[Prevalence of congenital cardiopathies among newborn infants in a department of pediatric cardiology]. / Prevalenza delle cardiopatie congenite in età neonatale in un reparto di cardiologia pediatrica.

This study consists of a prevalence congenital heart disease (CHD) registered in the Pediatric Cardiology Department of Umberto I General Hospital in Rome between January 1st 1992 and December 31-th 1993. Cases recorded in this period have been taken part of a larger study called Italian Multicentric Study for recording and follow-up of congenital heart disease (IMS-CHD); the purpose is to determine the prevalence of CHD in Italy and discover the outcome of affected children. In this duration, 187 new cases have been recorded, in which 63.6% had a single defect while 36.4% had multiple defects. These isolated defects were most frequently occurred (51.9%) following the stenosis of the pulmonary artery (15.5% and the defects of the interatrial septum (15%).

[Allergic rhinopathy: diagnosis and current therapy]. / Rinopatia allergica: diagnostica e terapia attuale.

After discussing the causes and immunopathology of allergic rhinitis, the authors describe the most frequently used diagnostic tests, confirming the validity of PRICK TEST, PRIST, RAST, and TNP. As for treatment, they stress the special importance of vaccines for specific therapy and of drugs such as ketotifen and sodium cromoglycate for aspecific rhinitis and for those forms which have not benefited from vaccination.