall’Asta, Z. Guennouna, A. Chiarenza, L. Bonvicini, L. Moscara, D. Pini, C. Ventura

2011/8 — pag. 535-536

Objectives - The linguistic groups most represented in the province of Reggio Emilia are North African, Chinese and Indian. In 2008, the Authors started a survey to examine eating habits during the first year of life among the three groups, in order ...

RI Problemi correnti
Latte materno, diossine e PCB

P. Gentilini, A. Moschetti, E. Burgio, M. Bolognini, S. Raccanelli, A. Cattaneo

2011/8 — pag. 510-517

The presence of dioxin and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in breastmilk and their transfer to the infant represent the tip of the iceberg of a serious situation: the exposure in utero and the subsequent damage to the foetus. Several populations, ...

EL Ricerca
Accesso libero
L'alimentazione complementare nelle popolazioni immigrate: indagine su tre gruppi linguistici della provincia di Reggio Emilia

A. Volta, A. Fabbri, I. Dall’Asta, Z. Guennouna, A. Chiarenza, L. Bonvicini, L. Moscara, D. Pini, C. Ventura

2011/8

Objectives. The linguistic groups most represented in the province of Reggio Emilia are North African, Chinese and Indian. In 2008, the authors started a survey to examine eating habits during the first year of life among the three groups, in order t...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Antiepilettici e allattamento al seno

S. Dal Bo, L. Matarazzo, R. Davanzo

2011/6 — pag. 384-386

Breastfeeding mothers treated for epilepsia face the conflict of interest between their health and the lactational risk for the nursing infant. According to our review, only ethosuximide and zonisamide are contraindicated. Indeed, the great majority ...

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo
Grave deficit di vitamina B12 in una lattante

F. Colonna, E. Moretto, P. Costa, F. Zennaro

2011/4 — pag. 259-261

An 11-month-old female was admitted to our hospital for anorexia, pallor and developmental regression. She had been exclusively breast-fed. Mother with thyroiditis, non vegetarian. Hemogram in the baby revealed macrocytic anaemia (8.4 g/dl Hb, MCV 99...

EL Il punto su
Il sonno condiviso aumenta il rischio di SIDS nel lattante? Un dibattito sempre aperto

M.L. Tortorella, A. Moschetti

2011/2

Sharing a bed with an infant is actually considered one of the environmental risk factors for SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). Nevertheless, scientific evidences on this topic are still controversial also for the low methodological quality of som...

RI Articolo speciale
Lo sviluppo del gusto nel bambino

L. Greco, G. Morini

2010/8 — pag. 509-513

Children’s food preferences are strongly correlated with their eating behaviours; therefore, identifying the factors that can make them accept healthy food, like vegetables, which they do not usually like because of their bitter taste, is of crucia...

RI Editoriali
Sviluppo del gusto nel bambino: tra genetica e ambiente

P. Gasparini

2010/8 — pag. 483-484

RI Linee guida
Prevenzione dei problemi ortopedici dei mascellariLinee Guida Nazionali per la promozione della salute orale e la prevenzione delle patologie orali in età evolutiva - Parte quarta

Gruppo Ministeriale Linee Guida per la Promozione della Salute Orale e la Prevenzione delle Patologie orali in età evolutiva

2010/6 — pag. 379-382

Breast-feeding has a beneficial effect on the oral and facial structure development and it should be encouraged. Bottle-feeding more easily leads to non-nutritive sucking. After the third year of life, maintaining this habit could lead to malocclus...

RI Problemi correnti
Apporti consigliati di vitamina D: un "ritorno al passato"

G.I. Baroncelli, F. Vierucci, S. Bertelloni, T. Vanacore, G. Vierucci

2010/4 — pag. 237-245

The last guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics for prevention of vitamin D deficiency in infants, children, and adolescents recommend a minimum daily intake of 400 IU of vitamin D beginning soon after birth. All breastfed and partially b...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Antistaminici e allattamento al seno

R. Davanzo, C. Oretti, L. Rubert, I. Roncoroni

2010/3 — pag. 179-184

The safety profile of antihistamines during breastfeeding is largely variable. New second generation antihistamines are preferable because of reduced side effects on the central nervous system and heart. Among old first generation antihistamines, h...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Germania

M.G. Gregorio

2010/3

EL Contributi Originali - Ricerca
Accesso libero
Allattamento al seno: prevalenza e fattori ostacolantiIndagine di un osservatorio consultoriale di Cagliari

S. Ardau, M. Grandolfo

2009/7

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Ricerca
Allattamento al seno: prevalenza e fattori ostacolanti. Indagine di un osservatorio consultoriale di Cagliari

S. Ardau, M. Grandolfo

2009/7 — pag. 465-466

Aims and setting - Estimating the prevalence of full breastfeeding (BF) at six months after birth and factors associated to earlier interruption. Evaluating the effectiveness of Public Primary Maternal and Child Health Services (PPMCHSs) in promo...

