Neonatology

The Neonatology Department became an independent department in September 2009 and was renamed the Neonatology Department in July 2020. It currently has 65 medical and nursing staff, including 17 doctors: 4 with senior professional titles, 3 with associate-senior titles, 8 with intermediate titles, 2 with junior titles, and 4 master's supervisors; the nursing team has 48 members, including 1 chief nurse, 3 associate chief nurses, and 10 charge nurses. It has 32 designated beds and 40 open beds. The department is well equipped and actively develops new technologies and services. It was among the first to implement standardized treatment for extremely low-birth-weight infants; apply lung-protective mechanical ventilation strategies in extremely low-birth-weight infants; apply PICC and umbilical-vessel catheterization in extremely low-birth-weight infants; and introduce LISA technology, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation and iNO, neonatal exchange transfusion, mild hypothermia therapy, invasive blood-pressure monitoring, and other national-level high-difficulty technical projects. National specialty technologies such as NRDS, ARDS, MAS, PPHN, HIE, NEC, and BPD have been widely applied in NICU clinical work. The department also conducts 5G transport to improve the treatment of critically ill newborns in surrounding areas. The neonatal specialty outpatient service covers follow-up of premature and high-risk infants, diagnosis and treatment of neonatal diseases, 42-day follow-up clinics, and other services; it was among the first to conduct neurobehavioral developmental assessment, early intervention, and other programs. Over the past 5 years, it has undertaken 1 National Natural Science Foundation project, 13 provincial- and ministerial-level fund projects, and more than 40 other research projects; it won 1 second prize for scientific and technological progress from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and 3 second prizes for science and technology from the Inner Mongolia Medical Association, and has published more than 100 papers, including more than 50 high-quality papers. After more than a decade of rapid development, the discipline has become the largest clinical professional education base for neonatology in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region integrating research, teaching, and medical care. The team was rated a first-level innovation team for standardized management of premature infants under the autonomous region’s Grassland Talent program, and includes regional Grassland Talent and New Century 321 Project candidates. The National Neonatal Specialty Health Care Specialty, National Perinatal Medicine “Specialized Training Base,” provincial network leader of the National Neonatal Specialty Medical Consortium, and provincial critical newborn treatment center have successively been approved and officially designated. The neonatal discipline is steadily leaving a record of its growth from the region toward the country.