Across
- 1. A person who offers spiritual care to families (e.g. pastor, priest, minister, rabbi, etc.)
- 5. Rare disorder where an amino acid is not handled normally by a baby, which causes high levels of that amino acid in the baby's blood. Requires the baby to have a special diet
- 7. Air that "leaks" from the baby's lungs into a space between the lung and chest wall; Prevents the lung from fully expanding and causes difficulty breathing
- 9. Material secreted in the air sacs of the lung that make it flexible and helps to keep the lung from collapsing
- 10. Acrononym for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. A computerized way of viewing all the parts of the body through magnetism rather than x-rays
- 13. Abnormally slow heart rate
- 14. Special lights used to treat jaundice
- 17. Blue coloration of the skin when there is not enough oxygen present in the blood
- 18. Test where a drop of the baby's blood is put on a strip of special paper to find the amount of sugar in their blood
- 19. Yellow coloration of the skin and eyes caused by high amounts of bilirubin in the blood
Down
- 2. A children's doctor who cares for premature and ill newborns
- 3. Donated blood given to a baby via vein or artery
- 4. Rushing sound made by the blood within the heart
- 6. Clear plastic hood that gives a baby oxygen when placed on the baby's head; Also known as 02 hood
- 7. A common NICU disorder where babies are born before 37 weeks
- 8. Test that determines the adequacy of amount of red blood cells in the blood; Also known as "crit"
- 11. Endotracheal tube that is placed in the baby's trachea
- 12. Something expected in the future
- 15. Acronomyn for Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Caused by insufficient amounts of surfactant in the baby's lung
- 16. Causes the skin to appear "puffy" due to build-up of fluid in the body tissues