Minerva PediatricsPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-05-27DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5276.24.07609-2
Marco Denina, Ada Papalia, Carlo Scolfaro, Erika Silvestro, Federica Mignone, Antonio Curtoni, Anna M Barbui, Silvia Garazzino
{"title":"Osteitis of the radius after bacillus Calmette-Guèrin vaccination in international adopted children.","authors":"Marco Denina, Ada Papalia, Carlo Scolfaro, Erika Silvestro, Federica Mignone, Antonio Curtoni, Anna M Barbui, Silvia Garazzino","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5276.24.07609-2","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5276.24.07609-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56337,"journal":{"name":"Minerva Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"716-718"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141158970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva PediatricsPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2023-11-10DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5276.23.06682-X
Afroditi E Zartaloudi
{"title":"Adolescent suicide: a major mental health issue in pediatric care.","authors":"Afroditi E Zartaloudi","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5276.23.06682-X","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5276.23.06682-X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adolescent suicide is a major public health problem, as suicide is one of the leading causes of death for adolescents. Predicting and preventing suicide represent very difficult challenges for clinicians. Youth suicide might be prevented by identifying risk factors for adolescent suicidal behavior. Diagnostic assessment involves identification of multiple factors including gender differences, psychopathology, comorbidity, interpersonal problems, family discord, family psychopathology, accessibility of lethal suicide methods, exposure to suicide, previous attempt, social support, life stressors, and protective factors. The literature clearly indicates a need for suicide awareness and prevention programs and for early identification of adolescents at risk for suicidal behaviors. However, many health care professionals who have frequent contact with adolescents are not sufficiently trained in suicide evaluation techniques and approaches to adolescents with suicidal behavior. Pediatricians and other health professionals involved in adolescents' care need more in-depth information about the characteristics and the warning signs for suicide.</p>","PeriodicalId":56337,"journal":{"name":"Minerva Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"660-678"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72016302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Changes in adolescent mental health during the Covid pandemic.","authors":"Çilem Bilginer, Selman Yildirim, Berire Çekin Yilmaz, Ercüment Beyhun, Serkan Karadeniz","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5276.21.06178-4","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5276.21.06178-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Previous pandemics around the world have shown that negative emotions are intensified in individuals when restrictions are imposed on human daily life activities. This study aims to draw attention to the pandemic-specific factors that might be associated with the severity of depression, anxiety, and COVID-19 phobia of high school students.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 1431 high school students aged 14 to 18 years were invited to participate in this study using online survey forms. They were asked to fill out a questionnaire about themselves and the changes in their lives during the pandemic. They completed the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-S) and the Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings showed that being a girl is an increased risk factor for anxiety, depression, and COVID-19 phobia. In addition, following the official daily COVID-19 data and having a healthcare professional in the building of residence are significant risk factors for COVID-19 phobia. Having a psychiatric disorder, having a chronic disease, losing anyone due to COVID-19 infection, undergoing a COVID-19 diagnostic test, and meeting friends in person are increased risk factors for anxiety or depression during the pandemic.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Changes in adolescents' lives caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are negatively affecting their mental health. Studies are needed to maintain the mental well-being of adolescents under the conditions of this pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":56337,"journal":{"name":"Minerva Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"652-659"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9919141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva PediatricsPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2023-06-16DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5276.23.07146-X
Agata Polizzi, Sergio Rinella, Martino Ruggieri, Amalia E Gentile, Cristiano M Verrelli, Marco Iosa
{"title":"Efficacy of videogames and exergames in pediatric neurorehabilitation: a systematic review.","authors":"Agata Polizzi, Sergio Rinella, Martino Ruggieri, Amalia E Gentile, Cristiano M Verrelli, Marco Iosa","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5276.23.07146-X","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5276.23.07146-X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>In recent years, the rehabilitation of children with neurological disorders has taken into account the possibility of using videogaming consoles and virtual reality systems to make children's therapy more enjoyable, motivating, participated and effective. This study aims at conducting a systematic review about the use and the efficacy of digital games in pediatric neurorehabilitation.</p><p><strong>Evidence acquisition: </strong>In accordance with the PRISMA approach, a rather wide-ranging search was conducted on PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases by using different combinations of keywords based on MeSH terms.</p><p><strong>Evidence synthesis: </strong>Fifty-five papers have been included into this review, namely, 38 original studies and 17 reviews. The total number of children and adolescents is 573, with 58% of them being affected by cerebral palsy. Despite a wide variability in the adopted protocols, devices, assessment tools, and a more frequent focus on motor aspects than on cognitive ones, the results of the majority of the analyzed studies support the safety (i.e., absence of severe adverse effects) and efficacy of the videogame-based therapy.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Videogames, when administered by means of commercial consoles or ad-hoc digital systems, seem to be a valid support for physical therapy. Further researchers are needed to deeply investigate the role of this approach in cognitive therapy and cognitive outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":56337,"journal":{"name":"Minerva Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"690-702"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10019478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva PediatricsPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-05-16DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5276.24.07578-5
Gun H Kee, Ran Huo
