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Respiration Disorders

Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiration Disorders

215 articoli — 1997-2026 Include sottocategorie MeSH

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Uno stridore persistente in un lattante

Ippoliti A, Lovati C.

2026/2 — pag. 123 — DOI

Stridor in infants is a frequent but non-specific clinical sign, indicating partial upper airway obstruction. The causes vary according to age and include congenital anomalies, infections, trauma or space-occupying lesions. Among the rare aetiologies...

RI Binomi
Thomas, 3 mesi: stitico e… inespressivo…

2026/2 — pag. 83-85 — DOI

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
La tosse che faceva... tic: quando il sintomo inganna il pediatra

Falcone M, Fioretto A, Fiorenza G, Esposito S

2026/2 — pag. 42-42 — DOI

Chronic paediatric cough may often have psychogenic origins when organic causes are excluded. This report describes the case of a 13-year-old boy with a persistent, metallic, diurnal cough that lasted for one year and was unresponsive to treatments f...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Senza forze e senza riflessi: non puoi perdere tempo!

Amato M, Marino S, Scirè Calabrisotto S, Catalano D, Stancanelli G, La Spina M

2025/10 — pag. 272-273 — DOI

The paper describes the case of an 8-year-old girl presenting with gait disturbance, paresthesias, weakness, absent reflexes and hoarseness. MRI and CSF findings promptly supported a diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome. The patient rapidly developed...

RI Aggiornamento
La bronchite eosinofila

Longo G, Badina L, Berti I, Maschio M, Amaddeo A.

2025/8 — pag. 489-498 — DOI

Eosinophilic bronchitis is a clinical entity characterized by bronchial eosinophilic inflammation that clinically manifests only with chronic, essentially dry cough. Just like asthma, it responds well to inhaled corticosteroid therapy, but it differs...

RI Lettere
La bronchite eosinofila: la riconosci se la conosci

Thiebat E, Longo G.

2025/8 — pag. 488 — DOI

RI Aggiornamento
I disturbi respiratori ostruttivi del sonno

Basilicata S, Traunero A, Borrelli M, Maschio M, Ghirardo S, Amaddeo A.

2025/6 — pag. 359-365 — DOI

Obstructive sleep disordered breathing encompasses different clinical entities, the most severe of which is obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Children with severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy, obesity, congenital malformations or specific syndro...

RI Problemi speciali
Difficoltà di deglutizione nei bambini con neurodisabilità: sfide e soluzioni

Mincarelli C, Barbi E, Orzan E, Peri F, Pintonello S, Grasso DL.

2025/4 — pag. 235-239 — DOI

Dysphagia, defined as the difficulty in swallowing a food or non-food bolus from the oral cavity to the stomach, is a significant disorder affecting neonates and children, with an incidence of 25-45% in normally developing children and up to 80% in t...

RI Casi indimenticabili
La tosse di Arnold

Giuseppin I.

2025/1 — pag. 49-50 — DOI

A 9-year-old boy presenting with a persistent dry cough for 3 weeks is examined without any lung-related findings. When inspecting the ear, a pink pencil lodged in the earwax was discovered and removed. As a consequence the cough, which was caused b...

EL Il punto su
Distress respiratorio del neonato: dall'Apgar all'ecografia polmonare. Manuale di istruzioni per il pediatra

Carnazzo SM, Balconara D, Calareso L, Pecora G, Papale M,Parisi GF, Leonardi S

2025/1 — pag. 8-15 — DOI

The use ultrasound for diagnosing lung diseases is relatively recent: it was around the 1960s when the first observations of the utility of chest ultrasound in pulmonary diseases were made. This article examines the findings of lung ultrasound in new...

RI Aggiornamento
Assistenza ventilatoria non invasiva: dalla teoria alla pratica

Grigoletto V, Cognigni M, Badina L, Ghirardo S, Maschio M, Mazzari L, Amaddeo A.

2024/8 — pag. 490-498 — DOI

Noninvasive respiratory assistance strategies are becoming part of everyday life for paediatricians, both in hospitals and territorial settings. In the acute condition, a timely and correct use of noninvasive respiratory support can improve the outco...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Una guancia che soffia

Picciau ME, Corrias F, Cherchi G

2024/6 — pag. 125-126 — DOI

The diagnosis of pneumomediastinum was eventually made in a seven-year-old girl who presented with worsening dyspnoea and swelling of the neck and right cheek in the absence of fever....

RI Lettere
Quando la pertosse riemerge: si discute del noto e non noto

Parisi M, Marchetti F.

2024/5 — pag. 284-285 — DOI

RI Pagine elettroniche
Un inspirio insolito: la vocal cord dysfunction

Fracas D.

2024/3 — pag. 189-192 — DOI

The diagnosis of vocal cord dysfunction was eventually made in a 10-year-old boy with repeated self-limited episodes of inspiratory dyspnoea....

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Un inspirio insolito: la vocal cord dysfunction

Fracas D

2024/3 — pag. 57-57 — DOI

The diagnosis of vocal cord dysfunction was eventually made in a 10-year-old boy with repeated self-limited episodes of inspiratory dyspnoea....

