Clinical Chemistry Tests

Screening neonatale esteso

Malni I, Candela E, Baldo F, Assirelli V, Daniotti M, Procopio E, Ruoppolo M, Pession A.

2023/9 — pag. 563-567 — DOI

Newborn screening is a test performed in the first days of life through which, just with some blood drops, it is possible to identify 49 conditions, including cystic fibrosis, congenital hypothyroidism, and numerous inborn errors of metabolism. The i...

Ipertrofia tonsillare asimmetrica Diabete: time in range

2023/5 — pag. 335 — DOI

L'ossigenoterapia

Traunero A, Lorenzon B, Amaddeo A, Barbi E.

2023/2 — pag. 85-95 — DOI

Oxygen supplementation represents a fundamental therapy in several clinical conditions, both acute and chronic. Starting from some concepts of respiratory physiopathology, this paper discusses the approach to a child with respiratory distress and res...

Diabete hi-tech

D’Agostin M, Tumminelli C, Grigoletto V, Tornese G, Barbi E, Faleschini E.

2022/8 — pag. 505-510 — DOI

Recently, technological innovations have radically changed diabetes care. Insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring systems have significantly improved diabetes outcomes in both children and adults with Type 1 diabetes. For this reason, the maj...

IperCKemia asintomatica: la malattia di Pompe late-onset

Borelli E, Casciana ML, Salemi C, Sordelli S, Fasoli S

2021/4 — pag. 105-108 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 7-year-old boy who presented with elevated alanine and aspartate transaminases. Further investigations demonstrated elevated creatine kinase (CK), so an underlying metabolic disorder was investigated even in absence of...

Lezioni dal Covid-19 per il diabete mellito in età pediatrica

Tornese G

2021/3 — pag. 59-60 — DOI

Candida al podice, dextrostix al dito!

L. Cortellazzo Wiel, E. Barbi

2020/6 — pag. 392-394

A 16-month-old toddler, admitted for diabetic ketoacidosis, presented with severe perineal candidiasis, which had been persistent for two weeks. Candidiasis is unusual in toddlers, in the absence of risk factors like recent antibiotic course. Glicosu...

Candida al podice, dextrostix al dito!

L. Cortellazzo Wiel, E. Barbi

2020/6 — pag. 118-119 — DOI

A 16-month-old toddler, admitted for diabetic ketoacidosis, presented with severe perineal candidiasis, which had been persistent for two weeks. Candidiasis is unusual in toddlers, in the absence of risk factors like recent antibiotic course. Glicosu...

Intossicazione acuta da cannabinoidi in età pediatrica

E. Ponticiello, L. Ruggiero, A. Bonadies, P. Marzuillo, M. Rosa, V. Tipo

2020/4 — pag. 65-73 — DOI

Background - Data available in the literature indicate that cannabis consumption has greatly increased in the USA and in some European countries over the last years, parallel to an increased accidental exposure of children. Similar data from Italy ar...

Sindrome TINU: dall’occhio al rene andata e ritorno

L. Cortellazzo Wiel, G. Gortani, S. Pastore, S. Pensiero, M. Pennesi, A. Filpo, E. Valletta, A. Ventura

2019/2 — pag. 103-107

TINU stands for TubuloInterstitial Nephritis and Uveitis syndrome. The effective incidence of the disease is unknown, but it probably still remains largely underestimated. This can be explained by the frequent existence of a time-gap between the oc...

Trombosi del seno venoso da otomastoidite Asma da sforzo, VCD, EILO Urinocoltura

2018/10 — pag. 667

Diabete tipo 1 e malattie intercorrenti: domande e risposte

V. Graziani, T. Suprani

2018/7

Corticosteroidi nell’asma acuto: adesso lo dicono tutti Una pesante eredità Padri che si fanno un bicchierino coi figli: niente ben! Probiotici (e coliche) Esame rapido delle urine (dipstick): buono a qualsiasi età Battere la leucemia con un colpo solo?

2018/2 — pag. 79-80

Il bambino con diabete a scuola: l’autonomia comincia con la maestra

V. Graziani, T. Suprani, M. Marsciani, M. Farneti, A. Faetani, T. Piscone, M.R. Ghinassi, G. Monti, E. Ravaioli, A. Biasini, F. Marchetti

2015/10 — pag. 644-651

The management of insulin-dependent diabetes in young children is challenging and, despite the availability of technological devices, these children need assistance or supervision by an adult to perform blood monitoring and insulin administration a...

Il diabete che fa scuola

M. Pocecco

2015/10 — pag. 619-620

Il bambino è realmente desaturato o ha solamente il naso ostruito?

S. Ghirardo, E. Rizzello

2015/3

Ossimetria nei neonati Iperglicemia e terapia cortisonica

2015/1 — pag. 59

La gestione del bambino con diabete di tipo 1

T. Suprani, V. Graziani, A. Cirillo, A. Biasini, F. Marchetti

2014/2 — pag. 87-95

The primary objective in type 1 diabetes management is the maintenance of good metabolic control in order to reduce the incidence of acute adverse events and long term complications. Recently, thanks to technological advances, use of new insulin an...

