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Heterocyclic Compounds

556 articoli — 1997-2026 Include sottocategorie MeSH

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Accesso libero
Reumatismo articolare acuto: il nodo del dolore nella profilassi intramuscolare

L. Donna, M. Sutera, E. Barbi, D. Zanon

2026/1 — pag. 36-38 — DOI

Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease resulting from a Group A streptococcus throat infection, primarily affecting children aged 5 to 15. While prophylaxis with benzathine penicillin is crucial for preventing recurrences a...

RI Lettere
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La profilassi con benzilpenicillina: cosa chiedono i genitori

Dell’Accio L, De Bianchi M, Ferrarin E.

2026/1 — pag. 15-15 — DOI

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Enterobius vermicularis come cofattore di infezioni perianali in età pediatrica: descrizione di un caso e revisione della letteratura

Ippolito A, Rizzari R, Amoroso B, Corsello G.

2025/10 — pag. 665-666 — DOI

Enterobius vermicularis is the most common intestinal helminth in paediatric population. While often considered a benign condition, infestation may occasionally be complicated by extraintestinal inflammatory or infectious manifestations, especially i...

RI Domande e risposte
Ondansetron: dosaggio e controindicazioni

2025/9 — pag. 605 — DOI

RI Casi indimenticabili
Due fratelli con infezione da epatite C: i farmaci DAA

Mainetti M, Turlà G, Rametta G, Marchetti F.

2025/9 — pag. 598-600 — DOI

Two brothers, aged 9 and 13, born to a mother with hepatitis C (genotype 1b), tested positive for HCV. Both were asymptomatic and in good general condition, only the older brother showed mildly elevated transaminases. HCV-RNA levels were high in both...

RI L'esperienza che insegna
Sifilide congenita: è ancora un problema?

Abbagnato L, Nicolini N, Selicorni A.

2025/9 — pag. 593-595 — DOI

The paper reports the clinical case of a 5-month-old girl with possible syphilis not identified during pregnancy or at birth, but diagnosed following the discovery of the disease in her parents. The case highlights the criticality of early diagnosis ...

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Due casi di encefalite da varicella zoster virus

Marchesini A, Tartagni L, Rizzi D, Brusa G

2025/8 — pag. 200-202 — DOI

The paper reports two cases of varicella zoster virus (VZV) encephalitis in 11-year-old girls, one previously vaccinated and the other with a history of varicella. Both presented with headache, neck stiffness, vomiting, and vesicular rash; fever was ...

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La macroematuria che non ti aspetti

Bossalini G, Gaudenzi F, Sodero R, Grosso SN, Coppola C, Valentino MS, Caiazzo R, Giacomet V

2025/6 — pag. 148-151 — DOI

Macrohaematuria and microhematuria may be signs of various diseases. Infectious haematuria often presents with fever and/or dysuria. The paper describes the case of a 14-year-old boy from Mali who was in Italy for five months and presented with gross...

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Faringite

2025/5 — pag. 313-314

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Dermatite periorale Tinea faciei

2025/5 — pag. 332 — DOI

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Alla faccia di Bell: un caso clinico di paralisi bilaterale in una paziente di sei anni

Di Febo CM

2025/5 — pag. 107-111 — DOI

Bilateral facial palsy (BFP) is an uncommon condition characterised by the involvement of the opposite side within 30 days from the onset in the first side. If paralysis occurs simultaneously on both sides, it is termed simultaneous BFP. Otherwise, i...

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Questa volta la sigla è PNES: crisi psicogene non epilettiche

Brienza C, Caputo OO, Ranucci G, Nunziata F

2025/5 — pag. 122-122 — DOI

A 13-year-old girl with a prior diagnosis of epilepsy presented to the emergency room following a prolonged generalized seizure. Despite ongoing antiepileptic therapy, she experienced recurrent seizures requiring hospitalization. During admission, sh...

RI Protocolli di diagnosi e terapia
Intossicazioni acute da sostanze stupefacenti e/o psicofarmaci in età pediatrica

Ferrara D, Figuccia A, Stella A, Lagalla L, Cipolla D, Corsello G.

2025/4 — pag. 241-248 — DOI

Paediatric acute exposure to substance abuse is a significant problem. From September 2019 to January 2024, 38 visits for suspected, accidental or voluntary, ingestion of substance abuse were registered at the Paediatric Emergency Room of the Childre...

RI Neonatologia
Infezioni herpetiche invasive neonatali

Valencic I, Moratti M, Conti F, Nanni N, Ancora G.

2025/3 — pag. 171-175 — DOI

Herpetic infection is a condition with high rates of neonatal morbidity and mortality; to date, there is no universally recognized strategy for the perinatal management of the risk of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) transmission based on the prognostic va...

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Una diagnosi tutt'altro che simplex

Renzullo AM.

2025/3 — pag. 186-190 — DOI

Herpetic encephalitis is the leading cause of sporadic encephalitis, with high mortality despite early treatment. The paper reports the case of a 10-year-old boy who presented with fever, vomiting and headache, initially treated for gastroenteritis. ...

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Accesso libero
Il rapporto AIFA 2023 sulla prescrizione di antibiotici in età pediatrica

2025/3 — pag. 149-152 — DOI

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Una diagnosi tutt'altro che simplex

Renzullo AM

2025/3 — pag. 75-76 — DOI

Herpetic encephalitis is the leading cause of sporadic encephalitis, with high mortality despite early treatment. The paper reports the case of a 10-year-old boy who presented with fever, vomiting and headache, initially treated for gastroenteritis. ...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
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Una carenza di vitamina B12... contagiosa

Acone F, Gustuti V

2025/3 — pag. 73-74 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a seven-month-old infant presenting with recurrent vomiting, severe pallor, hypotonia and growth arrest. Laboratory tests revealed pancytopenia with macrocytic anaemia, hyperhomocysteinemia and markedly elevated methylma...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
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Lupus eritematoso sistemico a esordio con embolia polmonare

La Cognata D, Ferrigno M, Nannola C, La Loggia N, Di Nora A, Smilari P, Timpanaro T

2025/2 — pag. 55-56 — DOI

A 15-year-old girl was hospitalized with persistent fever lasting 40 days, accompanied by fatigue, loss of appetite and muscle pain. After initial antibiotic treatment proved ineffective, further investigations revealed pulmonary embolism and cardiac...

RI Neonatologia
Infezione congenita da citomegalovirus

Rubino C, Spadavecchia A, Neirotti A, Leone A, Coscia A.

2025/1 — pag. 38-42 — DOI

Congenital cytomegalovirus is the leading cause of congenital infection in developed countries and is increasingly recognized in paediatrics due to its significant impact on hearing loss and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children. Recent advances ha...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
L'ingestione dell'anima metalllica delle nuove sigarette elettroniche: un triplice pericolo

Sciarrotta C, Pampinella D, Ajovalasit P

2025/1 — pag. 19-20 — DOI

The ingestion of foreign objects by children poses significant risks. This case describes the accidental ingestion of a stainless-steel element from an e-cigarette by a 16-month-old child and highlights its toxic and physical dangers. The incident em...

RI Dermo mail
Patereccio erpetico Pulpite secca

2024/10 — pag. 666 — DOI

RI Dermo mail
Ematoma subcorneo Emangioma infantile

2024/9 — pag. 602 — DOI

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Dexmedetomidina

Marrazzo M, Galletti A, Solidoro S, Ballaben A, Barbi E.

2024/9 — pag. 569-574 — DOI

Procedural sedation is often required in paediatrics to execute diagnostic procedures. There are many sedative drugs that may be used, but all of them carry not negligible side effect risks and may not be easy to manage. The use of dexmedetomidine ha...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
La melatonina nei disturbi del sonno in bambini e adolescenti con problemi neurocomportamentali

Marchetti F, Cocchi E.

2024/8 — pag. 505-508 — DOI

Melatonin, a neurohormone produced by the pineal gland, regulates the sleep-wake circadian rhythm. Sleep disorders are prevalent in children, especially those with neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and other neurodisabilities and affect about ...

RI Pagine elettroniche
La B12 c'è ma non funziona

Vitale R.

2024/7 — pag. 468-470 — DOI

The paper reports the typical case and clinic of a defect in B12 metabolism. Such diseases, which are rare, mimic B12 intake or absorption deficits (crasis alterations, mixed neuropathy) but are distinguished first and foremost by the presence of nor...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Uso degli antibiotici in età pediatrica: riflessioni e azioni

Marchetti F.

2024/7 — pag. 450-457 — DOI

The annual report on the national use of antibiotics in Italy for the year 2022 was published by AIFA (Italian Medicines Agency). The report confirms an increase in antibiotic use post-pandemic, particularly in the paediatric population. There is a n...

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La B12 c'è ma non funziona

Vitale R

2024/7 — pag. 133-134 — DOI

The paper reports the typical case and clinic of a defect in B12 metabolism. Such diseases, which are rare, mimic B12 intake or absorption deficits (crasis alterations, mixed neuropathy) but are distinguished first and foremost by the presence of nor...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
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Una diagnosi difficile da accettare

Vrinceanu AM

2024/7 — pag. 139-139 — DOI

An 18-month-old girl presented with low weight. Her parents denied her sickle cell anaemia diagnosis, confirmed at birth and neglected in treatment. Social and legal intervention was needed to ensure disease management. The case emphasizes the import...

RI L'esperienza che insegna
Bronchiolite obliterante post-infettiva (PIBO), chi è costei?

Traunero A, Basilicata S, Badina L, Maschio M, Ghirardo S, Amaddeo A.

2024/5 — pag. 317-320 — DOI

The paper presents the case of a 14-month-old child with a persistent respiratory distress with wheezing and diffuse crackles on chest auscultation. Symptoms appeared after a viral pneumonia caused by Adenovirus. The recent history, the clinical mani...

RI Ricerca
Prescrizione di antibiotici in Pronto Soccorso pediatrico

Pacati I, Ghitti C, Clavenna A.

2024/5 — pag. 297-302 — DOI

Background - The emergency department (ED) is an important site of care in which inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and the consequent impact of antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be reduced. Objective - The aim of this retrospective study was to ...

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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...

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L’occhio (non) fa sempre la differenza: quando il sospetto clinico guida per mano la diagnosi

Biuso A, Baresi S, Agostinelli M, Chillemi C, Di Frenna M, Zuccotti GV.

2024/5 — pag. 329-331 — DOI

The case of a 13-year-old child presenting with persistent headache and occasional vomiting is described. Diplopia and papilledema were observed. Eventually, based on an MRI, the diagnosis of idiopathic pseudotumour cerebri was made, and treatment wi...

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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...

RI Aggiornamento
Allergia agli antibiotici beta-lattamici: i miti da sfatare e le azioni pratiche da adottare

Badina L, Marchetti F, Fontijn S, Berti I.

2024/3 — pag. 155-161 — DOI

The penicillins (amoxicillin) are among the most effective and safe antibiotics for many common bacterial respiratory infections in paediatric age and should be avoided only when a true allergy is highly suspected. Severe true antibiotic allergies ...

RI Lettere
Faringite e rivalutazione dello score di McIsaac

Salvatore B, Marchetti F.

2024/3 — pag. 148 — DOI

RI Lettere
Farmaci essenziali, leggi del mercato, innovazione e regole

Neri A, Marchetti F, Addis A.

2024/2 — pag. 82-83 — DOI

RI Dermo mail
Herpes simplex Nevi epidermici verrucosi lineari

2024/2 — pag. 128 — DOI

RI Appunti di Neuropsichiatria
L’insonnia nei disturbi del neurosviluppo: ADHD e ASD

Banditelli F, Pisanu L, Gagliano A

2024/1 — pag. 37-42 — DOI

The present work aims to summarize the recent advances in the field of clinical paediatric sleep medicine and to give tools for clinical assessment and treatment of paediatric insomnia in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, especially ASD and...

EL Caso contributivo
Effetti neonatali del fumo di sigaretta in gravidanza: descrizione di un caso clinico

Marchesini A, Tartagni L, Santoni M, Bardeggia L, Brusa G, Tarsi E

2024/1 — pag. 9-12

The paper describes the case of a second child born by iterative caesarean section at 38 weeks + 5 days after pregnancy complicated by maternal smoking (20 ciga-rettes/day) and gestational diabetes on dietary therapy. At birth, regular adaptation to ...

RI Domande e risposte
Scoliosi e Rx rachide Diaminocillina e Pandas

2023/10 — pag. 667 — DOI

EL Protocolli di diagnosi e terapia
Convulsioni e stato di male epilettico: schema sinottico per l’intervento in emergenza / urgenza - Aggiornamento 2023

Quarantiello F, Furcolo G

2023/10 — pag. 213-216 — DOI

The updated revision of the epilepticus status (ES) therapy poster is addressed to all paediatric emergency workers, but not to parents and/or lay people. It does not address the management of neonatal and nonconvulsive seizures. The objective of thi...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Le parassitosi intestinali

Nuzzi G, Riboldi L, Pietravalle A, Putoto G.

2023/8 — pag. 527-530 — DOI

Parasitic infections are still a major public health problem in developing countries. The paper presents the case of an 18-month-old girl taken by her mother to the paediatrics department of St. Luke’s Hospital in Wolisso, Ethiopia for general malais...

