Publications by authors named "Paola Tebaldi"

Teduglutide is a glucagon-like peptide 2 (GLP-2) analog which acts by increasing intestinal absorption of the remnant bowel for children with short bowel syndrome (SBS) dependent on parenteral nutrition. We present a 13-year-old male patient with type 2 SBS (55 cm of jejunum) from necrotizing enterocolitis on full oral feeding from the age of 12 months. Because of faltering growth from the age of 11 despite oral hyperphagia, he started Teduglutide at the standard dose.

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Transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA) is a severe complication following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). No approved treatments are currently available. This study presents real-world data obtained with narsoplimab, a human immunoglobulin G4 monoclonal antibody that inhibits MASP-2, the effector enzyme of the lectin pathway of the complement system.

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Data on the vertical transmission rate of COVID-19 in pregnancy are limited, although data reporting mother-fetal transmission in the second trimester of pregnancy are controversial. We described a case of second-trimester twin stillbirth in a woman with SARS-CoV-2 infection in which placental and fetal markers of infection were detected, despite the absence of respiratory syndrome. The patient developed clinical chorioamnionitis and spontaneously delivered 2 stillborn infants.

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