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
La rivoluzione copernicana possibile per il pediatra: la dieta non previene le allergie

F. Marchetti

2009/6 — pag. 347-349

RI Focus
Anche il pediatra se ne deve occupare?

G. Garrone, P. Levi, L. Luzzatto, M. Merlo, P. Morgando, G. Patrucco, D. Rollier

2009/5 — pag. 295-306

Post-partum depression is frequent: it affects about 10% of mothers but it is not always recognized and treated. It is a particular type of depression, whose characteristics are described in the present work. Post-partum depression, which very ofte...

EL Contributi Originali - Ricerca
Accesso libero
Allattamento al seno: quale calo ponderale attendersi?

A. Volta, C. Capuano, E. Ferraroni, D. Novelli

2009/4

RI Problemi correnti
La dieta dei primi mesi e lo sviluppo dell’atopia

G. Longo, F. Panizon

2009/3 — pag. 162-167

In the last few years, sufficient evidences have been collected to consider the delayed administration of heterologus and allergogenous food, in the hope of avoiding the IgE sensitization, useless and probably counterproductive. Actually, the passa...

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Prevenzione del rachitismo: ancora sulla vitamina D

G. Bartolozzi

2008/10

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Il placebo, 23 anni dopo

F. Panizon, M. Fontana

2008/9 — pag. 571-577

The meaning itself of the word placebo has changed in time: from “drug prescribed to relieve the mind rather than because of its actual effect on the disease” to “improvement observed after the simulated treatment” or to “there is not only one placeb...

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
Protocollo d'Intesa Unicef-ACP: forma o sostanza?

M. Gangemi

2008/6 — pag. 349-350

La sigla del protocollo d’intesa tra UNICEF e ACP, nel maggio 2008 a Roma, rappresenta l’inizio di un percorso comune che necessita di concretizzazione a livello locale, oltre che in ambito nazionale. La soddisfazione di entrambe le parti deve ra...

RI Digest
Alimentazione del bambino e sviluppo di sintomi atopici

J. Pediatr 2007 et alt.

2008/3 — pag. 189-192

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Uso del metadone e allattamento al seno

G. Bartolozzi

2008/3

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Benzodiazepine e allattamento materno

Riccardo Davanzo, Chiara Oretti

2008/2 — pag. 109-114

The safety profile of benzodiazepines during breastfeeding depends mostly on their half-life; the longer half-life, the higher risk of accumulation and possible side effects for the nursing infant. As a consequence, diazepam is contraindicated and mo...

RI Controversie
Alimenti solidi, evidenze liquide? Non direi

A. Fiocchi

2008/1 — pag. 27-31

According to the hypothesis that a delay of introduction of solids in the infant diet could prevent the development of food allergy in children the author underlines the need to identify the weaning especially for children with assessed risk of all...

RI Controversie
I cibi solidi nella dieta del bambino. Serve tardarne l’introduzione ai fini della prevenzione delle allergie?

S. Miceli Sopo

2008/1 — pag. 21-26

There is a lack of evidence about the timing of introduction of solids in the infant diet especially regarding the possibility that a delay of introduction of particular allergenic food could prevent the development of food allergy in children. In th...

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
Serve ritardare l’introduzione dei cibi solidiper prevenire le allergie?

G. Longo

2008/1 — pag. 7-10

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Valutazione dei farmaci in corso di allattamento al seno: i corticosteroidi

R. Davanzo, I. Roncoroni, L. Rubert, C. Oretti

2007/8 — pag. 527-530

The safety profile of drugs for the nursing infant and for the breastfeeding mother is a common issue for the pediatrician. Advice from current literature is not exhaustive, it varies according to different sources of information and sometimes is con...

RI Aggiornamento
La dimissione del neonato fisiologico. Dalla revisione del problema a un possibile protocollo

Riccardo Davanzo, Cristina Brondello, Roberto Cerchio

2006/9 — pag. 562-569

In the last decades worldwide, the length of hospital stay for newborns and their mothers after childbirth has dramatically shortened mainly due to economical reasons. This choice may imply some risks for the newborn. The present article highlights t...