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Le parassitosi intestinali

Nuzzi G, Riboldi L, Pietravalle A, Putoto G

2023/8 — pag. 157-161 — DOI

Parasitic infections are still a major public health problem in developing countries. The paper presents the case of an 18-month-old girl taken by her mother to the paediatrics department of St. Luke’s Hospital in Wolisso, Ethiopia for general malais...

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Dermatofitosi diffusa con kerion

Scaglione M, Repetto A, Maghnie M, Di Vito M, Aicardi M, Fratangeli N.

2023/7 — pag. 465-468 — DOI

Tinea capitis is the most common scalp dermatophytosis and is, along with tinea corporis, one of the major skin mycoses in paediatric age. This condition is usually noninvasive and treatable with oral antifungal therapy combined with topical remedies...

RI Casi indimenticabili
L’epilessia mioclonica giovanile

Colussi L.

2023/7 — pag. 462-463 — DOI

The diagnosis of myoclonic epilepsy was eventually made in an adolescent girl who presented with generalized convulsions after a night at the disco....

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La vicenda amoxicillina trova “vie” alternative

Cosenza L, Marchetti F, Longo G.

2023/7 — pag. 420-421 — DOI

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Dermatofitosi diffusa con kerion

Scaglione M, Repetto A, Maghnie M, Di Vito M, Aicardi M, Fratangeli N

2023/7 — pag. 119-124 — DOI

Tinea capitis is the most common scalp dermatophytosis and is, along with tinea corporis, one of the major skin mycoses in paediatric age. This condition is usually noninvasive and treatable with oral antifungal therapy combined with topical remedies...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Farmaci intranasali nel bambino: cosa devono sapere i pediatri

Nisticò D, Marchetti F, Badina L, Barbi E, Cozzi G.

2023/6 — pag. 381-389 — DOI

The use of the intranasal route of administration to deliver drugs in children has become more and more popular in the last decades. Seizure, severe acute pain and severe hypoglycaemia in diabetic patients may be managed with intranasal drugs. The in...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Non c’è due senza DRESS

Paoletti B, Sollai S, Mirri S, Pelosi P, Brambilla A, Cupone R, Bini R, Cocchi C, Mori F, Ferrara G, Mirri G.

2023/6 — pag. 399-402 — DOI

RI Lettere
Allattamento e deficit di vitamina B12: facciamo chiarezza

Di Mario S.

2023/6 — pag. 352-353 — DOI

RI Problemi correnti
Faringotonsillite da streptococco, tempi di risposta all’antibiotico e implicazioni per la pratica corrente

Iacono A, Mambelli L, De Nardi L, Marchetti F.

2023/6 — pag. 363-367 — DOI

An increase in Group A Streptococcal (GAS) infections higher than seasonally expected levels has been recently reported. Since GAS infections and correlated bacterial diffusion always start from an index case, adopting public health strategies based ...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Un caso di pericardite recidivante colchicina-resistente

Maggio MC, Alizzi C, Di Leto E, Ippolito A, Sferlazza F, Corsello G

2023/6 — pag. 111-112 — DOI

A 9-year-old boy affected by colchicine-resistant idiopathic pericarditis was successfully treated with an IL-1 receptor antagonist (anakinra)....

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La meningite da Streptococcus pyogenes: avete visto mai?

Gagliardo di Carpinello B, Bellotto A, Biserna L, Addeo AM, Marchetti F

2023/6 — pag. 105-106 — DOI

The case of a 12-year-old girl presenting with severe headache and a septic status finally diagnosed as mastoiditis related to meningitis due to Streptococcus pyogenes is described....

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Anarchia alimentare e deficit di vitamina B12

Lepri I

2023/5 — pag. 92-92 — DOI

The diagnosis of vitamin B12 deficiency was finally made in a 5-year-old girl following a very selective diet and presenting with weight loss, abdominal pain and severe peripheral pancytopenia....

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HHV6, non solo sesta malattia

Dello Schiavo C.

2023/4 — pag. 261-263 — DOI

The authors describe the case of a 2-year-old girl who developed a leukoencephalitis during a HHV6 infection (sixth disease)....

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Amoxicillina: quando manca l’essenziale

Marchetti F.

2023/4 — pag. 255-257 — DOI

The antibiotic amoxicillin is usually recommended as a first-line treatment for many common infections affecting children. Repeated lockdowns related to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic have contributed to supply difficulties for many drugs, inc...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
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La polmonite da adenovirus

Zago A, Benvenuto S

2023/4 — pag. 75-75 — DOI

The author describes the case of a 3-year-old boy presenting with cough and fever that had been persisting for seven days and not respondent to amoxicillin. Neutrophilic leukocytosis and diarrhoea were also present. The diagnosis of adenovirus infect...

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Terapia breve per la polmonite non complicata acquisita in comunità in età pediatrica: si può fare!

Troisi A, Iacono A, Marchetti F.

2023/2 — pag. 127-130 — DOI

The paper reports the results published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics in November 2022 of a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing brief therapy and prolonged therapy for the treatment of non-severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) with the...

RI Appunti di Neuropsichiatria
Il risperidone

Bazzoni M, Adragna C, Carucci S.

2023/2 — pag. 111-115 — DOI

Risperidone is one of the most common pharmacological treatments for psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. Although over the last decades its efficacy and its relatively safe and easy use have been confirmed for several psychiatric disor...

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Le bolle che non ti aspetti: un raro caso di pemfigo volgare in età pediatrica

Benelli E, Demarin GC, Corneli P, Gatti A, Martelossi S

2023/2 — pag. 21-24 — DOI

A healthy 15-year-old boy in full well-being presents with multiple ulcerative lesions with an erosive appearance at the level of the oral cavity and the nasal mucosa. Two months after the onset, vesicular lesions also appear on the skin. As pemphigu...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
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“Sembrava un lombrico”: la cisti del rafe mediano

Romano S, Conti R

2023/1 — pag. 17-17 — DOI

The Authors describe the rare (and striking) case of a 4-year-old child with an infected median raphe cyst....

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L’angioedema istaminergico idiopatico (ricorrente)

Longo G, Peri F, Conversano E, Badina L, Berti I.

2022/9 — pag. 561-568 — DOI

Angioedema is defined as a transient and localized swelling due to the release either in the subcutis, submucosa or both of vasoactive substances that increase vascular permeability and induce vasodilation. It is usually associated with urticaria, bu...

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Convulsioni e gastroenterite: un caso che insegna

Del Bono C, Ciambrelli F, Rocca A, Pierantoni L, Gennari M, Lanari M.

2022/9 — pag. 589-592 — DOI

The article reports a case of convulsions with gastroenteritis (CWG) and briefly reviews the related literature. A 2-year-old girl presented with four short episodes of focal afebrile seizures within 12 hours. She had fever with vomiting in the previ...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
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Una neonata dal “cuore matto”

Di Marco S, Rosati S, Controzzi T, Ghirri P, Peroni D

2022/9 — pag. 194-194 — DOI

The Authors describe a case of thyrotoxicosis in a newborn presenting with severe tachycardia. The diagnostic and therapeutic approach is also discussed....

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Farmaci antiemetici e bilancio tra benefici e rischi: il caso della metoclopramide

Caiazzo R, Liguori F, Addeo AM, Apicella A, Coppola C, Macchini G, Tipo V

2022/8 — pag. 159-162 — DOI

An 8-year-old girl arrived in the Emergency Department presenting with sudden unilateral right trismus, deviation of the jaw, burning pain in the neck with dystonic deviation of the same backwards and dyskinesia. The mother reported that the child st...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Pioglitazone e C3-glomerulopathy... che emozione!

Balestra E, Canepari E, Pennesi M

2022/7 — pag. 148-149 — DOI

The Authors describe the case of a 17-year-old girl with drug resistant C3-glomerulopathy who responded well to the therapy with pioglitazone. The efficacy and safety of the drug in the refractory nephrotic syndromes is discussed....

RI Domande e risposte
Amoxicillina; broncopolmonite

2022/5 — pag. 333 — DOI

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Accesso libero
L’uso degli antibiotici nelle cure primarie pediatriche: tempo di cambiare?

Marchetti F.

2022/4 — pag. 223-227 — DOI

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Quando il fegato parla, ascolta (anche) l’intestino

Calia M, Lattuada M, Lebiu M

2022/4 — pag. 95-95 — DOI

The case of a 16-year-old adolescent with abdominal pain finally diagnosed with sclerosing cholangitis and inflammatory bowel disease is described. The possible involvement of the liver in IBD is discussed....

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Uso degli antibiotici in età pediatrica

Ravaglia A, Guala A, Borraccino A; GdL Antibiotici Regione Piemonte

2022/4 — pag. 75-80 — DOI

The pharmaceutical prescription allows a quantitatively but not qualitative evaluation of a drug as it does not report the reason. The software used by family paediatricians is designed to receive the diagnosis, but the field is not usually filled in...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Un’anisocoria acuta “da contatto”

Peri F.

2022/3 — pag. 189-192 — DOI

A case of anisocoria due to contact with cocaine in a ten-month-old child is described. ...

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Il tifo

Palladino F, Coppola C, Prisco A, Puzone S, Imperatore A, Brienza C, Nunziata F

2022/3 — pag. 68-70 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 13-year-old boy presenting with fever with chills, abdominal pain and diarrhoea. Further investigation showed an “enteric fever”. Finally, clinical onset, diagnosis and disease management are discussed. ...

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Bronchite batterica protratta, trattamento antibiotico

2022/2 — pag. 131

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Un neonato che brucia

Andrade S, Bua J, Travan L, Risso FM.

2022/2 — pag. 124-126 — DOI

A case of Cutaneous Congenital Candidiasis (CCC) in a preterm newborn is described. The diagnostic and therapeutic implications of CCC are discussed....

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Adozioni e ADHD: quando si aprono le porte

Skabar A.

2022/2 — pag. 124-126 — DOI

The troubled story of a young Russian boy adopted by an Italian couple is presented. Lights and shadows of the international adoption are discussed....

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Una storia di tossicodipendenza in gravidanza

Giuseppin I, Guerrera T, Bellissima V, Camolese A, Perulli ML, Tonetto A, Torresin M, Flora PG

2022/2 — pag. 53-55 — DOI

The Authors present the case of a newborn of a drug-addicted mother. The clinical and social im-plications of this kind of situation are discussed....

EL Casi indimenticabili
Sindrome da perdita di sali e infezione da Clostridium difficile nella fibrosi cistica

Botti M, Quinti S, Negri A, Taccetti G, Danieli R

2022/1 — pag. 21-22 — DOI

The present article describes the case of a child with cystic fibrosis who presented with acute enterocolitis with severe dehydration subsequently to prolonged antibiotic therapy with oral ciprofloxacin. The associated hypochloraemic metabolic alkalo...

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Cocleo-labirintopatie nel bambino

Bona I, Sciarrotta C, Ferrara D, Corsello G.

2021/10 — pag. 650-654 — DOI

Cochleo-labyrinthopathy (CL) is an affection that involves cochlea and vestibular system. It occurs with the association of auditory symptoms (sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus), vestibular symptoms (objective vertigo, unidirectional horizontal...

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Herpes zoster Ematoma eruttivo del sesto dente

2021/10 — pag. 666 — DOI

RI Aggiornamento
Ipertiroidismo e tiroidite autoimmune in età evolutiva

Pellegrin MC, Occhipinti A, Bossini B, Norbedo S, Faleschini E, Barbi E, Bizzarri C, Tornese G.

2021/10 — pag. 637-645 — DOI

Hyperthyroidism is a rare clinical entity in paediatric age. In most cases the etiology is autoimmune and goiter represents the typical presentation. Ophthalmopathy is rare and can precede the diagnosis of autoimmune hyperthyroidism. Thyrotoxicosis c...

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Perforazione ileale da febbre tifoide

Piqué M, Ladisa E, Brasili L, Putoto G, Iughetti L

2021/9 — pag. 280-282 — DOI

Typhoid fever continues to be a major public health problem in developing countries and mortality is mainly related to its most frequent complication, namely: intestinal perforation. The paper presents the case of a 12-year-old girl with abdominal pa...

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Quando lo squat fa la differenza

Piqué M, Brasili L, Putoto G, Iughetti L

2021/8 — pag. 527-528 — DOI

The paper presents the case of a 1-year-old girl with severe respiratory distress, perioral cyanosis and severe desaturation (SpO2 35% with oxygen in nasal prongs). An echocardiogram was readily performed showing the distinctive features of Fallot’s ...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
La polmonite acquisita in comunità

Iacono A, Troisi A, Marchetti F

2021/8 — pag. 515-518 — DOI

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of the most common serious infections in children. The appropriate duration of antimicrobial therapy is unclear. In current practice antibiotic treatment courses of 10 days are prescribed in mild-moderate CAP...

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Patereccio erpetico Fitofotodermatite

2021/7 — pag. 472 — DOI

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Pericarditi acute e ricorrenti in Pediatria

Della Paolera S, Favaretto E, Bobbo M, Barbi E, Gortani G

2021/7 — pag. 425-431 — DOI

Chest pain in children and adolescents is rarely associated with an underlying heart disease. How-ever, when it does occur, pericarditis is the most common cause. Most cases are of unknown origin (idiopathic) and mild. Up to 15-35% of paediatric pati...

