Obstetrical-gynaecological and pediatric sciences 2
Module General and Specialistic Pediatrics

Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: SALVATORE LEONARDI

Detailed Course Content

Neonatology • The healthy newborn • The newborn infant and newborn care • Low birth weight newborn • Postterm newborn • Birth defects • Birth trauma • Neonatal asphyxia • Neonatal jaundice • Neonatal seizures • Neonatal coagulopathies • Neonatal infections • Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome • Intensive neonatal care Preventive Pediatrics • Pediatric primary care • Normal growth and development • Methods to evaluate growth. Bone age. Clinical evaluation of puberal maturation • Feeding: infant, toddler, child and adolescent. Breast feeding Milk formula Weaning • Neonatal screening • Carrier state screening • Vaccination • Domestic accidents General Pediatrics • Growth failure • Nutritional defects • Congenital cardiopathies • Infectious diseases Exanthematous diseases Viral diseases Visceral Leishmaniasis • Allergy • Asthma • Respiratory infections • Cystic fibrosis • Celiac disease • Gastroenteritis • Nephrotic syndrome • Glomerulonephritis • Primary immunodeficiencies • Metabolism diseases Galactosemia Phenylketonuria • Endocrine diseases Congenital hypothiroidism Diabetes Congenital adrenal hyperplasia Puberal disorders Hypopithuitarism • Fever of unknown origin • Mendelian diseases • Chromosomic diseases • Systemic inflammatory diesases Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Systemic Lupus Erithematosus Henoch Schönlein purpura Inflammatory bowel diseases Kawasaki disease Seizures and epilepsy Atopic dermatitis Pediatric Hematology • Normal hematology values trough childhood • Anemias Thalassemias Sickle Cell Disease Iron deficiency anemia G6PD • Splenomegalies • Lymph node disorders • Coagulopathies • Thrombocytopenias • Leukemias and lymphomas • Tumours in children

Textbook Information

Principi – Rubino – Vierucci: Pediatria generale e specialistica – Casa Editrice Ambrosiana Bona – Miniero: Pediatria Pratica – Edizioni Minerva Medica Bartolozzi: Pediatria – Masson Editore Zuccotti – Giovannini: Manuale di Pediatria Esculapio
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