Procedures: NICU Handbook

Iowa Neonatology Fellows (including Jon E. Mazursky, MD, Chetan A. Patel, MD, Mark W. Thompson, MD) and John Dagle, MD, PhD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed

1. Apt Test for Fetal Hemoglobin
2. Circumcision
3. Collection of Arterial Blood Gas Samples
4. Exchange Transfusion
5. Insertion of Umbilical Vessel Catheters
6. Intraosseous Infusion
7. Lumbar Puncture
8. Obtaining Blood Via Heel Stick
9. Percutaneous Placement of Central Venous Catheters
10. Suctioning of Endotracheal Tubes
11. Suprapubic Bladder Tap
12. Technique for Insertion of a Chest Tube
13. Technique for Insertion of a Pericardial Tube
14. Technique for Insertion of an Endotracheal (ET) Tube