Neonatology

At the Neonatology Department, we look after your child's health from before the birth. We form part of BCNatal, Centre for Materno-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, with sites at the SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital and Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. 

If any problems are detected during pregnancy, we monitor the mother and the baby throughout gestation and, at the time of the birth, we are prepared to take action. 

We treat around 700 neonates requiring admission into the Neonatal Unit every year, 80% of which are born in the Hospital itself. We also treat babies referred from other hospitals. We offer adapted neonatal transport for transferring the most seriously ill patients.

We have mastered all the techniques of maximum complexity: surgery of all types, ECMO (extracorporeal life-support in the case of respiratory or circulatory failure), hypothermia for birth asphyxia, extra renal dialysis systems (peritoneal dialysis, ultrafiltration), among many other surgical procedures and interventions. 

We are highly experienced in treating extremely preterm infants. We have created the special high immaturity programme for infants born between week 23 and week 28 of pregnancy and weighing between 500 and 1,000 grams.