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Vomito esplosivo con sangue

Borellini M, Zin A

2021/7 — pag. 220-220 — DOI

A case of Mallory-Weiss syndrome presenting after an episode of explosive vomiting is discussed....

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Pronto Soccorso

Calligaris L, Poropat F, Cozzi G

2021/26 — pag. 14 — DOI

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Antibiotici

Marchetti F, Barbi E

2021/26 — pag. 2 — DOI

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Larva migrans cutanea

Raffaele CGL

2021/6 — pag. 397-397 — DOI

The paper describes the case of an 8-year-old girl with a one-year history of erythematous lesion and pain in her left foot. At first she was evaluated by an orthopaedic who recommended a throat swab that was positive for beta-haemolytic streptococcu...

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La sindrome da anticorpi anti-fosfolipidi: un mare di autoanticorpi

Dei Rossi E

2021/6 — pag. 187-187 — DOI

Antiphospholipid syndrome is an autoimmune systemic disorder characterized by arterial, venous or small vessel thrombosis in the setting of documented persistent antiphospholipid antibodies that include the lupus anticoagulant or moderate-high titer ...

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Linfoma di Burkitt in età pediatrica

Timeus F, Piglione M, Fagioli F, Ravaglia A

2021/6 — pag. 175-184 — DOI

Sporadic Burkitt lymphoma (BL) accounts for about 80% of non-Hodgkin lymphomas in childhood and adolescence, with an incidence of 3-5 cases per million in developed countries. The hallmark of LB is the deregulation of MYC oncogene, usually caused by ...

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Metilfenidato e ADHD

Carucci S

2021/5 — pag. 325-328 — DOI

Methylphenidate is the first-choice medication for the treatment of ADHD in children and adolescents. Over the past two decades, several randomised controlled trials re-peatedly showed its efficacy on both the core symptoms and the quality of life be...

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Traiettorie evolutive: una lezione dall’ADHD

Narducci C

2021/5 — pag. 321-324 — DOI

A 12-year-old girl was urgently sent by her paediatrician to the Child and Adolescent Neuropsychi-atry ward for behavioural disorders and suicide threat. At the time of the visit the suicide risk was low. Nevertheless, considering a possible underlyi...

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Le sindromi autoinfiammatorie: quando non è solo PFAPA

Tommasini A, Lepore L

2021/4 — pag. 221-225 — DOI

PFAPA (Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis and Adenitis) is the most common self-inflammatory disorder in children. The diagnosis of PFAPA is easy, based on Thomas criteria, and the prognosis is good. Differential diagnosis with heredita...

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Alcune malattie trasmesse da alimenti da non dimenticare

Bonadies A, Corvino F, Rosa M, Ruggiero L, Apicella A, Tipo V, Ponticiello E

2021/3 — pag. 167-172 — DOI

Foodborne diseases (FBDs) are still a major public health problem. They are often caused by toxic sub-stances due to incorrect food storage. The paper describes three cases of FBD recently observed: the first concerns the so-called scombroid syndrome...

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La trombosi venosa nel bambino

Parodi E, Del Borrello G, Portulano C, Saracco P, Ramenghi U

2021/2 — pag. 103-108 — DOI

Venous thrombosis is a complication that mostly occurs in the paediatric patient with multiple comorbidities. In these cases, it is relatively simple for the paediatrician to suspect the presence of a thrombosis. On the contrary, due to the rarity of...

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Una ragazzina che suda pus: l’idrosadenite suppurativa

Radice C, Cozzolino M, Marchetti F

2021/2 — pag. 55-56 — DOI

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic or recurrent autoinflammatory skin disease that affects apocrine gland-bearing regions. Typical lesions are nodules and abscesses that often result in sinus tracts and fistulas. The paper describes a case of...

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Herpes zoster Pitiriasi rosea di Gibert

2021/1 — pag. 60 — DOI

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Il vissuto di bambini e adolescenti con artrite idiopatica giovanile

L. Mambelli, A. Menghi, C. Lama, F. Marchetti

2020/10 — pag. 638-641 — DOI

Chronically ill children show an increased risk of developing a psychological-psychiatric disorder, with an important impact on their quality of life. The paper describes all the cases of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) in the Paediatric Rheuma...

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Sindrome di Tourette: alla faccia della PANDAS!

D. Ferrara

2020/9 — pag. 601-604 — DOI

The paper describes the clinical case of a ten-year-old boy with Tourette’s syndrome, initially classified as PANDAS. The persistence, the complexity of the symptoms and the comorbidity with obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) have framed the case a...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Otite media acuta: le abitudini difficili a perdersi e l’aderenza alle linee guida

F. Marchetti, S. Tagliani

2020/9 — pag. 581-583 — DOI

A recent publication on the prescriptive attitude of American paediatricians towards a child older than two years of age with acute otitis media (OMA) showed that 98% of cases received antibiotic therapy, only in 4.5% of cases administered after “del...

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Prescrizione di antibiotici in Pediatria tra il 2012 e il 2018 in Regione Piemonte

A. Ravaglia, A. Guala, R. Gnavi, A. Borraccino; GdL Antibiotici Piemonte

2020/9 — pag. 575-580 — DOI

Background - he variability in the prescription of antibiotics in the infant population registers changes that cannot always be explained by the associated morbidity alone. Italy, despite its decreasing trend, is still among those countries with the ...

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Tinea capitis Kerion

2020/8 — pag. 540 — DOI

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La malattia infiammatoria pelvica

S. Tagliani, S. Ventresca, L. Mambelli, A. Cuppari, S. Missiroli, F. Marchetti

2020/8 — pag. 533-535 — DOI

The paper describes a case of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) in a fourteen-year-old girl who presented with salpingitis, low abdominal pain, fever, high inflammation indexes and infection by Chlamydia trachomatis and Gardnerella. As guidelines sug...

RI Percorsi clinici
Febbre di origine sconosciuta (FUO): approccio diagnostico attraverso un caso clinico

D. Ursi, S. Puzone, C. Strisciuglio

2020/8 — pag. 519-525 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 12-year-old female affected by ulcerative colitis and treated with double immunosuppressant therapy (methotrexate and infliximab). The patient presented with 7 day-lasting fever associated with pharyngotonsillar hypera...

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La malattia infiammatoria pelvica

S. Tagliani, S. Ventresca, L. Mambelli, A. Cuppari, S. Missiroli, F. Marchetti

2020/8 — pag. 207-211 — DOI

The paper describes a case of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) in a fourteen-year-old girl who presented with salpingitis, low abdominal pain, fever, high inflammation indexes and infection by Chlamydia trachomatis and Gardnerella. As guidelines sug...

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Un ittero neonatale colestatico: semaforo verde!

F.M. Risso

2020/7 — pag. 461-463 — DOI

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Dexmedetomidina intranasale come sedazione procedurale del prematuro per risonanza magnetica cerebrale

F. Cossovel

2020/7 — pag. 193-193 — DOI

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Attenti al sole e pensa al fegato: due casi pediatrici di protoporfiria eritropoietica

S. Benvenuto, E. Leghissa, G. Gortani, S. Pastore

2020/26 — pag. 149-152 — DOI

The article reports two cases of a rare paediatric disease: erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) characterized by burning erythema and variable liver damage. EPP is the most common porphyria in children, caused by mutations in ferrochelatase (FECH) ge...

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Stroke arterioso neonatale: quello che ogni pediatra deve sapere

C. Di Lucca, G.C. Fabrizio, N.F. Cicchetti, A. Derosa, T. Faillace, F. Forte, V. Targiani, P. Appio, C. Figliuolo, M. Nardella, R. Davanzo

2020/6 — pag. 371-376

Neonatal arterial stroke is a common cause of established neurological sequelae. Although several risk factors have been identified, many questions regarding in particular its causes remain unanswered. This study reports 3 cases observed in the Mater...

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Artrite idiopatica giovanile

L. Lepore, S. Pastore, A. Taddio

2020/6 — pag. 357-364

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most frequent rheumatic disease in childhood. Its diagnosis is still clinical and recently new classification criteria have been proposed. Over the past twenty years, there have been significant improvement in u...

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Una diarrea da… Campylobacter jejuni

F. Corrias

2020/5 — pag. 114-114 — DOI

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Occhio al gatto: la toxoplasmosi retinica

V. Migliarino

2020/4 — pag. 91-91 — DOI

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Psicoterapia a indirizzo cognitivo-comportamentale

S. Carucci

2020/3 — pag. 177-178

Cognitive behavioural therapy is widely used in child and adolescent psychiatry to treat numerous psychiatric disorders. Some focal aspects of this model are illustrated through the description of a clinical case and aim to facilitate communication...

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Un’otite da far girare la testa

E. Conversano

2020/3 — pag. 61-61

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Una sindrome miastenica congenita

G. Ferrara

2020/2 — pag. 36-36

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Herpes labiale ricorrente: è efficace la profilassi farmacologica antivirale per via orale?

F. Damassa, L. Mambelli, F. Marchetti

2019/8 — pag. 521-524

The prevalence of recurrent herpes labialis ranges between 15% and 40%. In the paediatric population frequent recrudescence leads to different consequences according to the patients’ age. A recent review of clinical studies on the effectiveness of an...

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Herpes simplex Emangioma infantile

2019/7 — pag. 464

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Utilizzo dei farmaci in età pediatrica

2019/7 — pag. 425-429

RI Domande e risposte
Amoxicillina, allergia, test di provocazione

2019/6 — pag. 393

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Storia delle evidenze sull’uso pediatrico dei farmaci antiemetici

F. Marchetti

2019/6 — pag. 365-369

On 2nd May 2019 the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) issued an “Informative Note agreed upon with the European Regulatory Authorities” on domperidone entitled Memorandum on recommendations for minimising heart risks and eliminating prescriptions in ...

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I campanelli di allarme del fenomeno di Raynaud

I. Rochira, F. Ricci, M. Maffeis, G. Baresi, M. Cattalini

2019/6 — pag. 132-132

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Il cuore di anakinra

V. Carrato

2019/5 — pag. 322-324

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
Perché abbiamo paura di prescrivere bene gli antibiotici?

F. Marchetti

2019/4 — pag. 211-212

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Accesso libero
Troppo dolore per un’artrite

G. Ferrara, M. Massaro, T. Giani, G. Simonini, S. Lazzeri, R. Cimaz

2019/3 — pag. 51-51

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Anche il neonato sente il dolore

M. Fontana

2019/2 — pag. 75-76

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Vescicole da contatto

I. Marinelli

2019/2 — pag. 30-30

RI Pagine elettroniche
Una enterocolite da Campylobacter jejuni che confonde

A. Iacono, C. Guiducci, M. Mainetti, S. Brocchi, F. Marchetti

2019/1 — pag. 52-54

Campylobacter infection is one of the most frequent enteritis in developed countries and in most cases it features a self-limiting character. In some cases it shows severe clinical pictures and it requires antibiotic therapy. Cases of antibiotic resi...

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Una enterocolite da Campylobacter jejuni che confonde

A. Iacono, C. Guiducci, M. Mainetti, S. Brocchi, F. Marchetti

2019/1 — pag. 1-4

Campylobacter infection is one of the most frequent enteritis in developed countries and in most cases it features a self-limiting character. In some cases it shows severe clinical pictures and it requires antibiotic therapy. Cases of antibiotic resi...

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Un trauma cranico con trombosi venosa

A. Iacono, E. Cacciatore, M. Serafini, G. Maggiore

2018/10

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L’adolescente obeso: è importante valutare i genitali

B. Mainetti, M.T. Nasi, E. Valletta

2018/9 — pag. 595-596

The article describes the case of an adolescent male with obesity and pubertal delay whose hormonal and imaging investigations led to the diagnosis of prolactin secreting pituitary adenoma. After cabergoline treatment, a decrease in prolactinoma size...

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La sindrome di Stevens-Johnson: occhi di bragia

I. Giuseppin, M. Torresin, M. Lia

2018/9

RI Pagine elettroniche
Terapia antiacida nel presunto reflusso gastroesofageo: un’abitudine dura a morire

E. Cacciatore, M. Mainetti, F. Marchetti

2018/7 — pag. 461-464

RI Rubrica iconografica
Una dermatite esfoliativa in un neonato

I. Bruno, L. Casadio, C. Muratori, C. Renzelli, G. Piccinini, F. Marchetti

2018/6 — pag. 397-398

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I grandi occhi del piccolo lattante: un caso di “coma” acuto

A.G. Grasso

2018/4

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Herpes zoster e lattante Una tosse psicogena

2018/3 — pag. 197

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Una cefalea importante

G. Acucella, E. Eljerbi, G. Grugni, A. Guala

2018/3 — pag. 192-193

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Anticorpi anti-istone: è sempre lupus indotto da farmaci?

A. Azzali, T. Giani, G. Simonini, R. Cimaz

2018/2 — pag. 119-122

The paper describes the case of a South-American 14-year-old girl who presented with arthralgia, weakness and alopecia. As she was under antiepileptic treatment since she was 5 years of age, on suspicion of drug-induced lupus erythematosus (DILE) ant...

