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 Level II neonatal nurserys and Level III 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, or birth asphyxias.
Meet LMPC's Neonatologist Dr. M. Judith Allen
Learn more about Lima Memorial's Family Birth Center and Level II Neonatal Nursery
