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View article: Thelung ultrasound in children with SARS-COV 2 infection: a national multicenter prospective study
Thelung ultrasound in children with SARS-COV 2 infection: a national multicenter prospective study Open
Covid-19 causedhospitalizations, severe disease and deaths in any age, including in the youngest children. The aim of this multicenter national study is to characterize the clinical and the prognostic role of lung ultrasound (LUS) in child…
View article: Atraumatic Limping Child, a Challenge for Pediatricians: An Observational Age-Related Study in a Pediatric Emergency Department
Atraumatic Limping Child, a Challenge for Pediatricians: An Observational Age-Related Study in a Pediatric Emergency Department Open
Background: Atraumatic limping is a frequent cause of consultation in Pediatric Emergency Departments (PED) and often represents a challenge for pediatricians for its variability in etiology ranging from benign causes to potential cripplin…
View article: The lung ultrasound in children with SARS-COV 2 infection: a national multicenter prospective study
The lung ultrasound in children with SARS-COV 2 infection: a national multicenter prospective study Open
Covid-19 causedhospitalizations, severe disease and deaths in any age, including in the youngest children. The aim of this multicenter national study is to characterize the clinical and the prognostic role of lung ultrasound (LUS) in child…
View article: Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans infection in a 15-year-old boy with pulmonary empyema: a case report and review of literature
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans infection in a 15-year-old boy with pulmonary empyema: a case report and review of literature Open
View article: Aggregatibacter Actinomycetemcomitans Infection In A 15-Year-Old Boy With Pulmonary Empyema: A Case Report And Review Of Literature
Aggregatibacter Actinomycetemcomitans Infection In A 15-Year-Old Boy With Pulmonary Empyema: A Case Report And Review Of Literature Open
Background: Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa), previously known as Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, is a slow-growing Gram-negative coccobacillus, member of the HACEK group of bacteria colonizing oral flora. Besides causing i…
View article: Clinical report and predictors of sequelae of 319 cases of pediatric bacterial osteomyelitis
Clinical report and predictors of sequelae of 319 cases of pediatric bacterial osteomyelitis Open
View article: Alert sign and symptoms for the early diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: analysis of patients followed by a tertiary pediatric hospital
Alert sign and symptoms for the early diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: analysis of patients followed by a tertiary pediatric hospital Open
Background Intercepting earlier suspected TB (Tuberculosis) cases clinically is necessary to reduce TB incidence, so we described signs and symptoms of retrospective cases of pulmonary TB and tried to evaluate which could be early warning …
View article: One Year of Lung Ultrasound in Children with SARS-CoV-2 Admitted to a Tertiary Referral Children’s Hospital: A Retrospective Study during 2020–2021
One Year of Lung Ultrasound in Children with SARS-CoV-2 Admitted to a Tertiary Referral Children’s Hospital: A Retrospective Study during 2020–2021 Open
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the lung ultrasound (LU) turned out to be a pivotal tool to study the lung involvement in the adult population, but the same was not well evaluated in children. We detected the LU patterns through an integrate…
View article: Trend of hoverboard related injuries at a pediatric emergency department
Trend of hoverboard related injuries at a pediatric emergency department Open
View article: Lung Ultrasound to Detect Pneumothorax in Children Evaluated for Acute Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: An Observational Pilot Study
Lung Ultrasound to Detect Pneumothorax in Children Evaluated for Acute Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: An Observational Pilot Study Open
Background Spontaneous pneumothorax is a relatively uncommon and poorly studied condition in children. While several protocols have been developed to evaluate the use of lung ultrasound for dyspneic adult patients in the emergency departme…
View article: Ten Years of Pediatric Lung Ultrasound: A Narrative Review
Ten Years of Pediatric Lung Ultrasound: A Narrative Review Open
Lung diseases are the most common conditions in newborns, infants, and children and are also the primary cause of death in children younger than 5 years old. Traditionally, the lung was not thought to be a target for an ultrasound due to i…
View article: The Role of Lung Ultrasound in Diagnosing COVID-19-Related Multisystemic Inflammatory Disease: A Preliminary Experience
The Role of Lung Ultrasound in Diagnosing COVID-19-Related Multisystemic Inflammatory Disease: A Preliminary Experience Open
Background: To date, there are no data regarding the systematic application of Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound (PoC-LUS) in children with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). The main aim of this study is to show the role o…
View article: One year of Lung Ultrasound in children with SarsCoV2 infection admitted to a tertiary referral children’s hospital: a retrospective, single-center study, during 2020-2021 period.
