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Procedures (9)
General Inquiry
Comprehensive Pediatric Check-Up
Growth and development control
New Born Care
Advice on transition to solid foods
Basic vaccination schedule
Breastfeeding advice
Counseling and support to parents and/or caregivers in feeding and parenting habits
Neonatal screening
Medical conditions (53)
Abdominal distension
Abdominal pain
Allergy to cow's milk protein
Ascites
Asthma
Atopical dermatitis
Bed wetting (urinating in sleep)
Blood in stool
Breast milk allergy
Bronchitis
Chickenpox
Child brain paralysis
Choking
Chronic cough
Cold
Constipation
Cough with phlegm or mucus
Delay in neurodevelopment
Delay of development
Diabetes
Diarrhea
Difficulty breathing
Difficulty swallowing
Dry cough
Dysuria
Ear infection (otitis media)
Ear pain
Enuresis (inability to control urination)
Fever
Flu
Food poisoning
Hoarseness
Hyperactive bladder
Low weight
Nausea
Nodes in neck
Overweight
Pain during urination
Pharyngitis
Phlegm
Recurrent respiratory infection
Rhinitis
Seizures
Shortness of breath
Skin allergy
Skin outbreaks
Stomach pain
Stuffy nose
Throat ache
Throat infection
Urinary tract infection (UTI)
Urination problems
Vomiting
General Info
About me
Pediatrician, Husband, Dad, Geek
Languages
English, Español
Education
Degrees
- Specialty in Pediatrics. Universidad de Costa Rica. 2018
- Doctor of medicine and surgery. Universidad de Costa Rica. 2014
Courses
Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Date: May 2018 Institution: CCSS-CENDEISSS
Advanced Pediatric Cardiac Support (PALS) Instructor Date: June 2018 Institution: SMI
I Pediatric ECMO Course Date: April 2018 Institution: Costa Rican Pediatric Association
Basic Cardiac Support (BLS) Date: January 2018 Institution: SMI
Advanced Cardiac Support (ACLS) Date: May 2014 Institution: SMI
Professional
Licenses
Physicians and Surgeons College of Costa Rica cod. MED12415Active
Medic and Surgeon - Costa Rica
Positions
- Pediatric Specialist of the Neonatology Service, Hospital San Juan de Dios
- Pediatric Specialist at the Marcial Fallas Clinic
- American Heart Association Certified Instructor of the Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course (PALS). SMI, American Heart Association (AHA)
- University Tutor, Universidad de Iberoamérica. 2018
Publications
- Rivera D, Valverde K, Ávila-Agüero M. Neutropenia febril en niños con cáncer: manejo en el servicio de emergencias. Rev Chilena Infectol. 2018; 35 (1): 62-71
- Rivera R, Ramírez S, Rivera D, Calvo M. 2018. Terapéutica Pediátrica. 7ma Edición. Corporación Litográfica Internacional
- Chacón-González C, Rivera-Salgado D, Brenes-Chacón H, et al. Use of Meropenem in a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital in Costa Rica and Its Role in the Era of Antimicrobial Stewardship. Cureus. 2021; 13(6)