Department of Pediatrics №2

Faculty of Foreign Students

Clinical base of the department:

Ternopil Regional Communal Children's Hospital

Address: Sakharov's str. 2, Ternopil, 46023

Tel: (0352) 269061

Chief of the Department -

 Pavlyshyn Galyna Andrijivna., PhD, Professor

Staff: 1 professor, 3 associate professors, 3 assistants, 1 assistant

Department of Pediatrics №2 was established in June 2009 on the basis of one of the leading departments of pediatrics, which was headed by Smiyan Ivan Semenovych - prominent scientists, Corresponding-Member of the Ukrainian Academy of Medical Sciences, Academician of the Academy of Higher School, Professor - during 33 years.

Smiyan I.S., PhD,

Corresponding-Member of the Ukrainian Academy

of Medical Sciences, professor

The peculiarity of the work of the department is continuation of research traditions which were initiated and implemented by Smiyan Ivan Semenovych, who is highly qualified pediatrician, the founder of scientific studies of treatment of children at drinking resorts, the study of malabsorption syndrome, of endogenous intoxication, of viral respiratory tract infections in children, of bone mineral density and of osteoporosis in pediatric practice. He is included in the List of the Outstanding people of the 20th century (Cambridge, 1998). Prof Smiyan I.S. is member of Journals Editorial Board: "Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology", "Perinatology and pediatrics," "Modern pedyatrics", "Infectious diseases", "Research Bulletin", "Actual problems of pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology".

The department is based in Ternopil Region Children's Hospital.

Department staff

Educational work

Foreign students of the Medical and Dental Specialties from II, III, IV, V to VI years of study receive practical and theoretical knowledges of pediatrics. Teaching is held in English and Russian according to typical syllabuses of Health of Ukraine.

The work of students during the practical part of training

Discussion of theoretical issues with the theme practice, working situation tasks, determining the level of material takes place at the seminar of the practice.

Discussions at the seminar classes

Each lecturer is responsible for a chain of educational process, creating teaching materials, a database of test items for daily control and test exam. The activity of students in the study of pediatrics organization supported competition, through the preparation of speeches to students' academic congresses and conferences.

Work during the I phase of competition in pediatrics

The staff of the department are constantly developing progressive methods of teaching. Published 12 teaching manuals and textbooks. Two compact discs about nutrition of children of early age and about neonatology were formed There were translated 10 educational movies in English language.

Scientific interests

Staff of the department

Scientific interests of Department’s Lecturers  include different  areas of pediatric activity: Neonatology, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Rheumocardiology, Nephrology, Children’s Infectious diseases.

Leading investigations are:

- Substantiating of  the measures of medical & diagnostic aid for newborn with neonatal disadaptation and perinatal infectious pathology, the selection of independent predictors of appearance of adverse consequence of perinatal infectious diseases in infants,

- Establishment of clinical diagnostic criteria of disorders of the nervous system in newborns in early neonatal period by using of neurofunctional research methods;

- Efficacy of therapy and its monitoring in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in three ways: assessment functional status, activity of rheumatic process and assessment of quality of life.

- Epidemiologic research of the primary hypertension and metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents.

Main scientific achievements of the lectures of department:

- The algorithm of diagnostic and therapeutic care of newborn with disadaptation and clinical manifestations of perinatal infectious diseases was proposed.

- Measures of prediction of perinatal pathology in newborns have been developed and implemented.

- Effectiveness of the modified treatment regimens in this category of patients with correcting of disorders of the metabolic homeostasis links, immune imbalances has been proved.

- Modified diagnosis scheme and treatment scheme of newborns with disadaptation and clinical manifestations of perinatal infectious diseases have been introduced.

- Neuro-functional methods of nervous system investigations (electroencephalography, caused visual and auditory potentials cerebral) were  implemented for the purpose of early diagnosis of hypoxic-ischemic lesions in newborn

- Creation of clinical-predictive model of early diagnosis and prevention of perinatal infectious disease in the early neonatal period were implemented also (author prof. Pavlyshyn G.A).

Pavlyshyn G.A., PhD,

Professor

Diagnosis and development of methods of correction of violations of bone mineralization in children with type I diabetes by studying bone mineral density by dual energy X-ray densitometry with a parallel study of phosphorus-calcium metabolism and some biochemical markers of bone metabolism and evaluation videyin-3 and calcium glycerophosphate in the treatment of diabetic Osteopathy was done (Associate Professor Sakharova I.Ye).

