Neonatal ICU: What We Treat
Problems associated with prematurity including:
- Apnea
- Chronic Lung Disease (CLD or BPD)
- Feeding difficulties
- Gastroesophageal reflux
- Hydrocephalus
- Intraventricular hemorrhage and stroke
- Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)
- Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
- Short bowel syndrome
- Very low birth weight
Congenital (birth) anomalies and disorders including:
- Ambiguous genitalia
- Arteriovenous malformations
- Diaphragmatic hernia
- Gastroschisis/oomphalocele
- Genetic disorders, including metabolic disorders
- Muscular disorders/hypotonia (poor tone, “floppy” babies)
- Myelomeningocele (i.e. spina bifida)
- Skeletal dysplasias/abnormalities
Other problems of the newborn including:
- Congenital infections (syphilis, rubella, CMV etc.)
- Hirschsprung's Disease
- Hydrops
- Hyperbilirubinemia
- Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
- Intestinal disorders, including malrotation, atresias and obstructions
- Meconium aspiration
- Persistent pulmonary hypertension
- Prenatal drug exposure
- Seizures
- Sepsis (Infections)/meningitis
- Skin disorders
- Stridor
Treatments/procedures offered:
- Double volume exchange transfusions
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
- Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment (EXIT) procedure *
- Intensive phototherapy
- Laser surgery for retinopathy of prematurity
- Mechanical ventilation (including high-frequency oscillator and jet ventilation)
- Nitric oxide
- Video EEG monitoring
- Whole body cooling
* coordinated by our maternal fetal medicine specialists
