Recommended standards for the newborn ICU

The creation of formal planning guidelines for newborn intensive care units (NICUs) first occurred when Toward Improving the Outcome of Pregnancy was published in 1976. This landmark publication, written by a multidisciplinary committee and published by the March of Dimes, provided a rationale for planning and policy for regionalized perinatal care, as well as details of roles and facility design. Since then, the American Academy of Pediatrics...