Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Article	Citations
Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in newborns and infants: what we know so far	104
The psycho-social effects of COVID-19 on Italian adolescents’ attitudes and behaviors	104
The global prevalence of autism spectrum disorder: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis	96
Smartphone use and addiction during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: cohort study on 184 Italian children and adolescents	96
Increased incidence of precocious and accelerated puberty in females during and after the Italian lockdown for the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic	77
Reluctance to seek pediatric care during the COVID-19 pandemic and the risks of delayed diagnosis	70
Childhood multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 (MIS-C): a diagnostic and treatment guidance from the Rheumatology Study Group of the Italian Society of Pediatrics	66
COVID-19 and the re-opening of schools: a policy maker’s dilemma	60
Epidemiology and prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infections in children in Italy	59
Neurological complications in pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review of the literature	58
Macronutrient balance and micronutrient amounts through growth and development	58
Consensus statement of the Italian society of pediatric allergy and immunology for the pragmatic management of children and adolescents with allergic or immunological diseases during the COVID-19 pand	57
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Emergency Department of a tertiary children’s hospital	54
The global prevalence of ADHD in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis	47
Determinants of postnatal care utilization in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta and multilevel analysis of data from 36 sub-Saharan countries	47
Treatment of children with COVID-19: position paper of the Italian Society of Pediatric Infectious Disease	46
Quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of adolescents: the crucial role of technology	39
“Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on early onset of puberty: experience of an Italian tertiary center”	36
Italian intersociety consensus on management of long covid in children	33
Prevention of recurrent respiratory infections	33
Could nutritional supplements act as therapeutic adjuvants in COVID-19?	31
Sleep disorders reveal distress among children and adolescents during the Covid-19 first wave: results of a large web-based Italian survey	31
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on lifestyle behaviors in children and adolescents: an international overview	30
The adolescent with obesity: what perspectives for treatment?	30
UPDATE - 2022 Italian guidelines on the management of bronchiolitis in infants	29

Crohn disease-like enterocolitis remission after empagliflozin treatment in a child with glycogen storage disease type Ib: a case report	28
Long COVID-19 in children: an Italian cohort study	28
Clinical features of pediatric post-acute COVID-19: a descriptive retrospective follow-up study	27
Recommendations for neonatologists and pediatricians working in first level birthing centers on the first communication of genetic disease and malformation syndrome diagnosis: consensus issued by 6 It	25
Does cystic fibrosis constitute an advantage in COVID-19 infection?	25
Comprehensive and safe school strategy during COVID-19 pandemic	25
Revised recommendations of the Italian Society of Pediatrics about the general management of Kawasaki disease	24
The lockdown effects on a pediatric obese population in the COVID-19 era	24
Digital technologies for an improved management of respiratory allergic diseases: 10 years of clinical studies using an online platform for patients and physicians	23
Prenatal and postnatal determinants in shaping offspring’s microbiome in the first 1000 days: study protocol and preliminary results at one month of life	22
Italian pediatric respiratory society recommendations on pediatric pulmonary function testing during COVID-19 pandemic	22
Recommendations for early diagnosis of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH): working group intersociety consensus document	22
Point of view of the Italians pediatric scientific societies about the pediatric care during the COVID-19 lockdown: what has changed and future prospects for restarting	22
The child with medical complexity	22
Neonatal hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia: case report of kabuki syndrome due to a novel KMT2D splicing-site mutation	21
COVID-19 quarantine: Psychological impact and support for children and parents	21
Cardiac dysfunction in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: An Italian single-center study	21
The pandemic within the pandemic: the surge of neuropsychological disorders in Italian children during the COVID-19 era	21
The impact of pregnancy induced hypertension on low birth weight in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis	20
Novel missense mutation of the TP63 gene in a newborn with Hay-Wells/Ankyloblepharon-Ectodermal defects-Cleft lip/palate (AEC) syndrome: clinical report and follow-up	20
