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Cough

69 articoli — 1997-2026

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La tosse che faceva... tic: quando il sintomo inganna il pediatra

Falcone M, Fioretto A, Fiorenza G, Esposito S

2026/2 — pag. 42-42 — DOI

Chronic paediatric cough may often have psychogenic origins when organic causes are excluded. This report describes the case of a 13-year-old boy with a persistent, metallic, diurnal cough that lasted for one year and was unresponsive to treatments f...

RI Aggiornamento
La bronchite eosinofila

Longo G, Badina L, Berti I, Maschio M, Amaddeo A.

2025/8 — pag. 489-498 — DOI

Eosinophilic bronchitis is a clinical entity characterized by bronchial eosinophilic inflammation that clinically manifests only with chronic, essentially dry cough. Just like asthma, it responds well to inhaled corticosteroid therapy, but it differs...

RI Lettere
La bronchite eosinofila: la riconosci se la conosci

Thiebat E, Longo G.

2025/8 — pag. 488 — DOI

RI Casi indimenticabili
La tosse di Arnold

Giuseppin I.

2025/1 — pag. 49-50 — DOI

A 9-year-old boy presenting with a persistent dry cough for 3 weeks is examined without any lung-related findings. When inspecting the ear, a pink pencil lodged in the earwax was discovered and removed. As a consequence the cough, which was caused b...

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Quando la pertosse riemerge: si discute del noto e non noto

Parisi M, Marchetti F.

2024/5 — pag. 284-285 — DOI

RI Lettere
Faringite e rivalutazione dello score di McIsaac

Salvatore B, Marchetti F.

2024/3 — pag. 148 — DOI

RI Problemi correnti
Tutta la tosse in una figura

Longo G.

2024/2 — pag. 87-93 — DOI

Cough is the most common cause of unscheduled paediatric visits. The figure in the article shows the main causes of paediatric coughs differentiated by duration, quality (dry or wet) and night-time coughing. With these few simple key anamnestic eleme...

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Pensa alla bronchite eosinofila

Fusco F.

2023/10 — pag. 662-663 — DOI

The diagnosis of eosinophilic bronchitis was finally done in a 4-year-old girl with dry, long lasting cough...

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Sindrome da ipersensibilità dei recettori della tosse (SIRT): “la tosse che fa tosse”

Longo G.

2023/7 — pag. 427-436 — DOI

Dry cough usually accompanies the first few days of each “cold” (Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: URTI), but in some children, it always recurs with a particular intensity that “prevents sleep” and puts the whole family to the test. This cough is r...

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La polmonite da adenovirus

Zago A, Benvenuto S.

2023/4 — pag. 261-263 — DOI

The author describes the case of a 3-year-old boy presenting with cough and fever that had been persisting for seven days and not respondent to amoxicillin. Neutrophilic leukocytosis and diarrhoea were also present. The diagnosis of adenovirus infect...

RI Domande e risposte
Tosse secca persistente Asma e spirometria

2022/10 — pag. 659 — DOI

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Travolti da un insolito destino nell’immenso mare degli eosinofili

Iannicelli A.

2022/6 — pag. 393-395 — DOI

The case of an adolescent with persistent cough and blood eosinophilia eventually diagnosed as idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome is presented. The diagnostic approach to hypereosinophilia is discussed....

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Una tosse… a clacson

Colussi L

2022/5 — pag. 113-113 — DOI

The case of a ten-year-old boy with persistent cough is presented. The diagnosis of bizarre disruptive honking cough was eventually made. The possible clinical features of the somatic cough are discussed....

RI Domande e risposte
Bronchite batterica protratta, trattamento antibiotico

2022/2 — pag. 131

RI Com'è andata a finire
Un Duchenne che non convince

Corona F, Conti R, Maschio M, Chicco D, Barbi E.

2022/1 — pag. 51-53 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 20-year-old boy suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy. During his usual pneumology check-up he reported that he had cough with blood traces (not responsive to antibiotic therapy), palpitations, oppressive and retr...

