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Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Ausgabe 1/2021

Inhalt (238 Artikel)

Open Access Review

The child with medical complexity

Manuela Gallo, Rino Agostiniani, Roberta Pintus, Vassilios Fanos

Open Access Research

Cystic fibrosis in Tuscany: evolution of newborn screening strategies over time to the present

Matteo Botti, Vito Terlizzi, Michela Francalanci, Daniela Dolce, Maria Chiara Cavicchi, Anna Silvia Neri, Valeria Galici, Gianfranco Mergni, Lucia Zavataro, Claudia Centrone, Filippo Festini, Giovanni Taccetti

Open Access Research

Clinical warning of hemophagocytic syndrome caused by Epstein-Barr virus

Jinjin Shi, Chu Chu, Min Yu, Dandan Zhang, Yuqin Li, Yujie Fan, Yixue Yu, Yali Luo, Weifang Zhou

Open Access Letter to the Editor

An estimation of the number of children requiring pediatric palliative care in Italy

Franca Benini, Mariadonata Bellentani, Laura Reali, Pierina Lazzarin, Lucia De Zen, Federico Pellegatta, Pierangelo Lora Aprile, Gianlorenzo Scaccabarozzi

Open Access Research

Molecular screening of PROKR2 gene in girls with idiopathic central precocious puberty

Francesca Aiello, Grazia Cirillo, Alessandra Cassio, Raffaella Di Mase, Gianluca Tornese, Giuseppina R. Umano, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, Anna Grandone

Open Access COVID-19 Debate

Comprehensive and safe school strategy during COVID-19 pandemic

Susanna Esposito, Nicola Cotugno, Nicola Principi

Open Access Research

Risk factors for severity of thrombocytopenia in full term infants: a single center study

Amira M. Saber, Shereen P. Aziz, Al Zahraa E. Almasry, Ramadan A. Mahmoud

Open Access COVID-19 Review

PTSD in parents of children with severe diseases: a systematic review to face Covid-19 impact

Martina Corsi, Alessandro Orsini, Virginia Pedrinelli, Andrea Santangelo, Carlo Antonio Bertelloni, Niccolò Carli, Rodolfo Buselli, Diego Peroni, Pasquale Striano, Liliana Dell’Osso, Claudia Carmassi

Open Access Research

Morbidity associated with patent ductus arteriosus in preterm newborns: a retrospective case-control study

Gianluca Terrin, Maria Di Chiara, Giovanni Boscarino, Valentina Metrangolo, Francesca Faccioli, Elisa Onestà, Antonella Giancotti, Violante Di Donato, Viviana Cardilli, Mario De Curtis

Open Access Debate

The risks of physicians’ conformism: reflections from the opioid overflow

Luisa Cortellazzo Wiel, Giorgio Cozzi, Egidio Barbi

Open Access Research

Utility of a pediatric observation unit for the management of children admitted to the emergency department

Antonio Gatto, Serena Rivetti, Lavinia Capossela, Davide Pata, Marcello Covino, Antonio Chiaretti

Open Access COVID-19 Letter to the Editor

COVID-19 lockdown beneficial effects on lung function in a cohort of cystic fibrosis patients

Alessia Giuseppina Servidio, Giulia Capata, Laura Levantino, Guglielmo Riccio, Sarah Contorno, Egidio Barbi, Massimo Maschio

Open Access Research

Aromatic L-amino Acid Decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency: results from an Italian modified Delphi consensus

Carlo Fusco, Vincenzo Leuzzi, Pasquale Striano, Roberta Battini, Alberto Burlina, Vincenzo Belcastro, Donatella Capodiferro, Maria Alice Donati, Daniela Gueraldi, Francesca Manzoni, Alessandro Orsini, Pasquale Parisi, Francesco Pisani, Michele Sacchini, Alberto Spalice, Alberto Verrotti di Pianella, Maurizio Viri, Carlotta Spagnoli

Open Access Research

High-school students and self-injurious thoughts and behaviours: clues of emotion dysregulation

Caterina Zanus, Sara Battistutta, Renata Aliverti, Lorenzo Monasta, Marcella Montico, Luca Ronfani, Marco Carrozzi

Open Access Case report

DYSMORPHIC features and adult short stature: possible clinical markers of KBG syndrome

Davide Mattei, Paolo Cavarzere, Rossella Gaudino, Franco Antoniazzi, Giorgio Piacentini

Open Access Review

Revised recommendations of the Italian Society of Pediatrics about the general management of Kawasaki disease

Alessandra Marchesi, Donato Rigante, Rolando Cimaz, Angelo Ravelli, Isabella Tarissi de Jacobis, Alessandro Rimini, Fabio Cardinale, Marco Cattalini, Andrea De Zorzi, Rosa Maria Dellepiane, Patrizia Salice, Aurelio Secinaro, Andrea Taddio, Paolo Palma, Maya El Hachem, Elisabetta Cortis, Maria Cristina Maggio, Giovanni Corsello, Alberto Villani

