Paediatrics

La cellulite orbitaria in età pediatrica: una proposta di gestione diagnostico-terapeutica

Zama D, Altimari L, Ruscelli M, Pierantoni L, Gennari G, Toni F, Campoli C, Presutti L, Lanari M.

2024/1 — pag. 17-25 — DOI

The incidence of orbital cellulitis in the paediatric age is around 1.6/100,000 cases per year. Most cases are mild and limited to the preseptal space; however, severe and complicated cases are possible. Paediatricians should be able to recognize hig...

Tiroidite cronica linfocitaria e carcinoma papillare della tiroide: quale relazione?

Graziani V, Rossini B, Reale G, Cozzolino M, Marchetti F, Parenti GC

2022/7 — pag. 144-147 — DOI

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common form of thyroid tumour in childhood. Different studies reported higher risk of developing a PTC in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis patients (HT) even in paediatric-adolescent age, although real incidence a...

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 ...

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...

L’emergenza psichiatrica in età evolutiva: tendere una rete tra territorio e ospedale

A. Liverani, G. Barcia, T.I. Ercolanese, G. Melideo, E. Valletta

2014/8 — pag. 519-522

Neuropsychiatric services usually take care of children and adolescents with mental disease as outpatients. Although hospital admission for psychiatric disorders is infrequent, the number of children and adolescents who arrive to emergency departme...

Consigli pratici per il corretto utilizzo del catetere vescicale in pediatria

P. Assandro, G. Ferrara, G. Zerqueni, M. Pennesi, E. Barbi

2014/6 — pag. 369-376

Urinary catheters are invasive devices, frequently employed in hospitals and nursing home settings to maintain urine output in patients, both for diagnostic and therapeutic aspects. There are many Guidelines concerning their use and application in ...

L’uso dei farmaci oftalmologici nella popolazione pediatrica in italia

F. Fortinguerra, A. Clavenna, M. Bonati

2011/5 — pag. 311-318

Aim: A study was planned to analyse the availability and the licensing status of ocular drugs marketed in Italy and evaluate the evidence on their safety and efficacy in paediatric population. Materials and methods: A quantitative analysis was perf...

Profilo epidemiologico delle ADR in pediatria

A. Clavenna, M. Bonati

2009/8 — pag. 501-507

A meta-analysis of 8 prospective studies performed in the United States and Europe in the 2001-2007 period estimated that the incidence of ADRs in hospitalised children is 10.9% and in paediatric outpatients 1.0%. The contribution of ADRs to the ho...

L’importanza dei case report in farmacovigilanza

M. Venegoni

2009/8 — pag. 501-507

The publication of case reports is one of the useful didactic instrument to disseminate the knowledge on many or very rare adverse reactions that physicians must know whenever they make prescriptions. Moreover, the activity of pharmacovigilance and...

Il pediatra e la semeiotica dimenticata

F. Panizon

2006/5 — pag. 298-303

The Author reviews what has remained of traditional semeiotics and what has been added to it by modern paediatrics. His conclusions are the following: a) in recent years the role of semeiotics has increased rather than reduced; b) the use of addition...

Prescrizione di antibiotici sistemici in età pediatrica nell'ULSS n° 4 'Alto Vicentino': fattori legati al bambino ed al medico curante

M. Saugo, M. Pellizzari, M. Giarno, R. Dall’Amico, G. Ziglio, S. Caffi, C. Pertile, R. Rubin, L. Simonato

2004/7

Il sapere flessibile del pediatra

P. Auconi

2004/7 — pag. 434-439

The Author discusses the current role of the paediatrician and emphasises the need to develop flexible and comprehensive knowledge and skills to deal with the complexity of her/his new tasks. Society has lost the meaning of life and death, as well ...

Prescrizione di antibiotici sistemici in età pediatrica nell’ULSS 4 “Alto Vicentino”

2004/7 — pag. 449-450

Prescriptions of antibiotics to children aged 0 to 14 and belonging to the Health Unit “Alto Vicentino” were analysed for the year 2002. 41% of children received at least one prescription. 20% of prescriptions were made by physicians who where not...

Bambini e farmaci: gli ultimi vent’anni, con uno sguardo al futuro

F. Marchetti

2002/4 — pag. 237-244

Over the last twenty years, several important modifications have occurred in the practice of ambulatory drug use for children. The prescribing practice in Italy, as documented by several epidemiological surveys recently carried out, is still far fr...

La Pediatria di comunità in Emilia-Romagna

2002/3 — pag. 191

Analysis of the community activities performed in an Italian region, their results (vaccination coverage, screening coverage, assistance to chronic and extra-community children) and their changes during the last three years....

Il pediatra, la famiglia e l’approccio sistemico-relazionale

L. Baldascini

2001/9 — pag. 597-600

Traditional medicine, as well as psychology and psychoanalysis, is based on linear explanatory models: a specific cause produces a specific effect. These simplified models may be helpful to understand basic biological processes, but are insufficien...

Il pediatra al telefono: audit e formazione permanente

D. Ferrara, M.R. Romano, E. Scalici, L. Peratoner

2001/2 — pag. 95-98

An audit of paediatric telephone advice practice was organized as part of a CME programme. Four cases were discussed as emblematic of common conditions for which paediatric telephone advice is frequently seeked: fever, cough, vomiting and feeding p...

La formazione permanente

2000/3 — pag. 177-182

The document describes the proposals developed by the ACP on the principles of continuous medical education (CME) and contains suggestions on criteria for attributing CME credits. CME should address emerging issues, be based on effective training m...