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Un’epilessia “criptogenetica”

E. Poletto, R. Semenzato, E. Ravagnan

2018/2 — pag. 115-117

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Un'anemia macrocitica in una ragazza di 13 anni

M.C. Pellegrin, A. Delise

2018/2 — pag. 115-117

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Anticorpi anti-istone: è sempre lupus indotto da farmaci?

A. Azzali, T. Giani, G. Simonini, R. Cimaz

2018/2

The paper describes the case of a South-American 14-year-old girl who presented with arthralgia, weakness and alopecia. As she was under antiepileptic treatment since she was 5 years of age, on suspicion of drug-induced lupus erythematosus (DILE) ant...

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Il bambino delicato

J. Apley

2018/1 — pag. 11

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Uso di antibiotici in Pediatria

S. Di Mario, C. Gagliotti, R. Buttazzi, L. Cisbani, A. Brambilla, M.L. Moro a nome del Comitato tecnico-scientifico regionale “Progetto ProBA 2014”*

2017/9 — pag. 578-583

Inappropriate antibiotic use in paediatric care is a main issue in Italy where prescription rates are among the highest in Europe and wide spectrum antibiotics (e.g. the association amoxicillin + clavulanic acid) are the most prescribed with an inc...

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L’efficacia della melatonina nel trattamento dei disturbi del sonno nei pazienti con disabilità intellettiva

C. Farneti, P. Ricciardelli, F. Marchetti

2017/8 — pag. 531-532

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Una morfea pansclerotica: nulla è servito

S. Della Paolera, S. Pastore, M. Minute, M. Rabusin, L. Lepore, A. Ventura

2017/8 — pag. 531-532

The paper presents the case of a 12-year-old boy affected by circumscribed morphea that started with multiple skin lesions on both feet and hands. Despite different therapeutic approaches the disease evolved to an extremely disabling form of panscler...

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Una morfea pansclerotica: nulla è servito

S. Della Paolera, S. Pastore, M. Minute, M. Rabusin, L. Lepore, A. Ventura

2017/8

The paper presents the case of a 12-year-old boy affected by circumscribed morphea that started with multiple skin lesions on both feet and hands. Despite different therapeutic approaches the disease evolved to an extremely disabling form of panscler...

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Si alza, ma non cammina

D. Viggiano

2017/7 — pag. 463-464

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TricotillomaniaImpetigine

2017/7 — pag. 468

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Artriti e malattia infiammatoria cronica intestinale

M. Bramuzzo, E. Battistuz, A. Taddio, A. Ventura

2017/7 — pag. 441-446

Background - Up to 36% of children affected by an Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) have an associated extraintestinal manifestation, which in 7-25% cases consists in an articular involvement. Objective - The aim of the present study is to describe...

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Un’eruzione spettacolare

E. Pasta, A. Di Candia, C. Vallongo, M. Cutrone

2017/4 — pag. 259-260

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Sedazione procedurale

G. Zanella

2017/4 — pag. 251-252

RI Medicina e società
Accesso libero
Bambini, soprattutto: storia di bambini-migranti dei nostri giorni

D. Ferrara, A. Gangemi, L. Magro, G. Moceri, G. Corsello

2017/4 — pag. 243-246

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Linee guida e antibiotici: un’esperienza territoriale di miglioramento a Reggio Emilia

R. Manzotti, R. Montanari, P. Giorgi Rossi, P. Mancuso, M. Pinotti

2017/4 — pag. 229-236

Background - International and Italian guidelines consistently recommend amoxicillin as first line antibiotic for bacterial respiratory infections in children. However, Italian data on antibiotic prescriptions still show inappropriateness. The prov...

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Dolore toracico

M.R. Eshraghy, F. Garofalo

2017/2 — pag. 119-122

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La reidratazione orale e l’uso dell’ondansetron e del domperidone nella gastroenterite

F. Marchetti, M. Bonati, A. Maestro, D. Zanon, F. Rovere, A. Arrighini, E. Barbi, P. Bertolani, P. Biban, L. Da Dalt, A. Guala, E. Mazzoni, A. Pazzaglia, P.F. Perri, A. Reale, S. Renna, A.F. Urbino, E. Valletta, A. Vitale, T. Zangardi, A. Clavenna, L. Ronfani, a nome del Gruppo di Studio SONDO (Studio ONdansetron vs DOmperidone)

2017/1 — pag. 21-29

Background - Vomiting limits the success of oral rehydration in children with acute gastroenteritis (AGE). A double-blind randomized trial was conducted to compare the efficacy of ondansetron and domperidone for the symptomatic treatment of vomiting ...

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Trattamento del vomito da gastroenterite: quando il bisogno clinico chiama e la ricerca risponde

A. Addis, G. Traversa

2017/1 — pag. 7-9

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Brucellosi: un raro caso di recidiva

M.C. Castiglione

2017/1

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Eczema di tipo nummulareAngioma lobulare eruttivo

2016/10 — pag. 668

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Dexmedetomidina intranasale per sedazione procedurale

G. Cozzi, G. Morabito, G. Caddeo, S. Norbedo, N. Maximova, F. Poropat, F. Barbieri, D. Zanon, A. Maestro, L. Travan, S. Furlan, E. Barbi

2016/10 — pag. 641-645

Sedation outside the operating theatre for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in children is more and more frequently performed. Most of the sedative drugs commonly used in this setting, such as midazolam, chloral hydrate and propofol, may induc...

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Atassia acuta… ingestione non voluta!

C.M. Pini, I. Vellere, G. Federico

2016/10

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La razionalità della prescrizione nell’uso degli antibiotici

F. Marchetti

2016/9 — pag. 551-553

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Gioventù bruciata

G. Ferrara, L. Calligaris

2016/8 — pag. 526-528

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Terapia antibiotica a spettro ristretto versus terapia ad ampio spettro nell'appendicite acuta

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

2016/7 — pag. 463-465

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Terapia antibiotica a spettro ristretto versus terapia ad ampio spettro nell’appendicite acuta

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

2016/7

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Può l'amoxicillina aumentare il rischio di rash nei casi di mononucleosi?

S. Pusceddu, V. Murgia, F. Marchetti

2016/6 — pag. 393-394

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Una sclerodermia lineare

S. Contorno, F. Barbieri

2016/6 — pag. 390-392

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Genitori dottori

S. Rizza

2016/5 — pag. 316-318

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Un caso di tubercolosi

V. d’Apolito, L. Longoni, M. Pasetti, A. Lazzerotti, D. Sala, M.L. Melzi

2016/5

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Batti 5: ho lo shock settico

A. Pirrone

2016/4 — pag. 255-258

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...

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Dermato WhatsApp

I. Marinelli

2016/4

RI Pagine elettroniche
Chetoacidosi secondaria a tireotossicosi in ragazza con diabete tipo 1 e celiachia

V. Graziani, A. Zucchini, T. Suprani, F. Currò, L. Mambelli, F. Marchetti

2016/3 — pag. 191-194

The paper describes the case of a teenager affected by type 1 diabetes mellitus and coeliac disease who presented secondary ketoacidosis (DKA) triggered by thyrotoxicosis. She was successfully treated with beta-blocker and methimazole, in addition...

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Acido folico: è tempo di cambiare?

R. Bortolus

2016/3 — pag. 143-145

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Chetoacidosi secondaria a tireotossicosi in ragazza con diabete tipo 1 e celiachia

V. Graziani, A. Zucchini, T. Suprani, F. Currò, L. Mambelli, F. Marchetti

2016/3

The paper describes the case of a teenager affected by type 1 diabetes mellitus and coeliac disease who presented sec- ondary ketoacidosis (DKA) triggered by thyrotoxicosis. She was successfully treated with beta-blocker and methimazole, in addi- tio...

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STAT-e attenti ai micobatteri!

E. Conversano, D.U. De Rose, L. Dotta, C. Mingotti, D. Vairo, S. Pulcini, S. Tripodi, S. Boccacci, A. Lombardi, N. Miglietti, A. Plebani, R. Badolato

2016/2

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Malattia di Graves e iperplasia timica: quale relazione?

V. Graziani, A. Zucchini, F. Marchetti

2016/1 — pag. 55-57

The case of a 10-year-old girl with clinical hypothyroidism in substitution treatment is described. After the onset of symptoms suggestive of mediastinal mass associated with evolution in hyperthyroidism, she was diagnosed with thymic hyperplasia ...

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Un lattante rosso con il batticuore

C. Lobello

2016/1 — pag. 53-54

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Tramadolo: valida alternativa alla codeina?

A. Di Sessa, P. Marzuillo, L. Calligaris, I. Rabach, S. Furlan, E. Barbi

2016/1 — pag. 41-45

In June 2013, the European Medicine Agency (EMA) prohibited the use of medicines containing codeine for patients under 12 years of age. The EMA recommendations impose a change in the management of moderate-severe pain in children. Tramadol, an opi...

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Un piccolo mostro

A. Skabar

2015/9 — pag. 598-600

RI Pagine elettroniche
Infezioni respiratorie severe e immunodeficienze primitive: un raro caso clinico

F. De Maddi, F. Antonelli, R. Sottile, M. Iafusco

2015/7 — pag. 465-467

The hyper-immunoglobulin M syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by elevated serum IgM levels and low to undetectable levels of serum IgG, IgA. These patients characteristically present with recurrent pulmonary infections and recurrent di...

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Una strana lipotimia

N. Palladino, I. Marinelli

2015/6

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Limoncella e Clorofilla

F. Marolla

2015/5 — pag. 325-326

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Entero-artrite reattiva da Clostridium difficile:relazione casuale o causale? Descrizione di un caso clinico

F. Pugliese, A. Zucchini, P. Ricciardelli, M. Cappella, F. Marchetti

2015/5

In adults reactive arthritis (ReA) following Clostridium diffıcile-enterocolitis has been documented. In children only five case of C. diffıcile-associated ReA has been reported. The paper describes a case of ReA in a six-year-old boy treat...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Infezioni cutanee non complicate: clindamicina verso trimetropim-sulfametossazolo

V. Murgia

2015/4 — pag. 259-262

RI Aggiornamento
L’insonnia in età evolutiva

O. Bruni, M. Angriman

2015/4 — pag. 224-233

The aim of the present work is to summarize recent advances in the field of clinical paediatric sleep medicine and to give tools for clinical assessment and treatment of paediatric insomnia. Bedtime problems and night awakenings are common cause of...

RI Focus
IL REGISTRO ADHD DELLA REGIONE LOMBARDIA Uno strumento per migliorare i percorsi di cura

M. Bonati, L. Reale, F. Marchetti

2015/3 — pag. 157-164

Background - Despite a pooled, worldwide ADHD prevalence of 5.29% in children and adolescents, the rates vary widely between and within countries. Such variability in prevalence rates often corresponds to heterogeneous methodologies used for diagno...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Una mano allo stomaco

P. Pascolo, C. Pierobon, R. Tosolini, R. Lualdi, E. Marcuzzi, C. Zanus

2015/2

RI Il graffio
Accesso libero
A ognuno il suo Ebola

2014/9 — pag. 555

RI Casi indimenticabili
Un caso di polmonite

B. Salvatore

2014/8 — pag. 531-532

EL Appunti di Terapia
Opzioni di trattamento per la tubercolosi latente

V. Murgia, G. Vieni

2014/8

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Porfiria acuta intermittente: un caso "eccezionale"

C. Rosafio, P. Bergonzini, S. Marchini, S. Leoni, C. Fusco, S. Colli, A. Pietrangelo, P. Paolucci, P. Ventura, L. Iughetti

2014/7

EL Caso contributivo
Effetti degli endocrine disruptors sullo sviluppo puberale

C. Gertosio, R. Toglia, S. Benzo, G. Cantamessa, V. Paganelli, S. Caimmi

2014/7

The potential effects of “endocrine disruptors” (ECDs) on the human health draw the attention of the scientific community. They are natural or synthetic substances that can alter the action of the endogenous hormones or have biological effects simila...

RI Domande e risposte
Allergia all’amoxicillina Allergia agli anestetici locali

2014/6 — pag. 400

RI Linee guida
Aplasie midollari acquisite in età pediatrica: raccomandazioni diagnostico-terapeutiche

Gruppo di Lavoro “Insufficienze Midollari” dell’AIEOP

2014/6 — pag. 383-389

Acquired Aplastic Anaemia (AA) is a rare heterogeneous disease characterized by pancytopoenia and hypoplastic bone marrow. The incidence is 2-3 millions per year (all age groups) in Europe, but is higher in East Asia. The pathogenesis of AA is comp...

RI Il graffio
Balotelli

2014/6 — pag. 353

RI Pediatria flash
Viaggi all’estero con i bambini: la malaria

2014/5 — pag. 322-323

RI Ricerca
Una lista di farmaci condivisa per la pediatria territoriale di famiglia: uno studio osservazionale

D. Piovani, A. Clavenna, M. Bonati e il Gruppo PeFAB

2014/5 — pag. 315-321

Objectives - To identify a list of shared drugs on the basis of those prescribed by a group of paediatricians during the daily clinical practice. The group were involved in initiatives concerning health care for years. Materials and methods - A to...

