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SCUOLE DI SPECIALIZZAZIONE IN PEDIATRIA: SURVEY SULLA FORMAZIONE IN PNEUMOLOGIA PEDIATRICA

2016

Lifecycle of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): From In Utero to Menopause

2013

Context: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is diagnosed during the reproductive years when women present with 2 of 3 of the following criteria: 1) irregular menstrual cycles or anovulation, 2) hyperandrogenism, and 3) PCO morphology. However, there is evidence that PCOS can be identified from early infancy to puberty based on predisposing environmental influences. There is also increasing information about the PCOS phenotype after menopause. The goal of this review is to summarize current knowledge about the appearance of PCOS at different life stages and the influence of reproductive maturation and senescence on the PCOS phenotype. Evidence: PubMed, the bibliography from the Evidence-Based …

Nuovi markers sierologici in corso di Malattia Infiammatoria Cronica Intestinale [New serological markers in IBD diagnosis]

2011

IBD diagnosis, in spite of clinically suspected form, lies on upper and lower endoscopy. Nevertheless endoscopic investigation is an invasive diagnostic tool especially in pediatric age. For this reason pediatricians are looking for mini invasive diagnostic algorithm in order to avoid unnecessary endoscopy. Up to date, while fecal calprotectin is a well established and confirmed intestinal inflammatory marker, on the other hand, new perspectives are opening on serological markers helpful in suspected diagnosis of IBD

¿Es adecuada la utilización del Servicio de Urgencias en el periodo neonatal?

2017

Resumen: Introducción: los Servicios de Urgencias son frecuentados, con un elevado índice, por neonatos con patología banal y dudas de puericultura. Nuestro objetivo es analizar, en neonatos, la adecuación del uso de Urgencias. Material y métodos: análisis de los informes de los neonatos que acudieron al Servicio de Urgencias del Hospital Marina Salud de Denia (Alicante, España) durante el año 2014 y de la adecuación del uso de Urgencias según los nuevos criterios establecidos: ingreso hospitalario, derivación, clasificación y exploraciones complementarias. Resultados: los Servicios de Urgencias son utilizados por neonatos con patología considerada no urgente, llanto, irritabilidad o malest…

Muscle Histopathological Abnormalities in a Patient With a CCT5 Mutation Predicted to Affect the Apical Domain of the Chaperonin Subunit.

2022

Recognition of diseases associated with mutations of the chaperone system genes, e.g., chaperonopathies, is on the rise. Hereditary and clinical aspects are established, but the impact of the mutation on the chaperone molecule and the mechanisms underpinning the tissue abnormalities are not. Here, histological features of skeletal muscle from a patient with a severe, early onset, distal motor neuropathy, carrying a mutation on the CCT5 subunit (MUT) were examined in comparison with normal muscle (CTR). The MUT muscle was considerably modified; atrophy of fibers and disruption of the tissue architecture were prominent, with many fibers in apoptosis. CCT5 was diversely present in the sarcolem…

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 …