538 results on '"Martinelli, Massimo"'
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202. Kinetic analysis of photoinitiated polymerization by microwave dielectrometry
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Carlini, Carlo, primary, Martinelli, Massimo, additional, Rolla, Pier Angelo, additional, and Tombari, Elpidio, additional
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- 1985
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203. Additions and Corrections - Orientation in Nucleophilic Substitution at the Cycloheptatrienone Nucleus: Failure of Predictions from Either Electron Spin Resonance Data or Molecular Orbital Treatments.
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Cavazza, Marino, primary, Colombini, M., additional, Martinelli, Massimo, additional, Nucci, Lamberto, additional, Pardi, Lucio, additional, Pietra, Francesco, additional, and Santucci, Sergio, additional
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- 1978
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204. Absolute efficiency of channeltron electron multipliers for 10–100 keV X-rays
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Bordoni, Franco, primary, Martinelli, Massimo, additional, Paganini Fioratti, Mario, additional, and Piermattei, Silvana Ricci, additional
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- 1974
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205. Orientation in nucleophilic substitution at the cycloheptatrienone nucleus: failure of predictions from either electron spin resonance data or molecular orbital treatments
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Cavazza, Marino, primary, Colombini, M. Perla, additional, Martinelli, Massimo, additional, Nucci, Lamberto, additional, Pardi, Lucio, additional, Pietra, Francesco, additional, and Santucci, Sergio, additional
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- 1977
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206. Infliximab therapy decreases the expression of serum and faecal miR‐126 and miR‐20a in paediatric Crohn's disease: A pilot study.
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Casertano, Marianna, Trotta, Maria Consiglia, Cenni, Sabrina, Creoli, Mara, Miele, Erasmo, Martinelli, Massimo, Lepre, Caterina Claudia, Russo, Marina, Alfano, Roberto, D'Amico, Michele, and Strusciuglio, Caterina
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CROHN'S disease , *GENE expression , *JUVENILE diseases , *ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay , *PEDIATRICS - Abstract
Aim: We aimed to evaluate the serum and faecal expression of miR‐126 and miR‐20a in children with Crohn's disease (CD) during infliximab (IFX) therapy. Methods: In this prospective observational study, serum and faeces from CD patients were collected before IFX therapy (T0), after induction (T1) and after 6 months from IFX (T2). IFX levels were determined by Enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay at T1 and T2. miRNAs were profiled through Real‐Time RT‐PCR. The activity of disease was evaluated through the Paediatric Crohn's disease activity index (PCDAI), serum C‐reactive protein (CRP) and faecal calprotectin. Results: Nine CD children were enrolled. Serum and faecal miR‐126 and miR‐20a levels were higher at T0 and showed a time‐dependent decrease, being significantly down‐regulated after IFX treatment at T2. Specifically, IFX levels recorded at T1 and T2 negatively correlated with the serum and faecal expression of miR‐126 and miR‐20a. Serum and faecal changes of miR‐126 and miR20‐a were positively associated with the decrease of the inflammatory marker CRP and PDCAI at all time points. Conclusion: In children with CD, IFX therapy decreases the expression of serum and faecal miR‐126 and miR‐20a, suggesting an involvement of these two miRNAs in the action of the drug. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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207. Remote Sensing for Maritime Traffic Understanding.
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Reggiannini, Marco, Salerno, Emanuele, Bacciu, Clara, D'Errico, Andrea, Lo Duca, Angelica, Marchetti, Andrea, Martinelli, Massimo, Mercurio, Costanzo, Mistretta, Antonino, Righi, Marco, Tampucci, Marco, and Paola, Claudio Di
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REMOTE sensing , *OPTICAL radar , *REMOTE-sensing images , *INFORMATION & communication technologies , *SURVEILLANCE radar , *IMAGE sensors - Abstract
The capability of prompt response in the case of critical circumstances occurring within a maritime scenario depends on the awareness level of the competent authorities. From this perspective, a quick and integrated surveillance service represents a tool of utmost importance. This is even more true when the main purpose is to tackle illegal activities such as smuggling, waste flooding, or malicious vessel trafficking. This work presents an improved version of the OSIRIS system, a previously developed Information and Communication Technology framework devoted to understanding the maritime vessel traffic through the exploitation of optical and radar data captured by satellite imaging sensors. A number of dedicated processing units are cascaded with the objective of (i) detecting the presence of vessel targets in the input imagery, (ii) estimating the vessel types on the basis of their geometric and scatterometric features, (iii) estimating the vessel kinematics, (iv) classifying the navigation behavior of the vessel and predicting its route, and, eventually, (v) integrating the several outcomes within a webGIS interface to easily assess the traffic status inside the considered area. The entire processing pipeline has been tested on satellite imagery captured within the Mediterranean Sea or extracted from public annotated datasets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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208. Exclusive enteral nutrition effect on the clinical course of pediatric Crohn's disease: a single center experience.
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Scarpato, Elena, Strisciuglio, Caterina, Martinelli, Massimo, Russo, Marina, Cenni, Sabrina, Casertano, Marianna, Serra, Maria Rosaria, Staiano, Annamaria, and Miele, Erasmo
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CROHN'S disease , *DIET therapy , *CHILD patients , *DISEASE remission , *INFLAMMATORY bowel diseases - Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the short- and long-term outcomes of exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) versus corticosteroids (CS) as induction therapy, in a cohort of pediatric patients with Crohn's disease (CD). A retrospective study of patients with CD has been conducted. Clinical characteristics, laboratory parameters, and pediatric Crohn's disease activity index (PCDAI) were evaluated at diagnosis and at different follow-up points. Subjects were divided in EEN-induction group, receiving EEN, and CS-induction group, treated with oral CS. We evaluated 47 patients in the EEN-induction group and 21 patients in the CS-induction group. After 8 weeks from diagnosis, we detected a significant improvement in CRP (p = 0.001) and albumin (p = 0.05), in EEN-induction group compared with the CS-induction group. PCDAI was significantly lower in the EEN-induction group versus the CS-induction group after 8 weeks (p = 0.04) and 1 year (p = 0.03) of follow-up. After 2 years from diagnosis, the number of subjects needing immunomodulators (IMM, azathioprine or methotrexate) was significantly higher in the CS-induction group compared with the EEN-induction group (p = 0.02). Conclusion: EEN has the same effectiveness of CS therapy in induction of remission but seems to have a more pronounced effect on disease activity. In our cohort, the need to use IMM seems to be reduced in subjects initially treated with EEN. What is Known: • Exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) has the same effectiveness of corticosteroids (CS) in the induction of remission in pediatric Crohn's disease. • EEN offers numerous advantages over CS, in terms of improved nutrition and mucosal healing. What is New: • Induction of remission with EEN seems to have a more pronounced effect on disease activity compared to induction with CS. • In our cohort, induction of remission with EEN seems to reduce the need of therapy with immunomodulators at 2 years of follow-up. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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209. Efficient Lung Ultrasound Classification.
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Bruno, Antonio, Ignesti, Giacomo, Salvetti, Ovidio, Moroni, Davide, and Martinelli, Massimo
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COMPUTER-assisted image analysis (Medicine) , *DIAGNOSTIC ultrasonic imaging , *ULTRASONIC imaging , *MAGNETIC resonance imaging , *COVID-19 pandemic , *FETAL ultrasonic imaging , *LUNGS , *POINT-of-care testing - Abstract
A machine learning method for classifying lung ultrasound is proposed here to provide a point of care tool for supporting a safe, fast, and accurate diagnosis that can also be useful during a pandemic such as SARS-CoV-2. Given the advantages (e.g., safety, speed, portability, cost-effectiveness) provided by the ultrasound technology over other examinations (e.g., X-ray, computer tomography, magnetic resonance imaging), our method was validated on the largest public lung ultrasound dataset. Focusing on both accuracy and efficiency, our solution is based on an efficient adaptive ensembling of two EfficientNet-b0 models reaching 100% of accuracy, which, to our knowledge, outperforms the previous state-of-the-art models by at least 5%. The complexity is restrained by adopting specific design choices: ensembling with an adaptive combination layer, ensembling performed on the deep features, and minimal ensemble using two weak models only. In this way, the number of parameters has the same order of magnitude of a single EfficientNet-b0 and the computational cost (FLOPs) is reduced at least by 20%, doubled by parallelization. Moreover, a visual analysis of the saliency maps on sample images of all the classes of the dataset reveals where an inaccurate weak model focuses its attention versus an accurate one. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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210. The use of calgranulin-C (S100A12) and fecal zonulin as possible non-invasive markers in children with inflammatory bowel disease: a clinical study.
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Cenni, Sabrina, Casertano, Marianna, Trani, Marco, Pacella, Daniela, Martinelli, Massimo, Staiano, Annamaria, Miele, Erasmo, and Strisciuglio, Caterina
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INFLAMMATORY bowel disease diagnosis , *BIOMARKERS , *CROHN'S disease , *ULCERATIVE colitis in children , *ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay - Abstract
Calgranulin-C (S100A12) and zonulin are considered markers of intestinal inflammation. Our aim was to evaluate fecal S100A12 (f-S100A12) and fecal zonulin (f-zonulin) in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), compared to fecal calprotectin (FC) and serum inflammatory markers. We enrolled children with a previous diagnosis of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). F-S100A12, f-zonulin, and FC were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Endoscopic examination was considered in the patients who underwent ileocolonoscopy within 2 weeks from the enrollment. One hundred seventeen children, 39.3% with CD and 60.7% with UC were enrolled. In both CD and UC, there was a significant direct correlation between FC and f-S100A12 levels. In children with CD and UC, both FC and f-S100A12 correlated with markers of serum inflammation. We found difference in FC and f-S100A12 levels between patients in clinical relapse and remission (FC: mean 1027 ± 818 mcg/ml vs 580 ± 695 mcg/ml respectively, p = 0.028; f-S100A12: mean 66.4 ± 48.2 mcg/ml vs 42.7 ± 40 mcg/ml, respectively p = 0.02). Moreover, we found difference in FC between children with endoscopic inflammation and remission (mean 825 ± 779 mcg/ml vs 473.3 ± 492 mcg/ml, respectively p = 0.048), as well as for f-S100A12 (53 ± 43 mcg/ml vs mean 31 ± 33 mcg/ml vs, respectively p = 0.019). No significant results were found for f-zonulin. Conclusion: Our data suggest that f-S100A12 and FC are both useful non-invasive biomarkers in the management of pediatric IBD in follow up and in monitoring endoscopic and clinical relapse. What is Known: • Fecal calprotectin (FC), fecal S100A12 (f- S100A12), and fecal zonulin represent potential noninvasive markers of gut inflammation. • Since S100A12 is predominantly expressed by granulocytes, high levels of f-S100A12 should be more specific for inflammation than FC. What is New: • FC and f-S100A12 were correlated to each other and despite the lack of correlation with disease location, they were associated with endoscopic inflammation and clinical relapse in children with IBD. • No significant correlations were found between f-zonulin and the inflammatory parameters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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211. Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Study
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Flora Fedele, Massimo Martinelli, Caterina Strisciuglio, Pasquale Dolce, Francesca Paola Giugliano, Elena Scarpato, Annamaria Staiano, Erasmo Miele, Graduate School, Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Fedele, F., Martinelli, M., Strisciuglio, C., Dolce, P., Giugliano, F. P., Scarpato, E., Staiano, A., Miele, E., Fedele, Flora, Martinelli, Massimo, Strisciuglio, Caterina, Dolce, Pasquale, Giugliano, Francesca Paola, Scarpato, Elena, Staiano, Annamaria, and Miele, Erasmo
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Gastroenterology ,quarantine ,COVID-19 ,Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ,health-related quality of life ,children ,inflammatory bowel disease ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Chronic Disease ,Quality of Life ,Humans ,Female ,Colitis, Ulcerative ,Prospective Studies ,Pandemics - Abstract
Objectives: The aims of our study were to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children affected by inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) during the first wave of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and after 12 months. Methods: This was a single-center, prospective, observational study conducted between April 2020 and April 2021. Children from 10 to 18 years with a confirmed diagnosis of IBD were enrolled during the first COVID-19-related national quarantine. The following information was collected at the baseline and after 12 months: IBD subtype, location and phenotype, disease activity, current and previous therapies. Patients were asked to complete the PROMIS Anxiety and IMPACT III questionnaires. Results: One hundred and eighteen patients were enrolled, of whom 54 (46%) were affected by Crohn disease (CD) and 64 (54%) with ulcerative colitis (UC; median age: 15.5 years, range 10.3-18; M/F: 68/50). Median HRQoL was significantly decreased after 12 months compared with the beginning of COVID-19-related quarantine (T1: 76.7 vs T2: 72.8; P < 0.001). At 12 months, a higher number of children were reported to be in active disease when compared with the enrollment [T2: 22/108 (20.4%) vs T1: 12/118 (10%); P = 0.02]. Multivariate analysis showed a significant influence on HRQoL of quarantine period (P < 0.001), female sex (P = 0.016), biologic therapy (P = 0.011), and active disease (P < 0.001). Conclusions: A deterioration of HRQoL after 12 months from COVID-19-related quarantine was observed. Additionally, the higher number of children with active disease at 12 months compared with enrollment may suggest detrimental consequences of the reduced disease control, contributing to decreased HRQoL.
