Talk:Neonatal intensive care unit

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[edit] References

This article needs one or more references to cover the content, added the tag. --FloNight 04:11, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Title

Could someone change the title with the standard capitalization for Wikipedia? I would myself, but I don't know how. 12.206.235.170 04:09, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

When the concept/generic noun appears in the text of medical literature it is generally left lowercase. EG here. Sohelpme 21:36, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History

Hard to believe there's no mention of Coney Island anywhere in the article. See excellent, detailed article at <http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/1994/2/1994_2_24.shtml>. (For the record, I'm leaving this comment here, rather than editing the article myself, because I refuse to sign in to wikipedia on principle, even though I have a login.)

This article is incorrect to state that these type of units are often called special baby care units (SBCUs). The difference between NICUs and SBCUs is the level of care that the patients need; care provision by SBCUs is less intensive than that of NICUs. Additionally, babies treated in NICUs may be transferred to a SBCU as their health improves.

Excuse me but my two twin sisters were in the NICU and its called the NICU and the SBCU is when the baby is only a week or so early.

[edit] Dr. August Jung

I can't believe there isn't information about Dr. August Jung. He started saving babies in the 1950s and started the NICU in the University of Utah hospital. Many of the early technologies were developed by this wonderful doctor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.253.45.141 (talk) 18:40, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NICU or SCBU?

The article is called "Neonatal intensive care unit" or NICU, but the British SCBU acronym is used far more often. Can this be revised so that SCBU is used only when specifically referencing the NICUs in Britain? Americans, especially former preemies such as myself (Class of '79 - '80), use NICU. Also, a search of both NICU and SCBU in Wikipedia's Search area routes the user to "Neonatal intensive care unit". Therefore, the acronym used through the majority of the article should reflect the name of the article. Also, the acronym NICU is most often pronounced here in the States as "enai-seeyou". Of the nearly hundred times I've heard NICU pronounced, I've heard it pronounced "Nickyou" only twice. The rest of the time was "enai-seeyou".

Opinions?

Mintchocolatebear (talk) 07:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)