sensitivity and specificity

Infezione congenita da citomegalovirus e ipoacusia

Gambacorta V, Orzan E, Lapenna R, Ricci G

2022/10 — pag. 195-199 — DOI

Background - Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most common of congenital infections, with a prevalence of 0.3-1.2% in industrialized countries and is the most frequent non-genetic cause of permanent hearing loss in children, with an incidence ra...

OctoberFAST. Ovvero: segni e sintomi dei bambini sottoposti a tampone per SARS-CoV-2 nell’esperienza dei pediatri bergamaschi

Carrozzo R, Bonicelli I, Caldiani C, Altobelli M, Bacchini M, Vitali A, Contardi C, Mariani D

2021/1 — pag. 55-57 — DOI

Background - From the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, one major issue has been the early identification of infectious cases. It is particularly challenging to perform a symptom-based screening in the paediatric population because of the seeming...

OctoberFAST. Ovvero: segni e sintomi dei bambini sottoposti a tampone per SARS-CoV-2 nell’esperienza dei pediatri bergamaschi

Carrozzo R, Bonicelli I, Caldiani C, Altobelli M, Bacchini M, Vitali A, Contardi C, Mariani D

2021/1 — pag. 1-8 — DOI

Background - From the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak one major issue has been the early identification of infectious cases. It is particularly challenging to perform a symptom-based screening in the paediatric population because of the seeming ...

Identificazione precoce di infezioni severe in età pediatrica: ruolo della cenestesi e del "gut feeling"

G. Fusaro

2020/8 — pag. 217-217 — DOI

Test per il Covid-19: un po’ di chiarezza per evitare errori

R. Buzzetti

2020/5 — pag. 305-306

There is confusion on the role of the available Covid-19 tests. While serological tests give information on the passage of the virus (did I get infected?), the swab describes the current situation (am I infected?). The information on the occurred c...

Performance del QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test nei bambini

F. Storelli, C. Tersigni, E. Venturini, M. de Martino, L. Galli, E. Chiappini

2020/3 — pag. 188-190

Background - The performance of QuantiFERON-TBGold In-Tube (QTF-IT) in children is under debate, especially under 5 years of age and for the interpretation of discordant results between QFT-IT and Tuberculin-Skin-Test (TST). Materials and Methods - ...

Performance del QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test nei bambini

F. Storelli, C. Tersigni, E. Venturini, M. de Martino, L. Galli, E. Chiappini

2020/3 — pag. 40-50

Background - The performance of QuantiFERON-TBGold In-Tube (QTF-IT) in children is under debate, especially under 5 years of age and for the interpretation of discordant results between QFT-IT and Tuberculin-Skin-Test (TST). Materials and Methods - ...

EMA-biopsy: un nuovo test per semplificare la diagnosi di celiachia nei casi dubbi e difficili

M. Pandullo, L. De Leo, A. Ventura, T. Not

2018/8

The anti-transglutaminase IgA deposits in the intestinal mucosa, detected by a double-sided direct immunofluorescence (IFD) technique, are the best diagnostic marker for coeliac disease. However, this test is time consuming and largely operator-depen...

Stereotest di Lang I: accuratezza e affidabilità nella diagnosi di ambliopia

S. Maddii, I. Biagini, G. Virgili

2017/10 — pag. 665-666

Background - Amblyopia is a complex anomaly of vision development in first years of life, that causes unilateral or bilateral visual acuity defect and it represents a serious socio-economic barrier in the modern society. Objectives - To evaluate the...

Stereotest di Lang I: accuratezza e affidabilità nella diagnosi di ambliopia

S. Maddii, I. Biagini, G. Virgili

2017/10

Background: Amblyopia is a complex anomaly of vision development in first years of life, that causes unilateral or bilateral visual acuity defect and it represents a serious socio-economic barrier in the modern society. Purpose: To evaluate the reli...

L’ecografia polmonare nella diagnostica della polmonite

S. Lega

2015/5 — pag. 321-322

Diagnosi di celiachia: basta con la biopsia?

E. Benelli, L. Ronfani, O. Radillo, S. Martelossi, A. Ventura

2011/8 — pag. 493-498

Introduction - Intestinal biopsy is still considered the referral test for definitive diagnosis of coeliac disease. Nevertheless, according to the new ESPGHAN guidelines, it seems that avoiding the intestinal biopsy in few selected cases could be a...

Cinetica della proteina C reattiva e della procalcitonina

2009/9 — pag. 599

Validità dell\'anamnesi per varicella

G. Bartolozzi

2009/6

Il Quiz di Aprile

D. Radzik

2009/4

Cercare la celiachia con il test rapido:l’esperienza serba

R. Jokić, V.N. Perišić, D. Zivković a nome del Gruppo di lavoro

2008/6 — pag. 395-397

Coeliac disease (CD) is a very common condition involving approximately 1% of the population. The availability of a rapid and inexpensive test for the diagnosis of CD has several possible implications. Among these, the potential use of the rapid ...

Valore diagnostico del test rapidoanti-transglutaminasi tissutale: l'esperienza slovena

J. Dolinšek, D. Urlep, D. Mičetić-Turk.

2008/6 — pag. 395-397

The rapid test for coeliac disease (CD) has been used in the north-east region of Slovenia in the past two years. The Authors report an experience involving 200 subjects that were either suspected to have CD or known to be coeliacs. They evaluate...