RI Problemi correnti
Tutta la tosse in una figura

Longo G.

2024/2 — pag. 87-93 — DOI

Cough is the most common cause of unscheduled paediatric visits. The figure in the article shows the main causes of paediatric coughs differentiated by duration, quality (dry or wet) and night-time coughing. With these few simple key anamnestic eleme...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Pensa alla bronchite eosinofila

Fusco F.

2023/10 — pag. 662-663 — DOI

The diagnosis of eosinophilic bronchitis was finally done in a 4-year-old girl with dry, long lasting cough...

RI Aggiornamento
Sindrome da ipersensibilità dei recettori della tosse (SIRT): “la tosse che fa tosse”

Longo G.

2023/7 — pag. 427-436 — DOI

Dry cough usually accompanies the first few days of each “cold” (Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: URTI), but in some children, it always recurs with a particular intensity that “prevents sleep” and puts the whole family to the test. This cough is r...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Un corpo estraneo nel naso

Serruto M.

2023/6 — pag. 399-402 — DOI

Nasal foreign bodies are common in children. Through the experience of a clinical case, it is possible to describe the clinical signs of suspect nasal foreign bodies to intervene promptly and avoid short and long-term complications....

RI Pagine elettroniche
La polmonite da adenovirus

Zago A, Benvenuto S.

2023/4 — pag. 261-263 — 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...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Due “D” (disfagia e dispnea) che fanno la diagnosi

Badina L.

2023/2 — pag. 123-125 — DOI

The case of a 12-year-old boy presenting with dysponea and dysphagia (long-lasting meals) is described. Finally, a diagnosis of oesophageal achalasia and compressive tracheomalacia was made...

RI Aggiornamento
L'ossigenoterapia

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

2023/2 — pag. 85-95 — DOI

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

RI Se la conosci la riconosci
Acondroplasia

Calderara ML, Selicorni A.

2023/1 — pag. 49-51 — DOI

RI Domande e risposte
Tosse secca persistente Asma e spirometria

2022/10 — pag. 659 — DOI

RI Casi indimenticabili
Mangia come un uccellino...

Giuseppin I

2022/10 — pag. 652-653 — DOI

The diagnosis of Bochdalek hernia (left diaphragmatic hernia) was eventually made in a 17-month-old malnourished child presenting with fever, persistent vomiting and shortness of breath. The clinical and diagnostic implications of the diaphragmatic h...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Travolti da un insolito destino nell’immenso mare degli eosinofili

Iannicelli A.

2022/6 — pag. 393-395 — DOI

The case of an adolescent with persistent cough and blood eosinophilia eventually diagnosed as idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome is presented. The diagnostic approach to hypereosinophilia is discussed....

RI Rubrica iconografica
Ernia diaframmatica a presentazione tardiva

Botusan RA, Zarrilli S, Gallo MG, Santillo V.

2022/6 — pag. 378-380 — DOI

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Accesso libero
Una tosse… a clacson

Colussi L

2022/5 — pag. 113-113 — DOI

The case of a ten-year-old boy with persistent cough is presented. The diagnosis of bizarre disruptive honking cough was eventually made. The possible clinical features of the somatic cough are discussed....

EL Casi indimenticabili
Mancata diagnosi di ingestione di corpo estraneo

Acampora E, D’Arco M, Fedi L, Cerchione R, Cozzolino T

2022/5 — pag. 106-107 — DOI

The case of an 18-month-old infant presenting with respiratory failure is described. The authors discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic management of foreign body aspiration....

RI Casi indimenticabili
Stroke ischemico in un neonato

Tumminelli C.

2022/3 — pag. 189-192 — DOI

The case of a full term newborn with recurrent episodes of bradycardia and apnoea is presented. The diagnosis of ischemic stroke probably due to thromboembolism with placental origin was eventually posed....

RI Casi indimenticabili
Un esordio dispnoico

Bevacqua M.

2022/3 — pag. 189-192 — DOI

The case of a polydyspnoeic child with diabetic ketoacidosis initially misdiagnosed as respiratory failure is presented. The errors in the clinical approach are discussed....

RI Domande e risposte
Bronchite batterica protratta, trattamento antibiotico

2022/2 — pag. 131

RI Come eravamo
La Neonatologia ai tempi di JFK...

Corsello G.

2021/10 — pag. 627 — DOI

RI Problemi speciali
Il digiuno del bambino prima di una sedazione procedurale

Penco A, Peri P, Poropat F, Conversano E, Barbi E, Cozzi G.

2021/9 — pag. 576-582 — DOI

Fasting before procedural sedation is a hot topic in everyday medical life with the main concern regarding pulmonary aspiration. Fasting guidelines before procedural sedation have always been the same as those used for general anaesthesia. However, p...

RI Casi indimenticabili
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 ...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Poco reattiva: miele amaro

Marsella M

2021/8 — pag. 256-256 — DOI

The authors describe a case of a four-month infant with hypotonia and difficulty swallowing who was eventually diagnosed with an infant botulism....