Open Access Research

Management of pediatric post-infectious neurological syndromes

Elena Bozzola, Giulia Spina, Massimiliano Valeriani, Laura Papetti, Fabiana Ursitti, Rino Agostiniani, Cristina Mascolo, Margherita Ruggiero, Chiara Di Camillo, Anna Quondamcarlo, Luigi Matera, Davide Vecchio, Luigi Memo, Alberto Villani

Open Access Research

Transition of inflammatory bowel disease patients from pediatric to adult care: an observational study on a joint-visits approach

Antonio Corsello, Daniela Pugliese, Fiammetta Bracci, Daniela Knafelz, Bronislava Papadatou, Marina Aloi, Salvatore Cucchiara, Luisa Guidi, Antonio Gasbarrini, Alessandro Armuzzi

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Infection control strategy and primary care assistance in Campania region during the national lockdown due to COVID-19 outbreak: the experience of two tertiary emergency centers

Angela Mauro, Nicola Improda, Letizia Zenzeri, Francesco Valitutti, Erica Vecchione, Sara Esposito, Vincenzo Tipo

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Emergency Department of a tertiary children’s hospital

Umberto Raucci, Anna Maria Musolino, Domenico Di Lallo, Simone Piga, Maria Antonietta Barbieri, Mara Pisani, Francesco Paolo Rossi, Antonino Reale, Marta Luisa Ciofi degli Atti, Alberto Villani, Massimiliano Raponi

Open Access Research

Follow-up evaluation of the immunological status of children admitted for acute cerebral nervous system infections: a retrospective study

Giulia Spina, Elena Bozzola, Rita Carsetti, Eva Piano Mortari, Cristina Mascolo, Marco Roversi, Alberto Villani

Open Access Research

School in Italy: a safe place for children and adolescents

Alberto Villani, Luana Coltella, Stefania Ranno, Federico Bianchi di Castelbianco, Paola Maria Murru, Rossella Sonnino, Teresa Mazzone, Livia Piccioni, Giulia Linardos, Stefano Chiavelli, Fabrizio Pontarelli, Giovanni Corsello, Massimiliano Raponi, Carlo Federico Perno, Carlo Concato

Open Access COVID-19 Debate

Childhood multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 (MIS-C): a diagnostic and treatment guidance from the Rheumatology Study Group of the Italian Society of Pediatrics

Marco Cattalini, Andrea Taddio, Claudia Bracaglia, Rolando Cimaz, Sara Della Paolera, Giovanni Filocamo, Francesco La Torre, Bianca Lattanzi, Alessandra Marchesi, Gabriele Simonini, Gianvincenzo Zuccotti, Fiammetta Zunica, Alberto Villani, Angelo Ravelli

Open Access Case report

Hookworm infection in infants: a case report and review of literature

G. Umbrello, R. Pinzani, A. Bandera, F. Formenti, G. Zavarise, M. Arghittu, D. Girelli, A. Maraschini, A. Muscatello, P. Marchisio, S. Bosis

Open Access Case report

A floppy infant without lingual frenulum and kyphoscoliosis: Ehlers Danlos syndrome case report

Rosaura Conti, Chiara Zanchi, Egidio Barbi

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Contactless: a new personalised telehealth model in chronic pediatric diseases and disability during the COVID-19 era

Eugenio Mercuri, Giuseppe Zampino, Alisha Morsella, Marika Pane, Roberta Onesimo, Carmen Angioletti, Piero Valentini, Claudia Rendeli, Antonio Ruggiero, Lorenzo Nanni, Antonio Chiaretti, Giovanni Vento, David Korn, Emilio Meneschincheri, Paolo Sergi, Giovanni Scambia, Walter Ricciardi, Andrea Cambieri, Antonio Giulio De Belvis

Open Access Case report

Incidental finding of APC deletion in a child: double trouble or double chance? – a case report

Erica Rosina, Berardo Rinaldi, Rosamaria Silipigni, Luca Bergamaschi, Giovanna Gattuso, Stefano Signoroni, Silvana Guerneri, Alessandra Carnevali, Paola Giovanna Marchisio, Donatella Milani

Open Access COVID-19 Debate

Could nutritional supplements act as therapeutic adjuvants in COVID-19?