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212. Occurrence and Clinical Impact of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in a Large Cohort of Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Marina Aloi, Giulia D’Arcangelo, Danilo Rossetti, Simone Bucherini, Enrico Felici, Claudio Romano, Massimo Martinelli, Valeria Dipasquale, Paolo Lionetti, Salvatore Oliva, Aloi, Marina, D'Arcangelo, Giulia, Rossetti, Danilo, Bucherini, Simone, Felici, Enrico, Romano, Claudio, Martinelli, Massimo, Dipasquale, Valeria, Lionetti, Paolo, and Oliva, Salvatore
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Crohn’s disease ,children ,inflammatory bowel disease ,prevalence ,incidence ,Gastroenterology ,Immunology and Allergy ,eosinophilic esophagiti ,ulcerative colitis - Abstract
Background Scarce data have investigated the association between pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). We, therefore, aimed to describe the epidemiology and the possible peculiar phenotype and natural history of such an association. Methods Case-control study is based on the Italian Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology (SIGENP) national registry. All children with a combined diagnosis of IBD and EoE were included. The overall prevalence and incidence in 2 periods, 2009 to 2015, and 2016 to 2021, were calculated. Cases were matched with IBD only and EoE only patients in a 1:3:3 ratio. Phenotype and outcomes (courses of steroids, risk of complications, surgery, treatment escalation, and hospitalization) were compared between groups. Results Eleven patients (age 11.2 ± 2.8 years, Males 91%) with EoE-IBD out of 3090 patients with IBD were identified, resulting in an overall prevalence of 0.35% and an incidence of 0.18% for 2009 to 2015 and 0.45% for 2016 to 2021. Treatment escalation rates for IBD were significantly higher in patients with IBD compared with EoE-IBD at 12- and 24-month follow-up (0% vs 30%, P = .04; and 9% vs 45.5%, P = .03, respectively). Furthermore, patients with IBD were at a significantly higher risk of hospitalization than both EoE-IBD and EoE patients (log rank P Conclusions The incidence and prevalence of EoE in children with IBD are low, although the incidence seems to be rising in recent years. Having EoE appears to be associated with a milder IBD disease course, whereas having IBD does not seem to affect the natural history of EoE. More data are needed to better define the phenotype of such association.
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213. Induction of Remission With Exclusive Enteral Nutrition in Children With Crohn's Disease: Determinants of Higher Adherence and Response
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Marialaura Cuomo, Alessandra Carobbio, Marina Aloi, Patrizia Alvisi, Claudia Banzato, Luca Bosa, Matteo Bramuzzo, Angelo Campanozzi, Giulia Catassi, Lorenzo D’Antiga, Monica Di Paola, Enrico Felici, Maria Teresa Fioretti, Simona Gatti, Francesco Graziano, Sara Lega, Paolo Lionetti, Antonio Marseglia, Massimo Martinelli, Francesca Musto, Naire Sansotta, Luca Scarallo, Giovanna Zuin, Lorenzo Norsa, Cuomo, Marialaura, Carobbio, Alessandra, Aloi, Marina, Alvisi, Patrizia, Banzato, Claudia, Bosa, Luca, Bramuzzo, Matteo, Campanozzi, Angelo, Catassi, Giulia, D'Antiga, Lorenzo, Di Paola, Monica, Felici, Enrico, Fioretti, Maria Teresa, Gatti, Simona, Graziano, Francesco, Lega, Sara, Lionetti, Paolo, Marseglia, Antonio, Martinelli, Massimo, Musto, Francesca, Sansotta, Naire, Scarallo, Luca, Zuin, Giovanna, and Norsa, Lorenzo
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exclusive enteral nutrition ,Gastroenterology ,Crohn’s disease exclusion diet ,Immunology and Allergy ,colonic involvement - Abstract
Background Exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) is the first choice to induce remission and promote mucosal healing in pediatric Crohn’s disease (CD). However, full adherence to EEN treatment may be problematic for children with CD. Methods The goal of the current multicenter retrospective study was to define predictive factors of nonadherence to treatment and nonremission at the end of induction treatment. Those data together were analyzed with the ultimate goal of trying to define an individualized induction treatment for children with CD. Results Three hundred seventy-six children with CD from 14 IBD pediatric referral centers were enrolled in the study. The rate of EEN adherence was 89%. Colonic involvement and fecal calprotectin >600 μg/g at diagnosis were found to be associated with a reduced EEN adherence. Exclusive enteral nutrition administered for 8 weeks was effective for inducing clinical remission in 67% of the total cohort. Factors determining lower remission rates were age >15 years and Pediatric Crohn’s Disease Activity Index >50. Conclusion Although EEN is extremely effective in promoting disease remission, several patients’ related factors may adversely impact EEN adherence and response. Personalized treatments should be proposed that weigh benefits and risks based on the patient’s disease location, phenotype, and disease activity and aim to promote a rapid control of inflammation to reduce long-term bowel damage.
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214. Prevalence of functional gastrointestinal disorders in children with celiac disease on different types of gluten-free diets
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Francesca Fiori Nastro, Maria Rosaria Serra, Sabrina Cenni, Daniela Pacella, Massimo Martinelli, Erasmo Miele, Annamaria Staiano, Carlo Tolone, Renata Auricchio, Caterina Strisciuglio, Fiori Nastro, Francesca, Serra, Maria Rosaria, Cenni, Sabrina, Pacella, Daniela, Martinelli, Massimo, Miele, Erasmo, Staiano, Annamaria, Tolone, Carlo, Auricchio, Renata, and Strisciuglio, Caterina
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Functional gastrointestinal disorder ,Gastrointestinal symptom ,Gluten free diet ,Gastroenterology ,Celiac disease ,General Medicine ,Children - Abstract
Background: Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are common during the pediatric age. FGIDs are not related to biochemical or structural abnormalities. However, since they have a high prevalence, several studies have evaluated an overlap between FGIDs and organic diseases. Individuals with celiac disease (CD) have been shown to be at an increased risk for functional abdominal pain, even if they adhere well to a gluten-free diet (GFD). Little information is available for the pediatric age group. The aims of our study were to evaluate the prevalence of FGIDS in CD children 1 year after diagnosis and to compare the prevalence of FGIDs in CD children on a GFD with processed foods compared with those on a GFD with natural products. Aim: To assess the prevalence of FGIDs in children with CD after 1 year of follow-up and to compare the prevalence of FGIDs in children with CD on a GFD with processed foods and in children on a GFD with natural products. Methods: We recruited pediatric patients aged 1-18 years with a new CD diagnosis. Participants were randomized to two groups: Group A on a GFD with processed foods (diet 1); and group B on a GFD with natural products (diet 2). Clinical monitoring, diet assessment and the questionnaire on pediatric gastrointestinal symptoms-Rome IV version were performed at diagnosis (T0) and after 12 mo of follow-up (T1). Dietary intake was assessed using a 3-d food diary record. Data from the diaries were evaluated using WinFood nutrient analysis software. We assessed the prevalence of FGIDs at T1 and the correlation with the type of GFD. Results: We registered 104 CD children, with 55 patients in group A (53.0%) and 49 patients in group B (47.0%). Initially, 30 of the 55 (54.5%) CD children were symptomatic in group A, while 25 of 49 (51.0%) were symptomatic in group B. At T1, in spite of a low or negative serology for CD, FGIDs prevalence was 10/55 (18.0%) in group A and 8/49 (16.3%) in group B, with no statistically significant difference between the two groups (P = 0.780). At T1 the macro- and micronutrient intake was similar across the two groups with no significant differences in nutrient analysis. However, in both groups at T1 we found that a lower prevalence of FGIDs (P = 0.055) was associated with an inferior caloric (odds ratio = 0.99, 95% confidence interval: 0.99-1.00) and fat (odds ratio = 0.33, 95% confidence interval: 0.65-0.95) intake. Conclusion: Our results showed that CD children on a GFD have gastrointestinal symptoms with an elevated prevalence of FGIDs. Our study suggests that developing FGIDs may be linked to caloric intake and percentage of food fat, but it does not change between a GFD with processed foods or a GFD with natural products. However, long-term monitoring is required to evaluate a correlation between FGIDs and various types of GFDs.
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215. The poly(C)-binding protein Pcbp2 is essential for CD4+ T cell activation and proliferation
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Massimo Martinelli, Gabrielle Aguilar, David S.M. Lee, Andrew Kromer, Nhu Nguyen, Benjamin J. Wilkins, Tatiana Akimova, Ulf H. Beier, Louis R. Ghanem, Martinelli, Massimo, Aguilar, Gabrielle, Lee, David S M, Kromer, Andrew, Nguyen, Nhu, Wilkins, Benjamin J, Akimova, Tatiana, Beier, Ulf H, and Ghanem, Louis R
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Cell biology ,Multidisciplinary ,Molecular biology ,Immunology - Abstract
The RNA-binding protein Pcbp2 is widely expressed in the innate and adaptive immune systems and is essential for mouse development. To determine whether Pcbp2 is required for CD4+ T cell development and function, we derived mice with conditional Pcbp2 deletion in CD4+ T cells and assessed their overall phenotype and proliferative responses to activating stimuli. We found that Pcbp2 is essential for T conventional cell (Tconv) proliferation, working through regulation of co-stimulatory signaling. Pcbp2 deficiency in the CD4+ lineage did not impact Treg abundance in vivo or function in vitro. In addition, our data demonstrate a clear association between Pcbp2 control of Runx1 exon 6 splicing in CD4+ T cells and a specific role for Pcbp2 in the maintenance of peripheral CD4+ lymphocyte population size. Last, we show that Pcbp2 function is required for optimal in vivo Tconv cell activation in a T cell adoptive transfer colitis model system.
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216. Effects of CB2 and TRPV1 Stimulation on Osteoclast Overactivity Induced by Iron in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Chiara Tortora, Alessandra Di Paola, Mara Creoli, Maura Argenziano, Massimo Martinelli, Erasmo Miele, Francesca Rossi, Caterina Strisciuglio, Tortora, Chiara, Di Paola, Alessandra, Creoli, Mara, Argenziano, Maura, Martinelli, Massimo, Miele, Erasmo, Rossi, Francesca, and Strisciuglio, Caterina
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Iron Overload ,Iron ,Gastroenterology ,Osteoclasts ,TRPV Cation Channels ,Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ,CB2 ,TRPV1 ,Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2 ,inflammatory bowel disease ,osteoclast ,Leukocytes, Mononuclear ,Immunology and Allergy ,Humans ,Osteoporosis ,lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins) ,iron metabolism ,Bone Resorption ,Child ,Cells, Cultured - Abstract
Background The reduction of bone mineral density and osteoporosis have high impacts on the health of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). We have previously shown that a dysregulated iron metabolism occurs in IBD and leads to a decrease in circulating iron concentration and excessive intracellular sequestration of iron. Studies suggest that iron overload significantly affects the bone, accelerating osteoclast (OC) differentiation and activation, promoting bone resorption. Moreover, we demonstrated that iron overload causes OC overactivity. The cannabinoid receptor type 2 (CB2) and the transient receptor potential vanilloid type-1 (TRPV1) are potential therapeutic targets for bone diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the roles of CB2 and TRPV1 receptors and of iron in the development of osteoporosis in pediatric IBD. Methods We differentiated OCs from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with IBD and healthy donors and evaluated CB2 and TRPV1 receptor expression; OC activity, and iron metabolism by Western blot, TRAP assays, bone resorption assays, and iron assays. Moreover, we analyzed the effects of the pharmacological modulation of CB2 and TRPV1 receptors on OC activity and on the iron metabolism. Results We confirmed the well-known roles of CB2 and TRPV1 receptors in bone metabolism and suggested that their stimulation can reduce the OC overactivity induced by iron, providing new insights into the pathogenesis of pediatric IBD-related bone resorption. Conclusions Stimulation of CB2 and TRPV1 could reduce IBD-related osteoporosis due to their direct effects on OC activity and to modulating the iron metabolism.
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217. DNA methylation of the TPMT gene and azathioprine pharmacokinetics in children with very early onset inflammatory bowel disease.