RI ABC
Guida pratica alla spirometria attraverso i casi

Udina C, Contorno S, Badina L, Gortani G, Maschio M, Barbi E

2021/7 — pag. 450-456 — DOI

Spirometry is a very useful test in paediatric clinical practice. Nevertheless, to avoid making mistakes, it is important to keep in mind its role and what can be measured and how. “On which patients should spirometry be performed? What does the clin...

RI Speciale
Pronto Soccorso

Calligaris L, Poropat F, Cozzi G

2021/26 — pag. 14 — DOI

EL Casi indimenticabili
Uno stato infiammatorio dell’ugula

Saponara M

2021/6 — pag. 185-185 — DOI

Isolated uvulitis has been described in the literature following ‘crack’ cocaine and cannabis inhalation. The authors describe the case of a 16-year-old boy with isolated uvulitis associated to dyspnoea, tachycardia and vomiting probably due to cocai...

EL Caso contributivo
Edema polmonare da pressione negativa dopo settoplastica in un adolescente

Di Maria C, Prizio G, Triunfo A, Quarantiello F, Di Maria D

2021/5 — pag. 141-143 — DOI

Negative pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE) is a danger-ous and potentially fatal condition with a multifactorial pathogenesis. NPPE is frequently a manifestation of upper airway obstruction, indeed the large negative intrathoracic pressure generated by...

EL Caso contributivo
Un suono che inganna: quando sospettare il doppio arco aortico

Giannone V, Goia M, Bignamini E

2021/4 — pag. 109-113 — DOI

The article describes a case of a 10-month-old male infant presenting with respiratory distress, laryngotracheitis and double aortic arch (DAA). Tracheal compression by vascular structures in infants is uncommon and may be masked by nonspecific respi...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Un asma sine asma: la SIRT

Contorno S

2021/2 — pag. 57-57 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a girl with recurrent cough attributable to the so-called Cough Hypersensitivity Syndrome (CHS). The cough was misdiagnosed as drug resistant asthma for long time. CHS should be considered in all cases where recurrent,...

EL Caso contributivo
Improvvisa insufficienza respiratoria da versamento pleurico in un neonato con catetere venoso centrale per via percutanea

Inserra E, Puzone S, Delehaye C, Caredda E, Internicola M, Pugliese U, Spagnuolo F, Carpentieri M, Capristo C, Montaldo P

2021/2 — pag. 47-50 — DOI

Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter (PICC) insertion is a common procedure performed in most neonatal units. Even though this is a well-defined procedure for indications and risks, complications have been reported in literature. The paper...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Toxic shock syndrome

Conte M, Zanella G

2021/1 — pag. 27-27 — DOI

A toxic shock syndrome (TSS) was eventually diagnosed in a four-year-old girl who attended the Emergency Department with a clinical picture suggestive of scarlet fever. The present paper briefly discusses the therapeutic approach to TSS....

EL Caso contributivo
Un’opprimente tumefazione laterocervicale... da far mancare il respiro

Mellino C, Gasperini P, Conte ML, Dell’Omo V, Libertucci F, Bigucci B, Inserra A, Vergine G

2021/1 — pag. 15-18 — DOI

Lymphatic malformations are low-flow vascular anomalies of the lymphatic system that occur in one out of 2-4,000 live births. They may be classified as macrocystic (diameter > 1 cm), microcystic (diameter < 1 cm) or mixed. Lymphatic malformations tha...

RI L'esperienza che insegna
Ostruzioni nasali e russamento: da tre casi insoliti una lezione per il pediatra

R. Masetti, D. Leardini, L. Ronchini, S. Riolo, F. Guida, F. Baccelli, S. Cerasi, T. Papaleo, L. Bertelli, A. Pession

2020/9 — pag. 585-589 — DOI

Nasal obstruction with or without snoring is a frequent condition and, as such, it is easily disregarded by paediatricians and by parents as well. The paper describes three “unforgettable” clinical cases that must be a warning to investigate and not ...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Anemia falciforme e sindrome toracica acuta

G. Graziani, J. Gencarelli, C. Lama, S. Brocchi, L. Biserna, C. Radice, F. Marchetti

2020/6 — pag. 392-394

EL Casi indimenticabili
Uno stridore inspiratorio: tracheomalacia o corpo estraneo?

M. Ficara, G. Russo, G. Cinelli, F. Felici, E. Marastoni, A. Ghidini, E. Iannella, S. Amarri

2020/6 — pag. 139-139 — DOI

EL Protocolli di diagnosi e terapia
Anemia falciforme e sindrome toracica acuta

G. Graziani, J. Gencarelli, C. Lama, S. Brocchi, L. Biserna, C. Radice, F. Marchetti

2020/6 — pag. 126-129 — DOI

RI Domande e risposte
Naso sempre chiuso, disturbi somatoformi

2020/2 — pag. 131

EL Casi indimenticabili
L’anello vascolare di Veronica

F. Corrias

2020/1 — pag. 12-13

RI Problemi speciali
La malattia drepanocitica in Pronto Soccorso

M. Casale, S. Perrotta, G. Russo, L. Sainati, R. Colombatti, G.L. Forni

2019/10 — pag. 639-644

Sickle cell disease is the most common genetic disorder observed at emergency units worldwide with more and more children being diagnosed with severe acute events. Emergency caregivers need to be aware of potentially life-threatening complications ...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Uno stridore a recente insorgenza