Giorgio Costagliola, Erika Spada, Pasquale Comberiati, Diego G. Peroni

Open Access Case report

Favorable response to carbamazepine therapy in genetically proven myoclonus-dystonia child

Mohammed F. Aljabri, Naglaa M. Kamal, Abdulrhman Alghamdi, Hamdan Alghamdi, Naif Alomairi

Open Access Research

Inhaled corticosteroids use in childhood respiratory diseases: an italian survey on pediatricians’ prescription habits

Giovanni Cerimoniale, Paolo Becherucci, Maria Carmen Verga, Giuseppe Di Mauro, Luciana Indinnimeo, Alberto Villani, Mariangela Tosca, Gian Luigi Marseglia, Marzia Duse, Paolo Biasci, Mattia Doria, Diego Peroni, Giorgio Piacentini, Maria Di Cicco, Gabriella Pozzobon, Riccardo Lubrano

Open Access Research

Incidence of urinary tract infection in neonates with significant indirect Hyperbilirubinemia of unknown etiology: case-control study

Ahmed Mahrous Kamal Baz, Osama Abd El-Fattah El-Agamy, Ashraf Mohamed Ibrahim

Open Access Commentary

Enhancing the future of simulation-based education in pediatrics

Manuela Spadea, Massimiliano Ciantelli, Nicoletta Fossati, Armando Cuttano

Open Access Research

Does high dose intravenous acetaminophen affect liver function for PDA closure in premature neonate?

Reza Bahrami, Aida Ezzatabadi, Nima Mehdizadegan, Hamid Mohammadi, Hamid Amoozgar, Mohammadreza Edraki

Open Access Case report

Hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar state in an obese prepubertal girl with type 2 diabetes: case report and critical approach to diagnosis and therapy

Angelika Mohn, Nella Polidori, Valeria Castorani, Laura Comegna, Cosimo Giannini, Francesco Chiarelli, Annalisa Blasetti

Open Access Research

Using ROPScore and CHOP ROP for early prediction of retinopathy of prematurity in a Chinese population

Huiqing Sun, Yubin Dong, Yanxia Liu, Qingqin Chen, Yanxi Wang, Bin Cheng, Shaobo Qin, Liping Meng, Shanxiu Li, Yanlun Zhang, Aiguo Zhang, Weiling Yan, Yuhong Dong, Shuyi Cheng, Mingchao Li, Zengyuan Yu

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of adolescents: the crucial role of technology

Giuseppina Salzano, Stefano Passanisi, Francesco Pira, Lacrima Sorrenti, Giuseppa La Monica, Giovanni Battista Pajno, Maria Pecoraro, Fortunato Lombardo

Open Access Research

Effectiveness of pediatric integrative manual therapy in cervical movement limitation in infants with positional plagiocephaly: a randomized controlled trial

Iñaki Pastor-Pons, César Hidalgo-García, María Orosia Lucha-López, Marta Barrau-Lalmolda, Iñaki Rodes-Pastor, Ángel Luis Rodríguez-Fernández, José Miguel Tricás-Moreno

Open Access Research

High-Fidelity simulation-based program improves flow state scale in the perinatal team

Mariachiara Martina Strozzi, Alessandro Varrica, Micaela Colivicchi, Claudia Pelazzo, Rossana Negri, Anna Galante, Patrizia Ianniello, Rossella Sterpone, Priscilla Nannini, Daniela Leo, Francesca Mannarino, Manuel Striani, Stefania Montani, Diego Gazzolo

Open Access Research

Safety and family satisfaction of a home-delivered chemotherapy program for children with cancer

Lucia De Zen, Irene Del Rizzo, Luca Ronfani, Francesca Barbieri, Marco Rabusin, Roberto Dall’Amico, Egidio Barbi, Margherita Robazza

Open Access COVID-19 Commentary

Breastfeeding and COVID-19 vaccination: position statement of the Italian scientific societies

Riccardo Davanzo, Massimo Agosti, Irene Cetin, Antonio Chiantera, Giovanni Corsello, Luca A. Ramenghi, Annamaria Staiano, Marcello Tavio, Alberto Villani, Elsa Viora, Fabio Mosca

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Impact of novel coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic in Italian pediatric emergency departments: a national survey

Valentina Talarico, Luciano Pinto, Gian Luigi Marseglia, Antonella Centonze, Concetta Cristofaro, Rocco Reina, Agostino Nocerino, Riccardo Lubrano, Stefania Zampogna, Alberto Arrighini, Maria Antonietta Barbieri, Claudia Bondone, Silvia Bressan, Vincenza Corsi, Massimo Chiossi, Elisabetta Cortis, Laura Crespin, Antonio Cualbu, Liviana Da Dalt, Valeria De Donno, Maria De Filippo, Antonella Di Stefano, Pasquale Ferrante, Battista Guidi, Adima Lamborghini, Marcello Lanari, Cristina Malorgio, Sergio Manieri, Stefano Masi, Susanna Masiero, Beatrice Messini, Maria Pia Mirauda, Anna Maria Musolino, Rosaria Nigro, Giuseppe Parisi, Niccolò Parri, Massimo Pettoello-Mantovani, Flavio Quarantiello, Eduardo Ponticiello, Stefano Romero, Salvatore Savasta, Eurilla Sequi, Debora M. L. Simonetti, Eleonora Tappi, Antonio Francesco Urbino, Patrizia Vianelli, Tiziana Zangardi

