According to national statistics from the March of Dimes, one
out of nine expectant mothers do not carry to full term (at
least 37 weeks). Every two minutes a low birth weight baby
is born in the United States.
Low birth weight babies face many challenges. Texas Children’s Newborn
Center provides the support, care and technology to infants born with lungs
so tiny they need the help of machines to breathe. For these
small patients, Texas Children’s uses the latest
advances in
neonatal
respiratory care. Newborns with damaged
or underdeveloped hearts or other organs that require
surgery benefit from our highly skilled surgical team.
Certain surgeries are done at the
bedside of these newborns,
providing more positive outcomes.
The center cares for many of the
low birth weight babies born at nearby Houston-area
hospitals. Others are transferred to Texas Children’s from
local, state, national and even international facilities.
Texas Children’s Newborn Center provides
specialized care to low birth-weight babies, including:
After going home from the hospital, babies
born prematurely, high-risk newborns or babies with complex
medical problems may receive follow-up care at Texas
Children’s
Neonatology Graduate Clinic.
The clinic provides care for all children,
whether they began life in Texas Children's Newborn Center
or another nursery.
