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PEDIATRICS
WINTER SEMESTER
III Year
NEONATOLOGY
Seminar – 15 hours
- Classification of newborn infants by birth weight and gestational age. Prematurity [3 hours] - Martyna Korzeniewicz MD
- Medical assessment of the newborn infant. Adaptation to the extra-uterine life. [3 hours] - Martyna Korzeniewicz MD
- Rules of newborn resuscitation. Preventive health care during neonatal period. [3 hours] - Martyna Korzeniewicz MD
- Respiratory and circulatory adaptation. Newborn laboratory standards [2 hours] - Martyna Korzeniewicz MD
- Physiology and pathology of the respiratory system and cardiovascular system. Neonatal screening, inborn errors of the metabolism [2 hours] - Martyna Korzeniewicz MD
- Head and neck examination including diagnosis of craniofacial pathology in children and young [2 hours] - Krzysztof Dowgierd MD, PhD
Exercises – 20 hours
ATTENTION!!!
The sequence of topics may change during the semester according to the schedule for Pediatrics. Due to the wide range of material we recommend earlier preparation.
A test, which covers the subject from basic literature, seminars and lectures, will be taken before every practical exercises.
Teachers conducting exercises:
Martyna Korzeniewicz MD, – The Regional Children’s Specialized Hospital in Olsztyn, Clinical Department of Pathology and Birth Defects Newborns and Infants
Łukasz Osiński MD, - The Regional Specialized Hospital in Olsztyn, Żołnierska 18 street, The Ward of the Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care
Natalia Baluch MD, - The Regional Specialized Hospital in Olsztyn, Żołnierska 18 street, The Ward of the Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care
Malwina Malińska - Amrozy MD, - The Regional Specialized Hospital in Olsztyn, Żołnierska 18 street, The Ward of the Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care
Subject 1: Symptomatology of newborn and infant diseases. Physical examination of infants.
Martyna Korzeniewicz MD, - The Regional Children’s Specialized Hospital in Olsztyn, Clinical Department of Pathology and Birth Defects Newborns and Infants
Subject 2: Medical history physiological and morphological features of the term babies. Adaptation to extra uterine life. Physiological jaundice, jaundice connected to breast feeding, pathological jaundice.
Łukasz Osiński MD, - The Regional Specialized Hospital in Olsztyn, Żołnierska 18 street, The Ward of the Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care
Natalia Baluch MD, - The Regional Specialized Hospital in Olsztyn, Żołnierska 18 street, The Ward of the Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care
Malwina Malińska - Amrozy MD, - The Regional Specialized Hospital in Olsztyn, Żołnierska 18 street, The Ward of the Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care
Subject 3: Breastfeeding and formula-feeding. Types of formulas. Diarrhea in children.
Aneta Szalacha MD, - - The Regional Children’s Specialized Hospital in Olsztyn, Clinical Department of Pathology and Birth Defects Newborns and Infants
Subject 4: Physical examination of children.
Martyna Korzeniewicz MD, - The Regional Children’s Specialized Hospital in Olsztyn, Clinical Department of Pathology and Birth Defects Newborns and Infants
SUMMER SEMESTER
Lecture – 10 hours
- Introduction into the paediatrics. General terms related to the child care. Ethical issues in the paediatrics. Diagnostics guidelines and therapeutic standards in the modern paediatrics [1H]
- History taking and physical examination in pediatrics: principles of proper physical examination in pediatric patients [1H]
- Pediatric symptomatology / general semiotic in pediatrics and significance of chosen clinical signs and symptoms in children [2H]
- Puberty – physiology and clinical features; major health-related problems in adolescent medicine [1H]
- Child abuse and neglect (Maltreated child syndrome). Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder-ADHD [1H]
- Major nutritional problems during growth: Undernutrition, childhood obesity; eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa) [2H]
- Vitamin D – metabolism and clinical significance. Disturbances of the calcium and phosphorus homeostasis (rickets, osteoporosis ) [1H]
- Metabolic disorders. Metabolic screening of newborns [1H]
Seminars (10h):
- Psychomotor development, developmental milestones, red flags. (2h) E.Łobodzińska-Młynarczyk
- Fever in children. Pathogenesis, diagnostics and management. Dehydration. Fluid therapy. (2h) A.Szalacha
- Vaccinations. (2h)A.Szalacha
- Assessment of the physical development of the children. Growth disorders. Eating disorders. (2h) A.Charemska-Ronchini
- Nutrition of the healthy infants and children. (2h) S.Koletzko
Classes (30h):
ATTENTION!!!
The sequence of topics may change during the semester according to the schedule for Pediatrics. Due to the wide range of material we recommend earlier preparation.
A test, which covers the subject from basic literature, seminars and lectures, will be taken before every practical exercises.
Classes will take place in the Regional Children’s Specialized Hospital, Żonierksa 18a street Children’s Hospital on the Wards according to the class schedule.
Teachers conducting classes:
Prof. S.Koletzko,MD,PhD
Elżbieta Lobodzińska-Młynarczyk,MD
Aneta Szalacha,MD
Class 1: Psychomotor development up to third year of life
Definition of the development. Development overview. Neuromuscular maturity assessment of the newborns. Newborn reflexes. Muscle tone assessment in infants. Psychomotor development in particular months of the first year of life.
Mile stones in the first year of life. Development of the speech, social skills, gross and fine motor. Psychomotor development delay in the first year of life. Child development in the 1 – 3 years of age and preschool period. The Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST II).
Class 2: History taking in pediatrics. Patient report
General principles of history taking in pediatrics.
Case report. History taking scheme.
The most common problems in pediatric practise - the most important questions during history taking in pediatrics (abdominal pain, fever, cough, headaches, vomits, failure to thrive /weight loss). Initial assessment of the patient - "ABCDE",
GCS, AVPU. General rules of written patient history.
Participation in the ward rounds.
Physical examination of the children hospitalized in the ward.
Class 3: Underweight in children. Assessment of the child development – history taking, physical examination. Case report
Assessment methods of the physical development (table standards, percentile charts). Pediatric examination scheme – inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation, separateness in physical examination of the younger child.
Detailed part: general principles of systemic physical examination in younger children, history taking and physical examination of the chosen patients.
Participation in the ward rounds.
Physical examination of the children hospitalized in the ward.
Class 4: Physical examination of the children: general appearance. Case report – disscusion
Pediatric examination scheme of the infants and young children – physical examination separateness of the infants and young children.
Participation in the ward rounds.
Physical examination of the children hospitalized in the ward.
Class 5: Examination of the head and neck, dysmorphs.
Pediatric examination scheme of the older child – physical examination separateness of the older child.
Participation in the ward rounds.
Physical examination of the children hospitalized in the ward.
Class 6: Common symptoms: abdominal pain, vomiting in children-functional disorder or disease.