G. Lanzoni, F. Maschio, P. Berlese, C. Zanatta, P. Midrio

2019/8 — pag. 206-206

RI Casi indimenticabili
Un mal di pancia… l’iperventilazione psicogena

F. Colonna

2019/7 — pag. 460

RI Neonatologia
Il neonato a colori: nero a metà

G. Corsello, M. Schierz

2019/2 — pag. 115-116

RI Se la conosci la riconosci
Sindrome di Freeman-Sheldon

S. Tajè, P. Cianci, A. Selicorni

2018/7 — pag. 453-455

RI Ricerca
Adenotonsillectomia in Pediatria

A. Ravaglia, R. Gnavi, A. Vigo, S. Noce, A. Guala, A. Borraccino, Gruppo di lavoro sulle ADT

2018/6 — pag. 385-390

Background - Adenotonsillectomy is among the most frequent surgical intervention in paediatric age. Although the availability of several recommendations on the clinical and organizational approach to be followed, there is evidence of an important v...

RI L'angolo degli specializzandi
L’ABC della ventilazione non invasiva

G. Facchina

2018/4 — pag. 257-258

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Una sepsi neonatale precoce da Listeria

M.R. Genovese

2018/4

RI Domande e risposte
Herpes zoster e lattante Una tosse psicogena

2018/3 — pag. 197

RI Quello che ho imparato in...
Allergologia

P. Pascolo, A. Velkoski

2018/3 — pag. 189-191

RI Pagine elettroniche
Cos'è la sindrome di Jeune e quando pensarciDescrizione di un caso clinico

B. Vergara, C. Muratori, L. Mambelli, A. Zucchini, R. Iannace, G. Parmeggiani, A. Sensi, F. Marchetti

2018/2 — pag. 119-122

Jeune syndrome, also known as asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy, is a rare autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia characterised by narrow chest, short skull and skeletal abnormalities, which include, among other things, a “trident” appearance of the...

EL Caso contributivo
Cos'è la sindrome di Jeune e quando pensarciDescrizione di un caso clinico

B. Vergara, C. Muratori, L. Mambelli, A. Zucchini, R. Iannace, G. Parmeggiani, A. Sensi, F. Marchetti

2018/2

Jeune syndrome, also known as asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy, is a rare autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia characterised by narrow chest, short skull and skeletal abnormalities, which include, among other things, a “trident” appearance of the ac...

RI Aggiornamento
La gestione condivisa ospedale-territorio del bambino con malattia drepanocitica

P. Samperi, R. Colombatti, E. Cannata, L. Sainati, G. Russo

2017/10 — pag. 629-635

Sickle cell disease is a hereditary autosomal disease of haemoglobin characterized by chronic haemolytic anaemia, vaso-occlusive painful crisis, organ damage and increased susceptibility to infections. In recent years, the number of patients with s...

RI Ricerca
Trapianto di polmone in fibrosi cistica

A. Agrusti, M. Bramuzzo, M. Maschio, A. Ventura

2017/2 — pag. 99-106

Background - Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rare genetic disease that progressively involves the pancreatic and pulmonary functions: as respiratory failure develops, lung transplantation is the only therapeutic option available nowadays. Objective - Th...

RI Domande e risposte
FDEIA Dilatazione coronarica Vocal cord dysfunction

2017/1 — pag. 59-60

RI L'angolo degli specializzandi
Il bambino che respira male: come si valuta, cosa si fa

G. Facchina, S. Lega

2016/10 — pag. 661-664

RI Aggiornamento
Distrofia muscolare di Duchenne:stato dell’arte su nuovi approcci terapeutici

S. Messina, E. Mercuri

2016/9 — pag. 565-571

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an X-linked disorder with an incidence of 1 in 5,000 male live births and is the most common muscular dystrophy in childhood. The disease is characterized by progression of muscle weakness and contractures leading to ...

RI Domande e risposte
Luteina e neonatoNaso sempre chiusoSalmeterolo e tosse

2016/6 — pag. 398

RI L'angolo degli specializzandi
Tutti a tavola con… i bambini con disabilità

P. Pascolo

2016/6 — pag. 395-397

EL Casi indimenticabili
Una tonsilla che ricresce

C. Retetangos

2016/4

RI Il graffio
Accesso libero
La pediatria si è fermata a Idomeni

2016/3 — pag. 151

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Narici NARES

S. Lega

2016/3

RI Come eravamo
Accesso libero
Polmoni d’acciaio

2016/1 — pag. 11

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...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Un lobo polmonare iperlucente

G. Vieni, S. Pusceddu, L. Mambelli, F. Pugliese, V. Poletti, F. Marchetti

2015/9 — pag. 593-595

The paper describes the case of a 7-year-old female child with a history of chronic cough following an acute respiratory infection and unilateral hyperlucent lung on chest radiograph. The diagnosis was Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome, based on chara...

