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Chiara Locatelli
Pediatrics
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Open AccessDown Syndrome: how to communicate the diagnosis
Communicating the diagnosis of Down Syndrome to a couple of parents is never easy, whether before or after birth. As doctors, we must certainly rely on our own relational skills, but it is also necessary to be...
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Open AccessDiagnostic challenges of an incidental finding: case report of definitely-congenital glioblastoma multiforme in a very preterm infant
Congenital brain tumors are extremely rare in the neonatal population, and often associated with a poor prognosis. The diagnostic suspicion is often aroused at antenatal scans or postnatally, if clinical signs...
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Is urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin able to predict acute kidney injury episodes in very low birth weight infants in clinical settings?
We evaluated the potential utility of elevated urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (UNGAL) concentration as a screening test for early identification of acute kidney injury (AKI) in very low bir...
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Open AccessSerum creatinine concentration in very-low-birth-weight infants from birth to 34–36 wk postmenstrual age
Serum creatinine (s[Cr]) reference ranges for very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants must account for physiologic changes in the first months of life.
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Trattamento dell’empiema
L’empiema viene definito come un accumulo di liquido infetto in una cavità pleurica.
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Lower gastrointestinal bleeding in a newborn caused by isolated intestinal vascular malformation
We report a 3-week-old neonate with an intestinal vascular malformation. The usual investigations performed for the examination of lower gastrointestinal bleeding had negative results, but ultrasound revealed...
