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  2. Neonatal intensive care unit - Wikipedia

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    A neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), also known as an intensive care nursery (ICN), is an intensive care unit (ICU) specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants. The NICU is divided into several areas, including a critical care area for babies who require close monitoring and intervention, an intermediate care area for infants ...

  3. Neonatal nursing - Wikipedia

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    An infant placed in a neonatal intensive care unit. Neonatal nursing is a sub-specialty of nursing care for newborn infants up to 28 days after birth. The term neonatal comes from neo, "new", and natal, "pertaining to birth or origin". Neonatal nursing requires a high degree of skill, dedication and emotional strength as they care for newborn ...

  4. Pediatric intensive care unit - Wikipedia

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    A pediatric intensive care unit (also paediatric), usually abbreviated to PICU (/ ˈ p ɪ k j uː /), is an area within a hospital specializing in the care of critically ill infants, children, teenagers, and young adults aged 0–21.

  5. Neonatology - Wikipedia

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    The first dedicated neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) was established at Yale-Newhaven Hospital in Connecticut in 1965. [8] Prior to the development of the NICU, premature and critically ill infants were attended to in nurseries without specialized resuscitation equipment. [8]

  6. Intensive care medicine - Wikipedia

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    Intensive care is usually provided in a specialized unit of a hospital called the intensive care unit (ICU) or critical care unit (CCU). Many hospitals also have designated intensive care areas for certain specialities of medicine. [9]

  7. Newborn transport - Wikipedia

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    Newborn transport [1] is used to move premature and other sick infants from one hospital to another, such as a medical facility that has a neonatal intensive care unit and other services. Neonatal transport services such as NETS use mobile intensive care incubators fitted with mechanical ventilators, infusion pumps and physiological monitors ...

  8. Registered nurse certified in neonatal intensive care

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    The organization's other core registered nurse certifications include low-risk neonatal (RNC-LRN), maternal newborn nursing (RNC-MNN) and inpatient obstetrics (RNC-OB) for nurses in those related specialties. [1] Neonatal nursing is a specialty where the nurses care for newborn babies who need critical care.

  9. Herbert Barrie - Wikipedia

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    Dr Herbert Barrie (1927-2017) Herbert Barrie (9 October 1927 – 20 March 2017), was a British consultant paediatrician and a leading figure in neonatology.He was a pioneer in the emerging specialty of paediatrics and neonatal medicine; and he developed one of the first neonatal intensive care units in London.