Do not perform blood transfusions for arbitrary Hb values > 70 g/l but evaluate the clinical need of each individual patient (bleeding, hemodynamic stability, comorbidity).
Routine transfusion of packed red blood cells in critically ill patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit based on arbitrary hemoglobin values greater than 70 g/l is not recommended. Several studies have shown that using a low transfusion threshold (70 g/l instead...
Do not prescribe systemic fluoride but rather promote oral hygiene and age-related use of toothpaste
Prophylaxis of caries with fluoride is worldwide acknowledged to be fundamental. In children, topic use of fluoride on erupted teeth has proven to be more effective than systemic use before eruption. Dental hygiene routine should be performed at least twice a day and...
Fear of febrile seizure should not lead to vaccination hesitancy in healthy children
Any vaccination can cause fever and febrile seizure. This may lead parents to hesitate in following the vaccination programme. Seizures in post vaccination fever are rare and do not differ from other febrile seizures during infectious diseases.
Do not postpone routine immunization or modify usual pediatric preventive and treatment measures in both the territory and hospital during the circulation of SARS-CoV-2.
In children in the first two years of life, delays of 3-6 months in scheduled vaccination sessions were observed during the COVID-19 pandemic, while in adolescents vaccination coverage for booster doses dropped by more than 10%. In addition, late diagnoses of chronic...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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