pediatrics

SARS, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, is a severe pneumonia accompanied by fever, first identified by the Italian physician Carlo Urbani and spread mainly in East Asia (mainly in China) between November 2002 and July 2003, leading to…

The symptomatology of stuttering should not be interpreted univocally but opens the way to at least two possible interpretations: external symptomatology and internal-personal symptomatology

From the Italian Society of Paediatrics a vademecum on meningitis aimed at parents with all the most important things to know about transmission, prevention and treatment

Learning the manoeuvres of airway disobstruction in infants is fundamental: infants (this is how babies in their first year of life are defined) as we know explore the world with their mouths and the probability of suffocation is higher…

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects the ability of a person to communicate, interact and behave in social settings

There are no 'cons' but only 'lots of' 'pros' to getting the flu vaccine from 6 months up to 6 years of age

About flu vaccine: many people don't realize how serious influenza (flu) illness can be, even for previously healthy kids and teens

Plaques in the throat are yellowish-white manifestations of the mucous membrane covering the tonsils and sometimes the back of the pharynx

Autistic disorder (know also as infantile autism or childhood autism) almost always develops before the age of three and is characterized by impaired verbal and non-verbal communication, social interaction, some form of repetitive and…

Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea is a sleep disorder in which your child's breathing is partially or completely blocked repeatedly during sleep