Noonan syndrome. A review.

abstract：:The authors describe Poland's anomaly in a boy aged three years and four months, characterised by a depression in the right hemithorax caused by the absence of the medial extremity of the large pectoral muscle with hypoplasia of the remaining venter musculi. Moreover, the scan showed the absence of the small homolater...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Martino F,Agolini D,Principessa L,Giardini O

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study evaluates endoscopic and quality of life (QoL) outcomes in two groups, composed by both allergic (A) and non-allergic (N-A) adolescents undergoing septoplasty with concurrent turbinate surgery by radiofrequency treated after surgery with nasal spray containing liposomes and vitamins A and E. METH...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Ricciardiello F,Cantone E,Abate T,DI Lullo AM,Oliva F,Iengo M,DE Bernardo G

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low grade gliomas (LGG) are the most common brain tumors of childhood and adolescence, consisting of a mixed group of grade I and grade II neoplasms. In general, their location and resectability are the most important predictors of outcome. Surgery is curative, usually for superficial tumors of the cerebral or cerebel...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Lober RM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a very common chronic inflammatory and eczematous skin condition characterized by flares and remissions. Skin barrier alteration or dysfunction is the most relevant patogenetic factor. Topical corticosteroids are the mainstay treatment of AD, especially during flare periods. The dai...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Licari A,Ruffinazzi G,DE Filippo M,Castagnoli R,Marseglia A,Agostinis F,Puviani M,Milani M,Marseglia GL

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial meningitis is an infection of the central nervous system involving quite a number of neurological sequelae the most common of which is hearing impairment. To assess the incidence of audiological deficit the authors evaluated retrospectively 20 patients, between 4 months and 11 years of age, observed at the P...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Palla G,Villirillo A,Ughi C,Berrettini S,Sellari Franceschini S,Ursino F

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to evaluate the association of consuming healthy foods with anthropometric measures and blood pressure (BP) in a national sample of Iranian children and adolescents. METHODS:This nationwide study was conducted in 2011-2012 among 13,486 students, aged 6-18 years, selected by multistage cluste...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Payab M,Kelishadi R,Qorbani M,Motlagh ME,Hasani-Ranjbar S,Ejtahed HS,Ardalan G,Arefirad T,Asayesh H,Heshmat R

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is defined as an inflammatory disorder of the paranasal sinuses and of the nasal mucosa that lasts 12 weeks or longer. In CRS microbes contribute to the disease pathogenesis. Clinical microbiology is focused on finding single pathogens that causes the disease and the main goal ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Miraglia Del Giudice M,Parisi GF,Indolfi C,Manti S,Leonardi S,Decimo F,Ciprandi G

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to evaluate the reaction to the procedural pain of preterm newborn and to demonstrate the different effectiveness of the two analgesic and not pharmacological techniques of recent clinical acquisition, the use of glucose solution and the sensorial saturation, in order to identify an optima...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Bernardini V,De Liso P,Santoro F,Allemand F,Allemand A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this paper was to examine the present situation of adolescents admission for respiratory emergency, management of these patients, identify strategies for the best therapeutic options and better collaboration. METHODS:We have gathered data of adolescent patients who were referred to the Emergency ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Pirlo D,Gastaldi R,Di Pietro P

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of colostomy type on morbidity during the treatment of anorectal malformations. METHODS:Sixty-eight infants (male: female ratio 1.3:1) with anorectal malformations that required colostomy were treated in our clinics during the period 1991-2001. Of these patients,...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Gardikis S,Antypas S,Mamoulakis C,Demetriades D,Dolatzas T,Tsalkidis A,Chatzimicael A,Polychronidis A,Simopoulos C

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a young patient who suffered from diabetes mellitus and neurosensorial deafness from the age of two. One year later she was noted to have deteriorated vision and the diagnosis of optic atrophy was made, her visual acuity decreased progressively. At the age of six she was admitted to our hospital because o...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Marietti G,Bizzarri C,Perrone F,Zampino G,Conti G,Falsini B,Ricci B

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic disease characterized by symptoms related to esophageal dysfunction and eosinophil-predominant inflammation (≥15 eosinophils/high power field). In the last ten years, several epidemiological studies showed a significant increase in the incidence and prevalence of EoE, especi...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Votto M,Castagnoli R,De Filippo M,Brambilla I,Cuppari C,Marseglia GL,Licari A

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To test the impact of a public health model to implement HIV pediatric care in Limited Resource Settings. METHODS:A retrospective study on the clinical files of 679 Mozambican children (mean age 4.4 years; SD 3.2), has been carried out. The pediatric patients received HAART (Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy) ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Marazzi MC,Germano P,Liotta G,Buonomo E,Guidotti G,Palombi L

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to asses the validity of the TCB nomogram for the European population for predicting significant hyperbilirubinemia in healthy term and late-preterm newborns. METHODS:This observational study was conducted from February 2009 to December 2009 in the well-baby nurseries of Gemelli hos...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Romagnoli C,Tiberi E,Cardiello V,Priolo F,Zecca E

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a continuum of progressive reduction in kidney function lasting for more than three months, due to either structural and/or functional renal abnormalities that may lead to irreversible kidney damage. The term "renal supportive therapy" (RST) generally characterizes the spectrum of dialy...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Harshman LA,Neuberger ML,Brophy PD

