| Author/Editor | Burja, Silva; Tekauc-Golob, Andreja; Korpar, Bojan; Treiber, Milena; Žolger, Jože | |
| Title | Neonatal care in Maribor | |
| Type | članek | |
| Source | In: Takač I, editor. Proceedings of the exchange programme of trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology at Maribor teaching hospital; 2004 Nov 22-25; Maribor. Maribor: Splošna bolnišnica Maribor, | |
| Publication year | 2004 | |
| Volume | str. 100-10 | |
| Language | eng | |
| Abstract | Perinatology offers both pediatricians and obstetricians a very wide space for interdisciplinary teamwork. The development of such a perinatal service is on exciting advance. Its quality and level are highly related to geographical characteristics of a certain country, the yearly number of newborns in a certain region, the percentage of transports in uterus, furthermore with sufficient space conditions in a hospital, sub-specially and highly educated staff and modern equipment of the department of perinatology. The majority of high-risk pregnancies from the northeastern part of Slovenia and all deliveries from the Maribor region are concentrated at the Department of Perinatology (University Hospital Maribor) with obstetric and neonatal service with two levels of neonatal care - normal and special care. The third level of neonatal care - the Neonatal lntensive Care Unit (NICU) is located within the Pediatric lntensive Care Unit (PICU) in the nearby building - the Department of Pediatrics. This regional neonatal referral NICU serves a number of other obstetric services (Ptuj, Murska Sobota, Slovenj Gradec) as weIl. There are many reasons why we have decided on a combined model of neonatal care in two separate departments of University Hospital , Maribor (yearly number of newborns, short distance between the two departments, well organized complete neonatal team on 24hour duty at the Department of Perinatology, exactly defined procedures of primary care and stabilization of high-risk newborns and their transfer to the Department of Pediatrics NICU and finally - finances. Many of the factors contributing to the improvement in perinatal statistics are of a socioeconomic, educational or political nature. Nevertheless, the provision of proper neonatal care for the newborn infant at risk is also very important, because the effects of care in these earliest days can be marked and long lasting. | |
| Descriptors | NEONATOLOGY INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES INFANT CARE INFANT, NEWBORN NEONATAL NURSING |