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 2,873 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 7,447 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 6,878 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 2,952 15 View