Paediatric

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Paediatric

Paediatric (pronounced: pee-dee-at-rik) is a branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends people be under pediatric care up to the age of 21. In the UK, paediatrics covers patients until age 18.

Etymology

The word "paediatric" comes from the Greek words 'pais' meaning child and 'iatros' meaning doctor or healer. Paediatrics thus roughly translates to "healer of children".

Related Terms

  • Neonatology: A subspecialty of paediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant.
  • Adolescent Medicine: A subspecialty of paediatrics that focuses on care of patients who are in the adolescent period of development.
  • Paediatric Oncology: A specialty discipline in medicine concerned with diagnosing and treating children, usually up to the age of 18, with cancer.
  • Paediatric Cardiology: A branch of paediatrics that deals with heart conditions in children.
  • Paediatric Neurology: A specialty of both paediatrics and neurology that deals with diseases and conditions of the nervous system of children.

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