pediatrics

Prematurity is the single most common factor in respiratory distress or cyanosis of the neonate and occurs most frequently in infants < 1200 grams and 30 weeks of gestation

Why Kids Should Learn CPR: there is a common misconception that learning first aid and CPR are only meant for teenagers and adults. Wrong

Williams Syndrome is a rather rare disease (it has an incidence of one case per 20,000 births) that affects children. It is not hereditary, nor is it due to medical, environmental or psychosocial factors

Seizures happen when a large group of neurons undergoes excessive depolarization simultaneously. They occur in a tiny percentage of all newborns

Nocturnal enuresis: many children wet the bed during sleep, but the phenomenon can also affect adults

An innovative technique used for the first time in Italy to treat oesophageal atresia in infants is called magneto-anastomosis

Cardiac massage on children is performed by pressing on the lower half of the sternum and compressing the chest by about 1/3, for about 5 centimetres, at a rate between 100 and 120 compressions per minute

Kawasaki syndrome is an infectious disease of unknown origin, discovered and classified in 1967 by a Japanese paediatrician, from whom it takes its name, who had observed a number of children with the same symptoms: fever, red blotchy rash,…

After a Vespa Orientalis sting, one must calm the child or adult and keep calm by taking him or her to a safe and sheltered place

A recently discovered paediatric disease, Reye's Syndrome is a rare complication of common paediatric respiratory infections, including Varicella