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Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has several outpatient and urgent care centers throughout South Florida, including on-demand, virtual care.
Walk-in urgent care with no appointment needed.
Serving as your child's primary doctor's office.
Pediatric specialty consultations available closer to home.
A full range of comprehensive services all under one roof.
Connect with providers from the comfort of your own home.
With over 800 pediatric clinicians on staff, we’re dedicated to helping you connect with the right specialist for your needs.
We have expertise in treating children and educating families on hundreds of different conditions.
We use cutting-edge, specialized treatments and procedures to ensure the best care for your child.
Also known as: medical optical imaging.
Optical imaging is a cutting edge form of imaging that’s used to detect medical problems. It creates better images that can differentiate between different types of tissues, and it also exposes the patient to no radiation.
The procedure will vary based on the type of optical imaging that is used. Flat disks may be placed on the scalp to measure and monitor oxygenation of the brain for example children in the intensive care unit.
In most cases, no special preparation is needed.
There is very little risk to optical imaging.
Reviewed by: Prasanna Jayakar, MD, PhD.
This page was last updated on: August 11, 2020 01:39 PM
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