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Neonatology
Services
Loyola
University Health System’s (Loyola) neonatologists
deliver care at Loyola's Level III Perinatal Center.
The center serves as a regional referral site for suburban
community hospitals. Critically ill newborns receive
care in a 50-bed neonatal intensive care unit, which
features the latest in medical technology. The supportive,
friendly environment allows families to visit at any
time of the day or night (with the exception of 9:30
a.m. to noon). Conditions treated include prematurity,
birth defects, breathing disorders, infection, bronchopulmonary
dysplasia and other complications of premature birth.
The staff includes board-certified neonatologists (physicians
specializing in disorders in newborns), neonatal nurse
practitioners, neonatal nurses and neonatal respiratory
therapists, all committed to helping each baby thrive.
In addition to state-of-the-art intensive care, prenatal
consultations and a developmental follow-up clinic are
offered.
Specialty
Services
Integrated
Neonatal Home Care Program
This unique program allows some premature babies to
be discharged early with the support of parental training
and home visits by neonatal nurses.
Transport
to Loyola
Babies not born at Loyola are transferred by LIFESTAR
helicopter or by ambulance. If you are a physician who
needs a consultation or needs to arrange transport to
the pediatric neonatal unit, call (708) 216-6969.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
The Loyola Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has one of the
state’s highest survival rates for low-birth-weight
infants.
Developmental
Follow-up Clinic
High-risk infants are offered developmental screening
and referral through the first years of life. Evaluations
at the clinic are multidisciplinary and may involve
a neonatologist, nurse practitioner, occupational therapist,
physical therapist, and nutrition and developmental
specialists.
Research
Neonatology
research includes:
- Growth and development in infants with BPD
- Effectiveness of grief counseling after neonatal
death
- Rapid sequence intubation in premature babies
- Markers of neonatal sepsis (pending)
- Controlled management of neonatal ventilation
Locations
and Contacts
A full spectrum of neonatology services is available
in Maywood at:
Loyola
University Medical Center
To
make an appointment in the Neonatal Developmental Follow-up
Clinic, please call (708) 327-9050. If you would like
to make an appointment or need assistance to find an
appropriate physician, please call us at (888) LUHS-888.
If you would like to make an appointment or need assistance to find an appropriate physician, please call us at (888) LUHS-888.
Related
Links
Pediatric
services
The
Ronald McDonald® Children’s Hospital of Loyola
University Medical Center
Director
Marc
Weiss, MD, FAAP
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