Single ventricle baby
Massachusetts
One of the nurses calls you to ask about one of your patients. The baby is now 30 hours old and was born full term via vaginal delivery to a healthy 28-year-old mother. There were no complications at the delivery and the baby has been feeding well. The nurse is concerned that the baby looks "yellow". You ask her to send for a bilirubin level.
[DOCX File]Introduction - Homepage | STS
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Double outlet right ventricle . Single ventricle . Transposition of the great vessels . Tetralogy of Fallot . Symptoms. Symptoms of ECD may include: Baby tires easily . Bluish skin color (the lips may also be blue) Failure to gain weight and grow . Frequent pneumonia . Lack of appetite . Pale skin (pallor) Rapid breathing . Rapid heartbeat ...
[DOCX File]CARDIAC - LOW OUTPUT - RCH
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Defect1 Livebirth Count Stillbirth Count Total Count Rate per 10,000 Births 95% Confidence Interval Single Ventricle and L-TGA L-TGA 6 0 6 0.37 0.14—0.80 Single Ventricle 7 0 7 0.43 0.17—0.89 Other Cardiovascular Other Cardiovascular 198 7 205 Respiratory: 45 cases Choanal Atresia 8 0 8 0.49 0.21—0.97 Lung Anomalies 29 0 29 1.78 1.19—2 ...
[DOCX File]Symptoms - Baby Steps to Home
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The baby may appear ashen, have rapid and difficult breathing and have difficulty feeding. ... The first stage, referred to as the Norwood procedure, allows the right ventricle to pump blood to both the lungs and the body without the need for the ductus to be kept open. Blood is directed to the lungs through either a Blalock-Taussig (arrow on ...
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Remind family members and visitors that your baby had open heart surgery and the sternum is not fully healed. Encourage “scooping” behind the shoulders and buttocks as the best method to pick up, hold, and transfer your baby to the crib, bouncy seat, car seat, etc. It can take 6-8 weeks to recover and up to 3 months to completely heal.
[DOC File]Tetralogy of Fallot
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Single ventricle (eg Norwood, pulmonary atresia plus Blalock): balance pulmonary and systemic vascular resistance (saturation 70-85%). See protocol. Oxygen delivery is usually best with dobutamine 5-10 mcg/kg/min plus a vasodilator; ensure adequate coronary perfusion pressure (diastolic BP - CVP).
Single Ventricle Defects | Boston Children's Hospital
As single ventricle survivors get older, doctors are recognizing that, although some do fine, many experience complications, including lung, liver, and gastrointestinal diseases. In addition, as a group, children with complex congenital heart defects who have had open-heart surgery as infants are at a higher risk for neurodevelopmental issues ...
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The aorta, which is attached to the left bottom chamber (ventricle) of the heart, carries oxygen-rich (“red”) blood to the body. Sometimes the single large blood vessel fails to divide during fetal development, and the baby is born with a heart that has one artery carrying blood out of it. This condition is known as . truncus arteriosus . or
[DOC File]Pediatrics—Congenital Heart Disease
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Single Ventricle Heterotaxy, as this is the most complex of the patient’s diagnoses. July 2017: We have a patient with a diagnosis of Partial AV canal, severe, discrete juxtaductal coarctation of …
[DOCX File]Signs and Symptoms - Baby Steps to Home
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The baby may even be born with a single ventricle. Associated with pulmonic stenosis. When the ventricles contract, blood is sent out into the aorta; the lungs are bypassed, leading to cyanosis. Signs and Symptoms. Early CHF and mild cyanosis . Continuous murmur with ejection click.
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