RI Articolo speciale
Sostenere la salute riproduttiva per ridurre i difetti congeniti e la prematurità: un appuntamento importante

L. Marchetto, A. Compagni, F. Filippini, E. Rigotti, E. Agricola, S. Ruggeri, A.E. Tozzi, R. Bortolus, P. Mastroiacovo

2014/5 — pag. 299-303

Birth defects and prematurity are relatively common events. In Italy they affect approximately 90,000 infants every year and are a leading cause of infant mortality. Babies who survive and live with birth defects have an increased risk of developin...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Corea: malattia reumatica o lupus eritematoso sistemico?

F. Cuoco, M. Torcoletti, A. Petaccia, F. Corona

2014/2 — pag. 109-110

Chorea is a manifestation of inflammatory involvement of the basal ganglia and caudate nucleus of the central nervous system. A patient with chorea presents with persistent involuntary, purposeless, and usually symmetric movements of the extremit...

EL Caso contributivo
Corea: malattia reumatica o lupus eritematoso sistemico?

F. Cuoco, M. Torcoletti, A. Petaccia, F. Corona

2014/2

Chorea is a manifestation of inflammatory involvement of the basal ganglia and caudate nucleus of the central nervous system. A patient with chorea presents with persistent involuntary, purposeless, and usually symmetric movements of the extremities ...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Tosse acuta e miele

S. Miceli Sopo, S. Monaco, M. Greco, G. Varrasi, G. Simeone

2014/1 — pag. 41-46

Recent Australian guidelines on cough in children recommend the use of honey as cough suppressant. Conversely, the same guidelines, just like other documents previously published, advise against the use of drugs like antitussives, such as codeine a...

EL Caso contributivo
Stiff-Baby Syndrome: quando pensarci. Il caso di Sofia

P. Assandro, C. Sanesi, C. Trevisol, L. Travan

2013/10

The Stiff-Baby Syndrome is a genetic startle disorder, presenting soon after birth and characterized by an exaggerated persistent startle response to unexpected stimuli and generalized muscular rigidity that decreases during sleep. Hyperekplexia is o...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Cerotti transdermici alla scopolamina ed eventi avversi Descrizione di un caso clinico

E. Chiocca, S. Ghione, F. Moscuzza , C. Domenici, F. Benocci, G. Federico, G. Saggese

2013/9 — pag. 597-598

Trans-dermal scopolamine patches are commonly used, without medical prescription, to reduce motion sickness. Side effects of overdosage/hypersensitivity include hallucinations, psychosis, amnesia, hyperactivity, mydriasis, dry mouth, skin hyperemia a...

RI L'esperienza che insegna
Anisocoria acuta da ipratropio bromuro: basta pensarci

M. Giovannini, E. Zamuner, L. Biserna, G. Vieni, A. Di Caro, F. Marchetti

2013/9 — pag. 585-587

The article reports the case of a 9-year-old boy who presented with fixed dilated pupil secondary to areosol inhalation of nebulised ipratropium bromide. While a fixed dilated pupil is an alarming sign, if it is caused by inhalation of ipratropium ...

EL Caso contributivo
Cerotti transdermici alla scopolamina ed eventi avversi Descrizione di un caso clinico

E. Chiocca S. Ghione, F. Moscuzza , C. Domenici, F. Benocci, G. Federico, G. Saggese

2013/9

Trans-dermal scopolamine patches are commonly used, without medical prescription, to reduce motion sickness. Side effects of overdosage/hypersensitivity include hallucinations, psychosis, amnesia, hyperactivity, mydriasis, dry mouth, skin hyperemia a...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Sindrome di Sandifer... anzi no... sindrome di West… anzi no… ”movement disorders” da ranitidina

G. Vieni, I.A. Venturi, E. Zamuner,P. Ricciardelli, F. Marchetti

2013/6 — pag. 389-391

RI Domande e risposte
Bronchite batterica protratta Sanguinamento dal capezzolo

2013/5 — pag. 331

RI Pagine elettroniche
Accesso libero
La Codeina nell’adenotonsillectomia: nuove evidenze di rischio per un vecchio farmaco

V. Murgia

2013/5 — pag. 328-330

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Il midazolam in soluzione transmucosa orale

F. Marchetti, G. Rametta, P. Ricciardelli

2013/5 — pag. 313-317

Oromucosal midazolam (Buccolam) has been recently approved also in Italy for the treatment of paediatric patients (aged 3 months to 5 minutes). Oromucosal midazolam was at least as effective as rectal diazepam in clinical trials in children with ...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Due infezioni riemergenti in una bambina proveniente dall’estero

D. Le Serre, S. Virano, S. Garazzino, M. Pinon, C. Scolfaro, P.A. Tovo

2013/4 — pag. 259-260

Emerging infectious diseases may be present in foreign-born children. The case of a 5-year-old female, born in Ethiopia, who arrived in Italy one month before is reported. Screening investigations performed at our Centre documented a positive QuantiF...

EL Caso contributivo
Due infezioni riemergenti in una bambina proveniente dall'estero

D. Le Serre, S. Virano, S. Garazzino, M. Pinon, C. Scolfaro, P.A. Tovo

2013/4

Emerging infectious diseases may be present in foreign-born children. The case of a 5-year-old female, born in Ethiopia, who arrived in Italy one month before is reported. Screening investigations performed at our Centre documented a positive QuantiF...

RI Ricerca
Accesso libero
Prescrizione di antibiotici equivalenti nella popolazione pediatrica in Lombardia

A. Iommarini, M. Sequi, M. Cartabia, D. Piovani, A. Bortolotti, I. Fortino, L. Merlino, A. Clavenna, M. Bonati

2013/3 — pag. 173-178

Aims - To evaluate the prescription profile of generic antibiotics in paediatric outpatient population in the Lombardy region. Methods - All reimbursed prescriptions (class A) dispensed to children < 14 years old in 2008 resident in 15 Local Health ...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Una mancata cataratta

D. Ferrara, A. Macaluso

2013/2 — pag. 123-124

The case of a six-year-old child with idiopathic uveitis that initially was difficult to diagnose is described. Once the correct diagnosis was made, the little patient was adequately treated with immunosuppressants, which determined the clinical ...

RI Pagine elettroniche
“Il cuore non si conta”: tachicardia parossistica sopraventricolare in un neonato

M. Mainetti, G. Piccinini, C. Renzelli, F. Marchetti, G. Bronzetti

2012/6 — pag. 399-400

The case of a 12-day-old boy with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is reported. SVT in newborns is a relatively rare disease with only a few cases per year at each perinatal centre. The acute treatment of a single episode of SVT has generally a...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Coxalgia benigna o artrite settica?

S. Crocco, C. Bibalo, F. Minen, M. Pizzul, F. Marchetti

2012/1 — pag. 51-52

RI Digest
Le nuove linee guida sulla polmonite di comunità

2011/10 — pag. 661-662

RI Problemi speciali
Il deficit di glucosio-6-fosfato deidrogenasi

M. Bramuzzo, S. Lega, I. Bruno

2011/10 — pag. 648-652

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is an X-linked inherited disorder and it is the most common enzymatic defect in the world. G6PD is an enzyme involved in the genesis of NADPH which preserves the cells from oxidative stress. G6PD de...

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, ...

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 Farmacoriflessioni
Le linee guida della SIP e dell’AAP sull’otite media acuta

G. Longo

2011/3 — pag. 175-179

The debate about acute otitis media (AOM) is endless, like any other subject that greatly affects the daily routine of the family paediatrician. However, much greater rigour is needed in the use of antibiotics (to safeguard a heritage that is certa...

RI Aggiornamento
Il bambino con mastocitosi

G. Paloni, I. Berti

2011/3 — pag. 155-159

Mastocytosis is a quite rare but not exceptional condition that affects also children. In most of the cases it affects only the skin, has a favourable prognosis and resolves spontaneously. It is characterized by an anomalous increase in mastocytes,...

EL Pediatria per immagini
Una sinusite complicata

G. Gorlato, S. Pastore, M. Chinello, D. Sanabor, F. Marchetti

2011/2

We report the case of a 13-year-old girl with a one-month-and-an-half story of fever, rhinorrhoea, headache and vomiting. Initially neurological assessment resulted normal and a diagnosis of acute sinus infection was made. Since the patient worsened,...

RI Pediatria flash
La malattia di Graves-Basedow in pediatria

2011/2 — pag. 122-123

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo
Spasmi respiratori affettivi di tipo pallido con asistolia: un caso trattato con glicopirrolato

G. Monti, G. Barbato, E. Favaro, I. Bo, E. Zanetti, N. Carano

2011/1 — pag. 53-54

A 13 months-old girl was brought to our Department for several episodes characterized by the sequence: stressful event inducing pain, anger or frustration short period of crying pallor syncope spontaneous recovery of consciousness and muscle tone. In...

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Ricerca
Applicabilità della strategia della “vigile attesa” nel trattamento dell’OMA: le attitudini dei Pediatri di famiglia in Friuli Venezia Giulia

Daniele Orso, Mariagrazia Pizzul, Nilo Bassani, et al.

2010/10 — pag. 665-666

Objectives - Evaluating the applicability of international practice guidelines based on wait-and-see strategy for children with acute otitis media (AOM) in a regional primary care paediatric practices (PPs) setting. Methods and materials - A simple ...

RI Digest
Iper-ecplexia, spasmi affettivi, ferro

2010/9 — pag. 593-594

RI ABC
Infezioni delle vie respiratorie e antibiotico: sì, no, quando?

F. Marchetti, F. Panizon

2010/9 — pag. 577-584

It is reasonable to delay the antibiotic treatment of a few days in all the apparently not serious cases of upper respiratory infection. “Risk” groups, in which antibiotics should be used to treat each fever, are: chronic pulmonary, kidney and hear...

RI Focus
Infezioni respiratorie, self help e prescrizione antibiotica nella pratica ambulatoriale

L. Mauri, M. Narducci, A. Nova, F. Zanetto

2010/9 — pag. 565-574

Aims - Assessing the primary care paediatricians (PCPs) antibiotic prescriptions and the self-help use during respiratory infections in children. Methods - 58 PCPs have registered diagnosis, self-help and therapy of the respiratory infections obse...

RI Focus
PEDIATRI & FARMACI Farmaci essenziali e attitudini prescrittive dei pediatri

A. Clavenna, M. Sequi, A. Bortolotti, I. Fortino, L. Merlino, M. Bonati

2010/9 — pag. 565-574

The objective of the study was to identify which drugs are considered “essential” by Italian family paediatricians based on their prescriptions. So, prescriptions reimbursed by the National Health System, involving 923,177 children ...

RI Digest
Farmacoterapia del sonno in pediatria

2010/8 — pag. 519-521

RI Rubrica iconografica
Eruzione vescicolo-bollosa in un bambino immunocompetente

S. Buffoni, E. Bailo

2010/5 — pag. 323-324

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Uso del ceftriaxone in italia: inappropriato e non esente da rischi

F. Marchetti

2010/5 — pag. 315-316

In Italy, data concerning the utilization of ceftriaxone in adults and children increased by about 75% from 2001 to 2008. Moreover, a significant variability in its utilization can be observed in the Italian regions, indeed it is more frequently us...

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...

RI Aggiornamento
L’esplorazione bioumorale del fegato: il bilancio epatico

G. Maggiore

2009/10 — pag. 649-653

Liver function tests are a simple way to explore liver function and are a helpful tool to the clinician to confirm the clinical suspect of liver disease. Practically, evaluation of liver function includes determination of total and conjugated bilir...

RI Rubrica iconografica
Midriasi monolaterale da aerosol

S. Vasile, F. Morandi

2009/8 — pag. 525-526

RI Farmacoriflessioni
L'uso dei farmaci in Italia: i risultati del rapporto OsMed 2008

F. Marchetti

2009/7 — pag. 450-454

The data relative to the OsMed report on the drug prescription in Italy during 2008 are summed up in the present work. The total cost for drugs (public + private) was equal to 410 euros for each citizen, 24 billion euros, a much higher sum than the...

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
I numeri necessari per trattare l\'ittero del neonato con la fototerapia

G. Bartolozzi

2009/6

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
Il Registro dell’ADHD: lo stato dell’arte

M. Bonati, P. Panei

2009/5 — pag. 277

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
Il pediatra e il reflusso gastroesofageo

A. Ventura

2009/4 — pag. 211-213

RI Rubrica iconografica
Una dermatite crostoso-desquamativa

I. Berti, C. Zanchi, E. Da Dalt, E. Neri, F. Marchetti

2009/3 — pag. 177-178

EL Pediatria per l'ospedale
Accesso libero
Neurofibromatosi tipo I (parte seconda)

G. Bartolozzi

2009/3

RI Problemi speciali
Che cosa succede nella testa dell’adolescente (maschio e femmina)

F. Panizon

2009/2 — pag. 95-104

As for the brain development adolescence is not a final phase. The brain anatomo-functional development significantly continues from the end of adolescence to 22-23 years of age. It encompasses the main brain organic and functional modifications fr...

