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- noun Plural form of
NICU .
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Examples
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Breast milk isn't always given to infants in busy NICUs, where clinicians often focus on other medical issues and may not take time to arrange for mothers to pump milk.
Small Steps: How Hospitals Save More Preemie Lives Laura Landro 2011
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Conflicting evidence remains in some areas, says Jeffrey B. Gould , a Stanford University neonatologist who directs the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative, which works with NICUs in the state.
Small Steps: How Hospitals Save More Preemie Lives Laura Landro 2011
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Pediatrix in 2009 launched a "100,000 Babies" campaign in 125 hospitals, aiming to improve the system of care for 100,000 babies in NICUs around the country, based on lessons learned in earlier quality programs.
Small Steps: How Hospitals Save More Preemie Lives Laura Landro 2011
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Michael Battista , medical director of several Pediatrix NICUs in San Antonio, says some 35% of babies in the units suffered from hypothermia before 2003, when the units began using warming bags.
Small Steps: How Hospitals Save More Preemie Lives Laura Landro 2011
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Some neonatal intensive-care units NICUs are cutting back on the high levels of oxygen traditionally given to premature babies.
Small Steps: How Hospitals Save More Preemie Lives Laura Landro 2011
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Pediatrix doctors care for some 20% of premature babies receiving intensive care in U.S. hospital NICUs.
Small Steps: How Hospitals Save More Preemie Lives Laura Landro 2011
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"Traveling" cardiac anesthesia teams per dayin all areas of the OR and Hospital and at 16 Affiliated Hospital NICUs.
Key Facts 2010
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Many hospital NICUs make this a requirement so that if parents have any questions or concerns the first night alone with the babies, nurses will be there to help.
Leisa Naples: Newborn Survival Tips from a Mom of Twins...Twice Leisa Naples 2010
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A 2006 report by the National Academy of Sciences found that the 550,000 preemies born each year in the U.S. run up about $26 billion in annual costs, mostly related to care in NICUs.
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For hospitals struggling with cost overruns in other areas, NICUs can be havens of healthy revenue growth and profits.
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