Child Anxiety and Depression Symptom Trajectories and Predictors over 15 Months of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Repeated measures are required to monitor and map trajectories of mental health symptoms that are sensitive to the changing distal and proximal stressors throughout the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Understanding symptoms in young children is particularly important given the short- and long-term implications of early-onset internalizing symptoms. This study utilized an intensive longitudinal approach to assess the course and environmental correlates of anxiety and depression symptoms in 133 children, ages 4–11 (Mage = 7.35, SD = 1.03), in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Caregivers completed 48 repeated assessments from April 7, 2020, to June 15, 2021, on child and caregiver mental health symptoms, family functioning, and COVID-19-related environmental changes. Results from a series of multilevel growth models demonstrate that child depression symptoms were highest following initial stay-at-home orders (April 2020) and linearly decreased over time, while child anxiety symptoms were variable over the 15-month period. Caregiver depression symptoms and family conflict significantly predicted levels of child depression symptoms. In contrast, caregiver depression symptoms, caregiver anxiety symptoms, and time spent home quarantining significantly predicted levels of child anxiety symptoms. Results suggest that depression and anxiety symptoms in young children may have unique trajectories over the course of the coronavirus pandemic and highlight symptom-specific risk factors for each symptom

Preoperative Work-up: Conventional Radiology, Ultrasonography, CT Scan, and MRI

The optimal assessment and staging of esophageal cancer (EC) is crucial as it has an important impact on patient selection with respect to appropriate treatment (surgery, neo-adjuvant therapy with or without surgery, palliative treatment) [1]. Preoperative evaluation requires knowledge of the esophageal anatomy and of the patterns of tumor spread. As mentioned in Chap. 2, the staging criteria for esophageal cancer include depth of local invasion, nodal involvement, and presence or absence of distant metastases. The various imaging modalities have different strengths and weaknesses in evaluating each of these criteria such that a combined multimodality imaging approach is usually necessary for an optimal assessment [2]

Imaging of IPMT [Imaging dei tumori papillari intraduttali muco-secernenti del pancreas]

We describe radiological characteristics of intraductal papillary mucinous tumor (IPMT) of the pancreas, giving a classification of IPMT based on imaging findings at Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance and Cholangiopancreatography with Magnetic Resonance. Different from the first IPMT classification, based on anatomical correlation, we propose a classification based on anatomical, clinical and radiological findings, that describes focal or diffuse main duct IPMT, combined IPMT and unifocal or multifocal side branch IPMT

Magnetic Resonance Patterns of Autoimmune Pancreatitis, and Their Changes after Steroid Treatment

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Valutazione comparativa dell'acquisizione volumetrica tiroidea con ecografia convenzionale B-Mode (US) ed ecografia volumetrica (VUS)

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