Open Access Research

Pseudohypoparathyroidism: application of the Italian common healthcare-pathway for a homogeneous clinical approach and a shared follow up

Daniele Tessaris, Elisa Bonino, Giovanna Weber, Malgorzata Wasniewska, Domenico Corica, Marco Pitea, Giuseppe Scirè, Manuela Caruso-Nicoletti, Danilo Fintini, Luisa de Sanctis

Open Access Case report

A case report of Phelan-McDermid syndrome: preliminary results of the treatment with growth hormone therapy

Rui Jin Xie, Tian Xiao Li, Chenyu Sun, Ce Cheng, Jinlin Zhao, Hua Xu, Yueying Liu

Open Access Case report

Central precocious puberty in a girl with LEGIUS syndrome: an accidental association?

Valentina Orlandi, Paolo Cavarzere, Laura Palma, Rossella Gaudino, Franco Antoniazzi

Open Access Research

Prevention starts from the crib: the pediatric point of view on detection of families at high cardiovascular risk

Maria Elena Capra, Cristina Pederiva, Giuseppe Banderali, Giacomo Biasucci

Open Access COVID-19 Letter to the Editor

“Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on early onset of puberty: experience of an Italian tertiary center”

Martina Verzani, Carla Bizzarri, Laura Chioma, Giorgia Bottaro, Stefania Pedicelli, Marco Cappa

Open Access Research

The neonatal assessment manual score (NAME) for improving the clinical management of infants: a perspective validity study

Andrea Manzotti, Marco Chiera, Matteo Galli, Erica Lombardi, Simona La Rocca, Pamela Biasi, Jorge Esteves, Gianluca Lista, Francesco Cerritelli

Open Access Case report

Long-term outcome of a patient with Transcobalamin deficiency caused by the homozygous c.1115_1116delCA mutation in TCN2 gene: a case report

Francesco Martino, Alessandra Magenta, Maria Letizia Troccoli, Eliana Martino, Concetta Torromeo, Carolina Putotto, Francesco Barillà

Open Access Research

Formula feeding practice and associated factors among mothers with infants 0–6 months of age in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Alemnesh Abebe Taye, Wondwosen Asegidew, Mitku Mammo Taderegew, Yonas Girma Bizuwork, Betregiorgis Zegeye

Open Access Research

Definition and prevalence of familial short stature

Veronica Grigoletto, Alessandro Agostino Occhipinti, Maria Chiara Pellegrin, Fabio Sirchia, Egidio Barbi, Gianluca Tornese

Open Access Research

Management and outcome of benign acute childhood myositis in pediatric emergency department

Giacomo Brisca, Marcello Mariani, Daniela Pirlo, Marta Romanengo, Angela Pistorio, Alberto Gaiero, Chiara Panicucci, Emanuela Piccotti, Claudio Bruno

Open Access Research

Autism spectrum disorder and anorexia nervosa: an Italian prospective study

Jacopo Pruccoli, Altea Solari, Letizia Terenzi, Elisabetta Malaspina, Marida Angotti, Veronica Pignataro, Paola Gualandi, Leonardo Sacrato, Duccio Maria Cordelli, Emilio Franzoni, Antonia Parmeggiani

Open Access Research

Impact of a diagnostic therapeutic educational pathway program for asthma management in preschool children

Sebastiano Guarnaccia, Cristina Quecchia, Andrea Festa, Michele Magoni, Giuseppe Zenoni, Emanuele D’Agata, Valentina Brivio, Elena Zanardini, Carmelo Scarcella, Valeria Gretter, Susanna Facchetti, Cinzia Gasparotti, Ada Pluda, Malica Frassine, Rosa Maria Limina, Raffaele Spiazzi, Raffaele Badolato, Bruce Bender, Francesco Donato

Open Access Case report

Young child with painful edema and purpura: a case report

Sarah Contorno, Giorgio Cozzi, Irene Berti, Egidio Barbi, Andrea Taddio

Open Access Research

Failure to thrive in infant and toddlers: a practical flowchart-based approach in a hospital setting

Roberto Franceschi, Caterina Rizzardi, Evelina Maines, Alice Liguori, Massimo Soffiati, Gianluca Tornese

Open Access Research

Use of intravenous sodium bicarbonate in neonatal intensive care units in Italy: a nationwide survey

Luca Massenzi, Roberto Aufieri, Silvia Donno, Rocco Agostino, Andrea Dotta

Open Access Research

Incidence and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity in an Italian cohort of preterm infants

Carlo Dani, Caterina Coviello, Fiorenza Panin, Saverio Frosini, Simonetta Costa, Velia Purcaro, Domenico Lepore, Giovanni Vento

