Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The upper age limit of such patients ranges from age 12 to 21. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician. The word pediatrics and its cognates mean healer of children; they derive from two Greek words: π that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant. It is a hospital A hospital, in the modern sense of the word, is an institution for health care providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment, and often, but not always providing for longer-term patient stays. Its historical meaning, until relatively recent times, was "a place of hospitality", for example the Chelsea Royal Hospital,-based specialty, and is usually practiced in neonatal intensive care units A neonatal intensive care unit, usually shortened NICU and also called a newborn intensive care unit, intensive care nursery (ICN), and special care baby unit (SCBU [pronounced "Skiboo"], especially in Great Britain), or a humidicrib, is a unit of a hospital specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants. The NICU is (NICUs). The principal patients of neonatologists Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant. It is a hospital-based specialty, and is usually practiced in neonatal intensive care units . The principal patients of neonatologists are newborn infants who are ill or requiring special medical care are newborn The term infant derives from the Latin word infans, meaning "unable to speak or speechless." It is typically applied to children between the ages of 1 month and 12 months; however, definitions vary between birth and 3 years of age infants who are ill or requiring special medical care due to prematurity In humans, preterm birth refers to the birth of a baby of less than 37 weeks gestational age. The cause for preterm birth is in many situations elusive and unknown; many factors appear to be associated with the development of preterm birth, making the reduction of preterm birth a challenging proposition, low birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation Birth mass is the mass of a baby at its birth. It has direct links with the gestational age at which the child was born and can be estimated during the pregnancy by measuring fundal height. A baby born within the normal range of mass for that gestational age is known as appropriate for gestational age . Those born above or below that range have, congenital malformations Congenital disorder involves defects in or damage to a developing fetus. It may be the result of genetic abnormalities, the intrauterine environment, errors of morphogenesis, or a chromosomal abnormality. The outcome of the disorder will further depend on complex interactions between the pre-natal deficit and the post-natal environment. Congenital (birth defects Congenital disorder involves defects in or damage to a developing fetus. It may be the result of genetic abnormalities, the intrauterine environment, errors of morphogenesis, or a chromosomal abnormality. The outcome of the disorder will further depend on complex interactions between the pre-natal deficit and the post-natal environment. Animal), sepsis Sepsis is a serious medical condition that is characterized by a whole-body inflammatory state and the presence of a known or suspected infection. The body may develop this inflammatory response by the immune system to microbes in the blood, urine, lungs, skin, or other tissues. A lay term for sepsis is blood poisoning, more aptly applied to, or birth asphyxias Intrauterine hypoxia occur when the fetus is deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen. IH is used to describe inadequate oxygen availability during the gestation period, birth asphyxia (also refered to as perinatal asphyxia or Asphyxia neonatorum ) can result from inadequate supply of oxygen immediately prior to, during or just after delivery.
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History
While high infant mortality rates were recognized by the British medical community at least as early as the 1860s,[1] modern neonatal intensive care is a relatively recent advance. In 1898 Dr. Joseph B. De Lee established the first premature infant incubator station in Chicago Chicago ( /ʃɨˈkɑːɡoʊ/ or /ʃɨˈkɔːɡoʊ/) is the largest city in both Illinois and the Midwest, and the third most populous city in the United States, with over 2.8 million living within the city limits. Its metropolitan area, commonly named "Chicagoland", is the 26th most populous in the world, home to an estimated 9.7 million, Illinois United States migrant settlers began arriving from Kentucky in the 1810s; Illinois achieved statehood in 1818. The future metropolis of Chicago was founded in the 1830s on the banks of the Chicago River, one of the few natural harbors on southern Lake Michigan. Railroads and John Deere's invention of the self-scouring steel plow made central. The first American textbook on prematurity was published in 1922. In 1952 Dr. Virginia Apgar Virginia Apgar was an American physician who specialised in anesthesia and pediatrics. She was a leader in the fields of anesthesiology and teratology, and effectively founded the field of neonatology. To the public, however, she is best known as the developer of the Apgar test, a method of assessing the health of newborn babies that has described the APGAR score The Apgar score was devised in 1952 by Dr. Virginia Apgar as a simple and repeatable method to quickly and summarily assess the health of newborn children immediately