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Un asma sine asma: la SIRT

Contorno S

2021/2 — pag. 57-57 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a girl with recurrent cough attributable to the so-called Cough Hypersensitivity Syndrome (CHS). The cough was misdiagnosed as drug resistant asthma for long time. CHS should be considered in all cases where recurrent,...

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Un’opprimente tumefazione laterocervicale... da far mancare il respiro

Mellino C, Gasperini P, Conte ML, Dell’Omo V, Libertucci F, Bigucci B, Inserra A, Vergine G

2021/1 — pag. 15-18 — DOI

Lymphatic malformations are low-flow vascular anomalies of the lymphatic system that occur in one out of 2-4,000 live births. They may be classified as macrocystic (diameter > 1 cm), microcystic (diameter < 1 cm) or mixed. Lymphatic malformations tha...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Pertosse: “vomita solo di notte”

P. Pecile

2018/10

RI Domande e risposte
Herpes zoster e lattante Una tosse psicogena

2018/3 — pag. 197

RI Quello che ho imparato in...
Allergologia

P. Pascolo, A. Velkoski

2018/3 — pag. 189-191

RI Il graffio
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La pediatria si è fermata a Idomeni

2016/3 — pag. 151

EL Casi indimenticabili
Un petto che brucia

A. Filpo

2016/1

RI Pagine elettroniche
Un lobo polmonare iperlucente

G. Vieni, S. Pusceddu, L. Mambelli, F. Pugliese, V. Poletti, F. Marchetti

2015/9 — pag. 593-595

The paper describes the case of a 7-year-old female child with a history of chronic cough following an acute respiratory infection and unilateral hyperlucent lung on chest radiograph. The diagnosis was Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome, based on chara...

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Bronchite batterica protratta dai casi clinici alla messa a fuoco di una entità poco conosciuta e “maltrattata”

C. Bibalo, C. Bibalo, M. Tubaro, A. Ventura, G. Longo

2015/9 — pag. 565-572

Protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) is a wet, “smoker-like” cough that persists more than 4 weeks (chronic, not remitting cough) and promptly responds to an appropriate antimicrobial treatment. Although it is the most common cause of chronic coug...

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Un caso di tosse cronica e asma non controllato: non è tutto asma ciò che tossisce

A. Nucci, F. Tubili

2015/9

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Un lobo polmonare iperlucente

G. Vieni, S. Pusceddu, L. Mambelli, F. Pugliese, V. Poletti, F. Marchetti

2015/9

The paper describes the case of a 7-year-old female child with a history of chronic cough following an acute respiratory infection and unilateral hyperlucent lung on chest radiograph. The diagnosis was Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome, based on character...

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Dolori in fuga

D. Sambugaro

2015/7 — pag. 463-464

RI Casi indimenticabili
Una tosse con il timbro da clacson

M.C. Pellegrin

2014/9 — pag. 595-596

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7 spose per 7 fratelli

F.M. de Benedictis, M. Manna, S. Angeloni, I. Carloni, A. Guerrieri, D. de Benedictis, L. Mirabile

2014/6 — pag. 377-382

This article reports on the cases of seven children observed in a tertiary care children’s hospital who were affected by different respiratory diseases. Their clinical presentation was invariably characterized by common respiratory symptoms, such a...

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La fibrosi cistica al tempo dello screening

F. Marchetti, G. Vieni, F. Pugliese, I. Venturi, V. Poletti, M. Ambroni, F. Battistini

2014/1 — pag. 49-51

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Tosse acuta e miele

S. Miceli Sopo, S. Monaco, M. Greco, G. Varrasi, G. Simeone

2014/1 — pag. 41-46

Recent Australian guidelines on cough in children recommend the use of honey as cough suppressant. Conversely, the same guidelines, just like other documents previously published, advise against the use of drugs like antitussives, such as codeine a...

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Quando è l’orecchio a tossire

M. Copertina, S. Dal Bo

2013/10

RI Domande e risposte
Bronchite batterica protratta Sanguinamento dal capezzolo

2013/5 — pag. 331

RI Pagine elettroniche
L’uso del miele nella tosse acuta

D. Sambugaro, F. Fusco

2012/5 — pag. 329-330

EL Appunti di Terapia
L'uso del miele nella tosse acuta

D. Sambugaro, F. Fusco

2012/5

EL Casi indimenticabili
Quella tosse accessuale che non passa...

