Pediatrics and adolescent medicine | Specialists and information

A lot is demanded of children, especially during longer hospital stays. Specialists in paediatrics and adolescent medicine therefore need empathy in addition to medical expertise. And yet the professional versatility of pediatrics is enormous.

Pediatrics is the study of diseases of the child and adolescent organism. It deals with developmental disorders and malformations of young patients - and with prevention and treatment. Children's bodies differ from adults in many areas, which is why the numerous sub-disciplines are also very specialized. These include pediatric cardiology, pediatric oncology, neuropaediatrics, social pediatrics and adolescent medicine.

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Pediatric and adolescent medicine - Further information

Specialist in pediatrics / pediatrician

A specialist in pediatrics, also known as a pediatrician, is responsible for the development of children and adolescents and the treatment, prevention and therapy of their diseases.

The best-known childhood diseases include

  • Measles,
  • mumps,
  • rubella,
  • chickenpox,
  • polio and
  • whooping cough.

As pediatrics covers the entire field of clinical medicine, pediatrics is subdivided into the following areas

  • Pediatric haematology and oncology (treatment of blood diseases and cancer in children),
  • Pediatric cardiology (treatment of heart disease in children),
  • Neonatology (care of premature babies and sick newborns),
  • Neuropaediatrics (diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the child's nervous system)

categorized.

In addition to surgical expertise, pediatricians also have knowledge of diagnostic procedures and disease-related pre- and post-treatment.

To become a specialist in pediatric and adolescent medicine, a doctor must complete five years of further training.

Therapeutic range of services in pediatric and adolescent medicine

The range of therapeutic services in pediatric and adolescent medicine essentially includes

  • Intensive neonatal therapy,
  • Neonatal and premature infant surgery,
  • abdominal surgery,
  • pediatric traumatology,
  • pediatric urology,
  • minimally invasive surgery,
  • thoracic surgery,
  • tumor surgery,
  • Treatment of burns / scalds,
  • Treatment of craniosynostosis,
  • laser therapy,
  • functional diagnostics,
  • Administration of blood substitutes,
  • chemotherapy,
  • bone marrow transplantation,
  • heat treatment.
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