after birth. Apgar was an anesthesiologist who developed the score in order to ascertain the effects of obstetric anesthesia on babies scoring system as a means of evaluating a newborn's condition. It was not until 1965 that the first American newborn intensive care unit (NICU A neonatal intensive care unit, usually shortened NICU and also called a newborn intensive care unit, intensive care nursery (ICN), and special care baby unit (SCBU [pronounced "Skiboo"], especially in Great Britain), is a unit of a hospital specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants. The NICU is distinct from a special) was opened in New Haven New Haven is the second-largest municipality in Connecticut and the sixth-largest municipality in New England with a core population of about 123,000 people. "New Haven" may also refer to the wider Greater New Haven area, which has nearly 600,000 inhabitants in the immediate area. It is located in New Haven County, on New Haven Harbor,, Connecticut Southwestern Connecticut is part of the New York metropolitan area; three of Connecticut's eight counties, including most of the state's population, are in the New York City combined statistical area, commonly called the Tri-State Region. Connecticut's center of population is in Cheshire, New Haven County and in 1975 the American Board of Pediatrics established sub-board certification for neonatology.[2]
The 1950s brought a rapid escalation in neonatal services with the advent of mechanical ventilation In medicine, mechanical ventilation is a method to mechanically assist or replace spontaneous breathing of the newborn. This allowed for survival of smaller and smaller newborns. In the 1980s, the development of pulmonary surfactant Surfactants are compounds that lower the surface tension of a liquid, allowing easier spreading, and lowering of the interfacial tension between two liquids, or between a liquid and a solid. Surfactants may act as: detergents, wetting agents, emulsifiers, foaming agents, and dispersants replacement therapy further improved survival of extremely premature infants and decreased chronic lung disease, one of the complications of mechanical ventilation In medicine, mechanical ventilation is a method to mechanically assist or replace spontaneous breathing, among less severely premature infants. In 2006 newborns as small as 450 grams and as early as 22 weeks gestation have a chance of survival. In modern NICUs, infants weighing more than 1000 grams and born after 27 weeks gestation have an approximately 90% chance of survival and the majority have normal neurological development.[3]
Academic training
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A neonatologist is a physician (MD or DO) practicing neonatology. To become a neonatologist Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant. It is a hospital-based specialty, and is usually practiced in neonatal intensive care units . The principal patients of neonatologists are newborn infants who are ill or requiring special medical care, the physician initially receives training as a pediatrician Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The upper age limit of such patients ranges from age 12 to 21. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician. The word pediatrics and its cognates mean healer of children; they derive from two Greek words: π, then completes an additional training called a fellowship (for 3 years in the US) in neonatology. Most, but not all neonatologists are board certified Board Certification is the process by which a physician with either a MD, MBChB, MBBS, osteopathic or dentist (DDS, BChD, BDent, BDS, or DMD), DPM) degree in the United States, documents by written, practical and/or simulator based testing a mastery of the basic knowledge and skills that define an area of medical specialization. The commonly used in the specialty of Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics, and in the sub-specialty of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine also by the American Board of Pediatrics. Most countries now run similar programs for fellowship training in Neonatology. e of Medicine in Neonatology, referred to as a D.M. (Neonatology), from India is one such highly regarded program.
Spectrum of care
Rather than focusing on a particular organ system, neonatologists focus on the care of newborns who require ICU hospitalization. They may also act as general pediatricians, providing well newborn evaluation and care in the hospital where they are based. Some neonatologists, particularly those in academic settings, may follow infants for months or even years after hospital discharge to better assess the long term effects of health problems early in life. Some neonatologists perform clinical and basic science research to further our understanding of this special population of patients.
References
- ^ Baines, M.A. (1862). Excessive Infant-Mortality: How Can It Be Stayed?. http://www.neonatology.org/classics/baines.html#note1. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
- ^ American Academy of Pediatrics (2001). "Committee Report: American Pediatrics: Milestones at the Millennium". Pediatrics 107 (6): 1482–1491. doi:10.1542/peds.107.6.1482. PMID 11389283.
- ^ Lemmons, J.A., et al. (2001). "Very Low Birth Weight Outcomes of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network, January 1995 Through December 1996". Pediatrics 107(1) (1): 1–8. doi:10.1542/peds.107.1.e1. PMID 11134465.
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