Publications by authors named "Claudia Balsamo"
Objective: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in children are an important but underestimated public health issue. This study describes ADRs in a registered pediatric population of Bologna and demonstrates that ADRs might be better detected after health care personnel training.
Methods: A prospective cohort was recruited from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2019, after health care worker sensitization, and compared to a retrospective cohort enrolled from 2013 to 2016.
Objectives: Kawasaki disease (KD) is the most frequent cause of acquired heart disease in children in high-income countries because of coronary artery involvement. Risk factors for coronary lesions can vary in consideration of different genetic background and environmental factors.
Methods: Multicenter retrospective and prospective study including 372 consecutive children (58% boys; mean age 34.
Since resistance to intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is associated with coronary lesions (CALs) in Kawasaki disease (KD), it is crucial to identify patients at risk to protect them from coronary involvement. The available risk scores to predict IVIG resistance were developed in Asian populations in whom their effectiveness has been proven, but data on non-Asian children are limited. The aim of this study is to evaluate the ability of the Kobayashi, Egami, and Formosa risk scores to predict IVIG resistance and CALs in Italian patients with KD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Acute mastoiditis is the main suppurative complication of acute otitis media. Its incidence ranges from 1.2 to 4.
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- Sensor-augmented continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) therapy shows better glucose control compared to sensor-augmented multiple daily injections (MDI) therapy in children, as evidenced by lower mean glucose levels and different variability indexes.
- A study involving 55 children revealed that those on CSII made more insulin boluses and had higher glucose management quality, while the MDI group had more instances of high blood glucose levels.
- Although both groups experienced similar rates of mild hypoglycemia, the findings indicate CSII therapy is generally more effective for managing blood sugar in daily life, despite potential inaccuracies in low glucose measurements from sensors.
Objective: To evaluate the frequency of normalization, the persistence of remission, and the impact on normalization of glycemic control and lipid profile, we analyzed data from a retrospective observational cohort study of type 1 diabetic children and adolescents with abnormal urinary albumin excretion (UAE).
Research Design And Methods: All diabetic children and adolescents (n = 41) who had persistent abnormal UAE in the period of 1984 to 2008 and followed up until 2009 (follow-up duration = 13.1 ± 6.