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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...

Parotite ricorrente giovanile: inquadramento clinico e approccio diagnostico-terapeutico

Giuntoli D.G, Galletti A, Pontrandolfo M, Pastore S, Tommasini A, Orzan E, Barbi E.

2024/7 — pag. 443-449 — DOI

Juvenile recurrent parotitis is an uncommon condition characterised by recurrent episodes of parotid swelling that affects school-aged and pre-school children and shows a typical tendency to self-resolution during adolescence. To date, etiopathogenet...

L’otite esterna acuta: dalla diagnosi al trattamento

Lavezzo G, Pietrolati G, Iacono A, Marchetti F.

2024/5 — pag. 289-295 — DOI

Acute otitis externa (AOE) is an infection of the external auditory canal with peak incidence between 5 and 9 years of age. Predisposing factors are the summer period, water sports and duct injuries (e.g. cotton buds). The diagnosis is clinical and t...

Cosa deve sapere oggi il pediatra del trattamento dell’epatite C nell’era dei nuovi farmaci antivirali?

Veraldi S, Maggiore G.

2024/5 — pag. 303-307 — DOI

The treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with the new direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) has dramatically modified the natural history of the HCV-related disease, eradicating the virus in over 90% of treated patients, with negligible collatera...

Infezione da West Nile Virus

Orsi F, Bini G, Baroncelli GI, Bonuccelli A, Peroni D.

2024/4 — pag. 233-237 — DOI

West Nile Virus infection in children may usually occur as a self-limiting febrile illness or rarely as a neuroinvasive disease with possible late neurological sequelae. Therefore, the paediatrician should take into consideration this condition in fe...

Sarà veramente PFAPA?

Insalaco A, De Nardi L.

2023/10 — pag. 627-630 — DOI

PFAPA syndrome (Periodic Fever, Aphthous stomatitis, Pharyngitis and cervical Adenitis) is the most common periodic fever in childhood. It is a benign self-limiting condition that may resolve spontaneously during the first years of life or within ado...

La listeriosi neonatale e materno-fetale

Scarponi D, Ranalli M, Bedetti L, Miselli F, Rossi K, Iughetti L, Lugli L, Berardi A.

2023/3 — pag. 177-182 — DOI

Listeriosis is a foodborne condition associated with the ingestion of food contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes that can cause serious health consequences in neonates and pregnant women. In these groups the incidence of the disease is higher due to...

Quando la malaria tarda a farsi riconoscere: un’infezione da Plasmodium ovale

Polenzani I, Lisco L, Cozzolino M, Casolari S, Valenti S, Fontijn S, Uva A, Marchetti F.

2022/6 — pag. 381-385 — DOI

Plasmodium ovale is a cause of non-falciparum malaria infection that is endemic in tropical Western Africa. The life cycle of Plasmodium ovale includes hypnozoites, which are dormant stages in the liver. These stages can be reactivated after weeks, m...

Due anni di MIS-C: peculiarità cliniche e orizzonti terapeutici

Mambelli L, Uva A, Iacono A, Del Vecchio L, Bianchedi I, Nuzzo A, Malta B, Marchetti F.

2022/5 — pag. 299-306 — DOI

Introduction - MIS-C is the most relevant complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection and has an incidence of 1 case / 2,200 children and adolescents with previous infection. The clinical picture is characterized by a multiorgan involvement and an insuffici...

Lo shock settico nei primi tre mesi di vita

Crestani S, Passini E, Spaggiari V, Toffoli C, Boncompagni A, Bedetti L, Spaggiari E, Lucaccioni L, Lugli L, Roversi F, Rossi K, Iughetti L, Berardi A.

2021/9 — pag. 567-575 — DOI

Shock is a generalized tissue hypoperfusion that leads to severe cellular distress and complicates some cases of paediatric and neonatal sepsis. Although a reduction in associated sepsis mortality has been observed in the last decades, it remains one...

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...

Una storia che zoppica

Lambertini AG, Falcioni A, Mambell L, Farneti C, Chiaravalloti A, Foschi N, Marchetti F

2021/6 — pag. 379-382 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 5-year-old boy who presented with Perthes’ Disease with a long and underhand history of persistent coxalgia, which later became bilateral. Therefore, the main clinical data were reviewed with a particular focus on the ...

Gestione del Covid-19 in età pediatrica: documento di consenso

Gruppo di Lavoro su Covid-19 in Pediatria della Regione Emilia-Romagna (RE-CO-PED)

2021/2 — pag. 85-101 — DOI

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 has rapidly spread, becoming the first pandemic of the 21st century by death toll. Children appear to be less affected than adults, with a milder clinical presentation and a significantly lower...

La prima infezione urinaria febbrile in bambini di età compresa tra 2 mesi e 3 anni

Gruppo di lavoro sulle infezioni delle vie urinarie della Società Italiana di Nefrologia Pediatrica (SINePe)

2020/8 — pag. 495-504 — DOI

The aim was to update the recommendations for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of the first febrile urinary tract infection in young children, which were first published in 2012 and endorsed by the Italian Society of Paediatric Nephrology. The ...

