INTRODUCTION: Routine attendance in pediatrics requires knowledge on several protocols and guidelines for each age group to guarantee proper development in childhood. No unified protocol is extant in Brazilian literature for all recommendations. OBJECTIVE: Current paper tries to organize a pediatric attendance protocol to facilitate a pediatric visit to the doctor from the first day of life of the child up to the fifteenth year of the adolescent, and present it on a single chart. METHODS: Current study is based on a bibliographic survey in PubMed and MEDLINE databases with articles published during the last ten years, based on the guidelines of the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatrics and other international and national societies. Protocol starts with guidelines on the number and intervals of visits, neonatal screening tests, usage of vitamin D and ferrous sulfate, recommendations for diets and mouth hygiene and the time in which dentist, ophthalmological, audiological evaluations should start, coupled to follow-up and prevention of cardiovascular and enteroparasite diseases, when and which complementary tests should be done in routine visits, evaluation of physical and neuropsychomotor development, including scores for the diagnosis of autism and depression, and immunization calendar. RESULTS: The protocol includes a chart unifying all guidelines by month and date, all the necessary care aspects for the daily use in outpatient attendance and in the consulting room. CONCLUSION: Pediatric attendance protocol will make easy routine visits to the doctor, preventing mistakes and guaranteeing children’s best development.
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