1. Kaumarbhritya is the 6th branch of Charak Samhita and 5th branch of Sushrut Samhita, dealing with pediatric care. It focuses on antenatal, neonatal care and treatment of childhood diseases.
2. Pediatricians face many challenges as children's tissues are not fully developed, they cannot communicate well and require modified doses and procedures compared to adults.
3. The prenatal, postnatal and different pediatric age groups like newborn, infant, toddler etc. are defined based on gestational age and chronological age. Birth weight, preterm, term categories are also defined.