Selected Abstracts of the 21st International Workshop on Neonatology and Pediatrics; Cagliari (Italy); October 22-25, 2025

Abstract

Selected Abstracts of the 21^st International Workshop on Neonatology and Pediatrics; Cagliari (Italy); October 22^nd-25^th, 2025

EVOLUTION AND REVOLUTION IN NEONATOLOGY AND PEDIATRICS

The Workshop has been organized with the patronage of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, City of Cagliari, Azienda Ospedaliera di Cagliari, University of Cagliari, Board of Physicians of the Province of Cagliari, Albanian-Italian Pediatric Society (AIPS), AMBO (Alleanza per un Ambiente a misura di Bambino: alliance for a child-friendly environment), Board of Directors of Italian Pediatrics Schools, European Project Better4u, European Project Life Milch, National Coordination of Heads of Pediatric Departments (CONAPP), Italian Federation of Family Pediatricians (FIMP), Italian-Arabian Pediatric Society (IAPS), Italian-Romanian Pediatric Society (IRPS), Italian-Swedish Cultural Association (ACIS), Norman Group of Neonatal and Pediatric Nephrology, International Academy of Perinatal Medicine (IAPM), Italian Society of Pediatric Allergology and Immunology (SIAIP), Italian Society of Clinical Biochemistry (SIBioC), Italian Society of Gynecology of Infancy and Adolescence (SIGIA), Italian Society of Neonatology (SIN), “SIPO in the World” Association, Italian Society of Pediatric Psychology (S.I.P.Ped.), Italian Society for Research on Essential Oils (SIROE), Italian Society of Neonatal Nursing (SIN INF), “Pediatria Più” Association, Italian Society of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (SI-DOHaD), Italian Society of Pediatricians (SIMPE).

ABS 1. PLATELET TRANSFUSIONS IN NEONATES: IMPACT ON COAGULATION AND IMMUNO­LOGICAL EFFECTS • D. Gialamprinou (Thessaloniki, Greece)

ABS 2. PATTERNS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF CONGENITAL ANOMALIES AMONG NEONATES IN 14 YEMENI GOVERNORATES (2021-2023): A CASE-CONTROL STUDY • H. Al-Atnah (Sana’a, Yemen)

ABS 3. INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR TWIN NEWBORN WEIGHT, LENGTH, AND HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE BY GESTATIONAL AGE AND SEX: THE INTERGROWTH-21^ST CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY • F. Giuliani, S. Deantoni, S. Gandino, A. Coscia, I. Stura, S.H. Kennedy, A.T. Papageorghiou, E. Bertino, G. Migliaretti, J. Villar for the International Fetal and Newborn Growth Consortium (INTERGROWTH-21^st) (Turin and Moncalieri, Italy; Oxford, UK)

ABS 4. IMPACT OF MATERNAL SARS-CoV-2 INFEC­TION ON NEONATAL URINARY METABOLOME: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OVER THE FIRST MONTH OF LIFE • D. Gianotti, F. Cannas, N. Zuddas, A. Kindt, F. Cesare Marincola, V. Fanos (Genoa and Cagliari, Italy; Leiden, The Netherlands)

ABS 5. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN NEONATOLOGY: WHERE ARE WE NOW? • K.K. Kopeć (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 6. A TWISTED TIBIA IN A PRETERM NEONATE • M. Olla, F. Zanco, F.F. Comisi, E. Esposito, C. Spiga, V. Fanos (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 7. SCHRÖDINGER’S FETUS • S. Nasikas, F.F. Comisi (Athens, Greece; Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 8. UNEXPLAINED HYPOTONIA IN THE NEW­BORN: A CASE THAT CHALLENGES FIRST IMPRESSIONS • E. Esposito, F.F. Comisi, M. Loi, P. Beretta, V. Marinelli, F. Lai, V. Fanos, S. Savasta (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 9. ACUTE MONOARTHRITIS IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT: A CASE OF SALMONELLA-INDUCED REACTIVE ARTHRITIS • L. Saggioro, M. Casarotto, M.R. Ferrara, F. Marino, C. Lorenzetto, E. Madeddu, S. Bellonzi, F. Rigon, L. Calandriello, F. Sansone, E. Fiumana, S. Rugolotto (Rovigo and Padua, Italy)