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotics are a cornerstone to treat bacterial infections and children received more frequently these drugs than any other class of medication. However, the improper and excessive use of antibiotics in the past decades has increased the emergence of resistant bacterial strains. Moreover, the lack of specific pediatr...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Nicolini G,Sperotto F,Esposito S

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the case of a 13-year-old girl affected with urethritis, conjunctivitis, and oligoarticular arthritis. These symptoms represent the classical triad of Fiessinger-Leroy-Reiter's syndrome. The research for HIV was negative and the antigen HLA B27 was absent. The young patients has been treated by FANS...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Ceccarelli M,Chiaravalloti G,Assanta N,Balsano L,Rossi A

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a short girl with celiac disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), suspicion of an associated pituitary lesion was suggested by the finding of a thyroid function pattern that was not compatible with HT-related hypothyroidism (low FT4 with normal TSH). This case report reinforces the view that the finding of a norma...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Aversa T,Valenzise M,Zirilli G,Lombardo F,De Luca F,Wasniewska M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic viral hepatitis B and C infections are highly prevalent and create a substantial burden to healthcare systems globally. These two chronic infections are the cause of significant global morbidity and mortality with approximately 1 million annual deaths attributable to them and their sequelae. Children are vulne...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： El-Shabrawi M,Hassanin F

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To document the evolution of cranial asymmetries in infants with signs of nonsynostotic occipital plagiocephaly (NSOP) who were undergo to many functional manual therapy treatments (in addition to the standard positioning recommendations) as well as to determine the feasibility of this methodology to conduct...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Billi M,Greco A,Colonneli P,Volpi G,Valente D,Galeoto G

更新日期：2017-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides current guidelines on the treatment and prevention of childhood obesity. Since factors involved in obesity change with age, the therapeutic approach in pre-school children will be different from pupils and adolescents. The treatment will also be modulated on the basis of weight excess, weight gai...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Trifirò G,Salvatoni A,Tanas R,Brambilla P,Maffeis C,Gruppo di Studio sull'Obesità della SIEDP.

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study is to investigate the use of methylene blue in perioperative identification of the patent processus vaginalis in a group of boys presenting with congenital or recurrent hydrocele where surgery was performed by junior surgeons in training. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the notes o...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Arena S,Russo T,Impellizzeri P,Antonuccio P,Perrone P,Romeo C

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Considering how eating habits affect the health of children and taking into account the influence of advertising messages, we wanted to investigate the quantity and the typology of advertising on air during children's television programmes. METHODS:The research was conducted beginning in January 2008 up to March 2...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Pellai A,Vetrano S,Nobile M,Luti C

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study the authors investigated the normal range of the marker TPA in the sera of 100 children (apparently healthy) aged from 0 to 6 years. Well-defined criteria as guide-lines to the interpretation of laboratory results are a very urgent necessity for the expanding utilization of clinical laboratory dat...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Magrì G,Giargia L

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1998 and 2000, four newborns have been observed for laryngeal stridor occurred some hours after birth. Otorhinolaryngologic examinations, as well as cardiac, neuroradiologic and serologic investigations have been performed to formulate the diagnosis and verify the etiology. The fiberoptic laryngoscopy showed a...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Smilari P,La Spina M,Lentini L,La Mantia I,Salvo V,Pappalardo MG,Romeo MG,Serra A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Authors report a case of two pre-term monocorial twins affected by HSV-1 infection (Herpes Simplex Virus type 1), with generalized sepsis and involvement of the central nervous system (CNS), born by mother with primary infection who presented a typical vesicular eruption a week before delivery. As the HSV-1 was a ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Parisi G,Squadrone NP,Rojo S,Muzii U,Molino O,Chiarelli A

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infections due to carbapenem resistant pathogens have become a major health threat especially for hospitalized patients. Acinetobacter baumanii (AB) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) are important pathogens causing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) with a trend of high resistance to carbapenems. The aim of...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Kara SS,Polat M,Tapisiz A,Kalkan G,Simsek H,Tezer H

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are currently witnessing a worldwide return of tuberculosis. An extremely rare form is tuberculosis of the spine which is reported above all in extra-European studies. The authors report a case of Pott's disease in a child aged 3 years and 3 months who was referred to their attention due to the appearance of left i...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Mantero E,Casu F,Asquasciati G,Sènès FM,Risso S,Marazzi MG,Ratto S,Pinelli G,Tomà P

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to evaluate the intraocular pressure (IOP) levels of children with normal and high Body Mass Index (BMI) and to find out the potential correlation between glaucoma and obesity. METHODS:Thirty obese and thirty healty children were enrolled in this study. Physical examinations and anthropom...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Koçak N,Arslan N,Karti O,Tokgoz Y,Ozturk T,Gunenç U,Kaynak S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In epileptic patients with motor disability, it's difficult to disentangle the effects of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) on bone health from those provoked by impaired mobility. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of AEDs on bone mineral status by phalangeal quantitative ultrasound (QUS), a no-radi...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Terrone G,Gragnaniello V,Esposito A,Del Puente A,Del Giudice E

更新日期：2019-05-23 00:00:00