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Nicklaus Children’s HHospital’s Fetal Care Center is dedicated
to families expecting an infant who will need medical
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Nurse navigators are The Fetal Care Center’s special delivery
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serve as points of contact for the expec unit is a birth center for healthy mothers
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pediatricians, perinatologists and neon atologists, as well as coordinate the of high-risk infants who will require
subspecialty consultations. immediate access to our team of
pediatric intensive and critical care
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ultrasound, fetal MRI and fetal echocardiography, with the goal to support
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visit. Nicklaus Children’s Hospital’s subspecialty programs are routinely (one equipped for fetal surgery)
ranked by US. News & World Reportt in its annual listing of “Best Children’s 5 Antepartum rooms
Hospitals” in the nation.
5 Labor and delivery rooms

W e ha v e implemented additional saf ety pr ecautions, such as arrival
scr eenings and physical distancing measur es. F or par ents who wish to
mak e arr ang ements f or their child to see his or her specialty physician
virtually , telehealth options may also be a vailable . F or mor e inf ormation
visit nicklauschildr ens.org/ c o vid19saf ety

T Too reach a Fetal Care Center nurse na vigatorr,, available 24 hours a day, call 1-844-553-3825 Nicklauschildrens.org/FetalCare

Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. For Health. For Life.

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