Paediatrics in Germany
Departments and hospitals of paediatrics and adolescent medicine offer the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic services on an inpatient and outpatient basis, through their polyclinic units and in emergency care.
Paediatric hospitals care for children with congenital and acquired diseases of the liver and the digestive tract (including digestive disorders, acute and chronic intestinal diseases, metabolic disorders, liver inflammation/hepatitis, etc.); they offer diagnostics and treatment for all congenital and acquired disorders of the hormonal system (including thyroid diseases, growth disorders, sex hormone imbalances, diabetes mellitus, Prader-Willi syndrome and adrenal diseases such as adrenogenital syndrome), as well as for rheumatological and infectious diseases. In addition to the conditions listed above, departments and hospitals of paediatrics and adolescent medicine also treat children and adolescents with rare diseases. German paediatric hospitals care for children with any congenital, genetically determined or acquired disease of the kidneys, urinary tract and bladder; they treat kidney malformations, inflammatory kidney diseases, glomerulopathies and nephroses, as well as chronic renal failure and arterial hypertension.
Treatment areas:
- respiratory tract diseases, including cystic fibrosis;
- paediatric pulmonology;
- paediatric allergology and immunology;
- paediatric haematology;
- paediatric oncology / acute leukaemia;
- paediatric otorhinolaryngology;
- paediatric ophthalmology;
- paediatric dentistry;
- paediatric urology;
- paediatric orthopaedics / surgical treatment of scoliosis;
- paediatric diabetology;
- paediatric rheumatology;
- paediatric cardiology;
- paediatric cardiac surgery;
- paediatric endocrinology;
- immunodeficiency diseases in childhood;
- diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and the liver;
- neurological disorders and developmental disorders (neuropaediatrics);
- neonatology;
- intensive care;
- sleep medicine;
- treatment of burns of all types;
- child and adolescent psychiatry.
Special equipment and services:
- diabetes counselling;
- electrophysiology (EEG, sleep EEG, neurophysiology);
- endoscopy (bronchoscopy with rigid and flexible endoscopes, colonoscopy, oesophagogastroduodenoscopy, pH impedance monitoring);
- dietitian counselling on therapeutic nutrition;
- specialised immunology laboratory;
- resuscitation and intensive care units for newborn and premature babies;
- magnetic resonance imaging (institute of paediatric radiology);
- paediatric outpatient centre for specialised outpatient treatment;
- paediatric radiology;
- paediatric anaesthesiology;
- neonatal intensive care and resuscitation unit;
- outpatient paediatric emergency unit;
- psychotherapy;
- sleep laboratory for the investigation of breathing disorders;
- training courses for children with chronic conditions (for example asthma, anaphylaxis, diabetes, atopic dermatitis or Duchenne muscular dystrophy);
- special classes for mother and child;
- physiotherapy for children.
