Pain

Deficit motorio e immagine corporea: intervento in piccolo gruppo in età preadolescenziale

Miu C, Bianchet K, Ruffilli R

2026/4 — pag. 82-87 — DOI

Background. Chronic illness with early onset may significantly impact a child’s psychological and behavioural development and be a risk factor during preadolescence. Objectives. To observe the quality of life (QoL) of preadolescents with Infantile C...

Efficacia e sicurezza di paracetamolo nei primi 1.000 giorni di vita: opinione di esperti

Scaglione F, Lora Aprile P, Peccarisi L, Villaccio B, Agosti M

2025/8 — pag. 203-210 — DOI

Paracetamol (also known as acetaminophen or N-acetyl-p-aminophenol, APAP) is the most widely used antipyretic and analgesic during pregnancy and early childhood, although its exact mechanism of action remains not fully understood. Several publication...

Un mal di schiena ostinato

Marra G, Lo Meo F, Dimartino G, Di Noto F, Gilotta C, Napoli L, La Torre ML, Allegra A, Ruffo GB, Cardella F, Corsello G.

2025/5 — pag. 323-326 — DOI

Emanuel is an 11-year-old boy of Ivorian descent, born and raised in Italy, who presented with recurrent migratory musculoskeletal pain. After excluding neurological and oncological conditions, his ethnic background and clinical course raised the sus...

Una bambina che non vuole camminare

Penco A.

2024/6 — pag. 396-396 — DOI

The paper describes the case of an eight-year-old girl presenting with limping, worsening bilateral foot sole pain: the unmistakable symptoms (refusal to stand and walk) contributed to the diagnosis of conversion/factitious disorder....

Un paziente scorbu… tico con dolore, edema e petecchie agli arti inferiori…

Basilio P.

2024/2 — pag. 120 — DOI

The diagnosis of vitamin C deficiency was eventually made in an autistic child complaining about leg pain. ...

Una bambina molto in gamba…: alla ricerca del suo dolore

Mambelli L, Gagliardo B, Minguzzi M, Marchetti F.

2024/1 — pag. 45-47 — DOI

Osteoid osteoma is a condition that causes pain and limping in the lower extremity. Therefore, a thorough investigation is necessary in preschool children with prolonged pain and limping. The paper presents the case of a 6-year-old girl with severe n...

Veloci… ma grassi Dupilumab per l’esofagite eosinofila: è sul N Engl J Med Terapia dell’emicrania: nel troppo prevale ancora il nulla Bene i FANS nel dolore traumatico (ibuprofene o ketorolac che sia) Stesso dolore ma meno attenzioni Non inferiore ma nemmeno… superiore

2023/1 — pag. 9-10 — DOI

Quando la sindrome di Guillain-Barré è più dolore che ipostenia

F. Marchetti, M. Roveran, F. Currò, M. Mainetti, C. Muratori, L. Casadio, P. Ricciardelli

2020/3 — pag. 179-182

The paper reports the case of a 4-year-old girl who had been suffering from progressive pain in her legs and back and impossibility of walking for 10 days. The presence of a slight hyposthenia but with absence of patellar reflexes was observed. The...

Sindrome di Guillain-Barré: dolore e pregiudizio

P. Pecile

2020/3 — pag. 185-187

La malattia drepanocitica in Pronto Soccorso

M. Casale, S. Perrotta, G. Russo, L. Sainati, R. Colombatti, G.L. Forni

2019/10 — pag. 639-644

Sickle cell disease is the most common genetic disorder observed at emergency units worldwide with more and more children being diagnosed with severe acute events. Emergency caregivers need to be aware of potentially life-threatening complications ...

Cure palliative pediatriche e uso di farmaci off-label

L. De Zen, F. Marchetti, E. Barbi, F. Benini

2019/2 — pag. 97-102

Paediatric palliative care (PPC) aims to ensure the control of symptoms and the best possible quality of life for patients whose underlying disease, characterised by an unstoppable evolution and negative prognosis, no longer responds to specific tr...

Up-date sulla gestione del dolore del bambino in Pronto Soccorso

F. Benini, S. Congedi, C. Scalfaro, E. Barbi, A.F. Podestà, per Il Gruppo di Studio PIPER

2019/1 — pag. 19-27

Pain is a frequent symptom in paediatric population, especially in the emergency setting; nevertheless pain is poorly managed in clinical practice. The present paper aims to give an up-to-date analysis concerning paediatric pain in emergency units,...

