title: A pediatrician's guide to caring for the complex neonatal intensive care unit graduate.
abstract: Despite a decreasing trend in premature births, greater numbers of infants born at the limits of viability are surviving to discharge. Most of these infants have complex medical problems requiring multidisciplinary care. These infants are primarily cared for by the general pediatrician, but their needs are quite different from those of a full-term healthy newborn. The paucity of data regarding care for these infants complicates their management after hospital discharge. In this article, the authors present the most current evidence-based practices and provide a guide to the general pediatrician on caring for the complex neonatal intensive care unit graduate.
authors.forename: Zeenia C
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Billimoria
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kamat
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D057238:Growth Charts; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods*; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods; D010372:Pediatrics; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*