ABS 10. NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT OF THE NEW­BORN WITH NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS: A CASE REPORT • F. Zanco, E. Esposito, F.F. Comisi, M. Melis, V. Fanos (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 11. POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME IN PEDIATRIC AGE: A CASE REPORT • E. Madeddu, M.R. Ferrara, M. Casarotto, F. Marino, L. Saggioro, F. Rigon, S. Bellonzi, C. Lorenzetto, F. Sansone, L. Calandriello, S. Rugolotto (Rovigo, Padua, and Verona, Italy)

ABS 12. INFANTILE COLIC AND INTESTINAL INFLAM­MATION • B.M. Trapani (Paris, France)

ABS 13. A STUDY IN CYCLES: CLINICAL CLUES FROM CHILDHOOD VOMITING • F.F. Comisi, E. Esposito, F. Zanco, M.G. Cuboni, C. Soddu, S. Savasta (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 14. WHEN BREATHING FAILS, BLAME THE HEART • S. Maninchedda, M.G. Cuboni, V. Lagona, P. Neroni, D. Manus, V. Fanos (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 15. UNUSUAL LOCALIZATION OF BARTONELLA HENSELAE: SPONDYLODISCITIS IN A FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD • F. Marino, M.R. Ferrara, M. Casarotto, F. Sansone, S. Bellonzi, C. Lorenzetto, F. Rigon, E. Fiumana, L. Saggioro, L. Calandriello, E. Madeddu, S. Rugolotto (Rovigo, Padua, and Verona, Italy)

ABS 16. CLAVICLE FRACTURES AT BIRTH: EXPERI­ENCE FROM TWO CASE REPORTS • E. Esposito, F.F. Comisi, P. Beretta, F. Zanco, V. Fanos (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 17. HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT: WHEN HERPES ISN’T THE ANSWER • F.F. Comisi, E. Esposito, F. Zanco, M.I. Cicalò, M. Pepe, R. Minelli, S. Savasta (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 18. SEPSIS-ASSOCIATED ENCEPHALOPATHY IN A SIX-MONTH-OLD INFANT • L. Calandriello, M. Casarotto, M.R. Ferrara, S. Bellonzi, C. Lorenzetto, F. Marino, F. Rigon, E. Fiumana, E. Madeddu, A. Mussari, L. Saggioro, F. Sansone, S. Rugolotto (Rovigo, Padua, and Verona, Italy)

ABS 19. PREVENTING AND FACING OBESITY THROUGH THE BETTER4U EU-FUNDED PROJECT • M. Mauri, A. Noto, C. Piras, K.K. Kopeć, P. Baire, L. Atzori, V. Fanos (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 20. SUBSTANCES THAT MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY IN CHILDREN • S. Vendemmia, G. Kuli Lito, D. Anca Plesca, M. Vendemmia (Aversa and Naples, Italy; Tirana, Albania; Bucharest, Romania)

ABS 21. LOCKED EYE, PAINFUL HEAD: A RARE PEDIATRIC NEUROPATHY • M. Pepe, M.G. Cuboni, F.F. Comisi, E. Spreafico, V. Santi, M. Gherardini, A. Chabert, T. Foiadelli, S. Savasta (Cagliari and Pavia, Italy)

ABS 22. WHEN SINUSITIS TURNS DANGEROUS: A PEDIATRIC CASE OF POTT’S PUFFY TUMOR WITH INTRACRANIAL EXTENSION • G. Sanna, M. Pepe, D. Murru, B. Percivale, G. Pintori, G. Masia, A.M. Monni, M. Loi, V. Corsi, C. Marcheselli, A. Cualbu (Cagliari and Nuoro, Italy)

ABS 23. BOTULISM IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS • S. Vendemmia, G. Kuli Lito, D. Anca Plesca, B. Al-Zoubi, M. Vendemmia (Aversa and Naples, Italy; Tirana, Albania; Bucharest, Romania; Amman, Jordan)

