Establishment and application of neonatal neurocritical care unit

Abstract

Advances in resuscitation and intensive care have led to high rates of survival among neonates with life-threatening conditions such as asphyxia, prematurity and congenital malformations.The sequelae of neurologic conditions arises in the neonatal period include lifelong disabilities such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy, intellectual and beha-vioral disabilities.There is an increasing demand for resource-intense strategies for acute neurological care within neonatal intensive care unit.Neonatal neurocritical care is a multidisciplinary subspecialty that combines expertise in neonatology, pediatric neurology, radiology, rehabilitation, surgery, and has led to improved outcomes in newborn that have critical illnesses.Neonatal neurocritical care focus the needs of the developing newborn brain, including attention to physiology to help prevent secondary brain injury, a protocol-driven approach for common conditions such as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and seizures, education of specialized teams that use brain monitoring and imaging to evaluate the effect of critical illness on brain function. Key words: Infant, newborn; Neurocritical care; Application