Neonatology

The neonatology specialty of the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University was established in the 1980s, and the Department of Neonatology became an independent department in 2006. The Department of Neonatology currently has two wards, the Shinan Ward and the West Coast Ward, with 90 open beds, and has graded NICU monitoring wards; it admits more than 2000 neonates annually. It is a treatment center for critically ill neonates with advanced equipment and strong medical expertise in the Shandong Peninsula region, as well as a teaching and research center for neonatology. It is one of the first national “Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Specialty Training Bases” and a standing council member institution of the “National Neonatal Specialty Medical Alliance.” The department has repeatedly been named a Civilized Demonstration Ward of Shandong Province and an Advanced Collective of the Qingdao Maternal and Child Health System, and “Baby Guardian, Caring for Newborns” was named an Excellent Service Brand of the Qingdao Health System. The Department of Neonatology currently has 14 physicians and more than 100 specialty nurses. Among them are 2 chief physicians (professors), 6 associate chief physicians (associate professors), and 8 doctors with doctoral degrees. There is 1 doctoral supervisor and 4 master’s supervisors. Professor Jiang Hong, the academic leader, serves as a member of the Neonatology Group of the Pediatric Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, a member of the Pediatric Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, a member of the Neonatology Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, vice chair of the Pediatric Branch of the Shandong Medical Association, vice chair of the Perinatal Medicine Society of the Shandong Medical Association, and vice chair of the Neonatology Branch of the Shandong Medical Doctor Association. Professor Li Xianghong, Associate Professor Liu Yan, Associate Professor Li Liangliang, Yin Xiangyun, Associate Professor Qin Miao, and many others serve as young members of the Neonatology Group of the Pediatric Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, members of the National Neonatology Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, and hold various other academic positions in Shandong Province, Qingdao City, and elsewhere. The department has established cooperative relationships with relevant medical institutions in the United States, Australia, Italy, and other countries, and many staff members have gone abroad for further study. The Department of Neonatology possesses various internationally advanced medical treatment and rescue devices. The NICU is equipped with advanced bedside vital-sign monitoring systems, including electrocardiographic monitoring, noninvasive end-expiratory monitoring, transcutaneous partial pressure of oxygen and carbon dioxide monitoring, cerebral function monitors, and noninvasive hemodynamic monitors; it has 22 imported neonatal-specific ventilators of various types (conventional-frequency, high-frequency oscillatory, nCPAP, NIPPV, BiPAP, etc.), nitric oxide treatment and monitoring equipment, whole-body mild hypothermia therapeutic devices, CRRT, auditory brainstem evoked potential testing equipment, the Retcam neonatal digital fundus imaging system, imported multifunctional incubators, various jaundice treatment devices, bedside X-ray machines, bedside B-ultrasound machines, and other advanced medical equipment. The department has long provided respiratory support treatment for neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, neonatal air-leak syndrome, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and severe respiratory failure; inhaled NO treatment for neonatal pulmonary hypertension; whole-body mild hypothermia treatment for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy; treatment for DIC, severe infection, and shock in critically ill neonates; synchronized peripheral arteriovenous exchange transfusion for severe hyperbilirubinemia; and perioperative management for neonatal surgery and neonatal cardiac surgery, including congenital diaphragmatic hernia, esophageal atresia, severe necrotizing enterocolitis, and various congenital malformations. It has long performed multiple bedside examination techniques, including screening for neonatal genetic and metabolic diseases, neonatal hearing screening and retinopathy of prematurity screening, neonatal fiberoptic bronchoscopy, bedside cranial ultrasound (screening for intracranial hemorrhage and encephalopathy in preterm infants), echocardiography, and gastrointestinal ultrasound. It also provides enteral and parenteral (TPN) nutritional management, deep arterial and venous catheterization such as PICC and UVC/UVA, and developmental supportive care for preterm infants. The department continually develops new technologies and new projects, and the quality of neonatal disease treatment continues to improve; the treatment of difficult and critically ill neonates has reached an advanced domestic level. In recent years, technologies including early intervention for neonatal brain injury and intracranial hemorrhage and cerebral function