Neonatal intensive care unit
Overview
Intensive Care Unit
thumb|220px|ICU roomAn intensive-care unit , critical-care unit , intensive-therapy unit/intensive-treatment unit is a specialized department in a hospital that provides intensive-care medicine...
specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infant
Infant
A newborn or baby is the very young offspring of a human or other mammal. A newborn is an infant who is within hours, days, or up to a few weeks from birth. In medical contexts, newborn or neonate refers to an infant in the first 28 days after birth...
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The problem of premature and congenitally ill infants is not a new one, by any means. For centuries, people have attempted to save infants that had previously died from lack of care.