RI Ricerca
Alimentazione complementare nel primo anno di vita

A. Volta e collaboratori

2006/7 — pag. 445-450

The introduction of complementary food is a critical phase in a child growth. The behaviours of family paediatricians in the province of Reggio Emilia (Italy), with regard to complementary feeding has been investigated by means of a written questionn...

RI Problemi correnti
Alimentazione complementare a richiesta: oltre lo svezzamento

L. Piermarini

2006/7 — pag. 439-422

Up to date literature on complementary feeding recommends to respect the child innate self-regulation abilities and gives the adults the not easy task to make appropriate food available without following strict time schemes. An emerging approach to c...

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
Aggiungi un posto a tavola

L. Piermarini

2006/7 — pag. 415-418

Fatti e misfatti nel counselling dietetico (rimbalzi a pagine 439 e 445)...

RI Problemi correnti
I tempi di conservazione del latte umano

R. Davanzo

2006/6 — pag. 365-367

The storage of expressed human milk has been encouraged in situations when breast feeding is not possible. A major practical problem is the choice of the correct duration of storage according to different temperatures provided by fridges and/or freez...

EL Contributi Originali - Ricerca
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Quali messaggi per le mamme nei cartellini di dimissione nei punti nascita della città di Roma?

S. Donati, F. Marolla, F. Luchino, A. Giusti, S. Bolli, M. Grandolfo

2006/3

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Ricerca
Quali messaggi per le mamme nei cartellini di dimissione nei punti nascita della città di Roma?

S. Donati, F. Marolla, F. Luchino, A. Giusti, S. Bolli, M. Grandolfo

2006/3 — pag. 193-194

We conducted a survey with the aim to analyse the content of discharge cards released to mothers leaving maternity hospitals in Rome. Thirty-one family paediatricians collected a total of 295 discharge cards released to mothers of well-being newborns...

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Ricerca
Il rachitismo in Piemonte: una sorveglianza negli Ospedali

A. Guala, R. Guarino, P. Ghiotti, G. Patrucco, G. Pastore

2006/2 — pag. 119-121

In recent years, the number of children with nutritional rickets has increased in industrialized countries. The vast majority of these cases were born from immigrants and/or non-Caucasians. We conducted a retrospective study on all children discharge...

RI Problemi non correnti
Bambini a rischio di infezione verticale da HIV

R. Davanzo, J. Bua, M. Rabusin

2006/1 — pag. 32-37

In the last decade more children have been born from HIV-1 positive mothers because of a decreased risk of transmission due to a series of effective preventive measures, such as perinatal antiretroviral treatment, elective cesarean section, no breast...

EL Appunti di Terapia
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Nuovi vantaggi dall'uso del latte umano

G. Bartolozzi

2005/3

EL Appunti di Terapia
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Controversie sulla somministrazione della vitamina Knel neonato

G. Bartolozzi

2004/10

RI Pagine elettroniche
Grave stato disprotidemico da malnutrizione

2004/9 — pag. 585-585

We report a six-months-old girl presenting with signs and symptoms of protein malnutrition: generalised edema with a rotund sugar baby appearance, abdominal distension and poor muscle tone. She presented also skin lesions, extreme irritability, t...

RI Problemi correnti
Il pediatra e l’osservazione della poppata: un importante strumento di lavoro

I. Roncoroni, MP. Morgando

2004/3 — pag. 167-173

Incorrect positioning and latching can cause sore nipple and may lead to ineffective sucking. Incorrect positioning and latching is one of the main reasons for early interruption and failure of breastfeeding. Correct positioning and latching, as we...

RI Problemi correnti
Il deficit di vitamina K nel neonato

S. De Marini

2003/9 — pag. 586-587

Classical haemorragic disease of the newborn (first week of life) can be effectively prevented by oral or parenteral vitamin K supplementation. Late haemorragic disease of the newborn (2-12 weeks of life) is a rare but severe disease, presenting as...

EL Avanzi
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Necessità di un supplemento di vitamina D negli allattati al seno

G. Bartolozzi

2003/8

RI Controversie
Promuovere l’allattamento al seno mediante la promozione dei sensi di colpa (?)

M.E. Armeni, M.G. De Simone

2003/3 — pag. 179-181

RI Editoriali
Allattamento al seno: informazione e sensi di colpa

F. Marchetti

2003/3 — pag. 143-144

RI Problemi correnti
Salute della donna e lattazione

R. Davanzo, I. Bruno

2003/2 — pag. 105-113

The Authors carried out a literature review on the effects of breastfeeding (BF) on women’s health to provide an overview of existing evidence. Established knowledge includes the following: exclusive BF for the first six months in the absence of me...

