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Interleukin-6 Is a Promising Marker of COVID-19 in Children: A Case Series of 2 Brothers with Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia.

2022

BACKGROUND To date, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains a global health concern, with fatalities mostly in older age groups with underlying medical conditions, while children are less likely to manifest severe symptoms. CASE REPORT We describe the clinical cases of 2 brothers admitted to our Children's Hospital for persistent fever and cough during the COVID-19 pandemic. Case 1. A 1.5-year-old boy had fever, expiratory dyspnea, desaturation, oxygen saturation 94-96% with O2, and bilateral hissing and crackling rales. His interleukin-6 level in the acute phase of the disease was 100.41 and at the resolution it was 46.2 pg/ml. Treatment with amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid, methylpre…

Preclinical Morphofunctional Alterations of Large Arteries in Children and Adolescent with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Preliminary Data

2017

Background: Children and adolescent with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) are considered one of the pediatric populations at highest cardiovascular risk. Aim: This cross-sectional study was aimed to assess in children and adolescents with T1DM, the clinical correlates of early morphofunctional changes of the large arteries. Methods: Children and adolescents with T1DM treated with basal-bolus insulin therapy were included in the study if they had a disease duration of at least 5 years. The following parameter were examined: waist circumference, waist/height ratio (W/H), BMI, blood pressures, lipid profile, microalbuminuria, insulin dose, HbA1c, carotid intima-media thickness (c-IMT) and the d…

Associazione dei polimorfismi dei geni INF-γ ed IL-10 con la suscettibilità alla Febbre bottonosa.

2003

ALTERAZIONI PRECLINICHE CAROTIDEE E PATTERN PRESSORI IN UNA POPOLAZIONE DI BAMBINI E ADOLESCENTI CON DIABETE MELLITO DI TIPO 1: STUDIO PRELIMINARE

OBIETTIVI Il diabete mellito tipo 1 (DMT1) è caratterizzato da un’ elevata mortalità per cardiovasculopatie e l’ipertensione contribuisce signifi cativamente allo sviluppo e progressione del processo aterosclerotico. Scopo di questo studio è quello di valutare, in bambini e adolescenti con DMT1, la prevalenza di anomalie dei pattern pressori rilevati dal monitoraggio ambulatoriale 24h della pressione arteriosa (ABPM) e di alterazioni morfologiche precliniche carotidee. METODI I soggetti affetti da DMT1, in trattamento insulinico multiiniettivo, normoalbuminurici e con durata di malattia > di 2 anni, sono stati reclutati tra quelli afferenti alla U.O.S. di Diabetologia Pediatrica della U.…

[OP.5C.05] SERUM URIC ACID IS INCREASED IN NORMOTENSIVE OBESE CHILDREN WITH A PARENTAL HYSTORY OF HYPERTENSION

2017

Objective: Increased uric acid levels are closely associated with new-onset hypertension in children, and pilot studies showed that pharmacological lowering of uric acid may reduce blood pressure (BP) in obese pediatric patients. Nevertheless, controversy remains concerning a direct causative role of serum uric acid (SUA) in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension (EH). Our study was aimed to determine if normotensive obese children and adolescent offspring of adults with EH show SUA levels different than those of pediatric subjects in whom there is non family history of EH. Design and method: Fifty-nine obese normotensive children and adolescents, attending for metabolic assessment the …

PROFILO ENDOCRINO, LIVELLI DI ADIPONECTINA, RESISTINA, LEPTINA IN PAZIENTI CON INSUFFICIENZA RENALE CRONICA IN ETA’ EVOLUTIVA

2009

Musculoskeletal manifestations in children with Behçet's syndrome: data from the AIDA Network Behçet's Syndrome Registry

2023

AbstractThis study aims to describe musculoskeletal manifestations (MSM) in children with Behçet’s syndrome (BS), their association with other disease manifestations, response to therapy, and long-term prognosis. Data were retrieved from the AIDA Network Behçet’s Syndrome Registry. Out of a total of 141 patients with juvenile BS, 37 had MSM at disease onset (26.2%). The median age at onset was 10.0 years (IQR 7.7). The median follow-up duration was 21.8 years (IQR 23.3). Recurrent oral (100%) and genital ulcers (67.6%) and pseudofolliculitis (56.8%) were the most common symptoms associated with MSM. At disease onset, 31 subjects had arthritis (83.8%), 33 arthralgia (89.2%), and 14 myalgia (…

Prevalenza delle mutazioni in GJB2 nella popolazione siciliana affetta da sordità neuro-sensoriale non sindromica

2006

FOLLOW-UP AFTER PEDIATRIC MYRINGOPLASTY: OUTCOME AT 5 YEARS

2014

Aim. The aim of this paper was to evaluate anatomical and functional outcomes 5 years after myringoplasty in children affected by perforated eardrum. To analyze the main differences in the frequency of postoperative complications between patients under and over 9 years of age. Methods. One hundred and thirty-two children, aged from 4 to 15 years, who underwent myringoplasty with or without mastoidectomy, were followed for a five-year period after surgery. The cohort was divided in two groups: children from 4 to 9 years old (G1) and patients older than 9 years (G2); all subjects underwent a pre- and post-operatively clinical exam and were evaluated through audiometry and impedenzometry. Aden…

Screening e post-screening (Audiologia essenziale)

2014

Newborn hearing screening is a type of screening test for the early detection of hearing loss. It can recognize with good accuracy newborns affected by hearing impairment allowing an early diagnosis and intervention and avoiding cognitive and linguistic deficits [1,2,3,4,5,6]. The incidence of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in Sicily is 2.35 cases per 1000 newborns; this value increases to 2.95 if we consider also unilateral SNHL [2,3] and to 10 cases per 1000 births among infants at risk [7,8,9]. A correct newborn hearing screening programme is based on different protocols depending on the presence/absence of audiologic risk factors: • Newborns without risk factors: [1,2,3] In…