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Selvestrel, Davide, Stocco, Gabriele, Aloi, Marina, Arrigo, Serena, Cardile, Sabrina, Cecchin, Erika, Congia, Mauro, Curci, Debora, Gatti, Simona, Graziano, Francesco, Langefeld, Carl D., Lucafò, Marianna, Martelossi, Stefano, Martinelli, Massimo, Pagarin, Sofia, Scarallo, Luca, Stacul, Elisabetta Francesca, Strisciuglio, Caterina, Thompson, Susan, and Zuin, Giovanna
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Thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) is a crucial enzyme for azathioprine biotransformation and its activity is higher in very early onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEO-IBD) patients than in adolescents with IBD (aIBD). The aims of this pharmacoepigenetic study were to evaluate differences in peripheral blood DNA methylation of the TPMT gene and in azathioprine pharmacokinetics in patients with VEO-IBD compared to aIBD. The association of age with whole genome DNA methylation profile was evaluated in a pilot group of patients and confirmed by a meta-analysis on 3 cohorts of patients available on the public functional genomics data repository. Effects of candidate CpG sites in the TPMT gene were validated in a larger cohort using pyrosequencing. TPMT activity and azathioprine metabolites (TGN) were measured in patients' erythrocytes by HPLC and associated with patients' age group and TPMT DNA methylation. Whole genome DNA methylation pilot analysis, combined with the meta-analysis revealed cg22736354, located on TPMT downstream neighboring region, as the only statistically significant CpG whose methylation increases with age, resulting lower in VEO-IBD patients compared to aIBD (median 9.6% vs 12%, p = 0.029). Pyrosequencing confirmed lower cg22736354 methylation in VEO-IBD patients (median 4.0% vs 6.0%, p = 4.6 ×10−5). No differences in TPMT promoter methylation were found. Reduced cg22736354 methylation was associated with lower TGN concentrations (rho = 0.31, p = 0.01) in patients with VEO-IBD and aIBD. Methylation of cg22736354 in TPMT gene neighborhood is lower in patients with VEO-IBD and is associated with reduced azathioprine inactivation and increased TGN concentrations. [Display omitted] • The activity of TPMT, is higher in VEO-IBD than in adolescents with IBD. • DNA methylation of cg22736354 located in the TPMT gene neighborhood is lower in VEO-IBD patients. • DNA methylation of cg22736354 is associated with reduced azathioprine active metabolites. • cg22736354 methylation might regulate azathioprine pharmacokinetics in young patients with IBD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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218. Crohn disease-like enterocolitis remission after empagliflozin treatment in a child with glycogen storage disease type Ib: a case report
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Giancarlo Parenti, Simona Fecarotta, Maria D'Armiento, Pietro Strisciuglio, Carmine Mollica, Erasmo Miele, Maria Veiga-da-Cunha, Enza Mozzillo, Annamaria Staiano, Massimo Martinelli, Terry G J Derks, A. Rossi, Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (CLDM), Rossi, Alessandro, Miele, Erasmo, Fecarotta, Simona, Veiga-da-Cunha, Maria, Martinelli, Massimo, Mollica, Carmine, D'Armiento, Maria, Mozzillo, Enza, Strisciuglio, Pietro, Derks, Terry G J, Staiano, Annamaria, and Parenti, Giancarlo
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,AUTOIMMUNITY ,Empagliflozin ,Case Report ,Glycogen Storage Disease Type I ,GUIDELINES ,Pediatrics ,Gastroenterology ,Inflammatory bowel disease ,0302 clinical medicine ,Crohn Disease ,Glucosides ,Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor ,Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ib ,Continuous glucose monitoring ,Enterocolitis ,Remission Induction ,NEUTROPHIL DYSFUNCTION ,Absolute neutrophil count ,medicine.symptom ,COLITIS ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Neutropenia ,Adolescent ,5-anhydroglucitol ,RJ1-570 ,03 medical and health sciences ,Glycogen storage disease type Ib ,Internal medicine ,MANAGEMENT ,medicine ,Humans ,Benzhydryl Compounds ,Adverse effect ,Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors ,1,5-anhydroglucitol ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,030104 developmental biology ,Calprotectin ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,INFLAMMATORY-BOWEL-DISEASE ,1B - Abstract
Background Besides major clinical/biochemical features, neutropenia and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) constitute common complications of Glycogen storage disease type Ib (GSD Ib). However, their management is still challenging. Although previous reports have shown benefit of empagliflozin administration on neutropenia, no follow-up data on bowel (macro/microscopic) morphology are available. We herein present for the first time longitudinal assessment of bowel morphology in a GSD Ib child suffering from Crohn disease-like enterocolitis treated with empagliflozin. Case presentation A 14-year-old boy with GSD Ib and severe IBD was (off-label) treated with empagliflozin (20 mg/day) after informed oral and written consent was obtained from the patient’s parents. No adverse events were noted. Clinical symptoms and stool frequency improved within the first week of treatment. Pediatric Crohn disease activity index (PCDAI) normalised within the first month of treatment. Abdomen magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed 3 months after treatment initiation showed dramatic decrease in disease activity and length. Similar findings were reported on histology at 5.5 months. At 7.5 months hemoglobin levels normalised and fecal calprotectin almost normalised. Improved neutrophil count, metabolic control and quality of life were also noted. G-CSF dose was decreased by 33% and the patient was partly weaned from tube feeding. Conclusions This is the first report presenting extensive gastrointestinal morphology follow-up in a GSD Ib patient receiving empagliflozin. The present case suggests that empagliflozin can be safe and effective in inducing IBD remission in GSD Ib patients and can even postpone surgery. Future studies are required to confirm its effect over time and assess its benefit in various disease stages. The development of an international collaborating networks for systematic data collection is worthy.
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219. A smart mirror to promote a healthy lifestyle.
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Colantonio, Sara, Coppini, Giuseppe, Germanese, Danila, Giorgi, Daniela, Magrini, Massimo, Marraccini, Paolo, Martinelli, Massimo, Morales, Maria Aurora, Pascali, Maria Antonietta, Raccichini, Giovanni, Righi, Marco, and Salvetti, Ovidio
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ICT solutions to foster behavioural change have been shown to be effective in implementing primary prevention in terms of a healthy lifestyle. Primary prevention is the most viable approach to reduce the socio-economic burden of chronic and widespread diseases, such as cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. In this paper, we present a novel multisensory device, the Wize Mirror, which is under development in the EU FP7 Project SEMEOTICONS. The Wize Mirror detects and monitors over time semeiotic face signs related to cardio-metabolic risk, and encourages users to reduce their risk by improving their lifestyle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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220. Serious infectious events and ibuprofen administration in pediatrics: a narrative review in the era of COVID-19 pandemic
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Massimo Martinelli, Annamaria Staiano, Lucia Quaglietta, Quaglietta, Lucia, Martinelli, Massimo, and Staiano, Annamaria
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Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,COVID19 ,Sepsi ,Ibuprofen ,Review ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Cystic fibrosis ,Communicable Diseases ,Communicable Disease ,Sepsis ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Chickenpox ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Adverse effect ,Child ,book ,Pandemics ,Pediatric ,Pandemic ,business.industry ,SARS-CoV-2 ,organic chemicals ,Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal ,lcsh:RJ1-570 ,COVID-19 ,lcsh:Pediatrics ,General Medicine ,Pneumonia ,medicine.disease ,COVID-19 Drug Treatment ,Tolerability ,Cystic fibrosi ,Pediatric Infectious Disease ,book.journal ,business ,medicine.drug ,Human - Abstract
Purpose of review Despite its recognized efficacy and tolerability profile, during the last decade a rise of adverse events following ibuprofen administration in children has been reported, including a possible role in worsening the clinical course of infections. Our aim was to critically evaluate the safety of ibuprofen during the course of pediatric infectious disease in order to promote its appropriate use in children. Recent findings Ibuprofen is associated with severe necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTI) during chickenpox course. Pre-hospital use of ibuprofen seems to increase the risk of complicated pneumonia in children. Conflicting data have been published in septic children, while ibuprofen in the setting of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) exacerbations is safe and efficacious. No data is yet available for ibuprofen use during COVID-19 course. Summary Ibuprofen should not be recommended for chickenpox management. Due to possible higher risks of complicated pneumonia, we suggest caution on its use in children with respiratory symptoms. While it remains unclear whether ibuprofen may have harmful effects during systemic bacterial infection, its administration is recommended in CF course. Despite the lack of data, it is seems cautious to prefer the use of paracetamol during COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome in children.
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221. Management of paediatric IBD after the peak of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: A position paper on behalf of the SIGENP IBD working group
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Federica Mario, Federica Nuti, Chiara Moretti, Claudia Banzato, Lorenzo Norsa, Stefano Martelossi, Claudio Romano, Caterina Strisciuglio, Sara Renzo, Antonio Corsello, Maurizio Fuoti, Massimo Martinelli, Anna Dilillo, Zeno Giusti, Paolo Lionetti, Simona Gatti, Valeria Dipasquale, Fortunata Civitelli, Erminia Romeo, A. Marseglia, Enrico Felici, Matteo Bramuzzo, Roberto Panceri, Stefania Rampado, Serena Arrigo, Patrizia Alvisi, Daniela Knafelz, Giulia D'Arcangelo, Arrigo, Serena, Alvisi, Patrizia, Banzato, Claudia, Bramuzzo, Matteo, Civitelli, Fortunata, Corsello, Antonio, D'Arcangelo, Giulia, Dilillo, Anna, Dipasquale, Valeria, Felici, Enrico, Fuoti, Maurizio, Gatti, Simona, Giusti, Zeno, Knafelz, Daniela, Lionetti, Paolo, Mario, Federica, Marseglia, Antonio, Martelossi, Stefano, Moretti, Chiara, Norsa, Lorenzo, Nuti, Federica, Panceri, Roberto, Rampado, Stefania, Renzo, Sara, Romano, Claudio, Romeo, Erminia, Strisciuglio, Caterina, Martinelli, Massimo, Arrigo, S., Alvisi, P., Banzato, C., Bramuzzo, M., Civitelli, F., Corsello, A., D'Arcangelo, G., Dilillo, A., Dipasquale, V., Felici, E., Fuoti, M., Gatti, S., Giusti, Z., Knafelz, D., Lionetti, P., Mario, F., Marseglia, A., Martelossi, S., Moretti, C., Norsa, L., Nuti, F., Panceri, R., Rampado, S., Renzo, S., Romano, C., Romeo, E., Strisciuglio, C., and Martinelli, M.
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,medicine.medical_specialty ,COVID-19, Inflammatory bowel disease, Paediatrics ,SARS-CoV2 ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Guidelines ,Inflammatory bowel disease ,Pediatrics ,Disease course ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pandemic ,Medicine ,Humans ,Intensive care medicine ,Child ,Hepatology ,business.industry ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Gastroenterology ,Outbreak ,COVID-19 ,Paediatrics ,medicine.disease ,Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ,Organizational Innovation ,Italy ,Paediatric ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Communicable Disease Control ,Position paper ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Risk Adjustment ,business ,Human - Abstract
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, spreading in Italy during the first months of 2020, abruptly changed the way of practicing medicine in this country. As a consequence of the lockdown, the diagnostic and therapeutic management of paediatric chronic conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been affected. During the peak of COVID-19 pandemic, elective visits, endoscopies and infusions have been postponed, with potential clinical and psychological impact on disease course and a high likelihood of increasing waiting lists. While slowly moving back towards normality, clinicians need to recognize the best ways to care for patients with IBD, carefully avoiding risk factors for new potential epidemic outbreaks. In this uncertain scenario until the development and spread of COVID-19 vaccine, it is necessary to continue to operate with caution. Hereby we provide useful indications for a safer and gradual restarting of routine clinical activities after COVID-19 peak in Italy.
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222. Clinical and Psychological Issues in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease During COVID-19 Pandemic
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Massimo Martinelli, Erasmo Miele, Flora Fedele, Caterina Strisciuglio, Annamaria Staiano, Martinelli, M., Strisciuglio, C., Fedele, F., Miele, E., Staiano, A., Staiano, Annamaria, Miele, Erasmo, Fedele, Flora, Strisciuglio, Caterina, and Martinelli, Massimo
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,pediatrics ,Pneumonia, Viral ,Inflammatory bowel disease ,inflammatory bowel diseases ,lockdown ,inflammatory bowel disease ,Pandemic ,Medicine ,Immunology and Allergy ,Child ,Letter to the Editor ,AcademicSubjects/MED00260 ,biology ,Betacoronaviru ,business.industry ,Coronavirus Infection ,Gastroenterology ,Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ,COVID-19 ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Pneumonia ,pediatric ,Italy ,Immunology ,business ,Coronavirus Infections ,Betacoronavirus ,Human - Published
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223. Does Azathioprine induce endoscopic and histologic healing in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease? A prospective, observational study
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F.P. Giugliano, S. Cenni, Massimo Martinelli, Maria D'Armiento, Annamaria Staiano, Caterina Strisciuglio, Marialuisa Andreozzi, Erasmo Miele, Severo Campione, Giugliano, Francesca Paola, Strisciuglio, Caterina, Martinelli, Massimo, Andreozzi, Marialuisa, Cenni, Sabrina, Campione, Severo, D'Armiento, Maria, Staiano, Annamaria, and Miele, Erasmo
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Male ,Colonoscopy ,Azathioprine ,Disease ,Severity of Illness Index ,Gastroenterology ,Inflammatory bowel disease ,Feces ,0302 clinical medicine ,Prospective Studies ,Intestinal Mucosa ,Child ,Children ,Multivariate Analysi ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Mucosal healing ,Remission Induction ,Ulcerative colitis ,Italy ,Child, Preschool ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Human ,medicine.drug ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Logistic Model ,IBD ,03 medical and health sciences ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Thiopurines ,Wound Healing ,Thiopurine ,Hepatology ,business.industry ,Inflammatory Bowel Disease ,Histology ,Biomarker ,Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ,medicine.disease ,Prospective Studie ,Logistic Models ,Multivariate Analysis ,Immunology ,Fece ,Observational study ,Calprotectin ,business ,Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex ,Biomarkers - Abstract
Background: The new concept of disease remission for pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) implies the achievement of mucosal healing. Aims: We aimed to evaluate endoscopic and histologic healing in children with Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) in clinical remission after 52 weeks of Azathioprine. Methods: From December 2012 to July 2015 we prospectively enrolled IBD children starting Azathioprine. Enrolled patients in clinical remission underwent colonoscopy after 52 weeks. Macroscopic assessment was described with Mayo score and the simplified endoscopic score for UC and CD, respectively. For microscopic assessment, an average histology score was used. Data on inflammatory markers and fecal calprotectin were also collected. Results: Fourty-seven patients were included in the analysis. Endoscopic healing was detected in 20/26 (76.9%) UC children and 10/21 (47.6%) CD patients. Median Mayo score and simplified endoscopic score were significantly decreased at week 52 (p < 0.001; p = 0.005). Median average histology score was not significantly different at week 52 in both diseases. Fecal calprotectin was directly correlated with simplified endoscopic score (T0: r = 0.4, p = 0.05; T52: r = 0.5, p = 0.01), but not with Mayo score. No correlation was found between endoscopic and histologic scores. Conclusions: IBD children under Azathioprine reach endoscopic healing, but not histological remission.