F. Barbato

2012/5

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Accesso libero
BASTA, BASTA, BASTAcon l'eccesso di diagnosi di Reflusso Gastro Esofageo!!!

M. Pavan, A. Magnolato

2012/2

EL Casi indimenticabili
Tre pneumologi per una diagnosi

D. Erba

2011/9

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Medicine per la tosse e il raffreddore: si può anche morire!

G. Bartolozzi

2008/7

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È giustificato un diverso approccio terapeutico nel trattamento dell’atrofia muscolare spinale di tipo 1? Insegnamenti da un caso clinico

C. Geraci, G. Paloni, A. Saccari, L. Badina, E. Barbi, E. Catarruzzi, R. Sartori, G. Ottonello

2008/4 — pag. 260-261

Children affected by spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) can develop serious respiratory complications including atelectasis, pneumonia, small airway obstruction and acidosis, principally because of impaired cough secondary to weakness of chest wall. I...

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E' giustificato un diverso approccio terapeutico nel trattamento dell'atrofia muscolare spinale di tipo 1? Insegnamenti concreti da un caso clinico

C. Geraci, G. Paloni, A. Saccari, L. Bana, E. Barbi, E. Catarruzzi, R. Sartori, G. Ottonello

2008/4

EL Pediatria per l'ospedale
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CROUP (parte prima)

G. Bartolozzi

2008/4

RI Problemi non correnti
Il bambino con tosse cronica e bronchiectasie: inquadramento e proposte terapeutiche

C. Braggion, U. Pradal, A. Delmarco, M. Carli

2003/6 — pag. 371-380

Little is known about the prevalence of bronchiectasis (BR) in paediatric age. However, outside the case of cystic fibrosis (CF), they seem to be rare. The BR can be localised or disseminated. For the former, the most common etiology is post-infect...

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
Tre consigli per tre malattie: polmonite, tosse, otite

F. Panizon

2002/1 — pag. 31-34

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
Il pediatra al telefono: audit e formazione permanente

D. Ferrara, M.R. Romano, E. Scalici, L. Peratoner

2001/2 — pag. 95-98

An audit of paediatric telephone advice practice was organized as part of a CME programme. Four cases were discussed as emblematic of common conditions for which paediatric telephone advice is frequently seeked: fever, cough, vomiting and feeding p...

RI Problemi correnti
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La tosse (o le tossi)

G. Longo, E. Barbi

2000/10 — pag. 631-635

Cough is a frequent symptom, ranging from the simple, irritatingly cough associated with the common cold to the catarrhal cough of sinusitis and to the prolonged afebrile non productive cough caused by intracellular pathogens such as Mycoplasma and...

RI Focus
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Tempi e modalità di prevenzione della malnutrizione ospedaliera: il bambino cerebroleso

A. Tedeschi

2000/5 — pag. 296-299

The prevalence of deglutition problems in patients with SNC disorders is high, yet often underestimated. About 50% of these patients develop severe malnutrition and suffer from acute respiratory problems. Enteral feeding, through nasogastric tube o...

EL Protocolli in pediatria ambulatoriale
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Tosse e bronchite

F. Panizon

1999/4

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
I sintomi che parlano Parte seconda

A. Ventura, G. Longo

1998/3 — pag. 173-175

RI Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Ger e infezioni respiratorie ricorrenti nel bambino

A. Barbato, C. Palaro, T. Surico

1997/9 — pag. 591-593

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
La bronchite

F. Panizon, S. Di Mario

1997/9 — pag. 577-580

The Authors review the clinical and ethiological spectrum of bronchitis. Cough is always the leading symptoms, and may be accompanied by rhinorrhea, wheezing, or vomitus. The combination of cough with other symptoms, as well as the duration of ...

RI Casi indimenticabili
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Non sempre la tosse è "asma"

A. Boner

1997/8 — pag. 532-533

RI Casi indimenticabili
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La storia di Omar

P. Meglio

1997/5 — pag. 325-327