Search PubMed⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

I Cortinovis

Publications and source records attributed to I Cortinovis.

9 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1992

Diagnostic criteria for migraine and psychogenic headache in children.

The headache histories obtained from 214 children were analysed by computer to see whether it was possible to identify and classify migraine, and to distinguish children with psychogenic headache. During headache attacks, most children had no or very few associated symptoms. For classification, 175 patients were divided into four homogeneous groups; the remaining 39 could not be grouped. An overlap between the different groups was found. Psychogenic headache emerged as a clearly definable syndrome, characterised by psychological problems and daily headache for a period of at least one month (10 patients). When the 214 patients were grouped according to the classification of the Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society, distinguishing those children with psychogenic headache was no longer possible.

Age Factors↗
PubMed1991

Proportionality of small for gestational age babies as a predictor of neonatal mortality and morbidity.

Neonatal mortality and morbidity of 2609 babies who weighed less than the fifth centile for gestational age were studied in order to evaluate the relationship between the type of intrauterine growth retardation and the short-term prognosis after birth. Of these babies, 1175 had both a birthweight and head circumference below the fifth centile ('proportionately small'); the others, whose body weight was below but head circumference above the fifth centile, were defined as 'disproportionately small'. The former group showed a consistently higher risk of death during the neonatal period. Morbidity defined by birth asphyxia, respiratory distress and neonatal infections was higher in those proportionately small babies who were delivered at term. The picture reversed for hyperbilirubinaemia, which was more frequent among disproportionately small babies. Proportionality, defined on the basis of the correspondence between birthweight and head circumference centiles, appears to be a simple and non-invasive clinical method to identify babies who are at higher risk of adverse outcome.

Asphyxia Neonatorum↗
PubMed1990

Pre-induction cervical ripening with prostaglandin E2 gel: intracervical versus intravaginal route.

The aim of our study was to evaluate the best method for cervical ripening before a classical induction with amniotomy and oxytocin. One hundred term pregnant patients who presented an unfavorable cervix and an indication for the induction of labor were assigned randomly to either 0.5 mg prostaglandin (PG) E2 gel intracervically (N = 52) or 3 mg PGE2 gel intravaginally (N = 48). The intravaginal gel had a greater effect on cervical ripening according to a modification of the Bishop score than did intracervical gel, but it had a higher incidence of side effects.

Administration, Intravaginal↗
PubMed1989

Behaviour and confidence of parents instructed in home management of febrile seizures by rectal diazepam.

The study was performed on a group of 91 children with their first febrile convulsion whose parents were then instructed in the use of rectal diazepam in the event of a further seizure. later, the families were periodically recalled for interviews. The aim was to study the acceptance and cooperation of the families, the psychological attitude and the relation between the findings and parents' educational level. At the end of the follow-up, 80% of the 91 families showed good cooperation and psychological benefits. There was no relationship between the findings at the end of the follow-up and families' educational level. Even in the presence of a favorable psychological attitude, recurrences of febrile convulsions were still a frightening experience for many parents.

Administration, Rectal↗
PubMedDate not supplied

[Standards of birth weight in Italy].

The Italian standards of birth weight have been computed using information routinely collected by the Italian Central Institute of Statistics on about 1,200,000 births in the period 1984-1985. Individual records include data on birth weight and main fetal and maternal characteristics and delivery modalities. The crude and smoothed 5th, 10th, 50th, 90th and 95th centiles of weight at birth as function of gestational age according to sex, type of birth, maternal age and parity are presented. Centiles of weight at birth were higher (about 5%) in males than in females in all gestational ages: for example the 50th centile of weight at 40 weeks gestation was 3479 g in males and 3332 g in females. Between the 28th and the 32nd week the 50th centile of birth weight for multiple births grew at a rate similar to that of singletons; but beyond 32 weeks the weight growth in multiple birth was markedly lower than in singleton ones, the median multiple birth weight reaching the 10th centile of singleton at 38 weeks. The values of centiles increased with parity in both sexes and all gestational ages. The difference was however limited: for example with reference to the 50th centile the value for births in women reporting three or more births was about 5% higher than in those reporting no previous birth. Likewise, centiles of weight were higher in older women, but the difference tended to disappear after 36 weeks gestation. This analysis shows from a large national data-set standards of weight at birth from a Southern European population, providing to obstetrics and perinatologists curves of fetal growth more directly representative of the population under their care.

Adolescent↗
PubMedDate not supplied

[Cervical ripening and induction of labor in term pregnancy using prostaglandin E2. Controlled clinical study comparing the intracervical and intravaginal routes].

106 term pregnant patients with unfavorable local condition (B.S. less than or equal to 5) and indication to induction of labour because of mother or fetus problems, were randomized for a controlled clinical trial. 52 patients (group A) received 0.5 mg. of PGE2 in 2 ml of tylose gel intracervically. 48 patients (group B) received 3.0 mg. of PGE2 in 5 ml of tylose gel intravaginally. 6 patients were excluded because of violation of protocol. The aim of our study was to evaluate the best method of cervical ripening before a classical induction with amniotomy and oxytocin. Our results show that intracervical PGE2 gel seems to have a better effect on the ripening of the cervix than the intravaginal one if we only consider the proposition of softening success (group A 14/52; group B 6/48). If the evaluation of the effect on the cervical ripening is made according to modification of Bishop's score after gel application, the situation seems inverted because the medians values of the modifications have obtained respectively for group A and B a variation of 2.0 and 3.0 points. Moreover the intravaginal way showed a significantly higher incidence of collateral effects.

Administration, Intravaginal↗