RI Problemi correnti
Latte e asma

G.E. Polly

2003/1 — pag. 40-41

RI Problemi correnti
Asma: il gatto fa bene, il latte materno fa male?

G. Longo, F. Panizon

2003/1 — pag. 35-41

A series of cross sectional and prospective studies have shown that, differently from older beliefs, early exposure to cat has a protective effect on the development of allergy and asthma in adult age. This effect, which is true for high and low co...

RI Editoriali
La legge inversa dell’evidenza

G. Tamburlini

2003/1 — pag. 7-8

RI Editoriali
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La dimissione precoce del neonato

F. Marchetti, G. La Gamba

2002/10 — pag. 637

RI Organizzazione sanitaria
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Il neonato dimesso precocemente

L. Marolla

2002/10 — pag. 674-677

The practice of early discharge of the newborn baby has become more common, due to the needs for cost containment and in response to the demand for demedicalisation of childbirth. Family paediatricians are concerned about the potential risks for th...

RI Organizzazione sanitaria
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Prevenzione della SIDS: occorre riformulare alcuni messaggi

A. Donzelli

2002/9 — pag. 589-594

The Author analyses, on the basis of available scientific evidence, the messages conveyed to parents by a SIDS prevention campaign carried out by the Regional Health Authority in the Lombardia Region, Italy. Although the main risk factors for SIDS ...

RI Problemi non correnti
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Prevenire il dolore da prelievo nel neonato

F. Marchetti, E. Barbi

2002/9 — pag. 581-583

Newborn babies are frequently exposed to painful procedures and blood sampling is the most frequent one. Recent studies have focused on this aspect and provided useful information. We know for example that blood sampling from the toes is more painf...

RI Organizzazione sanitaria
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Allattamento al seno e personale sanitario: la formazione è efficace?

R. Davanzo

2002/7 — pag. 443-447

The Author reviews the existing studies assessing the effectiveness of breastfeeding training programmes for health professionals. Two studies are more thoroughly examined, both assessing training programmes based on the 18-hour course proposed by ...

RI Linee guida
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Raccomandazioni sull’allattamento materno per i nati a termine, di peso appropriato, sani

Sociatà Italiana di Neonatologia

2002/2 — pag. 91-98

An ad hoc committee was established by the Italian Society of Neonatology, to develop recommendations for breastfeeding (BF) term, healthy babies. The main recommendations include the following : information about BF should start before birth, poss...

RI Organizzazione sanitaria
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Il ruolo del pediatra di famiglia nel supportare l’allattamento al seno prolungato ed esclusivo

R. D’Errico

2002/2 — pag. 99-103

Although the first few days are crucial for the establishment of exclusive breastfeeding, and many obstacles can come from inappropriate practices at maternity level, the family paediatrician has a very important role to play in helping the mother ...

EL Contributi Originali - Ricerca
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Allattamento al seno nella provincia est di Milano

M. Franzetti, P. Botturi, R. Lucchini, A. Del Grande, P. Barbieri

2001/8

RI Pagine elettroniche
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Allattamento al seno nella provincia di Milano

M. Franzetti, P. Botturi, R. Lucchini, A. Del Grande, P. Barbieri

2001/8 — pag. 546-548

Sampling study carried out on 368 interviewed mothers. Breastfeeding is started in 86% of cases. The risk factors for early discontinuance are: caesarean section (RR 0.55), twin delivery (RR 0.30), premature delivery (RR 0.42); administration of a...

RI Pagine elettroniche
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Allattamento al seno a Palermo: risultati preliminari di una indagine epidemiologica in Pediatria di base

D. Ferrara

2001/4 — pag. 259-260

A questionnaire sent to 248 family paediatricians in the Province of Palermo allowed us to identify 3 variables having a significant positive impact on beast-feeding duration: start of breast-feeding during the first 6 hours of life, previous brea...

RI Lettere
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Diritto di replicaSIDSElettrosmog o ecosmog?

2001/4 — pag. 221-222

RI Problemi correnti
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Considerazioni sull’allattamento al seno

S. Chiappe

2001/3 — pag. 173-175

The goal to be reached during the first six months of a new-born’s life is breast-feeding only. In order to achieve this goal, a new culture should be promoted: the mother should be informed of its advantages (good immune system development, good n...