{"title":"Epithelioid angiosarcoma occurring in the lower jaw of infants.","authors":"Gun H Kee, Ran Huo","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5276.24.07578-5","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5276.24.07578-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56337,"journal":{"name":"Minerva Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"711-713"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140961281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva PediatricsPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2023-06-07DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5276.23.07105-7
Wei Lin, Falan Hong
{"title":"Effect of targeted responsibility system nursing combined with psychological intervention on compliance and complications of patients with autologous nasal septum and ear cartilage transplantation.","authors":"Wei Lin, Falan Hong","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5276.23.07105-7","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5276.23.07105-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The purpose was to explore the effect of targeted responsibility system nursing combined with psychological intervention on compliance and complications of patients with autologous nasal septum cartilage and ear cartilage transplantation filling.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective analysis of the clinical data of 80 patients who underwent rhinoplasty with autologous septal cartilage and ear cartilage graft filling was conducted. Patients before the implementation of the \"targeted accountable care combined with psychological intervention\" program from January 2020 to December 2020 were set up as the control group (N.=40), and patients after the implementation of the program from January 2021 to December 2021 were set up as the study group (N.=40). The Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA), Lund-Kennedy Endoscopy Score, Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD), treatment compliance, and complications were compared between the two groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At two weeks postoperatively, HAMA and HAMD were lower in the study group than in the control group (t=9.087, 9.265, P<0.05), and bilateral Lund-Kennedy scores were lower in the study group than in the control group (t=8.761, 10.267, P<0.05). The study group had a higher compliance excellence rate (75.00% vs. 52.50%) than the control group (χ<sup>2</sup>=4.021, P<0.05) and a lower complication rate (7.50% vs. 27.50%) than the control group (χ<sup>2</sup>=4.242, P<0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Targeted accountable care combined with psychological intervention can alleviate negative emotions in patients with nasal septum cartilage and ear cartilage graft filling, reduce the risk of postoperative soft tissue edema and other complications, and improve patient compliance with treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":56337,"journal":{"name":"Minerva Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"599-605"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9578414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva PediatricsPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-06-04DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5276.24.07600-6
Gianvincenzo Zuccotti, Valeria Calcaterra
{"title":"Perspectives on managing non-communicable diseases in pediatric health using artificial intelligence.","authors":"Gianvincenzo Zuccotti, Valeria Calcaterra","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5276.24.07600-6","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5276.24.07600-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56337,"journal":{"name":"Minerva Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"571-573"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141249269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva PediatricsPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2023-09-06DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5276.23.07163-X
Gürkan Ünsal, Ayşe I Orhan, Kaan Orhan, Ahmet F Ertürk, İlknur Özcan, Maria M Marrapodi, Marco Cicciù, Giuseppe Minervini
{"title":"The use of intraoral ultrasound in the evaluation of the benign lesions in pediatric patients.","authors":"Gürkan Ünsal, Ayşe I Orhan, Kaan Orhan, Ahmet F Ertürk, İlknur Özcan, Maria M Marrapodi, Marco Cicciù, Giuseppe Minervini","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5276.23.07163-X","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5276.23.07163-X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ultrasonography (US) or diagnostic sonography is a radiographic technique that uses sound waves with frequencies higher than 20 kHz to demonstrate soft tissues such as muscles, internal organs, joints, and tendons. The US has various applications in dentistry such as cervical lymph node examination, salivary gland examination, periodontal examination, maxillofacial fracture examination, temporomandibular joint examination, and orofacial swelling examination. One of the most important advantages of the US is it does not produce any ionizing radiation. Since the US does not produce any ionizing radiation, it is a favorable technique especially for the patients who are susceptible to ionizing radiation such as pregnant patients and pediatric patients. In this article, we presented benign tumor lesions that were examined with the US in children and conducted a review of the literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":56337,"journal":{"name":"Minerva Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"703-710"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10163359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva PediatricsPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2023-06-13DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5276.23.07211-7
Sara Sila, Tena Niseteo, Iva Hojsak
{"title":"Importance of dietary fiber in children.","authors":"Sara Sila, Tena Niseteo, Iva Hojsak","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5276.23.07211-7","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5276.23.07211-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dietary fibers (DFs) are essential components of human nutrition and are principally defined as non-digestible carbohydrates (oligosaccharides and polysaccharides) usually classified by their physicochemical and physiological characteristics (water solubility, viscosity, fermentability, and bulking effect). Unfortunately, there is limited information on dietary fiber recommendations for children, and the evidence on their effect on health and symptom control is mainly available for the adult population. Therefore, this review aims to give a comprehensive overview of the characteristics and dietary sources of dietary fiber and their potential health benefits in healthy children but also their potential use in the treatment of sick children.</p>","PeriodicalId":56337,"journal":{"name":"Minerva Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"679-689"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9977462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva PediatricsPub Date : 2024-09-25DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5276.24.07686-9
Chen Xia, Liu Lin, Haiyan Zhang
{"title":"Effects of yupingfeng granules combined with pediatric lung heat cough asthma on serum inflammatory factors and T lymphocyte subsets in children with Mycoplasma pneumonia.","authors":"Chen Xia, Liu Lin, Haiyan Zhang","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5276.24.07686-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S2724-5276.24.07686-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56337,"journal":{"name":"Minerva Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142333469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}