Open Access Research

Frequency of asymptomatic carriers of SARS-CoV-2 among children and adults after school reopening

Gregorio P. Milani, Paola Marchisio, Alessia Rocchi, Giuseppe Bertolozzi, Ludovico Furlan, Adriano La Vecchia, Carlo Agostoni, Giorgio Costantino

Open Access Research

Postnatal growth of preterm infants during the first two years of life: catch-up growth accompanied by risk of overweight

Junyan Han, Yuan Jiang, Jun Huang, Yue Zhang, Ying Zhang, Yi Zhang, Xiaotian Chen, Yun Li, Weili Yan

Open Access Research

Prognostic factors and predictors of outcome in children with autism spectrum disorder: the role of the paediatrician

Magda Di Renzo, Federico Bianchi di Castelbianco, Villani Alberto, Del Vecchio Antonio, Corsello Giovanni, Elena Vanadia, Massimiliano Petrillo, Trapolino Davide, Lidia Racinaro, Monica Rea

Open Access Research

Real-time ultrasound for tip location of umbilical venous catheter in neonates: a pre/post intervention study

Serena Antonia Rubortone, Simonetta Costa, Alessandro Perri, Vito D’Andrea, Giovanni Vento, Giovanni Barone

Open Access Case report

Erythropoietin therapy in a case of neonatal anemia after exposure to natalizumab throughout pregnancy

Elisabetta Godano, Fabio Barra, Alessandra Allodi, Antonella Ferraiolo, Alice Laroni, Giovanni Novi, Giovanni Luigi Mancardi, Claudio Gustavino, Cesare Arioni

Open Access Research

First report of polymorphisms in MTRR, GATA4, VEGF, and ISL1 genes in Pakistani children with isolated ventricular septal defects (VSD)

Sumbal Sarwar, Farah Ehsan, Shabana, Amna Tahir, Mahrukh Jamil, Saleem Ullah Shahid, Asim Khan, Shahida Hasnain

Open Access COVID-19 Review

Implications of SARS-COV-2 infection in the diagnosis and management of the pediatric gastrointestinal disease

Valeria Dipasquale, Stefano Passanisi, Ugo Cucinotta, Antonio Cascio, Claudio Romano

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Pediatric routine vaccinations in the COVID 19 lockdown period: the survey of the Italian Pediatric Society

Rocco Russo, Elena Bozzola, Paolo Palma, Giovanni Corsello, Alberto Villani

Open Access Research

Early-onset sepsis risk calculator: a review of its effectiveness and comparative study with our evidence-based local guidelines

Gianluigi Laccetta, Massimiliano Ciantelli, Cristina Tuoni, Emilio Sigali, Mario Miccoli, Armando Cuttano

Open Access Research

How to recognize and manage psychosomatic pain in the pediatric emergency department

Giorgio Cozzi, Annunziata Lucarelli, Fabio Borrometi, Ilaria Corsini, Eva Passone, Sara Pusceddu, Giuliana Morabito, Egidio Barbi, Franca Benini

Open Access Commentary

Microplastics, environment and child health

Maria Elisabeth Street, Sergio Bernasconi

Open Access Review

The implications of complexity, systems thinking and philosophy for pediatricians

Jochen Ehrich, Jürgen Manemann, Velibor Tasic, Natale Gaspare DeSanto

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Regarding Iannicelli et al.

Evelyn Chan, Paul Leong

Open Access Letter

Reply to: Regarding Iannicelli et al

Anna Maria Iannicelli, Daniele Vito, Concetta Anna Dodaro, Pasquale De Matteo, Rita Nocerino, Angela Sepe, Valeria Raia

Open Access Case report

Isolated intestinal Ganglioneuromatosis: case report and literature review

Angela Mauro, Letizia Zenzeri, Francesco Esposito, Giovanni Gaglione, Caterina Strisciuglio, Emanuela Pilozzi, Vito Domenico Corleto, Chiara Ziparo, Giovanni Di Nardo

Open Access Case report

A novel de novo DDX3X missense variant in a female with brachycephaly and intellectual disability: a case report

Giada Moresco, Jole Costanza, Carlo Santaniello, Ornella Rondinone, Federico Grilli, Elisabetta Prada, Simona Orcesi, Ilaria Coro, Anna Pichiecchio, Paola Marchisio, Monica Miozzo, Laura Fontana, Donatella Milani

Open Access Research

Prevalence of children born small for gestational age with short stature who qualify for growth hormone treatment

Gianluca Tamaro, Mariagrazia Pizzul, Giuliana Gaeta, Raffaella Servello, Marina Trevisan, Patricia Böhm, Paola Manera Ada Materassi, Anna Macaluso, Denis Valentini, Maria Chiara Pellegrin, Egidio Barbi, Gianluca Tornese

Open Access Research

Cyclosporine A-related neurotoxicity after haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children with hematopathy

