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Home » Health Topics » Iowa Neonatology Handbook

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

  • Apt test for fetal hemoglobin
  • Circumcision
  • Collection of arterial blood gas samples
  • Exchange transfusion
  • Insertion of umbilical vessel catheters
  • Intraosseous infusion
  • Lumbar puncture
  • Obtaining blood via heel stick
  • Percutaneous placement of central venous catheters
  • Suctioning of endotracheal tubes
  • Suprapubic bladder tap
  • Technique for insertion of a chest tube
  • Technique for insertion of a pericardial tube
  • Technique for insertion of an endotracheal (ET) tube
‹ Recommended doses of diuretic agents in neonates and toxicity up Apt test for fetal hemoglobin ›

Iowa Neonatology Handbook

  • Abbreviations commonly used in the nursery
  • Cardiology: NICU Handbook
  • Feeding: NICU Handbook
  • Fluid management: NICU Handbook
  • Gastrointestinal: NICU Handbook
  • General: NICU Handbook
  • Hematology: NICU Handbook
  • Infection: NICU Handbook
  • Jaundice: NICU Handbook
  • Metabolic: NICU Handbook
  • Neurology: NICU Handbook
  • Pharmacology: NICU Handbook
  • Procedures: NICU Handbook
    • Apt test for fetal hemoglobin
    • Circumcision
    • Collection of arterial blood gas samples
    • Exchange transfusion
    • Insertion of umbilical vessel catheters
    • Intraosseous infusion
    • Lumbar puncture
    • Obtaining blood via heel stick
    • Percutaneous placement of central venous catheters
    • Suctioning of endotracheal tubes
    • Suprapubic bladder tap
    • Technique for insertion of a chest tube
    • Technique for insertion of a pericardial tube
    • Technique for insertion of an endotracheal (ET) tube
  • Pulmonary: NICU Handbook
  • Temperature: NICU Handbook
  • Iowa Neonatology Handbook: Preface
  • Iowa Neonatology Handbook: Authors and contributing authors
  • Translations of the Iowa Neonatology Handbook

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