UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is known for its outstanding clinical services, research programs, and medical education. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Children's Hospital, located on the 8th floor of the 10-acre medical and research campus in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood, is just one shining example. This Level IV NICU has 55-bed combined medical-surgical unit that provide breathtaking views of the Pittsburgh skyline while providing staff with the appropriate space and technology designed to care for newborns with the most complex surgical and medical conditions, including those infants requiring neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
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Each state-of-the-art patient room in the NICU offers:
- Patient beds positioned in the center of the room with monitors and equipment placed on adjustable beams, which allow for 360-degree access to the patient at all times.
- Each room is equipped with a "digital dashboard" that displays, at all times, important and up-to-date patient information such as the vital signs, medications, radiology images, and laboratory test results.
- Observation stations outside every room have a viewing window allowing the child to be monitored without disturbing families. This privacy also aids in infection control. Monitor alerts and alarms are linked to mobile communication devices carried by each member of the medical team.
- Each room has a window, which allows for natural light to provide day/night cycles and to contribute to healing and peace of mind.
- Private patient rooms offer overnight accommodations for one parent to remain by the bedside.
Neonatologists supervise around-the-clock care of these infants. A full complement of registered nurses, neonatal nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, and support staff provide each infant with the care that is needed while hospitalized. On-site consultation and expertise is provided by pediatric medicine and pediatric surgery subspecialists. These subspecialists contribute to the management of sick neonates with complex medical conditions including multiple congenital anomalies, infants who require surgical procedures, including cardiac surgery, and those infants transferred for evaluation for organ transplantation.
Specialists in all fields of pediatrics and pediatric surgery work together in multidisciplinary teams to provide the best possible care for each patient. UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh embraces the philosophy of family-centered care and focuses on the needs of the entire family as well as the developmental needs of the infant.
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh NICU
4401 Penn Avenue, Floor 8
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Main Phone: 412-615-3602
NICU Phone: 412-692-5030
Fax: 412-692-6691
