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Anemia is having too few red blood cells, which carry oxygen to the body.

Apnea is a pause in breathing for more than 15 to 20 seconds.

An infant's blood sugar may be too high or too low. Low blood sugar is common soon after birth. High blood sugar is more common in babies who are getting most or all of their nutrition by vein (IV).

Many babies admitted to the NICU require one or more blood transfusions, especially if they are very small or sick. We take every necessary precaution to avoid a blood transfusion, unless it's completely necessary and we make sure the transfused blood is safe to use.

This is a form of chronic lung disease. It occurs in infants who have had severe Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS), lung infections or were extremely premature at birth.

Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal abnormality syndrome in humans.

GE reflux is the backward flow of stomach contents into the esophagus.

Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a type of bacterium that causes illness in newborn babies, pregnant women, the elderly and adults with other illnesses such as diabetes or liver disease. Mothers have no symptoms and don't know they have it.

A hernia is a loop of bowel from the abdomen that goes where it normally would not. Hernias typically are not present when the baby is born, but develop later.

Babies that are breastfed may need supplementary or extra feedings in addition to the breastfeeding.

When a baby is jaundiced, it simply means that the color of his or her skin appears yellow. Jaundice in the infant appears first in the face and upper body and progresses downward toward the toes. Premature infants are more likely to develop jaundice than full-term babies.

An infant's first stool is called meconium and may be passed into the amniotic fluid during normal stresses of labor or fetal distress. If the baby has suffered a lack of oxygen and has begun to have gasping respiratory movements while in the womb, the meconium may be inhaled down into the lungs.

This is an inflammation that may cause destruction of part of the bowel. NEC may involve only the innermost lining or the entire thickness of the bowel and variable amounts of the bowel.

This is an opening between two main blood vessels of the heart that allows the blood to bypass the baby's lungs. At birth, the lungs open up and the ductus arteriosus begins to close off and the baby's oxygen comes from his or her own lungs. PDA occurs when it fails to close for any reason.

This is a condition in which the newborn baby's circulation changes back to the way it was in the womb when the mother did the breathing for the baby.

This is a lung disorder in which air in the lungs leaks out through holes in the lung tissue into spaces outside the lung airways.

RDS is a breathing problem often seen in premature babies.

Sepsis is a severe infection in the body and bloodstream.

Transient tachypnea is fast breathing that gradually gets better.