neonatal care
Preemie medical support
Neonatal care is medical attention for newborn infants, particularly during the first 28 days of life.
The term usually refers to specialized treatment for premature or critically ill babies in a hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU): The twins required six weeks of neonatal care before coming home.
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- premature babyInfant born before term
- breastfeeding supportAssistance for nursing parents
- surfactant therapyLung-lining substance administration
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
phototherapy · skin-to-skin contact · pulse oximeter · heart monitor · maternal health · newborn · echocardiogram · Apgar score · sensory stimulation · developmental milestones · thermoregulation · neonatal · NICU · oxygen therapy · jaundice · feeding tube · feeding schedule · first breath
- infant carepediatrician, checkups, immunizations, vaccinations, breastfeeding
- pediatricspediatrician, pediatricians, pediatrics, well-child visit, well-child visits
- caregivingcaregiver, nurture, look after, watch over, tend to
- nursingnurse, nursing, nurses, RN, LPN
- reproductive healthpregnancy, infertility, childbirth, male infertility, fertility rates
- veterinary medicineveterinary medicine, veterinary degree, pet hospitals, animal clinics, small animal vet
neonatal caregeriatric care
Medicine for old age
geriatrics · end-of-life care · elderly care · hospice care · palliative care
neonatal carechild abandonment
Deserting one's minor dependents
medical neglect · infanticide · child endangerment · failure to thrive