# MULTICENTER NETWORK OF NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS

> **NIH NIH U10** · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · 1994 · $1,769,588

## Abstract

The Wayne State University School of Medicine at the Detroit Medical Center
is submitting an application for renewal in the Multicenter Network of
Neonatal Intensive Care Units.  The Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
has both an inborn service at Hutzel Hospital and an outborn service at the
Children's Hospital of Michigan.  Hutzel Hospital contains a tertiary
perinatal center with the largest inborn service in the State of Michigan,
with a 100 bed regular newborn nursery, 36 bed intermediate nursery, 12 bed
admission observation nursery and a 35 bed NICU.  Children's Hospital of
Michigan is only one of 2 neonatal centers in Michigan with a 40 bed NICU
providing the entire spectrum of medical and surgical services needed for
the care of high risk infants.  The Division works in close collaboration
with the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, staffed by 10 specialists in
Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and a specialist in Reproductive Genetics.  The
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine is applying for participation in the
Maternal Multicenter Network.  The strengths of the Neonatal-Perinatal
Division include the vast number and diversity of the patient population.
The Wayne State Center had 8900 deliveries in the inborn service at Hutzel
and 624 admissions to the outborn service at Children's.  The Wayne State
site has the additional capability of including two more inborn sites:
Grace Hospital (4211 deliveries) and St. Joseph Mercy (2400 deliveries).
Nursing support is excellent, with 1:2 nurse to patient ratio for
ventilated neonates, 2 respiratory therapists, and a social worker
dedicated to each NICU.  State of the art technology is available,
including cardiorespiratory monitoring, 24 hour sonography, CT and MRI.
The existing neonatal-perinatal data base is extensive.  The educational
and research programs are very strong, with daily and weekly conferences
between Neonatology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Reproductive Genetics, and
subspecialties when necessary.  The newborn follow-up program has a
well-established track record in obtaining grant monies and assessing LBW
neonates with hemorrhage, BPD, drug exposure and ECMO.  The Neonatal--
Perinatal Division has actively participated in the current Network by
contributing the largest number of neonates for data collection in the
geneTiC data base.  The enrollment of neonates into the IVIG study
continues to improve monthly.  The IVH observational study, the third
ongoing Network study, was planned and organized by the WSU Center Site,
with Dr. Shankaran as PI for this study.  To make the conduct of clinical
trials within the Neonatal Network more efficient and cost-effective, the
WSU Site plans to have realistic projections of patients to be enrolled;
have 24 hour coverage for patient recruitment, with current research nurses
covering the day shift and on-call fellows recruiting at night (for a small
fee).  If the WSU Site is accepted on the Neonatal and Maternal Networks,
research nurses will be...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 2198255
- **Project number:** 5U10HD021385-09
- **Recipient organization:** WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
- **SAM.gov UEI:** M6K6NTJ2MNE5
- **Principal Investigator:** Seetha Shankaran
- **Activity code:** U10 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1994
- **Award amount:** $1,769,588
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1991-04-01 → 1996-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2198255

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 2198255, MULTICENTER NETWORK OF NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS (5U10HD021385-09). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/2198255. Licensed CC0.

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