title: [Neonatal intensive care (author's transl)].
abstract: About 3 percent of live borns on average need intensive care. This has been proved to be highly effective in reducing neonatal mortality and morbidity provided it is incorporated in a graded system of regional perinatal health services. Its concept is based upon selection and weighing of risks and distribution on different care levels according to individual needs. It depends on close interdisciplinary regional cooperation. Although high quality conditions could be established at single places, there is yet, in general, lack of understanding of and of proper facilities for functionally adequate neonatal care.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D000078329:Workforce
vernacular_title: Neugeborenen-Intensivpflege.