pediatrics

Intestinal polyps are protuberances of the tissues of the intestinal wall that protrude into the bowel cavity

Oncohaematological children and infections: in paediatric patients with oncohaematological diseases the immune defences are impaired, thus increasing the risk of infections

Scarlet fever? Don't panic: if treated with the right antibiotics, children are no longer infectious after 48 hours

Also called bionic ear, the cochlear implant is a prosthesis indicated in patients with severe or profound bilateral deafness who do not benefit from traditional hearing aids

Torsion of the hydatid of Morgagni causes sudden and intense pain in boys, especially between 3 and 11 years of age

Fever is a rise in body temperature above the normal temperature, usually caused by infection. Normal body temperature is around 37°C (give or take a degree, but this can vary from person to person)

Hepatitis D is an inflammation of the liver caused by the infection of two viruses, the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and the hepatitis D virus (HDV)

If a child is in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, you should initiate CPR and ask lay rescuers to call the emergency services and obtain an automated external defibrillator to increase the chances of survival

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, world-first guidelines for children with common inherited nerve disorder

Cryptorchidism is the failure of the testicle to descend into the scrotum, and it is the most common anomaly of the male urogenital system in childhood