四川大学：《儿科学》课程教学资源（PPT课件讲稿）Introduction & Infant Feeding

Introduction Infant Feeding YANG FAN(杨凡) Professor of pediatrics

Introduction & Infant Feeding YANG FAN (杨凡) Professor of Pediatrics

What is Pediatrics? Paediatrics is a relatively new medical specialty, developing only in the mid-19th century Abraham Jacobi ( 1830-1919) s known as the father of paediatrics

What is Pediatrics? Paediatrics is a relatively new medical specialty, developing only in the mid-19th century. Abraham Jacobi (1830–1919) is known as the father of paediatrics

Contributions to Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children with E noeggerath New York, 1859) Dentition and its Derangements (1862) The raising and Education of abandoned Children in europe(1870 Infant Diet(1874) Treatise on Diphtheria(1880)

• Contributions to Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children (with E. Noeggerath; New York, 1859) • Dentition and its Derangements(1862) • The Raising and Education of Abandoned Children in Europe (1870) • Infant Diet (1874) • Treatise on Diphtheria (1880) •

By dr ananya mandal, md Pediatrics is the branch of medicine dealing with the health and medical care of infants children and adolescents from birth up to the age of 18 The word" paediatrics"means healer of children they are derived from two Greek words (pais child and (iatros doctor or healer)

By Dr Ananya Mandal, MD • Pediatrics is the branch of medicine dealing with the health and medical care of infants, children, and adolescents from birth up to the age of 18. • The word “paediatrics” means “healer of children”; they are derived from two Greek words: (pais = child) and (iatros = doctor or healer)

Age cut-off point

• Age cut-off point

The young are often among the most vulnerable or disadvantaged in societ and thus require special attention

• The young are often among the most vulnerable or disadvantaged in society and thus require special attention

Facilitate optimal health and well-being for children and their family Focus on the growth and development of children Focus on the prevention of diseases of children Focus on the treatment of diseases of children

• Facilitate optimal health and well-being for children and their family • Focus on the growth and development of children • Focus on the prevention of diseases of children • Focus on the treatment of diseases of children

Preventive pediatrics Developmental pediatrics Clinical pediatrics

• Preventive Pediatrics • Developmental Pediatrics • Clinical Pediatrics

Aims Raise childs physical endowment Decrease the morbidity and mortality rate Improve the living quality of the children

Aims • Raise child’s physical endowment • Decrease the morbidity and mortality rate • Improve the living quality of the children

The infant mortality rate(IMr is the ratio of the number of deaths among children less than one year old during a given year to the number of live births during the same vear

The infant mortality rate (IMR) is the ratio of the number of deaths among children less than one year old during a given year to the number of live births during the same year