Don’t perform allergy tests for drugs (including anhestetics) and/or foods when there are not clinical history and symptoms suggestive of hypersensitivity reactions.
In absence of clinical history of signs/symptoms of suspect hypersensitivity reaction (i.e.: urticaria or other typical muco-cutaneous manifestations, angioedema, hypotension, dyspnoea, simultaneous involvement of two or more organs/apparatus…) allergometric...
Children under 6 years of age with primary monosymptomatic enuresis do not need to be seen by a specialist, undergo laboratory (with the exception of urinary dipstick) or instrumental testing or start pharmacological treatment.
Primary monosymptomatic enuresis in children under 6 years of age does not require specialist treatment or specific diagnostic testing, with the exception of a simple urine dipstick test. When analysing a urine dipstick test, the possible presence of glycosuria and...
When asymptomatic microhaematuria is detected in a random urine sample, biohumoral or instrumental exams are not necessary.
The incidence of isolated microhaematuria in random urine testing is about 8% in children of 3 years of age; this percentage falls to 3-4% in schoolchildren. Nevertheless, in both of these paediatric age groups, the incidence of microhaematuria at subsequent...
The indiscriminate use of albumin in children with a first episode of nephrotic syndrome is not recommended.
In children presenting with a first episode of nephrotic syndrome, albumin infusions (followed by intravenous boluses of furosemide) should be exclusively limited to hypovolemic patients. While in these children albumin infusions can increase intravascular volume,...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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