Childhood obesity is one of the most important problems of public health. Searching was
conducted by using PubMed/MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Science Direct, MEDLINE, and …

The increasing incidence of obesity in the pediatric population requires attention to its
serious complications. It turns out that in addition to typical, well-known metabolic …

Headache is the most frequent neurological symptom in childhood and the main reason for
admission to pediatric emergency departments. The aim of this consensus document is to …

Aim To describe the clinical characteristics of children with pseudotumor cerebri syndrome
(PTCS) who were diagnosed according to the modified Dandy criteria and to reclassify them …

Background Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is defined as elevated intracranial
pressure and consequent symptoms (mainly headache and visual deterioration) occurring in …

Methods: Pre-and post-operative data were retrospectively collected from patients at our
institution with syndromic and non-syndromic craniosynostosis from January 2009 to June …

OBJECTIVE Patients with a prior surgical history for Chiari malformation (CM) as a child or
an adult who presents with a recurrence or persistence of symptoms pose a challenging …

The last year saw intensive efforts to advance knowledge in pediatric medicine. This review
highlights important publications that have been issued in the Italian Journal of Pediatrics in …

Determination of optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) with transbulbar sonography has
become an easily accessible and time-effective tool in the assessment of increased …

OBJECTIVE Pediatric idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is characterized by increased
intracranial pressure despite normal cerebrospinal fluid and neuroimaging findings. Initial …