9 results on '"Lancella, Laura"'
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2. Accuracy of Pancreatic Stone Protein for diagnosis of sepsis in children admitted to pediatric intensive care or high-dependency care: a pilot study
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Bottari, Gabriella, Caruso, Mariangela, Paionni, Emanuel, De Luca, Maia, Romani, Lorenza, Pisani, Mara, Grandin, Annalisa, Gargiullo, Livia, Zampini, Giorgio, Gagliardi, Chiara, Fegatelli, Danilo Alunni, Vestri, Annarita, Lancella, Laura, Porzio, Ottavia, Muda, Andrea Onetti, Villani, Alberto, Atti, Marta Ciofi Degli, Raponi, Massimiliano, and Cecchetti, Corrado
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- 2023
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3. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans infection in a 15-year-old boy with pulmonary empyema: a case report and review of literature
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Mesturino, Maria Alessia, Bitetti, Carol, Clemente, Anna, Krzysztofiak, Andrzej, Lancella, Laura, Lombardi, Roberta, Cursi, Laura, Boccuzzi, Elena, Musolino, Anna Maria, and Villani, Alberto
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- 2023
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4. Alert sign and symptoms for the early diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: analysis of patients followed by a tertiary pediatric hospital
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Farina, Elisa, D’Amore, Carmen, Lancella, Laura, Boccuzzi, Elena, Ciofi degli Atti, Marta Luisa, Reale, Antonino, Rossi, Paolo, Villani, Alberto, Raponi, Massimiliano, and Raucci, Umberto
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- 2022
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5. Italian intersociety consensus on management of long covid in children
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Esposito, Susanna, Principi, Nicola, Azzari, Chiara, Cardinale, Fabio, Di Mauro, Giuseppe, Galli, Luisa, Gattinara, Guido Castelli, Fainardi, Valentina, Guarino, Alfredo, Lancella, Laura, Licari, Amelia, Mancino, Enrica, Marseglia, Gian Luigi, Leonardi, Salvatore, Nenna, Raffaella, Zampogna, Stefania, Zona, Stefano, Staiano, Annamaria, and Midulla, Fabio
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- 2022
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6. Acute cerebellitis in children: an eleven year retrospective multicentric study in Italy.
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Lancella, Laura, Esposito, Susanna, Galli, Maria Luisa, Bozzola, Elena, Labalestra, Valeria, Boccuzzi, Elena, Krzysztofiak, Andrzej, Cursi, Laura, Castelli Gattinara, Guido, Mirante, Nadia, Buonsenso, Danilo, Tagliabue, Claudia, Castellazzi, Luca, Montagnani, Carlotta, Tersigni, Chiara, Valentini, Piero, Capozza, Michele, Pata, Davide, Di Gangi, Maria, and Dones, Piera
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CEREBELLAR ataxia , *COMPUTED tomography , *MAGNETIC resonance imaging , *RETROSPECTIVE studies , *CHILDREN , *DIAGNOSIS - Abstract
Background: Acute cerebellitis (AC) and acute cerebellar ataxia (ACA) are the principal causes of acute cerebellar dysfunction in childhood. Nevertheless. there is no accepted consensus regarding the best management of children with AC/ACA: the aim of the study is both to assess clinical, neuroimaging and electrophysiologic features of children with AC/ACA and to evaluate the correlation between clinical parameters, therapy and outcome. Methods: A multicentric retrospective study was conducted on children ≤ 18 years old admitted to 12 Italian paediatric hospitals for AC/ACA from 01/01/2003 to 31/12/2013. A score based on both cerebellar and extracerebellar signs/symptoms was computed for each patient. One point was given for each sign/symptom reported. Severity was divided in three classes: low, moderate, severe. Results: A total of 124 children were included in the study. Of these, 118 children received a final diagnosis of ACA and 6 of AC. The most characteristic finding of AC/ACA was a broad-based gait disturbance. Other common symptoms included balance disturbances, slurred speech, vomiting, headache and fever. Neurological sequelae were reported in 6 cases (5%) There was no correlation among symptoms, cerebrospinal fluid findings, clinical outcome. There was no correlation between clinical manifestations and clinical score on admission and length of hospital stay, sex, age and EEG findings with sequelae (P > 0.05). Children with pathological magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) had a higher probability of having clinical sequelae. Treatment was decided independently case by case. Patients with a higher clinical score on admission had a higher probability of receiving intravenous steroids. Conclusions: 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 neurological sequelae. These findings suggest the indication to perform an instrumental evaluation in all patients with AC/ACA at admission to identify those at higher risk of neurological outcome. These patients may benefit from a more aggressive therapeutic strategy and should have a closer follow-up. Randomized controlled trials are needed to confirm these observations. The ultimate goal of these studies could be to develop a standardized protocol on AC/ACA. The MRI/CT data, associated with the clinical manifestations, may allow us to define the class risk of patients for a neurological outcome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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7. Varicella associated pneumoniae in a pediatric population.
