pediatrics

Bardet Biedl syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that causes obesity, vision, kidney, learning, hand or foot deformities

Chest pain usually indicates common complaints such as anxiety and reflux. If it persists for several days, your paediatrician can help you understand whether to worry

Covid: boom in cases 16 - 19 years old in Italy: in the last week of 2021 an increase in incidence is observed in all age groups

Severe asthma in children: the New England Journal of Medicine published the results of an international study involving more than 400 children aged between 6 and 11 years, in which Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital took part

Meningitis is a very frightening disease, because in severe cases it can even be fatal. And children are among those most at risk

Intestinal obstruction is a complex syndrome characterised by the intestinal transit of faeces and gas being blocked. The most frequent forms in paediatric age are mechanical in nature

Paediatric cancers: the World Health Organisation publishes the first specific classification for childhood neoplasms, in which the Holy See Hospital was involved

A sore throat caused by streptococcus is diagnosed with a pharyngeal swab and treated with antibiotics. It can cause serious complications

Transient tachypnoea of the newborn is a transient respiratory distress caused by delayed reabsorption of fetal lung fluid. Symptoms and signs include tachypnoea, retractions, grunting and enlargement of the nasal fins

First guidelines: recommendations on the management of the extracorporeal oxygenation technique ECMO in paediatric patients in an international document published in Lancet Child and Adolescent Health