pediatrics
Sign in to savePediatrics (American English), also spelled paediatrics (British English), also known as underage medicine, is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Within the Commonwealth, pediatrics covers patients until the age of 18, except in India where the pediatric age is 12. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends people seek pediatric care through the age of 21, but some pediatric subspecialists continue to care for adults up to 26, depending on insurance coverage for young adults who reside with parents. Worldwide age limits
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Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that specializes in providing medical care to infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. It matters because it addresses the unique health needs of younger patients, with age ranges for pediatric care varying by country and organization—typically extending from infancy through the late teens or early twenties.
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- Pediatrics
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- Pediatric cardiology, neonatology, critical care, pediatric oncology, hospital medicine, primary care, others (see below)
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- A pediatrician examines a neonate.
- Medical specialty.focus
- Infants, children, adolescents, and young adults
- Medical specialty.diseases
- Congenital diseases, infectious diseases, childhood cancer, mental disorders
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- World Health Organization Child Growth Standards
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- Pediatrician
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- Glossary of medicine
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Article
22 sectionsContents
- History
- Etymology
- Differences between adult and pediatric medicine
- Absorption
- Distribution
- Metabolism
- Elimination
- Pediatric autonomy in healthcare
- History of pediatric autonomy
- Parental authority and current medical issues
- Modern advancements
- Education requirements
- Canada
- India
- United States
- Training of pediatricians
- Subspecialties
- Other specialties that care for children
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Pediatrics (American English), also spelled paediatrics (British English), also known as underage medicine, is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Within the Commonwealth, pediatrics covers patients until the age of 18, except in India where the pediatric age is 12. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends people seek pediatric care through the age of 21, but some pediatric subspecialists continue to care for adults up to 26, depending on insurance coverage for young adults who reside with parents. Worldwide age limits of pediatrics have been trending upward year after year. A medical doctor who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician, or paediatrician. The word pediatrics and its cognates mean "healer of children", derived from the two Greek words: (pais "child") and (iatros "doctor, healer"). Pediatricians work in clinics, research centers, universities, general hospitals and children's hospitals, including those who practice pediatric subspecialties (e.g. neonatology requires resources available in a NICU).
==History== right|250px|thumb|Part of Great Ormond Street Hospital in [[London, United Kingdom, which was the first pediatric hospital in the English-speaking world.]]