Neonatology
Posted on 11/08/2011
The department of neonatology provides medical oversight for all infants. The department also provides and coordinates medical care including high frequency ventilation and a full range of pediatric subspecialty services for high-risk newborns in the neonatal intensive and intermediate care units.
With neonatologists that work collaboratively with the maternal-fetal medicine staff to provide comprehensive high-risk antepartum care and counseling.
The department of neonatology/pediatrics provides tertiary care for high-risk newborns with a full-service critical care nursery. Intermediate and continuing care is provided for acutely ill or convalescent infants.
In cooperation with the department of obstetrics/gynecology, the department of neonatology/pediatrics provides a team approach to childbirth with parental participation encouraged at all levels of care.
The department also offers a consultation program to parents about problems of infants.
Excel Medical Center is home to the area's highest-level Newborn Intensive Care Unit which is specially equipped for a newborn's special needs.
The Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) was designed for critically ill newborns. Additional space, advanced technology and trained health care professionals, along with an expanded parent area, provide warmth, intimacy and extraordinary care for our tiniest of patients.
The beds are state-of-the-art and provide uninterrupted thermal support for babies while providing complete access and visibility for caregivers.
