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Publisher
American Academy Of Pediatrics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Most parents do not expect to begin life with their new baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). They often feel lost and powerless amidst this new world of medical vocabulary, technology, and numerous health care providers. Understanding the NICU will guide you through your NICU journey, help you communicate with members of the NICU team, and learn about your baby's condition so that you can ask questions and participate as a valuable partner...
6) Nurturing the premature infant: developmental interventions in the neonatal intensive care nursery
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Series
Ciba Foundation symposium volume new ser. 59
Publisher
Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland
Pub. Date
1978
Language
English
12) The strange case of Dr. Couney: how a mysterious European showman saved thousands of American babies
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The extraordinary tale of how a mysterious immigrant "doctor" became the revolutionary innovator of saving premature babies-by placing them in incubators in World's Fair side shows and on Coney Island and Atlantic City. What kind of doctor puts his patients on display? As Dawn Raffel artfully recounts, Dr. Couney figured out he could use incubators and careful nursing to keep previously doomed infants alive, and at the same time make good money displaying...
13) Boardwalk babies
Author
Publisher
Creston Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
"In the late 19th century, there wasn't much hope for premature babies--until Dr. Couney developed the incubator. The device was so new and strange, hospitals rejected it. So Dr. Couney set up a sideshow at Coney Island, taking care of the tiniest newborns as part of a display to convince the public that incubators worked. Thousands of babies grew into healthy children as Boardwalk Babies, including Dr. Couney's own premature daughter. Many of those...