Point of view of the Italians pediatric scientific societies about the pediatric care during the COVID-19 lockdown: what has changed and future prospects for restarting

• Main Authors: Riccardo Lubrano (Author), Alberto Villani (Author), Stefano Berrettini (Author), Paolo Caione (Author), Alberto Chiara (Author), Antonella Costantino (Author), Roberto Formigari (Author), Emilio Franzoni (Author), Guido Castelli Gattinara (Author), Arturo Giustardi (Author), Giancarlo La Marca (Author), Paolo Lionetti (Author), Mario Lima (Author), Claudio Maffei (Author), Monica Malamisura (Author), Giantonio Manzoni (Author), Gian Luigi Marseglia (Author), Antonio Memeo (Author), Fabio Mosca (Author), Giovanna Perricone (Author), Licia Peruzzi (Author), Giorgio Piacentini (Author), Gabriella Pozzobon (Author), Enrica Riva (Author), Simonetta Tesoro (Author), Giuseppe Zampino (Author), Federica Zanetto (Author), Marco Zecca (Author), Silvia Bloise (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is currently rare in children and they seem to have a milder disease course and better prognosis than adults. However, SARS-Cov-2 pandemic has indirectly caused problems in pediatric medical assistance. In view of this we wanted to draw a p...