Neonatology!

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Neonatology!

• By Sarah Reindel 1? Chemistry

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Facts!

• Neonatology is a medical field that specializes
  in newborn, sick and premature babies.
• The word neonatology literally means science of
  the newborn.
• A place where premature and sick newborn babies
  are kept for close observation is called the
  NICU, or Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
• Most babies go to the NICU directly after
  delivery, no matter their condition.

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• WARNING Some pictures and videos may be too
  graphic. Premature babies and videos of them are
  presented in the next slide and some after.

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An NICU in Holtz Children's Hospital at the
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical
Center.
A newborn in an incubator.
A premature infant being observed.
An old-fashioned incubator.
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Scientists of Neonatology!

• Dr. William Silverman
• Dr. L. Joseph Butterfield
• Dr. Martin A Couney

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Incubators

• Incubators were invented
• in 1870 by Dr. Martin A
• Couney.
• Incubators are machines that house babies that
  have been delivered at a very early time
  (pre-mature) or if they are extremely sick.
• They are kept at a constant, moderate temperature
  and have access places for nurses to observe the
  baby.
• First came to America as early as 1902.

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Silverman and Butterfield

• When William and Joseph began their work, they
  never knew how big their research and work would
  do.
• Since the 1950s when their work came to life,
  many hospitals use and have neonatal intensive
  care units (NICU) that use incubators.
• Incubators are used for transporting babies from
  hospital to hospital if one does not have an NICU
  to help the baby.
• The amount of lives these men have saved are
  incredible.

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Butterfields Story

• Joseph was working at the University of Colorado
  Medical Center when a three pound infant was
  transported from Monte Vista, Colorado by an Air
  National Guard DC-3. He saw his work come to
  life, and after that he was appointed Director of
  the Newborn Center just after the completion of
  the transport and opening of the premature center
  for infants.

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Silvermans Story

• In 1945, neonatologist, Richard Day had
  encountered Bill Silverman. Day taught Silverman
  the importance of basing clinical care on
  science. Silverman and his colleagues worked on a
  case with using an anti-inflammatory
  adrenocorticotrophic hormone to treat
  retrolental fibroplasia which is blindness in
  infants. Twenty-five out of thirty-one of the
  babies kept their vision.

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Couneys Story

• Couney began as a
• pediatrician in Germany. He
• knew infant death was the leading effect of
  premature babies. In fact, thirty-six percent of
  infant deaths was because of prematurity.
  Martins daughter was born premature and lived
  without the use of an incubator. Many doubted his
  work, but he never gave in. In 1896, the Berlin
  Exposition was held, and there, he presented his
  invention. A hospital in Germany gave him many
  babies that were destined to die, due to
  prematurity. About ninety percent of all
  premature infants under his care were
  redeveloped!

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Premature Infant.
Baby in the NICU being observed.
Premature infant being checked.
Newborn Premature Infant.
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More Facts!

• In the NICU, about half the babies are
  full-term-born (about thirty-seven weeks) and the
  other half are sick or premature.
• Not all organs in a premature infant are
  developed, therefore sometimes making the infant
  sick after delivery.
• Many premature children have undeveloped
  lungs-hard to breathe, no body fat-need to be
  kept warm, underdeveloped liver-jaundice is
  common from this, underdeveloped immune
  system-easy to become sick, stomach and
  intestines are underdeveloped-cannot digest
  breast milk or formula, and underdeveloped
  brain-hard to coordinate bodily functions
  correctly.

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Helping Preemie Infants from Blindness

• http//www.jacksonhealth.org/services-neonatology.
  asp
• Watch this incredible video on how doctors work
  to help preemie infants see!

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Jackson Health System

• One of the biggest neonatal centers in the US.
• The Schatzi Kassal Project is the centers
  Newborn NICU and has some of the best surviving
  rates of all time.
• This project is located at the Holtz Childrens
  Hospital in Florida.

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Taking Care of the Babies

• Infants are high maintenance. An entire staff of
  eight neonatologists, three neonatal nurse
  practitioners, two neonatology fellows, one nurse
  manager, one clinical nurse specialist, one
  clinical instructor, one hundred staff nurses,
  one pharmacist, eight respiratory therapists and
  two physical therapists are needed to run an
  NICU. Along with the huge staff of an NICU, forty
  pediatric residents also help the staff.

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Catalog Entry

• If someone googled my concept, I would like
  Google to say PowerPoint Publication on
  neonatology, featuring information about
  scientists who studied in the field, inventors in
  the field and basic knowledge of the concept of
  neonatology.

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Bibliography

• http//www.news-medical.net/Infant-Incubators
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• http//neonatology.org/career/default.html
• http//www.jacksonhealth.org/services-neonatology.
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