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224. Impact of Environmental and Familial Factors in a Cohort of Pediatric Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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F.P. Giugliano, Annamaria Staiano, Caterina Strisciuglio, Luigi Greco, Erasmo Miele, S. Cenni, Massimo Martinelli, Strisciuglio, Caterina, Giugliano, Francesca Paola, Martinelli, Massimo, Cenni, Sabrina, Greco, Luigi, Staiano, Annamaria, Miele, Erasmo, and Giugliano, FRANCESCA PAOLA
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Mediterranean diet ,Environment ,Diet, Mediterranean ,digestive system ,Inflammatory bowel disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Crohn Disease ,Risk Factors ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Colitis ,Child ,Retrospective Studies ,business.industry ,Crohn disease ,Developed Countries ,Gastroenterology ,Case-control study ,Infant ,Retrospective cohort study ,Protective Factors ,medicine.disease ,digestive system diseases ,Logistic Models ,Italy ,Case-Control Studies ,Child, Preschool ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Multivariate Analysis ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Immunology ,Cohort ,Colitis, Ulcerative ,Female ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,business - Abstract
The primary role of environment on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) onset has been recently stressed. We aimed to investigate the effect of environmental factors in an IBD pediatric cohort.A total of 467 subjects (264 IBD and 203 controls) were enrolled. All patients underwent a questionnaire including 5 different groups of environmental risk factors: family history of IBD and autoimmune diseases, perinatal period, home amenities and domestic hygiene, childhood diseases and vaccinations, and diet.In a multivariate model, mother's degree (odds ratio [OR]: 5.5; 2.5-11.6), duration of breast feeding3rd month (OR: 4.3; 1.6-10.5), father's employment (OR: 3.7; 1.2-8.7), gluten introduction6th month (OR: 2.8; 1.5-5), number of siblings2 (OR: 2.8; 1.5-5.3), and family history of autoimmune diseases (OR: 2.7; 1.4-5.3) were significant risk factors for Crohn disease. Low adherence to Mediterranean diet (OR: 2.3; 1.2-4.5), gluten introduction6th month (OR: 2.8; 1.6-4.9), and number of siblings2 (OR: 2; 1.1-3.6) were significant risk factors for ulcerative colitis. Owning pets (OR: 0.3; 0.1-0.7) and bed sharing (OR: 0.2; 0.1-0.6) were protective factors for Crohn disease, whereas owning pets (OR: 0.4; 0.2-0.8) and family parasitosis (OR: 0.07; 0.01-0.4) were protective factors for ulcerative colitis.Our study confirms that environmental factors are closely linked to IBD onset and may partly explain IBD rise in developed countries.
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225. Vaccinations and immunization status in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: a multicenter study from the pediatric IBD Porto Group of the ESPGHAN
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Malgorzata Sladek, Gábor Veres, Marina Aloi, Massimo Martinelli, Tereza Lerchova, Iva Hojsak, Caterina Strisciuglio, Víctor Manuel Navas-López, Claudio Romano, Vaidotas Urbonas, F.P. Giugliano, Aleksandra Banaszkiewicz, Daniela Elena Serban, Ruta Kucinskiene, Erasmo Miele, Amit Assa, Graduate School, Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, AGEM - Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Martinelli, M., Giugliano, F. P., Strisciuglio, C., Urbonas, V., Serban, D. E., Banaszkiewicz, A., Assa, A., Hojsak, I., Lerchova, T., Navas-López, V. M., Romano, C., Sladek, M., Veres, G., Aloi, M., Kucinskiene, R., Miele, E., Martinelli, Massimo, Giugliano, Francesca Paola, Strisciuglio, Caterina, Urbonas, Vaidota, Serban, Daniela Elena, Banaszkiewicz, Aleksandra, Assa, Amit, Hojsak, Iva, Lerchova, Tereza, Navas-López, Víctor Manuel, Romano, Claudio, Sladek, Małgorzata, Veres, Gabor, Aloi, Marina, Kucinskiene, Ruta, and Miele, Erasmo
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Male ,Epstein-Barr Virus Infections ,Herpesvirus 4, Human ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,pediatrics ,Azathioprine ,vaccinations ,Opportunistic Infections ,Measles ,Rubella ,Crohn Disease ,Latent Tuberculosis ,inflammatory bowel disease ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,Medicine ,Child ,Immunization Schedule ,Retrospective Studies ,Chickenpox ,Latent tuberculosis ,business.industry ,Vaccination ,Inflammatory bowel disease, pediatrics, vaccinations ,Gastroenterology ,Retrospective cohort study ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ,medicine.disease ,pediatric ,Immunization ,Colitis, Ulcerative ,Female ,Guideline Adherence ,business ,Immunosuppressive Agents ,medicine.drug - Abstract
BackgroundVaccine-preventable diseases and opportunistic infections in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are increasingly recognized issues. The aims of this study were to evaluate vaccinations, immunization status, and consequent therapeutic management in children with IBD and to analyze the differences among patients diagnosed before (Group 1) and after June 2012 (Group 2).MethodsThis was a multicenter, retrospective cohort investigation. Between July 2016 and July 2017, 430 children with IBD were enrolled in 13 centers. Diagnosis, therapeutic history, vaccinations, and immunization status screening at diagnosis and at immunosuppressant (IM)/biologic initiation and reasons for incomplete immunization were retrieved.ResultsVaccination rates at diagnosis were unsatisfactory for measles, mumps, and rubella (89.3%), Haemophilus influenzae (81.9%), meningococcus C (23.5%), chickenpox (18.4%), pneumococcus (18.6%), papillomavirus (5.9%), and rotavirus (1.9%). Complete immunization was recorded in 38/430 (8.8%) children, but specific vaccines were recommended in 79/430 patients (18.6%), without differences between the 2 groups. At IM start, 22% of children were tested for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) status, with 96.2% of EBV-naïve patients starting azathioprine, without differences between Groups 1 and 2. Screening for latent tuberculosis (TB) before start of biologics was performed in 175/190 (92.1%), with up to 9 different screening strategies and numerous inconsistencies.ConclusionsWe demonstrated a poor immunization status at diagnosis in children with IBD, which was not followed by proper vaccination catch-up. EBV status before IM initiation and latent TB before biologics were not adequately assessed. Thus, the overall impact of the current guidelines seems unsatisfactory.
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226. Serum Hepcidin and Iron Absorption in Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Francesca Rossi, Natascia Campostrini, A. Alessandrella, Silverio Perrotta, Renata Auricchio, Annamaria Staiano, Bruno Nobili, Massimo Martinelli, Caterina Strisciuglio, Erasmo Miele, Domenico Girelli, Martinelli, Massimo, Strisciuglio, Caterina, Alessandrella, Annalisa, Rossi, Francesca, Auricchio, Renata, Campostrini, Natascia, Girelli, Domenico, Nobili, Bruno, Staiano, Annamaria, Perrotta, Silverio, and Miele, Erasmo
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,hepcidin, IBD, Iron Absorption ,Iron Absorption ,Adolescent ,Iron ,IBD ,Severity of Illness Index ,Gastroenterology ,Inflammatory bowel disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Crohn Disease ,Hepcidins ,Hepcidin ,Internal medicine ,Humans ,Medicine ,Prospective Studies ,Child ,Prospective cohort study ,Anemia, Iron-Deficiency ,biology ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Case-control study ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Ferritin ,Celiac Disease ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Logistic Models ,Case-Control Studies ,Child, Preschool ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Erythrocyte sedimentation rate ,Ferritins ,Immunology ,biology.protein ,Erythropoiesis ,Original Article ,Colitis, Ulcerative ,Female ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,hepcidin ,Calprotectin ,business ,Biomarkers - Abstract
We sought to correlate hepcidin levels in inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] children with disease activity, inflammatory markers, and iron load test [ILT] and to compare IBD patients with coeliac and healthy patients.Between December 2012 and June 2013, 145 subjects [50 IBD patients, 45 coeliac patients and 50 healthy controls] were included in the study. All patients underwent the following examinations: blood count, iron status, erythropoiesis parameters, serum hepcidin, C-reactive protein [CRP], and erythrocyte sedimentation rate [ESR]. In order to evaluate the efficacy of iron absorption, ILT was performed in IBD patients. Disease activity indexes and IBD duration, localisation, and therapy were also evaluated, and a faecal sample for calprotectin collected.Serum hepcidin was significantly higher in IBD patients with active disease compared with both coeliac and healthy patients [p = 0.005, p = 0.003 respectively]. In a multivariate logistic regression model, having a Paediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index [PCDAI] / Paediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index [PUCAI] ≥ 30 resulted in the only variable independently associated with a positive serum hepcidin (odds ratio [OR] = 6.87; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.4-33, p = 0.01]]. Patients with iron malabsorption [IM] showed higher values of ESR, CRP, and hepcidin [p = 0.02, p = 0.001, and p = 0.06, respectively]. Eight out of 12 [66.7%] children with IM showed an active disease compared with 6/31 [19.3%] children with normal ILT [p = 0.01]. Hepcidin levels correlated negatively with ILT [r = -0.451, p = 0.002], and positively with ferritin and CRP [r = 0.442, p = 0.0001; r = 0.243, p = 0.009, respectively]Our study demonstrates that serum hepcidin is increased in IBD children with active disease and it is responsible for IM.
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227. Poly(C)-Binding Protein Pcbp2 Enables Differentiation of Definitive Erythropoiesis by Directing Functional Splicing of the Runx1 Transcript
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Xinjun Ji, Ian M. Silverman, Stephen A. Liebhaber, Andrew Kromer, Massimo Martinelli, Yoseph Barash, Louis R. Ghanem, Matthew R. Gazzara, Gabrielle Aguilar, Nhu Nguyen, Ghanem, Louis R., Kromer, Andrew, Silverman, Ian M., Ji, Xinjun, Gazzara, Matthew, Nguyen, Nhu, Aguilar, Gabrielle, Martinelli, Massimo, Barash, Yoseph, and Liebhaber, Stephen A.
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Posttranscriptional control mechanism ,0301 basic medicine ,RNA Splicing ,Definitive erythropoiesi ,Primitive erythropoiesi ,Biology ,Pcbp2 ,03 medical and health sciences ,Exon ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Mice ,Myeloid stem cell ,Runx1 ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Erythropoiesi ,Animals ,Humans ,Hematopoiesi ,Erythropoiesis ,Amino Acid Sequence ,Molecular Biology ,Sequence Deletion ,Phenocopy ,Mice, Knockout ,Base Sequence ,Binding protein ,Alternative splicing ,Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ,RNA-Binding Proteins ,Cell Differentiation ,Cell Biology ,Exons ,KH domain ,Cell biology ,Globins ,Hematopoiesis ,030104 developmental biology ,RNA processing ,RUNX1 ,chemistry ,Liver ,embryonic structures ,RNA splicing ,Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit ,K562 Cells ,Research Article - Abstract
Formation of the mammalian hematopoietic system is under a complex set of developmental controls. Here, we report that mouse embryos lacking the KH domain poly(C) binding protein, Pcbp2, are selectively deficient in the definitive erythroid lineage. Compared to wild-type controls, transcript splicing analysis of the Pcbp2-/- embryonic liver reveals accentuated exclusion of an exon (exon 6) that encodes a highly conserved transcriptional control segment of the hematopoietic master regulator, Runx1. Embryos rendered homozygous for a Runx1 locus lacking this cassette exon (Runx1ΔE6) effectively phenocopy the loss of the definitive erythroid lineage in Pcbp2-/- embryos. These data support a model in which enhancement of Runx1 cassette exon 6 inclusion by Pcbp2 serves a critical role in development of hematopoietic progenitors and constitutes a critical step in the developmental pathway of the definitive erythropoietic lineage.
