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types of patients

The PICU forum had a cool thread where people listed the types of patients on their units. I thought it would be interesting for the NICU too. I know some NICUs get babies that come into the emergency room, some of have micropreemies, some have full terms with congenital issues, some take pre-surgery cardiac babies, etc. I'd love to know the census of your NICU!

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    We have between 85-90 kids right now, including a 14 month old and a 19 month old, and two kiddos on ECMO!

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    We have a level III NICU, up to 22-23 patients

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    Well, this is what we have today:

    Prematurity

    Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn

    Presumed sepsis r/t maternal chorioamnionitis

    Sepsis

    Congenital heart disease (pre/post/periop)

    Congenital autoimmune myocarditis

    Gastroschisis

    Omphalocele

    PPHN/pulmonary hypertension

    Meconium aspiration syndrome

    Choanal atresia

    Pierre Robin Sequence

    Hydrocephalus

    Neonatal seizures

    Hypoxic-Ischemic encephalopathy (head cooling)

    ECMO

    Sirenomelia (Mermaid)

    Posterior urethral valves/UPJ obstruction

    Anal atresia

    Tracheoesophageal fistula/Esophageal atresia

    Spina Bifida

    Congenital viral infections

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    SteveNNP I'm jealous! I look forward to being somewhere with a little more variety and acuity someday. I'm in a level III with up to 50 babies. We're the largest NICU in the area and accept babies from surrounding hospitals. Babes with more complex diagnoses or requiring a higher level of care get shipped out. Recent diagnoses include:

    Prematurity and sequelae (the majority of our population)

    Hypoglycemia

    NAS

    Meconium aspiration

    Pneumothorax

    TTN

    PPHN

    Sepsis

    We're currently working on getting head cooling underway -- we have the equipment but are still in the early days of policy/procedure development

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