neonatal unit
Preemie care area
A neonatal unit is a hospital ward specializing in the care of newborn infants, particularly those born prematurely or with health complications requiring intensive monitoring and treatment.
Also called a neonatal intensive care unit or NICU: The twins spent their first three weeks in the neonatal unit.
- NICUIntensive care for newborns
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- prematureOccurring before expected
- newbornInfant just delivered
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
monitors · heart monitor · tiny · fragile · low birth weight · isolette · feeding tube · oxygen · preemie · due date · vital signs · umbilical · warmth · beeping · nurses · sterile · kangaroo care · skin to skin
- hospitalhospital, admission, wards, ER, bed
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- Maternity Wardmaternity ward, labor and delivery, delivery room, labor room, midwife
- Medical Facilitieshospital, clinic, health center, urgent care, emergency room
- wardsgeriatric ward, maternity ward, pediatric ward, psychiatric ward, psych ward
neonatal, natal, natality, prenatal, postnatal, perinatal, antenatal, neonate, nation