A regionalized system of perinatal care with integrated delivery of services should address the care received by the women before and during pregnancy, the management of labor and delivery, postpartum care and neonatal care. Developments in perinatal medicine have allowed the existence of premature infants. These infants arrive life with their maternal nutrient supply abruptly disconnected, and have numerous nutritional risk factors. Neonatal care evaluates and monitor the newborn system-by-system for normal versus abnormal functioning, providing maintenance of normal and potential treatment of abnormal findings. Quality skilled care during pregnancy and childbirth are key for the health of the baby and the mother. Several studies have also documented low birth weight as a major contributory factor in perinatal and neonatal mortality.
Respiratory
disease is a common cause of neonatal illness. Prompt investigation to
ascertain the underlying diagnosis and appropriate subsequent management is
important to improve outcomes. The ability of the newborn infant to
adapt to the extra-uterine environment is critical to survival. The diseases
are mainly caused by an absence of a slippery material in the lungs called
surfactant. This material helps the lungs fill with air and keeps the air sacs
from deflating. Surfactant is present when the lungs are fully developed. Arguably
none is more critical to survival than the adaption of the lungs.
Neonatal respiratory conditions can rise for several reasons: delayed
adaptation or maladaptation to extra-uterine life, prevailing illnesses such as
surgical or congenital anomalies or from acquired conditions such as pulmonary infections
occurring either pre- or post-delivery.
A number of heart conditions can affect children. Some
are physical disability they are born with. Others involve the electrical
system that controls the heartbeat. Children
are more likely to be detected with a heart difference that they were born
with, but heart attacks in children are very rare. Neonatal
Cardiology is the fetal diagnosis and cure
given for pregnant women at risk of or known to be carrying babies with heart
problems. Neonatal heart conditions mainly includes heart defects associated
with other types of disease, such as diaphragmatic hernia, heart muscle disease
(cardiomyopathy) or infection (myocarditis), Heart problems due to lung masses,
etc.
For the growth and development of babies and children, adequate nutrition is fundamental. A balanced and nutritious diet improves the immune system of your infant, helps him or her maintain a healthy weight, and helps to grow his or her brain and bone. Proper nutrition is fundamental to the development and growth of infants. When developing infants are fed the appropriate types and amounts of foods, their health is promoted. A good and nutritious diet strengthens the child's immune system, helps him or her maintain a healthy weight, and helps the brain and bone to develop.
Adolescents' tumor are not always treated like adult
tumors. Pediatric
oncology is a medical field concentrated on the care of children with cancer. There
are many types of cancer treatment. The types of treatment that a child with
cancer receives will depend on the type of cancer and how advanced it is.
Common treatments include: surgery, chemotherapy,
radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and stem cell transplant. Neonatal oncology
is a pediatric oncology sub-specialty that deals with cancer prevention,
diagnosis, and care in infants. Newborn cancer is unusual and includes a
heterogeneous population with significant histological variation of neoplasms.
In fetuses and neonates, almost all forms of pediatric cancer can occur.
Pediatric
dentistry is a branch of dentistry that deals with children's dental health
monitoring and treatment. Dental procedures are
commonly viewed, especially among children, as fear-provoking and painful
experiences that most would like to avoid. Many children nowadays are exposed
to several tooth diseases and tooth decay
is quite common in them. Milk teeth go away over time, but permanent teeth that
require outstanding care are the essential ones. A child has to go through
painful procedures and therapies if oral hygiene is not taken care of.
Pediatric dentists are special oral care providers for newborns and children
through adolescence,
including those with exceptional health needs.
Kidney diseases
are often allied with poor lifestyles and old age, but children also suffer
from a host of issues related to their kidneys. The kidney diseases in children
could be congenital (from birth) such as hydronephrosis or an obstruction of
the urinary tract. Children can also contract urinary tract infections, kidney
stones, renal
failure and other diseases and medical issues. Pediatric nephrology comprises
diagnosing, treatment, and management many disorders affecting the kidney and
urinary tract, including kidney failure, inherited kidney diseases, high blood
pressure, kidney stones, abnormalities in the urine such as blood and protein
and urinary tract infections. Pediatric nephrology evaluates and treats
hypertension, hematuria, proteinuria, renal tubular acidosis, nephrolithiasis,
glomerulonephritis and kidney
failure.
The vast majority of neonates enter the world healthy.
But sometimes, infants develop conditions that require medical tests and
treatment. New borns are particularly susceptible to certain diseases,
much more so than older children and adults. Their new immune systems aren't
adequately developed to fight the bacteria, viruses, and parasites that cause
these infections. These extremely skillful experts also focus on infection
prevention for high-risk patients and managing infections if they occur. In
recent times the Covid-19 that
dominated our society for a while caused by the coronavirus affecting children
of all ages who can get sick. But usually, most children who are infected may
not get as ill as adults and some do not have any symptoms at all. Pediatric infectious
diseases experts treat a wide sort of contagious and immunologic diseases
such as those caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.
