[Validation of an hourly transcutaneous bilirubin nomogram in a population of term or late preterm newborn infants: preliminary results].

abstract：:The paper reports five cases of Kawasaki's syndrome diagnosed during the period 1985-89. The mean age of patients was 20 months (4/12; 4 years and 5/12). Symptomatology gradually regressed in four of these patients with a return to good health and normal cardiological controls. The fifth patient died suddenly followin...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Tronci A,Catamo R,Corvaglia L,Montinaro R,Ponzi G

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate if high dose inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate started early after upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) could reduce recurrent wheezing in infants. METHODS:Twenty-six ambulatory infants, 7-12 months of age, with recurrent wheezing during upper respiratory tract infection participated. A...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Ghirga G,Ghirga P,Fagioli S,Colaiacomo M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development and evaluation of early preventative interventions for individuals exposed to a potentially traumatic event (PTE) have been increasing in number and sophistication over the last decade. Evaluation of early interventions for individuals who are symptomatic several weeks after exposure to a PTE have been...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Berkowitz SJ,Watson PJ,Brymer MJ

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of esophageal achalasia in a nine months old baby. Recurrent cough and cyanosis were the most important clinical findings. Esophagomyotomy remarkably improved the clinical symptoms. Disorders of esophageal motility may be an important cause of respiratory emergencies in the first year of life. ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Pellegrino M,D'Altilia MR,Lotti F,Andriani MG,Lelli-Chiesa PL,Jasonni V

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is characterized by radiographically evident interstitial infiltrates and progressive dyspnea with rapid decline of overall lung functions. The clinical course of this disease is highly variable; however, its prognosis remains poor without adequate and prompt therapeutical support. Due to...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Rigante D,Stabile A

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial tuberculoma is a possible complication of meningeal, miliary or pulmonary tuberculosis. In developing countries it represents 30% of space-occupying intracranial lesions, in industrialised countries only 0.1-0.2%. One recently recognised phenomenon is the development ex novo or the enlargement of the tube...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Ruggeri C,Valenzise M,Alosi MM,Scibilia G,Wasniewska M

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Recent developments regarding the conservative management of multicystic dysplastic kidney disease (MDKD) have shown a reduction in the well-established practice of elective surgical treatment. It has been seen that in the majority of cases the evolution of MDKD is either partial or complete atrophy. The inc...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Cigna RM,Vella M,Rosella V,De Grazia E

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personal experience of a series of mycoplasma-induced pneumoniae is reported. The importance of early diagnosis for the purpose of speedy target antibiotic therapy is reiterated. Stress is laid on the absence of complications in all patients studied. ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Massolo F,Laudizi L,Cordioli A,Sturloni N

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1973 and 1993 7 perineal testis are observed and operated on in our surgical department. The perineal testis is a rare ectopic testis probably caused by some mechanical obstacles in the entrance of the testis in the scrotum. A diagnosis is easy if also the less frequent localizations of testicular ectopia are ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Campobasso P,Schieven E,Sica F

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Glioneuronal tumors (especially gangliogliomas and dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors) are an increasingly recognised cause of drug-resistant epilepsy in children. The optimal surgical strategy (lesionectomy vs. extended resection of epileptogenic peritumoral areas) to obtain seizure control has not been fully...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Consales A,Striano P,Nozza P,Morana G,Ravegnani M,Piatelli G,Pavanello M,Zoli ML,Baglietto MG,Cama A

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The care of adolescents suffering from high risk disease is a demanding challenge. At times, adolescents may well be too old for the pediatrician and Pediatric Units, and yet too young for the adult practitioner. A dedicated approach that builds on the insight deriving from special attention to, and reflection on the ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Massimo LM,Caprino D

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During patient triggered ventilation, the infant's inspiratory efforts should occur synchronously with ventilator inflations. Such an optimal interaction, however, is dependent on the performance of the triggering device and the ventilator and the infant's lung function. Triggered ventilation (assist control, A/C), sy...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Kassim Z,Greenough A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Varicella or chickenpox is a common and highly contagious exanthematic disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) that during primary infection has the ability to establish latency. VZV reactivation, even decades after primary infection, causes herpes zoster. In healthy immunocompetent subjects, children in pa...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Gabutti G,Franchi M,Maniscalco L,Stefanati A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persistent chylothorax in children is rare. Conservative management represents the gold standard but, in case of failure (persistent effusion or relapse), surgery must be considered. This paper aimed at presenting our series of patients who underwent surgical treatment of persistent idiopathic chylothorax an...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Pini Prato A,Bava GL,Dalmonte P,Vercellino N,Michelazzi A,Pio L,Avanzini S,Mattioli G