Yong Wang, Yongzhi Zheng, Jingjing Wen, Jinhua Ren, Xiaohong Yuan, Ting Yang, Jianda Hu

Open Access Review

Treating the symptom or treating the disease in neonatal seizures: a systematic review of the literature

Raffaele Falsaperla, Bruna Scalia, Andrea Giugno, Piero Pavone, Milena Motta, Martina Caccamo, Martino Ruggieri

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Emotional symptoms and their related factors in adolescents during the acute phase of Covid-19 outbreak in South Italy

Simone Pisano, Gennaro Catone, Antonella Gritti, Luisa Almerico, Anna Pezzella, Pia Santangelo, Carmela Bravaccio, Raffaella Iuliano, Vincenzo Paolo Senese

Open Access Correction

Correction to: A case report of Phelan-McDermid syndrome: preliminary results of the treatment with growth hormone therapy

Rui Jin Xie, Tian Xiao Li, Chenyu Sun, Ce Cheng, Jinlin Zhao, Hua Xu, Yueying Liu

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Clinical characteristics of children infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Italy

Isabella Tarissi De Jacobis, Rosa Vona, Camilla Cittadini, Alessandra Marchesi, Laura Cursi, Lucrezia Gambardella, Alberto Villani, Elisabetta Straface

Open Access Research

Characteristics associated with clinical response to Comano thermal spring water balneotherapy in pediatric patients with atopic dermatitis

Davide Geat, Mattia Giovannini, Ezio Gabriele Barlocco, Riccardo Pertile, Stefania Farina, Manuela Pace, Cesare Filippeschi, Giampiero Girolomoni, Mario Cristofolini, Ermanno Baldo

Open Access Research

Assessing patients’ characteristics and treatment patterns among children with atopic dermatitis

Davide Geat, Mattia Giovannini, Gabriele Barlocco, Riccardo Pertile, Manuela Pace, Francesca Mori, Elio Novembre, Giampiero Girolomoni, Mario Cristofolini, Ermanno Baldo

Open Access Research

The predictive value of urine specific gravity in the diagnosis of vasovagal syncope in children and adolescents

Ping Liu, Xingfang Zeng, Wanzhen Mei, Yuwen Wang, Runmei Zou, Cheng Wang

Open Access Research

Recommendations for neonatologists and pediatricians working in first level birthing centers on the first communication of genetic disease and malformation syndrome diagnosis: consensus issued by 6 Italian scientific societies and 4 parents’ associations

Gregorio Serra, Luigi Memo, Alessandra Coscia, Mario Giuffré, Ambra Iuculano, Mariano Lanna, Diletta Valentini, Anna Contardi, Sauro Filippeschi, Tiziana Frusca, Fabio Mosca, Luca A. Ramenghi, Corrado Romano, Annalisa Scopinaro, Alberto Villani, Giuseppe Zampino, Giovanni Corsello

Open Access COVID-19 Review

Kawasaki disease recurrence in the COVID-19 era: a systematic review of the literature

Alice Annalisa Medaglia, Lucia Siracusa, Claudia Gioè, Salvatore Giordano, Antonio Cascio, Claudia Colomba

Open Access Research

Inter-society consensus for the use of inhaled corticosteroids in infants, children and adolescents with airway diseases

Marzia Duse, Francesca Santamaria, Maria Carmen Verga, Marcello Bergamini, Giovanni Simeone, Lucia Leonardi, Giovanna Tezza, Annamaria Bianchi, Annalisa Capuano, Fabio Cardinale, Giovanni Cerimoniale, Massimo Landi, Monica Malventano, Mariangela Tosca, Attilio Varricchio, Anna Maria Zicari, Carlo Alfaro, Salvatore Barberi, Paolo Becherucci, Roberto Bernardini, Paolo Biasci, Carlo Caffarelli, Valeria Caldarelli, Carlo Capristo, Serenella Castronuovo, Elena Chiappini, Renato Cutrera, Giovanna De Castro, Luca De Franciscis, Fabio Decimo, Iride Dello Iacono, Lucia Diaferio, Maria Elisa Di Cicco, Caterina Di Mauro, Cristina Di Mauro, Dora Di Mauro, Francesco Di Mauro, Gabriella Di Mauro, Mattia Doria, Raffaele Falsaperla, Valentina Ferraro, Vassilios Fanos, Elena Galli, Daniele Giovanni Ghiglioni, Luciana Indinnimeo, Ahmad Kantar, Adima Lamborghini, Amelia Licari, Riccardo Lubrano, Stefano Luciani, Francesco Macrì, Gianluigi Marseglia, Alberto Giuseppe Martelli, Luigi Masini, Fabio Midulla, Domenico Minasi, Vito Leonardo Miniello, Michele Miraglia del Giudice, Sergio Renzo Morandini, Germana Nardini, Agostino Nocerino, Elio Novembre, Giovanni Battista Pajno, Francesco Paravati, Giorgio Piacentini, Cristina Piersantelli, Gabriella Pozzobon, Giampaolo Ricci, Valter Spanevello, Renato Turra, Stefania Zanconato, Melissa Borrelli, Alberto Villani, Giovanni Corsello, Giuseppe Di Mauro, Diego Peroni

