NICU Words To Know

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Across
  1. 5. nothing to be given by mouth
  2. 7. a medical doctor who specializes in infants and children
  3. 8. yellowing of the skin
  4. 9. Preemies with issues are cared for in this unit
  5. 10. involuntary muscle activity or stiffening
  6. 12. medical doctor who specializes in the ear, nose and throat
  7. 16. Baby born before 37 weeks
  8. 18. an infection of the wall of the intestines
  9. 19. a treatment in which the baby is placed under bright light
  10. 20. infection in the blood
Down
  1. 1. the first bowel movement that a baby has
  2. 2. a small plastic tubeon one of the umbilical blood vessels
  3. 3. normal for premature babies to have an irregular patterof breathing
  4. 4. a sugical opening in the trachea to allow air to enterthe lungs
  5. 6. the branch of medicine that deals with heredity
  6. 11. placing an endotracheal tube in the baby's trachea(windpipe)
  7. 13. a medical doctor who specializes in the brain and nervous system
  8. 14. clear plastic hood placed over the baby's head through which oxygen is given
  9. 15. Antibiotics can be given to cure this
  10. 17. is a problem of the retina