Neonatology

Department of Neonatology of BRB Hospitals provides round-the-clock care to critically ill newborns and premature infants including those referred from other hospitals. We provide specialized care for children with a multitude of complex diseases, seamless access to any specialty services needed for newborns and infants. We provide state-of-art capabilities for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of extremely premature and medically fragile neonates.

Range of Services:

• Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
• Standby service for high risk deliveries
• High risk and birth defect consultations
• Newborn screening
• Clinical screening of well babies
• Neonatal neuro-development follow-up
• Premature and low birth weight babies – ROP screening and treatment is routinely practice in AAH

 Bed Categories:

• Nursery Bed
• NICU Level-1
• NICU Level-2
• NICU Level-3

We deal with Critical Patients like:

• Respiratory distress syndrome
• Meconium aspiration syndrome
• Extreme prematurity (24-25 weeks gestation)
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
• Birth injury & various neonatal surgical conditions
• Perinatal asphyxia
• Bilirubin encephalopathy
• Congenital pneumonia
• Air leak syndrome like- Pneumothorax, Pneumobilia
• Chest tube placement
• Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
• Necrotizing enterocolitis
• Congenital heart disease
• Genetic syndromes and metabolic disorders
• Various procedure that is regard to ensure high level medical care to the babies, like – Ambelical line, PICC line, Radial line etc.
• We provide most modern ventilation care like – high freequency oxylator.
• Our centre is also capable of providing jet ventilators
• Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) is frequently arranged to provide care to the very sick babies
• Optimum cardiac support is also available for cyanotic & noncyanotic various cardiac defect
• Our neonatal surgery department is capable of repairing congenital defect like Diaphragmatic Hernia, T-E fistula, open and various closed surgical conditions

Comprehensive Evaluations:

• Pre-natal consultation with parents with high-risk pregnancies.
• Lactation support for breast-feeding mothers of hospitalized infants.
• Physical and occupational therapy for hospitalized neonates.
• Nutrition consultation on patients receiving parenteral nutrition.