How to Use neonatal in a Sentence
neonatal
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At one point, their thoughts drifted to the neonatal unit.
— al, 20 Aug. 2021 -
The first few weeks of his life in the neonatal intensive care unit were tough.
— Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2021 -
Teri Killough, 51, has been a neonatal nurse for more than 20 years.
— Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 8 Mar. 2021 -
At birth, the baby was in the neonatal intensive care unit for about a week.
— cleveland, 2 Jan. 2022 -
One is the state of neonatal care at a particular point in time.
— New York Times, 24 June 2022 -
In the neonatal intensive care unit, the lights were dimmed, as usual.
— Bryant Furlow, ProPublica, 30 Mar. 2021 -
Mullen, a neonatal nurse, cared for Small's babies in the hospital.
— John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Apr. 2023 -
The baby had to spend 45 days in a neonatal intensive care unit.
— Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 20 Sep. 2024 -
Vivian spent the next three weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit.
— Editorial Board, Star Tribune, 15 July 2021 -
Jones had to be kept in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the hospital for at least a month.
— Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 19 Nov. 2022 -
In total, five boys and two girls were killed while under Letby’s care in the neonatal ward.
— Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2023 -
And on Long Island that same year, 15 neonatal nurses were pregnant at the same time.
— Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023 -
The baby was small and had to spend nearly two weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit.
— Noam Levey, NPR, 9 May 2024 -
River spent her first month of life in the neonatal intensive care unit.
— Francisco Rosa, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2022 -
In Week 23, the Navarros met with a specialist in neonatal medicine.
— Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021 -
Weighing just 2 pounds and 11 ounces, she was whisked off to the neonatal intensive care unit.
— Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2020 -
The baby only weighed one pound and needed to be admitted to the neonatal ICU.
— James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2024 -
Thompson spent the first part of her life in the neonatal intensive care unit, cared for by nurses.
— Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2024 -
After Malti’s birth, the new parents had to go to the neonatal intensive care unit every day for the next three months.
— Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Jan. 2023 -
The baby was born with crack in his system and was in the neonatal ICU, covered in tubes, tiny enough to fit into her cupped hands.
— Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2023 -
Home to the neonatal intensive care unit, the third floor will have a softer palette of blues and yellow.
— Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2020 -
Her cousin, who was working a shift that night as a neonatal intensive care nurse, walked in.
— Carol Marbin Miller, ProPublica, 8 Apr. 2021 -
Jayden was born with fluid on her lungs and had to spend time in the neonatal intensive care unit.
— cincinnati.com, 7 May 2021 -
The cub, who had her first neonatal exam on March 3, weighed three pounds at birth and 14.3 pounds during her exam.
— Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Mar. 2021 -
Both babies spent time in the neonatal intensive care unit.
— Anna Werner Wernera@cbsnews.com, CBS News, 17 June 2022 -
Also, stillbirth and neonatal death rates were low, the researchers found.
— Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 1 Sep. 2020 -
The infant spent over 100 days in the neonatal intensive care unit, but was home int time for Chopra's first Mother's Day as a mom.
— Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2022 -
But the chief of neonatal surgery happened to be in the hospital that morning and decided to try to save the newborn.
— Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 7 May 2021 -
Powell’s son, born at 26 weeks and weighing barely 2 pounds, spent his first four months in a neonatal ICU.
— Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2020 -
In their rush to disempower midwives, anti-midwife crusaders inadvertently created a climate in which neonatal care is less safe for all birthing parents.
— Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 18 June 2024
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