Primary ciliary dyskinesia: A multicenter survey on clinical practice and patient management in Italy.
Nicola UllmannFrancesca SantamariaAnnalisa AllegoricoValentina FainardiMelissa BorrelliValentina A FerraroElena ProiettiGiuseppe Fabio ParisiVittorio RomagnoliFrancesca LuccaMarcella GallucciLuigi MappaMara LelliDoriana AmatoLaura PetrarcaGiuseppe CiminoOliviero SaccoClaudia CalogeroMaria Francesca PatriaAngelo AcquafreddaAnnalisa FerlisiMassimo MaschioAhmad KantarRenato CutreraPublished in: Pediatric pulmonology (2023)
Many Italian centers care for a small number of pediatric and adult patients, and diagnosis is often delayed. We found a great variability in the available diagnostic procedures, as well in the prescribed therapies. Our study will help to uniform diagnostic algorithm and share treatments protocols for PCD in Italy and allowed to set specific national goals.