Services
NICU
"When babies are born early, have health problems...
Newborn babies who need intensive medical care are often put in a special area of the hospital called the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The NICU has advanced technology and trained healthcare professionals to give special care for the tiniest patients.
You may hear the NICU called: a special care nursery an intensive care nursery a newborn intensive care nursery
"Neonatal Intensive Care Unit....
When babies are born early, have health problems, or a difficult birth they go to the hospital's NICU. NICU stands for "neonatal intensive care unit." There, babies get around-the-clock care from a team of experts.
Most of these babies go to the NICU (NIK-yoo) within 24 hours of birth. How long they stay depends on their health condition. Some babies stay only a few hours or days; others stay weeks or months.
"Parents can visit and spend time ...
Parents can visit and spend time with their babies who stay in the NICU. Other family members might be able to visit, but only during set hours and only a few at a time. Children visiting the NICU must be well (not sick) and should have all their immunizations. Check with the hospital staff about which family members can see your baby.
one who comes into the NICU must wash their hands before they enter. (There will be a sink and antibacterial soap in the room and near the entrance of the NICU.) This is a crucial part of keeping the NICU as clean as possible so the babies aren't exposed to germs.
"Here's a list of some equipments you might find:
- Infant warmers
- Incubators
- Phototherapy
- Monitors
- Feeding tubes
- IVs
- Lines
- Ventilators
- Oxygen hood or nasal cannula
"Depending on your baby's health...
You might be able to hold your little one even if he or she is on a ventilator or has an IV. If the doctors feel that would be too much, you can still hold your baby's hand, stroke his or her head, and talk and sing to him or her. A gentle touch will be the most reassuring.
But for some very premature infants, touching is stressful. Doctors may suggest that you limit physical touch, but still spend as much time as possible with your baby. Check with the doctor or nurses to figure out how much and what type of touch is best.
PICU
"Pediatric Intensive Care Unit...
The PICU is the section of the hospital that provides sick children with the highest level of medical care. It differs from other parts of the hospital, like the general medical floors. In the PICU, kids get intensive nursing care and close monitoring of things like heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure.
The PICU also lets medical staff provide therapies that might not be available in other parts of the hospital. These can include ventilators (breathing machines) and medicines that are used only under close medical supervision.
"If they are seriously ill....
Kids go to the PICU if they are seriously ill, need intensive care, and have medical needs that can't be met on the hospital's main medical floors.
This might include kids with severe breathing problems from asthma, serious infections, some complications of diabetes, or those involved in a serious automobile accident or near-drowning.
"Your child's stay in the PICU might include:
- IVs
- Medicines.
- Monitors
- Tests
- Ventilators
OAE
"Otoacoustic Emissions Unit...
The OAE (Otoacoustic Emissions) test checks part of the inner ear’s response to sound. The test is mostly done on infants and children who may not be able to respond to behavioral hearing tests because of their age.
Otoacoustic emissions are sounds given off by one small part of the cochlea when it is stimulated by soft clicking sounds. When the sound stimulates the cochlea, the outer hair cells vibrate. The vibration produces a nearly inaudible sound that echoes back into the middle ear.
"By using Soft foam or Rubber tips....
Soft foam or rubber tips are placed in your child’s ear. Your child will hear soft sounds through the soft foam or rubber tips. A computer will record quiet echoes from the ear.
"Be Very Quiet....
Your child is not required to sleep during this test. However, for this test, your child, and everyone in the room, must be able to sit still and be very quiet. Your child will not feel anything during this test.
"Only Few Minutes....
This test should only take a few minutes.
Pediatric Surgery
"The following are examples of common pediatric disorders that may need pediatric surgery:...
Congenital malformations: lymphangioma, cleft lip and palate, esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula, hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, intestinal atresia, necrotizing enterocolitis, meconium plugs, Hirschsprung’s disease, imperforate anus, undescended testes, intestinal malrotation, and intestinal Malrotation.
Abdominal wall defects: omphalocele, gastroschisis, hernias..
Chest wall deformities: pectus excavatum
Childhood tumors: Neuroblastoma, Wilms’ tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, ATRT, liver tumors, teratomas, kidney tumors, and other cancers
Conjoined twins :are separated from one another
"Types of Pediatric Surgery
- IVs
- Medicines.
- Monitors
- Tests
- Ventilators
"Be Very Quiet....
Your child is not required to sleep during this test. However, for this test, your child, and everyone in the room, must be able to sit still and be very quiet. Your child will not feel anything during this test.
"Only Few Minutes....
This test should only take a few minutes.
Pediatric Emergency
"Types of Pediatric Emergency Services
- 1.COMA
- 2.EXCESSIVE CRYING
- 3.NOT FEEDING
- 4.CARDIAC EMERGENCIES(Heart Failure,Supraventricular Tachycardia)
- 5.INFECTIONS
- 6.FITTING,BLEEDING,jAUNDICE
- 7.FEVER,VOMITING,DIARRHOEA
- 8.PAIN(CHEST PAIN,ABDOMINAL PAIN,HEADECH,BLACKECH)
- 9.ENVIRONMENTAL
Phototherapy
"Phototherapy is a treatment in the NICU that involves brief exposures of affected areas of skin, to light to reduce the concentration of bilirubin in the body of infants
Light sources could be any including daylight, fluorescent lamps, light-emitting diodes etc
Although daylight, fluorescent lights and others with UV radiations were effective in reducing bilirubin, they are not preferred now, due to possibility of sunburn in infants
Newborn jaundice is the result of high level of bilirubin in the blood.
Bilirubin is created by the body on replacement of old red blood cells. Due to high level of bilirubin baby’s skin and eyes may appear yellowish.
"There are three ways recommended starting from the simplest for mildest of cases to more difficult:
Feeding – Feed the infant regularly and well. It is said that the baby must wet the diaper at least 6 times/ day and the stool colour should start changing from dark green to yellow. In general the baby must be well-fed, content and be taking in enough fluids to process the bilirubin on its own..
Phototherapy – Expose maximum areas of the infant’s skin to light (except eyes), which helps expedite removing excess bilirubin. This is because light absorbed by the skin helps convert the bilirubin to an isomer which is more soluble in water and hence passed-away in the stool or urine faster than normal.
Blood Transfusion – Is the last and extreme resort if no other treatment is working, since having high bilirubin levels for too long in the infant, may lead to brain damage.
Pediatric 2D Echo
"If your pediatrician has a question about your child’s heart, :...
Echocardiography is the most common test used in children to diagnose or rule out heart disease and also to follow children who have already been diagnosed with a heart problem.
Pediatric Cardiology Outpatient Services
"If your pediatrician has a question about your child’s heart, :...
He or she may refer your child to a pediatric cardiologist. Pediatric cardiologists specialize in diagnosing and treating heart problems in children. In those children who might need heart surgery, pediatric cardiologists work closely with pediatric heart surgeons to determine the best treatments and interventions.
