Rivista di formazione e aggiornamento professionale del pediatra e del medico di base, fondata nel 1982. In collaborazione con l'Associazione Culturale Pediatri.
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80 articoli — 1997-2026 Include sottocategorie MeSH

RI Protocolli di diagnosi e terapia
Anafilassi nel bambino e nell’adulto

Elefante G, De Toro G, Gallo Afflitto I, Veneruso D, Quarantiello F, Furcolo G.

2026/2 — pag. 97-101 — DOI

Anaphylaxis is a sudden, severe and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. In paediatrics, timely recognition and treatment are crucial. A synoptic chart was developed to support clinicians in emergency management, based on the updated diagn...

RI Domande e risposte
Rinite allergica e trattamento farmacologico

2026/1 — pag. 59 — DOI

RI Domande e risposte
Ondansetron: dosaggio e controindicazioni

2025/9 — pag. 605 — DOI

EL Caso contributivo
Bradicardia neonatale da mutazione del gene KCNQ1: revisione della letteratura della sindrome del QT lungo congenita

Valencic I, Angelucci C, Ancora G

2025/7 — pag. 170-178 — DOI

Congenital Long QT Syndromes (LQTS) are a heterogeneous group of channelopathies that cause an alteration in the repolarization phase, leading to a prolonged QT interval on the electrocardiogram. This condition provides the substrate for the developm...

RI L'esperienza che insegna
Un caso di orticaria solare in un’isola del Mediterraneo

Catania M, Saia GF, Longo G.

2024/10 — pag. 635-640 — DOI

Solar urticaria is a rare type of chronic inducible physical urticaria characterised by the immediate (within 1-3 minutes) appearance of erythematous, strongly itchy wheals, following the exposure to sunlight. The pathogenesis is unclear but it is hy...

RI Aggiornamento
Orticaria cronica spontanea

Colussi L, Malni I, Badina L, Berti I.

2024/10 — pag. 629-634 — DOI

Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is a condition characterized by the daily occurrence of wheals, with or without angioedema. It persists for more than six weeks, without any identifiable triggering factor and is caused by the abnormal activation o...

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 Domande e risposte
Asma e adolescenti: trattamento di fondo

2024/7 — pag. 471 — DOI

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Esperienza clinica nella gestione delle bronchioliti in un reparto di Pediatria: graduale adeguamento alle linee guida

Spalice S, Occhiati L, Acampora E, Rosanio FM, Coppola D, Cozzolino T, Tarallo L

2023/3 — pag. 51-51 — DOI

Following the analysis of 69 cases, the author concludes that the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to bronchiolitis is still far from the international guidelines....

EL Casi indimenticabili
Orticaria cronica: una realtà non così infrequente

Tessitore A

2022/4 — pag. 93-93 — DOI

A case of a (probably) chronic urticaria in a 6-year-old boy is described. The diagnostic and therapeutic approach is also discussed....

RI Pagine elettroniche
Occhio… alla chemosi congiuntivale

Puma A, Pecoraro L, Dalle Carbonare L, Flore A, Piacentini G, Pietrobelli A.

2021/9 — pag. 596-596 — DOI

Un bambino di 4 anni si presentava alla nostra attenzione per improvvisa comparsa a domicilio di tumefazione oculare destra associata a prurito oculare e lacrimazione omolaterale, in assenza di altri sintomi. Presenza di edema della congiuntiva bulba...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Occhio… alla chemosi congiuntivale

Puma A, Pecoraro L, Dalle Carbonare L, Flore A, Piacentini G, Pietrobelli A

2021/9 — pag. 285-286 — DOI

A 4-year-old boy presented with a sudden swelling in his right eye associated with itch, unilateral tearing and presence of jelly-like oedema in the bulbar conjunctiva. The diagnosis was conjunctival chemosis. Conjunctival chemosis is the oedematous ...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Sgombroide

Da Lozzo P

2021/5 — pag. 155-156 — DOI

The Authors described a case of scombroid poisoning in a 14-year-old atopic boy, initially misdiagnosed as allergic urticaria. Scombroid poisoning is a poorly known type of food poisoning due to the presence of histamine in spoiled fish of the Scombr...