Central precocious puberty during COVID-19 pandemic and sleep disturbance: an exploratory study	19
Pediatric obesity: prevention is better than care	19
Real-time ultrasound for tip location of umbilical venous catheter in neonates: a pre/post intervention study	19
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease: case report of a newborn with rare PKHD1 mutation, rapid renal enlargement and early fatal outcome	19
Emotional symptoms and their related factors in adolescents during the acute phase of Covid-19 outbreak in South Italy	18
Novel LRPPRC compound heterozygous mutation in a child with early-onset Leigh syndrome French-Canadian type: case report of an Italian patient	18
Ventilation, oxidative stress and risk of brain injury in preterm newborn	18
Jacobsen syndrome and neonatal bleeding: report on two unrelated patients	18
Pooled prevalence and determinants of skilled birth attendant delivery in East Africa countries: a multilevel analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys	18
Targeted re-sequencing for early diagnosis of genetic causes of childhood epilepsy: the Italian experience from the ‘beyond epilepsy’ project	17
Determinant factors of under-five mortality in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s region (SNNPR), Ethiopia	17
School in Italy: a safe place for children and adolescents	17
Reasons for SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and their role in the transmission of infection according to age: a case-control study	17
Two seriously ill neonates born to mothers with COVID-19 pneumonia- a case report	17
Risk factors and treatments for disseminated intravascular coagulation in neonates	16
Cardiovascular risk in children: a burden for future generations	16
A neonatal cluster of novel coronavirus disease 2019: clinical management and considerations	16
Clinical picture and long-term symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection in an Italian pediatric population	16
Incidence of neonatal mortality and its predictors among live births in Ethiopia: Gompertz gamma shared frailty model	16
Incidence and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity in an Italian cohort of preterm infants	16
Breastfeeding and COVID-19 vaccination: position statement of the Italian scientific societies	16
Increasing trend of type 1 diabetes incidence in the pediatric population of the Calabria region in 2019–2021	16
Prevalence of hypertension in relation to anthropometric indices among secondary adolescents in Mbarara, Southwestern Uganda	16
Are we sure that the neurological impact of COVID 19 in childhood has not been underestimated?	15
Bacteriotherapy with Streptococcus salivarius 24SMB and Streptococcus oralis 89a nasal spray for treatment of upper respiratory tract infections in children: a pilot study on short-term efficacy	15
Prevalence of short stature and malnutrition among Egyptian primary school children and their coexistence with Anemia	15
Water, sanitation, and hygiene as a priority intervention for stunting in under-five children in northwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study	15
Probiotics’ efficacy in paediatric diseases: which is the evidence? A critical review on behalf of the Italian Society of Pediatrics	15
The effect of massage on feeding intolerance in preterm infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis study	15
Novel SCNN1A gene splicing-site mutation causing autosomal recessive pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 (PHA1) in two Italian patients belonging to the same small town	15

Pediatric interregional healthcare mobility in Italy	14
Comparison of cardiac output and cardiac index values measured by critical care echocardiography with the values measured by pulse index continuous cardiac output (PiCCO) in the pediatric intensive ca	14
Maternal factors associated with low birth weight in public hospitals of Mekelle city, Ethiopia: a case-control study	14
Implications of SARS-COV-2 infection in the diagnosis and management of the pediatric gastrointestinal disease	14
Maternal and neonatal risk factors for neonatal respiratory distress syndrome in term neonates in Cyprus: a prospective case–control study	14
Minimum acceptable diet and associated factors among children aged 6–23 months in Ethiopia	14
Social media use to improve communication on children and adolescent’s health: the role of the Italian Paediatric Society influencers	14
Pediatric emergency department visits during the COVID-19 pandemic: a large retrospective population-based study	14
Cross-sectional survey on impact of paediatric COVID-19 among Italian paediatricians: report from the SIAIP rhino-sinusitis and conjunctivitis committee	14
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of paediatric patients admitted to a neuropsychiatric care hospital in the COVID-19 era	14
Peculiar characteristics of new-onset Type 1 Diabetes during COVID-19 pandemic	14
Cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome and gastrointestinal defects: report on a newborn with 19p13.3 deletion including the MAP 2 K2 gene	14
Incidence of acute respiratory infections in preschool children in an outpatient setting before and during Covid-19 pandemic in Lombardy Region, Italy	14