Open Access Research

Prescribing patterns, indications and adverse events of ibuprofen in children: results from a national survey among Italian pediatricians

Massimo Martinelli, Lucia Quaglietta, Giuseppe Banderali, Pietro Ferrara, Claudio Romano, Annamaria Staiano

Open Access Research

Age-specific risk factors of severe pneumonia among pediatric patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia

Lumin Chen, Chong Miao, Yanling Chen, Xian Han, Ziying Lin, Hong Ye, Chengyi Wang, Huijie Zhang, Jingjing Li, Qiuyu Tang, Yuan Dong, Meng Bai, Yibing Zhu, Guanghua Liu

Open Access Research

Safety of house dust mite subcutaneous immunotherapy in preschool children with respiratory allergic diseases

Yaqi Yang, Dongxia Ma, Nan Huang, Wenjing Li, Qing Jiang, Yin Wang, Xiaolong Wang, Lin Yang, Rongfei Zhu

Open Access Research

Management of oxygen saturation monitoring in preterm newborns in the NICU: the Italian picture

Serafina Perrone, Maurizio Giordano, Giuseppe De Bernardo, Paola Lugani, Pasquale Sarnacchiaro, Gemma Stazzoni, Giuseppe Buonocore, Susanna Esposito, Maria Luisa Tataranno, Simona Pesce, Lidia Grappone, Marina Riccitelli, Sara Cornacchione, Nicola De Virgilio, Elisa Laschi

Open Access Research

Prevention and contrast of child abuse and neglect in the practice of European paediatricians: a multi-national pilot study

Paola Nigri, Giovanni Corsello, Luigi Nigri, Donjeta Bali, Giorgina Kuli-Lito, Doina Plesca, Tudor Lucian Pop, Angel Carrasco-Sanz, Leyla Namazova-Baranova, Julije Mestrovic, Mehmet Vural, Ida Giardino, Laszlo Losonczi, Eli Somekh, Maria Teresa Balducci, Massimo Pettoello-Mantovani, Pietro Ferrara

Open Access Research

Celiac disease in pediatric patients according to HLA genetic risk classes: a retrospective observational study

Carlo Tolone, Marisa Piccirillo, Pasquale Dolce, Salvatore Alfiero, Mattia Arenella, Marina Sarnataro, Patrizia Iardino, Alessia Pucciarelli, Caterina Strisciuglio

Open Access Research

Neonatal screening for congenital hypothyroidism in an Italian Centre: a 5-years real-life retrospective study

Maria Cristina Maggio, Saveria Sabrina Ragusa, Tommaso Silvano Aronica, Orazia Maria Granata, Eleonora Gucciardino, Giovanni Corsello

Open Access Review

Macronutrient balance and micronutrient amounts through growth and development

Giovanni Savarino, Antonio Corsello, Giovanni Corsello

Open Access Research

Children with medical complexity and paediatric palliative care: a retrospective cross-sectional survey of prevalence and needs

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Open Access Correction

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Open Access Correction

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Open Access Correction

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The glucose infusion rate of parenteral nutrition in the first week of life in preterm infants: an observational study

Dina Angelika, Risa Etika, Martono Tri Utomo, Setya Mirha, Kartika Darma Handayani, I. Dewa Gede Ugrasena

Open Access COVID-19 Review

Chronic respiratory diseases other than asthma in children: the COVID-19 tsunami

Maria Di Cicco, Maria Giulia Tozzi, Vincenzo Ragazzo, Diego Peroni, Ahmad Kantar

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Competitive sport after SARS-CoV-2 infection in children

Giulia Cafiero, Flaminia Passi, Francesca Ippolita Calo’ Carducci, Federica Gentili, Ugo Giordano, Chiara Perri, Melania Hashem Said, Attililo Turchetta

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Compounded glycopyrrolate is a compelling choice for drooling children: five years of facility experience

Davide Zanon, Cristina Tumminelli, Anna Maria Chiara Galimberti, Lucio Torelli, Alessandra Maestro, Egidio Barbi, Natalia Maximova

Open Access Review

Psychoeducation focused on family accommodation: a practical intervention for parents of children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Francesco Demaria, Maria Pontillo, Maria Cristina Tata, Prisca Gargiullo, Francesco Mancini, Stefano Vicari

Open Access Research

Nasal spray live attenuated influenza vaccine: the first experience in Italy in children and adolescents during the 2020–21 season

