• Respiratory allergies: asthma and rhinitis
• Food allergies: milk, eggs, nuts, etc.
• Allergies to medicines: antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, etc.
• Skin allergies: rashes, dermatitis

• • Neonatal surgery: This treats congenital malformations such as oesophageal atresia, omphalocele, gastroschisis, thoracic pathology, grave complications in premature babies such as enterocolitis and more common complications such as hernias.
  • General surgery: hernias, appendicitis and other abdominal pathologies such as intestinal invagination, poor intestinal rotation, primary peritonitis, etc. It also treats other pathologies which are treatable by paediatric surgery, such as phimosis, cryptorchidy and testicular pathology, lymphoma, thoracic pathologies, skin problems and more.
  • Plastic surgery: The areas of interest are facial malformations, especially cleft lip and palate, malformations of the auricles and face and neck tumours in children.
  • Urological surgery: Counselling and surgical treatment of genital anomalies and dysfunctions of the bladder, as well as anomalies in the urinary tract, either prenatal or neonatal, and during childhood and adolescence.
    • Genital anomalies other than phimosis include buried penis, hypospadias, epispadias, cryptorchidy, varicocele and grave congenital defects such as bladder exstrophy
    • Bladder urine dysfunctions such as incontinence for a variety of reasons, neurogenic bladder, either because of congenital defects or post-traumatic, among other causes.
    • Anomalies of the urinary tract, such as ectasia and, hydronephrosis, megaureter, double systems, ectopic ureter, vesicoureteral reflux, diverticular disease, ureterocele, posterior urethral valves and other anomalies.

In general, many of the operations are done on an outpatient basis with the goal of ensuring that the child is in hospital only as long as needed and can go through their post-operative recovery at home. These outpatient operations have a previous pre-operative visit to assess the child and perform any pre-operative tests requested by the surgeon prior to the operation.

From the surgical standpoint, the child’s treatment will require an integrated team made up of not only the surgeon but also the anaesthesiologists, paediatricians, nurses and other healthcare staff, as well as the neonatal unit and the neonatal ICU, and, if needed, the intensive care unit of the Quirón Dexeus University Hospital.
The Department of Paediatrics provides care by the Paediatric Surgery team 365 days a year.

• Atopic dermatitis
• Diaper rash
• Seborrheic dermatitis
• Acne
• Warts and water warts
• Skin infections
• Birthmarks and moles
• Vascular malformations

Food is a cornerstone of our patients’ health. What children eat affects their growth and physical and intellectual development. It can affect their health and prevent them from developing illnesses, or even improve their development. Eating behaviour patterns are adopted during infancy, childhood and adolescence. Our experts in child nutrition will help parents to adopt their child’s food to different situations, such as:

• Food for overweight and obese children
• Food intolerances and allergies
• Excess cholesterol
• Tips for vegetarian diets
• Excess cholesterol
• Tips for vegetarian diets
• Diets for athletes
• Diets for diabetics and sufferers of other chronic diseases

• • • Growth problems
    • Puberty problems
    • Thyroid pathology
    • Diabetis mellitus
    • Pathology of the adrenal glands
    • Pathology of the pituitary gland
    • Obesity
    • Dyslipidemia (disorders involving cholesterol and triglycerides)

This is an individualised treatment for each child whose goal is to improve their respiratory mechanics and help to lower the risk of respiratory infections.

The respiratory physical therapist helps to eliminate excess mucous from the respiratory tract, so the children who can benefit from this therapy are ones that are affected by asthma, rhinitis, bronchitis, bronchiolitis or bronchiectasis.

• Gastro-oesophageal reflux
• Gastro-oesophageal rejection
• Weight loss or failure to gain weight
• Eosinophilic oesophagitis
• Gastritis due to Helicobacter Pylori
• Recurring abdominal pain
• Malabsorption syndromes
• Celiac disease
• Constipation
• Intestinal inflammatory diseases
• Diseases of the liver and bile ducts
• Digestive intolerance of lactose and fructose

To make an accurate diagnosis, the geneticist will use classic methods such as the family history and an exploration of the child’s clinical signs, as well as more modern and specific methods, such as DNA testing methods based on a small sample of the patient’s blood.

• Study of anaemia: lack of iron, thalassemia, etc.
• Platelet illnesses such as primary immune thrombocytopenia
• Clotting illnesses such as haemophilia

• Bronchopulmonary dysplasia of the premature baby.
• Congenital bronchopulmonary malformations.
• Recurrent bronchitis.
• Respiratory infections.
• Asthma.

In situations that require it, this specialty is coordinated with the Units of allergy, otolaryngology and respiratory physiotherapy.