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Ricerca
Le polmoniti di comunità: migliorarne il trattamento sia sul territorio che in ospedale con un protocollo comune

P. Siani, L. de Seta, F. Saitta, et al.

2008/10 — pag. 681-682

The present treatment of community acquiredbronchopneumonias is rarely consistent to the international guidelines. The hospital records of 58 children and the clinical sheets of 52 cases treated at home during a period of 6 months have been revie...

RI Self help ambulatoriale
La valutazione della bilirubina transcutanea in un ambulatorio pediatrico: perché no?

L. Reggiani

2008/10 — pag. 634-638

Many family Paediatricians are engaged in projects on the early discharge of apparently healthy neonates and they must frequently estimate the bilirubin level in the newborns with jaundice. But the estimation of the bilirubin level by visual inspec...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Infezioni respiratorie ricorrentie immunostimolanti

L. Lepore, F. Longo, F. Panizon

2008/7 — pag. 451-456

As for pharmacological prevention of recurrent respiratory infections Cochrane Library has examined 579 controlled clinical trials against placebo. The substances tested are very different, ranging from thymus extracts and synthetic molecules actin...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
I farmaci delle malattie infiammatorie cronicheFANS, steroidi, talidomide: gli inibitori della fase finaledella cascata infiammatoria

G. Gortani, A. Tommasini, G. Di Leo, L. Lepore

2008/6 — pag. 381-387

The article describes the medications that are used to treat chronic inflammatory disorders, and that act by inhibition of production of harmful substances. It presents the mechanism of action of NSAIDs, glucocorticoids and thalidomide, their side ...

RI Rubrica iconografica
Lesioni anulari nel bambino

Mario Cutrone

2008/3 — pag. 183-188

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo
Accesso libero
Panniculite lobulare in malattie di Crohn

M. Lorusso, E. Pozzi, F. Mangiantini, S. Bevilacqua, P. Lionetti

2008/2 — pag. 123-124

The Authors present a case of a 17 year-old patient with a 7-year history of Crohn’s disease which had been controlled with azathioprine. The patient was admitted to our Clinic because he presented painful nodules on the leg. At the time of admission...

RI Digest
Accesso libero
Pediatria quotidiana: pielonefrite e disprassia

2008/2 — pag. 120-121

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 Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo
Linfoadenite laterocervicale tubercolare: terapia medica, chirurgica ed effetti paradossi

G. Tornese, A. Tedeschi, D. Codrich, C. Fabris, F. Marchetti

2008/1 — pag. 51-52

We report a case of a 1-year-old girl with persistent fever and enlargement of laterocervical lymph nodes on the left side, fluctuant and with erythematous overlying skin. A positive Mantoux skin test first (induration of 20 mm in 72 hours) and t...

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo
Anemia emolitica autoimmune in un bambinodi 7 anni con colite ulcerosa

C. Brondello, M. Lorusso, E. Pozzi, F. Bronzini, F. Mangiantini, M. de Martino, P. Lionetti

2007/9 — pag. 597-598

We report a case of a 7 year-old patient with a 4-year history of severe steroid-refractory Ulcerative Colitis (UC) which had been controlled with cyclosporine and azathioprine, who was admitted to our Clinic because of jaundice. At time of admiss...

RI Rubrica iconografica
Kerion Celsi

C. Mazzatenta, R. Sardi, S. Ruggieri, F. Simoni, R. Domenici

2007/9 — pag. 593-594

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Accesso libero
Farmaci e utilizzo “wrong-label” in pediatria. L’esempio del paracetamolo, del salbutamolo e dell’amoxicillina

I. L'Erario, A. di Benedetto, J. Bua, S. Norbedo, E. Barbi, F. Marchetti

2007/9 — pag. 580-585

Two thirds of the drugs prescribed for children are off-label. However, off-label is not synonymous with incorrect, since it often represents the most rational, evidence-based therapy. One aspect of the off-label problem in paediatrics depends on the...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Il pediatra e la resisitenza agli steroidi

N. Giurici, S. Crocco, E. Barbi

2007/8 — pag. 533

Despite the availability of new immunomodulators, steroids still represent a milestone of Inflammatory Bowed Disease (IBD) therapy. Steroid resistance in IBD is an uncommon, yet existing and epidemiologically defined event involving one fifth of th...

RI Linee guida
Accesso libero
Il test del sudore

A CURA DELLA SOCIETÀ ITALIANA FIBROSI CISTICA

2007/8 — pag. 512-516

The quantitative measurement of sweat electrolytes following stimulation by pilocarpine iontophoresis remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of both classical, atypical forms of CF and the so called CF related diseases also in the genomic era. I...

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo
Ipertensione endocranica idiopatica (pseudotumor cerebri) in una bambina in terapia con ormone della crescita

G. Tornese, F. Patarino, S. Pensiero, F. Parentin, E. Faleschini, G. Tonini, F. Marchetti

2007/7 — pag. 459-461

We report a case of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) (pseudotumor cerebri) following treatment with recombinant growth hormone (rhGH). A 9-year-old girl, treated for GH deficiency, developed bitemporal worsening headache, diplopia, intermit...

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo
Diplopia ed esoftalmo in pregressa tireopatia: un caso di pseudotumor cerebri

P. Cerutti, R. Esposito

2007/7 — pag. 459-461

The peculiarity of the present clinical case regarded a relatively benign pathology diagnosed by exclusion. It presented itself by an isolated symptom (diplopia) accompanied by a morphological characteristic (exophthalmus due to previous thyroid path...

EL Protocolli di diagnosi e terapia
Accesso libero
Le Raccomandazioni italiane sul Test del Sudore

A cura della Società Italiana Fibrosi Cistica

2007/7

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo
Una macroematuria “esotica”

E. Miorin, P. Aragona, F. Colonna

2007/5 — pag. 325-327

A 6-year-old boy from Burkina presented gross hematuria and dysuria for 2 weeks. A history of recurrent dysuria started in Africa during the past 2 months. The patient’s history disclosed that he used to bath and swim in a pool of his rural village i...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Una febbre di lunga durata

S. Armari, A. Santullo, M. Zerial, M. Pocecco

2007/5

RI Problemi correnti
Il “fegato grasso” del bambino: malattia o disturbocosmetico?

G. Maggiore, M. Sciveres

2007/2 — pag. 105-110

Fatty liver disease (FLD) is the term used to describe a spectrum of liver disorders characterized by macrovesicular steatosis. In adults and adolescents alcohol consumption in amounts considered to be harmful to the liver must be excluded. Because...

RI Problemi correnti
Il commento

F. Panizon

2006/9 — pag. 570-578

RI Problemi correnti
Una vecchia “conoscenza” (la faringotonsillite) e i nuovi dubbi: trattare, non trattare…

M. Bergamini e collaboratori

2006/9 — pag. 570-578

Pharyngotonsillitis is a very common reason for people to seek medical care, but whether or not to prescribe antibiotics is controversial. This review provides an overview of the studies which assessed the appropriateness of treating Group A streptoc...

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo
Encefalite acuta dovuta al virus di Epstein-Barr

G. Bonora, C. Malorgio, E. Palumbo, M. Branchi

2006/8 — pag. 533-534

The neurological complications of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) primary infection are frequently overlooked. Yet EBV is responsible for some cases of acute encephalitis. We report a case of an infant with acute encephalitis during EBV primary infection. O...

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo
… E se il dotto arterioso pervio persiste nonostante la terapia con ibuprofene?

A. Secinaro, E. Antonielli d’Oulx, P. Manzoni, D. Farina, M.L. Leonessa, G. Gomirato

2006/7 — pag. 463-464

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) with significant left-to-right shunt is a major cause of increased morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. Early closure of ductus arteriosus may be pharmacologically achieved using cyclooxygenase inhibitors, or via...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Una bella ragazza... (Belladonna)

M. Lazzerini

2006/5 — pag. 323-324

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Il trattamento dell'ittero neonatale

G. Bartolozzi

2006/3

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
L'ACE-inibitore nella cura dell'insufficienza renale cronica

G. Bartolozzi

2006/2

RI Digest
La neurobiologia dell’aggressione

2005/10 — pag. 672

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Farmaci e gravidanza

R. Bortolus, Pp. Mastroiacovo

2005/10 — pag. 659-665

Drug use among women of childbearing age and during early pregnancy is common. Pregnant women may require drugs because of an ongoing medical condition, may take them prior to the confirmation of pregnancy, or may use over-the-counter drugs. Approx...

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
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Un caso di convulsione protratta

R. Giorgi, A. Lorusso, Z. Cannioto, E. Barbi

2005/9

RI Aggiornamento monografico
Trattamento della sindrome nefrosica idiopatica corticosensibile

C. Romanello

2005/9 — pag. 580-586

The steroid treatment of Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome (ISN) should be continued for at least 3 months, as there is evidence of an inverse correlation between the duration and the total dosage of steroids and the risk of relapses. The tendency to r...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Un caso di convulsione protratta

R. Giorgi, A. Lorusso, Z. Cannioto, E. Barbi

2005/9 — pag. 616-616

A feverish 15 months baby with gastroenteritis was referred to the Emergency Room because of prolonged seizures started 15’ before access to hospital. Venous access proved impossible and despite of two administrations of rectal diazepam, seizures ...

RI Ricerca
Le priorità associate all’uso dei farmaci “off-label”

F. Marchetti, J. Bua, S. Demarini, et al.

2005/8 — pag. 527-531

Two thirds of the drugs prescribed for children are off-label. However, off-label is not synonymous with incorrect, since it often represents the most rational, evidence-based therapy. Existing data on the use of off-label in children are based on ...

RI Problemi correnti
Helicobacter pylori tra “Nelson” ed EBM

A. Cacciola, C. Cocuccio, E. Di Tommaso, et al.

2005/7 — pag. 457-463

The Authors describe a clinical case which leads to 4 questions: a) Can Helicobacter pylori (Hp) cause acute abdominal pain? b) If yes, which is the most accurate test to identify Hp? c) If Hp is isolated, should it be eradicated? d) What is the ev...

RI Pagine elettroniche
La prescrizione di farmaci soggetti a Nota nella popolazione pediatrica italiana

S. Maschi, A. Clavenna, E. Rossi, et al.

2005/7 — pag. 475-477

The objectives of the study are to evaluate the pattern of drug prescriptions reimbursed with limitations (AIFA notes) by the National Health System in the Italian paediatric population. Prescriptions involving 982,035 children ...

EL Caso Clinico Interattivo
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Una ragazza con vomito ricorrente

P. Salierno, I. Giuseppin, F. Marchetti

2005/6

EL Caso Clinico Interattivo
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Una ragazza con vomito ricorrente

P. Salierno, I. Giuseppin, F. Marchetti

2005/6

RI Ricerca
Il profilo prescrittivo della popolazione pediatrica italiana nelle cure primarie: il rapporto ARNO 2003

A. Clavenna, M. Bonati, E. Rossi, et al.

2005/5 — pag. 305-311

Objective: to evaluate the pattern of drug prescription reimbursed by the national health system in the Italian paediatric population. Prescriptions involving 982.035 children ...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Un caso di malaria da Plasmodium falciparum

S. Vaccher, F. Patarino, M. Lazzerini, E. Barbi

2005/5 — pag. 330-331

We report a case of falciparum malaria in a 2 years old boy, from Burkina Faso. The diagnosis was made by anamnesis, clinical presentation and thin blood smear features. The prevalence of cloroquine-resistence in Burkina Faso is elevated, thus the...

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TUTTE LE NOTIZIE

I. Bruno

2005/4

RI Aggiornamento monografico
Le convulsioni febbrili

P. Costa, F. Marchetti

2005/4 — pag. 227-234

Febrile seizures (FS) is the most common seizures in childhood (2-4%). The diagnostic evaluation of the child with a FS can be very limited or moderately comprehensive. The primary concern is always the need to exclude meningitis. Recurrences are c...

EL Il punto su
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La bronchiolite (Parte prima)

M. Lazzerini, E. Barbi

2005/3

RI Linee guida
Raccomandazione nazionale per la supplementazione preconcezionale di acido folico

R. Bortolus, PP. Mastroiacovo

2005/2 — pag. 111-114

A national recommendation for the pre-conceptional use of folic acid has become a reality also in Italy. The “Network Italiano Promozione Acido Folico per la Prevenzione Primaria dei Difetti Congeniti”, co-ordinated from the Istituto Superiore di S...

RI Aggiornamento monografico
La varicella

P. Petaros, F. Marchetti

2005/2 — pag. 89-98

This is a review of varicella, its complications and management. Varicella is very contagious and more then 90% of cases occur in individuals younger than 15 years of age. The average incubation period is 14 days, transmission occurs via contact wi...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
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Il trattamento sintomatico della febbre e del dolore nella pratica ambulatoriale

F. Marchetti, J. Bua, M. Maschio, E. Barbi

2005/1 — pag. 47-54

Acetaminophen and ibuprofen are the first choice drugs (and in the UK the only authorized ones) for the treatment of fever and minor pain (earache, arthralgia, headache). There are several more NSAID molecules which are currently used in paediatric...

