Papers by Franco Zappulla
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1981
Minerva pediatrica, Jan 15, 1979
Giornale italiano di chemioterapia
Minerva pediatrica, Jan 28, 1987
Minerva pediatrica, Jan 31, 1979
Minerva pediatrica, Jan 21, 1975
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Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanità , 1998
We evaluated the distribution of TSH levels on dried blood spots (Delfia system-threshold value f... more We evaluated the distribution of TSH levels on dried blood spots (Delfia system-threshold value for recall 20 microU/ml) in 27,282 consecutive samples examined during 1993, in the Emilia-Romagna region. We also evaluated, by questionnaire, the frequency of iodine disinfection in the perinatal period in all centers that do blood spots. We also evaluated the distribution of TSH spot values according to the localization of the center in endemic or not endemic area of the region. Among the parameters we considered, only the sampling day (p < 0.02) and the maternity center (p < 0.0001) showed a significant influence on TSH spot values. With regard to the questionnaire, the centers which habitually used iodine disinfection in obstetrics (20/28) showed significantly higher percentages of TSH values over 10 microU/ml than the centers which did not use (3/28) or rarely used (4/28) this type of disinfection (p < 0.0001). The only center which used regular iodine disinfection of umbil...
La Radiologia medica, 1993
The reliability of ultrasonography (US) was investigated in the diagnosis of gastroesophageal ref... more The reliability of ultrasonography (US) was investigated in the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux in the pediatric patient. Therefore, specificity and sensitivity of US were compared with those of a 24-hour pH monitoring. A hundred and twenty-nine patients were examined; their age ranged 38 days to 14 years (56 were under and 73 over 2 years old). Since these patients presented with gastroesophageal symptoms, they underwent both pH monitoring and US. The results of the two methods were in agreement in 79.8% of the cases. Notably, in the age group ranging 0 to 2 years, US exhibited greater sensitivity (87% vs. 78.8%) and slightly lower specificity (76.5% vs. 81.1%) than in the age group ranging 2 to 14 years. The greater sensitivity in the 0-2 age group can be explained by physiological factors (which are typical of the first months of life) as well as by technical factors. Therefore, in infants, US should be combined with pH monitoring to identify the cases which are unquestionab...
Minerva pediatrica, Jan 15, 1980
Minerva pediatrica, Jan 30, 1982
Minerva pediatrica, Jan 15, 1982
Minerva pediatrica, Jan 15, 1981
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