%0 Journal Article %J Emerg Med J %D 2012 %T A coughing spine. %A Norbedo, Stefania %A Perini, Roberto %A Amaddeo, Alessandro %K Cervical Vertebrae %K Child %K Dyspnea %K Humans %K Male %K Mediastinal Emphysema %K Spinal Diseases %K Subcutaneous Emphysema %K Tomography, X-Ray Computed %B Emerg Med J %V 29 %P 14 %8 2012 Jan %G eng %N 1 %1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21693479?dopt=Abstract %R 10.1136/emermed-2011-200108 %0 Journal Article %J J Pediatr %D 2012 %T Should cardiac involvement be included in the criteria for diagnosis of Churg Strauss syndrome? %A Amaddeo, Alessandro %A Ventura, Alessandro %A Marchetti, Federico %A Benettoni, Alessandra %A Londero, Margherita %K Adolescent %K Churg-Strauss Syndrome %K Heart Diseases %K Humans %K Male %B J Pediatr %V 160 %P 707 %8 2012 Apr %G eng %N 4 %1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22050872?dopt=Abstract %R 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.09.057 %0 Journal Article %J Neuromuscul Disord %D 2012 %T Stem cells in severe infantile spinal muscular atrophy (SMA1). %A Carrozzi, Marco %A Amaddeo, Alessandro %A Biondi, Andrea %A Zanus, Caterina %A Monti, Fabrizio %A Alessandro, Ventura %K Humans %K Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood %K Stem Cell Transplantation %K Stem Cells %K Treatment Outcome %B Neuromuscul Disord %V 22 %P 1032-4 %8 2012 Nov %G eng %N 11 %1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23046997?dopt=Abstract %R 10.1016/j.nmd.2012.09.005 %0 Journal Article %J Breastfeed Med %D 2011 %T Antidepressant drugs and breastfeeding: a review of the literature. %A Davanzo, Riccardo %A Copertino, Marco %A De Cunto, Angela %A Minen, Federico %A Amaddeo, Alessandro %K Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors %K Antidepressive Agents %K Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic %K Biological Availability %K Breast Feeding %K Depression, Postpartum %K Directive Counseling %K Drug Monitoring %K Female %K Humans %K Infant, Newborn %K Lactation %K Lithium Compounds %K Maternal Exposure %K Milk, Human %K Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors %K Pregnancy %K Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors %X

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' 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.

%B Breastfeed Med %V 6 %P 89-98 %8 2011 Apr %G eng %N 2 %1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20958101?dopt=Abstract %R 10.1089/bfm.2010.0019