he habit of eating objects such as soil, clay, chalk, coal is called as PICA syndrome in medicine. Although the name of PICA syndrome is not known much among the people, people tend to eat these substances due to iron, zinc and calcium deficiency.
Yeditepe University Hospital Department of Pediatric Health and Diseases offers patients a holistic combination of the concepts of ‘the latest in science, the most advanced n technology’ together with close human interest and compassion.
Patients are carefully evaluated in the safe knowledge and sense of responsibility associated with a university hospital, by experienced members of faculty. Following warm and sympathetic consultations with the child and their family, a physical examination is carried out in a comforting environment. The necessary laboratory and radiological tests are then performed taking full advantage of all the possibilities and innovations of science and technology.
Children are treated in private inpatient wards designed to make them feel at home, accompanied by their parents. During their treatment and observation by faculty members, patients are attended by highly trained, cheerful and experienced nurses.
The Pediatric Health and Diseases Department has sub-units composed of specialists in their individual fields. The Gastroenterology, Allergy, Cardiology and Neonatal units all deliver a high level of healthcare service within the same philosophy of science combined with compassion.
Yeditepe University Hospital Department of Pediatric Health and Diseases offers patients a holistic combination of the concepts of ‘the latest in science, the most advanced n technology’ together with close human interest and compassion.
- allergy skin tests,
- blood allergy tests,
- pulmonary function tests,
- allergen provocation testing,
- food testing,
- anesthetic drug tests,
The department diagnoses and treats conditions including:
- asthma,
- allergic bronchitis,
- allergic rhinitis (hay fever),
- atopic dermatitis (eczema),
- urticaria (hives),
- food allergies,
- drug allergies (anesthetic allergy),
- chronic cough,
- wheezing infants syndrome,
- frequently recurring respiratory infections,
- allergic skin rash and allergy vaccine therapy.
A highly experienced team composed of neonatal doctors and trained nurses at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit monitor prematurely born babies and babies who have developed problems after birth.
A team of experienced specialists at Yeditepe University Hospital’s Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition diagnoses and treats conditions of the stomach, duodenum, small and large intestines, liver, and gall bladder at all stages of infancy and childhood up to the age of 18, in a unit fully equipped using the most advanced technology and devices.
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition diagnoses and treats conditions of the stomach, duodenum, small and large intestines, liver, and gall bladder at all stages of infancy and childhood up to the age of 18, in a unit fully equipped using the most advanced technology and devices.