Clinical Services

Our expertise includes a continuum of care:

• Critically ill newborns
• Premature infants
• Low birth weight infants
• Complex surgical conditions
• Perinatal asphyxia
• Sepsis and septic shock
• Newborns with congenital malformations
• Respiratory failure in newborns
• Congenital diaphramatic hernia 

We offer:

• High frequency ventilation for respiratory failure
• Nitric oxide for pulmonary hypertension
• Total body cooling for perinatal asphyxia
• ECMO

• Duke Intensive Care Nursery
  Our 50-bed neonatal intensive care unit provides care for more than 800 infants each year.  More>> 
  
  
• Duke Transitional Care Nursery
  This "step-down" unit helps transition infants from the ICN to home.  More>>
  
  
• Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up Clinic
  Provides comprehensive follow-up and assessment of our at-risk patients.  More>>

• Duke Special Infant Care Nursery
  Our multidisciplinary medical and neurodevelopmental clinic provides follow-up care for high risk infants.  More>>
  
  
• Durham Regional Hospital Special Care Nursery
  This nursery, staffed by Duke neonatologists, provides care for acutely ill and convalescing infants at our nearby Durham Regional Hospital.  More>>
  
  
• Alamance Regional Medical Center Special Care Nursery
  This is our newest nursery, located 35 miles from Duke Hospital and staffed by Duke neonatologists.  More>>
  
  
• Special Infant Care Clinic (SICC)
  This is a multidisciplinary comprehensive medical and neurodevelopmental follow-up clinic that is unique in its holistic approach to not only assessing development but providing nutritional, feeding, physical, and speech therapy for our patients. It assures that medical conditions are properly cared for and that recommendations are transmitted to primary care physicians and appointments for community services are utilized. More>>
  
  
• Neonatal-Infant Palliative Care Program (NIPCP)
  This family-centered program is offered for newborns and infants diagnosed with serious life-threatening conditions or overwhelming illnesses that are no longer responding to curative care. More>>

 

Clinic Hours and Location

Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center
2301 Erwin Road
Durham, NC 27710
Tel: 919-668-4000
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Durham Regional Hospital
3643 Roxboro Road
Durham, NC 27704
Tel: 919-470-4000
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Alamance Regional Medical Center
1240 Huffman Mill Road
Burlington, NC 27215
Tel: 336-538-7000
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Appointments and Contact Information

• Referrals 24/7: 800-MED-DUKE (800-633-3853) or call the Intensive Care Nursery directly and ask to speak to the fellow or attending on call: 919-681-5551.
• Urgent calls during business hours: 919-681-5551.