@article {8308, title = {Body mass index curves for Italian preterm infants are comparable with American curves for infants born before 34 weeks of gestational age.}, journal = {Acta Paediatr}, volume = {105}, year = {2016}, month = {2016 May}, pages = {483-9}, abstract = {

AIM: Body mass index (BMI)-for-age curves have been developed in the USA, but not compared with other populations. This study created gender-specific intrauterine BMI-for-age curves for Italian preterm infants and compared them with the USA version.

METHODS: Data on 92 262 newborn infants, born at 26-42 weeks of gestational age in the north-eastern Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia between 2005 and 2013, were analysed to create gender-specific BMI-for-age curves. Gender-specific and age-specific BMI Z scores for Italian infants were calculated using the parameters of the USA growth curves and the World Health Organization charts.

RESULTS: Gender-specific BMI-for-age at birth curves were developed for premature Italian infants from 26 gestational weeks. The comparison with the USA charts showed no significant difference in BMI percentiles in Italian infants born at <=33 gestational weeks, but infants born at >=34 gestational weeks had a significantly higher BMI than the USA population, by 0.2 standard deviations.

CONCLUSION: We developed the first European BMI-for-age at birth curves for premature infants. According to our findings, the Italian curves were comparable to the USA curves for the subgroup of infants born at <=33 gestational weeks, but not >=34 gestational weeks.

}, issn = {1651-2227}, doi = {10.1111/apa.13364}, author = {Paviotti, Giulia and Monasta, Lorenzo and Ronfani, Luca and Montico, Marcella and Copertino, Marco and De Cunto, Angela and Demarini, Sergio} } @article {7778, title = {A Shining Scrotal Fountain.}, journal = {J Pediatr}, volume = {167}, year = {2015}, month = {2015 Jul}, pages = {205.e1}, keywords = {Child, Edema, Humans, Male, Penile Diseases, Scrotum}, issn = {1097-6833}, doi = {10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.04.011}, author = {Copertino, Marco and Benelli, Elisa and Gregori, Massimo and Barbi, Egidio and Ventura, Alessandro} } @article {1865, title = {A child with severe pneumomediastinum and ABCA3 gene mutation: a puzzling connection.}, journal = {Arch Bronconeumol}, volume = {48}, year = {2012}, month = {2012 Apr}, pages = {139-40}, keywords = {Anemia, ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters, Child, Preschool, Dyspnea, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Heterozygote, Humans, Intensive Care, Leukocytosis, Male, Mediastinal Emphysema, Mutation, Missense, Point Mutation, Pulmonary Emphysema, Respiratory Tract Infections, Subcutaneous Emphysema, Tomography, X-Ray Computed}, issn = {1579-2129}, doi = {10.1016/j.arbres.2011.11.008}, author = {Copertino, Marco and Barbi, Egidio and Poli, Furio and Zennaro, Floriana and Ferrari, Maurizio and Carrera, Paola and Ventura, Alessandro} } @article {1647, title = {Antidepressant drugs and breastfeeding: a review of the literature.}, journal = {Breastfeed Med}, volume = {6}, year = {2011}, month = {2011 Apr}, pages = {89-98}, abstract = {

The use of antidepressants in breastfeeding mothers is controversial: Manufacters often routinely discourage breastfeeding for the nursing mother despite the well-known positive impact that breastfeeding carries on the health of the nursing infant and on his or her family and society. We conducted a systematic review of drugs commonly used in the treatment of postpartum depression. For every single drug two sets of data were provided: (1) selected pharmacokinetic characteristics such as half-life, milk-to-plasma ratio, protein binding, and oral bioavailability and (2) information about lactational risk, according to some authoritative sources of the literature: Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation edited by Briggs et al. (Lippincott Williams, Philadelphia, 2008), Medications and Mothers{\textquoteright} Milk by Hale (Hale Publishing, Amarillo, TX, 2010), and the LactMed database of TOXNET ( www.pubmed.gov ; accessed June 2010). Notwithstanding a certain variability of advice, we found that (1) knowledge of pharmacokinetic characteristics are scarcely useful to assess safety and (2) the majority of antidepressants are not usually contraindicated: (a) Selective serotinin reuptake inhibitors and nortryptiline have a better safety profile during lactation, (b) fluoxetine must be used carefully, (c) the tricyclic doxepine and the atypical nefazodone should better be avoided, and (d) lithium, usually considered as contraindicated, has been recently rehabilitated.

}, keywords = {Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors, Antidepressive Agents, Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic, Biological Availability, Breast Feeding, Depression, Postpartum, Directive Counseling, Drug Monitoring, Female, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Lactation, Lithium Compounds, Maternal Exposure, Milk, Human, Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors, Pregnancy, Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors}, issn = {1556-8342}, doi = {10.1089/bfm.2010.0019}, author = {Davanzo, Riccardo and Copertino, Marco and De Cunto, Angela and Minen, Federico and Amaddeo, Alessandro} }