Neonatal intensive care unit

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If your baby is in the NICU, get familiar with the NICU levels, staff and equipment, plus what to know about visiting your NICU baby.

The following is an excerpt from the testimony of Dr. Robin Pierucci, MD, a neonatologist and medical director of a 50-bed neonatal intensive-care unit. She was one of the witnesses at the Tuesday hearing “End Infanticide: Examining the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.” 1.) What is the medical standard of care for tending to […]

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This Patient Page describes why your baby may need to spend time in the neonatal intensive care unit, what will happen there, and what to expect when your baby goes home.

Following delivery, extremely premature infants are vulnerable to rapid development of hypothermia and hypoglycemia. To reduce local rates of these morbidities, a multidisciplinary team developed a protocol standardizing evidence-based care practices during the first hour after birth. Using quality improvement methodology, the Golden Hour protocol was implemented for all inborn infants <27 weeks’ gestation. Data were collected (2012–2017) over three phases; pre-protocol (n = 80), Phase I…

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