Chiara Gasparini, Miriam Acunzo, Andrea Biuso, Stefania Roncaglia, Francesca Migliavacca, Catia R. Borriello, Caterina Bertolini, Michaela R. Allen, Annalisa Orenti, Patrizia Boracchi, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti

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Necrotizing enterocolitis in the preterm: newborns medical and nutritional Management in a Single-Center Study

Giovanni Savarino, Maurizio Carta, Marcello Cimador, Antonio Corsello, Mario Giuffrè, Ingrid Anne Mandy Schierz, Gregorio Serra, Giovanni Corsello

Open Access Case report

In vivo magnetic resonance imaging evidence of olfactory bulbs changes in a newborn with congenital Citomegalovirus: a case report

Andrea Bianchi, Caterina Coviello, Valentina Leonardi, Michele Luzzati, Stefano Chiti, Daniele Ermini, Vittorio Miele, Enrico Fainardi, Carlo Dani, Elisa Scola

Open Access Research

Experience in neuromuscular diseases in children and adolescents and their comorbidities in a tertiary hospital

J. A. Gascón-Navarro, M. J. De La Torre-Aguilar, J. A. Fernández-Ramos, J. Torres-Borrego, J. L. Pérez-Navero

Open Access Case report

The use of medical cannabis in pediatric palliative care: a case series

Antuan Divisic, Irene Avagnina, Valentina De Tommasi, Anna Santini, Laura Brogelli, Luca Giacomelli, Franca Benini

Open Access Review

Pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis: a review for the clinician

Simona Barni, Stefania Arasi, Carla Mastrorilli, Luca Pecoraro, Mattia Giovannini, Francesca Mori, Lucia Liotti, Francesca Saretta, Riccardo Castagnoli, Lucia Caminiti, Antonella Cianferoni, Elio Novembre

Open Access Research

Surveying family access: kangaroo mother care and breastfeeding policies across NICUs in Italy

Claudia Artese, Fabrizio Ferrari, Silvia Perugi, Paola Cavicchioli, Giuseppe Paterlini, Fabio Mosca, Natascia Bertoncelli, Valeria Chiandotto, Paterizia Strola, Natascia Simeoni, Guido Calciolari, Grazia Colombo, Serena Rovei, Immacolata Arenga, Elena Arpi, Rosario Montirosso

Open Access Review

Developments in pediatrics in 2020: choices in allergy, autoinflammatory disorders, critical care, endocrinology, genetics, infectious diseases, microbiota, neonatology, neurology, nutrition, ortopedics, respiratory tract illnesses and rheumatology

Carlo Caffarelli, Francesca Santamaria, Michela Procaccianti, Ettore Piro, Valeria delle Cave, Melissa Borrelli, Angelica Santoro, Federica Grassi, Sergio Bernasconi, Giovanni Corsello

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Dietary diversity and associated factors among children (6–23 months) in Gedeo zone, Ethiopia: cross - sectional study

Wondwosen Molla, Dirshaye Argaw Adem, Ruth Tilahun, Seid Shumye, Robel Hussen Kabthymer, Daniel Kebede, Nebiyu Mengistu, Getnet Melaku Ayele, Dawit Getachew Assefa

Open Access Case report

Diagnostic challenges of an incidental finding: case report of definitely-congenital glioblastoma multiforme in a very preterm infant

Silvia Martini, Vittoria Paoletti, Monica Maffei, Mino Zucchelli, Chiara Locatelli, Maximilian Fischer, Viscardo Paolo Fabbri, Maria Pia Foschini, Giovanni Tallini, Luigi Corvaglia

Open Access Research

Is the clinical pattern of pediatric celiac disease changing? A thirty-years real-life experience of an Italian center

Melissa Pedretti, Francesca Sbravati, Davide Allegri, Flavio Labriola, Virginia Lombardo, Enzo Spisni, Chiara Zarbo, Patrizia Alvisi

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Pediatric focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: favorable transplantation outcome with plasma exchange

Fatina I. Fadel, Hafez M. Bazaraa, Mohamed A. Abdel Mawla, Doaa M. Salah

Open Access Research

Epidemiological and clinical aspects of immunoglobulin A vasculitis in childhood: a retrospective cohort study

Luciana Breda, Ilaria Carbone, Isabella Casciato, Cristina Gentile, Eleonora Agata Grasso, Giulia di Donato, Francesco Chiarelli, Alberto Verrotti

Open Access Debate

OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM in Italy: it is time for change

Cinzia Auriti, Vito Mondì, Salvatore Aversa, Daniele Merazzi, Simona Lozzi, Sergio Petroni, Antonio Baldascino, Luca Massenzi, Roberto Bellù, Stefano Martinelli, Fabio Mosca

Open Access Letter to the Editor

The social role of pediatrics in the past and present times

Gregorio Serra, Mario Giuffrè, Ettore Piro, Giovanni Corsello

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