Duties of a pediatrician

**Pediatrician Duties** Children are great blessings whose existence brings freshness and vitality to life.... These vulnerable creatures need care and maintenance from birth and their health must be monitored... Stay with us to explain further... ### **Pediatrician** In the past, children used to go to the same adult doctor for the treatment of their disease, and perhaps because of lack of expertise, they did not get the desired result... But with the advancement of technology, a separate specialty was defined for children, which obtained the necessary information in the field of children's diseases... ### **Jaundice in children** Physiological jaundice occurs in the first 2-3 days of birth and resolves within 5-7 days.... If the jaundice continues for more than 2 weeks, it is pathological.... If the patient is suspected of biliary atresia, consultation with a pediatrician is necessary.... The clinical picture of these patients is growth disorder, growth failure and increased symptoms.. venous pressure... ### **Diagnostic measures** Measurement of serum bilirubin Prevention of viral infections and viral hepatitis If atresia is suspected in the ultrasound examinations, a course of treatment with phenobarbital is performed and then a nuclear scan is performed.... If nuclear material is observed in the intestine, it indicates the opening of the bile ducts and the atresia is ruled out... Due to the absence of ganglion cells in Auerbach's plexus... any baby who does not defecate in the first two days of birth should be checked for this disease... If anus is not seen during the examination at birth, we wait 24 hours, there is a possibility of finding a fistula... This fistula helps to perform surgery... Inguinal hernia or inguinal hernia is such that if a child presents with abdominal pain, it should be complete like an adult... Be sure to check the hernia... Usually this hernia can be reduced in children... After reducing it, the patient is hospitalized and is being prepared for surgery... the surgery should be done... the child has no symptoms, it should not be checked without reason.... Conditions for exploring the other side: 1- Prematureness of the baby 2- It is a hernia... **3 – 02 54 61 22 \[021\]**