One year of Lung Ultrasound in children with SarsCoV2 infection admitted to a tertiary referral children’s hospital: a retrospective, single-center study, during 2020-2021 period. Open
Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the lung ultrasound (LUS) patterns in combination with clinical-laboratory profiles of children hospitalized for COVID-19 infection in relation to temporal trend of the Italian epidemic. Met…
View article: The impact of pertussis in infants: insights from a hospital-based enhanced surveillance system, Lazio region, Italy, 2016 to 2019
The impact of pertussis in infants: insights from a hospital-based enhanced surveillance system, Lazio region, Italy, 2016 to 2019 Open
Background Routine surveillance systems for pertussis often suffer from under-recognition and under-reporting. Aim Our aim was to describe the epidemiology and the clinical features of pertussis in children younger than 1 year in an Italia…
View article: Point‐of‐care lung ultrasound in the diagnosis and monitoring of paediatric patients with spontaneous pneumothorax in <scp>SARS‐CoV‐2</scp> infection
Point‐of‐care lung ultrasound in the diagnosis and monitoring of paediatric patients with spontaneous pneumothorax in <span>SARS‐CoV‐2</span> infection Open
Point‐of‐care lung ultrasound is a widely used tool in the diagnosis and management of patients with pulmonary diseases and now with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. We describe two cases of pneumothorax which are, as far as we know, among the first …
View article: Panic Over a New Phenomenon Among Kids: Hoverboard Related Injuries at a Pediatric Emergency Department
Panic Over a New Phenomenon Among Kids: Hoverboard Related Injuries at a Pediatric Emergency Department Open
Understanding how the use of hoverboards (HBs) can affect a child’s safety is crucial. We describe the characteristics of HB related injuries and provide key messages about child prevention when using these leisure devices. This was a retr…
View article: Lung Ultrasound to Detect Pneumothorax in Children Evaluated for Acute Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: An Observational Pilot Study
Lung Ultrasound to Detect Pneumothorax in Children Evaluated for Acute Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: An Observational Pilot Study Open
Objectives- We prospectively analyzed children with acute chest pain and clinical suspicion of pneumothorax (PNX) evaluated at the pediatric Emergency Department. Methods- After clinical examination and before Chest X-Ray, children underwe…
View article: Point of care ultrasound in the paediatric acute care setting: Getting to the ‘heart’ of respiratory distress
Point of care ultrasound in the paediatric acute care setting: Getting to the ‘heart’ of respiratory distress Open
Point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) is a growing interesting tool in the emergency setting. Its usefulness in diagnostic and therapeutic pathway of patients with respiratory distress in addition to clinical evaluation is well established in a…
View article: Uncommon Presentation of Childhood Leukemia in Emergency Department
Uncommon Presentation of Childhood Leukemia in Emergency Department Open
Leukemia is the most common childhood malignancy, and it is often characterized by pallor, fatigue, cytopenia, and organomegaly; sometimes musculoskeletal symptoms, mainly characterized by diffuse bone pain in the lower extremities, are th…
View article: LABORATORY BIOMARKERS TO FACILITATE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BETWEEN MEASLES AND KAWASAKI DISEASE IN A PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY ROOM: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
LABORATORY BIOMARKERS TO FACILITATE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BETWEEN MEASLES AND KAWASAKI DISEASE IN A PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY ROOM: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY Open
This retrospective study was conducted to analyze clinical and laboratoristic parameters to individuate specific differences and facilitate differential diagnosis between Measles and Kawasaki Disease (KD) at first evaluation in a emergency…
View article: Measles lessons in an anti-vaccination era: public health is a social duty, not a political option
Measles lessons in an anti-vaccination era: public health is a social duty, not a political option Open
View article: Acute cerebellitis in children: an eleven year retrospective multicentric study in Italy
Acute cerebellitis in children: an eleven year retrospective multicentric study in Italy Open
We confirmed the literature data about the benign course of AC/ACA in most cases but we also highlighted a considerable rate of patients with neurological sequelae (5%). Pathological MRI or CT findings at admission correlate to neurologica…
View article: Pediatric Tuberculosis in Italian Children: Epidemiological and Clinical Data from the Italian Register of Pediatric Tuberculosis
Pediatric Tuberculosis in Italian Children: Epidemiological and Clinical Data from the Italian Register of Pediatric Tuberculosis Open
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Over the last decades, TB has also emerged in the pediatric population. Epidemiologic data of childhood TB are still limited and there is an urgent need of more data on ver…
View article: Hypertransaminasemia and hypophosphoremia in an adolescent with anorexia nervosa: an event to watch for
Hypertransaminasemia and hypophosphoremia in an adolescent with anorexia nervosa: an event to watch for Open
Refeeding complications must be always suspected because of life-threatening risk. More attention should be paid not only to the acute state of the disease but also to the prevention and the management of refeeding-related manifestations.