Neonatal Intensive Care
Nothing matters more than your baby's healthy arrival. That's why Crestwood Medical Center's neonatal intensive care unit provides care for premature infants and so many mothers trust us with their babies. The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) serves critically ill, premature and low-birth weight babies, treating them with specialized care and attention from the staff of neonatal care specialists.
Newly Expanded NICU
We recently expanded our NICU to provide all private rooms for our smallest patients and their parents. Our newly expanded NICU provides space and privacy that allows parents to practice skin-to-skin bonding, breastfeed, and be more intimately involved in their baby's care in a more comfortable setting.
Private rooms allow parents to stay overnight with their newborn, and gives experienced neonatal staff more access and interaction with the family to answer all of their questions and ensure they are comfortable and confident in caring for their newborn. In addition to private rooms, the newly expanded NICU also features a special room to accommodate twins, a family bathroom with a shower and a NICU family waiting area.
Crestwood Medical Center's NICU features infant warmers and temperature-controlled isolettes equipped with vital-sign monitoring equipment. Our NICU also offers high flow Vapotherm, nasal cannula and oxyhood therapies should your baby require oxygen support. A dedicated team of specialists and neonatal nurses support you and encourage you to play an active role in the care of your baby.
Meet Our Neonatalogists
Mahmood Alasmi, M.D., M.S., FAAP
Hussein M. Farrag, M.D.
Pregnancy, labor and after-birth conditions treated at Crestwood's NICU include:
- Abnormal fetal heart rate
- Apnea
- Birth defects
- Difficulty feeding
- Difficulty maintaining normal temperature
- Drug withdrawal infants
- Evidence of infection or illness in infant
- Hemorrhaging
- High blood pressure
- Hypoglycemia
- Infant respiratory distress
- Insulin dependent diabetes
- Jaundice
- Multiples (twins, triplets, etc.)
- Neonatal abstinence syndrome
- Premature labor
- Prematurity
- Premature rupture of membranes
- Seizures
- Severe anemia
- Suspected low birth weight baby
- Suspected placental abnormalities
"I can't say enough about the NICU nurses at Crestwood. Our daughter was born at 34 weeks and was in the hospital for the first 13 days of her life, and boy was she spoiled rotten from the start, even down to a little purple bow in her hair. The NICU nurses gave us so much care and compassion and even hugs when needed. The nurses educated us on so many things that no book could ever teach you. If you choose to have your baby at Crestwood and it happens to be admitted to the NICU, your baby will receive the best care possible."
- Michelle Shaw, mother of NICU baby "Landry Claire"
For more information, please contact: (256) 429-5250