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Quando una sepsi neonatale nasconde una malattia metabolica

C. Forino, C. Rodriguez-Perez

2005/1 — pag. 58-58

A 50-day-old boy presented with failure to thrive, hypotonia, pustular lesions and facial erythema, neutropenia and multiple positive cultures to Staphylococcus aureus. He was treated with intravenous antibiotics without clinical benefit. He devel...

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Tremori e corea da alte dosi di cotrimossazolo in una bambina con infezione polmonare da Pneumocystis Carinii

J. Bua, F. Marchetti, M. Fezzi, M. Maschio, E. Barbi, A. Sarti, A. Ventura

2004/11

EL Il punto su
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Il Pneumocisti Carinii

M. Lazzerini

2004/11

RI Digest e superdigest
ADHD

2004/11 — pag. 712-713

RI Problemi correnti
L’impetigine

A. Lenhardt, J. Bua, F. Marchetti

2004/11 — pag. 695-698

As a rule bollous impetigo is caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Non bullous, or contagious, impetigo is also caused by Staphylococcus aureus, less frequently by its association with Streptococcus pyogenes. Controlled studies showed that topical anti...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Tremore e corea da alte dosi di cotrimossazolo in una bambina con infezione polmonare da Pneumocystis carinii

2004/11 — pag. 725-725

The Authors describe a case of a child with interstitial lung disease caused by Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia who developed tremors and choreic movements after treatment with high doses of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. The patient developed immu...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Diarrea e sonnolenza: una associazione preoccupante?

2004/11 — pag. 724-725

Sleepiness, weakness and ataxia are neurological symptoms that must be carefully evaluated in children, especially when these symptoms coexist with diarrhoea. Accurate physical examination and personal history and laboratory tests are necessary to...

EL Pediatria per immagini
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Polmonite interstiziale in immunodepresso:Il Pneumocisti carinii

M. Lazzerini

2004/10

RI ABC
Il test del sudore

V. Kiren, L. Travan, E. Barth

2004/9 — pag. 573-577

EL Il punto su
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L'epilessia (iv° parte)

M. Lazzerini

2004/8

EL Appunti di Terapia
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IL CTLA4Ig nella cura dell'artrite reumatoide.

G. Bartolozzi

2004/8

EL Appunti di Terapia
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Nuovi farmaci per l'artrite reumatoide (parte seconda)

G. Bartolozzi

2004/7

EL Appunti di Terapia
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Nuovi farmaci per l'artrite reumatoide (parte prima)

G. Bartolozzi

2004/6

RI Farmacoriflessioni
La terapia antibiotica della pielonefrite acuta

F. Marchetti et al.

2004/5 — pag. 316-319

This is a review article about antibiotic treatment of acute pyelonephritis (APN). Diagnosis of APN requires high fever and urine test positive for leukocytes and bacteria. The major decisions about treatment that are to be made concern the use of ...

RI Aggiornamento
Le urgenze cardiologiche in età perinatale Parte II

U. Vairo, et al.

2004/5 — pag. 293-300

Continued postnatal development of the conduction system and of the sympathetic nervous system of the heart may predispose the newborn to arrhythmias and conduction disturbances that are not seen in older children. In addition, unfavorable environm...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Pielonefrite acuta nel lattante: eziologia e sensibilità agli antibiotici

2004/5 — pag. 325-326

Acute pyelonephritis (APN) involves a risk of irreversible renal injury. There is no consensus on which therapy is most effective. In this study, we evaluated 108 infants aged 0-18 months, enrolled from 1/5/98 to 31/1/03, for APN. 35 patients (37%...

RI Aggiornamento
Le urgenze cardiologiche in età perinatale Parte I

U. Vairo, et al.

2004/4 — pag. 225-234

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a clinical syndrome in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood to the body to meet its needs, to dispose of venous return adequately, or a combination of the two. CHF in the newborn usually result from conge...

RI Editoriali
Talassemia, deferiprone (L1), Apotex e Nancy Olivieri

F. Marchetti

2004/3 — pag. 144

RI Casi indimenticabili
Un figlio dei fiori non pensa al domani (3 premesse per 1 storia)

A. Lambertini

2004/3 — pag. 189-190

EL Pediatria per l'ospedale
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La tubercolosi (terza e ultima parte)

G. Bartolozzi

2004/3

EL Pediatria per l'ospedale
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La tubercolosi (seconda parte)

G. Bartolozzi

2004/2

EL Caso Clinico Interattivo
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Una dattilite bilaterale simmetrica

M. Lazzerini

2004/2

RI Domande e risposte
Domande e risposte

2004/1 — pag. 57

EL Appunti di Terapia
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Infezioni delle vie urinarie nel bambino: il ruolo dei flurochinoloni

G. Bartolozzi

2004/1

EL Caso Clinico Interattivo
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Un lattante con pianto, anemia e bassi valori di immunoglobuline

M. Lazzerini

2003/10

RI Problemi non correnti
La sifilide congenita C’è ancora?

E. Tridapalli, et al.

2003/10 — pag. 663-669

Syphilis is a re-emerging infectious disease. Over the last decade, an increase in the incidence of congenital syphilis has been observed, due to higher numbers of migrants, drug users and sex workers among women in fertile age. Serologic screening...

RI Aggiornamento
L’assunzione periconcezionale di acido folico

R. Bortolus

2003/10 — pag. 645-650

The preventive efficacy of the periconceptional use of folic acid is well established for neural tube defects. Similar but lower protective effects have been suggested for other congenital malformations such as orofacial clefts and some heart defec...

RI Domande e risposte
Domande e risposte

2003/9 — pag. 607-610

EL Seminari degli specializzandi
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I FANS in pediatria: dalla teoria alla pratica

T. Gerarduzzi, E. Neri, A. Gagliardo, S. Minisini

2003/9

RI Problemi correnti
Chi (non) la fa... (non) l’aspetti: piccolo dizionario pratico della stipsi

A. Lambertini

2003/9 — pag. 581-584

The Author provides, through a practical glossary, the basic diagnostic and therapeutic tools for the case-management of stipsis in ambulatory practice. It is emphasized that organic forms of stipsis are extremely rare and there is seldom the need ...

RI Editoriali
La talidomide tra passato e futuro

F. Marchetti

2003/8 — pag. 489

RI Domande e risposte
Domande e risposte

2003/8 — pag. 537-540

RI Farmacoriflessioni
La talidomide

F. Marchetti, A. Lenhardt, M. Lazzerini, Et Al.

2003/8 — pag. 517-523

The Authors provide an overview of thalidomide: mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety profile, with particular reference to experiences reported with pediatric patients. The review was carried out using the MEDLINE database for...

EL Caso Clinico Interattivo
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La storia di Tina

M. Lazzerini

2003/7

EL Caso Clinico Interattivo
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La storia di Tina

M. Lazzerini

2003/7

EL Caso Clinico Interattivo
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La storia di Tina

M. Lazzerini

2003/7

EL Caso Clinico Interattivo
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La storia di Tina

M. Lazzerini

2003/7

EL Caso Clinico Interattivo
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La storia di Tina

M. Lazzerini

2003/7

RI Farmacoriflessioni
La melatonina: quale ruolo in Pediatria?

E. Verucci, T. Gerarduzzi, F. Marchetti

2003/6 — pag. 389-392

Melatonin is an hormone secreted by the pineal gland in relation to exposure to light. It regulates sleep and circadian rhythm in mammals. Melatonin therapy in humans was first successfully used in blind adults with sleep disturbances. More recentl...

RI Linee guida
Indicazioni e strategie terapeutiche per i bambini e gli adolescenti con ADHD

2003/6 — pag. 383-386

A National Consensus Conference was held in Cagliari (Sardinia) on March 6-7, 2003, promoted by the “Mario Negri” Research Institute of Milan and the University of Cagliari, Department of Neurosciences. The conference was aimed at up-dating the ava...

RI Domande e risposte
Domande e risposte

2003/2 — pag. 129-130

RI Aggiornamento
Il reumatismo articolare acuto oggi, tra epidemiologia, genetica e clinica

L. Lepore, S. Tambe’, S. Minisini

2003/2 — pag. 85-89

In developed countries, rheumatic fever represents nowadays a rare complication of group A streptococcal infection. In Italy, the annual incidence is 4-6 cases per 100.000 population under 18 years. Primary prophylaxis is based on treatment of stre...

EL Appunti di Terapia
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Un nuovo farmaco contro l'emicrania: il Rizatriptan

G. Bartolozzi

2003/1

RI Focus
L’appetito e il sonno: uno sguardo d’insieme

F. Panizon

2003/1 — pag. 28-32

Physiology, pathophysiology and common clinical presentation of eating and sleeping disorders are described. The case-management to eating disorders must first determine whether they are accompanied by weight loss. If so, a number of organic disord...

RI Problemi correnti
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Quo vadis influenza?

G. Bartolozzi

2002/10 — pag. 661-667

The Author provides an overview of the paediatric implications of influenza epidemics, starting with the considerable public health burden: influenza strikes the youngest at least as much as the elderly, with a sharp increase in consultations, drug...

RI Aggiornamento monografico
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Le complicanze settiche in ORL

V. Leone

2002/10 — pag. 647-654

The Author reviews the topic of septic complications in paediatric otolaryngology, which, although now rare due to improved nutrition, immunisation and case management, still represent an challenge for practicing paediatricians, also due to their i...

RI Aggiornamento monografico
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La profilassi dell’infezione neonatale da streptococco di gruppo B

A. Berardi, K. Rossi, C. Bussetti, F. Ferrari

2002/9 — pag. 571-578

Group B Streptococcus is the leading cause of vertically transmitted neonatal bacterial infections. The consequence of early and late-onset infections can be fatal diseases or severe neurological sequelae, when central nervous system is involved. M...

RI Farmacorecensioni
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Gli inibitori della pompa protonica

F. Marchetti, T. Gherarduzzi, E. Barbi, S. Martelossi, A. Ventura

2002/8 — pag. 521-526

RI Domande e risposte
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Domande e risposte

G. Longo

2002/8 — pag. 539-540

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
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Meningoencefalite da Listeria Monocytogenes: due casi pediatrici

E.Barth, I.Bruno, B.Longo, P.Petaros, M.Busetti, G.A.Zanazzo, M.Rabusin, P.Tamaro

2002/7

RI Pagine elettroniche
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Meningoencefalite da Listeria in oncologia pediatrica

2002/7 — pag. 460-460

Report on two cases of Listeria-induced meningoencephalitis in a child aged 19 months with pre-B lymphatic leukemia, slightly neutropenic, and a child aged 15 years with T lymphatic leukemia, not neutropenic but lymphopenic. The disease rapidly ev...

RI Controversie
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Streptococco: tra il dire e il fare, ovvero sulla conflittualità tra le raccomandazioni ufficiali e la pratica quotidiana

V. Leone, F. Panizon

2002/6 — pag. 377-382

In the light of scientific evidence, the Authors discuss the official statements by paediatric societies with regard to: use of rapid group A Streptococcus diagnostic test (RADT), need to confirm the diagnosis by culture from pharyngeal swab, treat...

EL Casi clinici della letteratura
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Avvelenamento da erbe "cosiddette medicinali"

G. Bartolozzi

2002/5

RI Focus
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FEGATO: AUTOIMMUNITÅ, TRAPIANTO, INFEZIONEEpatite autoimmune: cinquant’anni e non li dimostra!

G. Maggiore, M. Sciveres

2002/5 — pag. 291-310

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is an uncommon disease occurring mainly in women and characterised by the morphological changes of interface hepatitis on liver biopsy, hypergammaglobulinemia, elevated serum aminotransferases, and circulating autoantibod...

EL Editoriali sui contributi originali
Accesso libero
La prescrzione di antibiotici in eta' pediatrica: punto e a capo?

M.L. Moro

2002/4

RI Pagine elettroniche
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Prescrizione di antibiotici in età pediatrica nella regione Emilia-Romagna

2002/4 — pag. 259-260

We performed a survey on the administration of antibiotics to children in the Emilia-Romagna region. This survey shows a large use of antibiotics, particularly in children aged less than 4 years. They also more frequently receive multiple treatmen...

RI Ricerca
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Il trattamento sintomatico dell’otite media acuta: uno studio collaborativo in Pediatria ambulatoriale

L. Ronfani, S. Conti Nibali, F. Marchetti per il gruppo di lavoro OMA-ACP

2002/3 — pag. 170-178

Available evidence from controlled trials on antibiotic treatment of acute otitis media (AOM) show that the benefit of antibiotic treatment is marginal. A large observational prospective study aimed at evaluating to which extent symptomatic treatme...

EL Pediatria per l'ospedale
Accesso libero
Febbre periodica ereditaria (Parte prima)

G. Bartolozzi

2002/1

EL Appunti di Terapia
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Una nuova classe di antibiotici: gli oxazolidinoni

G. Bartolozzi

2002/1

EL Casi clinici della letteratura
Accesso libero
Il neonato con il gozzo

G. Bartolozzi

2002/1

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
Tre consigli per tre malattie: polmonite, tosse, otite

F. Panizon

2002/1 — pag. 31-34

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
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Vasculite da immunocomplessi in sindrome mononucleosica trattata con amoxicillina

M.Zoppo, A.Perino, R.Balboni, P.Capalbo, P.Pistamiglio, A.Urbino, E.Rossi

2001/10

RI Pagine elettroniche
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Vasculite da immunocomplessi in sindrome mononucleosica trattata con amoxicillina

M. Zoppo, A. Perino, R. Balboni, P. Capalbo, P. Pistamiglio, A. Urbino, E. Rossi

2001/10 — pag. 698

Report of a case of necrotising vasculitis with circulating immunocomplexes and alterations in hemocoagulation during a mononucleosis syndrome treated with amoxicillin....

