The
Department of Pediatrics of the Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (VGHKS)
provides comprehensive care for all newborns, infants, children, and
adolescents. Our faculties include a full range of pediatric sub-specialists,
including pediatric cardiology, gastroenterology, hematology and oncology,
immunology and rheumatology, nephrology, neurology, endocrinology, neonatology,
infectious disease, medical genetics and pediatric intensive care. We also
cooperate with many other specialists in pediatric surgery, pediatric
anesthesiology, pediatric radiology, pediatric psychiatry, pediatric dentistry,
pediatric ENT , pediatric urology and pediatric cardiovascular surgery for
caring those children in need.
Our
faculty also are engaged in a wide variety of research. Writing medical articles
is also an important part of residency and fellowship training in our department and it makes more young doctors
start to have interests in medical researches. Teaching is another important
task for our faculty. Our department provides the most comprehensive and solid
training program for graduates of medical school who choose pediatrics as their
careers.
Our Allergy and Immunological division specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management of the immunological, allergic and rheumatological disease of children. Included are asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatits, allergic conjunctivitis, urticaria, systemic lupus erythematosus ( SLE ), Juvenile rheumatic arthritis ( JRA ), and the other autoimmune or rheumatological diseases of children. Besides, primary and secondary immunodeficiencies are included. Allergen screening test is also provided.
Our Pulmonology division specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management of acute and chronic respiratory diseases of children. Included are cough, chronic cough, chest tightness, difficult to breathe, frequent cough at night, pneumonia, bronchopneumonia, acute bronchiolitis, croup, and asthma...etc.
Infectious diseases consist of the majority of acute diseases in children. Severe infections emerge gradually due to the presence of many immunocompromised patients in our department and the progression of nosocomial infection in recent years. Hence the spectrum of pediatric infectious diseases turns much more wide and complicated. Our clinical services are to provide comprehensive care for children with infectious diseases and avoid unnecessary use of antibiotics.
The
Division of Pediatric Nephrology is dedicated to improving the health and
quality of life of children with disabling or life-threatening disorders of the
kidneys and with complications of kidney disease. Common pediatric nephrologic
diseases include urinary tract infections, the nephrotic syndrome,
glomerulonephritis, tubular diseases, acute and chronic renal failure. Specific
congenital diseases include hypoplastic kidneys, polycystic kidneys, and urinary
tract obstruction. Our division is committed to providing care of the highest
possible quality, to the training pediatricians and pediatric nephrologists who
will carry on with this mission, and to developing further understanding and new
treatments of kidney diseases.
The Section of Pediatric Neurology provides comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic care for children with a variety of neurological disorders, including childhood epilepsy, developmental genetic disorders, headaches, neuromuscular disease and neurocutaneous disorders. Primary care and specialist physicians refer many children with neurological disorders to our division for further neuropsychological evaluations. Taking care for the children with developmental delay is another important focus of our services. Through the cooperation with many other specialists, we offer comprehensive care for these children requiring special education, rehabilitation and treatment.
Our
gastroenterology division provides the best and most comprehensive care of
children with gastrointestinal or liver diseases. We perform percutaneous
endoscopic gastrostomy for offering better nutrition to those children who have
problems in oral feeding.
Our goal as pediatric oncologists and hematologist is to coordinate the efforts of the many medical specialists, including surgeons, pathologists, radiologists and social workers who work with us to help these patients. Our division provides excellent diagnostic tools to early detection and treatment of many hematological and oncologic diseases, including thalassemia, aplastic anemia, acute leukemia, lymphoma and many other malignancy in childhood.
The
Division of Pediatric Emergent and Critical Care provides emergent/intensive
care services for children of all ages with most emergent or critical contions.
We have 11-bed Pediatric and 12-bed neonatal ICU,
and
offers complete mechanical ventilation support, hemodynamic monitoring,
post-operative cardiac and neurosurgical care, and so ON. Respiratory care is
very important in intensive care, especially in children. We provide
individualized care for children with airway anomalies, pulmonary insufficiency
or neurological disorders. Choosing appropriate ventilator, educating family
about postural drainage and chest care, and emergent treatment for some
unexpected conditions are crucial before discharging the patients. In addition,
we also have an energetic and enthusiastic team working in the pediatric
emergency room for the management of emergent
condition for pediatric
patient visiting our pediatric
emergent room.