RI Pediatria flash
L’annegamento: cosa fare e quando preoccuparsi

F. Barbieri, I. Paoli

2015/9 — pag. 596-597

RI Aggiornamento
Bronchite batterica protratta dai casi clinici alla messa a fuoco di una entità poco conosciuta e “maltrattata”

C. Bibalo, C. Bibalo, M. Tubaro, A. Ventura, G. Longo

2015/9 — pag. 565-572

Protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) is a wet, “smoker-like” cough that persists more than 4 weeks (chronic, not remitting cough) and promptly responds to an appropriate antimicrobial treatment. Although it is the most common cause of chronic coug...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Un caso di tosse cronica e asma non controllato: non è tutto asma ciò che tossisce

A. Nucci, F. Tubili

2015/9

EL Caso contributivo
Un lobo polmonare iperlucente

G. Vieni, S. Pusceddu, L. Mambelli, F. Pugliese, V. Poletti, F. Marchetti

2015/9

The paper describes the case of a 7-year-old female child with a history of chronic cough following an acute respiratory infection and unilateral hyperlucent lung on chest radiograph. The diagnosis was Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome, based on character...

RI Pediatria flash
Ossigenoterapia ad alti flussi

S. Nider, E. Benelli, S. Norbedo, E. Barbi

2015/6 — pag. 394-395

RI Aggiornamento
Per una corretta gestione del bambino con ALTE

A. Vigo, S. Noce, A. Ravaglia

2015/5 — pag. 292-297

“Infants with an apparent life-threatening event (ALTE) present to medical attention because of an acute and unexpected change in behaviour that alarmed the care giver. The initial episodes can occur during sleep, awake, or feeding. They are most c...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Il bambino è realmente desaturato o ha solamente il naso ostruito?

S. Ghirardo, E. Rizzello

2015/3

RI Pagine elettroniche
Inalazione di corpo estraneo: uno "strano caso"

G.L. Benetti, C. Iozzi, M. Atzeni

2015/1 — pag. 57-58

Foreign body inhalation is a quite common event in chil-dhood, especially during the first years of life. It can cau-se complete airway obstruction and asphyxia resulting from a large object lodged in the trachea or larynx, which require real emergen...

EL Caso contributivo
Inalazione di corpo estraneo: uno “strano caso”

G.L. Benetti, C. Iozzi, M. Atzeni

2015/1

Foreign body inhalation is a quite common event in chil-dhood, especially during the first years of life. It can cau-se complete airway obstruction and asphyxia resulting from a large object lodged in the trachea or larynx, which require real emergen...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Una tosse con il timbro da clacson

M.C. Pellegrin

2014/9 — pag. 595-596

EL Casi indimenticabili
Tosse e tremori… quando meno te lo aspetti

S. Scattolin, V. Piovan, G. Policicchio

2014/9

RI Casi indimenticabili
Un caso di polmonite

B. Salvatore

2014/8 — pag. 531-532

EL Casi indimenticabili
Una grave incompatibilità

M. Castagnino, D. Monacelli, A. Carelli

2014/8

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Semiannegamento: sempre meglio passare qualche ora in più in osservazione

V. Guastalla, G. Facchina, P. Vatta

2014/7

RI Percorsi clinici
7 spose per 7 fratelli

F.M. de Benedictis, M. Manna, S. Angeloni, I. Carloni, A. Guerrieri, D. de Benedictis, L. Mirabile

2014/6 — pag. 377-382

This article reports on the cases of seven children observed in a tertiary care children’s hospital who were affected by different respiratory diseases. Their clinical presentation was invariably characterized by common respiratory symptoms, such a...

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 I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Un raro caso di distress respiratorio...

F. Lorenzoni, G. Ferri, F. Moscuzza, C. Domenici, RT Scaramuzzo, M. Gentile, M. Ciantelli, P. Ghirri, A. Boldrini

2013/10

EL Casi indimenticabili
Quando è l’orecchio a tossire

M. Copertina, S. Dal Bo

2013/10

RI Percorsi clinici
Un lattante che fa (molta) fatica a respirare

P. Assandro, G. Ferrara, A.M. Bramino Chiapello, E. Bignamini

2013/6 — pag. 377-384

The correct diagnosis, the treatment, and the medical care of a newborn with hypotonia and respiratory distress are difficult because several diseases can have similar clinical presentations. The article describes a case of an eight-year-old child,...

RI Domande e risposte
Bronchite batterica protratta Sanguinamento dal capezzolo

2013/5 — pag. 331

EL Casi indimenticabili
Un pianto rivelatore

G. Masia, C. Addis, A.M. Oggianu, C. Cubaiu, M.G. Olzai, F. Cossu

2013/3

EL Casi indimenticabili
"Mi lasci senza fiato!"

