Hospital for Children
Divisions/Specialties
Division of Neonatology
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
- 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: March 25, 2008.
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