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228. The Role of Inflammation on Vitamin D Levels in a Cohort of Pediatric Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Alessandra Vitale, F.P. Giugliano, Annamaria Staiano, Massimo Martinelli, S. Cenni, Caterina Strisciuglio, Grazia Cirillo, Erasmo Miele, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, Carlo Tolone, Laura Perrone, Strisciuglio, Caterina, Cenni, Sabrina, Giugliano, Francesca Paola, Miele, Erasmo, Cirillo, Grazia, Martinelli, Massimo, Vitale, Alessandra, Tolone, Carlo, Staiano, Annamaria, Miraglia Del Giudice, Emanuele, Perrone, Laura, Giudice, Emanele Miraglia Del, and Perrone, Lura
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0301 basic medicine ,Vitamin ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Inflammation ,Activity index ,Inflammatory bowel disease ,Gastroenterology ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,Vitamin D and neurology ,medicine ,Humans ,In patient ,Prospective Studies ,Vitamin D ,Prospective cohort study ,Child ,business.industry ,Vitamin D-Binding Protein ,medicine.disease ,Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ,Vitamin D Deficiency ,030104 developmental biology ,C-Reactive Protein ,chemistry ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Cohort ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Biomarkers - Abstract
OBJECTIVES Existing studies usually do not measure the free vitamin D in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and not consider the effect of inflammation on vitamin D levels. The aim of our study was to evaluate the concentrations of vitamin D-binding protein (VDBP), total and free 25-hydroxyvitamin-D (25(OH)D), and to correlate these values with the disease activity markers. METHODS Newly diagnosed children with IBD and a group of healthy controls (HCs) were enrolled. VDBP and total and free 25(OH)D levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and compared using the Student t test. In each patient with IBD, the activity scores of disease and the main inflammation markers were correlated to total and free 25(OH)D levels. C-reactive protein was also measured in the control group, and it was related to VDBP by a linear regression test for all the groups. RESULTS Fifty-one consecutive children were enrolled: IBD = 33, HC = 18. Levels of total 25(OH)D were higher in HC than in patients with IBD (P = 0.01). The free/total 25(OH)D ratio was, however, higher in patients with IBD compared to HC (P
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229. The Changing Face of Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis: A Population-based Cohort Study
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F.P. Giugliano, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, Marina Russo, Annamaria Staiano, Massimo Martinelli, Eleonora Giannetti, Laura Perrone, Erasmo Miele, Marialuisa Andreozzi, Dario Bruzzese, Pierluigi Marzuillo, Caterina Strisciuglio, Martinelli, Massimo, Giugliano, Francesca P, Russo, Marina, Giannetti, Eleonora, Andreozzi, Marialuisa, Bruzzese, Dario, Perrone, Laura, Staiano, Annamaria, Miraglia Del Giudice, Emanuele, Miele, Erasmo, Marzuillo, Pierluigi, and Strisciuglio, Caterina
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Pediatric ulcerative colitis ,Azathioprine ,Disease ,macromolecular substances ,Severity of Illness Index ,03 medical and health sciences ,Population based cohort ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Child ,Colectomy ,Retrospective Studies ,business.industry ,Hazard ratio ,Gastroenterology ,Retrospective cohort study ,medicine.disease ,Prognosis ,Ulcerative colitis ,humanities ,body regions ,Phenotype ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Disease Progression ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Colitis, Ulcerative ,Female ,business ,medicine.drug ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
OBJECTIVES The aims of this retrospective study were to describe ulcerative colitis (UC) phenotype at diagnosis and follow-up and to identify possible predictors of severe disease course. METHODS This was a retrospective, single-center study. We reviewed the charts of patients with UC diagnosed between 2 and 18 years at our referral center from January 2007 to January 2016. Laboratory and clinical features at diagnosis, such as disease extent, atypical phenotypes, extraintestinal manifestations, and therapies, and pattern changes during the follow-up, including relapse rate, disease extension, and the cumulative risk for colectomy were collected. RESULTS One hundred eleven patients were enrolled. Atypical phenotypes were identified at diagnosis in 55 out of 111 patients (49.5%). Extraintestinal manifestations were detected in 16 out of 111 (14.4%) at the diagnosis. During the follow-up 60 out of 111 (54%) patients needed to start azathioprine, 9 out of 111 (8.1%) patients started biologic therapy and 10 out of 111 (patients underwent surgery, resulting in a cumulative risk of 8% at 5 years and 16% at 10 years. Steroid refractoriness (hazard ratio: 13.9) and starting of biologic therapy (hazard ratio: 25.3) represented the best predictors for surgery. The cumulative probability of first relapse was 47% at 6 months and 63% at 1 year. Disease extension was reported in 21 out of 70 patients (30%). CONCLUSION Pediatric UC is associated with a severe phenotype and a high percentage of atypical features. Surgery rate seems to be decreased from early reports.
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230. Effect of Magnesium Alginate Plus Simethicone on Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants
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Erasmo Miele, Felice Crocetto, Elisa Sciorio, Annamaria Staiano, Massimo Martinelli, Elena Scarpato, Dario Ummarino, Dario, Ummarino, Miele, Erasmo, Martinelli, Massimo, Elena, Scarpato, Crocetto, Felice, Elisa, Sciorio, and Staiano, Annamaria
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Alginates ,Simethicone ,Antifoaming Agents ,Severity of Illness Index ,Gastroenterology ,law.invention ,Pharmacotherapy ,Glucuronic Acid ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Internal medicine ,Severity of illness ,medicine ,Humans ,Prospective Studies ,Prospective cohort study ,Life Style ,business.industry ,Hexuronic Acids ,Reflux ,Infant ,food and beverages ,Infant Formula ,Clinical trial ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Gastroesophageal Reflux ,Drug Therapy, Combination ,Female ,business ,Magnesium alginate ,medicine.drug - Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is a frequently occurring condition in infants capable of causing distressing symptoms. The aim of our study is to evaluate the efficacy of Mg alginate plus simethicone (Gastrotuss Baby, DMG Italia SRL, Pomezia, Italy), compared with rice-starch-thickened formula or with reassurance alone, in the treatment of GER in infants. METHODS: The present randomized controlled trial was conducted in full-term infants affected by symptoms suggestive of GER, evaluated through a validated questionnaire (Infant Gastroesophageal Reflux Questionnaire Revised). The patients were randomized into 3 groups according to treatment (group A: Mg alginate plus simethicone; group B: thickened formula; group C: reassurance with lifestyle changes). Evaluation of symptom scores was performed after 1 month (T1) and 2 months (T2). RESULTS: A total of 64 (85.3%) of 75 enrolled infants (median age 5 months; range 1-10) concluded the study. After 1 month of treatment (T1), infants treated with Mg alginate plus simethicone showed a statistically significant improvement in symptoms compared with the thickened formula and reassurance (P
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231. Impact of Hiatal Hernia on Pediatric Dyspeptic Symptoms
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Massimo Martinelli, Elena Scarpato, Severo Campione, Annamaria Staiano, Maria D'Armiento, A. Alessandrella, Valeria Mancusi, Erasmo Miele, Scarpato, Elena, D'Armiento, Maria, Martinelli, Massimo, Mancusi, V, Campione, Severo, Alessandrella, A, Staiano, Annamaria, and Miele, Erasmo
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Gastrointestinal Diseases ,gastroesophageal reflux disease ,Gastroenterology ,Hiatal hernia ,Heartburn ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Esophagitis ,Humans ,Hernia ,Endoscopy, Digestive System ,Prospective Studies ,Dyspepsia ,Child ,Prospective cohort study ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Esophagogastroduodenoscopy ,medicine.disease ,Confidence interval ,Abdominal Pain ,Hernia, Hiatal ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Gastroesophageal Reflux ,Population study ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,hiatal hernia - Abstract
Hiatal hernia (HH) affects from 10% to 50% of adult population. The correlation between HH, gastroesophageal reflux disease, dyspeptic symptoms, and esophagitis has long been known in adults. The primary objective of our prospective observational study was to estimate the prevalence of HH in children undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), irrespective of their symptoms. METHODS: We prospectively enrolled 111 consecutive children (48 boys and 63 girls; mean age 94.9 ± 52.3 months) referred for EGD. In all of the patients a asymptomatic score assessment based on the Rome III criteria was used to measure frequency, severity, and duration of gastrointestinal symptoms. HH presence was endoscopically defined; esophagitis presence was evaluated either endoscopically and histologically. Children were divided in 2 age-range groups: 48 months (group 2). RESULTS: Twenty-three patients of 111 (20.7%) had evidence of a sliding HH at EGD. In children from group 2, we found a statistically significant association of HH with heartburn (P = 0.03, 95% confidence interval 1-9.3, r = 0.1) and regurgitation (P = 0.003, 95% confidence interval 1.7-20.4, r = 0.3). Regarding esophagitis presence, no association was found at any age either with defined esophagitis or with dilated intercellular spaces. CONCLUSIONS: Prevalence of HH in our study population was 20.7%. According to our data, HH correlates with the presence of heartburn and regurgitation in children, but not in toddlers. No association was found with esophagitis at any age.
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232. Yersinia Enterocolitica Ileitis Mimicking Pediatric Crohn's Disease
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Massimo Martinelli, Maria DʼArmiento, Roberta Naddei, Annamaria Staiano, Caterina Strisciuglio, Erasmo Miele, Adriana Vollaro, Naddei, Roberta, Martinelli, Massimo, Strisciuglio, Caterina, Dʼarmiento, Maria, Vollaro, Adriana, Staiano, Annamaria, Miele, Erasmo, and D'Armiento, Maria
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Yersinia Infections ,Pediatric Crohn's disease ,biology ,business.industry ,Crohn disease ,Gastroenterology ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Immunology ,Immunology and Allergy ,Medicine ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Ileitis ,Differential diagnosis ,business ,Yersinia enterocolitica - Published
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233. Multicentric Case-Control Study on Azathioprine Dose and Pharmacokinetics in Early-onset Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Erasmo Miele, Diego Favretto, Gabriele Stocco, Samuele Naviglio, Marina Aloi, Giuliana Decorti, Eva Cuzzoni, Massimo Martinelli, Arrigo Barabino, Alessandro Ventura, Stefano Martelossi, Claudio Romano, Raffaella Franca, Serena Arrigo, Daniela Knafelz, Stocco, Gabriele, Martelossi, Stefano, Arrigo, Serena, Barabino, Arrigo, Aloi, Marina, Martinelli, Massimo, Miele, Erasmo, Knafelz, Daniela, Romano, Claudio, Naviglio, Samuele, Favretto, Diego, Cuzzoni, Eva, Franca, Raffaella, Decorti, Giuliana, and Ventura, Alessandro
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Male ,Erythrocytes ,Antimetabolites ,Metabolite ,Antimetabolite ,Azathioprine ,thiopurine methyltransferase ,Gastroenterology ,Inflammatory bowel disease ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,high pressure liquid ,Immunology and Allergy ,azathioprine ,early-onset inflammatory bowel disease ,pharmacokinetics ,Age of Onset ,pharmacokinetic ,Child ,Methyltransferase ,Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ,Thiopurine methyltransferase ,biology ,Mercaptopurine ,drug ,Guanine Nucleotide ,Guanine Nucleotides ,Erythrocyte ,Dose–response relationship ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Child, Preschool ,chromatography ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Female ,Case-Control Studie ,medicine.drug ,Human ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,preschool ,dose-response relationship ,03 medical and health sciences ,Pharmacokinetics ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Adverse effect ,Thioguanine ,Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ,business.industry ,Inflammatory Bowel Disease ,Case-control study ,Methyltransferases ,medicine.disease ,Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ,chemistry ,Case-Control Studies ,biology.protein ,Azathioprine, early-onset inflammatory bowel disease, pharmacokinetics, thiopurine methyltransferase, adolescent, age of onset, antimetabolites, azathioprine, case-control studies, child, preschool, chromatography, high pressure liquid, dose-response relationship, drug, erythrocytes, female, guanine nucleotides, humans, inflammatory bowel diseases, male, mercaptopurine, methyltransferases, thioguanine, immunology and allergy, gastroenterology ,business - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Early-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is generally aggressive, with a high probability of complications and need of surgery. Despite the introduction of highly effective biological drugs, treatment with azathioprine continues to be important even for early-onset IBD; however, in these patients azathioprine response seems to be reduced. This study evaluated azathioprine doses, metabolite concentrations, and their associations with patients' age in children with IBD treated at 6 tertiary pediatric referral centers. METHODS: Azathioprine doses, metabolites, and clinical effects were assessed after at least 3 months of therapy in 17 early-onset (age < 6 yr, cases) and 51 nonearly-onset (aged > 12 and
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234. Efficacy of a standardized extract of Matricariae chamomilla L., Melissa officinalis L. and tyndallized Lactobacillus acidophilus (HA122) in infantile colic: An open randomized controlled trial
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Massimo Martinelli, F.P. Giugliano, Erasmo Miele, C. Tortora, Dario Ummarino, Claudio Romano, Irene Rutigliano, S. Valenti, Dario Bruzzese, Angelo Campanozzi, D. De Giovanni, Annamaria Staiano, Elisa Sciorio, Martinelli, Massimo, Ummarino, Dario, Giugliano, FRANCESCA PAOLA, Sciorio, Elisa, Tortora, C., Bruzzese, Dario, De Giovanni, D., Rutigliano, I., Valenti, S., Romano, C., Campanozzi, A., Miele, Erasmo, and Staiano, Annamaria
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Complementary Therapies ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Colic ,Matricaria ,Physiology ,Probiotic ,Gastroenterology ,Group A ,Melissa ,Infantile colic ,Group B ,Endocrine and Autonomic System ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Lactobacillus acidophilus ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,030225 pediatrics ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,biology ,Endocrine and Autonomic Systems ,business.industry ,Herbal supplement ,Plant Extracts ,Probiotics ,Infant, Newborn ,food and beverages ,Infant ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Lactobacillus reuteri ,Clinical trial ,Complementary and alternative medicine ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Female ,Melissa officinalis ,business - Abstract
Background Infant colic (IC) is a prevalent physiological event of infants, which can disrupt the child's home environment. We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a mixture of Matricariae chamomilla L., Melissa officinalis L. and tyndallized Lactobacillus acidophilus (HA122) compared with Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 and with simethicone for the treatment of IC. Methods A multicenter randomized comparative study was conducted in infants with colic, according to Rome III criteria, who were randomly assigned to receive M. chamomilla L., M. officinalis L. and tyndallized L. acidophilus (HA122) (Colimil® Plus®; Milte Italia Spa, Milan, Italy) (Group A), L. reuteri DSM 17938 (Group B) and simethicone (Group C). Treatment was given to subjects for 28 days. Key Results One-hundred and seventy-six patients completed the study. Mean daily crying time at day 28 was significantly lower in group A (−44, 95% CI: −58 to −30, P
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235. Effect of Early Versus Late Azathioprine Therapy in Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis
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Fortunata Civitelli, Patrizia Alvisi, Stefano Martelossi, Marco Gasparetto, M Distante, Marina Aloi, Massimo Martinelli, Simona Gatti, Giulia DʼArcangelo, Matteo Bramuzzo, S. Valenti, Salvatore Pellegrino, Serena Arrigo, M.T. Illiceto, Aloi, Marina, D'Arcangelo, Giulia, Bramuzzo, Matteo, Gasparetto, Marco, Martinelli, Massimo, Alvisi, Patrizia, Illiceto, Maria Teresa, Valenti, Simona, Distante, Manuela, Pellegrino, Salvatore, Gatti, Simona, Arrigo, Serena, Civitelli, Fortunata, and Martelossi, Stefano
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Registrie ,Male ,Time Factors ,Azathioprine ,Adrenal Cortex Hormone ,Gastroenterology ,Severity of Illness Index ,ulcerative coliti ,Immunosuppressive Agent ,Feces ,0302 clinical medicine ,Intestinal mucosa ,Adrenal Cortex Hormones ,Immunology and Allergy ,Registries ,Intestinal Mucosa ,Prospective cohort study ,Child ,Colectomy ,Remission Induction ,Ulcerative colitis ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Child, Preschool ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Female ,Immunosuppressive Agents ,Human ,medicine.drug ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factor ,Adolescent ,mucosal healing ,03 medical and health sciences ,children ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Colitis ,Adverse effect ,ulcerative colitis ,Wound Healing ,business.industry ,Surrogate endpoint ,medicine.disease ,azathioprine ,immunology and allergy ,gastroenterology ,Fece ,Colitis, Ulcerative ,Calprotectin ,business ,Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex - Abstract
Background We aimed at describing the efficacy of azathioprine (AZA) in pediatric ulcerative colitis, comparing the outcomes of early (0-6 months) versus late (6-24 months) initiation of therapy. Methods Children with ulcerative colitis treated with AZA within 24 months of diagnosis were included. Corticosteroid (CS)-free remission and mucosal healing (MH), assessed by endoscopy or fecal calprotectin, at 12 months were the primary outcomes. Patients were also compared for CS-free remission and MH, need for treatment escalation or surgery, number of hospitalizations, and adverse events during a 24-month follow-up. Results A total of 121 children entered the study (median age 10.5 ± 4.0 years, 59% girls). Seventy-six (63%) started AZA between 0 and 6 months (early group) and 45 (37%) started between 6 and 24 months (late group). Seventy-five percent and 53% of patients in the early and late group, respectively, received CS at the diagnosis (P = 0.01). CS-free remission at 1 year was achieved by 30 (50%) of the early and 23 (57%) of the late patients (P = 0.54). MH occurred in 37 (37%) patients at 1 year, with no difference between the 2 groups (33% early, 42% late; P = 0.56). No difference was found for the other outcomes. Conclusions Introduction of AZA within 6 months of diagnosis seems not more effective than later treatment to achieve CS-free remission in pediatric ulcerative colitis. MH does not depend on the timing of AZA initiation; however, because of the incomplete comparability of the 2 groups at the diagnosis and the use of fecal calprotectin as a surrogate marker of MH, our results should be further confirmed by prospective studies.