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Bozzola, Elena, Castelli Gattinara, Guido, Bozzola, Mauro, Mirante, Nadia, Masci, Marco, Rossetti, Chiara, Krzystofiak, Andrzej, Nicolosi, Luciana, Cutrera, Renato, Lancella, Laura, Tozzi, Alberto Eugenio, and Villani, Alberto
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RISK factors of pneumonia ,HOSPITALS ,ANTIVIRAL agents ,CHICKENPOX ,HOSPITAL care of children ,LENGTH of stay in hospitals ,PNEUMONIA ,PNEUMONIA in children ,IMMUNOCOMPROMISED patients ,DISEASE complications - Abstract
Background: Varicella pneumonia has been studied extensively in adults; it may also affect children and may require hospitalization. Methods: We examined pneumonia complications in children hospitalized for varicella, over a 13 year period. Results: Pneumonia occurred in 8.2% of children hospitalized for varicella. The median length of hospitalization was 6 days. No statistically significant difference in length of stay was detected between immunodepressed children and previously healthy children. The hospitalization was on average shorter in patients who started antiviral therapy within 24 h of varicella onset. None of the included patients had been previously immunized for varicella. Conclusions: Our results support the need for increased awareness of current varicella prevention recommendations among both immunocompetent and immunodepressed individuals. In children affected by varicella, prompt antiviral therapy may be indicated to reduce the number of days of hospitalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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8. Pertussis in infants: an underestimated disease.
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Vittucci, Anna Chiara, Vennarucci, Valentina Spuri, Grandin, Annalisa, Russo, Cristina, Lancella, Laura, Tozzi, Albero Eugenio, Bartuli, Andrea, Villani, Alberto, and Spuri Vennarucci, Valentina
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BORDETELLA pertussis ,INFANT diseases ,LYMPHOCYTES ,COUGH ,POLYMERASE chain reaction ,WHOOPING cough ,DNA metabolism ,DNA ,RETROSPECTIVE studies ,ODDS ratio ,DIAGNOSIS - Abstract
Background: The clinical diagnosis of pertussis is not easy in early infancy since clinical manifestations can overlap with several different diseases. Many cases are often misclassified and underdiagnosed. We conducted a retrospective study on infants to assess how often physicians suspected pertussis and the actual frequency of Bordetella pertussis infections.Methods: We analyzed all infants with age ≤90 days hospitalized from March 2011 until September 2013 for acute respiratory symptoms tested with a Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction able to detect Bordetella pertussis and with a Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for a multipanel respiratory virus. Therefore, we compared patients with pertussis positive aspirate, patients with respiratory virus positive aspirate and patients with negative aspirate to identify symptoms or clinical findings predictive of pertussis.Results: Out of 215 patients analyzed, 53 were positive for pertussis (24.7 %), 119 were positive for respiratory virus (55.3 %) and 43 had a negative aspirate (20 %). Pertussis was suspected in 22 patients at admission and 16 of them were confirmed by laboratory tests, while 37 infants with different admission diagnosis resulted positive for pertussis. The sensitivity of clinical diagnosis was 30.2 % and the specificity 96.3 %. Infants with pertussis had more often paroxysmal cough, absence of fever and a higher absolute lymphocyte count than infants without pertussis.Conclusions: Pertussis is a serious disease in infants and it is often unrecognized; some features should help pediatricians to suspect pertussis, but clinical suspicion has a low sensitivity. We suggest a systematic use of Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction to support the clinical suspicion of pertussis in patients with less than 3 months of age hospitalized with acute respiratory symptoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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9. NRAS(Q61K) mutated primary leptomeningeal melanoma in a child: case presentation and discussion on clinical and diagnostic implications.
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Angelino, Giulia, De Pasquale, Maria Debora, De Sio, Luigi, Serra, Annalisa, Massimi, Luca, De Vito, Rita, Marrazzo, Antonio, Lancella, Laura, Carai, Andrea, Antonelli, Manila, Giangaspero, Felice, Gessi, Marco, Menchini, Laura, Scarciolla, Laura, Longo, Daniela, and Mastronuzzi, Angela
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MENINGEAL cancer ,MELANOMA ,MENINGITIS ,CEREBROSPINAL fluid examination ,MAGNETIC resonance imaging ,DIAGNOSIS ,MELANOMA diagnosis ,DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis ,DISEASE complications ,HYDROLASES ,MEMBRANE proteins ,GENETIC mutation ,MENINGES ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,TUMORS - Abstract
Background: Primary melanocytic neoplasms are rare in the pediatric age. Among them, the pattern of neoplastic meningitis represents a peculiar diagnostic challenge since neuroradiological features may be subtle and cerebrospinal fluid analysis may not be informative. Clinical misdiagnosis of neoplastic meningitis with tuberculous meningitis has been described in few pediatric cases, leading to a significant delay in appropriate management of patients. We describe the case of a child with primary leptomeningeal melanoma (LMM) that was initially misdiagnosed with tuberculous meningitis. We review the clinical and molecular aspects of LMM and discuss on clinical and diagnostic implications.Case Presentation: A 27-month-old girl with a 1-week history of vomiting with mild intermittent strabismus underwent Magnetic Resonance Imaging, showing diffuse brainstem and spinal leptomeningeal enhancement. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis was unremarkable. Antitubercular treatment was started without any improvement. A spinal intradural biopsy was suggestive for primary leptomeningeal melanomatosis. Chemotherapy was started, but general clinical conditions progressively worsened and patient died 11 months after diagnosis. Molecular investigations were performed post-mortem on tumor tissue and revealed absence of BRAF(V600E), GNAQ(Q209) and GNA11(Q209) mutations but the presence of a NRAS(Q61K) mutation.Conclusions: Our case adds some information to the limited experience of the literature, confirming the presence of the NRAS(Q61K) mutation in children with melanomatosis. To our knowledge, this is the first case of leptomeningeal melanocytic neoplasms (LMN) without associated skin lesions to harbor this mutation. Isolated LMN presentation might be insidious, mimicking tuberculous meningitis, and should be suspected if no definite diagnosis is possible or if antitubercular treatment does not result in dramatic clinical improvement. Leptomeningeal biopsy should be considered, not only to confirm diagnosis of LMN but also to study molecular profile. Further molecular profiling and preclinical models will be pivotal in testing combination of target therapy to treat this challenging disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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