S. Venezia, S. Osmi

2013/2

RI Problemi speciali
L’ossigenoterapia ad alti flussi in neonatologia

G. Maffei, R. Magaldi

2013/1 — pag. 39-41

The Authors reviewed the literature on the effects of heated humidified high flow nasal cannula (HHHFNC) treatment in preterm infants. The HHHFNC delivers a continuous distending pressure (CDP) in smaller infants proportional to the flow that is ex...

RI Pediatria flash
Gli elementi clinici predittivi della diagnosi di polmonite

2012/9 — pag. 596-597

EL Casi indimenticabili
Due volti per uno stesso quadro …

G. Turlà, G. Guerrini, N. Zanforlini, MR. Contiero

2012/9

RI Aggiornamento
Nuovi concetti nel campo della distrofia muscolare di Duchenne

M. Pane, F. Bianco, C. Palermo, A. Graziano, E. Mercuri

2012/7 — pag. 429-435

Duchenne muscular dystrophy has an incidence of 1 in 3,500 male live births and is the most common muscular dystrophy in childhood. The “typical” course of the disease is characterized by progression of muscle weakness and contractures leading to l...

RI Problemi speciali
Il bambino intollerante allo sforzo

L. Anfossi

2012/6 — pag. 375-384

Unexplained limitation to exercise is a common clinical problem in children and adolescents. Exercise-induced asthma (EIA) is the most common manifestation. Bronchodilators and other medications have been used in prevention and treatment of EIA and...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Analisi epidemiologica degli accessi per Codice Rosso in Pronto Soccorso Pediatrico

B. Galeazzo, G. Rubin, C. Moretti

2012/6

RI Pagine elettroniche
L’uso del miele nella tosse acuta

D. Sambugaro, F. Fusco

2012/5 — pag. 329-330

EL Appunti di Terapia
L'uso del miele nella tosse acuta

D. Sambugaro, F. Fusco

2012/5

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
BASTA, BASTA, BASTAcon l'eccesso di diagnosi di Reflusso Gastro Esofageo!!!

M. Pavan, A. Magnolato

2012/2

EL Casi indimenticabili
Un addome sottosopra

S. Venezia, S. Osmi

2012/2

EL Casi indimenticabili
Il sonno di Ondina

C. Tuoni, F. Dini, M. Giampietri, P. Ghirri, I. Ceccherini, A. Boldrini

2012/1

EL Casi indimenticabili
Tre pneumologi per una diagnosi

D. Erba

2011/9

RI Casi indimenticabili
Polipnea... non sempre polmonite Dimagrimenti

2011/6 — pag. 396

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Accesso libero
Sicurezza ed efficacia dei mucolitici in età pediatrica

L. Tartaglia, F. Trotta e i componenti del Working Group Pediatrico dell’AIFA

2011/2 — pag. 110-113

Following a signal from France, which showed an increase in the cases of bronchial obstruction and worsening respiratory disorders in children under 2 years of age treated with mucolytics, the Italian Drug Agency (AIFA) has revised the risk/benefit...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Vocal cord dysfunction

G. Tornese, M. Spaccini, E. Neri, M. Maschio

2010/7 — pag. 452-453

RI Casi indimenticabili
Atelettasia da corpo estraneo

A. Pisanti, R. Pisanti

2010/7 — pag. 452-453

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

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

2010/6 — pag. 379-382

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

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Il punto su
Dalla diagnosi prenatale al management post-natale delle malformazioni polmonari

F. Gobbo, G. Pelizzo, J. Schleef

2010/2 — pag. 125-126

Congenital pulmonary airway malformations (CPAM) include a wide spectrum of developmental anomalies. Almost 50% of the cases are diagnosed in utero. These appear as hyperechoic, cystic or mixed lesions. Prenatal clinical course varies from seriou...

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
Il pediatra e il reflusso gastroesofageo

A. Ventura

2009/4 — pag. 211-213

RI Problemi speciali
“Vocal cord dysfunction”: quando l’asma non convince

S. Dal Bo, R. Meneghetti, G. Longo

2008/7 — pag. 445-450

The vocal cord dysfunction syndrome is a disease characterized by short crisis of dyspnea due to a paradoxical movement in adduction of vocal cords, with consequent laringeal narrowing, mainly inspiratory dyspnea/apnea and choking feeling. This man...

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo
È giustificato un diverso approccio terapeutico nel trattamento dell’atrofia muscolare spinale di tipo 1? Insegnamenti da un caso clinico

C. Geraci, G. Paloni, A. Saccari, L. Badina, E. Barbi, E. Catarruzzi, R. Sartori, G. Ottonello

2008/4 — pag. 260-261

Children affected by spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) can develop serious respiratory complications including atelectasis, pneumonia, small airway obstruction and acidosis, principally because of impaired cough secondary to weakness of chest wall. I...

RI Medicina, Società e Ambiente
Malattie da altitudine

G. Bartolozzi

2008/4 — pag. 239-243

Children less than one year old can be taken to altitudes up to 2,500 meters, like adults with minor or medium severity heart and lung conditions. Higher altitudes can cause severe reactions, including acute mountain sickness and pulmonary and cere...

