abstract：:GER is the passage of gastric contents into the esophagus and is referred to as GER disease (GERD) when GER causes troublesome symptoms and/or complications. GERD in infants and children is sometimes difficult to diagnose and even more difficult to treat. The diagnosis of GERD is hampered by the fact that GER symptoms...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Loots CM,Benninga MA,Omari TI

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：: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

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：:The Femoral hypoplasia - unusual facies syndrome (FHUF) or Femoral - facial syndrome (FFS) was at first described in 1975. Up to now about 60 cases have been reported. According to our knowledge only 4 cases have had congenital central nervous system's malformations, furthermore the main stages of psychomotor developm...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Vecchio D,Salzano E,Vecchio A,Di Filippo T,Roccella M

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：: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：:This is the first scientific study on Mary Sandrucci, who has been director of the Pediatric Clinic of the University of Turin from 1965-1966 up to 31 December 1989. Prof. Sandrucci led major studies on congenital heart disease, was the first Italian and among the first in Europe to describe phocomelia cases, to repor...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Farnetani I,Farnetani F,Bona G,Mussa GC

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) is a demyelinating disease of the pons often associated with the demyelination of extrapontine areas of the central nervous system. It typically occurs 0.5-7 days after a rapid increment in serum Na level in hyponatremic patients and may lead to death. A 2.5-year-old child with a dia...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Yilmaz D,Karapinar B,Balkan C,Ay Y,Kavakli K

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex disorder, involving primarily ovarian hyperandrogenism in females and linked with insulin resistance in the majority of cases. Clinical features are widely variable and include a combination of menstrual irregularities, acne, hirsutism, and alopecia. Although it typically ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Brewer M,Pawelczak M,Kessler M,Shah B

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adolescence is higher than the prevalence of PTSD in adult populations. PTSD and suicidality are often found in populations of adolescents presenting with other emotional disorders (particularly mood disorders), traumatic grief, childhood abuse, and/...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Ganz D,Sher L

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal analgesia is a recent issue: newborns were supposed to feel no pain until the late "80s; but from that date, many studies were performed to verify the extent of neonates" pain perception, ways to measure and overcome it. Pain can have harmful consequences in babies, due to several causes, and we investigated ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Buonocore G,Bellieni C

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Counselling is a professional intervention based on skills to communicate and to build relationships. The project "Not alone", related to counselling at our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, is aimed to let counselling become a "shared culture" for all the care givers. The first essential aspect is to form the ability of ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Fabris C,Coscia A,Tonetto P,Bertino E,Quadrino S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contiguous gene deletion syndromes: the importance of an accurate genetic definition for a careful clinical monitoring. Contiguous gene deletion syndromes are so named because the deletion manifests as a distinctive cluster of otherwise unrelated single-gene disorders in the same subject. An accurate genetic definitio...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： De Sanctis L,Giuffrè M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With increased survival of extremely low birth weigh (ELBW) and very ill infants, a lot of them are discharged with unresolved medical issues that complicate their subsequent care. Infants born preterm with low birth weight who require neonatal intensive care experience a much higher rate of hospital readmission and d...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Puddu M

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:One of the principal duties of a staff nurse working in a NICU is the assistance of the ventilated infants. The management of the endotracheal tube is a key moment in the neonatal care and it is fundamental to prevent the ventilator induced lung injury and the change in the perfusion (especially in the brain) that may...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Galbusera V,Battan AM,Mandelli N

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) show a broad spectrum of clinical symptoms intimately related to the disturbed mineral and bone metabolism and summarized as CKD-mineral-bone disorder (CKD-MBD). Whereas in adults an impaired bone metabolism translates mainly into an increased risk of fractures, in pediatric ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Haffner D,Fischer DC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In the last few years we noted an increasing number of children with celiac disease with negative serum anti-gliadin antibodies (AGA) a useful serologic test to monitor compliance to gluten-free diet. The aim of this study was to verify diagnostic accuracy of AGA and compare clinical characteristics of AGA-negative...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Caristo E,Tognato E,Di Dio G,Rapa A,Fonio P

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden dead of every infant or small child (usually within the first year of life). It is an unexpected event, according to the anamnesis of the subject, and the necroscopic examination of the event does not allow to demonstrate with success the proper cause of death. The...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Ventura F,Portunato F,Celesti R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of neonatal fungal infections poses several challenges, including the fact that the choices of available agents are limited, given the paucity of data relating to the use of newer antifungal agents in the group of infants. The information summarized herein represents in part the consensus of a group of ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Allen U,Richardson S,McGuire W,Bow E,Robinson J,Rotstein C,Doyle J,Davies D,Hui C,Le Saux N,Merchant P,Laverdiere M,Read S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease associated with recurrent lung infections, that represent a major cause of mortality and morbidity. Cystic fibrosis requires frequent antibiotic treatments, sometimes by mouth or via aerosol but often via the intravenous route. Totally implanted venous access devices (ports) a...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Dal Molin A,Gatta C,Festini F

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral palsy (CP) is a description of a spectrum of central nervous system (CNS) impairments that affect mobility, communication, intellectual ability, and neurobehavior as a result of developmental brain dysfunction. CP is the most common contributor to motor disability in children with prevalence of about 2-3/1000...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Msall ME,Limperopoulos C,Park JJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parenteral nutrition associated liver disease is the most common complication of pediatric short bowel syndrome (SBS). There is emerging evidence that the disease may be reversed with the use of parenteral lipid emulsions derived from fish-oils, which contain significant concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids (w3FA). T...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Diamond IR,Pencharz PB,Wales PW

