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Healthy Child Spring/Summer 2005

Expanded Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (Picu) Opens

Through the support of the Goldring family, the new Goldring Family Pediatric Special Care Unit was created to centralize critical care services for infants and children. With the support of The Health Care Foundation of New Jersey, the PICU has been relocated within the Special Care Unit.

	New Study at Saint Barnabas Aimed at Preventing Preterm delivery Saint Barnabas Medical Center is the only hospital in New Jersey and one of only 15 hospitals nationally to be chosen for inclusion in a clinical trial aimed at preventing preterm delivery through the administration of vaginal progesterone. Leon Smith, Jr., M.D., Director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Saint Barnabas, is chief investigator; Veronica Ravnikar, M.D., Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, is co-investigator. Women interested in participating in the study should contact The Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at (973) 322- 5287.

Comprised of 10 intensive care beds, the PICU offers the latest technologies and equipment to provide intensive monitoring and care. The glass walls that enclose each room allow maximum visibility of the patients by nurses. PICU rooms are equipped with advanced monitoring equipment in a column that descends from the ceiling, as opposed to a regular headwall, to allow physicians and nurses 360 degree access to the patient. The Unit also has a new playroom that was created specifically for PICU and step-down patients to minimize the risk of infection.

New Teen Room Opens at Saint Barnabas

With the help of a foundation created by the parents of a teen, Saint Barnabas Medical Center opened the new Alicia Rose "Victorious" Teen Room for hospitalized adolescents. The teen room features a 42-inch plasma television, DVD players and a library of videos, two computers and a mega gaming system.

In 2002, Alicia Rose DiNatale died at the age of 17 of a rare form of cancer. The Alicia Rose “Victorious” Foundation has subsequently funded several teen centers.

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