Qualche suggerimento sull’interpretazione dello stix urine

F. Emma

2013/5 — pag. 318-319

"Mi lasci senza fiato!"

S. Venezia, S. Osmi

2013/2

L’ossigeno nella rianimazione neonatale

E. Scalini, M. Manzionna

2012/4 — pag. 233-239

The article reports the partly exciting, partly tragic and partly confused, anyhow instructive story of the use of oxygen in neonatal intensive care. Oxygen, the “eminently breathable gas”, starts to be used in medicine already by the end of 1700. ...

A novembre il glucometro per iphone. Sarà distribuito nelle farmacieVitamina D per i bambini asmatici Piccoli dj negli ospedaliDormire bene per andare meglio a scuolaPrimi dentini: attenti ai sintomiInfluenza, laviamoci le mani!Acido folico in gravidanza riduce il rischio di ritardo del linguaggio nei bambiniMeno difetti alla nascita se la mamma segue una dieta sana. Lo studioMamma iperprotettiva condannata

V. Abate, I. Bruno e A. Perco

2011/9

Self help e percorso diagnostico di una febbre da causa sconosciuta

L. Reggiani

2007/6 — pag. 370-374

The most important innovations in the field of the diagnostic self help methods are not exactly innovations, but rather applications of the currently more used rapid tests (urine dip sticks, urine colture, C reactive protein, RAD test for the detecti...

L’ossigenoterapia. Indicazioni, vie di somministrazione e parametri da valutare

P. Petaros, P. Salierno, Ingrid Rabach, E. Barbi, G. Longo

2007/5 — pag. 291-297

The main issues concerning oxygen treatment in children are discussed in this paper ranging from physiopathological premises to practical daily issues. Indications to oxygen treatment, monitoring issues, clinical tips, advantages and disadvantages of...

Efficacia della ventilazione meccanica non invasiva nella sindrome delle apnee notturne: un caso di Sindrome di Prader-Willi

R. Sartori, C. Zanchi, G. Tonini, F. Marchetti

2006/5 — pag. 327-328

We report the case of a 24 years old boy with Prader-Willi syndrome and severe obesity (BMI=66). He suffered from breathing difficulties especially during sleep and snoring. We performed a polysomnography which showed an obstructive sleep apnoea synd...

Una bambina con polipnea

M. Londero, S. Minisini, E. Faleschini, G. Messi, E. Barbi

2006/4

Un lattante distrofico con alcalosi metabolica

L. Calligaris, G. Cont, D. Codrich, F. Zennaro, F. Marchetti

2006/2 — pag. 111-114

We describe a case of a 4 months-old girl who come to our attention because of an history of failure to thrive and recurrent vomiting started during the second month of life; only remarkable laboratory data were the presence of hyponatriemia and hypo...

L’accesso asmatico acuto

E. Barbi, P. Petaros, L. Badina, G. Longo

2005/2 — pag. 99-103

An accurate evaluation of the severity of an asthma attack is a critical issue for the choice of a correct therapy. A good clinical evaluation is facilitated by a correct understanding of the clinical signs, supported by some pathophysiological kno...

Diabete insulino-dipendente in fase di cattivo controllo

M. Lazzerini

2003/9

Diabete insulino-dipendente in fase di cattivo controllo

M. Lazzerini

2003/9

Laboratorio “fai da te” in un ospedale africano

2003/2 — pag. 127-128

Report of a field experience in an african hospital, where feasibility and usefulness of very simple laboratory tests (ESR, CRP, Mantoux, Urinalysis by dipstix) were evaluated. All laboratory examinations proved to be feasible and useful for case-...

Vomito e diarrea come sintoma di presentazione di un' intossicazione da ossido di carbonio

G. Nocerino

2001/7

Vomito e diarrea come sintomi di presentazione di una intossicazione da ossido di carbonio

G. Nocerino

2001/7 — pag. 463-464

A 7-year old child was admitted with fever, headache, diarrhea and vomiting. No other symptoms were present. Transcutaneous oxymetry and PaO2 were normal. Only the subsequent involvement of other members of the family led to the diagnosis of carbo...

Batteriologia: vie urinarie e respiratorie

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2001;155:60

2001/6 — pag. 377-378

Pielonefrite: chi la cura e come? una ricerca per telefono

Pediatri di Famiglia ASS2 (Gorizia-Monfalcone)

2000/8 — pag. 531-532

The incidence of pyelonephritis on the children aged between 0 and 24 months in the area under examination was 2.1%; the M/F ratio was 0.8 during the first year of life; during the second year of life, all patients were females. The age distributi...

Gestione del bambino con bronchiolite: un approccio basato sull’evidenza

M. Macchiaiolo, E. Cascioli, L. Viola, PP. Mastroiacovo

1999/5 — pag. 291-298

The Authors discuss the major decision points in the case-management of bronchiolitis with an evidence-based approach. On this basis, they recommend that criteria for admissions should be restricted to at risk infants or infants with respiratory ra...

La febbre alta nel lattante e nel bambino sotto i tre anni

S. Russian, C.M. Salvatore

1997/3 — pag. 171-175

The Authors review the recommendations on the management of fever in infants and children below three years of age, and compare them with the current practice of primary care paediatricians. Primary care practictioners indeed appear more confide...