Microsoft PowerPoint Lecture 1 Intro Pediatrics [tryb zgodności]

2015-11-18

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine dealing with the health and medical care of infants, children, and adolescents from birth up to the age of 18. The word “paediatrics” means “healer of children”; they are derived from two Greek words: (pais = child) and (iatros = doctor or healer). Paediatrics is a relatively new medical specialty, developing only in the mid-19th century. Abraham Jacobi (1830–1919) is known as the father of paediatrics.





Follow the 'five cleans' which must be followed to prevent infection in the newborn - Clean hands, clean cord tie, clean cord, clean surface and clean blade.
At first, your child will need regular reminders of how and when to wash hands. It is especially important to remind children to wash their hands after using the bathroom, before eating, after touching pets, after playing outside, and after coughing, sneezing, or blowing their nose



Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn. It is a hospital-based specialty, and is usually practised in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs)

Auxology = science of growth

■ is a meta-term covering the study of all aspects of human physical growth (Paul Godin 1903)

is a highly multi-disciplinary science involving health sciences / medicine, (pediatrics, general practice, endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology, epidemiology) and, to a lesser extent: nutrition, genetics, anthropometry, ergonomics, socioeconomics, sociology, public health and psychology among others.