Publications by authors named "Carmela Porcu"

This study assesses attitudes towards vaccination in mothers of new-born babies and explores its association with different exposures to communication. Data were collected through questionnaires administered by means of interviews. Data highlighted that 20% of mothers showed an orientation towards vaccine hesitancy.

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An eleven-day boy neonate with a fetal anamnesis of grade 1 bilateral hydronephrosis according to the grading of the Society for Fetal Urology (SFU), came to our attention for an acute osteoarthritis secondary to urosepsis. In the urological follow-up, a severe bilateral vesico-ureteral reflux (VUR) was diagnosed. An early post-natal, reno-vesicle ultrasound evaluation could have changed the clinical course of our patient.

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