Publications by authors named "L Sarno"
Sociodemographic factors influence outcomes in children with congenital heart disease (CHD). We predict an association between measures of social isolation and outcomes in infants with complex CHD. These measures, racial (RI) and educational (EI) isolation range from 0 to 1, with 0 being no isolation and 1 being fully isolated within a specific population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBell's palsy (BP) is a neurological disorder characterized by sudden unilateral peripheral facial paralysis. The etiology in children remains largely unknown, and standardized management strategies are lacking. The aim of this retrospective cohort study is to evaluate clinical features, laboratory markers, and therapeutic options associated with recovery to identify potential prognostic factors and validate therapeutic strategies, with a particular focus on the role of corticosteroids and vitamin supplementation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Brain connectome fingerprinting represents a recent and valid approach in assessing individual identifiability on the basis of the subject-specific brain functional connectome. Although this methodology has been tested and validated in several neurological diseases, its performance, reliability and reproducibility in healthy individuals has been poorly investigated. In particular, the impact of the changes in brain connectivity, induced by the different phases of the menstrual cycle (MC), on the reliability of this approach remains unexplored.
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- - The study aimed to evaluate the rate of false-positive cases for congenital heart defects (CHDs) during first-trimester fetal heart evaluations conducted by experienced professionals.
- - It looked at a group of pregnant women suspected of having CHDs during initial screenings, utilizing comprehensive protocols that included critical heart assessment views.
- - Among the 22 cases analyzed, a high percentage (86.4%) were confirmed to have CHDs, but 13% showed normal heart anatomy, indicating that first-trimester screenings may lead to more false positives than anticipated.
Background: Sociodemographic factors influence outcomes in children with congenital heart disease (CHD). We predict an association between measures of social isolation and outcomes in infants with complex CHD. These measures, racial (RI) and educational (EI) isolation range from 0 to 1, with 0 being no isolation and 1 being fully isolated within a specific population.
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