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Neonatal and Pediatric Medicine
Faneotrics 2019
March 21-22, 2019
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March 21-22, 2019 Dubai, UAE
28
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World Neonatal, Pediatric and Family
Medicine Conference
Neuro-NICU protecting neonatal brain health
Mahmoud Saleh Elhalik
Latifa Hospital, UAE
T
he impact of the NICU environment on the infant’s developing brain became evident to health care providers since
many decades. The intrauterine environment protects the developing fetus against harsh outside stimulation while
providing a variety of tactile, vestibular, chemical, hormonal, auditory and visual sensory stimuli in an integrated, optimum
fashion. In contrast, prematurely born neonates and even some term newborns, exposed to fluctuations in hemodynamic
vitals, temperature, touch, vestibular, gustatory, olfaction, noise, light, oxygen and nutrients, which can be very harmful on
the developing brain and may permanently alter normal brain development. Moreover, uneventful events during delivery or
neonatal sepsis, IVH, HIE and other illnesses can do the same harm to the neonatal developing brain and negatively affect the
neurodevelopmental outcome of the NICU graduates. The concept of Neuro-NICU have emerged mainly in USA over the past
few years in an attempt to protect the developing neonatal brain to ensure normal neurodevelopmental growth.
Biography
Mahmoud Saleh Elhalik is the Head of Pediatric Department and Neonatology, a clinical governance theoretical and practical concepts for maintaining and
improving the quality of patient care. All the element of Clinical Governance has been implemented in our department including: Education and Training, Clinical
Audit, Clinical Effectiveness, promotion of high standard of quality of care, Risk Management, Research, Publication, continues unit Development through review
and approval of new equipments and therapies provided in the NICU and the Pediatric Department.
mselhalik@dha.gov.aeMahmoud Saleh Elhalik, Neonat Pediatr Med 2019, Volume 5
DOI: 10.4172/2572-4983-C1-011