PEDIATRICS

Knowing how to interpret and manage the main diseases of the child in educational contexts

Knowing how to monitor and evaluate the different trajectories of the child's development (motor, language, sensory, relational and behavioral) and growth, knowing how to grasp the differences between typical and atypical development of the child, complex clinical pictures and anomalous behaviors reactive to the context of life

Promote effective integration between educational, social, cultural and pediatric-health services.

Lectures at one of the departmental offices. The lectures make use of the support of slides with texts, tables, images and videos aimed at explaining pediatric physiology and pathology.

PART I

General part

The health of the child: protective and risk factors (growth and social disadvantage, the abused child)

The immigrant child (pediatric assistance, promotion of the health of foreign mothers and their children)

Child mortality

Clinical history and observation of the child

Expanded newborn screening program in Italy

Health assessments and monitoring of the child's health

Development trajectories and their evaluation

Levels of health care and multidisciplinary management of the child with chronic illness

Transition from adolescence to adulthood

Neurodevelopmental disorders

Atypical development of trajectories

Movement disorders (cerebral palsy)

Speech and language disorders

Hearing and vision impairments

Specific learning disabilities

Disability

Pediatric emergencies in educational contexts: what they are and how to manage them

The child with trauma

Shock

Sepsis

Anaphylaxis

Neurological emergencies

Accidents

poisonings

Ingestion of foreign body

Principles of genetics

Down syndrome

Rare genetic syndromes

Term and premature infant

Characteristics of the full-term newborn

Characteristics of the preterm infant

APGAR score

Neonatal care for the protection of the newborn

Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

Jaundice

Congenital infections

Neonatal withdrawal syndromes

Nutrition

Nutrition and feeding in infancy

Breastfeeding

Weaning

Poor growth

Malnutrition

Obesity

Dental caries in early childhood

Growth

Physiological growth

Poor stature-weight growth

Anthropometric evaluation

Puberty

PART II

Gastroenterology

Principle of structure and function of the gastrointestinal tract

Reflux, vomiting

Cry

Acute and recurring abdominal pain

Gastroenteritis

Celiac disease

Viral hepatitis

Diarrhea and constipation

Infections and immunity

The child with fever

Bacterial and viral infections

Exanthematous diseases

Vaccinations

General principles of immunodeficiencies

Allergic diseases

General principles of allergies

Food allergy and food intolerance

Main clinical pictures (eczema, rhinitis, asthma, urticaria)

Drug allergy

Hypersensitivity to insect bites

Respiratory diseases

Principle of structure and function of the respiratory system

Cough

Upper respiratory infections (otitis, sinusitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, tracheitis)

Bronchiolitis

Pneumonia

Cystic fibrosis

Heart diseases

Principles of structure and function of the heart

Rhythm disturbances

Syncope

Diseases of kidneys and urinary tract

Principle of structure and function of kidneys and urinary tract

Urinary tract infections

Enuresis

Blood diseases

Nutritional deficiency anemia

Thalassemia

Haemophilia

Dermatological diseases

Infantile rashes

Pediculosis

Endocrine diseases

Principle of structure and function of the glands

Pituitary gland

Growth hormone deficiency and conditions with short stature

Diabetes

Thyroid disorders (hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism)

Precocious and delayed puberty

Musculoskeletal diseases

Physiological and abnormal posture

Scoliosis

Growing pains

Arthritis

Neurological diseases

Headache

Epilepsy

Encephalitis and meningitis

Childhood cancers

Most frequent cancers in infancy (leukemia, neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, retinoblastoma)

Pediatric hospice and palliative care