Neonatal Neurocritical Care
The neonatal neurocritical care team at University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital provides coordinated, specialized care for infants born with a neurological condition or who are at risk for neurological disease or injury.
For all requests:
1-888-573-5437
Treatments and procedures
- Therapeutic Hypothermia (in NICU and on transport)
- Amplitude-integrated Electroencephalography (aEEG)
- Continuous video electroencephalography (cEEG) - monitored by experts 24/7
- Ventricular reservoirs and shunts
- Endovascular embolizations
- Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)
- Ultrasound
- Exome and genome testing
- Targeted medical diet therapy including ketogenic diets
- Fetal Consults for neurologic conditions
Conditions we treat
- Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
- Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH)
- Intracranial hemorrhage (subdural, epidural, subarachnoid)
- Extracranial hemorrhage (subgaleal)
- Hydrocephalus
- Seizures
- Epilepsy
- Stroke
- Microcephaly
- Cerebral Sinovenous Thrombosis
- Brain malformations (Chiari malformation, Lissencephaly, Schizencephaly, etc)
- Periventricular leukomalacia/white matter injury (PVL/WMI)
- Extreme premature birth (gestational age of 27 weeks or less)
- Myelomeningocele (spina bifida)
- Encephalocele
- Vein of Galen Malformation
- Arteriovenous malformations (AVM)
- Brain infections
- Genetic and metabolic conditions affecting the central nervous system
- Hypotonia
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Brachial Plexus Injuries
- Infantile brain tumors
- Infants on ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation)
- Unexplained newborn neurologic problems
Our Care Team
- Department of Pediatrics
- Neurology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Neurology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Neurology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Neonatology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Neonatology
- Neurosurgery
- Neurosurgery
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Pediatrics
- Psychology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Neurology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Genetics
- Center for Disabilities and Development
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Department of Pediatrics
- Neonatology
- Neonatology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Neonatology
- Center for Disabilities and Development
- Center for Disabilities and Development
- Allison Momany, PhD, Clinical Psychologist
- Claire Goeke, ARNP, High Risk Infant Follow Up Clinic
Not sure which Neonatal Neurocritical Care provider is right for you?
When you call 1-888-573-5437 we'll help you find a provider who meets your needs.
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