Publications by authors named "Cristina Felice-Civitillo"
Unlabelled: Family presence during invasive procedures or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a part of the family-centered approach in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). We established a simulation program aiming at providing communication tools to healthcare professionals. The goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of this program on the stress of PICU professionals and its acceptance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Patient's work of breathing may vary between different neonatal nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) devices. Therefore, we aimed to compare the inspiratory effort of three variable-flow NCPAP delivery systems used in preterm infants.
Design: Cross-over study.
Neonatal thrombocytopenia is a rare complication of maternal autoimmune thrombocytopenia, and no maternal predictors of its gravity and potential complications have been identified. Neonatal cerebral hemorrhage, a feared event in the setting of autoimmune thrombocytopenia, is fortunately uncommon, but it can occur in utero or in the perinatal period, with potentially serious consequences. The authors report the case of a boy born to a mother affected by autoimmune thrombocytopenia, who presented with severe thrombocytopenia at birth and developed intracranial hemorrhage despite mild maternal thrombocytopenia at delivery and a prompt preventive treatment of the newborn.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- The study focuses on the epidemiology of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) in children, particularly in a densely populated area of northern Italy, covering a 10-year period from 2003 to 2012.
- It reports a mean annual incidence of HUS at 6.3 cases per million children under 18, with higher rates (15.7/million) in children under 5 years old, and finding that atypical HUS accounts for about 11.9% of cases.
- The study emphasizes the importance of understanding HUS for public health planning and highlights its increasing incidence, which poses a financial burden on healthcare systems.
Background: Shigatoxin-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (STEC-HUS) is a common thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) in which central nervous system (CNS) involvement is responsible for the majority of deaths and for severe long-term sequelae. We have analyzed the role of hemoconcentration in disease severity.
Methods: This was a retrospective review of the records and laboratory data at presentation of all patients with STEC-HUS cases (n = 61) over a 10-year period.
Objective: To analyse the timing of end stage renal disease in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Design: A population-based cohort study.
Setting: A nationwide registry (ItalKid Project) collecting information on all patients with CKD aged <20 years.