Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
The neonatal team consists of 12 board-certified neonatologists, specially trained nurse practitioners and neonatal nurses, therapists, social workers and technologists who work together under the principles of family-centered care. Neonatologists are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide care for these fragile newborns, meet with families and for consultations. The NICU provides specialized care for newborns and offers New Jersey’s only Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) therapy for infants in severe respiratory distress. As a modification of cardiopulmonary bypass, ECMO aids newborns who have not responded to usual therapies such as mechanical ventilation, drugs and surgery. Click here for more information. [ top ] |
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The Division of Neonatology is a Level III Regional Perinatal Center which provides highly specialized treatment to nearly 750 premature and critically ill newborns each year and receives referrals from more than 15 hospitals in New Jersey and surrounding states.
