Newborn infant disorders

Our neonatal care specialists are medically equipped and trained to handle virtually any problem that you or your baby may encounter before, during or following birth. From taking care of mothers with high-risk pregnancies to treating at-risk newborns, our medical team is ready to serve your family. Some of the most common newborn conditions we treat include:

  • Birth asphyxia
  • Birth defects
  • Breathing problems
  • Cardiac failure
  • Congenital heart disease
  • Fetal alcohol syndrome
  • Fetal ethanol exposure
  • Gastrointestinal disorders
  • Hematologic conditions
  • Infections
  • Inherited metabolic disorders
  • Low birth weight
  • Malformation syndromes
  • Neonatal lung injury
  • Neurological problems
  • Premature birth
  • Severe respiratory distress
  • Sleep apnea
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This is poisoning from taking an overdose of pain medicine containing ibuprofen.
Review Date: 4/24/2007

Ichthyosis vulgaris is a common skin disorder passed down through families that leads to dry, scaly skin.
Review Date: 4/16/2007

Idiopathic aplastic anemia is a failure of the bone marrow to properly make all types of blood cells.
Review Date: 10/30/2006

Idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a drop in the number of red blood cells due to a problem with the body's defense (immune) system.
Review Date: 2/6/2007

Idiopathic hypercalciuria is the presence of excess calcium in the urine without obvious cause.
Review Date: 8/14/2007

Idiopathic hypersomnia is excessive sleeping (hypersomnia) without obvious cause. It is different from narcolepsy in that idiopathic hypersomnia does not involve suddenly falling asleep or losing muscle control associated with strong emotions (cataplexy).
Review Date: 8/3/2007

Idiopathic or primary livedo reticularis refers to blue splotchy patches of skin, usually on the legs. The condition is linked to swollen blood vessels. It may get worse when the temperature is cold.
Review Date: 4/16/2007

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is scarring or thickening of the lungs without a known cause.
Review Date: 1/18/2008

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a bleeding disorder characterized by too few platelets in the blood. This is because platelets are being destroyed by the immune system. Idiopathic means the exact cause of the disease is unknown.Because more is being learned about the autoimmune nature of the disease, it is sometimes called immune thrombocytopenic purpura.
Review Date: 10/30/2006

IgA nephropathy is a kidney disorder characterized by blood in the urine. It is caused by inflammation of internal kidney structures and the deposit of IgA antibodies in kidney tissue.It is also called Berger’s disease.
Review Date: 8/14/2007

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