RI Farmacologia clinica
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Gli antistaminici in Dermatologia pediatrica

E. Bonifazi

2001/9 — pag. 604-608

The Author offers an overview of the pharmacological properties of first, second, and third generation antihistamines and discusses their indications in paediatric dermatology (urticaria, insect bites, atopic dermatitis and mastocytosis). Loratadin...

RI Aggiornamento monografico
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Il disturbo di attenzione con iperattività

V. Nuzzo

2001/9 — pag. 581-594

The ADHD is a neuropsychiatric disorder with childhood onset. Over the last decades, ADHD has been often confused with the so called hyperactivity syndrome which includes various functional or organic disorders with multifactorial causes. As a cons...

RI Lettere
Accesso libero
Il bambino che non dormePaura del vaiolo

2001/9 — pag. 578

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
Il disturbo da deficit di attenzione con iperattività: un'occasione di ragionevolezza e di integrazione

F. Marchetti, F. Marolla

2001/9 — pag. 571-573

EL Pediatria per l'ospedale
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Malattia meningoccica (Parte seconda)

2001/8

RI Pagine elettroniche
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L’azatioprina nel trattamento della malattia infiammatoria cronica intestinale in Pediatria

S. Minisini, S. Facchini, S. Martelossi, A. Ventura

2001/8 — pag. 545-548

28 children with IBD (mean age 14.7) received azathioprine (AZA) in addition to corticosteroids. Out of them, 17 are still receiving AZA, 11 had to discontinue the treatment because of adverse effects or other reasons. With reference to the Crohn...

RI Pagine elettroniche
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Sindrome di Gilles de la Tourette: descrizione di un caso trattato con pimozide

D. Mangione

2001/7 — pag. 464

An 8-year old boy had three relapses of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. The last one, previously treated with haloperidole and resistant to treatment with flufenazine, was responsive promptly to pimozide 6 mg per day....

RI Lettere
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Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Defect (ADHD): luci e ombre

2001/7 — pag. 426

EL Pediatria per l'ospedale
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Iperbilirubinemia neonatale

2001/4

RI Digest e superdigest
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Il vomito ciclico

F. Dignan DNR. Symon, I. A. Arafeh, G. Russell

2001/4 — pag. 246

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
I farmaci per l'emicrania

G. Bartolozzi

2001/1

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
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Shock da gocce nasali: descrizione di due casi

A. Cirisano, R. Nigro, D.A. Campagna

2001/1

RI Focus
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IL DESTINO NEL DNAI geni della felicità

M.C. Fulchignoni, L. Greco

2001/1 — pag. 20-29

The genes of happiness are the best candidates for coding dopamine receptors, whereas the genes of sadness are the best candidates for coding serotonin metabolism and re-uptake. In fact, several studies on separately grown homozygous twins demonstr...

RI Pagine elettroniche
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Sonno profondo e stato confusionale da gocce nasali di nafazolina

G. Nocerino, G. Aurelio, E. Brigante, A. Riemma, R. Vitiello

2001/1 — pag. 54-54

Case report: a 6. 5 year - old female, after instillation of naphazoline as nasal drops, undergoes severe central nervous system depression. A sudden onset of a deep sleep as well as psycomotor disorders are a characteristic onset of the sintomato...

RI Pagina verde
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Esantema Kawasaki-like da anite streptococcica

F. Panizon

2000/10 — pag. 679-680

An atypical polymorphous exanthem was observed in a 2-year old female child. The exanthem was urticarial in the face, scarlatiniform in the abdomen and inner thighs, desquamating in the perianal region; endurated erythematous oedema in the palms a...

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
Accesso libero
Nefrocalcinosi in lattante: ipersensibilita' alla vitamina D

A. Bertinelli

2000/7

EL Appunti di Terapia
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5 giorni versus 10 nella cura con antibiotici dell'otite media acuta

G. Bartolozzi

2000/7

RI Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
L’anamnesi è sempre un buon investimento

F. Bouquet

2000/7 — pag. 460-462

RI Linee guida
Accesso libero
Sinusiti acute

2000/7 — pag. 441-447

RI Linee guida
Accesso libero
Otiti medie acute

2000/7 — pag. 438-447

RI Linee guida
Accesso libero
PRESCRIZIONE AMBULATORIALE DEGLI ANTIBIOTICI NELLE INFEZIONI RESPIRATORIE

2000/7 — pag. 431-447

Guidelines on antibiotic treatment of common respiratory infections were developed by an interdisciplinary group including family paediatricians, hospital paediatricians, community paediatricians, microbiologists and epidemiologists. Systematic lit...

RI Pagina verde
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Wheezing ricorrente, sinusite, reflusso gastro-esofageo

M.F. Patria, F. Rusconi

2000/6 — pag. 391-393

Description of a very instructive case of chronic asthma, scarcely sensible to bronchodilators and environmental prophylaxis. An antibiotic treatment for concurrent sinusitis cured the latter, but not asthma which kept on worsening, despite of a h...

RI Per una pediatria basata sull'evidenza
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Varicella e aciclovir

E. Neri, I. Bruno, C. Salvatore, F. Braida, E. Barbi

2000/6 — pag. 377-381

Chicken pox is still a common disease, usually with a favourable course. Complications are rare (2-3/100.000) in immunocompetent patients. The Authors review the published experience regarding treatment with acyclovir and conclude that the advantag...

RI Problemi correnti
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Trattare la mononucleosi?

M. Fontana

2000/6 — pag. 365-366

Symptoms are usually mild in young children, but in older children and adolescents systemic and pharingeal complains can be more severe, sometimes with significant airway obstruction. Only supportive care is usually recommended. This paper reports ...

RI Farmacologia clinica
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Un farmaco, una malattia: il methotrexate nell’artrite giovanile

L. Lepore

2000/6 — pag. 361-363

In 1992 a pioneer collaborative study showed that methotrexate (M) is effective in paediatric reumatology. Now we know that 60% of IJA patients who do not respond to non-steroidal antinflammatory drugs respond to M, that the best response is observ...

RI Pagina verde
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Polmonite ricorrente (da adenovirus?)

F. Panizon

2000/5 — pag. 325-328

A case of pneumonia: clinical and radiological picture of a bacterial form of pneumonia, characterised by persistent temperature for 5-7 days, despite an antibiotic treatment (ceftriaxone+azithromycin) against Pneumococcus and Mycoplasma. The pict...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Una lunga orticaria sfociata in una malattia sistemica

L. Lepore

2000/5 — pag. 316-318

RI Rubrica iconografica
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Un linfonodo suppurato

D. Cimino, N.R. Lucini, S. Gangarossa

2000/5 — pag. 310-311

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

RI L'angolo dell'immunologo
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Il diabete visto dall’intestino

A. Tommasini et al.

2000/4 — pag. 253-258

EL Contributi Originali - Ricerca
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Trattamento della vitiligine con fototerapia

A. Galluccio, L. Pilla

2000/3

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
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Broncopolmonite con complicanze suppurative come esordio di CGD

R. Rabuano, M. Falato, F. Sellitto

2000/3

RI Pagina verde
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Trattamento della vitiligine con fototerapia

Centro Fototerapia e PUVA

2000/3 — pag. 191-192

38 patients aged between 2 and 16 years were treated with narrow- band UVA and UVA/UVB, or with a combination of photodynamic therapy + cyclosporin, or with a combination of photodynamic therapy + 8-MOP. All the patients recorded excellent results...

RI Scampoli
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La sedazione in endoscopia

C. Romano, S. Cucchiara

2000/3 — pag. 189-190

RI Problemi non correnti
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Il bambino e l’HIV

M. De Martino, A. Guarino Amato, L. Galli, A. Vierucci

2000/2 — pag. 101-105

Drug therapy during pregnancy has dramatically reduced the vertical tramission of HIV infection. Moreover, the life expectancy of the infected newborn is now significantly longer than in the past because of the more aggressive therapeutic approach....

EL Appunti di Terapia
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Trattamento e prevenzione della tubercolosi multi-resistente

G. Bartolozzi

2000/1

EL Appunti di Terapia
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Streptococcus pneumoniae resistente alla penicillina e alle cefalosporine

G. Bartolozzi

1999/10

EL Appunti di Terapia
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Controllo della malattia invasiva da meningococco

G. Bartolozzi

1999/9

EL Appunti di Terapia
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I chinoloni in Pediatria

1999/8

RI Editoriali
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Prevenzione dell’asma

M&B

1999/7 — pag. 400

RI Farmacoriflessioni
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Sui risultati dello studio ETAC: una scelta sul campo

F. Marchetti

1999/7 — pag. 425-426

RI Farmacologia clinica
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Dalla dermatite atopica all’asma: possibilità di prevenzione farmacologica

F.M. De Benedictis e Etac Italian Study Group

1999/7 — pag. 421-424

A multicentre study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of early treatment with cetirizine of children affected by atopic dermatitis. 817 patients aged 12 to 24 months and affected by atopic dermatitis were randomized to receive either cetiriz...

EL Appunti di Terapia
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Un nuovo farmaco nella cura dell'artrite reumatoide: la leflunomide

G. Bartolozzi

1999/6

RI Focus
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Nuovi usi per vecchi farmaci nelle malattie autoimmuni

L. Lepore e coll.

1999/6 — pag. 368-370

RI Focus
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Lupus neonatale: una patologia autoimmune trasferita per via placentare

R. Cimaz, B. Speroni, P. Careddu

1999/6 — pag. 365-370

EL Appunti di Terapia
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Trimethoprim, omocisteina e trombosi

G. Bartolozzi

1999/5

RI Pagina verde
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Un caso di polmonite tipica da mycoplasma

L. Gnemmi, M. Pocecco

1999/4 — pag. 217-218

EL Pediatria per l'ospedale
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Trattamento dell'ittero neonatale

G. Bartolozzi

1999/3

RI Problemi correnti
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I comportamenti inutili e dannosi. Parte prima

G. Longo, A. Ventura

1999/3 — pag. 169-174

RI Problemi correnti
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LA TERAPIA DELLA DIARREA ACUTA

1999/3 — pag. 164-167

EL Contributi Originali - Ricerca
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Antibiotici per uso sistemico: la prescrizione negli anni 1993-97

M.G. Troncon

1999/2

EL Pediatria per l'ospedale
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Trattamento delle crisi convulsive acute e dello stato di male epilettico

G. Bartolozzi, P. Busoni, M. Lini, M. Peraldo

1999/2

RI Problemi correnti
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L’acido folico previene i difetti del tubo neurale

D. Baronciani

1998/10 — pag. 657-659

RI ABC
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Integrazioni minerali e vitaminiche dopo il primo anno di vita

F. Panizon

1998/9 — pag. 600-603

RI Per una pediatria basata sull'evidenza
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La prevenzione delle malformazioni congenite

P. Mastroiacovo

1998/9 — pag. 583-586

The Author reviews the available evidence on efficacy, risks and effectiveness of the main interventions aimed at prevention of congenital malformations (CM): rubeola immunization, preconceptional folic acid supplementation, avoidance of smoking...

RI Editoriali
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Le aziende informano

F. Marchetti

1998/8 — pag. 491-492

RI Problemi correnti
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Trattare o non trattare? Il caso dell’otite media acuta

F. Marchetti

1998/7 — pag. 453-455

The Author reviews the available evidence on antibiotic treatment of Acute Otitis Media (AOM) on the basis of current evidence, including two recent metanalyses. Antibiotic treatment of AOM, given the self-limited character of AOM, produces litt...

RI Capire le malattie
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Conversazioni tra batteri e ospite

A. Fasano

1998/6 — pag. 375-376

RI Medicina e societ&agrave;
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Per la sigaretta che non ho mai fumato!

L. Greco, B. Di Caprio

1998/4 — pag. 229-231

RI Linee guida
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Profilassi dell’endocardite batterica

F. Marchetti

1998/3 — pag. 185-187

Guidelines for prevention of bacterial endocarditis have been recently revised by the American Heart Association and approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The revised guidelines aim at simplifying both eligibility criteria and antibiot...

RI Editoriali
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Serendipity

A. Fasano

1998/2 — pag. 76

RI Scampoli
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La cena delle beffe : un’epidemia streptococcica sui generis

I. Merisi

1998/2 — pag. 108

RI Problemi non correnti
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Febbre familiare mediterranea: descrizione di un caso clinico

F. Sellitto, E. Varricchio

1997/4 — pag. 241-244

Mediterranean fever is a rare genetic disorder characterized by recurrent fever, poliserositis, abdominal pain and marked alteration of inflammatory serum indexes. The Authors describe a case with a long story of recurrent fever and abdominal p...