Publications by authors named "Nicola Palladino"

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  • Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) leads to increased parathyroid hormone levels, resulting in bone density loss and changes in bone structure, particularly affecting the femur's trabecular and cortical compartments.
  • A retrospective study analyzed 74 Caucasian Italian patients with PHPT using 3D imaging to measure bone mineral density and thickness from 2011 to 2016, revealing negative effects on both cortical and trabecular volumetric bone densities.
  • Results indicate that while PHPT negatively impacts both types of bone density, cortical thickness remains largely unaffected, aligning with existing literature on the condition's effects on bone health.
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Objective: The objective of this study was to describe reported adverse events (AEs) associated with elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ETI) in a pediatric sample with cystic fibrosis (CF) aged 6-18 years, with at least one F508del variant, followed at multiple Italian CF centers.

Study Design: This was a retrospective, multicenter, observational study. All children receiving ETI therapy from October 2019 to December 2023 were included.

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The study's aim was to determine the prevalence of depression and anxiety in children with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) and their effects on social relationships and family acceptance. The Pediatric Symptom Checklist-35 items (PSC-35), Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED), and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale Second Edition (VABS-II) were administered to the children. The parental Acceptance Rejection/Control Questionnaire (PARQ/Control) and Zarit Burden Inventory (ZBI) were administered to parents.

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  • The pathogenesis of COVID-19 results from a complex interaction between the SARS-CoV-2 virus and various host factors, causing numerous clinical symptoms affecting multiple organ systems.
  • The chapter explores risk factors, genetic predisposition, and how the virus can directly invade different organs or indirectly affect them through mechanisms like immune response dysfunction and endothelial damage.
  • Detailed discussions are provided on the diverse multisystem manifestations of COVID-19, affecting areas like the cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal, and nervous systems, highlighting the disease's complexity.
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Metastasis to the breast from extramammary tumors are rare, and the most common cancer that metastasizes to this site is malignant melanoma (MM). Unfortunately, metastases from malignant melanoma reveal a widespread of the disease and a high likeliness of poor diagnosis. In this study, a case of left breast metastasis of MM in a young pregnant woman, with a fast progression of the mammary and systemic course of pathology and unfortunately poor prognosis is presented.

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Esophageal diverticulum is a rare disease caused by impairment of esophageal motility. The incidence is not known, due to lack of symptoms in many cases. Surgical treatment is reserved to symptomatic patients.

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plays a major role in pulmonary exacerbations in patients with cystic fibrosis. The most common diseases are those based on immune-mediated response to antigens; including allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA). In this condition; the presence of in the lower respiratory tract triggers an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity response that causes airway inflammation; bronchospasms; and bronchiectasis.

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is a ubiquitous human commensal pathogen. It is commonly isolated in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and is considered one of the main causes of the recurrent acute pulmonary infections and progressive decline in lung function that characterize this inherited life-threatening multisystem disorder. However, the true role of in CF patients is not completely understood.

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Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Over the last decades, TB has also emerged in the pediatric population. Epidemiologic data of childhood TB are still limited and there is an urgent need of more data on very large cohorts.

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This paper reports on the in vitro antimicrobial activity of ampicillin-ceftriaxone and ampicillin-ertapenem combinations against five strains of E. faecalis with high-level aminoglycoside resistance recovered from blood of septicemic patients. Double disk diffusion test and time killing curves were used.

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Combination antiretroviral treatment was initiated in a heterosexual couple newly diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. Multiple genotypic drug resistance testing following early rebound of viral load revealed that the same three-class-resistant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 strain had been present in both patients since before initiation of treatment.

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