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Lurie Children’s Home Specialties & ConditionsNeonatology Conditions

Neonatology Conditions

We take specialized and evidence-based approaches to diagnosing and treating critically ill newborns. The following is a list of some of the conditions we treat.

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    Necrotizing Enterocolitis

    A serious intestinal illness in babies, involving damage to intestinal tissues, which can lead to a hole in the intestines, allowing bacteria in the intestine to leak into the abdomen.

    Neonatal Sepsis

    A blood infection common in preterm, low-birth-weight babies, can be caused by bacteria or virus, commonly Group B streptococcus but most dangerously by E. coli.