Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Neonatology)

About the Unit

Neonatal Intensive Care Units; These are the sections where special treatments and care are carried out in isolated areas in order to prevent the development of serious complications in newborn babies and to provide emergency intervention. These are the medical fields established for the purpose of reuniting premature babies with their families in a healthy way, especially after a high-risk pregnancy. The neonatal intensive care unit (neonatology), located within the Esencan Hospital and equipped with the latest technological devices, is the unit where the best possible care is provided for newborn babies.

In the neonatal intensive care unit, which has been shaped according to international standards, it serves with a team of Pediatric Health and Diseases specialists and Pediatric Surgery specialists under the supervision of a Neonatology (Neonatal) specialist who is experienced in the procedures for the elimination and alleviation of various congenital or acquired health problems. In addition to these medical professionals, each of whom has specialized in a field related to infant / child health, all health workers assigned to the unit received special training on infant intensive care.

At the point of diagnosing the problem related to the newborn, the neonatology department cooperates with the central laboratory within the hospital, and it is ensured that the biochemistry, microbiology and hormone tests are concluded in a very short time.

In addition, mobile imaging and examination devices such as portable ultrasonography, portable x-ray device, portable echocardiography, advanced newborn monitors, which provide very detailed findings for the follow-up of the newborn, are used in the unit. In addition to these, mechanical ventilators (SIMV, VG and HFO), biphasic nasal CPAP device, incubators, Led phototherapy devices are available in the unit.

In Esencan Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; In addition to all treatments required for intensive care, such as phototherapy, exchange transfusion, whole body cooling therapy, in which the newborn is provided with basic and advanced mechanical ventilation and respiratory support, ophthalmological and audiological follow-up, physiotherapy and rehabilitation, and neurological follow-up are performed.

The neonatal intensive care unit (neonatology) of Esencan Hospital, where all known emergency health services related to newborns are provided with high-tech devices and under the guidance of pediatricians, is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Neonatology) Related Services

In the neonatal intensive care unit (neonatology) of Esencan Hospital, in addition to the imaging and care procedures mentioned above, the following treatments are carried out:

• High Flow Oxygen Therapy
• Pediatric Surgery – Neurosurgery -Hypothermia Treatment
• Total Parenteral Nutrition Applications
• Peritoneal Dialysis
• Thorax Tube Operation
• Retinopathy Examination
• Arterial Blood Gas Analysis Applications
• Exchange of Blood
• Whole body Cooling
• Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Treatment with Laser
• Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) with Anti VEGF
• Breastfeeding Counseling and Breastfeeding Education
• Endotracheal Intubation
• Phototherapy (Light Therapy) Applications
• Peripheral Central Catheterization
• Postoperative (Post-Surgical) Follow-up
• Exchange Transfusion