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Division of Neonatology

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The Neonatology Division maintains a 40-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)and offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment for all critically ill neonates, including extremely low birth-weight infants and those with surgical, genetic and cardiac conditions. Specialists are available 24 hours a day.

A specialized neonatal transport team, based at the University of Maryland Medical Center, provides ambulance and helicopter transportation for critically ill infants throughout the state.

Patient Conditions

Extreme prematurity (23-25 weeks gestation)
Respiratory distress syndrome
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Necrotizing enterocolitis
Congenital heart disease
Genetic syndromes and metabolic disorders
Surgical conditions

Comprehensive Evaluations

For More Information

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Prenatal consultation with parents with high-risk pregnancies
Lactation support for breast-feeding mothers of hospitalized infants
Physical and occupational therapy for hospitalized neonates
Nutrition consultation on patients receiving parenteral nutrition

Specialized Treatments

High-frequency oscillation ventilation
Neonatal synchronized ventilator respiratory support
Nitric oxide therapy
Laser and cryotherapy for retinopathy
Peritoneal dialysis
Continuous EEG monitoring

Research Activities

Inflammatory mediators in chronic lung disease
Role of Ureaplasma urealyticum in lung injury
Pathophysiology of necrotizing enterocolitis
Mechanisms of brain injury in the pre-term and term infant

Special Programs

NICU Follow-Up Program coordinates neurodevelopmental screening from birth through age 3 and provides multidisciplinary support (nutrition, speech and language, social work, physical therapy, occupational therapy, etc.) for graduates of the NICU and on children from other NICUs; the team also provides consultation on unresolved medical problems following discharge.
Lactation consultation service for all breast-feeding mothers
Kangaroo Care

Services to Physicians

Consultation on complicated cases
Educational outreach program to referring hospitals
Assistance with outpatient management of NICU graduates
Special treatment procedures
Assistance with short-term and long-term management of residual newborn medical conditions

This page was last updated on: September 21, 2009.

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