RI Linee guida
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Il pianto “eccessivo” nei primi quattro mesi di vita

R. Davanzo, S. Castelli, F. Cavalieri, A. Fantini, C. Fertz, M. Filaferro, C. Germani, V. Ive, S. Martelossi, C. Pavan, V. Sola, P. Spaccarelli, M. Tommasi, M.T. Tucci, E. Zambon

2001/2 — pag. 109-116

Persistent cry in the young infant is a very frequent problem and represents an area where opinions and practice among health professionals vary significantly. An interdisciplinary group of health professionals made an attempt to provide practice g...

RI Novità
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Novità in Pediatria pratica 1999-2000

F. Panizon

2000/10 — pag. 647-659

RI Digest e superdigest
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Il latte materno e i suoi assi nella manica

2000/8 — pag. 527-529

RI Focus
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Malnutrizione ospedaliera: il caso della diarrea acuta

M. Fontana

2000/5 — pag. 294-299

Acute diarrhea is still a frequent cause of admission. In about 50% of cases, in spite of adequate rehydration, these patients are discharged after 3-5 days with a lower weight than at admission. This occurs because refeeding in infants and small c...

RI Organizzazione sanitaria
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Sviluppo e valutazione di interventi di prevenzione primaria nel campo della salute infantile

P.P. Mastroiacovo, G. Tamburlini

2000/5 — pag. 306-309

A study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of a health promotion campaign on 6 major preventative actions for infant health is presented. The study is financed by the italian Ministry of Health within the National Health Plan 1998-2000 research ...

RI Editoriali
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Sei più uno

G. Tamburlini

2000/5 — pag. 279-280

EL Contributi Originali - Ricerca
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Frequenza e Durata dell'Allattamento al Seno nella Provincia di Benevento, 1999

P. D’Argenio, E. Palombi, E. Versino, M.P. Aversano, R. Bassi, A. Di Fiore, M. Ferri, N. Glielmo, I. Giovanni, C. Petroccia, L. Sacco, S. Sasso, G. Salamina

2000/4

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Frequenza e durata dell’allattamento al seno nella provincia di benevento

P. D’Argenio, E. Palombi, E. Versino, M. Aversano, R. Bassi, A. Di Fiore, M. Ferri, N. Glielmo et al.

2000/4 — pag. 263-264

We have assessed the frequency and the duration of breast-feeding (only mother’s milk or mixed) in the new-borns of the Benevento province by interviewing the mothers at their children’s second vaccination (average age 21 weeks - min 1” max 40). O...

RI Farmacologia clinica
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Farmaci e allattamento: un approccio teorico-pratico

R. Davanzo

2000/4 — pag. 247-251

In the past, drugs therapy has been considered more or less routinely contraindicated during breastfeeding, creating an improper and fictitious conflict of interest between the health of the mother and that of the nursed baby. On the contrary, acco...

RI Problemi correnti
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Effetti dell’allattamento artificiale sulla struttura cranio-mandibolo-vertebrale

E. Bernkopf, O. Caponera, V. Broia, A.M. Bertarini

2000/4 — pag. 234-236

The physiopathology of orofacial development under different circumstances (breast and bottle feeding) is described and the abnormal occlusion that may derive from prolonged bottle feeding and use of dummies, even in previously breastfed babies, is...

RI Problemi correnti
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Pillole di nutrizione e di prevenzione

L. Greco

2000/3 — pag. 163-166

RI Pagina verde
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Rachitismo carenziale: esiste ancora

R. Davanzo, P. Lucchina, S. Ceschel

2000/2 — pag. 123-124

Description of deficiency-related rickets in a black child aged 15 months, breast-fed, weaned without milk addition because of previous eczema. The signs were as follows: scarce height increase, delayed gait, cough, persistent bronchitis. The defi...

RI Problemi non correnti
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Le problematiche auxologiche del lattante cardiopatico: malnutrizionee scarsa crescita

R. Vitiello, F.M. Picchio

2000/2 — pag. 97-100

Failure to thrive is frequent in infants with congenital hearth defect and may negatively influence the surgical correction. Besides the prenatal problems such as an embriopathy, other factors such as malabsorption and reduced caloric intake may fa...

RI Organizzazione sanitaria
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Raccomandazioni per l’assistenza alla madre in puerperio e al neonato

2000/1 — pag. 35-43

The document is the final product of a process which comprised bibliographic search, discussion and consensus development among the various professionals involved in post-partum care to mothers and to newborn babies, in both hospital and primary he...