ABS 24. ANISAKIASIS • S. Vendemmia, G. Kuli Lito, D. Anca Plesca, B. Al-Zoubi, M. Vendemmia (Aversa and Naples, Italy; Tirana, Albania; Bucharest, Romania; Amman, Jordan)

ABS 25. MRI BEYOND CT IN PEDIATRIC SPINAL TRAUMA: A CASE REPORT • M. Pepe, G. Sanna, D. Murru, B. Percivale, G. Pintori, G. Masia, A.M. Monni, M. Loi, V. Corsi, C. Marcheselli, A. Cualbu (Cagliari and Nuoro, Italy)

ABS 26. SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT: A CASE WITH ONSET COMPLICATED BY CONCOMITANT VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS • C. Trenta, C. Giardino, P. Currao, V. Ibba, S. Savasta (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 27. A (NOT SO) UNEXPECTED PERINATAL STROKE: WHY EARLY RISK IDENTIFICATION MATTERS • V. Lagona, M.G. Cuboni, S. Maninchedda, M. Melis, M. Loi, V. Fanos (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 28. PERIVIABILITY AND THE CINDERELLA EFFECT • S. Nasikas, F.F. Comisi (Athens, Greece; Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 29. OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE CLAVICLE IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT: A CASE REPORT • F. Zara, F. Marino, M.R. Ferrara, M. Casarotto, F. Sansone, S. Bellonzi, C. Lorenzetto, F. Rigon, E. Fiumana, L. Saggioro, L. Calandriello, E. Madeddu, S. Rugolotto (Padua, Rovigo, and Verona, Italy)

ABS 30. A COMPLEX CLINICAL CASE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF LATE PRETERM INFANT • F. Zanco, E. Esposito, F.F. Comisi, A. Atzei, V. Fanos (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 31. TRANSIENT ELEVATION OF FECAL CALPROTECTIN IN AN INFANT: CASE REPORT • G. Trapani (Sanremo, Italy)

ABS 32. PD-L1 EXPRESSION IN THE HUMAN PLACENTA AT THE MATERNAL-FETAL INTERFACE PROTECTS FETAL DEVELOPMENT, ESTABLISHING MATERNAL IMMUNO­TOLERANCE • M. Piras, P. Ziranu, A. Pretta, M. Piludu, F. Cau, G.S. Porcu, G. Faa (Cagliari and San Gavino, Italy; Philadelphia, PA, USA)

ABS 33. METABOLOMIC INSIGHTS AND RESEARCH GAPS IN RUGBY: FROM ACUTE RESPONSES TO RECOVERY • V. Bongiovanni, M. Caria, V. Fanos (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 34. WEST NILE AND USUTU VIRUSES • S. Vendemmia, G. Kuli Lito, D. Anca Plesca, M. Vendemmia (Aversa and Naples, Italy; Tirana, Albania; Bucharest, Romania)

ABS 35. SPORTOMICS: BASKETBALL AND VOLLEY­BALL • M. Caria, V. Bongiovanni, V. Fanos (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 36. EXPLORING UNCERTAINTY: LONG-TERM OUT­COMES AND NEUROPLASTICITY AFTER PRE­NATAL BRAIN HEMORRHAGE • V. Bongiovanni, M. Melis, V. Marinelli, V. Fanos (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 37. THE SYNDROME WITH A THOUSAND FACES: A PEDIATRIC PRESENTATION OF SJÖGREN’S SYNDROME • M. Rossi, S. Campus, V. Ibba, S. Savasta (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 38. NEONATAL TRANSPORT FROM THE ISLANDS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN SARDINIA AND THE AZORES • R. Pirisino, A. Atzei, R. Couto, V. Fanos (Cagliari, Italy; Angra do Heroísmo, Ilha Terceira, Azores, Portugal)