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236. Italian survey on non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and gastrointestinal bleeding in children
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Barbara Bizzarri, Enzo Masci, Annamaria Staiano, Gian Luigi de’Angelis, Graziella Guariso, Sabrina Cardile, Arrigo Barabino, Paolo Gandullia, Massimo Martinelli, Giovanni Di Nardo, Francesca Rea, Salvatore Oliva, Luigi Dall'Oglio, Claudio Romano, Erasmo Miele, Cardile, Sabrina, Martinelli, Massimo, Barabino, Arrigo, Gandullia, Paolo, Oliva, Salvatore, Nardo, Giovanni Di, Dall'Oglio, Luigi, Rea, Francesca, De'Angelis, Gian Luigi, Bizzarri, Barbara, Guariso, Graziella, Masci, Enzo, Staiano, Annamaria, Miele, Erasmo, and Romano, Claudio
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Gastrointestinal bleeding ,Time Factors ,Adolescent ,pediatrics ,Observational Study ,gastrointestinal bleeding ,Gastroenterology ,digestive system ,Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Age Distribution ,non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug ,Melena ,Risk Factors ,melena ,030225 pediatrics ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Child ,Retrospective Studies ,Pediatric ,business.industry ,Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal ,Age Factors ,Infant ,Retrospective cohort study ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Hematemesi ,digestive system diseases ,hematemesis ,Non steroidal anti inflammatory ,Italy ,Child, Preschool ,Health Care Surveys ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Age distribution ,Female ,Hematemesis ,Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug ,Pediatrics ,Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
AIM: To investigate gastrointestinal complications associated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDs) use in children. METHODS: A retrospective, multicenter study was conducted between January 2005 and January 2013, with the participation of 8 Italian pediatric gastroenterology centers. We collected all the cases of patients who refer to emergency room for suspected gastrointestinal bleeding following NSAIDs consumption, and underwent endoscopic evaluation. Previous medical history, associated risk factors, symptoms and signs at presentation, diagnostic procedures, severity of bleeding and management of gastrointestinal bleeding were collected. In addition, data regarding type of drug used, indication, dose, duration of treatment and prescriber (physician or self-medication) were examined. RESULTS: Fifty-one patients, including 34 males, were enrolled (median age: 7.8 years). Ibuprofen was the most used NSAID [35/51 patients (68.6%)]. Pain was the most frequent indication for NSAIDs use [29/51 patients (56.9%)]. Seven patients had positive family history of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection or peptic ulcer, and 12 had associated comorbidities. Twenty-four (47%) out of 51 patients used medication inappropriately. Hematemesis was the most frequent symptom (33.3%). Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed gastric lesions in 32/51 (62%) patients, duodenal lesions in 17 (33%) and esophageal lesions in 8 (15%). In 10/51 (19.6%) patients, a diagnosis of H. pylori gastritis was made. Forty-eight (94%) patients underwent medical therapy, with spontaneous bleeding resolution, while in 3/51 (6%) patients, an endoscopic hemostasis was needed. CONCLUSION: The data collected in this study confirms that adverse events with the involvement of the gastrointestinal tract secondary to NSAID use are also common in children.
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237. Do distinct functional dyspepsia subtypes exist in children?
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Erasmo Miele, Massimo Martinelli, Annamaria Staiano, Vincenzo Coppola, Marina Russo, Rossella Turco, Rosa Castiello, Turco, Rossella, Russo, Marina, Martinelli, Massimo, Castiello, Rosa, Coppola, Vincenzo, Miele, Erasmo, and Staiano, Annamaria
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Adult ,Male ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Abdominal pain ,Functional dyspepsia ,Adolescent ,Gastrointestinal Diseases ,Nausea ,Diagnosis, Differential ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Functional gastrointestinal disorder ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Prospective Studies ,Dyspepsia ,Child ,Prospective cohort study ,Children ,business.industry ,Follow up studies ,Gastroenterology ,Postprandial Period ,Rome iii ,Abdominal Pain ,Distress ,Child, Preschool ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Female ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,medicine.symptom ,Differential diagnosis ,business ,Follow-Up Studies ,Pediatric population - Abstract
ACKGROUND AND AIM: Two different subtypes of functional dyspepsia (FD) are recognized in adults: epigastric pain syndrome (EPS) and postprandial distress syndrome (PDS). The aim of the study was to assess the presence of FD subtypes in childhood at diagnosis and to observe changes at follow-up. METHODS: A total of 100 patients with a diagnosis of FD based on pediatric Rome III criteria were consecutively enrolled. FD subtypes were successively classified through adult Rome III classification. Children were revaluated after 6 months of follow-up (T1). RESULTS: At T0, 17 (17%) of 100 patients were classified as EPS, whereas 47 (47%) of 100 patients fulfilled criteria for PDS. In 36 (36%) of 100 children an overlap between the 2 subtypes was identified. Nausea was significantly higher in PDS and overlap groups when compared with EPS (χ = 21.7, P = 0.0001; χ = 20.7, P = 0.0001). Headache was significantly increased in PDS and overlap groups compared with patients with EPS (χ = 9.8, P = 0.001; χ = 13.1, P = 0.0001, respectively). At T1 among children belonging to PDS group at enrolment, 9 of 47 (19.1%) changed to EPS group, and 9 of 47 (19.1%) changed to the overlap group. Five (29.4%) of 17 patients and 2 (11.8%) of 17 children diagnosed as having EPS at T0 switched to PDS and overlap group, respectively. Of the 36 patients with overlap at enrollment, 11 (30.6%) satisfied criteria for PDS, and 7 (19.4%) switched to EPS group. CONCLUSIONS: Two distinct FD subtypes are identifiable in pediatric population. A high percentage of overlap and a variation of subtype over time were found, suggesting a common pathophysiologic mechanism.
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238. PP-12 EFFICACY OF A STANDARDIZED EXTRACT OF MATRICARIAE CHAMOMILLA L., MELISSA OFFICINALIS L. AND TYNDALLIZED LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS (H122) COMPARED WITH LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI (DSM 17938) AND WITH SIMETHICONE FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFANTILE COLIC
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Annamaria Staiano, Chiara Tortora, Angelo Campanozzi, Pidone C, Dario Ummarino, Corrado Romano, Simona Valenti, F.P. Giugliano, Massimo Martinelli, Erasmo Miele, Irene Rutigliano, De Giovanni D, Ummarino, Dario, Martinelli, Massimo, Giugliano, FRANCESCA PAOLA, Tortora, Clelia, Valenti, Simona, Pidone, Caterina, De Giovanni, Donatella, Rutigliano, Irene, Campanozzi, Angelo, Romano, Claudio, Miele, Erasmo, and Staiano, Annamaria
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Traditional medicine ,biology ,business.industry ,Gastroenterology ,Simethicone ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Infantile colic ,Microbiology ,Lactobacillus reuteri ,Lactobacillus acidophilus ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Medicine ,Melissa officinalis ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Infant colic is a prevalent physiological event of healthy children under 3 months of age, which can disrupt the child's home environment. Despite its benign natural history, sometimes it requires a therapeutic approach. There is limited evidence supporting the use of complementary and alternative treatments. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a mixture of standardized extract of matricariae Chamomilla L., Melissa Officinalis L. and tyndallized Lactobacillus Acidophilus (H122) compared with Lactobacillus Reuteri (DSM 17938) and with simethicone for the treatment of infantile colic.
