TIBALDI , Jessica

We are pleased by the interest of Ozen and colleagues1 for our work2 and appreciate their choice to test our predictive model of response to anakinra in their cohort of children with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA). The authors used the same definition of complete clinical response (CCR) as in our study and quantified the activity...

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Objective To investigate the impact of morning stiffness (MS) on parent disease perception in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) with clinical inactive disease (CID). Methods 652 visits in which patients fulfilled 2004 or 2011 Wallace criteria for CID were examined. Parent-reported outcomes were compared among patients with no...

Status epilepticus (SE) is one of the most common neurological emergencies in children. To date, there is no definitive evidence to guide treatment of SE refractory to benzodiazepines. The main objectives of treatment protocols are to expedite therapeutic decisions and to use fast- and short-acting medications without significant adverse...

To evaluate in real-life the effectiveness and safety of canakinumab in Italian patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA).