12^thAsia Pacific Pediatrics Congress May 01-02, 2019 Seoul, South Korea

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine dealing with the wellbeing and health care of infants, children and adolescents from birth up to the age of 18. The purposes of the study of pediatrics is to moderate new-born and infant rate of deaths, regulate the spread of infectious disease, promote healthy lifestyles for a prolonged disease-free life and aid to ease the complications of children and adolescents with chronic conditions. Pediatricians diagnose and treat numerous conditions among children and also involved with the prevention, early detection, and management of problems that occur in children.

Pediatric essential medicinal services incorporates wellbeing administration and preventive direction; observing physical growth and development; age-appropriate screening; diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic sicknesses; Management of genuine and life threatening diseases in pediatrics. A primary care doctor is normally the first medical physician reached by a patient on account of reasons, for example, eases of communication, available area, and progressively issues of cost and care requirements.

During the first six months after delivery, the baby is fed only on breast milk, and the baby depends on the mother for all nutrient requirements. Breast milks consist of all the essential nutrients that are not found in any other supplements. Breast feeding is best for the healthy growth and development of growing infants and is has a number of health benefits to both mother and baby.

Public health Pediatrics deals with poverty and child health, early brain and child development, obesity, mental health and local public health initiatives. Ensuring ideal health for children requires a population-based approach and association between pediatrics and public health. The incorporation of clinical practice with public health actions is essential for multiple levels of disease prevention that involve the child, family, and community.

Nutrition in first 1000 days life is essential for the immune system development and wellbeing of the child. Pediatric obesity is a predominant nutritional disorder in children and adolescents worldwide mainly in developed countries. Childhood obesity leads to many other health problems in children such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, liver and kidney diseases. There are different factors responsible for the cause of obesity in children such as eating habits, genetics, Hormonal causes, environment, metabolism, and lifestyle.

Cancer in children can occur anywhere in the body, including the blood and lymph node system, brain and spinal cord, kidneys, and other organs and tissues. Cancer can be malignant or benign. A malignant cancer tumour will grow in one place and can spreads to other parts of the body. A benign tumor can grow but will not spread to any other parts.

Bacterial, viral, parasitic or fungal infections are all types of infectious diseases that can make children sick. These illnesses need to be treated by specialists who are committed to preventing and treating acute and chronic infectious diseases including HIV and AIDS. Pediatric infectious disease specialists are expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases in children.

Pediatric nurses work with patients from infancy to young adulthood, giving developmental screenings, immunizations, and treating common illnesses like chicken pox and tonsillitis. Pediatric nurses will teach the parents how to prevent childhood diseases, proper nutrition and diet for the growth and development of their child.

Renal disease is one of the major reasons for mortality. Pediatric patients with renal infection, particularly younger ones may give nonspecific signs and symptoms random to the urinary tract. Paediatric Nephrology specializes in the diagnosis and management of kids with a variety of acute and chronic kidney related diseases.

About one in every 100 children has a heart problem. Many different types of heart problems can affect children. They include congenital heart defects, viral infections that affect the heart, and even heart disease acquired later in childhood due to illnesses or genetic syndromes. The treatment for child’s heart defect will depend on the cause of the problem. Most heart defects resolve by themselves over time, and some can be fixed with medicine. 

Pediatric surgery is a subspecialty of surgery including the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Some pediatric diseases require surgery such as congenital malformations, abdominal wall defects, chest wall deformities, childhood tumors, Separation of conjoined twins etc.,.

Allergy and asthma is the most common among the health effects that occur in children. Some of the common allergies observed in children are food allergies, hay fever, sneezing, cough, itching, nausea, stomach ache, fatigue, and headache. Allergies can be controlled by medical treatment and through early immunizations. Initial injection of vaccines and continuation up to 3-5 years will help to increase immunity against different allergies in Pediatrics.

The endocrine system in children helps to maintain all metabolic functions of their body and releases hormones which play an important role for their proper growth and development. Pediatric endocrinologists treat children with different hormonal problems such as growth, puberty, diabetes, thyroid, obesity and sexual development. These endocrine disorders and hormonal problems can have significant effects on a child’s physical and emotional well-being.

Inappropriate function of any part of brain will be considered as neurological disorder which leads to developmental problems in children. The symptoms of the neurological disorders may be physical as well as psychological. Such disorders can be evaluated through different diagnostic techniques.

Pediatric Pharmacology involves the gathering of clinical pharmacology information, such as information regarding the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of a product pertaining to dose selection and individualization. This guidance and approach help in obtaining the considerations for conducting studies so that the accurate dosing and information for drugs and biologic products in pediatric populations can be sufficiently characterized, leading to well-designed trials to evaluate safety and effectiveness. Significant advancements have been made in pediatric therapeutics over the last few years to truly benefit from the pharmacological research efforts and translate them into dosing recommendations that are evaluated in a adequately powered randomized clinical trial manner.