儿科医生Frequently Asked Questions
Medically reviewed byKaren Gill, M.D.- 写Tim Jewell
What is a pediatrician?
儿科医生s play a key role in your child’s healthcare.
一个pediatrician是一位专业的医生，受过训练，可以照顾孩子的身体，心理和情感健康，从出生到18岁，有时甚至更老。
一个pediatrician near you can complete “well child visits” and年度身体，管理和治疗任何健康状况，并确保您的孩子达到所有行为和身体里程碑。
儿科医生s can perform the following procedures on babies and children:
- scheduled vaccines (免疫）
- minor repairs for cuts, scrapes, wounds, and other lacerations
- blood draws
- applying a temporary夹板on a sprained joint or injured bone
- 环境脱位关节回到位
- cutting into and draining脓肿
- removing objects that have gotten in your child's body, such as splinters or fish hooks
- lumbar punctureto collect spinal fluids for diagnostic tests
- intravenous catheterization
- 膀胱导管插入术
- 气管插管
- 袋罩通风
There are procedures that pediatricians are required to know based on guidelines from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
一些儿科医生的办公室可能无法执行上述所有程序。请与您当地的儿科医生联系，以获取更全面的儿科医生可以执行的程序的清单。
儿科医生s diagnose and in some cases treat the following conditions:
- 耳朵，鼻子，喉咙和颈部条件等耳朵感染和链球菌喉咙（耳鼻喉科）
- allergies to food like nuts and fish or allergens in the environment like pollen or chemicals, as well as immune system disorders (allergy，，，，asthma，免疫学）
- 可能被认为是由社会，情感或认知原因导致日常生活的行为，例如添加，，，，多动症，，，，or自闭症谱系障碍
- 消化条件可能会使您的孩子难以食用或通过废物（胃肠病学）
- physical or cognitive conditions that affect your child's ability to speak (语言病理学）
- 在您的孩子出生或因受伤引起的情况下，听到困难（听力学）
- conditions that make it difficult for your child to walk, talk, or perform basic daily activities (rehabilitative medicine or physical and occupational therapy)
- complications that happen when your child is born too early (neonatology)
- heart conditions present when your child is born or that develop throughout childhood (cardiology）
- 大脑或神经系统疾病（neurology）
- cancers that develop during childhood (oncology）
该清单并不详尽 - 儿科医生可能会专注于各种疾病，因为它们的主要重点是您的孩子的整体健康。
Get in touch with your local pediatrician to learn more about what conditions they can treat or specialize in.
Top questions to ask a pediatrician during your or your child’s appointment that you may have not thought of:
- How long have you been treating children? When did you start your practice?
- What philosophy guides your approach to treating children? What are your beliefs about circumcision, vaccination, holistic medicine, or discipline?
- 一个re there other doctors or pediatricians in your practice? Who covers for you when you're away or on vacation? Do you have any nurse practitioners, physician's assistants, or nurses who can help me?
- How long can I expect my child's check-ups to last?
- 一个re there any other specialists in your practice that can help my child, too?
- 您的办公室什么时候开放？您可以同日紧急访问吗？您的孩子可能有任何紧急情况或症状，您是否有紧急时间或联系信息？
- Do I need to call first and verify that it's an emergency with one of your staff?
- 如果我或我的孩子不能旅行，您可以来我家去医疗吗？还是您提供虚拟访问？
- Will my child's condition or treatment impact their lifestyle?
- 有什么生活方式的改变,我或我的孩子吗can make to help with their symptoms or condition?
Taking care of a child's medical needs may require skills distinct from those of a general physician.
找到合适的儿科医生意味着找到一个可以满足孩子的医疗需求的人，同时还以耐心，同理心和尊重来对待您的孩子。
儿科医生s also need to take into consideration other factors in the child's life that may be contributing to their conditions or behaviors. Keep this in mind when you choose your pediatrician.