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of our study was multifaceted neurodevelopmental examination of children born prematurely with very low birth weight (VLBW) in order to evaluate the usefulness of popularly used tests. The second aim of the study was exploration of risk and protective factors of neurodevelopmental impairment. METHOD...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Gilarska M,Klimek M,Nitecka M,Dutkowska G,Gasińska M,Kwinta P

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：AIM:Despite the availability of a number of pharmacological options, relief of allergic rhinitis (AR) symptoms, especially nasal obstruction, is often limited and local and systemic adverse reactions are not infrequent. The main aim of the present pilot study was to provide subjective and objective evidence of the clin...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Passali D,Passali FM,Loglisci M,Cambi J,Bellussi LM

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous trials, performed in subjects affected by recurrent streptococcal pharyngo-tonsillar infection, have shown that the use for 90 days of Streptococcus salivarius K12 (K12), an oral colonizing probiotic producing lantibiotic bacteriocins, reduces the occurrence of streptococcal and viral pharyngitis an...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Di Pierro F,Risso P,Poggi E,Timitilli A,Bolloli S,Bruno M,Caneva E,Campus R,Giannattasio A

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is caused by fetal growth below what is normal for its genetic potential. Recent studies have shown a distinct association between changes in umbilical artery flow in IUGR subjects and an increased risk of respiratory morbidity and was to find the impact of IUGR on the ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Oliveira B,Flôr-DE-Lima F,Rocha G,Rodrigues M,Ladeiras R,Guimarães H

更新日期：2017-05-31 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：BACKROUND:In the present study we investigated the levels of proapoptotic Caspase-9 and antiapoptotic Bcl-2 proteins in the sera of children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsy and tried to relate the findings to the patients clinical parameters. METHODS:This retrospective study consisted of 118 children and adol...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Skardoutsou A,Primikiris P,Tsentidis C,Marmarinos A,Gourgiotis D

更新日期：2017-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy is still a significant cause of neonatal death and neurodevelopmental disabilities, such as cerebral palsy, mental delay, and epilepsy. After the introduction of therapeutic hypothermia, the prognosis of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy has improved, with reduction of ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Lugli L,Balestri E,Berardi A,Guidotti I,Cavalleri F,Todeschini A,Pugliese M,Muttini Della Casa E,Lucaccioni L,Ferrari F

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to assess the impact and the peculiarities of cerebral palsy (CP) in children discharged from our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) from January 1998 to April 2004. METHODS:A total of 2 303 children were discharged from our NICU during this period and 1 912 were followed up for 1 year t...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Romeo DM,Scoto M,Conversano M,Romeo MG

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine serum pancreatic stone protein (PSP) levels in the neonates with highly probable or probable sepsis and assess their possible value in predicting infected neonates. METHODS:This was a prospective study involving 119 neonates who were admitted with suspected sepsis. The...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Wu R,Zha L,Hu JH,Wu JM,Tian ZF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The objective of this paper is an empirical analysis of mother-infant feeding interactions through an observational instrument (Feeding Scale), which is applied to the videotape of a feeding session. METHODS:Three samples of mothers and their children have been examined (104 couples with children ranging in age fr...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Lucarelli L,Ambruzzi AM,Cimino S,D'Olimpio F,Finistrella V

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure can be defined as the inability of the heart to sufficiently support the circulation. In the fetus, heart failure can be caused by a myriad of factors that include fetal shunting abnormalities, genetic cardiomyopathies, extracardiac malformations, arrhythmias and structural congenital heart disease. With...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Davey B,Szwast A,Rychik J

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common psychiatric disorder which is frequently comorbid with major depressive disorder (MDD). It has been suggested that some or all individuals diagnosed with comorbid PTSD and MDD have a separate psychobiological condition that can be termed ''post-traumatic mood disorder'...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Sher L

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the last years thalassemic patients gained a good improvement in prognosis and life style. However, short stature and hypogonadism are still frequent endocrine problems in this population. METHODS:In a group of eleven thalassemic males (14-18 years old), the spontaneous nocturnal endocrine patterns of LH...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Maggio C,Giuffrè M,Cuccia L,Borsellino Z,Capra M,Liotta A

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00