Health checks for your baby
Immediately after the birth, it is standard practice for your baby to be weighed, measured and checked over. In the first week, we carry out various other monitoring checks.
Blood test
In the first week, we carry out a blood test for your baby and establish the blood group.
Ultrasound hip check
In addition to the routine check by an experienced pediatrician, we invite you to have an ultrasound check of the baby’s hips while you are still in the hospital. This screening is carried out in the neonatal ward.
- no exposure to radiation
- from day one early recognition of developmental issues
- facilitates early treatment (while still in the hospital)
- significantly faster healing
- significantly reduced long-term effects
We are also happy to carry out a subsequent monitoring check in our radiology institute.
Further investigations for your newborn such as sonography of kidneys, cranium, sacral dimple, or heart, can be carried out by our expert radiologists on request.
Hearing test on request
Normal hearing is very important for your child’s speech development. Half of all congenital hearing disorders have been detected too late before hearing tests for newborn infants were introduced. The examination is absolute painless and usually takes only a few seconds. In case of an uninterpretable result (mostly because of amniotic fluid in the middle ear cavity or wax in the ear canal), the test needs to be repeated.
Reinhard Kürsten, MD carries out the hearing tests at Confraternität & Goldenes Kreuz Private Hospital in your room or in the neonatal ward.
If you have already left the hospital, you can also have the hearing test carried out at Dr. Kürsten’s medical practice.
W: www.kuersten.at
The check should be carried out before your child’s first birthday, at the latest!