monitoring, as well as whole-body mild hypothermia treatment for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, have achieved significant results, and the incidence of brain injury and long-term neurological sequelae has decreased significantly. Through the prevention and treatment of intrauterine infection during the perinatal period, developmental supportive care, and optimization of respiratory support strategies, the incidence and severity of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants have been significantly reduced. Through systematic follow-up of high-risk neonates, with monitoring of the nutritional, developmental, neurological, and metabolic systems of high-risk preterm infants, problems are identified and early intervention is provided at an early stage; the quality of survival of preterm infants has improved significantly, long-term sequelae have been markedly reduced, and significant social benefits have been achieved. Medical care, education, and research have developed comprehensively. The department undertakes 15 provincial- and municipal-level projects and has received multiple provincial- and municipal-level Science and Technology Progress Awards. It took the lead in establishing the Peninsula Neonatal Specialty Alliance, holds national- and provincial-level educational training courses every year, provides appropriate-technology training and assistance to medical alliance institutions, and continuously improves the level of neonatal treatment. More than 150 papers have been published, including more than 20 indexed in SCI. Departmental specialties Comprehensive treatment and management of critically ill preterm infants----The department was the first in the province to establish a “Subspecialty for Extremely Preterm Infants,” and has developed an integrated comprehensive intervention model involving neonatology experts in management before birth, at birth in the delivery room, after birth in the NICU, and after discharge. The survival rate and quality of survival of critically ill preterm infants, especially extremely low-birth-weight/extremely preterm infants, have improved significantly. Nearly 400 preterm infants with a birth weight of less than 1500g/gestational age 32 weeks are admitted annually, including 60-80 preterm infants with a weight of less than 1000g/gestational age less than 28 weeks; the treatment survival rate is more than 95%, and the level of treatment for preterm infants ranks among the leading levels in China. Multiple extremely preterm infants, including twins at a gestational age of 24 weeks and triplets at 25 weeks, have been successfully treated, receiving widespread praise from all sectors of society. Early intervention for neonatal brain injury----For many years, the department has achieved significant results in basic and clinical research on neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and brain injury in preterm infants, and has received multiple municipal-level scientific research awards at the provincial level. The diagnosis and treatment of neonatal brain injury have reached an advanced domestic level. Technologies including early intervention for neonatal brain injury and intracranial hemorrhage and cerebral function monitoring, as well as whole-body mild hypothermia treatment for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, have achieved significant results, and the incidence of brain injury and long-term neurological sequelae has decreased significantly. In recent years, through comprehensive perinatal intervention, developmental supportive care for preterm infants, early monitoring of brain injury, and other intervention strategies, the incidence and severity of intracranial hemorrhage in preterm infants have been significantly reduced, and the neurological developmental prognosis of preterm infants has improved. Perioperative management in neonatal surgery----The pediatric surgery department of our hospital is a national key specialty. The department has long provided perioperative management for neonatal surgery involving congenital diaphragmatic hernia, esophageal atresia, severe necrotizing enterocolitis, and various congenital malformations. In recent years, drawing on the comprehensive disciplinary strengths of our hospital, it has carried out perioperative management for patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants by cardiac surgery, as well as perioperative management in otorhinolaryngology and neurosurgery. It has now become a center for perioperative management of neonatal surgery in the Peninsula region. It admits 50-60 major neonatal surgical cases annually; the smallest preterm infant successfully operated on was at a gestational age of 25 weeks and weighed 900g. Visit Guide (1)Department location Outpatient Department, Shinan Campus: 2nd floor of the Outpatient Building Inpatient Ward, Shinan Campus: 6th floor of the First Inpatient Department Outpatient Department, West Coast Campus: 1st floor of the Outpatient Building Inpatient Ward, West Coast Campus: 7th floor of Building A of the Inpatient Building (2)Consultation telephone numbers Shinan Campus: 0532-82911690 West Coast Campus: 0532-82919260 Note: Or call the hospital 96166 service hotline