General Pediatric
PEDIATRIC SERVICES
Pediatric department in AGH-Hofuf is a well organized department and provide a wide spectrum of services & facilities including;
PEDIATRIC OUTPATIENT CINICS
- Location: 2nd floor building A.
- Include 5 clinics
- 3 General Pediatric Clinics
- 1 Neonatology clinic
- 1 Vaccination clinic
- ALL routine childhood MOH vaccinations are available through the vaccination clinics . Special vaccinations including rotavirus vaccine, meningococcal vaccine and seasonal influenza vaccine are also provided when indicate
- The outpatient department includes also:
o Treatment room: where patients are inicially assessed by the nurse, vital signs are recorded. The room is also used to adminester some medicatoins like bronchodilator nebulization.
o Vaccination room wher all vaccines are adminestered.
EMEGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
EMS provides 24 hour coverage of any pediatric emergency. A pediatric is available 24 hours in the hospital. The on-call pediatrician can be called to evaluate any pediatric emergency case at any time needed.
PEDIATRIC WARD
- Location; 3rd floor building B
- Total bed capacity 19 bed including
- 7 single (private) rooms
- 1 bouble-bed room
- 6 beds for extended care unit (ETC).
- 1 high dependency room.
- 3 isolation rooms.
- The mother or onother female family member is allowed to stay with the patient.
- The pediatric wadr is covered by pediatrics residents 24 hours a day under the supervision os specialists/ consultants, and cared for by well trained nursing staff
SCOPE OF SERVICES
The pediatric ward offers the required medical care for common pediatric illnesses that require hospitalization. It is supported by a general intensive care unit (ICU) where critical pediatric patients can be admitted under care of consultant pediatrician.
NEONATAL SERVICES
The neonatal unit is devided into 3 levels:
- Level I: Normal Newborn Nursery (NNN) With a bed capacity of 13 bed . (1 radiant warmer,1 incubator,1 isolation room &10 cribs).
- level II: Intermediate care Nursery (ICN) The unit contains 4 beds (1 radiant warmer&3 incubators).
- level III: Intensive Care Unit (NICU) The unit contains 8 beds (2 radiant warmer, 5 incubators & 1 isolation room).
The unit is well equipped with 4 ventilators (3 SLE 2000 & 1 SLE 5000 , Blood Gas Anlyzer & 2 nasal CPAP machines . The unit is supported by excellent radiology services including portable X –ray, ultrasound, CT scan & MRI in addition to advanced round the clock laboratory services.
1. Level I: NORMAL NEWBORN NURSERY (NNN)
- Healthy Newborn should remain initially with their mothers in the delivery room to establish bonding and to start breast feeding.
- Administration of routine medications (Vit K & Eye prophylaxis) will be done in the delivery room by the L&D staff..
- The newborn infant then is transfered to the Normal Newborn Nursery (NNN) for initial assessment by the ROD and routine care.
- Healthy newborns are admitted to the NNN for observation, monitoring and routine investigations.
- The newborns are sent to their mothers at anytime for breast feeding. Mother are allowed to keep their babies beside them as long as they want, taking into considerations the infants’ safety and security measures.
- The mothers should be educated and encouraged to breastfeed by the health educator daily and PRN. This should be documented in the mothers chart.
- Newborn infants are to be evaluated by the treating pediatrician/neonatologist during the first 24-48 hours of life and determine the level of care and timing of follow up.
- The following infants are closely monitored in the NNN:
- Asymtomatic late preterm infants of 35–37 weeks gestation with birth wt of >2000gs
- Infants of Diabetic Mothers (IDMs)
- LBW/SGA infants
- Macrosomic infants of >4000gms.
- Minor birth trauma requiring no active management.
- Asymptomatic infant suspected to have Early Onset Sepsis (EOS).
- Asymptantic dysmorphic newborn.
- Multiple births
- Indirect hyperbilirubinemia requiring simple phototherapy only.
- Asymptanatic newborn with cardiac murmur.
- Infants recovering from level II care.
2. LEVEL II: INTERMEDIATE CARE NURSERY (ICN)
Admisions to this area include the following:
- Stable infants weighing 1250 – 2000 gms
- Stable infants with gestational age of 31 – 34 weeks.
- Hypoglycemia requiring IVF up to 12.5 % Dextrose concentration.
- Electrolyte disturbances e.g hypocalcemia
- Indirect hyperbilirubinemia requiring intensive Phototherapy.
- Newborns requiring O2 therapy.
- Mild - moderate perinatal asphyxia.
- Symptomatic infant suspected to have EOS.
- Stable newborn suspected to have IEM
- Newborn requiring sedation for procedures.
- Minor congenital anomalies e.g cleft lip or palate
- Newborn infants requiring IV immunoglobulin infusion.
- Newborn infants who required resuscitation with PPV in the DR
- Newborn infants born with MSAF who required intubation and had meconium in their tracheal aspirates.
- Newborn infants recovering from level III care.
3. LEVEL III: INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU)
Admisions to this area include the following:
- Newborn infants with Birth weight < 1250gms
- Newborn infants with Gestational age < 30 weeks
- Cardio respiratory unstable newborn infants.
- Newborn infants requiring mechanical ventilation or CPAP.
- Hypoglycemic newborns requiring IVF of > D 12.5 % via central lines.
- Newborn infants with indirect hyperbilirubinemia requiring EBT.
- Newborn infants with major congenital anomalies.
- Newborn infants with severe perinatal asyphyxia.
- Newborn infants with seizures.
- Newborn infants requiring inotropic support
- Newborn infants with major birth trauma e.g subgaleal hematoma
- Post-operative newborn infants.
- Symptomatic newborn infants with IEM.
- Newborn infants requiring TPN.
- Newborn infants requiring blood or blood product transfusion.
- Newborn infants who required resuscitation in the DR using PPV and chest compressions
- Newborn infants with cyanotic congenital Heart Diseases.
- Newborn with bleeding diathesis.
- Newborns with thromboembolic phenomina.
ISOLATION ROOMs
Admisions to this area include the following:
- Outborn infants requiring intensive care up to 28 days of age.
- Readmitted inborn infants requiring intensive care.
- Newborn infants in the neonatal unit having documented sepsis with MRSA or Candida.
- Sick infants with documented sepsis or meningitis
- Infections transmitted by air born route such as varicella.
Hours of Operation:
Saturday - Thursday (08:00 am - 12:00 pm & 04:00 pm - 08:00 pm
Note: (On-call services 24 hours a day / 7 days a week)
Telephone Number(s)
+966 3 588 7000 Ext. 2224 / 2225 / 2226 / 2227
Doctors on board
| Doctor Name |
Profile |
| DR. ABDELHAMID MOSTAFA ELMESIRY |
Pediatrician Resident |
| DR. ABBAS ALOMRAN |
Consultant Pediatrician & Neonatologist (Department Head) |
| DR. MOHAMMED MAHFOUZ KAFN |
Pediatrician Resident |
| DR. AYMAN ALI ABD EL KAREEM EL ABAS |
Pediatrician Resident |
| DR. SHAKIL IBRAHIM |
Pediatrician Resident |
| DR. NIZAMUDDIN HAYAT |
Pediatrician Resident |
| DR. AHMED MOHAMED |
Pediatrician Resident |
| DR. MOHAMED EZZAT ABDEL NAIEM |
Consultant Pediatrician |
| DR. IBRAHIM MOHD IBRAHIM |
Pediatrician Specialist |
| DR. AYMAN KAMAL AHMED |
Pediatrician Specialist |
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