Clinical warning of hemophagocytic syndrome caused by Epstein-Barr virus	14
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric operations: a retrospective study of Chinese children	14
Management and outcome of benign acute childhood myositis in pediatric emergency department	14
Improving diagnosis for rare diseases: the experience of the Italian undiagnosed Rare diseases network	14
Aromatic L-amino Acid Decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency: results from an Italian modified Delphi consensus	14
Transition of inflammatory bowel disease patients from pediatric to adult care: an observational study on a joint-visits approach	13
Distance learning, technological devices, lifestyle and behavior of children and their family during the COVID-19 lockdown in Lombardy: a survey	13
The social role of pediatrics in the past and present times	13
Update on resistance to thyroid hormone syndromeβ	13
Reasons in favour of universal vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in the pediatric population	13
Severe stunting and its associated factors among children aged 6–59 months in Ethiopia; multilevel ordinal logistic regression model	13
Childhood acute poisoning in the Italian North-West area: a six-year retrospective study	13
Oral vitamin A supplementation for ROP prevention in VLBW preterm infants	13
Safety of house dust mite subcutaneous immunotherapy in preschool children with respiratory allergic diseases	12
Treating the symptom or treating the disease in neonatal seizures: a systematic review of the literature	12
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Italian pediatric population: a regional seroepidemiological study	12
FPIES in exclusively breastfed infants: two case reports and review of the literature	12
Serious infectious events and ibuprofen administration in pediatrics: a narrative review in the era of COVID-19 pandemic	12
Microplastics, environment and child health	12
Clinical and imaging features of pediatric COVID-19	12
Contactless: a new personalised telehealth model in chronic pediatric diseases and disability during the COVID-19 era	12
Morbidity associated with patent ductus arteriosus in preterm newborns: a retrospective case-control study	12
Dietary diversity and associated factors among children (6–23 months) in Gedeo zone, Ethiopia: cross - sectional study	12
A randomized controlled study of immediate versus delayed umbilical cord clamping in infants born by elective caesarean section	12
Impact of psychological distress and psychophysical wellbeing on posttraumatic symptoms in parents of preterm infants after NICU discharge	12
Pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis: a review for the clinician	12
SAPHO syndrome: the supposed trigger by isotretinoin, the efficacy of adalimumab and the specter of depressive disorder: a case report	12
Oral ulcers in children- a clinical narrative overview	11
What are the risk factors for admission to the pediatric intensive unit among pediatric patients with COVID-19?	11
PTSD in parents of children with severe diseases: a systematic review to face Covid-19 impact	11
Complementary feeding in preterm infants: a position paper by Italian neonatal, paediatric and paediatric gastroenterology joint societies	11
Treatment of children with COVID-19: update of the Italian Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases position paper	11
The role of correlated factors based on Pender health promotion model in brushing behavior in the 13–16 years old students of Guilan, Iran	11
Reduction in pediatric growth hormone deficiency and increase in central precocious puberty diagnoses during COVID 19 pandemics	11
Increased behavioral problems in children with sleep-disordered breathing	11
Pediatric routine vaccinations in the COVID 19 lockdown period: the survey of the Italian Pediatric Society	11
Frequency of asymptomatic carriers of SARS-CoV-2 among children and adults after school reopening	11
Genetics of atrioventricular canal defects	11
Children with medical complexity and paediatric palliative care: a retrospective cross-sectional survey of prevalence and needs	11
The use of TikTok among children and adolescents with Eating Disorders: experience in a third-level public Italian center during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic	11
The effects of the covid-19 pandemic on puberty: a cross-sectional, multicenter study from Turkey	11
Autism spectrum disorder and anorexia nervosa: an Italian prospective study	11
Listeria meningitis complicated by hydrocephalus in an immunocompetent child: case report and review of the literature	11
Care burden and associated factors in caregivers of children with cancer	11
Clinical characteristics of children infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Italy	11
The effects of home confinement on pediatric fractures during the COVID 19 outbreak	10
COVID-19 and abducens nerve palsy in a 9-year-old girl—case report	10
Hookworm infection in infants: a case report and review of literature	10
Using ROPScore and CHOP ROP for early prediction of retinopathy of prematurity in a Chinese population	10
Kawasaki disease recurrence in the COVID-19 era: a systematic review of the literature	10
