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| LEVELS OF NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE |
The future prospective of neonatal intensive care unit are as follows and are categorized
into IV levels.
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| Level I care: |
Giving warmth to baby, sterile cutting of umbilical cord. Infection control |
| Level II care: |
Warmth by warmers / incubators
+ Intravenous fluid provision
+ Tube feeding (milk).
+ Infection control (HAND WASHING) |
| Level III care: |
Ventilator (artificial lung)
+ Cardio respiratory monitoring (HR monitoring)
+ Blood pressure monitoring (NIBP, IBP monitoring)
+ IV fluids (Infusion pump)
+ Provision for total parental nutrition (TPN)
+ INFECTION CONTROL (VERY IMPORTANT) |
| Level IV care: |
Neonatal cardiac surgery
± ECMO |
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To enlighten the reader on the future directions in level
III neonatal care the centre point is always infection control (hand washing, disinfection
etc) and innovations in ventilatory therapy.
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