RI Dermo mail
Orticaria Molluschi

2020/10 — pag. 666 — DOI

RI Casi indimenticabili
NAPA: Non-Atopic Persistent Asthma

L. Levantino

2020/8 — pag. 531-532 — DOI

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Uso degli alfa-antagonisti nella calcolosi renale in età pediatrica: quali evidenze?

L. Facchini, S. Pusceddu, L. Casadio, F. Marchetti

2019/7 — pag. 445-448

Alpha-antagonists as an expulsive therapy for ureteral stones are widely recognized in adults. On the basis of the evidence in the literature, in children/adolescents with a kidney stone < 12 mm after the failure of the conventional therapy (hydrat...

RI Aggiornamento
Anafilassi: miti, fatti e controversie

G. Vieni, M.R. Genovese, L. Biserna, G. Graziani, I. Berti, F. Marchetti

2019/3 — pag. 154-160

Anaphylaxis is a condition that produces great anxiety throughout the scientific community and that often causes a significant impairment of the quality of life of patients and their families. The present article critically reports all the (false) ...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Aritmia ipercinetica nonostante pregresso elettrocardiogramma da sforzo normale

G. Ottonello, P. Gianiorio, S. Vignola, A. Lavagetto

2019/3 — pag. 45-45

RI Domande e risposte
Asma prescolare Fenotipi e trattamento

2018/9 — pag. 597

RI L'esperienza che insegna
Orticaria emorragica: eppur si muove

S. Della Paolera, M.C. Pellegrin, I. Berti, E. Barbi

2018/7 — pag. 441-444

Acute urticaria is a frequent benign disease in children and is often secondary to infections. Usually it is a self-limited histamine-dependent cutaneous condition marked by transient, erythematous, and pruritic wheals and frequently by acral angio...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Midriasi: occhio... alle "belladonne"

S. Bursi

2018/1

RI Editoriali
Acido è bello

A. Ventura

2017/9 — pag. 551-553

RI Pagine elettroniche
Gli antistaminici di prima generazione nei bambini: un bilancio tra i rischi e i benefici

D. Sambugaro, G. Zoso, F. Fusco, F. Marchetti

2017/3 — pag. 195-196

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...

EL Caso contributivo
Intossicazione acuta da levotiroxina in età pediatrica

M.C. Pellegrin, E. Mascheroni, G. Tornese, E. Faleschini

2016/5

The paper presents two cases of acute levothyroxine ingestion: the first is an accidental ingestion in a child and the second is a voluntary ingestion in an adolescent. Ingestion of levothyroxine in children usually follows a benign course. Patients ...

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...

RI Ricerca
Studio osservazionale multicentrico sulla bronchiolite nella Regione Emilia Romagna (SOMBRERO)

R. Sacchetti, N. Lugli, S. Alboresi, M. Torricelli, O. Capelli, L. Borsari, A. Ballestrazzi

2015/6 — pag. 376-381

Introduction - A cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the current clinical practice in outpatient management of patients with bronchiolitis among paediatricians. The evaluation was conducted taking into account clinical, therapeutic and ...

RI Problemi speciali
Orticaria da freddo

E. Benelli, G. Longo, A. Ventura

2015/2 — pag. 99-103

Cold-induce urticaria, a subtype of physical urticaria, is characterized by the appearance of wheals after the exposure to cold. There are two main types of cold-induce urticaria: the most common is the typical one, which is characterized by a posi...

RI Ricerca
Prescrizione di antiacidi, anti-H2 e IPP nei primi tre anni di vita nella Regione Piemonte

A. Borraccino, A. Ravaglia

2014/10 — pag. 647-651

Background - Despite the dissemination of guidelines and recommendations the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in the paediatric population is continuously increasing. In Italy the phenomenon is still poorly documented. Objective - Aim of...

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 Problemi correnti
La rinite allergica in età pediatrica

E. Benelli, A. Ventura, G. Longo

2014/4 — pag. 240-248

Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a common disease, especially among adolescents. Dust mite rhinitis usually develops at the end of preschool age and it is characterized by obstructive symptoms. AR due to pollens becomes more evident close to 10 years of a...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Propranololo ed emangiomi

I. Berti, M. Pavan, G. Paloni, C. Bibalo, F. Marchetti, A. Ventura

2013/10 — pag. 651-657

Infantile Haemangiomas (IE) are common benign tumours, affecting around 10% of the new borns. Natural history goes towards a spontaneous regression in most cases, although in long times (years) and sometimes with some imperfect outcome. Propranolol...