Semplificazione diagnostica della malattiaceliaca

T. Not, S. Martelossi, S. Quaglia, F. Ferrara, A. Ventura

2008/6 — pag. 395-397

The Authors evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of two commercial rapid tests for the diagnosis of coeliac disease (CD). These assays were compared to a well-established ELISA technique. Serum samples were analyzed from 114 biopsy-confirmed...

Cercare la celiachia con il test rapido: l’esperienza indiana

A. Phillips, M. Mäki, T. Not, S. Bhatnagar

2008/6 — pag. 361-370

Coeliac disease was first reported in India in the 1960s. Over the last decade, coeliac disease has been increasingly recognized and is considered to have a significant presence in the country. The Authors report from an on-going study where in a s...

Il test rapido nell’esperienza di chi l’ha inventato

M. Mäki, I. Korponay-Szabó

2008/6 — pag. 361-370

Coeliac disease is an autoimmune enteropathy triggered by the ingestion of gluten in genetically susceptible individuals. The diagnosis is suspected upon the presence of typical autoantibodies in the serum of patients, and confirmed by intestinal b...

Il test rapido spiegato da un esperto del self help

L. Reggiani

2008/6 — pag. 361-370

It is hard to imagine that a simple test of “self help diagnostic” can be helpful for diagnosing coeliac disease using only a few drops of whole blood. But today this text exists and it can be purchased at any pharmacy. This test, called Xeliac tes...

Valore diagnostico del test rapido anti-transglutaminasi tissutale: l'esperienza slovena

J. Dolinšek, D. Urlep, D. Mičetić-Turk

2008/6

Semplificazione diagnostica della malattia celiaca: sottolineature da una recente esperienza con due differenti test rapidi

T. Not, S. Martelossi, S. Quaglia, F. Ferrara, A. Ventura

2008/6

Self help e percorso diagnostico delle faringo-tonsilliti

L. Reggiani

2007/7 — pag. 445-448

Approximately 8% of visits in our practice regards sore throat. Group A ß-hemolitic streptococcal (GABHS) pharyngitis is diagnosed from 20-30% of cases up to 50% in the high streptococcal epidemiology time. Clinical examination is of limited value in...

Il Rapporto di Verosimiglianza: un aiuto pratico nel processo decisionale a letto del malato

D. Radzik

2007/6

La prova con il QuantiFERON TB-2G nella diagnosi differenziale fratubercolosi attiva e malattie da micobatteri non tubercolari

G. Bartolozzi

2007/2

E' possibile trattare efficacemente con analgesici un bambino con dolore addominale acuto senza modificare l'accuratezza diagnostica?

D. Radzik

2006/8

L'accuratezza dei genitori nel misurare la temperatura corporea con il termometro timpanico è modesta

D. Radzik

2006/3

I test diagnostici per le allergie: alla ricerca della trasferibilità delle conoscenze

F. Marchetti

2005/2 — pag. 77

Una metanalisi: procalcitonina versus proteina C reattiva.

G. Bartolozzi

2005/1

L’appendicite acuta oggi

B. Cigliano, N. Baltogiannis, A. Settimi

2003/2 — pag. 99-102

Acute appendicitis is caused by the obstruction of the lumen due to coprolytes, mucus, lymphoid hyperplasia. The earliest symptom is periumbilical pain accompanied by vomiting. Later the appendix gets infected, fever develops and the peritoneum get...

Test rapidi per la diagnosi di infezione

L. Brivio

2002/6 — pag. 369-373

Recent literature on sensitivity and specificity of rapid group A Streptococcus diagnostic testing, CRP, urinary tract infection (UTI) and aetiological diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP). Specificity for Rapid Diagnostic Test (RADT) is almost ...

Prevalenza di malattia celiaca in bambini con deficit totale di IgA non identificati dagli IgG e riconosciuta dal test ELISA per anti-htTG

A. Lenhardt, A. Plebani, A Insalaco, A. Rovelli, A. Tommasini, V. Villanacci, A. Ventura

2001/9 — pag. 623-625

The serum of 134 subjects with IgA deficiency was studied by carrying out an ELISA IgG test for anti-htTG antibodies and an AGA IgG test. The ELISA test was positive in 16 cases out of 134: AGA IgG test was positive in 22 cases out of 134. Out of ...

Prevalenza degli anticorpi anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ASCA) nei bambini con malattia infiammatoria cronica dell’intestino

M. Pace, C. Barbera, P.L. Calvo, B. Santini, M.C. Zaffino, R. Rocca, M. Baldi

2001/8 — pag. 545-548

We studied the serum of 28 children with IBD (15 URC, 13 CD). ASCAs were always negative in URC and positive in 7/13 CD (localisation: ileocecum and ascending colon). No correlation between ASCA-positivity, age and CD degree of activity was found...

Batteriologia: vie urinarie e respiratorie

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2001;155:60

2001/6 — pag. 377-378

Sensibilità degli anticorpi anti-transglutaminasiEtica letaleGli ultimi cinquant’anni della PediatriaUno studio italiano sulla sindrome di Shwachman

2000/8 — pag. 489-491

Gli anticorpi anti-transglutaminasi sono più sensibili degli anticorpi anti-endomisio nella dignosi della malattia celiaca

C. Trevisiol, V. Baldas, T. Gerarduzzi, I. Berti, A. Spanò

2000/6 — pag. 391-393

616 patients with clinical signs compatible with a diagnosis of celiac disease, 30 parents or brothers of celiac patients and 200 control children hospitalised for surgical causes were administered an ELISA dosage of IgG and IgA antibodies against...

Lo screening neonatale per la sordità infantileMammismoLe scuole FAES e l’Opus Dei: tre lettere

1998/10 — pag. 649-651