title: Pediatrician's knowledge on the management of the infant who cries excessively in the first months of life.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the attitude, the practice and the knowledge of pediatricians regarding the management of the infant who cries excessively in the first months of life.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive cross-sectional study that enrolled pediatricians (n=132) randomly interviewed at a Pediatric meeting in Brazil, in August 2012. The data were collected by a self-administered standardized form after reading the hypothetical case of an infant who cried excessively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority of the participants were females, the mean age was 39 years and the average mean time working in the specialty was 14 years; 52.2% were Board Certified by the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics. The diagnosis most often considered was gastroesophageal reflux disease (62.9%), followed by infant colic (23.5%) and cow's milk allergy (6.8%). The diagnostic test most frequently mentioned was 24-hour esophageal pH-monitoring (21.9%). The medications most frequently indicated were domperidone (30.3%), the combination of domperidone with ranitidine (12.1%) and paracetamol (6%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the approach of the infant who cries excessively, diagnostic tests are frequently requested and unnecessary medical treatment is usually recommended.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Pequeno Príncipe, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana Carolina C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Marcon
authors.affiliation: Hospital Pequeno Príncipe, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Mário César
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Mauro Batista
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: de Morais
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003448:Crying; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010372:Pediatrics; D055815:Young Adult