Division of Neonatology News

In a new study, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia found that the total amount of antibiotics prescribed to extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) decreased over time. The findings were published today in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal and Neonatal Edition.

Rapid diagnosis in the neonatal and cardiac intensive care units (NICU, CICU) is essential  to provide care and treatment to critically ill infants.

The literature reports that one-third of 600 000 children in the United States who are dependent on medical technology are NICU graduates. 

Kaitlyn Murphy, MD, is a primary care pediatrician in the CHOP Care Network at the Nicholaas and Athena Karabots Pediatric Care Center in West Philadelphia.

Preterm infants born at less than 28 weeks gestation are exceedingly fragile due to the underdeveloped nature of every major organ system.

In recent years, recognition of autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in the general population has burgeoned.

A 5-day-old infant was referred to the Emergency Department from her primary care doctor with tachypnea, a heart murmur, and decreased oral intake. 

The following CHOP clinicians recently joined our team.

In recent years, recognition of autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in the general population has burgeoned.

Christopher S. Thom, MD, PhD, is an attending physician and principal investigator in the Division of Neonatology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).