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
Accesso libero
E' giustificato un diverso approccio terapeutico nel trattamento dell'atrofia muscolare spinale di tipo 1? Insegnamenti concreti da un caso clinico

C. Geraci, G. Paloni, A. Saccari, L. Bana, E. Barbi, E. Catarruzzi, R. Sartori, G. Ottonello

2008/4

EL Pediatria per l'ospedale
Accesso libero
CROUP (parte prima)

G. Bartolozzi

2008/4

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Il surfattante nella difficoltà respiratoria del pretermine e del nato a termine

G. Bartolozzi

2008/4

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
Accesso libero
Diagnosi neonatale di discinesia cliare primitiva: descrizione di un caso

E. Palumbo, G. Nasca, C. Malorgio, M. Branchi, G. Pellegrini

2008/2

EL Pediatria per immagini
Accesso libero
Ecografia polmonare nel neonato: mito o realtà?

M. Londero, S. Parlamento

2008/2

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo
Diagnosi neonatale di discinesia ciliare

E. Palumbo, G. Nasca, C. Malorgio, M. Branchi, G. Pellegrini

2008/2 — pag. 123-124

Primary ciliary dyskinesia is a rare, autosomal recessive genetic disease resulting from an abnormal ultra structural morphology of cilia. Such disease is rarely recognized in neonatal period. Recently, unexplained neonatal respiratory distress has b...

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

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

2007/5 — pag. 291-297

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

RI Farmacoriflessioni
La terapia del croup

F. Marchetti, P. Salierno

2007/4 — pag. 242-248

Viral croup is the most common cause of upper airway obstruction in children from 6 months to 6 years of age. Parainfluenza virus accounts for the majority of cases. More than 80% of children have mild symptoms and in approximately 60% to 95% of chil...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Russare: un disturbo banale?

C. Gussoni

2007/4

RI ABC
La bronchiolite acuta del lattante

F. Panizon, A. Pulella, R. Cavaliere, A. Tisci

2007/3 — pag. 177-180

EL Pediatria per immagini
Accesso libero
Malformazione adenoido-cistica congenita (CCAM) polmonare

L. Calligaris, A. Trappan, F. Zennaro

2006/9

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo
Dispnea inspiratoria in un lattante che non cresce: storia di una cisti laringea

DL. Grasso, F. Marchetti, S. Norbedo, A. Ventura, C. Furlan, J. Schleef, E. Zocconi

2006/7 — pag. 463-464

Congenital vallecular cysts are rare in neonates and infants. Even though benign in nature, they own a high potential morbidity and mortality. Stridor, dyspnoea, feeding difficulties, coughing, voice changes, failure to thrive are the most common sym...

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
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Dispnea inspiratoria in un lattante che non cresce: storia di una cisti laringea

D. L. Grasso, F. Marchetti, S. Norbedo, A. Ventura, C. Furlan, J. Schleef, E. Zocconi

2006/7

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
Accesso libero
Efficacia della ventilazione meccanica non invasiva nella sindrome delle apnee notturneUn caso di sindrome di Prader Willi

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

2006/5

EL Il punto su
Accesso libero
Obesità infantile e funzionalità respiratoria

C. Zanchi

2006/5

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Ricerca
Efficacia della ventilazione meccanica non invasiva nella sindrome delle apnee notturne: un caso di Sindrome di Prader-Willi

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

2006/5 — pag. 327-328

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

RI Aggiornamento monografico
L'anemia falciforme

M. Lazzerini, M. Rabusin

2006/4 — pag. 223-234

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most prevalent haemoglobinopathies in the world, being related to areas where malaria is or was endemic. In Italy the majority of patients still live in Sicily, where the overall HbS gene frequency is 2%. Domes...

EL Caso Clinico Interattivo
Accesso libero
Una bambina con polipnea

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

2006/4

EL Caso Clinico Interattivo
Accesso libero
Una bambina con polipnea

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

2006/4

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
L'adeno-tonsillectomia fa ingrassare?

G. Bartolozzi

2006/3

RI Aggiornamento monografico
I disturbi respiratori ostruttivi nel sonno

A. Battistini, R. Marvasi

2005/10 — pag. 645-652

Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SDB) includes several clinical and functional syndromes which range from primary snoring to Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS). Initially polysomnography (PSG) was considered to be the gold standard for the diagnosi...

RI Editoriali
Tonsillectomizziamo il bambino che russa?

M&B

2005/10 — pag. 635-637

RI Casi indimenticabili
L'indimenticabile caso del piccolo esploratore e della mamma investigatrice

R. Semenzato, F. Maschio, M. Chirico

2005/6 — pag. 389-390

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
Accesso libero
Trattamento ortognadontico del bambino con sindrome delle apnee ostruttive del sonno (OSAS)

A. Buccheri, G. Dilella

2005/2

EL Il punto su
Accesso libero
Diagnosi e terapia del bambino con sindrome delle apnee del sonno (OSAS)

A. Battistini, T. Gerarduzzi

2005/2

RI Pagine elettroniche
Trattamento ortognatodontico del bambino con sindrome delle apnee ostruttive del sonno (OSAS)

A. Buccheri, G. Dilella

2005/2 — pag. 122-123

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome (OSAS) is a breathing disturbance, characterised by breathing halts during sleep, which affects 1-3% of children. Therapy is different according to OSAS aetiology and it can consist of either medical or surgical ...

