Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
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Treatment and Technology
When your infant is sick, seconds matter. That is why it is important to choose a hospital that can provide state-of-the-art care. MeritCare is on the cutting-edge of providing the kind of care you can trust and rely on. Take a look at some of the treatments and technology we use.
Technology
- High-frequency ventilation (oscillation and jet)
- Inhaled nitric oxide
- High intensity phototherapy
- Conventional ventilator (Dräger, Vip Bird)
- Arterial and venous monitoring
- Imaging technology (CT, MRI, ultrasound)
- Omni bed
- Fully equipped neonatal surgical suite on unit
- Neonatal echocardiography
- Neonatal transport via fixed-wing airplane, helicopter and ground transportation
- Point of care arterial blood gas and chemistry monitoring
- Double volume exchange transfusion
- Flexible & rigid bronchoscopy
- GI endoscopy
- Primary function testing
- Video EEG
Special Expertise:
- Premature and extremely premature infants
- Critically-ill full-term infants
- Neonatal Transport (including, if necessary, transport on nitric oxide)
- Evaluation and therapy of selected congenital anomalies
- Surgery for selected neonatal conditions
- Evaluation of congenital heart disease
- Patent ductus arteriosus
- Persistent pulmonary hypertension
- Pneumothorax
- Meconium aspiration with respiratory symptoms
- Pneumonia
- Respiratory distress syndrome
- Chronic lung disease
- Neurologic disorders including hydrocephalus, myelomeningocele, trauma and seizures
- Neonatal sepsis
- Necrotizing enterocolitis
- Neonatal jaundice
- Retinopathy of prematurity
Services Offered
- Prenatal consultation with high-risk obstetrics patients regarding anticipated neonatal outcomes
- Telephone consultation with primary care providers
- Pediatric sub-specialty consultation
- Individualized developmental assessment
- Tobacco cessation program for parents
- Child life support for siblings
- Outpatient growth and developmental follow-up care of high-risk infants