Farmaci, sperimentazioni, registri, nei tempi dell’emergenza del coronavirus

M. Fontana, G. Zuin, A. Addis, F. Marchetti

2020/4 — pag. 232-236

Covid-19 is forcing medical doctors to deal with the urgent need to find clinical answers in an area where, unfortunately, there are still therapies with no evidence of efficacy and safety. In any case, they must make decisions and face the dilemma o...

La sindrome nefrosica in età pediatrica

Consensus della Società Italiana di Nefrologia Pediatrica (SINePe)

2019/9 — pag. 577-588

In Italy are not guidelines for the management of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (NS) in paediatric age. The choice of a treatment with steroids has always been based on the clinical experience of each centre. The present Consensus of the Italian Paed...

L’idrosadenite suppurativa nella popolazione pediatrica

B. Bossini, M. Mazzolai, A. Tommasini, S. Crovella, I. Berti, E. Barbi

2019/1 — pag. 28-32

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic and recurrent skin disease affecting apocrine gland-bearing regions. Typical lesions are nodules and abscesses that result in sinus tracts, fistulas and eventually scarring. Prepubertal onset of HS is quit...

Encefalite da Herpes virus in una lattante

A. Fumarola, P. Ricciardelli, S. Dal Bo, I. Moneta, V. Rizzo, M. Stella, P. Cenni, F. Marchetti

2018/8

The paper presents the case of an infant with HSV-1 herpetic encephalitis. The clinical symptomatology, after contact with the virus and the development of typical vesicular lesions, is characterized by involvement of the central nervous system, with...

Piomiosite 2016: ancora una sfida per il pediatra

V. Moressa, S. Naviglio, S. Pastore, A. Taddio, A. Ventura

2016/8 — pag. 495-499

Pyomyositis is a subacute, deep bacterial infection of skeletal muscles. Originally described in tropical areas, mainly in malnourished and immunocompromised subjects (“tropical pyomyositis”), it has been subsequently reported with an increasing fr...

Quella strana pallina sulla guancia: un caso di mucocele orale

F. Forte

2016/8

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...

Revisione OMS della classificazione e del trattamento della polmonite

V. Murgia

2015/3

Sindrome di klinefelter:che cosa deve sapere il pediatra?

R. Cavallo, C. Santelia, G. Tornese

2015/2 — pag. 104-110

Klinefelter syndrome (KS), characterized by the presence of at least one extra X chromosome, is the most common chromosomal abnormality in males. Nevertheless, it is highly underdiagnosed (only 25% of expected diagnoses) or is diagnosed later in li...

Brutti ma buoni

A. Filpo

2015/1

Pleurite tubercolare: una diagnosi non sempre immediata

S. Nider, G. Gortani, A. Ventura

2014/10 — pag. 642-646

Tuberculous pleuritis usually presents as an acute illness with fever, cough and pleuritic chest pain. The pleural fluid is an exudate that usually shows predominant lymphocytes. Pleural fluid cultures are positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in...

Le osteocondrosi degli arti inferiori

M. Carbone

2014/3 — pag. 165-169

Osteochondrosis is a term used to describe a group of disorders that affect the growing skeleton. The exact etiology of these disorders is unknown, but genetic causes, repetitive trauma, vascular abnormalities, and mechanical factors may all play a...

La fine della questione sull’uso del cortisone nella malattia di Kawasaki?

F. Marchetti

2014/3

La sindrome di Kawasaki nel 2013: casi clinici e novità

T. Giani, G. Simonini, G. Vannucci, D. Moretti, I. Pagnini, E. Marrani, G.B. Calabri, R. Cimaz

2013/6 — pag. 359-366

Kawasaki disease is one of the most common vasculitis in childhood. The typical expression of Kawasaki disease is characterized by persistent fever for at least five days, polymorphous rash, bilateral non-exudative conjunctivitis, changes in the li...

Il dolore acuto del bambino: dalla misurazione al trattamento, farmacologico e non

G. Facchina, M. Minute, M. Massaro, L. Calligaris, S. Schreiber, S. Norbedo, E. Barbi

2013/4 — pag. 237-242

Background - Pain is a relevant symptom reported by children who require Emergency Unit evaluation, but it is still underestimated and undertreated. Purpose - This review offers simple information about pharmacological and non-pharmacological appr...

La gestione del bambino con gastroenterite acuta

M. Massaro, C. Germani, L. Calligaris, S. Schreiber, R. Bortoluzzi, L. Ronfani, E. Barbi, F. Marchetti

2012/9 — pag. 570-577

Acute gastroenteritis (AG) is a very common disease in children. It causes significant mortality in developing countries and significant economic burden to developed countries. Viruses are responsible for approximately 70% of episodes of acute gast...

