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cord-314028-sf8zt9r9	Esposito, Susanna	Telemedicine for management of paediatric infectious diseases during COVID-19 outbreak	2020-06-23		.txt	text/plain	584	34	49	From March 7 to May 3, during the lockdown phase, 61 requests of telemedicine consultation (28, 45.9%, males; mean age ± standard deviation, 4.69 ± 3.22 years) to the paediatric infectious disease specialist in the hospital by the primary care paediatricians were made. A total of 55 (90.2%) paediatric problems that without telemedicine support could have led the patient to the emergency room of the hospital were solved in the community: 30 (54.5%) children with fever of unknown origin, 20 (36.4%) with skin rash, 3 (5.5%) with suspected primary immunodeficiency and 2 (3.6%) with acrocyanosis. This experience shows that during the COVID-19 outbreak, the use of telemedicine for the management of paediatric infectious diseases permitted us to avoid hospital access J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f in 90% of the cases, favouring reduction of the pressure on the hospitals. Our experience shows that telemedicine may be an easy and effective measure to solve many paediatric problems in the community during COVID-19 outbreak, reducing emergency room visits.	./cache/cord-314028-sf8zt9r9.txt	./txt/cord-314028-sf8zt9r9.txt