ABS 39. ECHOES IN THE CSF: METABOLOMIC MARKERS OF ACUTE IMMUNE NEUROPATHIES • F.F. Comisi, R. Pintus, E. Esposito, V. Fanos (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 40. MATERNAL LIFESTYLES AND ENDOCRINE-DISRUPTING CHEMICALS: SARDINIAN COHORT IN THE EUROPEAN LIFE-MILCH PROJECT • F. Gola, S. Petza, R. Pintus, S. Angioni, P. Palanza, M.E. Street, A.M. Papini, A. Dessì, V. Fanos (Cagliari, Parma, and Sesto Fiorentino, Italy)

ABS 41. PERINATAL INFLAMMATION: A CHALLENGE FOR FETAL NEURODEVELOPMENT • C. Loddo, R. Pintus, V. Fanos (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 42. ASSOCIATION OF ENDOTHELIN-1 AND CYTOKINE LEVELS WITH HYPERFIBRINOLYSIS OF PREGNANT WOMEN WITH PREECLAMPSIA AND THE DEFICITS IN FIBRINOGEN AND EXTRINSIC PATHWAY FACTORS OF THEIR NEONATES • C.G. Kontovazainitis, D. Gialamprinou, A. Fleva, A. Giannakou, M.E. Bessina, M. Varsami, T. Theodoridis, E. Diamanti, G. Mitsiakos (Thessaloniki, Greece)

ABS 43. AMONG NEONATES BORN TO WOMEN WITH PRE­ECLAMPSIA, BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA IS ASSOCIATED WITH INTERLEU­KIN 2 LEVELS AT BIRTH, WHILE NEONATAL THROMBOCYTOPENIA IS ASSOCIATED WITH MATERNAL INTERLEUKIN 2 AND ENDOTHE­LIN • C.G. Kontovazainitis, D. Gialamprinou, A. Fleva, A. Giannakou, M. Varsami, M.E. Bessina, A. Pouliakis, T. Theodoridis, E. Diamanti, G. Mitsiakos (Thessaloniki and Athens, Greece)

ABS 44. PEDIATRIC ARTERIAL TORTUOSITY SYN­DROME: CLINICAL AND GENETIC INSIGHTS FROM KOSOVO • A. Maloku, A. Mustafa, U. Rexha, R. Bejiqi (Prishtina and Gjakova, Republic of Kosovo)

ABS 45. IRON-DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA IN PEDIATRIC CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: A SIX-MONTH CLINICAL EVALUATION • A. Maloku, R. Bejiqi, A. Gerguri (Prishtina and Gjakova, Republic of Kosovo)

ABS 46. SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF PEDIATRIC PITYRIASIS RUBRA PILARIS WITH ETANERCEPT: A CASE REPORT FROM PRISHTINA • A. Maloku, A. Gerguri, A. Batalli (Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo)

ABS 47. TRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS: MANAGEMENT OF AN UNEXPECTED HEART • A. Abis, A. Atzei, G. Ottonello, P. Neroni (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 48. PEDIATRIC VOMITING: A CLINICAL CHALLENGE • A. Barsalini, L. Anedda, E. Erriu, G. Cherchi (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 49. BEYOND THE HEART: A COMPLEX CLINICAL CASE • E. Esposito, P. Beretta, F.F. Comisi, F. Zanco, P. Neroni, A. Dessì, V. Fanos (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 50. OCULAR FISHHOOK INJURY IN A 6-YEAR-OLD PATIENT • C. Sbaffi, D. Bonsanto, R. Puxeddu, M. D’Atri, G. Cherchi (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 51. LOOK BETTER TO SEE BEYOND: A DIAGNOS­TIC CHALLENGE IN PEDIATRIC CHOROIDAL DETACHMENT • C. Giardino, A. Corrias, C. Soddu, S. Savasta (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 52. CASE REPORT OF AN EARLY PRETERM NEWBORN WITH PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF SHAAF-YANG SINDROME • A. Lai, D. Rizzo, M. Loi, V. Fanos (Cagliari, Italy)

ABS 53. FLOPPY INFANT: MORE THAN JUST WEAKNESS • M. Rossi, A. Corrias, M. Marica, S. Savasta (Cagliari, Italy)