Alessandro Diana

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How much rationale do we have to avoid aspirin and/or anti-inflammatory drugs in children before they get chickenpox?

Reye' Syndrome was described in 1950's and 1960's and the association with aspirin and varicella were incriminated as cause-effect. Nowadays lots of pediatricians from different schools prescribe...

07 July 2013 2,925 2 View

Is it ethical to treat children without the presence of their parents when a medical/surgical intervention is needed outside from their home country?

Thanks to humanitarian organizations that offer "free cares" otherwise impossible in their native countries, lots of children's life are saved. No discussion that these organizations are great...

21 June 2013 3,058 2 View

How many of us do not judge patients in the consultation?

As a pediatrician I do it all the time. These parents are...this and that. They should behave like this...like that. But with time (15 years of practice) I slow down on judging patients. More and...

05 December 2012 7,486 5 View

As a pediatrician, how do you examine children? In the arms of parents or laid on a bed?

Over the years I have learned to examine children almost exclusively in parents' arms. However, I have noticed that lots of colleagues put children down on a bed for examination.

19 August 2012 6,920 74 View

Do we have enough biological plausibility to stop 4-w AZT in newborns whose mothers have an undetectable HIV-viral load?

1) Monotherapy in PEP is not standard care in HIV post-prophylaxis management 2) Why does the scientific community not recommend to stop 4-weeks AZT treatment to newborns whose mothers have an...

10 July 2012 2,986 15 View