[Implementation of the pediatric services in the region of Piedmont. A Piedmont pediatric team].

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：:The lipidaemic profile has been evaluated in a series of 603 healthy children aged 13-14, within a programme for the prevention of atherosclerotic disease commenced in November 1980 at Health Unit 66 of the Region of Piedmont. Hyperlipaemia is among the environmental risk factors for ATS and more than any of the other...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Roberi PL,Inglese V

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the trend of infantile obesity in the school-aged population of Cremona over time. METHODS:The weight and height of all children aged 6, 9 and 11 attending schools within the health district of Cremona were measured for 9 consecutive years (January 1990-March 1998), giving a total of 17,730 measurement...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Boldori L,Marelli A

更新日期：2000-01-01 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

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to critically compare 9 different questionnaires for the evaluation of the Quality of Life in children affected by asthma. METHODS:The questionnaires were analyzed by considering their psychometric characteristics (reliability, validity, responsiveness, least clinically relevant differenc...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Rocchi MB,Bellagamba S

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：: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：:The dominant cause of mortality, morbidity and hospitalization worldwide is cardiac complications, and are the major public health problem in adult populations. The worldwide research is being focused on the idea that cardiovascular disease is an early life pathological state. Early unfavorable exposures, acting in di...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Tian J,An X,Fu M

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Authors describe a case report of a girl of 7 years affected by visceral leishmaniasis (VL) complicated by herpes zoster (Hz). Hz infection is unusual in paediatric age, but it may complicate immunodeficiency states. VL causes, as well known, T cell immunity depression: Hz infection could be facilitated by this si...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Di Martino L,Nocerino A,Pettoello M,Toscano P,Franzese A,Di Maio S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this paper was to evaluate demographic and prognostic features of febrile seizures (FSs) in a tertiary center in Turkey. METHODS:A retrospective study of 632 children with FS was conducted from January 1995 to January 2002 in the pediatric neurology and general pediatrics departments of Istanbul ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Elshana H,Özmen M,Uzunhan TA,Uzunhan O,Ünüvar E,Kiliç A,Tatli B,Aydinli N,Çalişkan M

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the lifestyle based on the physical activity and eating habits of young athletes. METHODS:In order to measure physical activity and eating habits in young people, 922 young athletes between the ages of 8 to 18 have been analyzed in this study. The participants were all ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Petri C,Mascherini G,Bini V,Toncelli L,Armentano N,Calà P,Galanti G

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-endomysium antibodies (AEA) and Antigliadin antibodies (AGA) have been compared in a group of coeliac patients (17 with untreated coeliac disease, 56 after gluten free diet and 14 after gluten challenge), in 69 patients with various intestinal pathological conditions, and in 40 healthy children, in order to appre...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Cataldo F,Trippiedi MA,Marino V,Maltese I,Traverso G,Paternostro D,Albeggiani A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 13 children and adolescents during diabetic ketoacidosis; the duration of diabetes ranged from 1.4 to 6.0 years. A group of 13 diabetic sex, age and duration of disease-matched children served as control. Patients in ketoacidosis showed important abnormalities of T subset percentages (OKT3: 63.4 +/- 1.87% v...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Blasetti A,Verrotti A,Chiarelli F,Morgese G

更新日期：1992-05-01 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 this study the authors evaluated the correlation between plasma somatomedin C (SmC) levels and auxological features in 129 short children, who have been subdivided into four groups: classical growth hormone (GH) deficiency (14 prepubertal subjects), normal responses to provocative stimuli tests, but diminished spon...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Saggese G,Cesaretti G,Cioni C,Giannessi N,Di Spigno G,Cinquanta L

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioma is the most common extracranial solid tumor of children. The malignant (cancer) cells form in neural crest cell of the adrenal gland. In this study we investigate the expressions of Myogenin and OCT4 in Glioma which might be used as prognostic makers for this deteriorated disease. METHODS:We used Qua...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Zheng N,Zhang D,Liu X

更新日期：2018-12-03 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：:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) encompasses a range of liver histology severity and outcomes in the absence of chronic alcohol use. The mildest form is simple steatosis in which triglycerides accumulate within hepatocytes. A more advanced form of NAFLD, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), includes inflamma...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Poggiogalle E,Olivero G,Anania C,Ferraro F,Pacifico L

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Specific learning disabilities are disorders that affect the instrumental skills of academic learning, leaving intact the general intellectual functioning. It is possible to distinguish: dyslexia, dysorthography, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia. The diagnosis is made according to DSMV. The aim of this study is t...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Operto FF,Mazza R,Buttiglione M,Craig F,Frolli A,Pisano S,Margari L,Coppola G

更新日期：2018-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the importance of magnetic resonance imaging (MR) in the exploration of the abdomen in a case of non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosed in a 14-year-old boy. Results are compared with those obtained using two widely used diagnostic methods: CT and ultrasonography (US). US revealed a prevalent involvement ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Lucigrai G,Costa A,Dell'Acqua AM,Magnano G,Fondelli MP,Garré ML,Tomà P

更新日期：1991-04-01 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:Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a rare complication of childhood with rheumatic disease. This syndrome has been reported as a complication of many rheumatic diseases, most commonly in systemic onset of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA). The aim of this study was evaluation the rate, symptoms and outcome...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Moradinejad MH,Ziaee V

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since most of the children observed in our Centre present enuresis with voiding disturbance, we carried out a study where these patients were treated with the DDAVP + Oxybutinin association. METHODS:We have treated 89 children with enuresis and voiding disturbances (urge incontinence, voiding urgency, urina...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： De Grazia E,Cimador M

更新日期：1999-05-01 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：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：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：:More than one million neonatal deaths every year in the world are attributable to infection. In nurseries, infections occur with a reported incidence of 0.3-3%; in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) the reported incidence is 7-24.5%, and up to 40% in newborns with birth weight less than 1000 g or gestational age at...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Stronati M,Bollani L,Maragliano R,Ruffinazzi G,Manzoni P,Borghesi A

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Joint hypermobility refers to the ability that a joint has to move beyond its normal range of motion. It is common in the general population, particularly in children. While many individuals manifesting joint hypermobility are healthy, this feature can accompany a wide range of symptoms and systemic disorders, whose m...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Castori M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate if vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) contralateral to the multicystic dysplastic kidney can interfere with the compensatory renal hypertrophy. METHODS:Twenty-seven patients (17 males, 10 females) with multicystic dysplastic kidney (MDK) (14 on the right, 13 on the left) have been treated at the Nephro...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Fanos V,Sinaguglia G,Vino L,Pizzini C,Portuese A

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both systolic and diastolic dysfunction in the pediatric population can be identified by bedside echocardiography and can guide therapy and evaluate response to therapy. Isolated diastolic dysfunction is rare in children; however many conditions can lead to systolic dysfunction. In this review various echocardiographi...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Sasaki N,Srivastava S

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00