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239. Natural history of pancreatic involvement in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease
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Marina Aloi, Massimo Martinelli, M.R. D'Altilia, Salvatore Cucchiara, Sabrina Cardile, Annamaria Staiano, M.T. Illiceto, Caterina Strisciuglio, Patrizia Alvisi, Silvia Vignola, Erasmo Miele, Silvia Salvatore, Graziella Guariso, Martinelli, Massimo, Strisciuglio, Caterina, Illiceto, Maria Teresa, Cardile, Sabrina, Guariso, Graziella, Vignola, Silvia, Aloi, Marina, D'Altilia, Mario Rocco, Alvisi, Patrizia, Salvatore, Silvia, Staiano, Annamaria, Cucchiara, Salvatore, Miele, Erasmo, Caterina, Strisciuglio, Maria Teresa Illiceto, Sabrina, Cardile, Graziella, Guariso, Silvia, Vignola, Marina, Aloi, Mario Rocco D’Altilia, Patrizia, Alvisi, Silvia, Salvatore, and Salvatore, Cucchiara
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Male ,Inflammatory bowel disease ,Gastroenterology ,Colonic Diseases ,Risk Factors ,Retrospective Studie ,Medicine ,Pancrea ,Age Factor ,Child ,Hyperamylasemia ,Crohn's disease ,Medicine (all) ,Remission Induction ,Age Factors ,Prognosis ,Ulcerative colitis ,Natural history ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Child, Preschool ,Acute pancreatitis ,Female ,amylase, crohn's disease, lipase, pancreas, pancreatitis, ulcerative colitis ,Pancreas ,Amylase ,Lipase ,Pancreatitis ,Adolescent ,Humans ,Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ,Retrospective Studies ,Hepatology ,Human ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Colonic Disease ,Prognosi ,Internal medicine ,Preschool ,Pancreatiti ,Ulcerative coliti ,business.industry ,Risk Factor ,Inflammatory Bowel Disease ,medicine.disease ,business - Abstract
Background: Few case reports describe the clinical features of pancreatic involvement in inflammatory bowel disease. Aim: To investigate prevalence and disease course of inflammatory bowel disease children with pancreatitis and with exclusive hyperamylasemia and hyperlipasemia. Methods: We used a web-registry to retrospectively identify paediatric inflammatory bowel disease patients with hyperamylasemia and hyperlipasemia. Participants were re-evaluated at 6 months and 1 year. Results: From a total of 649 paediatric patients, we found 27 with hyperamylasemia and hyperlipasemia (4.1%). Eleven patients (1.6%) fulfilled diagnostic criteria for acute pancreatitis. Female gender was significantly associated with acute pancreatitis (p = 0.04). Twenty-five children (92.5%) had colonic disease. At 6 months 1/11 children with acute pancreatitis (9%) showed acute recurrent pancreatitis, while 1 patient (9%) had persistent hyperamylasemia and hyperlipasemia. At 12 months, 1 patient showed chronic pancreatitis (9.1%). Of the 16 children with exclusive hyperamylasemia and hyperlipasemia, 4 developed acute pancreatitis (25%), while 1 patient (6.2%) still presented exclusive hyperamylasemia and hyperlipasemia at 6 months. At 12 months, 11/16 patients (68.7%) reached a remission of pancreatic involvement, whereas 5 remaining patients (32.3%) had persistent hyperamylasemia and hyperlipasemia. Conclusions: In inflammatory bowel disease children, acute pancreatitis is more common in colonic disease and in female gender. Pancreatic function should be monitored, considering that pancreatic damage may evolve. (C) 2015 Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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240. Clostridium difficile and pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: A prospective, comparative, multicenter, ESPGHAN study
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Dan Turner, Erasmo Miele, Gábor Veres, Marina Aloi, Massimo Martinelli, Mariassunta Del Pezzo, Ana Močić Pavić, Anders Paerregaard, Arie Levine, Javier Martín-de-Carpi, Annamaria Staiano, Caterina Strisciuglio, Martinelli, Massimo, Strisciuglio, Caterina, Veres, Gabor, Paerregaard, Ander, Pavic, Ana M., Aloi, Marina, Martín De Carpi, Javier, Levine, Arie, Turner, Dan, Del Pezzo, Mariassunta, Staiano, Annamaria, and Miele, Erasmo
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Proton Pump Inhibitor ,Adolescent ,Prognosi ,MEDLINE ,Clostridium Infection ,Disease ,digestive system ,Gastroenterology ,Inflammatory bowel disease ,Follow-Up Studie ,Disease course ,Internal medicine ,Anti-Bacterial Agent ,medicine ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,Prospective Studies ,Child ,Prospective cohort study ,Crohn's disease ,Ulcerative coliti ,Clostridium difficile ,Ulcerative colitis ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Celiac Disease ,Child, Preschool ,Clostridium Infections ,Female ,Follow-Up Studies ,Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ,Prognosis ,Proton Pump Inhibitors ,Medicine (all) ,Clostridioides difficile ,business.industry ,Inflammatory Bowel Disease ,medicine.disease ,digestive system diseases ,Prospective Studie ,business ,Human - Abstract
Background: Clostridium difficile infection is associated with pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in several ways. We sought to investigate C. difficile infection in pediatric patients with IBD in comparison with a group of children with celiac disease and to evaluate IBD disease course of C. difficile infected patients. Methods: In this prospective, comparative, multicenter study, 211 pediatric patients with IBD were enrolled from October 2010 to October 2011 and tested for the presence of C. difficile toxins A and B in their stools at 0, 6, and 12 months. During the same study period, stool specimens for C. difficile toxins analysis were collected from 112 children with celiac disease as controls. Results: Clostridium difficile occurrence was significantly higher in patients with IBD compared with patients with celiac disease (7.5% versus 0.8%; P = 0.008). Clostridium difficile was associated with active disease in 71.4% of patients with IBD (P = 0.01). Colonic involvement was found in 85.7% of patients with C. difficile. Antibiotics, proton pump inhibitors, hospitalization, and IBD therapies were not associated with increased C. difficile detection. At 12 months, a higher number of C. difficile-positive patients at the enrollment started immunosuppressant/biological therapy compared with patients without C. difficile (P = 0.01). At 6 and 12 months, patients with C. difficile were more frequently in active disease than patients without C. difficile (P = 0.04; P = 0.08, respectively). Hospitalizations were higher at 6 months in C. difficile group (P = 0.05). Conclusions: In conclusion, this study demonstrates that pediatric IBD is associated with increased C. difficile detection. Patients with C. difficile tend to have active colonic disease and a more severe disease course. Copyright © 2014 Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc.
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241. Clostridium difficile and Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Massimo Martinelli, STRISCIUGLIO, CATERINA, Gabor Veres, Anders Paerregaard, Ana M. Pavic, Marina Aloi, Javier Martín de Carpi, Arie Levine, Dan Turner, Mariassunta Del Pezzo, STAIANO, ANNAMARIA, MIELE, ERASMO, Martinelli, Massimo, Strisciuglio, Caterina, Gabor, Vere, Anders, Paerregaard, Pavic, Ana M., Marina, Aloi, Javier Martín de Carpi, Arie, Levine, Dan, Turner, Mariassunta Del Pezzo, Staiano, Annamaria, and Miele, Erasmo
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Background:Clostridium difficile infection is associated with pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in several ways. We sought to investigate C. difficile infection in pediatric patients with IBD in comparison with a group of children with celiac disease and to evaluate IBD disease course of C. difficile infected patients.Methods:In this prospective, comparative, multicenter study, 211 pediatric patients with IBD were enrolled from October 2010 to October 2011 and tested for the presence of C. difficile toxins A and B in their stools at 0, 6, and 12 months. During the same study period, stool specimens for C. difficile toxins analysis were collected from 112 children with celiac disease as controls.Results:Clostridium difficile occurrence was significantly higher in patients with IBD compared with patients with celiac disease (7.5% versus 0.8%; P = 0.008). Clostridium difficile was associated with active disease in 71.4% of patients with IBD (P = 0.01). Colonic involvement was found in 85.7% of patients with C. difficile. Antibiotics, proton pump inhibitors, hospitalization, and IBD therapies were not associated with increased C. difficile detection. At 12 months, a higher number of C. difficile-positive patients at the enrollment started immunosuppressant/biological therapy compared with patients without C. difficile (P = 0.01). At 6 and 12 months, patients with C. difficile were more frequently in active disease than patients without C. difficile (P = 0.04; P = 0.08, respectively). Hospitalizations were higher at 6 months in C. difficile group (P = 0.05).Conclusions:In conclusion, this study demonstrates that pediatric IBD is associated with increased C. difficile detection. Patients with C. difficile tend to have active colonic disease and a more severe disease course.
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242. Diagnostic and therapeutic utility of double-balloon enteroscopy in children
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Prithviraj Rao, Massimo Martinelli, Arun N. Urs, Mike Thomson, Urs, Arun N., Martinelli, Massimo, Rao, Prithviraj, and Thomson, Mike A.
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Enteroscopy ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Intestinal Neoplasm ,Adolescent ,gastrointestinal bleeding ,Capsule Endoscopy ,law.invention ,Angiodysplasia ,Angioma ,Ileocecal valve ,children ,Capsule endoscopy ,law ,inflammatory bowel disease ,Double-balloon enteroscopy ,small bowel ,Intestinal Neoplasms ,Intestine, Small ,medicine ,double-balloon enteroscopy ,Humans ,Prospective Studies ,Intestinal Mucosa ,Prospective cohort study ,Child ,Intestinal Disease ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Intestinal Polyposis ,Medicine (all) ,Gastroenterology ,Infant ,Intestinal Polyposi ,medicine.disease ,Pylorus ,Intestinal Diseases ,Prospective Studie ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,polyp ,Female ,Radiology ,business ,Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage ,Hemangioma ,Human - Abstract
Objectives Diagnostic and therapeutic benefits of double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) have been documented in adults, with few data available on pediatric patients. We evaluated the diagnostic and therapeutic utility of DBE in children. Methods A prospective assessment of 113 DBE procedures in 58 consecutive children younger than 18 years (36 boys, 22 girls; median age 12.7 years, range 1-18 years) was performed for a variety of suspected small bowel (SB) disorders from January 2008 to August 2012 in a tertiary referral center for pediatric patients. All of the children had undergone upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and ileocolonoscopy. A total of 19 patients had undergone radiological investigations for SB (n = 11 magnetic resonance imaging; n = 5 barium enterography; n = 3 computed tomography) and 54 patients had undergone wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE). Results The overall median (range) examination time was 92.5 (45-275) minutes. The median (range) estimated insertion length of SB distal to pylorus was 230 (80-450) cm and proximal to ileocecal valve was 80 (5-275) cm. The common indications for DBE were polyposis syndromes (n = 21) and obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (n = 16). The findings included polyps (n = 19), mucosal ulcers and erosions (n = 8), submucosal elevations with white nodules (n = 4), and angioma/angiodysplasia (n = 2). The overall diagnostic yield for SB lesions using DBE was 70.7% (41/58) and for WCE was 77.7% (42/54). Endotherapeutic intervention was successfully used in 46.5% (n = 27/58). The endoscopic, medical, and surgical contributions to change in management by DBE were 72.4% (n = 42/58). Three complications (5.2%) were noted with uneventful recovery. Conclusions The diagnostic yield of DBE was comparable to WCE, but with the addition of therapeutic possibility and histological yield. We believe this technique could be a valuable addition to existing endoscopic techniques, complementary to WCE, and may be considered as an alternative diagnostic and therapeutic option in the SB in children.
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- 2014
243. Synergistic effect of interleukin-10-receptor variants in a case of early-onset ulcerative colitis
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Annamaria Staiano, Caterina Strisciuglio, Erasmo Miele, Francesca Duraturo, Massimo Martinelli, Giovanni Battista Rossi, Paolo Delrio, Lorella Paparo, Paola Izzo, Martina Galatola, Daniela Rega, Marina De Rosa, Galatola, Martina, Miele, Erasmo, Strisciuglio, Caterina, Lorella, Paparo, Daniela, Rega, Paolo, Delrio, Duraturo, Francesca, Martinelli, Massimo, Giovanni Battista Rossi, Staiano, Annamaria, Izzo, Paola, DE ROSA, Marina, Martina, Galatola, Erasmo, Miele, Francesca, Duraturo, Massimo, Martinelli, Giovanni Battista, Rossi, Annamaria, Staiano, Paola, Izzo, and Marina De, Rosa
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Male ,Heredity ,Interleukin-10 Receptor alpha Subunit ,Azathioprine ,Inflammatory bowel disease ,Interleukin 10 receptor, alpha subunit ,Anti-Infective Agents ,Intestinal mucosa ,Age of Onset ,Intestinal Mucosa ,Mesalamine ,Promoter Regions, Genetic ,Interleukin 10 receptor ,Cells, Cultured ,Tumour necrosis factor α receptor ,Gastrointestinal agent ,biology ,Gastroenterology ,General Medicine ,Ulcerative colitis ,Pedigree ,Phenotype ,Adenomatous Polyposis Coli ,Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I ,Female ,Colorectal Neoplasms ,medicine.drug ,Brief Article ,Colon ,Adenomatous polyposis coli ,Beta catenin ,Gastrointestinal Agents ,medicine ,Humans ,Point Mutation ,Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,RNA, Messenger ,Polymorphism, Genetic ,Infant ,Fibroblasts ,Interleukin-10 Receptor beta Subunit ,medicine.disease ,digestive system diseases ,Immunology ,biology.protein ,Cancer research ,Colitis, Ulcerative ,Age of onset ,Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple ,Biomarkers - Abstract
AIM: To investigated the molecular cause of very early-onset ulcerative colitis (UC) in an 18-mo-old affected child. METHODS: We analysed the interleukin-10 (IL10) receptor genes at the DNA and RNA level in the proband and his relatives. Beta catenin and tumor necrosis factor-?? (TNF??) receptors were analysed in the proteins extracted from peripheral blood cells of the proband, his relatives and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS) patients. Samples were also collected from the proband's inflamed colorectal mucosa and compared to healthy and tumour mucosa collected from a FAP patient and patients affected by sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC). Finally, we examined mesalazine and azathioprine effects on primary fibroblasts stabilised from UC and FAP patients. RESULTS: Our patient was a compound heterozygote for the IL10RB E47K polymorphism, inherited from his father, and for a novel point mutation within the IL10RA promoter (the -413G->T), inherited from his mother. Beta catenin and tumour necrosis factor ?? receptors-I (TNFRI) protein were both over-expressed in peripheral blood cells of the proband's relatives more than the proband. However, TNFRII was over-expressed only in the proband. Finally, both TNF??-receptors were shown to be under-expressed in the inflamed colon mucosa and colorectal cancer tissue compared to healthy colon mucosa. Consistent with this observation, mesalazine and azathioprine induced, in primary fibroblasts, IL10RB and TNFRII over-expression and TNFRI and TNF?? under-expression. We suggest that ??-catenin and TNFRI protein expression in peripheral blood cells could represent molecular markers of sub-clinical disease in apparently healthy relatives of patients with early-onset UC. CONCLUSION: A synergistic effect of several variant alleles of the IL10 receptor genes, inherited in a Mendelian manner, is involved in UC onset in this young child.
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244. Does cow's milk protein elimination diet have a role on induction and maintenance of remission in children with ulcerative colitis?