Detection of endocrine disorders in young children with multi-transfused thalassemia major	10
An estimation of the number of children requiring pediatric palliative care in Italy	10
Individual level and community level factors affecting exclusive breast feeding among infants under-six months in Ethiopia using multilevel analysis	10
Intranasal dexmedetomidine and intranasal ketamine association allows shorter induction time for pediatric sedation compared to intranasal dexmedetomidine and oral midazolam	10
Epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus in children in a tertiary care pediatric hospital in Milan, Italy, 2017—2021	10
Identification of novel biomarkers for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy using iTRAQ	10
Can we get out of the COVID pandemic without adequate vaccination coverage in the pediatric population?	10
Epidemiology of enuresis: a large number of children at risk of low regard	10
Explore the attitudes of children and adolescent parents towards the vaccination of COVID-19 in China	10
Faecal calprotectin and ultrasonography as non-invasive screening tools for detecting colorectal polyps in children with sporadic rectal bleeding: a prospective study	10
Intimate partner violence during pregnancy and risk of still birth in hospitals of Tigray region Ethiopia	10
Linguistic adaptation and psychometric evaluation of Italian version of children’s sleep habits questionnaire	9
A new scoring system and clinical algorithm for the management of suspected foreign body aspiration in children: a retrospective cohort study	9
Predictors of congenital anomalies among newborns in Arsi zone public hospitals, Southeast Ethiopia: a case-control study	9
Exclusive breastfeeding lowers the odds of childhood diarrhea and other medical conditions: evidence from the 2016 Ethiopian demographic and health survey	9
Auxological and endocrinological features in internationally adopted children	9
Magnitude of mortality and its associated factors among Burn victim children admitted to South Gondar zone government hospitals, Ethiopia, from 2015 to 2019	9

Prevalence of COVID-19 in children affected by allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma: results from the second “SIAIP rhinosinusitis and conjunctivitis committee” survey	9
Myositis ossificans mimicking sarcoma: a not so rare bioptic diagnostic pitfall	9
Health-care organization for the management and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children during pandemic in Campania region, Italy	9
Association of exposure to hydrocarbon air pollution with the incidence of atopic dermatitis in children	9
Italian consensus on the therapeutic management of uncomplicated acute hematogenous osteomyelitis in children	9
Neonatal ten-year retrospective study on neural tube defects in a second level University Hospital	9
Management of BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5–11 years with allergies, asthma, and immunodeficiency: consensus of the Italian Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (SIAIP)	9
High burden of undernutrition among primary school-aged children and its determinant factors in Ethiopia; a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Pediatric otogenic cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: a case report and a literature review	9
Interstitial deletions of chromosome 1p: novel 1p31.3p22.2 microdeletion in a newborn with craniosynostosis, coloboma and cleft palate, and review of the genomic and phenotypic profiles	9
Core self-evaluation, mental health and mobile phone dependence in Chinese high school students: why should we care	9
Normative data for handgrip strength in Iranian healthy children and adolescents aged 7–18 years: comparison with international norms	9
Magnitude and associated factors of virological failure among children on ART in Bahir Dar Town public health facilities, Northwest Ethiopia: a facility based cross-sectional study	9
COVID-19 lockdown beneficial effects on lung function in a cohort of cystic fibrosis patients	8
COnsensus on Pediatric Pain in the Emergency Room: the COPPER project, issued by 17 Italian scientific societies	8
Nasal spray live attenuated influenza vaccine: the first experience in Italy in children and adolescents during the 2020–21 season	8
Genetic subtypes and phenotypic characteristics of 110 patients with Prader-Willi syndrome	8
Identification of bronchiolitis profiles in Italian children through the application of latent class analysis	8
Pediatric hypersensitivity pneumonitis: literature update and proposal of a diagnostic algorithm	8
Optimizing gentamicin dosing in different pediatric age groups using population pharmacokinetics and Monte Carlo simulation	8
A novel de novo DDX3X missense variant in a female with brachycephaly and intellectual disability: a case report	8
Magnitude of anemia and associated factors among children aged 6–59 months at Debre Markos referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a hospital-based cross-sectional study	8
Effectiveness of pediatric integrative manual therapy in cervical movement limitation in infants with positional plagiocephaly: a randomized controlled trial	8
The incidence of congenital anomalies in newborns before and during the Covid-19 pandemic	8
