Respiratory Insufficiency

Thomas, 3 mesi: stitico e… inespressivo…

2026/2 — pag. 83-85 — DOI

Cardiopatia ipertrofica ostruttiva transitoria indotta da steroide: un caso oltre l'età neonatale

La Malfa G, Barbera G, Saia GF, Cardillo M, Scardino G, Sanfilippo MF, Comparato C

2026/2 — pag. 30-34 — DOI

Steroid-induced hypertrophic cardiopathy is a rare and transient condition, predominantly described in neonates receiving corticosteroid therapy for respiratory diseases. Although several case reports exist in literature, this clinical entity is poor...

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...

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...

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...

Ernia diaframmatica a presentazione tardiva

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

2022/6 — pag. 378-380 — DOI

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....

Un Duchenne che non convince

Corona F, Conti R, Maschio M, Chicco D, Barbi E.

2022/1 — pag. 51-53 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 20-year-old boy suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy. During his usual pneumology check-up he reported that he had cough with blood traces (not responsive to antibiotic therapy), palpitations, oppressive and retr...

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....

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...

L’ABC della ventilazione non invasiva

G. Facchina

2018/4 — pag. 257-258

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

A.G. Grasso

2018/4

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...

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...

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...

Il bambino che respira male: come si valuta, cosa si fa

G. Facchina, S. Lega

2016/10 — pag. 661-664

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 ...

Diversamente abile: il giorno della tesi

R. Romani

2016/7

Polmoni d’acciaio

2016/1 — pag. 11

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...

L’annegamento: cosa fare e quando preoccuparsi

F. Barbieri, I. Paoli

2015/9 — pag. 596-597

Una broncodisplasia complicata

P. Pascolo, G. Facchina

2015/8

Follow up a lungo termine dei pazienti con ernia diaframmatica congenita

M.V. Abate

2015/7

Ossigenoterapia ad alti flussi

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

2015/6 — pag. 394-395

Il divieto dell’uso della codeina per il trattamento del dolore L’ecografia nell’ambulatorio del pediatra di famiglia Certificazioni mediche per le attività sportive non agonistiche

2014/9 — pag. 556-557

Bronchiolite: efficacia dell'ossigenoterapia ad alti flussi (HFNC) e della CPAP

V. Murgia

2014/1

Trucchi del mestiere traditori (?) Pediatria che cambia Corsi di rianimazione neonatale Dolore in Pronto Soccorso: si può fare meglio Fosfatasi alcalina alta in bambini sani La rivoluzione copernicana è arrivata sul Lancet Scuola e prevenzione dell’alcolismo Un neonato mezzo rosso

2013/8 — pag. 491-492

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,...

La Codeina nell’adenotonsillectomia: nuove evidenze di rischio per un vecchio farmaco

V. Murgia

2013/5

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...

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...

Analisi epidemiologica degli accessi per Codice Rosso in Pronto Soccorso Pediatrico

B. Galeazzo, G. Rubin, C. Moretti

2012/6

CROUP (parte seconda)

G. Bartolozzi

2008/5

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...

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...

Russare: un disturbo banale?

C. Gussoni

2007/4

Il deflazacort nella distrofia muscolare di Duchenne

G. Bartolozzi

2001/5

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...