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Massimo Martinelli, Eleonora Giannetti, Elisa Sciorio, Erasmo Miele, Annamaria Staiano, Caterina Strisciuglio, Strisciuglio, Caterina, Giannetti, Eleonora, Martinelli, Massimo, Sciorio, Elisa, Staiano, Annamaria, Miele, Erasmo, Eleonora, Giannetti, Massimo, Martinelli, Elisa, Sciorio, Annamaria, Staiano, and Erasmo, Miele
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Comorbidity ,Inflammatory bowel disease ,Gastroenterology ,law.invention ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Randomized controlled trial ,Mesalazine ,law ,Internal medicine ,Elimination diet ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Prospective Studies ,Colitis ,Prospective cohort study ,Child ,business.industry ,Remission Induction ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Ulcerative colitis ,Milk ,chemistry ,Concomitant ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Immunology ,Colitis, Ulcerative ,Female ,Milk Hypersensitivity ,business - Abstract
Aim Aims of this study were to evaluate the efficacy of a cow's milk protein (CMP) elimination diet on induction and maintenance of remission and to define association with atopy in children with ulcerative colitis (UC). Methods Twenty-nine consecutive patients (mean age: 11.2 years; range: 4.6–17 years; F/M: 15/14) with newly diagnosed UC were randomized either to receive a CMP elimination diet (n = 14) or to continue a free diet (n = 15) associated with concomitant steroid induction and mesalazine maintenance treatment. Children were prospectively evaluated at four time points: within 1 month, 6 months and 1 year after diagnosis or at the time of relapse. Results Twenty-five of the 29 enrolled patients responded to the UC induction therapy with a complete remission (86.2%), 13 belonging to CMP elimination diet group and 12 to free diet group (p = 0.59). Overall, our data showed that 7 of 13 (53.8%) patients treated with CMP elimination diet and 8 of 15 (53.3%) patients on free diet and UC therapy relapsed within 1 year of follow-up (p = 1). Conclusions In conclusion, data of this paediatric, randomized trial suggest that CMP elimination has no role in the management of UC in non-sensitized children.
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245. Stool consistency, but not frequency, correlates with total gastrointestinal transit time in children
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Massimo Martinelli, Carmine Botta, Marina Russo, Erasmo Miele, Gianfranco Vallone, Elisa Sciorio, Annamaria Staiano, Russo, Marina, Martinelli, Massimo, Sciorio, Elisa, Carmine, Botta, Miele, Erasmo, Vallone, Gianfranco, and Staiano, Annamaria
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Male ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Gastrointestinal transit time ,Transit time ,Feces ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,medicine ,Humans ,Prospective Studies ,Preschool ,Child ,Gastrointestinal Transit ,Stool consistency ,business.industry ,digestive, oral, and skin physiology ,Mean age ,Rome iii ,medicine.disease ,Gastrointestinal Tract ,Case-Control Studies ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Defecation ,Functional constipation ,Stool frequency ,Female ,Constipation ,business - Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the correlation between stool characteristics (consistency and frequency) and gut transit time in children and to determine whether the Bristol Stool Form Scale is a reliable method of assessing intestinal transit rate in children. STUDY DESIGN: From March 2011 to March 2012, 44 children (25 boys and 19 girls, mean age 7.8 years) with a diagnosis of functional constipation and 36 healthy, nonconstipated children (17 boys and 19 girls, mean age 7.6 years) were enrolled. All participants maintained a 1-week stool diary, recording the time and date of every bowel movement and stool form, and then completed a validated questionnaire on functional constipation according to Rome III criteria. Whole gut transit time (WGTT) was then assessed using the radiopaque markers test. RESULTS: There was a significant correlation between stool form and WGTT in both constipated and nonconstipated children (correlation coefficient -0.84, P
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246. Motility Problems in the Intellectually Challenged Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult
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Massimo Martinelli, Annamaria Staiano, Martinelli, Massimo, and Staiano, Annamaria
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Williams Syndrome ,Down syndrome ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Adolescent ,Gastrointestinal Diseases ,MEDLINE ,Cerebral palsy ,Young Adult ,Quality of life (healthcare) ,Intellectual Disability ,medicine ,Dysautonomia, Familial ,Humans ,Young adult ,Child ,business.industry ,Cerebral Palsy ,Gastroenterology ,Dysautonomia ,medicine.disease ,Familial dysautonomia ,Physical therapy ,Williams syndrome ,medicine.symptom ,Down Syndrome ,business ,Gastrointestinal Motility - Abstract
Gastrointestinal (GI) motility problems represent an important cause of morbidity and sometimes mortality in patients affected by developmental disorders. This article describes motility disorders in Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, familial dysautonomia, and Williams syndrome. These problems do not often receive appropriate attention, either because priority is given to other medical aspects of the disorder, or because of the inability of affected children to communicate their symptoms. A better approach to the diagnosis and treatment of GI disorders is required to improve quality of life and minimize morbidity and mortality among patients with developmental disorders.
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- 2011
247. Lactobacillus reuteri (DSM 17938) in infants with functional chronic constipation: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study
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P. Coccorullo, Massimo Martinelli, Erasmo Miele, Luigi Greco, Annamaria Staiano, Caterina Strisciuglio, Coccorullo, Paola, Strisciuglio, C, Martinelli, Massimo, Miele, Erasmo, Greco, Luigi, Staiano, Annamaria, Coccorullo, P, Strisciuglio, Caterina, Martinelli, M, Miele, E, Greco, L, and Staiano, A.
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Constipation ,Placebo-controlled study ,Fecal Impaction ,Crying ,Placebo ,Severity of Illness Index ,law.invention ,Double-Blind Method ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Internal medicine ,Prevalence ,medicine ,Humans ,Chronic constipation ,biology ,business.industry ,Infant ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Lactobacillus reuteri ,Lactobacillus ,Chronic Disease ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Functional constipation ,Defecation ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Objectives To evaluate the beneficial effects of Lactobacillus reuteri (DSM 17938) in infants with functional chronic constipation. Study design A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study was conducted from January 2008 to December 2008 in 44 consecutive infants at least 6 months old (mean age ± SD, 8.2 ± 2.4 SD; male/female, 24/20) admitted to the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Motility Unit of the Department of Pediatrics, University "Federico II" of Naples, with a diagnosis of functional chronic constipation. The 44 infants with chronic constipation were randomly assigned to 2 groups: group A (n = 22) received supplementation with the probiotic L reuteri (DSM 17938) and group B (n = 22) received an identical placebo. Primary outcome measures were frequency of bowel movements per week, stool consistency, and presence of inconsolable crying episodes, recorded in a daily diary by parents. Results Infants receiving L reuteri (DSM 17938) had a significantly higher frequency of bowel movements than infants receiving a placebo at week 2 ( P = .042), week 4 ( P = .008), and week 8 ( P = .027) of supplementation. In the L reuteri group, the stool consistency was reported as hard in 19 infants (86.4%) at baseline, in 11 infants (50%) at week 2, and in 4 infants (18.2%) at weeks 4 and 8. However, there was no significant difference between L reuteri and placebo groups in the stool consistency at all weeks ( P = .63, week 2; P = .38, week 4; P = .48, week 8). Similarly, there was no statistically difference in the 2 groups in the presence of inconsolable crying episodes. No adverse effects were reported. Conclusions The administration of L reuteri (DSM 17938) in infants with chronic constipation had a positive effect on bowel frequency, even when there was no improvement in stool consistency and episodes of inconsolable crying episodes. Because of their safety profile, probiotics may be an attractive option in the treatment of functional constipation.
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- 2010
248. An Altered Gut Microbiome Profile in a Child Affected by Crohn's Disease Normalized After Nutritional Therapy
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Vincenza Precone, Lucia Sacchetti, Valeria D'Argenio, Massimo Martinelli, Annamaria Staiano, Erasmo Miele, Francesco Salvatore, Giorgio Casaburi, D'Argenio, Valeria, Vincenza, Precone, Casaburi, Giorgio, Miele, Erasmo, Martinelli, Massimo, Staiano, Annamaria, Salvatore, Francesco, and Sacchetti, Lucia
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Crohn's disease ,Hepatology ,Gastroenterology ,Inflammation ,Disease ,Biology ,medicine.disease ,Phenotype ,Pathogenesis ,Metagenomics ,Immunology ,Genetic predisposition ,medicine ,Ileitis ,medicine.symptom ,Letter to the Editor - Abstract
To the Editor: The pathogenesis of Crohn's disease (CD) is not known: the currently accepted hypothesis is that genetic susceptibility and environmental factors cooperate to trigger the chronic inflammation typical of the disease. Recent evidence implicating the gut microbiome in CD development has generated interest in its characterization (1). Previous studies have shown that bacterial diversity is reduced in CD patients, that bacterial populations in CD patients differ in relation to phenotype, and that the microbial composition differs significantly between inflamed and non-inflamed mucosal areas (2).
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249. 20 mm lithium button battery causing an oesophageal perforation in a toddler: lessons in diagnosis and treatment
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Ole Grossman, Giampiero Soccorso, Julian Roberts, Massimo Martinelli, Sean Marven, Kirtik Patel, Mike Thomson, Soccorso, Giampiero, Grossman, Ole, Martinelli, Massimo, Marven, Sean S., Patel, Kirtik, Thomson, Mike, and Roberts, Julian P.
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Male ,Oesophageal perforation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Lithium (medication) ,Hydropneumothorax ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Treatment outcome ,Perforation (oil well) ,Poison control ,Lithium ,Electric Power Supplies ,medicine ,Humans ,Thoracotomy ,Toddler ,Button battery ,Esophageal Perforation ,business.industry ,Electric Power Supplie ,Foreign Bodies ,Foreign Bodie ,Surgery ,Radiography ,Treatment Outcome ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Esophagoscopy ,business ,Human ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Swallowed button batteries (BB) which remain lodged in the oesophagus are at risk of serious complications, particularly in young children. The authors report a 3-year-old child, who rapidly developed an oesophageal perforation, following the ingestion of a 20-mm lithium BB which was initially mistaken for a coin. A thoracotomy and T-tube management of the perforation led to a positive outcome. BBs (20 mm) in children should be removed quickly and close observation is required as the damage initiated by the battery can lead to a significant injury within a few hours.
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250. A Survey on Clinical and Biological Characteristic and Therapy Management of an Italian Series of 455 Adult Patients with Systemic Mastocytosis on Behalf of Italian Registry of Mastocytosis
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Roberta Zanotti, Vittoria Cova, Alberto Bosi, Anna Artuso, Chiara Elena, Simona Muratori, Federica Irene Grifoni, Massimo Triggiani, Omar Perbellini, Serena Merante, Elena Maria Elli, Fabio Almerigogna, Diomira Magliacane, Marina Mauro, Giovanni Martinelli, Cristina Papayannidis, Massimiliano Bonifacio, Lisa Pieri, G Cortellini, L. Lunardon, Caterina De Benedittis, Patrizia Bonadonna, Maurizio Severino, Stefania Girlanda, Agostino Cortelezzi, Simona Soverini, Federica Scarfì, Maria Loredana Iorno, Alessandro M. Vannucchi, Michela Rondoni, and Lisa Pieri, Patrizia Bonadonna, Chiara Elena, Cristina Papayannidis, Federica Irene Grifoni, Michela Rondoni, Stefania Girlanda, Marina Mauro, Diomira Magliacane, Elena Maria Elli, Maria Loredana Iorno, Maurizio Severino, Fabio Almerigogna, Federica Scarfì, Massimiliano Bonifacio, Omar Perbellini, Anna Artuso, Simona Soverini, Caterina De Benedittis, Simona Muratori, Luisa Lunardon, Vittoria Cova, Gabriele Cortellini, Alberto Bosi, Agostino Cortelezzi, Giovanni Martinelli, Massimo Triggiani, Serena Merante, Alessandro Maria Vannucchi, Roberta Zanotti
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,Thrombocytosis ,business.industry ,Cutaneous Mastocytosis ,Immunology ,Retrospective cohort study ,Cell Biology ,Hematology ,systemic mastocytosis ,medicine.disease ,Biochemistry ,Gastroenterology ,Imatinib mesylate ,epidemiology ,Internal medicine ,Medicine ,Systemic mastocytosis ,business ,Myelofibrosis ,Myeloproliferative neoplasm ,Multiple myeloma ,Mastocytosis - Abstract
Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is a rare myeloproliferative neoplasm characterized by proliferation and hyperactivation of clonal mast cells. Clinical manifestations are heterogeneous and encompass cutaneous lesions, gastrointestinal alterations, osteoporosis, anaphylaxis and involvement of bone marrow and other organs due to neoplastic mast cells (MC) infiltration. As consequence, diagnosis may be difficult and patients (pts) are often evaluated by different specialists before the disease is recognized. To date, only few studies (Lim 2009, Escribano 2009, Cohen 2014) described relatively large series of pts with SM. We performed a multicentre retrospective study to evaluate clinical and biological features and therapeutic management in a large series of pts from 10 Italian centres experienced in management of SM and organized in multidisciplinary groups of specialists. We collected 455 pts diagnosed with SM according to WHO criteria. Additionally 26 pts with mastocytosis in the skin (MIS) evaluated with BM examination did not fulfil criteria for SM, leading to diagnosis of Cutaneous Mastocytosis (CM); however 2/26 pts with CM had both cKITD816V mutation and CD2/CD25 expression on MC in BM, additional 3 showed either cKITD816V or CD2/CD25. Moreover, we found 22 pts without MIS but with features of monoclonal mast cell activation syndrome. Of the 455 pts with WHO-SM (male 56%), 252 (55%) had MIS: median age at MIS diagnosis (dg) was 37 years (y) (range 0-79), while at SM dg it was 46.5 (range 18-82). Time from onset of MIS to dg of SM was 9 y (range 0-43). In 18/252 pts (7%) MIS occurred before age of 18 y (median 9, range 0-17) and persisted over childhood. Median age at dg of SM without MIS (203/455 pts, 45%) was older: 54 y, range 19-79 (p Disclosures Martinelli: Novartis: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; BMS: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Pfizer: Consultancy; ARIAD: Consultancy.
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