RI Pagina verde
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Incidenza dell’allattamento al seno in un distretto dell’asl napoli 1

P. Aiello, I. Martini, R. Alosa, P. Pannone, G. Bonomo

1999/10 — pag. 657-658

RI Ricerca
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Dimissione appropriata del neonato sano

G. La Gamba, G. Rapisardi

1999/9 — pag. 574-578

The Authors discuss risks and negative side effects of early discharge of the newborn baby. Studies carried out in USA show that less than 3% of babies who had been discharged witin 24-48 hours needed to be readmitted. Most of the readmissions were...

RI Problemi correnti
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NON INGRASSARE, DIMAGRIRE: SI PUO?

S. Chiarappa, M. Caroli, T. Martucci

1999/9 — pag. 557-566

RI Problemi correnti
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Un’ipotesi di lavoro per la prevenzione dell’obesità

M. Caroli, S. Chiarappa

1999/9 — pag. 564-566

RI Problemi non correnti
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L’infezione da HCV: ancora molte incertezze

L. Zancan, G. Svegliado, G. Guariso

1999/5 — pag. 311-314

HCV infection represents an emerging problem in an era of achieved control of HBV infection. There are still many open issues that the Authors briefly discuss. They regard the mechanisms of hepatic damage leading to chronic disease in a high propor...

RI Scampoli
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Capezzolo introflesso e allattamento al seno: basta una siringa!

R. Davanzo, C. Pavan, S. Facchini

1999/3 — pag. 189-190

RI Consensus
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La promozione dell’allattamento al seno

1999/3 — pag. 187-188

RI Organizzazione sanitaria
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I tre paradossi della dimissione precoce

D. Baronciani, R. Bellu’, R. Zanini

1999/3 — pag. 181-183

The evidence on the health consequences of early newborn discharge are reviewed. Most of the studies on early discharge are aimed at showing that early discharge is safe and that no serious negative side effects are produced, rather than showing an...

RI Ricerca
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La trasmissione perinatale dell’HCV

M. Resti e coll.

1998/8 — pag. 529-534

Mother-to-child HCV transmission is an emergent problem, but risk factors for vertical transmission are still not completely known. Previous reports have shown extremely different transmission rates ranging from 5.6% to 36%. The importance of HI...

RI Ricerca
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Dimissione del neonato e allattamento al seno

M.E. Armeni, L. Antinucci

1998/7 — pag. 447-451

To evaluate the content of information on breastfeeding provided to mothers at discharge from maternity, the discharge forms currently used in all 36 maternities of the city of Rome were analyzed. 7 private maternities do not provide any kind of...

RI Problemi correnti
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Le ragadi del capezzolo

S. Centuori, R. Davanzo

1998/5 — pag. 322-324

The Authors review present knowledge on nipple fissures, a common breastfeeding problem, especially focusing on the etiology. The appropriate position and attachment of the baby to the breast during the feeds is particulary stressed for its prev...

RI Editoriali
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Epoca di introduzione degli alimenti e sviluppo di malattie

A. Ventura

1998/3 — pag. 144

RI Scampoli
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Il metodo della bottiglia calda

R. Davanzo, C. Pavan

1998/3 — pag. 177

RI Editoriali
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Promozione dell’allattamento al seno

M&B

1998/1 — pag. 9

RI Ricerca
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La pratica dell’allattamento al seno in Italia

S. Conti Nibali, N. Castorina, G. Pizzimenti e coll

1998/1 — pag. 25-29

A national inquiry on breastfeeding was carried out on a cohort of 2795 newborn babies.151 family paediatricians from 13 different areas of Italy were involved in the study. 2535 babies completed the 6 month follow-up. Prevalence of exclusive br...

RI Casi indimenticabili
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Una diarrea intrattabile

G.Nassimbeni, A. Mendoza

1997/9 — pag. 591-593

RI Problemi correnti
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La bronchite

F. Panizon, S. Di Mario

1997/9 — pag. 577-580

The Authors review the clinical and ethiological spectrum of bronchitis. Cough is always the leading symptoms, and may be accompanied by rhinorrhea, wheezing, or vomitus. The combination of cough with other symptoms, as well as the duration of ...

RI Problemi correnti
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Interferenze mediche con l’allattamento al seno

R. Davanzo, L. Ronfani, S. Centuori

1997/8 — pag. 511-513

Doctors can exert a strong influence on the success of breastfeeding, from the period immediately preceding birth to the first months of life. The Authors provide a list of common medical interferences with breastfeeding, focusing on some of the...