Dolore neonatale, empatia materna e depressione postpartum: attivazione funzionali della corteccia cerebrale nella relazione madre-neonato

G. Caoduro

2019/1 — pag. 17-17

Dolore e funzione: il ruolo del catastrofismo

E. Parisotto, G. Morabito, G. Cozzi, F. Fusco, D. Sambugaro, R. Cavallo, E. Barbi, A. Ventura

2018/1

Algodistrofia: cosa deve sapere il pediatra

G. Ferrara, G. Zanella, G. Gortani, I. Bruno, S. Pastore, M. Carbone, A. Taddio, A. Ventura

2017/4 — pag. 237-242

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a debilitating pain condition characterized by continuous and severe pain that usually affects a limb. The syndrome is well-described in adults, but can also affect children and adolescents. Symptoms include...

Il trattamento del dolore nei Pronto Soccorso italiani

F. Benini, S. Congedi, A. Minicucci, S. Rossin, N. Pinnelli, P. Petralia, A. Pennella

2017/3 — pag. 163-168

Background - Pain is a crucial aspect in the emergency-urgent care setting. Objective - This paper aims to evaluate the satisfaction expressed by accompanying adults and children on pain management in the Italian Emergency Units (EUs) that are mem...

Dolore organico o funzionale?

V. Carrato, B. Sacher

2017/1 — pag. 54-56

L’ultima chance “organica” per Maya

C. Liberati, G. Giunta, M. Bellettato

2016/7

Tramadolo: valida alternativa alla codeina?

A. Di Sessa, P. Marzuillo, L. Calligaris, I. Rabach, S. Furlan, E. Barbi

2016/1 — pag. 41-45

In June 2013, the European Medicine Agency (EMA) prohibited the use of medicines containing codeine for patients under 12 years of age. The EMA recommendations impose a change in the management of moderate-severe pain in children. Tramadol, an opi...

La “best practice” della misurazione del dolore nel bambino

Gruppo Interregionale Cure Palliative Pediatriche e Terapia del Dolore

2015/10 — pag. 652-655

Dolori in fuga

D. Sambugaro

2015/7 — pag. 463-464

A ognuno il suo Ebola

2014/9 — pag. 555

Come si usa il paracetamolo

A. Di Sessa, F. Nappi, P. Marzuillo, E. Barbi

2014/7 — pag. 451-458

Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is one of the most popular and widely used drug for the treatment of pain and fever in children. Despite its frequent prescription, a full knowledge of many aspects regarding the mechanism of action is lacking. There are...

Le scale per la valutazione del dolore neonatale

C. Domenicali, E. Ballardini, G. Garani, C. Borgna-Pignatti, M. Dondi

2014/4 — pag. 223-231

Contrary to what was believed in the past, a newborn can experience pain. Anatomic structures involved in nociception are already mature at birth and now it is known that the recurrence of painful stimulations in a precocious period of brain develo...

Una lingua molto dolorosa

M. Vidoni, E. Zanelli, M. Starc

2013/9 — pag. 595-596

Dolore da venipuntura: come trattarlo?

V. Guastalla, M. Minute, S. Schreiber, E. Neri, E. Barbi

2013/7 — pag. 440-445

Venipuncture, although it is relatively simple and fast, is one of the painful procedures which is most frequently performed on paediatric patients. The pain in this context is present in 50% of children, and has been rated as moderate to severe in...

Il dolore acuto del bambino: dalla misurazione al trattamento, farmacologico e non

G. Facchina, M. Minute, M. Massaro, L. Calligaris, S. Schreiber, S. Norbedo, E. Barbi

2013/4 — pag. 237-242

Background - Pain is a relevant symptom reported by children who require Emergency Unit evaluation, but it is still underestimated and undertreated. Purpose - This review offers simple information about pharmacological and non-pharmacological appr...

Dolori senza dottori: la gestione del dolore nei bambini con gravi deficit cognitivi

M. Massaro, G. Pisciotta, P. Vallon, E. Barbi, A. Ventura

2012/5 — pag. 307-313

Pain is a frequent and relevant problem in children with severe cognitive impairments, but it is often underrated and therefore undertreated. A good pain management for these patients requires the use of specific validated pain scales, in order to ...

Il bambino con disabilità: sono proprio dolori per i dottori?

