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An early incubator, 1909. Dräger Isolette C2000 at the Hospital Regional de Apatzingán in Apatzingán, Michoacán, Mexico. An incubator (or isolette [28] or humidicrib) is an apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a neonate (newborn baby). It is used in preterm births or for some ill full-term babies.
Incubator (culture), a device used to grow and maintain microbiological cultures or cell cultures Incubator (egg) , a device for maintaining the eggs of birds or reptiles to allow them to hatch Incubator (neonatal) , a device used to care for premature babies in a neonatal intensive-care unit
Fetal incubator may refer to: Neonatal incubator, a device used in a neonatal intensive-care unit; Artificial womb This page was last edited on 11 ...
An incubator is a plastic dome-shaped machine designed as a crib that regulates a newborn infant's body temperature. The incubator is designed to allow the temperature to be adjusted according to the state of the baby's current body heat. A range of five types of incubators all serve different purposes in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Embrace, based in San Francisco, California, makes low-cost portable baby incubators that don’t require a stable electricity supply. The Embrace incubator resembles a sleeping bag, but for a baby.
Typically, newborn transport teams spend some time stabilizing a baby's condition prior to transport. Without adequate stabilisation, a clinical deterioration en route may occur. Wherever possible (and safe), in utero transfer is generally preferable to newborn transport. [ 10 ]
Physician performing a physical exam on a newborn baby after a Caesarean section. Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn. It is a hospital-based specialty and is usually practised in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
A premature baby, only a few hours old, was bitten by a large rat after the rat crawled inside the baby's incubator at the Western Regional Hospital in Belize. The nurses who placed the tiny baby ...