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V Carnelli

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[Sudden infant death syndrome in Italy. A multidisciplinary approach].

A Center for the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome has been established in 1981. Active research involves clinical prospective studies and basic research, mostly aimed at testing our cardiac theory for SIDS. The bereaved families enter in a follow-up program with specific psychological support. At risk babies are evaluated for cardio-respiratory abnormalities and repeatedly controlled. Parents of victims are in the process of forming a group with the objective to support and inform the families of new victims. This is the first attempt to approach systematically the SIDS problem in Italy.

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[Intestinal lymphangiectasis: late complication of transportation of the great vessels corrected by the Mustard technic. A clinical case].

The Great Arteries Transposition corrected by Mustard's repair is often complicated with inferior vena cava obstruction with consequent intestinal lymphangiectasia and protein-losing enteropathy. We report a case of a 9 years old boy who underwent Mustard's repair and presented diarrhoea, abdominal pain, hypoproteinemia and ascites. The fecal elimination of 51Cr-labeled albumin was remarkable increased and the intestinal biopsy showed a noteworthy lymphangiectasia due to an hemodynamic overload. Therefore subjects with Great Arteries Transposition corrected by Mustard's repair should be valued in the post-surgical follow-up by 51Cr-labeled albumin fecal elimination and by intestinal biopsy, already sensitive in asymptomatic phase.

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[Clinical improvement induced by chemotherapy and social rehabilitation in a preterminal case of brain stem neoplasm: the objective and instrumental aspects].

A sixteen-years-old boy with a brain-stem neoplasia inducing coma was treated with chemotherapeutic agents. It resulted in dramatic clinical and instrumental improvement; radiologic findings were evaluated, showing decreasing dimension of intracranial mass. Brain-stem auditory evoked potentials were highly sensitive. We think that chemotherapy can be considered among the options a physician can offer to such a patient explaining informed consensus.

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[Treatment of iron deficiency in infancy with iron-acetyl transferrin].

In twenty eight patients with iron deficiency the efficacy of iron-acetil-transferrin treatment (2-3 mg/kg/die) has been evaluated from the changes of the following variables: RBC and reticulocyte count, Hb concentration, MCV, MCH, serum ferritin, serum iron, TIBC, and ZnPP. These variables were assessed before and after three months of treatment in all patients, and after three months from the end of the treatment in thirteen patients. At the end of the treatment there was a significant increase of RBC count, Hb concentration, MCV, MCH, serum ferritin, serum iron, and TIBC, a significant decrease of ZnPP, while reticulocyte count remained essentially unchanged. After three months from the end of the treatment only serum ferritin and ZnPP underwent an additional significant increase and decrease, respectively. In twenty-six patients serum ferritin values returned to normal. The changes of RBC and reticulocyte count, Hb concentration, MCV, serum iron, and TIBC were larger the lower the initial values, suggesting that the efficacy of the treatment is greater the more serious the iron deficiency.

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[Use of the NSAID ketoprofen lysine salt in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in inflammatory disease in children].

Nineteen young females, aged 4 months-13 years, suffering from intermediate erythrocyte G6PD deficiency plus 14 hemizygote males, aged 6 months and 16 years, and one dizigote and completely deficient female were treated with ketoprofen lysine salt for upper and lower respiratory tract diseases. The drug was administered rectally at the dose of 30 or 60 mg twice or thrice a day according to the weight of the patients, i.e. around 2,5 mg ketoprofen lysine salt pro kg. Concomitant drugs were present in 6 cases, i.e. antibiotics and or inhaled corticosteroids. Fever disappeared within two days in 80% of cases. No systemic and/or local adverse event or haemolysis was evident both clinically and at laboratory analysis. Ketoprofen lysine salt, when administered for a short time period, is effective and safe also in G6PD deficient patients.

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