Neonatal Intensive Care Unit:The NICU is an intensive care unit created for sick newborns who need specialized treatment because they're developing so rapidly.
Premature Birth: is the birth of a baby before the standard period of pregnancy is completed.
Step-down nursery: Intermediate level of care for babies who have graduated from the NICU.
Ventilator: Mechanical breathing machine, also called a respirator.
Neonatologist: A pediatrician with advanced training in the care of sick newborns.
Incubator: Babies are placed in this clear plastic crib to keep them warm and protect them from germs and noise.
Birth defect: Abnormality of structure, function or body metabolism (inborn error of body chemistry) present at birth that results in physical and/or mental disability, or is fatal.
ABO incompatibility: Blood incompatibility between the mother and fetus that can result in destruction of fetal red blood cells, jaundice, and anemia.
Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR): Term for babies who are smaller than they should be at their gestational age.
Limit of viability: the gestational age at which a fetus/infant has a good chance of surviving outside its mother's womb without major impairment.
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