Neonatology

Neonatology

Neonatology is a subspecialty of paediatrics that consists of the medicinal care of new-born infants, especially the ill or premature infant. The tiniest patients of neonatologists are new-born infants who require special medical care due to prematurity, low birth weight, congenital malformations (birth defects, intrauterine growth retardation,), pulmonary hypoplasia, and sepsis. It is usually practiced in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) as it is a hospital-based specialty.