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neonatologist
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Neonatology
Neonatology
is a subspecialty of
pediatrics
that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant. It is a
hospital
-based specialty, and is usually practiced in
neonatal intensive care units
(NICUs). The principal patients of
neonatologists
are
newborn
infants who are ill or requiring special medical care due to
prematurity
,
low birth weight
,
intrauterine growth retardation
,
congenital malformations
(
birth defects
),
sepsis
,
pulmonary hypoplasia
or
birth asphyxias
.
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