Translations:Medical specialty/11/ja

北米の診療科一覧 ほか

この表では、多くの医療分野と同様に、診療科を以下のグループに分類している：

• 外科専門分野は、病気を治療するための手作業による手術や器具を使った技術に重点を置いている。
• 医学の専門分野であり、病気の診断と非外科的治療に重点を置いている。
• 診断専門は、より純粋に障害の診断に重点を置いている。

専門分野	コード	グループ	副専門分野	フォーカス
Allergy/jaとimmunology/ja				アレルギー反応、喘息、免疫システム
Anesthesiology/ja	AN, PAN	外科	Pediatric anesthesia/ja Pain management/ja Intensive care/ja 救命救急 Obstetrics and gynaecology/ja Cardiothoracic anesthesiology/ja 外傷ケア 手術前後の評価とケア ジェネラリスト（すべての副専門分野をカバーする）	Anesthesia/ja
Bariatrics/ja				肥満の原因、予防、治療を扱う
循環器学		医学	Interventional cardiology/ja Echocardiography/ja Electrocardiography/ja Sports cardiology/ja Cardiogeriatrics/ja 予防心臓学と心臓リハビリテーション 小児循環器科	循環器系の疾患
Cardiovascular surgery/ja		Surgery/ja		心臓と胸部の主要な血管を操作すること。
臨床検査科学		診断	輸血医学は、血液および血液成分の輸血に関するもので、"血液バンク"の維持を含む。 細胞病理学は、組織学や細胞学を用いて、組織や細胞として採取された患者のサンプルを用いた診断に関するものである。 臨床化学は、血液、体液、組織の生化学的分析による診断に関わる。 血液学は、血液中の凝固系だけでなく、血液と骨髄の細胞組成の変化を見ることによって診断に関わる。 臨床微生物学は、バクテリア、ウイルス、カビ、寄生虫によって引き起こされる疾患の試験管内診断に関するものである。 臨床免疫学は、免疫系および関連する身体防御の障害に関するものである。アレルギーの診断も扱う。	検体分析、顕微鏡分析など、医学研究所における診断技術の応用。
Dermatology/ja	D, DS	医学	皮膚科、モース手術	皮膚とその付属器官（毛髪、nail、汗腺など）
Dietetics/ja	RD			食品と栄養
Emergency medicine/ja	EM	医学	Disaster medicine/ja 緊急医療サービス ホスピスと緩和医療 国際救急医療とグローバルヘルス 医療毒物学 Pediatric emergency medicine/ja 研究 シミュレーション スポーツ医学 Toxicology Ultrasound Undersea and hyperbaric medicine Wilderness medicine	The initial management of emergent medical conditions, often in hospital emergency departments or the field.
Endocrinology		Medicine		The endocrine system (i.e., endocrine glands and hormones) and its diseases, including diabetes and thyroid diseases.
Family medicine	FM	Medicine	Addiction medicine Adolescent medicine Anesthesia Emergency medicine Care of the elderly (geriatric medicine) Clinical environmental health Global health HIV care Hospital medicine Indigenous health Low-risk obstetrics Medical education Medical oncology Medical simulation Pain medicine Palliative care Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Research Sleep medicine Sports and exercise medicine Women's health	Continuing, comprehensive healthcare for the individual and family, integrating the biological, clinical and behavioral sciences to treat patients of all ages, sexes, organ systems, and diseases.
Forensic medicine		Medicine
Gastroenterology	GI	Medicine		The alimentary tract
General surgery	GS	Surgery	Colorectal surgery Gastrointestinal surgery Transplant surgery Trauma surgery
Geriatrics	IMG	Medicine		Elderly patients
Gynecology				Female reproductive health
Hepatology		Medicine		The liver and biliary tract, usually a part of gastroenterology.
Hospital medicine		Medicine
Infectious disease	ID	Medicine		Diseases caused by biological agents.
Intensive care medicine		Medicine		Life support and management of critically ill patients, often in an ICU.
Internal medicine		Medicine
Medical research			Anatomy, Biochemistry, Embryology, Genetics, Pharmacology, Toxicology	Care of hospitalized patients
Nephrology		Medicine		Kidney diseases
Neurology	N	Medicine	Behavioral neurology Clinical neurophysiology Geriatric neurology Headache medicine Neuromuscular medicine Neurodevelopmental disabilities Neuro-oncology Neuroradiology Vascular neurology Hospice and palliative medicine Pain medicine Sleep medicine	Diseases involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems.
Neurosurgery	NS	Surgery	Cerebrovascular Neurosurgical oncology Stereotactic and functional Spine Neurotrauma Skull base Peripheral nerve Pediatric neurosurgery	Disease of the central nervous system, peripheral nervous system, and spinal column.
Obstetrics and gynecology	OB/GYN	Surgery	Maternal-fetal medicine Reproductive medicine Fertility medicine Gynecologic oncology
Oncology	ON	Medicine	Radiation oncology – pertains to the use of radiation therapy (the medical use of ionizing radiation) as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells (not to be confused with radiology).	Cancer and other malignant diseases, often grouped with hematology.
Ophthalmology	OPH	Surgery	Anterior segment surgery Cornea Glaucoma Neuro-ophthalmology Ocular oncology Oculoplastics and Orbital surgery Ophthalmic pathology Pediatric ophthalmology/strabismus Refractive surgery Medical retina Uveitis Vitreo-retinal surgery	Diseases of the visual pathways, including the eyes, brain, etc.
Oral and maxillofacial surgery	Maxfacs, OMS	Surgery	Oral and Craniofacial surgery (Head and neck) Facial cosmetic surgery Craniomaxillofacial trauma	Disease of the head, neck, face, jaws and the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region.
Orthopedic surgery	ORS	Surgery	Hand surgery, surgical sports medicine, adult reconstruction, spine surgery, foot and ankle, musculoskeletal oncology, orthopedic trauma surgery, pediatric orthopedic surgery	Injury and disease of the musculoskeletal system.
Otorhinolaryngology, or ENT	ORL, ENT	Surgery	Head and neck, facial cosmetic surgery, Neurotology, Laryngology	Treatment of ear, nose, and throat disorders. The term head and neck surgery defines a closely related specialty that is concerned mainly with the surgical management of cancer of the same anatomical structures.
Palliative care	PLM	Medicine		A relatively modern branch of clinical medicine that deals with pain and symptom relief and emotional support in patients with terminal illnesses including cancer and heart failure.
