Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

IMED Valencia Hospital has a reference Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care unit (PNICU), considered level III, with 3 pediatric boxes (one isolated), 9 Neonatal ICU incubators and 10 incubators for pathological newborn non critic.

The Unit offers assitance for complicated pregnacy and any pregnancy age and weight newborn, possibility for advanced breathing support with high frequence oscillating ventilation, inhaled nitric oxygen administration and advanced image techniques availability with neonatal radiologist interpretation experienced in brain-abdominal ultrasound, CT scan and MRI scan as well as children Cardiology for ultrasound performance with diagnosis orientation and the most suitable treatment if it is required.

We can treat severe surgical prematurity complications inmediately. We have hemofiltration equipment, terapeuic hipothermia equipment active for management of moderated or severe encephalopathy, transcutaneous brain oxymetry, that provides information about brain and systemic perfussion-oxygenation, equipment for continuous monitoring of the brain function through electroencephalography by integrated extent and also of neurophisyiology service with neonatal experience for the conventional electroencephalogram performance. Pediatric’s oftalmology service ensures the monitoring, treatment and follow-up of the prematurity retinopathy.

Besides having last generation technology, we have high qualified pediatrics, neonatologists and intensive pediatric doctors. The unit human team is formed by experienced doctors that provide security in patient’s treatment and care no matter what is their pathology.

In our PNICU is promotted mother breastfeeding, parent’s active participation in their newborn care and it is explained the kangaroo care method. This method is based in direct skin contact on mother’s chest, satisfiying physical and emotional needs of both of them, stimulating the biological affective link and favouring mother breastfeeding.

The PNICU is open doors, where parents can have access to their child 24h a day 7 days a week so they can spend all the time they need with their admitted son.

Since the beginning of the hospital activity there were nearly a thousand births, with an exponential birth increase month by month. In IMED Valencia, 4% of births were premature, 10 of them were under 32 weeks, which is considered premature. These patients can have more complications and require some special care and follow-up.

Regarding Neonatal ICU patients, there were 213 admitted patients registered and assisted successfully since the hospital activity begun, 70% of those were newborns, and 15% of the total admitted were premature.

For the optimal follow-up after the patient is discharged, the Pediatrics service has a very specialised team, that can offer full attention and multidisciplinary follow-up with the best professionality, with pediatric subspecialties as Neuropediatrics, Allergology and Pneumology, general and neonatal Pediatrics, Gastroenetrology, Endocrinology, Nephrology and pediatrcics Cardiology.

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