S. Amarri

2012/5 — pag. 279-280

La pelle che fa male

M. Cutrone

2012/4 — pag. 244-250

Il dolore del neonato

C.V. Bellieni, L. Iantorno, G. Buonocore

2010/5 — pag. 289-301

Neonatal pain is still today inadequately treated. This flaw is due to several reasons, among which the difficulty to consider newborns as patients like others and to understand their language. Newborns feel pain and it is our duty to prevent, reco...

Sanità. Farmaci oppiodi, il 65% dei medici chiede formazione Uno studio conferma che il bullismo si accanisce sui bambini obesiOtto medici su dieci prescrivono esami inutili per paura di contenziosi legaliI nati prematuri risultano piu' sensibili al doloreUn nuovo trattamento per i pidocchiIl mondo di domani: prima analisi del genoma fornisce sguardo al futuro della medicina personalizzataMigliora la sopravvivenza di bambini e adolescenti affetti da anemia falciformeAprono gli «agronidi» in tutta Italia. Coldiretti: un sogno per 3 genitori su 4La religione a scuola fa media: che erroreScopellitti (calabria): «prima di tutto dovremo presentare un piano di rientro»Boom delle denunce alle assicurazioniLe misure correttive del governo sulla farmaceutica

a cura Irene Bruno e Alessandra Perco

2010/5

Il dolore: le vie, i segni, i tempi, le cureAlcune specificità del dolore in pediatria. Riassunto e revisione delle conoscenze e della pratica

F. Panizon, E. Barbi

2010/5 — pag. 289-301

The paper deals with pain in children. In the first part the most relevant physio-pathological aspects and the changing patterns of pain according to age are described. The relevance of the maturation of the central nervous system in the perception...

Il placebo, 23 anni dopo

F. Panizon, M. Fontana

2008/9 — pag. 571-577

The meaning itself of the word placebo has changed in time: from “drug prescribed to relieve the mind rather than because of its actual effect on the disease” to “improvement observed after the simulated treatment” or to “there is not only one placeb...

Dal dolore alla diagnosi della malattia

F. Panizon

2007/5 — pag. 299-308

On the basis of the “unforgettable cases” drawn from personal experience, of the mistakes easily made in clinical practice, and especially of specific Literature mostly taken from the main consulting texts, the author tries to synthesize the use of t...

Quegli spilli alle mani e ai piedi

Elisabetta Mazzucchi

2007/4 — pag. 255-256

Analgesie nel minore: una scelta obbligataOrario di ambulatorio e pazienti ritardatari

2006/4 — pag. 255-256

Desametasone nelle faringiti moderate-severe

I. Bruno

2005/4

Il trattamento sintomatico della febbre e del dolore nella pratica ambulatoriale

F. Marchetti, J. Bua, M. Maschio, E. Barbi

2005/1 — pag. 47-54

Acetaminophen and ibuprofen are the first choice drugs (and in the UK the only authorized ones) for the treatment of fever and minor pain (earache, arthralgia, headache). There are several more NSAID molecules which are currently used in paediatric...

Sedazioni profonde ripetute in Emato-oncologia: vissuto dei bambini affetti da leucemia e delle loro famiglie

2004/11 — pag. 723-725

Painful procedures are a major source of distress for children with leukaemia and for their parents. Procedural sedation, and possibly deep sedation, is recommended for these patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the attitudes of patient...

Guarire con le parole: il dolore “senza causa”

L. Peratoner

2003/10 — pag. 657-662

The Author offers an overview of the problem of pain with no apparent cause in children and adolescents. Two such cases, the first of fibromyalgia and the second of headache, are reported. In such cases the quality of the communication with the fam...

La malattia di Anderson-Fabry in età pediatrica

V.I. Guerci, M.G. Pittis, G. Ciana, et al.

2003/5 — pag. 309

Fabry disease is an X-linked, recessive inborn error of glycosphingolipid metabolism resulting from deficient alpha-galactosidase A activity. The codifying gene has been mapped in position Xq22.1 and more than 150 mutations are known, most of them ...

Prevenire il dolore da prelievo nel neonato

F. Marchetti, E. Barbi

2002/9 — pag. 581-583

Newborn babies are frequently exposed to painful procedures and blood sampling is the most frequent one. Recent studies have focused on this aspect and provided useful information. We know for example that blood sampling from the toes is more painf...

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2000/10 — pag. 621-622