Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Therapy

Neonatology

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Neonatology is a subspecialty of Pediatrics that consists of the medical care of new-born infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant. It is a hospital-based specialty, and is usually practiced in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Neonatal infection can be acquired in utero transplacentally, through the birth canal during delivery (intrapartum), and from external sources after birth (postpartum). In utero infection, which can occur any time before birth, results from overt or subclinical maternal infection. Consequences depend on the agent and timing of infection in gestation and include spontaneous abortion, intrauterine growth restriction, premature birth, stillbirth, congenital malformation (e.g., rubella), and symptomatic (e.g., cytomegalovirus [CMV], toxoplasmosis, syphilis) or asymptomatic (e.g., CMV) neonatal infection. Common viral agents include herpes simplex viruses, HIV, CMV, and hepatitis B.

Related conferences: Pediatrics Conferences September 14-16, 2016 Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Pediatric Surgery Conferences September 14-16, 2016 Amsterdam, Netherlands; Pediatric Dermatology Conferences October 10-11, 2016 Manchester, UK; Neonatology Conferences November 14-16, 2016 Valencia, Spain; Neonatal Conferences November 14-16, 2016 Valencia, Spain; Pediatric Neurology Conference November 14-16, 2016 Valencia, Spain; International Conference on Interventional Cardiology September 12-14 2016, Germany; 19th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease Feb 24-28 2016, USA; 50th Annual Meeting of the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology June 1-4 2016, Rome; 18th International Conference on Pediatric Cardiology January 26 - 27 2016, Saudi Arabia; 7th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery  June 18-23 2017, Turkey.