A case of facial nerve palsy in a pediatric patient associated with Covid-19	8
15q26 deletion in a patient with congenital heart defect, growth restriction and intellectual disability: case report and literature review	8
Diagnostic accuracy of a dynamically increased red blood cell distribution width in very low birth weight infants with serious bacterial infection	8
Dornase alfa in Cystic Fibrosis: indications, comparative studies and effects on lung clearance index	8
Eligibility criteria for pediatric patients who may benefit from anti SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody therapy administration: an Italian inter-society consensus statement	8
How to recognize and manage psychosomatic pain in the pediatric emergency department	8
Management of pediatric post-infectious neurological syndromes	8
High-school students and self-injurious thoughts and behaviours: clues of emotion dysregulation	8
Chronic respiratory diseases other than asthma in children: the COVID-19 tsunami	8
Lung ultrasound in outpatient approach to children with suspected COVID 19	8
The Italian paediatric society raccomandations on children and adolescents extra-domestic activities during the SARS COV-2 emergency phase 2	8
The bronchiolitis epidemic in 2021–2022 during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: experience of a third level centre in Northern Italy	8
A novel PIEZO1 mutation in a patient with dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis: a case report and a brief review of literature	8
Age-specific risk factors of severe pneumonia among pediatric patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia	8
The development of a Consensus Conference on Pediatric Procedural Sedation in the Emergency Department in Italy: from here where to?	8
E-cigarettes and youth: an unresolved Public Health concern	8
Narrative review on the management of moderate-severe atopic dermatitis in pediatric age of the Italian Society of Pediatric Allergology and Immunology (SIAIP), of the Italian Society of Pediatric Der	7
Transient blindness associated with mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion (MERS): a case report and review of literature	7
Incidence and predictors of mortality among neonates referred to comprehensive and specialized hospitals in Amhara regional state, North Ethiopia: a prospective follow-up study	7
Pathological staging of chorioamnionitis contributes to complications in preterm infants	7
Utility of a pediatric observation unit for the management of children admitted to the emergency department	7
Association between maternal HIV infection and birthweight in a tertiary hospital in southern Ethiopia: retrospective cohort study	7
Clinical analysis of bronchoscope diagnosis and treatment for airway foreign body removal in pediatric patients	7
Postnatal growth of preterm infants during the first two years of life: catch-up growth accompanied by risk of overweight	7
The awareness and acceptance of anti-COVID 19 vaccination in adolescence	7
Hypertonic saline in people with cystic fibrosis: review of comparative studies and clinical practice	7
Competitive sport after SARS-CoV-2 infection in children	7
Clinical and molecular features of children with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome in China: a single-center retrospective cohort study	7
Prevalence of children born small for gestational age with short stature who qualify for growth hormone treatment	7
Staphylococcal meningitis therapy with linezolid in a young infant: efficacy, CSF levels and side effects	7
Factor VIII inhibitor development in Egyptian hemophilia patients: does intron 22 inversion mutation play a role?	7
Henoch-Schönlein purpura following COVID-19 vaccine in a child: a case report	7
Prevalence and types of video gaming and gambling activities among adolescent public school students: findings from a cross-sectional study in Italy	7
Molecular screening of PROKR2 gene in girls with idiopathic central precocious puberty	7
DNA methylation in Hepatoblastoma-a literature review	7
Neonatal screening for congenital hypothyroidism in an Italian Centre: a 5-years real-life retrospective study	7
Chilblain-like lesions onset during SARS-CoV-2 infection in a COVID-19-vaccinated adolescent: case report and review of literature	7
Inter-society consensus for the use of inhaled corticosteroids in infants, children and adolescents with airway diseases	7
Multidisciplinary care for patients with epidermolysis bullosa from birth to adolescence: experience of one Italian reference center	7
Early-onset sepsis risk calculator: a review of its effectiveness and comparative study with our evidence-based local guidelines	7
Facial masks in children: the position statement of the Italian pediatric society	7
Providing pediatric well-care and sick visits in the COVID-19 pandemic era: the recommendations of the Italian pediatric society	7
Safety and family satisfaction of a home-delivered chemotherapy program for children with cancer	7
Effects of delayed cord clamping on neonatal jaundice, phototherapy and early hematological status in term cesarean section	7
Quality of life improving after propranolol treatment in patients with Infantile Hemangiomas	7