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One may have only minutes to change the trajectory of a child who is deteriorating from either congenital or acquired cardiac disease. However, these children may present with rather cryptic patterns of symptoms (e.g. failure to thrive, lethargy, colic, neonatal shock, respiratory distress, wheezing and syncope with e...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Hunt EA,Brunetti M,Nelson KL,Shilkofski NA,Peddy SB

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early recognition of shock is the key to successful resuscitation in critically ill children. Often, shock results in or co-exists with myo-cardial dysfunction or acute lung injury. Recognition and appropriate management of these insults is crucial for successful outcomes. Resuscitation should be directed to restorati...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Santhanam I,Ranjit S,Kissoon N

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syringocele is a cystic dilation of the excretory bulbourethral Cowper gland duct, and is a rather uncommon finding in pediatric age. It is frequently asymptomatic but sometimes may cause voiding symptoms and urinary tract infection (UTI). This case report describes an unusual manifestation of syringocele presenting w...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Marte A,Prezioso M,Sabatino MD,Borrelli M,Romano M,Del Balzo B,Nino F,Parmeggiani P

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：AIM:Pectus excavatum is the commonest thoracic congenital malformation, but its treatment remains not well known. The authors present the results of the mini-invasive repair at G. Gaslini Institute of Genoa, Italy. METHODS:Nuss mini-invasive repair avoids anterior scars. The correction is achieved by the introduction ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Torre M,Mameli L,Montobbio G,Asquasciati C,Campanella V,Ferrari C,Jasonni V

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gilbert's syndrome is a genetically controlled non-hemolytic unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia, caused by reduced activity of UDP-glucoroniltransferase 1, an enzyme critical in bilirubin metabolism. Several molecular configurations may be implicated in a Gilbert's phenotype. Familial mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inhe...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Kalotychou V,Kanta A,Rombos Y,Konstantopoulos K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noonan syndrome (NS) is a rare genetic disorder, revealing autosomal dominant trait. It is a multiface condition that is characterized by a series congenital malformations including facial anomalies, postnatal growth retardation, webbing of the neck, pectus excavatum/carinatum, pulmonic stenosis and undescended testic...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Cesur Aydin K,Ozcan I

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The increase in life expectancy of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients has brought about a rise in new clinical problems in these patients, such as a decrease in bone mineral density (BMD). The cause of diminished BMD in CF is multi-factorial. METHODS:The aim of this cross-sectional study, conducted on 39 CF patients un...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Neri AS,Lori I,Festini F,Masi L,Brandi ML,Galici V,Braggion C,Taccetti G

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma therapy recognizes three fundamental key points: primary prevention, secondary prevention, including the control of inflammatory mechanisms and related symptoms, and tertiary prevention, consisting in the treatment of the early phases leading to airway remodelling. As for primary prevention in infants at ''high...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Tosca MA,Villa E,Rossi GA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the overlapping symptoms and comorbidity of pediatric bipolar disorder (BD) and pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) in youth. The aim of this study was to clearly differentiate the symptoms, understand the prevalence and patterns of comorbid presentations, as well as to provide a summary of e...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： McDonnell MA,Hamrin V,Moffett J,Durso S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The remarkable effectiveness of surfactant in neonatology suggested its use also in adults as well as in children on the basis of the pulmonary pathophysiology. We describe a case of an 18 month-old child affected by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to asphyxy by gastric juice inhalation, successfully tr...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Bisceglia M,Verre M,Tancioni F,Piccirillo M,Corapi UP,Barozzi E,Vulcano S

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study analyses the organisational aspects and the volume of milk managed by the donated breast milk bank (banca del latte umano donato, BLUD) in Treviso. METHODS:The data gathered refer to the years 2003, 2004 and 2005. In particular the hygiene methodology is described in order to obtain a high-quality produ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Paccagnella A,Michieletto S,Pitassi I,Baruffi C,Pizzolato D,Marcon ML,Saia OS,Toscani P,Moretti G,Foscolo G

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:West syndrome is a generalized epilepsy syndrome composed of infantile spasms and onset is usually within the first year of life. Although West syndrome is well known clinical epileptic syndrome, there is no agreement about the first- and second-line treatments. In the last years a great progress in the development of...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Verrotti A,Manco R,Coppola GG,Mingione S,Chiarelli F,Iannetti P

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Childhood leukaemia treatment contains multiple chemotherapeutic agents in high doses that can cause severe toxic effects on heart and other vital organs. In this respect patients taking cancer chemotherapy are followed for these adverse effects. Echocardiographic myocardial performance index (MPI) was reported as ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Gulen H,Kazanci E,Mese T,Uzunkaya D,Erbay A,Tavli V,Vergin C

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Optic pathway gliomas (OPG) are the predominant intracranial tumours associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and the outcome of OPG in 200 NF1 patients (122 males and 78 females, aged 1-25 years) followed up to 16 years (mean of 6 years). METHODS:All chi...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Lama G,Esposito Salsano M,Grassia C,Calabrese E,Grassia MG,Bismuto R,Melone MA,Russo S,Scuotto A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00