NICU:
A level 3-A facility with a total capacity of 30 beds, with 60-80# average daily occupancy. The sub-sections of NICU include:
Nursery 1: Inborn, high-dependency unit
Nursery 2: Outborn high dependency unit
Phototherapy/step-down unit: For the continuity care of low-acuity infants and phototherapy administration
Isolation room: To care for neonates with proven or suspected fulminant sepsis and other neonatal conditions that mandate isolation.
Breastfeeding room
Infant stabilization room
TPN/IV fluid preparation room with Laminar Flow Hood/Cabinet
KMC Room
Departmental Library
List of services offered in the NICU:
- NICU Medical care
Preterm care (≥25 weeks of gestation) |
Ventilator provided nasal CPAP |
Bubble CPAP |
Nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation |
Conventional Mechanical Ventilation |
High-frequency oscillatory ventilation |
Surfactant therapy |
Less Invasive Surfactant Therapy (LISA) |
Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy from Birth Asphyxia |
Total Parenteral Nutrition |
Exchange Transfusion |
Phototherapy |
Lactation Support |
Kangaroo Mother Care |
Bedside procedures—PICC placement, Umbilical catheters, Needle and tube thoracostomy, and Peritoneal dialysis |
Bedside diagnostic studies: Portable X-ray, bedside ultrasonography, and bedside EEG, and bedside Echocardiography |
- NICU services for neonates with surgical conditions
Preoperative stabilization of neonates with various gastrointestinal, pulmonary, neurological, and genitourinary surgical conditions |
Post-operative intensive supportive care and ventilatory management of surgical neonates |
Pre-operative stabilization of neonates with critical congenital heart disease |
Bedside venous cut-down |
- NICU screening and preventive services
Screening for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) |
Laser photocoagulation of the retina for ROP treatment |
Intravitreal Bevacizumab (Avastin) Injection for ROP |
Screening for Inborn Errors of Metabolism |
Hearing screening—Otoacoustic emission (OAE) and screening Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry (BERA) |
- Delivery room services
Basic Neonatal resuscitation |
Advanced neonatal resuscitation |
Delivery room care of extremely preterm neonates |
Delivery room CPAP with T-piece resuscitator |
Delivery room care of neonates with surgical conditions |
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- High-risk infant follow-up clinic
- Antenatal consultation and counseling
Antenatal consultation and counseling services for high-risk pregnancies:
- Mothers with increased risk for preterm births (provider-initiated and spontaneous preterm births), as determined by treating OBGYN physician.
- Pregnancies with anticipated complex or extensive delivery room resuscitation
- Pregnancies with antenatal diagnoses of
- Fetal anomalies
- Congenital heart diseases
- Proven or probable genetic disorders
- High-risk pregnancies requiring multi-specialty or multi-disciplinary team management
- High-risk pregnancies with anticipated NICU admission
- Pregnancies with uncertain or guarded neonatal long-term outcomes
- Previous pregnancy with fetal/neonatal complications (IUFD, stillbirth, prematurity, Birth asphyxia)