Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics or paediatrics) and Neonatology is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The smaller body of an infant or neonate is substantially different physiologically from that of an adult, which need specialised care all together.
The medical field is as expansive and multifaceted as the intricacies of the human body. Doctor specialities exist for each of these fields of medicine to serve the needs of a particular realm of care offers several Subspecialities, including the following:
- Adolescent Medicine
- Child Abuse Medicine
- Addiction Medicine
- Developmental And Behavioural Paediatrics
- Genetics And Metabolism
- Paediatric Allergy And Immunology
- Paediatric Cardiology
- Paediatric Critical Care
- Paediatric Emergency Medicine
- Vaccination
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