Department of Pediatrics

Introduction

Patient care at our department

Our department is comprised of the general pediatrics division, a neonatal division, pediatric intensive care division,and a pediatric cardiovascular division, and we are also putting effort into the following specialist outpatient clinics as a window into a wide variety of pediatric diseases in addition to general pediatrics.

• Neurology clinic (Dr.Korematsu,Dr.Takada, Dr.Nagura, Dr.Mizuta)
• Developmental clinic (Dr.Sobajima, Dr.Kabe, Dr.Korematsu,Dr.Takada, Dr.Nagura, Dr.Saito)
• Endocrine Clinic (Dr.Tanikawa)
• Blood clinic (Dr.Moriwaki)
• Immunology/Allergology/rheumatism clinic (Dr.Korematsu,Dr.Yamazaki (Takashi), Dr.Yamazaki (Kazu))
• Kidney disease clinic (Dr.Urushibara)
• Cardiovascular clinic (Dr.Masutani, Dr.Ishido, Dr.Iwamoto)

General pediatrics division

• Outpatient care is open from 8:30am to 11:00am from Monday to Saturday except on Sundays and public holidays. Afternoons are for repeat visits only and a complete reservation system is used. Please bring a letter of referral when you are referred by a previous doctor.
• In the case of an emergency, you can visit the clinic outside of the outpatient care hours, but please be sure to contact us by telephone before the consultation.
• The general pediatric care is provided on the first floor of the main building, and development, infant health checkups, childcare consultations, high risk child follow-up and vaccinations are conducted at the neonatal clinic on the second floor of the Center for Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. Please be careful not to go to the wrong place.
• Please bring a record of growth and development such as the Mother and Child handbook and the School Health Handbook in order for the medical treatment to proceed smoothly on the initial consultation.
• In the case where our department is full and there is a medical condition that requires hospitalization, we may refer patients to other places where they can be admitted, and they may be transferred.

Neonatal division

• Outpatient care will be conducted at the NICU outpatient clinic on the second floor of the Center for Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine.Reservation is required and the reception time is 8:30am to 11:30am in the morning and from 1:00pm to 3:30pm in the afternoon .
• We ask that referral patients please make a reservation in advance.
• Please be sure to bring a letter of referral if you have received medical treatment at another hospital.
• You may be refused medical treatment if you have an acute illness such as a cold or diarrhea on the day of your reservation, in order to prevent the spread to other children. In that case, please visit the Department of Pediatrics and make another reservation.

Pediatric cardiovascular division

• Outpatient care will be conducted at the NICU outpatient clinic on the second floor of the Center for Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. Basically, we use a reservation system, but patients will be accepted at any time for an initial consultation (you will be asked to wait for your turn for the examination). The reception for the initial consultation depends on the day of the week, so please contact the neonatal clinic.
• Fetal echocardiography (Monday morning/Thursday morning) and pediatric cardiac MRI (Tuesday afternoon/Friday afternoon) are by reservation only. Please call the neonatal outpatient department in advance and consult with your doctor.

Department of Pediatrics phone contacts

• Department of Pediatrics Outpatient Clinic (weekdays, daytime):049-228-3616
• Neonatal outpatient clinic (weekdays, daytime): 049-228-3717
• Emergency consultation desk (nights and holidays): 049-228-3717

Main diseases

Neurological disorders:

febrile seizures, epilepsy (including infantile epilepsy), bacterial meningitis, acute encephalitis/acute encephalopathy, spinal muscular atrophy, facial paralysis, anorexia nervosa, etc.

Endocrine diseases:

diabetes mellitus, growth hormone deficiency hypogonosis, Graves ' disease, Hashimoto's disease, cretinosis, diabetes insipidus, parathyroid disease, etc.

Blood disorders:

malignant tumors, acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura, hemophilia, Wilms tumors, brain tumors, etc.

Immune/rheumatic diseases:

Kawasaki disease, juvenile rheumatism, IgA angiitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, mixed connective tissue disease, aortitis syndrome, fibromyalgia, etc.

Allergic diseases

bronchial asthma, atopic dermatitis, etc.

Renal diseases:

nephrotic syndrome, acute renal failure, urinary tract infections, acute glomerulonephritis, polycystic dysplastic kidney, etc.

Cardiovascular diseases:

congenital heart disease, arrhythmia, Kawasaki disease aftereffects, fetal echocardiography, pediatric cardiac MRI, etc.

Respiratory diseases:

pneumonia, bronchiolitis, croup syndrome, chronic respiratory failure, etc.

Gastrointestinal diseases:

viral gastroenteritis, intestinal intussusception, appendicitis, congenital hypertrophic pylorostenosis, congenital biliary closure, gastroesophageal reflux, Hirschsprung disease, etc.

Treatment results

Medical staff

General pediatrics division

Neonatal division

Pediatric Critical Care division

Pediatric cardiovascular division

Research division

Outpatient clinic

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