As Children are not mini adults. They have
anatomically, physiologically and psychosocially differences. Early and
critically ill newborns may need surgery soon after delivery to discourse
defects or abnormalities.
Operating on these critical newborns requires a highly specialized level of
care. Neonatal surgical problems are birth defects and anomalies. Neonatal surgery
is performed on newborns with defects that cannot be treated while in the womb.
Surgery may be done straightaway after labor or in the days or weeks that
follow. Pediatric surgery encompasses birth defects, abnormalities in children
from accidents
and trauma cases and more. Surgery in the
pediatric population is always done with several factors taken into severe
consideration. Surgeries in the pediatric population may be indiscriminately
divided into major, minor, elective and urgent surgeries. Surgeries of the head
and neck, as well as the chest and some abdominal operations, fall under the
indication of major surgery.
In concerned for critically ill children, treatment and
management often begins in the pediatric
emergency department. A smooth transition in care is needed to ensure
appropriate care to the sickest of children. It requires the supervision of
critically ill children in the pediatric emergency department apart from the
initial stabilization for conditions such as pediatric acute respiratory
distress syndrome, acute respiratory failure, status epilepticus, traumatic brain injury, congenital
heart disease, and metabolic emergencies. Often,
these conditions are serious and can be life-threatening. It includes treating
acute medical problems such as high or persistent fever, severe infections,
difficulty breathing, severe pain, vomiting, convulsions, and serious allergic
reactions. Serious accidents, such as fractures, head injuries, burns, and
disabilities arising from collisions, falls, or other incidents involving motor
vehicles. Overdoses and poisonings. Significant chronic
disease conditions such as asthma, diabetes, sickle cell disease, and
congenital or other debilitating diseases (i.e., existing at birth).
Pediatric
and Neonatal
Neurology includes the treatment of neurological
diseases that occur in newborn, infants, children and adolescents. It
involves the treatment of children with a wide variety of disorders, from seizures
and acquired brain injury to prenatally diagnosed brain malformations,
Intellectual disability, Congenital malformations, which are problems in how
the brain forms or develops, Stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI), Genetic
conditions that affects the nervous system, Autoimmune
problems that affect the brain and spinal cord (such as multiple sclerosis), Infections
or inflammation of the brain (such as meningitis or encephalitis), Brain
tumors. Child neurologists gives treatment
for children from birth into young adulthood.
Pediatric
endocrinology is a medical subspecialty dealing with disorders of the endocrine glands,
such as variations of physical growth and sexual development in childhood, diabetes
including type 1 and type 2, adrenal gland disorders, adrenoleukodystrophy, bone
and mineral disorders, childhood obesity, growth disorders, lipid disorders, multiple
endocrine neoplasia, type 1 (MEN 1) and type 2 (MEN 2), pituitary disorders, puberty
disorders, thyroid disorders, including thyroid cancer. Endocrine disease in
the neonate is uncommon, but may be life threatening or have profound long-term
consequences if not quickly recognized and treated. These disorders can have
severe implications on the development of the CNS if not promptly treated and
prevented.
Digestive, liver, and nutritional problems in children
often are quite different from those seen in adults. Pediatric
gastroenterologists are especially trained to carry out diagnostic tests of
a child’s digestive system. They have wide-ranging expertise in managing
nutritional complications in children, including placement and management of
feeding tubes and intravenous nutrition and diagnosing and treating infants,
children, and teens with liver disease
which includes Bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract, Complicated or severe
gastro esophageal reflux disease (reflux or GERD), Liver disease, Short bowel
syndrome, Acute or chronic abdominal pain, Chronic constipation, Vomiting,
Nutritional problems (including malnutrition,
obesity, and
failure to thrive), Feeding disorders, Food allergies or intolerances,
Inflammatory bowel disease, Severe or chronic diarrhea, Pancreatic
insufficiency (including cystic fibrosis) and pancreatitis.
Adolescent
medicine is the care of
people in and around their teen years, up to 20 years of age. Adolescent health
specializes in caring for young people 10 to 21 years of age seeking help with
eating disorders, biofeedback for chronic headaches and abdominal pain,
pediatric and adolescent gynecology,
gender diverse care, and reproductive and sexual health. Medicine is often
classified most simply as pediatric and adult,
with the pediatric category covering from early stages through both childhood
and adolescence.
Vision
is considered to be the most valuable of the basic senses among everyone.
Vision
loss may have tremendous consequences for the quality of life of a child.
Newborn babies can be affected by a large number of congenital and acquired eye
disorders. Timely referral, diagnosis, and management are critical to allow
optimal visual development. The critical period of visual development is in the
first 6 months after birth in neonates. Pediatric
ophthalmologists can diagnose, treat, and manage all children’s eye
problem. They perform surgery, microsurgery, and laser surgery (for
problems like weak eye muscles, crossed eyes, wandering eyes, blocked tear
ducts, retinal problems, and infections), Diagnose visual processing disorders,
Diagnose problems of the eye caused by diseases of the body such as diabetes or
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and other medical and neurological
diseases, Care for eye injuries.
