Our pledge is that our specially-trained doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals in the neonatal intensive care units (NICUs, prounced "nick-you") make your experience as comfortable as possible under these stressful circumstances and keep you updated about your baby’s condition as often as necessary.
General Information
Glossary
Information on common medical issues treated in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Note: This is not to be used as a substitute for having professionals explain, in their own words, what illness or problem a baby has. TThis list of medical conditions that commonly requires babies to receive treatment in the NICCU is intended to help parents understand their child's problem, and ask further questions.
Breasfeeding Information
Assistance is available for mothers who wish to pump to store breast milk for their babies while they are receiving care in the NICU.
Specific Information
ECMO Information
This information is is specifcally for parents who have a baby on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) treatment in the NICU.
SIDS Information
A publication authored by members of our faculty is available free of charge for download here.
by Toke Hoppenbrouwers, PhD and Joan Hodgman, MD
Other Resources
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Cherubs
Down Syndrome
National Down Syndrome Society
ECMO Information
Vanderbilt
Preterm infants
Advocacy Groups
Come Unity
March of Dimes
Online Resources
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