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Medical Pediatrics
Medical Pediatrics

Medical Pediatrics

Medical Pediatrics

The Medical Pediatrics department provides care for infants, children, and adolescents. This department includes a conventional inpatient unit, a day hospital unit, a pediatric medical-surgical emergency unit, a unit for children at risk, and outpatient consultations.

The Medical Pediatrics department provides care for infants, children, and adolescents. This department includes a conventional inpatient unit, a day hospital unit, a pediatric medical-surgical emergency unit, a unit for children at risk, and outpatient consultations.

Consultations & Team(s)

Adolescent Medicine

Dr Delphine NIMAL, Dr Marine HEUDE
Consultation hours

Metabolic diseases

Dr. Alina Arion
Consultation hours

Cystic fibrosis

Dr. Muriel Laurans, Dr. Caroline Faucon
Consultation hours

Nephrology

Dr Philippe ECKART, Dr Henri GINIES
Consultation hours

Endocrinology, Diabetology

Dr. Laurence Dumeige, Dr. Virginie Ribault, Dr. Constance Wartel
Consultation hours

Childhood Obesity

Dr Muriel LAURANS, Dr Marion GERARD
Consultation hours

Neurology and muscle pathology

Dr. Nathalie Bach, Dr. Elise David, Dr. Hélène Desrosières, Dr. Céline Delacotte
Consultation hours

Allergology

Dr Aude BESSIERES, Dr Caroline FAUCON
Consultation hours

Hepatology and Gastroenterology

Dr Claire DUPONT, Dr Édouard LACOTTE, Dr Gaétan De SCHREVEL
Consultation hours

Pulmonology

Dr. Julien MARIE, Dr. Cédric AGOSSAH, Dr. Cécile VALLET, Dr. Marie-Hélène VIGNE, Dr. Caroline FAUCON, Dr. Quentin SCHLUMBERGER, Dr. Delphine NIMAL, Dr. Flavie GODARD
Consultation hours

    Service composition

    • 1 University Professor · Hospital Practitioner
    • 19 Hospital Practitioners
    • 1 Health professional
    • 3 Specialist Assistants
    • 3 Psychologists
    • 1 Psychomotor therapist
    • 1 Attending Practitioner
    • 1 University Clinic Head · Hospital Assistant
    • 1 Senior Health Executive

    Our services

    Activities

    The conventional inpatient unit accommodates sick infants, children, and adolescents. It has 29 beds, including 6 intensive care beds. It is divided into two units: one for infants and one for children and adolescents. Parents are welcome 24/7; however, only one parent may stay with their child overnight.

    Secretariat: 02.31.27.25.85

    The day hospital unit welcomes infants, children, and adolescents followed by a doctor from the team. Comprising 8 beds, it allows for further assessments, the administration of biotherapy infusions, and allergy testing.

    Secretariat: 02.31.27.25.12

    The pediatric emergency medical-surgical department receives children from birth to 16 years old, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. It also includes a short-stay hospitalization unit with 3 beds, accommodating patients for a stay of less than 24 hours.

    Secretariat: 02.31.27.24.43

    Pathologies

    Pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition

    The conditions treated include, for example:

    • chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis)
    • eosinophilic esophagitis
    • celiac disease
    • chronic liver and bile duct diseases, viral hepatitis
    • rare digestive diseases (polyposis, rare diseases of digestion/absorption)
    • chronic malnutrition and enteral nutrition monitoring, including percutaneous gastrostomy placement
    • functional bowel disorders (functional abdominal pain, chronic constipation and encopresis, gastroesophageal reflux)
    • It also covers the performance of upper and lower digestive endoscopies, and esophageal pH-impedance measurements

    Requests for initial consultations should be sent to the secretariat:

    Pediatric Pulmonology

    The service takes care of children with an acute bacterial or viral infection such as bronchiolitis, or a chronic condition, or even a malformation.

    The respiratory investigations performed include bronchoscopy and sleep recording (ventilatory polygraphy).

