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 routinely prescribe antiseptic medication in the umbilical cord care
Dry care and parents hand hygiene are enough to prevent omphalitis in developed countries. Antiseptic swabbing of the stump is not supported by evidence and is not justified by time and costs needed.
An oral dose of vitamin K is not recommended in term newborns who received an intramuscular shot at birth
Administration of a single i.m. dose of vitamin K within the first 6 hours of life is enough to prevent hemorrhagic disease of the newborns. If not given (e.g., due to parental refusal), oral administration must be recommended, which is less effective and should...
The foreskin should not be forcibly retracted if physiologic phimosis is present
Children are physiologically born with tight foreskin at birth which appears to be intact, flexible and scarless. Separation occurs naturally over time: it resolves within 3 years of age in 90% of children, within 6 years in 92%, within 16 years in 99%. In case of...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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