MULTICENTER NETWORK OF NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS

本申请的目的是提供证据，证明 迈阿密大学新生儿科有临床病人 人口、设施、人员和广泛的先前研究 有资格成为几个中心之一的经验，将被选中， 参与执行多项合作研究协议。 这些中心将负责评估安全性和 以及新生儿护理中引入的新模式的有效性。 该中心每年接生约10，500名婴儿， 区域三级围产期方案， 每年约有40，000名新生儿。 有76张病床分配给 患病新生儿的特殊护理需求，人口普查平均100% 容量 “高危”小组由175名全职人员组成 其工作专门针对新生儿及其家庭。 的 医学系在跨部门和跨学科方面都有丰富的经验， 跨学科合作研究的努力。 此外该 我司参与了多项多中心临床试验， 都是由联邦和私人资助的 有既定 一个长期的，发展性的后续计划，这是多学科的， 一直在评估特定的短期和长期结果， 年 该计划一直非常积极地协调医疗保健， 这些婴儿在社区内处于危险之中， 酌情提供特殊服务和干预。 学术 新生儿方案的活动得到全国和 化国际大 迈阿密大学一直致力于 相关的临床研究，以及现有的临床人群， 设施和人员，可以作出有意义的贡献， 多中心网络，以更有效地解决复杂的诊断和 新生儿的治疗问题。

The objective of this application is to provide evidence that the University of Miami Division of Neonatology has the clinical patient population, facilities, personnel and an extensive previous research experience to qualify as one of several centers which will be selected to participate in carrying out multiple collaborative research protocols. These centers will be charged with the task of assessing both the safety and efficacy of new modalities being introduced into the care of neonates. This center delivers approximately 10,500 infants each year and serves as the regional tertiary perinatal program for an area encompassing approximately 40,000 births per year. There are 76 beds assigned to the special care needs of sick newborns and the census averages 100% of capacity. The "high-risk" team consists of over 175 full time personnel whose work is exclusively devoted to neonates and their families. The neonatology faculty has extensive experience in both inter-departmental and inter-disciplinary collaborative research endeavors. In addition, the division has participated in several multi-center clinical trials which have been both federally and privately funded. There is an established long-term, developmental follow-up program which is multi-disciplinary and has been assessing specific short and long-term outcomes for over 10 years. This program has been very active in coordinating health care for these infants at-risk within the community and accessing as early as possible special services and interventions when appropriate. The academic activities of the Neonatal program are recognized both nationally and internationally. The University of Miami has an ongoing commitment to relevant clinical research, and with its existing clinical population, facilities and personnel, can make a meaningful contribution to a multi-center network to more effectively address the complex diagnostic and therapeutic problems of newborn infants.