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Pediatricians, General
Diagnose, treat, and help prevent children's diseases and injuries.
Other names for Pediatricians, General:
Baby Doctor, Doctor, General Pediatrician, Group Practice Pediatrician, Hospitalist, Medical Doctor (MD), Pediatrician, Pediatrist, Physician, Physicians and Surgeons, Primary Care Pediatrician,
What do Pediatricians, General do?
Provide consulting services to other physicians.
Plan, implement, or administer health programs or standards in hospital, business, or community for information, prevention, or treatment of injury or illness.
Operate on patients to remove, repair, or improve functioning of diseased or injured body parts and systems.
Conduct research to study anatomy and develop or test medications, treatments, or procedures to prevent, or control disease or injury.
Prepare reports for government or management of birth, death, and disease statistics, workforce evaluations, or medical status of individuals.
Examine patients or order, perform and interpret diagnostic tests to obtain information on medical condition and determine diagnosis.
Examine children regularly to assess their growth and development.
Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury in infants and children.
Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, and examination results.
Advise patients, parents or guardians and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
Treat children who have minor illnesses, acute and chronic health problems, and growth and development concerns.
Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients and parents or guardians.
Monitor patients' condition and progress and re-evaluate treatments as necessary.
Plan and execute medical care programs to aid in the mental and physical growth and development of children and adolescents.
Refer patient to medical specialist or other practitioner when necessary.
Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff.
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Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers
Medical staff isolation or surgical masks
Fetal or gynecological ultrasound or echo units
Acute care fetal or maternal monitoring units or accessories
Glucose monitors or meters
Floor grade forceps or hemostats
Laryngoscopes or accessories
Medical oxygen masks or parts
Clinical incubators or infant warmers
Intravenous tubing with catheter administration kits
Intubation stylets
Notebook computers
Laryngoscopes or accessories
Laryngoscopes or accessories
Mercury blood pressure units
Mechanical stethoscopes or accessories
Medical bulb syringes
Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves
Medical staff isolation or surgical masks
Medical syringes without needles
Medical tuning forks
Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
Nasopharyngeal tubes
Medical oxygen masks or parts
Resuscitation masks or accessories
Reflex hammers or mallets
Respiratory monitoring kits or its accessories
Surgical scissors
Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets
Medical oxygen masks or parts
Pharyngeal airways
Orthopedic splint systems
Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets
Oxygen therapy delivery system products accessories or its supplies
Oxygen monitors or supplies
Bronchoscopes or accessories
Endoscopic equipment sets
Intubation forceps
Oxygen air blenders
Pediatric or microflow or scalp vein intravenous or arterial catheters
Auditory function screening units
Automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles
Infant scales
Blood collection syringes
Patient carbon dioxide detectors
Cervical collars or neck braces
Medical oxygen masks or parts
Mercury blood pressure units
Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
Floor grade forceps or hemostats
Surgical curettes or loops
Desktop computers
Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
Otological instruments or accessories
Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
Electrocardiography EKG units
Electronic blood pressure units
Electronic stethoscopes or accessories
End tidal carbon dioxide monitors or supplies
Endotracheal tubes
Nebulizers or accessories
Pulse oximeter units
Spirometers or its accessories or its supplies
Personal computers
Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
Ultraviolet UV lamps
Transport ventilators
Diagnostic or interventional vascular catheters or sets
Eye charts or vision cards
Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
Medical suction cannulas or tubes or accessories
Medical suction or vacuum appliances
Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines or accessories
Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
Suture needles
Suture removers
Suture removers
Tablet computers
Pleural cavity drainage unit or accessories
Tourniquets
Oxygen monitors or supplies
Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echo or echography units for general diagnostic use
Resuscitation masks or accessories
Binocular vision test sets or accessories
Technology used
Data base user interface and query software
Information retrieval or search software
Medical software
Internet browser software
Electronic mail software