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 I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Mai dire BONZAI!

V. Moressa, C. Zuiani , S. Naviglio, N. Giurici

2013/7

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,...

RI Digest
Farmacoterapia del sonno in pediatria

2010/8 — pag. 519-521

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 Farmacoriflessioni
La prima lista dei farmaci cardiovascolari autorizzati per un uso pediatrico

Working Group Pediatrico dell’AIFA

2010/3 — pag. 172-176

29 off label drugs that are necessary and irreplaceable to treat cardiovascular pathologies in children are legitimized by the paediatric working group of the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA). Thus, their use is authorized and they can be supplied b...

EL Occhio all'evidenza
Accesso libero
L’incertezza della terapia da somministrare

D. Radzik

2009/9

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Indicazioni per l’utilizzo razionale dei farmaci antiacidi (anti-H2 e IPP)

F. Marchetti

2009/4 — pag. 250-254

In Italy proton pump inhibitors PPI are, certainly, too often prescribed just to prevent gastric bleedings caused by NSAIDs or steroids; besides, other drugs are prescribed to relieve symptoms or to make a diagnosis ex-juvantibus in patients with sus...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Gli antistaminici di nuova generazione: quando, come, perché

B. Lattanzi, A. Guerrieri, F.M. de Benedictis

2008/8 — pag. 511-519

Second-generation antihistamines differ from first-generation because of their elevated specificity and affinity for peripheral H1-receptors and because of their lower penetration in to the central nervous system, having fewer sedative effects as a...

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Uso dei farmaci contro la tosse e il raffreddore negli Stati Uniti dal 1999 al 2006

G. Bartolozzi

2008/7

RI Ricerca
Profilo prescrittivo dei farmaci antiasmatici nella popolazione pediatrica della ASL di Lecco

M. Bianchi, A. Clavenna, L. Labate, A. Bortolotti, I. Fortino, G.W. Locatelli, G. Giuliani, M. Bonati

2007/10 — pag. 653-659

Antiasthmatic drugs are often prescribed for conditions different from asthma and many patients are exposed to therapy for which there is no evidence of efficacy. The aim of this study was to test whether antiasthmatic drug prescription rates refle...

RI Problemi correnti
Orticaria acuta post-infettiva

M.P. Pilia, R. Meneghetti, G. Longo

2007/10 — pag. 647-651

Acute urticaria related to infections is a benign manifestation in children, especially in infancy and early childhood. It typically happens at the same time or at the end of, or after, a viral infection. The eruption is self-limited, and episodes ...

EL Occhio all'evidenza
Accesso libero
Gli steroidi inalatori sono efficaci nell'attacco acuto d'asma?

D. Radzik

2007/2

RI Superdigest
Disease mongering: la bottega delle malattie

2006/5 — pag. 317-320

EL Il punto su
Accesso libero
La bronchiolite (Parte terza)

M. Lazzerini

2005/9

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Avvelenamento con un preparato cinese contro i roditori

G. Bartolozzi

2004/3

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

G. Bartolozzi

2003/1

RI Farmacoriflessioni
La terapia dell’otite media essudativa

F. Marchetti, E. Zocconi

2003/1 — pag. 47-51

Otitis media with effusion (OME) has a high prevalence in school age children (15%) but in only 5% its duration is longer than a year. A systematic review shows that antibiotics are effective in reducing effusion but that their effect does not main...

RI Controversie
Accesso libero
Il trattamento farmacologico della bronchiolite

E. Barbi, G. Cavagni

2002/4 — pag. 247-251

With regard to bronchiolitis, strong evidence of effectiveness does exist only for oxygen and hydration. There is some evidence on the effectiveness of nebulised adrenaline, but it does not significantly improve the clinical course, nor reduce the ...

RI Farmacologia clinica
Accesso libero
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 Digest e superdigest
Accesso libero
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

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

F. Marchetti

1999/7 — pag. 425-426

RI Specialità
Accesso libero
Il prurito atopico

E. Bonifazi

1997/9 — pag. 583-586

Atopic dermatitis is the most frequent skin disease characterized by severe itching. The treatment of atopic itching should start from the evaluation of its severity. An itching score based on the number of crises during daytime, the period of w...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Orticaria autoimmune

S. Martelossi, F. Longo

1997/4 — pag. 249-250