Pathology	PTH	Diagnostic		Understanding disease through examination of molecules, cells, tissues and organs. The term encompasses both the medical specialty that uses tissues and body fluids to obtain clinically useful information and the related scientific study of disease processes.
Pediatrics	PD	Medicine	Children. Like internal medicine, pediatrics has many sub-specialties for specific age ranges, organ systems, disease classes, and sites of care delivery. Most sub-specialties of adult medicine have a pediatric equivalent such as pediatric cardiology, pediatric emergency medicine, pediatric endocrinology, pediatric gastroenterology, pediatric hematology, pediatric oncology, pediatric ophthalmology, and neonatology.	Deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents (from newborn to age 16–21, depending on the country).
Pediatric surgery		Surgery	Treats a wide variety of thoracic and abdominal (and sometimes urologic) diseases of childhood.
Physical medicine and rehabilitation Or Physiatry	PM&R	Medicine	Cancer Rehabilitation Pain Management Traumatic Brain Injury Spinal Cord Injury Sports Medicine Pediatrics Hospice & Palliative Medicine	Concerned with functional improvement after injury, illness, or congenital disorders.
Plastic surgery	PS	Surgery	Cosmetic surgery Burn Microsurgery Hand surgery Craniofacial surgery	Elective cosmetic surgery as well as reconstructive surgery after traumatic or operative mutilation.
Podiatry	POD	Surgery	Forefoot surgery Midfoot surgery Rearfoot surgery Ankle surgery Soft tissue leg surgery	Elective podiatric surgery of the foot and ankle, lower limb diabetic wound and salvation, peripheral vascular disease limb preservation, lower limb mononeuropathy conditions. Reconstructive foot & ankle surgery.
Proctology	PRO	Medicine		(or Colorectal Surgery) Treats disease in the rectum, anus, and colon.
Psychiatry	P	Medicine	Addiction psychiatry focuses on substance abuse and its treatment. Child and adolescent psychiatry focuses on the care of children and adolescents with mental, emotional, and learning problems including ADHD, autism, and family conflicts. Consultation-Liaison psychiatry focuses on the interface between general medicine and psychiatry. Forensic psychiatry focuses on the interface of psychiatry and law. Geriatric psychiatry focuses on the care of elderly people with mental illnesses including dementias, post-stroke cognitive changes, and depression. Neuropsychiatry focuses on affective, cognitive and behavioral disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system Sleep medicine focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. Hospice and Palliative Medicine Pain medicine	The bio-psycho-social study of the etiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cognitive, perceptual, emotional and behavioral disorders. Related fields include psychotherapy and clinical psychology.
Pulmonology		Medicine		The lungs and respiratory system. Pulmonology is generally considered a branch of internal medicine, although it is closely related to intensive care medicine when dealing with patients requiring mechanical ventilation.
Public Health				Public health focuses on the health of populations. Physicians employed in this field work in policy, research or health promotion, taking a broad view of health that encompasses the social determinants of health.
Radiology	R, DR	Diagnostic and Therapeutic	Interventional radiology is concerned with using expert imaging of the human body, usually via CT, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, or MRI to perform a breadth of intravascular procedures (angioplasty, arterial stenting, thrombolysis, uterine fibroid embolization), biopsies and minimally invasive oncologic procedures (radiofrequency and cryoablation of tumors & transarterial chemoembolization) Nuclear medicine uses radioactive substances for in vivo and in vitro diagnosis either using imaging of the location of radioactive substances placed into a patient or using in vitro diagnostic tests utilizing radioactive substances.	The use of expertise in radiation in the context of medical imaging for diagnosis or image guided minimally invasive therapy. X-rays, etc.
Rheumatology	RHU	Medicine		Autoimmune and inflammatory diseases of the joints and other organ systems, such as arthritis and other rheumatic diseases.
Surgical oncology	SO	Surgery		Curative and palliative surgical approaches to cancer treatment.
Thoracic surgery	TS	Surgery		Surgery of the organs of the thoracic cavity: the heart, lungs, and great vessels.
Transplant surgery	TTS	Surgery		Transplantation of organs from one body to another.
Toxicology		Diagnostic and Therapeutic	Environmental Forensic Occupational Pediatric	Poisonings, Overdoses; Environmental, and Occupational Exposures
Urgent Care Medicine	UCM	Medicine		Immediate medical care offering outpatient care for the treatment of acute and chronic illness and injury.
Urology	U	Surgery		Urinary tracts of males and females, and the male reproductive system. It is often practiced together with andrology ("men's health").
Vascular surgery	VS	Surgery		The peripheral blood vessels – those outside the chest (usually operated on by cardiovascular surgeons) and outside the central nervous system (treated by neurosurgery).