    Requests for initial consultations should be sent to the secretariat:

    Cystic fibrosis

    Within the department, there is a Cystic Fibrosis Resource and Competence Center (CRCM) designed to welcome children, adolescents, and adults with this disease (a mixed child/adult center). The team includes doctors, physiotherapists, a dietician, a psychologist, and specialized nurses.

    Endocrinology · Pediatric Diabetology

    The conditions treated include, for example:

    • pediatric type 1 and 2 diabetes
    • thyroid and parathyroid disorders, phosphocalcic metabolism disorders
    • growth and puberty disorders, pituitary gland disorders
    • Adrenal pathologies, management of Turner, Noonan, Prader-Willi, Silver-Russell, Williams and Beuren syndromes, CHARGE…
    • pathologies of the development of the external genitalia, pathologies of the gonadal axis

    In addition, the service includes a structure for educating children and adolescents about diabetes (referent childcare worker, dietician, psychologist, doctor) and a liaison structure has been created between the city and the hospital for the treatment of these diabetic children.

    Requests for initial consultations should be sent by email to the secretariat.

    Furthermore, the diabetes team can be contacted by email: 

    Childhood obesity

    Within the department, there is a specialized pediatric obesity center (CSO pediatric) intended to accommodate children and adolescents with this condition, with dietary (Cécile LEGASTELOIS) and psychological (Lauriane CROUSEILLES) consultations.

    Requests for initial consultations should be sent by email to the secretariat:

    Metabolic disorders

    The service specializes in the management of hereditary metabolic disorders, phenylketonuria, amino acid disorders and storage diseases.

    AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome)

    The service provides follow-up care for children born to HIV-positive mothers.

    Pediatric Allergology

    For several years, the department has been developing an activity focused on investigating allergic, cutaneous, digestive, and respiratory manifestations. Oral food and drug provocation tests are conducted on an outpatient basis.

    Requests for initial consultations should be sent to the secretariat:

    Pediatric Neurology

    The department receives all neuropediatric pathologies: childhood stroke , learning disabilities, psychomotor developmental delays, tics, seizures, neuromuscular pathologies…

    Ms. Mireille Denaveaut, neuropsychologist, is consulted for neuropsychological assessments.

    Requests for initial consultations should be sent to the secretariat:

    Pediatric Nephrology

    The department treats all pathologies of the urinary tract and kidneys.

    He performs kidney biopsies and monitors patients awaiting or who have received a kidney transplant, in collaboration with the reference center.

    Requests for initial consultations should be sent to the secretariat:

    Adolescent Medicine

    The service receives adolescents suffering from eating disorders, emotional distress, and unstable chronic illnesses. Care is provided in collaboration with a psychologist, dietitians, a psychomotor therapist, and a special education teacher. Close collaboration is maintained with the child psychiatry service.

    Requests for initial consultations should be sent to the secretariat:

    General Pediatrics

    Apart from the aforementioned pathologies, the service receives children referred by their general practitioner for any other reason concerning monitoring or prevention.

    Useful document(s)

    Adolescent Care

    Adolescent Care

    Adolescent Care Handbook
    Pediatric Welcome Booklet

    Pediatric Welcome Booklet

    Welcome booklet for the medical pediatrics department

      Reference & Expertise Centers

      Locate / contact the service

      Medical Pediatrics

      Women's and Children's Hospital - Hematology

      Avenue de la Côte de Nacre CS 30001 14033 Caen cedex 9

      Medical Pediatrics

      Secretariat of the department

      from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

      LevelGPS accessParkingEntrance
      Pediatric Emergency Department
      Women's and Children's Hospital Hematology
      Level : 0
      Pediatric Emergency Department Entrance
      Day hospitalization
      Women's and Children's Hospital Hematology
      Level : 1
      GPS access: Main
      Parking: Parking 1
      Main entrance of the Caen Normandy University Hospital
      Conventional hospitalization
      Women's and Children's Hospital Hematology
      Level : 1
      GPS access: Main
      Parking: Parking 1
      Main entrance of the Caen Normandy University Hospital
      UAPED
      Women's and Children's Hospital Hematology
      Level : 1
      GPS access: Main
      Parking: Parking 1
      Main entrance of the Caen Normandy University Hospital