Una strana dermatite dell’area del pannolino: quando lavare troppo fa male

F. Savoia, G. Gaddoni, A. Patrizi, P. Sgubbi

2012/8

The case of a 3-month-old boy that was visited because of a brownish, hyperkeratotic and slightly desquamative dermatitis of the inguinal folds, perineum and perianal area is reported. The patient was healthy, asymptomatic and the remaining physi...

La terapia dell’acne

I. Berti

2012/7 — pag. 454-457

Some degree of acne vulgaris affects almost all the teenagers between 15 and 17 years old and in 20% of them it is remarkable (moderate-severe acne). It is a very frequent problem that paediatricians have often to face and for which they have to pr...

"Il cuore non si conta"Tachicardia parossistica sopraventricolare in un neonato

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

2012/6

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...

La neutropenia autoimmune primitiva del bambino

P. Farruggia, F. Tucci, M. Calvillo, F. Fioredda, C. Dufour

2012/2 — pag. 102-106

Primary autoimmune neutropenia in children is a rather unknown but not an infrequent disease: it is probable that in his career a paediatric practitioner will deal at least with one patient and it is pretty sure that a hospital paediatrician will d...

Antipiretici e convulsioni febbrili: qualcosa di nuovo?

G. Tornese, J. Bua, G. Simeone, F. Marchetti

2009/10 — pag. 657-660

The degree of temperature reached during a febrile episode has been considered the main condition of risk for the onset of febrile seizures for many years. In theory, the administration of antipyretics, lowering the body temperature, could prevent ...

La fistola coronarica in età pediatrica

S. Caputo, F. Quarantiello, G. Vetrano, B. Villari

2009/8

Le infezioni febbrili delle vie urinarie

G. Montini, A. Ammenti, L. Cataldi, R. Chimenz, V. Fanos, A. La Manna, G. Marra, M. Materassi, P. Pecile, M. Pennesi, L. Pisanello, F. Sica, A. Toffolo

2009/6 — pag. 359-370

We present the recommendations, prepared by a working group of the Italian Society of Pediatric Nephrology, for the diagnosis, treatment, imaging protocol and use of antibiotic prophylaxis in children having their first febrile urinary tract infect...

Oncologia pediatrica: dalla diagnosi alla terapia, presente e futuro (parte seconda)

P. Paolucci, I. Mariotti, E. Bigi, S. Schiavo, C. Cano

2009/3 — pag. 156-161

The objective of treatment for more than 70% of children with cancer outlines the successful routes built up by paediatric oncologists over the latest 40 years. In addition to the evolution of diagnostic routes reported in our former article, the sec...

Trattamento della dermatite atopica nella popolazione pediatricaLo stato dell'arte (Parte prima)

G. Bartolozzi

2008/9

Il trattamento del testicolo ritenuto

E. Conte, F. Chiarelli

2007/9 — pag. 573-579

In August 2006 a group of specialists in testicular physiology, paediatric surgery/urology, endocrinology, pathology and anaesthesiology convened for two days in Sigtuna (Sweden) to allow preliminary conclusion of the most controversial issues in the...

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...

Corea di Sydenham: descrizione di cinque casi

E. Palumbo, M. Branchi, A. Siani, C. Malorgio, G. Nasca, G. Bonora

2007/3

Sindrome della stanchezza cronica (parte prima)

G. Bartolozzi

2007/1

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...

La pediculosi del capo

R. Giroldini

2006/8 — pag. 505-507

Head lice are small parasitic insects adapted to living mainly on the scalp and neck hairs of their human host. They are mainly acquired by direct head-to-head contact with an infested person’s hair. Domestic animals are not vectors of lice infestati...

Specchio specchio delle mie brame...dimmi quanti pazienti dovrò arruolare?

D. Radzik

2006/7

I meccanismi della proteinuria (parte prima)

G. Bartolozzi

2006/5

Asma: la differenza linguistica tra medico e paziente complica comprensione e terapia

I. Bruno

2005/4

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...

Salbutamolo e cortisonici nell’accesso acuto d’asma

E. Barbi, et al.

2004/9 — pag. 559-565

There is wide international consensus around the treatment of acute asthma attack in children and the relevant guidelines are well known by paediatricians. However, there are still a few controversial aspects and aspects where it frequently occurs ...

Encefalomielite acuta disseminata (ADEM): descrizione di un caso

C. Locatelli , C Malaventura, R Ciambra R, V Leone, M. Pocecco

2004/6

Le affezioni suppurative dello scheletro: osteomielite, artrite, discite

C. Trevisiol, I. Berti, F. Marchetti

2003/7 — pag. 431-438

Osteomyelitis and suppurative arthritis are infections not extremely common in children, but important because they can lead to severe consequences and permanent disabilities. In this article we face the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, diag...

I pidocchi del capo

G. Bartolozzi

2000/3

NON INGRASSARE, DIMAGRIRE: SI PUÒ? (Copanello 1999)

S. Chiarappa

1999/9 — pag. 557-566

Treatment of obesity has been characterized sofar by the application of strict rules and diets, aiming at short term results. An alternative strategy is proposed, based on a gradual ecosystemic approach which includes the family and aimes to enhanc...