Assoc.Prof. Sakharova I.Ye., PhD

Practice diagnostic criterions of endogenous intoxication syndrome in children with different pathology and methods of its correction have been developed and implemented in public health.

Mechanisms of action and effectiveness in the treatment enterosorbents infectious diseases in children of different ages Studied the demonstrated (Associate Professor Gorishna I.L, Associate Professor Nykytyuk S.O).

Assoc.prof. Gorishna I.L., PhD

Assoc.prof. Nykytyuk S.O., PhD

The new approach to early diagnosis of diabetic cardiomyopathy in the early stages of diseases of the heart, efficiency of medications and natural methods in complex treatment and prevention of diabetic cardiomyopathy in children has been proven (ass.prof. Furdela V.B.).

Ass.prof. Furdela V.B., PhD

The condition of adaptation of the cardiovascular system in preschool children was identified after clinical and phisiological examinations and According to results risk factors of disadaptation of the cardiovascular system of prescholers in modern conditions were determined. Algorithm of diagnosis and correction methods for outpatient phase has been implemented (ass. prof. Luchyshyn N.Yu.).

Ass. prof. Luchyshyn N.Yu., PhD

According to results of two years monitoring of effectiveness and safety of basic therapy and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs showed that methotrexate at a dose 5 mg/m² body surface introduced parenterally improves functional status (CHAQ) and physical health (CHQ) after 1 year, reduces disease activity (DAS) and affects psychosocial health (CHQ) after 2 years of continuous use. This is safe in terms of side effects and efficacy than non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Algorithm of monitoring juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in children of all ages was developed and integrated in practice to improve control of effectiveness of therapy (Ass. prof. Kovalchuk T.A.)

Ass. prof. Kovalchuk T.A.

Medicinal Work

Staff of the department provide expert advice for various health care for children of Ternopil and Tenopil Region. Lectures treat patients in the different clinical departments of the Regional Children's Hospital: the children's department for infants (prof. Pavlyshyn G.A.), II pediatric department (assoc. Prof. Sakharova I.Ye.), infectious-boxed (assoc. prof. Nykytyuk S.O., ass. prof. Furdela V.B.), I pediatric (ass. prof. Kovalchuk T.A., ass. prof. Luchyshyn N.Yu.), infectious department of Ternopil City Children’s Hospital (assoc. prof. Gorishna I.L.), newborns in the perinatal centre "Mother and child" and Maternity Home #2 (Prof. Pavlyshyn G.A.).

Clinical review of patients in the clinic

Teachers take part in the planned clinical examinations in the rural district hospitals and enhance the quality of care for children in rural areas. They conduct clinical conferences, organize training seminars for advanced studies for doctors region, introducing new methods of diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of children's diseases. Representatives of the department engaged in training in hospitals abroad (Poland, Austria).

The delegation of the department during the internship

The most significant achievements of the department, which were introduced in the medical diagnostic process of clinics were modified scheme diagnosis and treatment of newborns with disadaptation and clinical manifestations of perinatal infectious diseases, aimed at correcting disorders of metabolic homeostasis links and immunological imbalance (Prof. Pavlyshyn G.A.). Differentiated therapy of salmonellosis (Assoc. Prof. Gorishna I.L.), viral hepatitis A in children (Assoc. Prof. Nykytyuk S.O.) using biochemistry has been pathogenically substantiated, developed and tested in the clinic. The state of bone mineral density and correction of disorders in children with diabetes mellitus (Assoc. Prof. Sakharova I.Ye.) has been studied also. The mechanisms of diabetic cardiovascular complications in children with diabetes mellitus has been studied and methods of diagnosis of diabetic cardiomyopathy were improved (ass.prof. Furdela V.B.). Algorithm of diagnosis of disadaptation of the cardiovascular system in preschool children in outpatient phase has been implemented (ass.prof. Luchyshyn N.Yu.). The scheme for monitoring the effectiveness of therapy in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in three areas: assessment of functional status, activity of rheumatic process and quality of life (ass.prof. Kovalchuk T.A.).

Staff of the department projects to continue working closely with the physicians of clinical health care establishments and to set cooperation with foreign hospitals in the future.