The unit was established in 1981 and moved to the Children's Hospital in 2000.

Unit services:

 Advanced respiratory care:
- Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
-High flow nasal cannula
-Non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIPPV)
-Invasive mechanical ventilation (conventional and high-frequency oscillation)

Treatment of newborns with critical congenital heart disease
* Treating surgical problems in newborns
* Treating congenital errors of metabolism in newborns
* Therapeutic hypothermia
1. Selective head cooling
2. Complete body cooling
* Integrated amplitude EEG
* Screening for retinopathy of prematurity
* Routine hearing screening
* Point of care ultrasound:
• Lung ultrasound
• Head ultrasound
Abdominal ultrasound
• Functional echocardiography
*Following up the neurological development of premature babies and other critically ill newborns

Neonatology Unit Headquarters:

Mansoura University - University Children's Hospital (Main building - Sixth floor).

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