Daniele De Luca

14/06/2026

Viral pneumonia is rare in neonates but it can trigger ARDS and presents unique diagnostic difficulties. Here we summarize lung ultrasound appearances which span from mild abormalities to full hepatization. Not pathognomonic but indeed useful.

• We report five cases of neonatal viral pneumonia describing their lung ultrasound findings. They present the whole spectrum of lung ultrasound semiology and are unspecific for the viral aetiology or the patient age. Lung ultrasound findings are consistent with the clinical severity (i.e. worse u...

10/06/2026

Su La Stampa eco del nostro forum di ieri al Ministero della Salute

https://www.lastampa.it/cronaca/2026/06/10/news/mortalita_infantile_italia_allarme_neonatologi-15653578/

09/06/2026

Perché ci riguarda tutti? Perché il mondo é andato avanti. Non è più quello degli anni 80.
Oggi la neonatologia esiste e salva vite di neonati gravissimi, con risultati inimmaginabili solo pochi anni fa. Continuare a ignorarla, a non investire, a non accettarne il riconoscimento e favorirne l’ulteriore sviluppo vuol dire fare un danno al nostro stesso futuro.

Grazie a Marcello Gemmato, Robert Nistico, Paolo Pedone, Federico Bianco e tutti i partecipanti oggi.

Grazie a Chiara Bidoli per le belle parole disponibili qui: https://www.corriere.it/salute/figli-genitori/neonato/26_giugno_09/qual-e-il-futuro-della-neonatologia-e-perche-ci-riguarda-tutti-4aa55e72-60bc-4ea3-a627-598d86565xlk.shtml?refresh_ce

Ministero della Salute
Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca
Corriere della Sera

05/06/2026

Tra pochi giorni grazie all’ospitalità ed al patrocinio del Ministero della Salute, a Marcello Gemmato, Robert Nistico ed alla Societa italiana di neonatologia (SIN) un incontro per affrontare assieme i problemi della neonatologia italiana. Possibile seguire la diretta streaming tramite il QR code o al link seguente

https://www.youtube.com/live/QNULFke5tRM?feature=shared

31/05/2026

Together with fellow editors at the European Journal of Pediatrics I have been honored to receive for the second time in a row the editorial award 2026 for the quality of work provided handling manuscripts sent to peer review, carefully evaluating submissions and giving a strong stewardship of the peer review process.

26/05/2026

Tra due settimane a Roma con il Ministero della Salute e il Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca per risolvere i problemi più importanti della neonatologia: un valore per l’Italia. Siate i benvenuti.

Marcello Gemmato

18/05/2026

Mercredi 24 juin c’est une journée speciale entièrement dédiée au RSV, un sujet de réanimation, pédiatrie mais oaussi de santé publique et obstétrique. Un sujet pour le quel tout est changé rapidement (et positivement!) avec plusieurs nouvelles possibilité de prévention. Venez nombreux on discutera réanimateurs, pédiatres, obstétriciens et médecins de santé publique

Wednesday, June 24, is a special day entirely dedicated to RSV—a topic that spans critical care, pediatrics, public health, and obstetrics. It’s an area where things are changing rapidly (and for the better!), with several new prevention options emerging. We hope to see many of you there—we’ll be discussing this with critical care specialists, pediatricians, obstetricians, and public health physicians.

Université Paris-Saclay
Hôpital Antoine Béclère

13/05/2026

Next Tuesday I will be speaking at the full day virtual conference dedicated to the “limit of viability” by the Pontifical Academy for Life.

A whole day dedicated to clarify what is nowadays the limit of viability, what neonatology has been able to do and what are the open ethical issues for babies, women, families, communities, HIC and LMIC countries, and what we can expect in the future if birth rate declines further and there is not enough investment and innovation.

With the participation of (amongst the others):
Tullio Ghi
Guilherme Sant'Anna
walter ricciardi
Victor Javier Lara-Díaz
Maurizio Faggioni
Pablo Requena
Gilberto Turati
Alexandra Benachi
And the PAV President Renzo Pegoraro

Participation is free, you only need to register at the link below:

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Thresholds of Life: Ethical Reflections on Viability Today. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

09/05/2026

With an unique multidisciplinary collaboration we studied, for the first time, the mechanical power delivered to neonates during invasive mechanical ventilation. After the first experiences of neonatal ventilation in the 60s, it is only now that we have been able to measure how much power and energy are transmitted to the newborn lung. These items are crucial to avoid injuring lungs while keeping the baby alive. Power and energy were interestingly very similar to those delivered in older children: this will shape the design and the use of neonatal ventilators from now on … even more for premies but also for term babies with severe respiratory failure.
Université Paris-Saclay
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Politecnico di Milano
Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù

Available for free here:

https://journals.lww.com/anesthesiology/abstract/9900/mechanical_power_and_energy_in_invasively.1006.aspx

28/04/2026

Got this sweet thanking note from the colleagues of the American Pediatric Association for my talk and contribution to the Special Interest Group on global newborn health. I just spoken on the future of neonatology and I feel very flattered for the welcome given to one of the last sessions at the PAS2026.