For children with cancer and other life-limiting
illnesses, palliative care is a central component of care in resource-limited environments. Palliative
care focuses on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of the
illness. Severe medical issues, including genetic abnormalities, cancer,
prematurity, developmental disorders, heart and lung conditions and others, are
treated through pediatric palliative care. Symptoms of these conditions, such
as pain, shortness of breath, exhaustion, constipation, nausea, lack of
appetite and sleeping problems, anxiety and depression, are relieved. Palliative care
goals for curing and healing and become instrumental for improving the quality
of life.
Pediatric and Neonatal pulmonologists specialize in
treating children with breathing
problems. Common conditions include asthma, pneumonia, wheezing, bronchitis.
It provides diagnosis and comprehensive care for the full range of lung and respiratory
disorders including chronic lung disease, cystic fibrosis, chronic cough,
respiratory insufficiency, and sleep disorders. Some of the treatment
and diagnosis includes CT Scan, Ultrasound, Pulmonary function test, Bronchoscopy,
Thoracentesis, Chest fluoroscopy, and Pleural biopsy.
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
comprises the cure of infants and toddlers from birth through 3 years old who
are at risk for developmental delays or behavioral problems due to prematurity
or other medical problems that caused in hospitalization in a neonatal
intensive care unit. The professionals can help diagnose complex issues,
including ADHD and others like delayed development in speech, language or motor
skills or other social skills issues, mental health issues like anxiety, Autism, performance
issues in school, learning differences like dyslexia, developmental and
behavior evaluation of children with genetic disorders, school problems. Care
coordinated by the Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics clinic
usually includes treatment planning, behavioral medication management and
endorsements for further assessment or additional therapeutic strategies.
Pediatric and
Neonatal dermatology
involved in the treatment of skin, nails, hair and its illnesses. A dermatologist treats
the skin, scalp, hair, and nails with diseases, in the most thorough sense, and
certain corrective problems. They provide treatment to several skin conditions,
including hemangiomas and other pigmented birthmarks, vascular birthmarks and
congenital skin disorders, atopic dermatitis or eczema, contact dermatitis,
vitiligo, hives, psoriasis, and warts. Ongoing topics in the field of pediatric
dermatology, including new forms of childhood contact dermatitis,
fibrocystic pancreatic disease and aquagenic palm wrinkling. Pediatric
dermatologists provides medications and treatment for a wide variety of
pediatric skin
conditions using the latest available treatment methods. They provide
treatment for children from birth through adolescence.
Pediatric orthopedic surgeons are doctors who specialize in treating children's musculoskeletal (bone, joint, back, and muscle) issues. Their specialty training is particularly valuable when treating bones that are still growing. Pediatric orthopedic surgeons diagnose, treat, and handle musculoskeletal issues in infants, such as: Deformities of the limbs and spine (such as club foot and scoliosis), Gait abnormalities (limping), Bone and joint infections, Broken bones.
The Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology provides a complete diagnostic and treatment program
for all diseases involving the ear, nose or throat. The pediatric otolaryngologist has unique skills in the
diagnosis, treatment, and management of childhood disorders of voice, speech,
language, and hearing.
Pharmacology consists of two
fields of interest, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. Pediatric Pharmacology ensures safe and effective drug use
and optimal medication therapy outcomes in children up to 18 years of age.
Clinical Case Studies in Pediatrics provides a compilation of often recognized sorts of pediatric situations that need hospital admission by simulating genuine morning report diagnosis sessions experienced by hospital clinicians. Each case study begins with a description of the reason for admission to the hospital, followed by a differential , discussion of the differential diagnosis, and finally an in-depth explanation of the actual diagnosis.
Scientific Highlights
- Perinatal and Neonatal Care
- Neonatal Respiratory Diseases
- Pediatric and Neonatal Cardiology
- Nutrition and Growth
- Pediatric and Neonatal Oncology
- Pediatric Dentistry
- Pediatric Nephrology
- Pediatric and Neonatal Infectious Diseases
- Pediatric and Neonatal Surgery
- Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
- Pediatric and Neonatal Neurology
- Pediatric and Neonatal Endocrinology
- Pediatric and Neonatal Gastroenterology
- Adolescent Medicine
- Pediatric and Neonatal Ophthalmology
- Pediatric Palliative care
- Pediatric and Neonatal Pulmonology
- Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
- Pediatric and Neonatal Dermatology
- Pediatric Orthopedics
- Pediatric Otolaryngology
- Pediatric and Neonatal Pharmacology
- Pediatric and Neonatal Diseases and Disorders
- Clinical Case Study in Pediatrics and Neonatology