How is the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Childrens Mercy Hospital different?
Our Level IV Intensive Care Nursery (ICN) or neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) provides the most advanced technology in neonatal and surgical care available in the Midwest region, including ECMO and nitric oxide therapy. Patients and referring physicians have immediate access to our board-certified neonatologists and pediatric subspecialists who support the intricate medical and developmental needs of sick infants and high risk newborns. We also provide the only 24-hour per day ground and air transport service in the region dedicated to neonatal patients in Missouri, Kansas and entire Midwest. Why is Children’s Mercy the best children’s hospital for neonatal care? Children’s Mercy accepts referrals from all regional hospitals and provides the area’s only comprehensive medical and surgical management service for technology dependent infants and high risk newborns. Despite an increased severity of illness, our organized, comprehensive discharge care has resulted in significantly shorte