RI ABC
ALTE: Apparent Life Threatening Event

G. Nocerino, A. Pelliccia, L. De Seta

2003/10 — pag. 673-676

RI Linee guida
CONFERENZA NAZIONALE DI CONSENSO (CAGLIARI, 6-7 MARZO 2003) Appropriatezza clinica e organizzativa degli interventi di tonsillectomia e/o adenoidectomia

2003/7 — pag. 441-457

Questo ponderoso documento, che M&B è molto lieto di poter pubblicare, è frutto della fatica di un gruppo di persone individuate dalle principali società scientifiche che, dopo un vaglio completo della letteratura filtrato sull’esperienza personale ...

RI Problemi non correnti
Il bambino con tosse cronica e bronchiectasie: inquadramento e proposte terapeutiche

C. Braggion, U. Pradal, A. Delmarco, M. Carli

2003/6 — pag. 371-380

Little is known about the prevalence of bronchiectasis (BR) in paediatric age. However, outside the case of cystic fibrosis (CF), they seem to be rare. The BR can be localised or disseminated. For the former, the most common etiology is post-infect...

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
Accesso libero
GER-IPLV-ASMA:un caso clinico

P. Gianino, P. Longo, M. C. Zambelli, A. Laccisaglia, M. Costamagna

2002/10

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
La respirazione orale e il ruolo della malocclusione

E. Bernkopf, V. Breoia, A. Bertarini, et al.

2002/2 — pag. 107-112

Abnormal development of cranio-mandibular structures may represent an alternative, or complementary, explanation for many cases of oral breathing and obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome in childhood. They report the beneficial and prompt effects on s...

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

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
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...

RI ABC
Accesso libero
Il crup

F. Panizon

2001/1 — pag. 46-48

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
La tosse (o le tossi)

G. Longo, E. Barbi

2000/10 — pag. 631-635

Cough is a frequent symptom, ranging from the simple, irritatingly cough associated with the common cold to the catarrhal cough of sinusitis and to the prolonged afebrile non productive cough caused by intracellular pathogens such as Mycoplasma and...

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
Raccomandazioni al pediatra da parte del rianimatore

A. Sarti

2000/6 — pag. 369-372

Critically ill and injured children have better outcome when care is provided within the context of an organized paediatric emergency care service. Many techniques are used to resuscitate and stabilize the child. Among these techniques, airway mana...

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
Fibro-endoscopia dell’ostruzione del cavo rino-faringeo da iupertrofia adenoidea

F. Cassano, M. Gelardi

2000/4 — pag. 239-244

Transnasal fiberendoscopy of the nasopharinx is the easiest and most effective way to assess adenoidal hypertrophy in children. On this basis, the Authors proposed a 4-stage classification to guide the case management: the first two stages are char...

EL Protocolli in pediatria ambulatoriale
Accesso libero
Reflusso gastroesofageo

S. Martelossi

1999/7

RI Ricerca
Accesso libero
La pielonefrite acuta

1999/4 — pag. 241-252

EL Contributi Originali - Ricerca
Accesso libero
Trattamento steroideo locale dell'ipertrofia adenoidea e tonsillare: uno studio retrospettivo

A. Mendoza, F. Panizon

1999/1

RI Pagina verde
Accesso libero
Trattamento con steroidi topici dell’ipertrofia adeno-tonsillare

A. Mendoza, F. Panizon

1999/1 — pag. 13

RI Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Titire tu patulae...

O. Forleo

1998/6 — pag. 393-395

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
I sintomi che parlano Parte seconda

A. Ventura, G. Longo

1998/3 — pag. 173-175

RI Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Ger e infezioni respiratorie ricorrenti nel bambino

A. Barbato, C. Palaro, T. Surico

1997/9 — pag. 591-593

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
La bronchite

F. Panizon, S. Di Mario

1997/9 — pag. 577-580

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

RI Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Non sempre la tosse è "asma"

A. Boner

1997/8 — pag. 532-533

RI Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
La storia di Omar

P. Meglio

1997/5 — pag. 325-327

RI Aggiornamento monografico
Accesso libero
I disturbi del sonno nel bambino

F. Cordelli

1997/2 — pag. 85-96

The author syntetizes current knowedge on sleep physiology, particulary regarding REM and non REM sleep. There are many physiological motor and autonomic phenomena related to sleep such as gestual activity, modifications of hearth rate, respirat...

RI Specialità
Accesso libero
Ortodonzia e patologia respiratoria ostruttiva

E. Bernkopf, V. Broia, A. Bertarini

1997/1 — pag. 23-27

The Authors stress the importance of malocclusion in the pathogenesis of upper airways obstructive disorders. Several children after appropriate othodontic treatment show a reduction in respiratory disorders due to hypertrophic adenoids and/or t...