title: Care of the surgical intensive care nursery graduate. The primary care pediatrician's perspective.
abstract: Care of the intensive care nursery graduate may be quite challenging. It is important that primary care pediatricians become familiar with the complications unique to surgical patients so that they may properly prepare and educate parents and provide appropriate long-term follow-up for these often complex patients. Maintenance of a close relationship with the pediatric surgeon with an open line of communication regarding the approach to various surgical problems facilitates the effective integration of the intensive care nursery graduate into the primary care pediatrician's practice and provides the foundation for a successful clinical outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Irish
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Caty
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Glick
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D003663:Decision Trees; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods*; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*