Congenital Heart Defects in Children Imagine giving birth to a beautiful‚ healthy looking‚ baby girl and holding her in your arms for the first time. Now imagine a doctor telling you that this little miracle has a possible life threatening congenital heart defect. I can because this happened to me. My daughter suffers from three different congenital heart defects. According to the American Medical Association Family Medical Guide‚ about 8 out of every 1‚000 children are born with heart abnormalities
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Defects Like most expectant parents‚ you probably alternate between fantasies about a healthy baby and worries that your baby will have a health problem. Or perhaps you’ve been told throughprenatal screening that your baby might be born with a birth defect. Many parents assume that all birth defects are severe or even fatal‚ but the fact is that many are treatable‚ often immediately after birth — and sometimes even before the baby is born. It’s especially important to know the risk factors
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Congenital Heart Disease Steven J. Walton Florida State College at Cecil North Center Congenital Heart Disease Congenital Heart Disease can be described as a number of different problems affecting the heart. According to professors at many universities‚ it is the most common type of birth defect. It is said that Congenital Heart Disease is responsible for more deaths in the first year of life than any other birth defect. Some of the defects may heal over time‚ but others will require treatment
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Congenital Heart Disease Congenital heart diseases are lesions‚ caused by abnormal development of the structures of the heart. This happens in the embryonic life due to environmental or unknown factors. The cause of congenital disease is usually unknown‚ but there are multifactor reasons that are incriminated. They are said to be sporadic. This meaning that it is not secluded to one geographic location. However this incidence is increased in those with a positive
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Congenital Heart Defects in Children Congenital heart defects in children are frightening conditions that are yet to be understood fully by cardiologists (Mayo Clinic). Ranging from a benign murmur to complete cardiac arrest‚ congenital heart defects are important disorders to be educated about (Fulton). Because of the potential severity of these illnesses‚ one should understand what is thought to cause this‚ forms of it‚ the risk involved‚ precautionary measures‚ and what the prognosis is. By
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(kon-JEN-ih-tal) heart defects are problems with the heart’s structure that are present at birth. These defects can involve: The interior walls of the heart The valves inside the heart The arteries and veins that carry blood to the heart or the body Congenital heart defects change the normal flow of blood through the heart. There are many types of congenital heart defects. They range from simple defects with no symptoms to complex defects with severe‚ life-threatening symptoms. Congenital heart defects are the
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2012 Professor Joe Rudd A Case for Portable Pulse Oximetry in the OB Unit – A Capital Budget Request According to the Centers for Disease Control‚ Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) accounts for approximately twenty-four percent of all infant deaths related to birth defects (2011). Congenital heart defects in infants may not be diagnosed until after the patent ductus arteriosus closes which typically occurs after the infant is discharged to home. Every year approximately 4‚800 infants
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of Fallot‚ congenital heart defects Tetralogy of Fallot Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common form of cyanotic congenital heart defect [CHD] (PubMed Health‚ 2011; National Institutes of Health – National Heart Blood and Lung Institute [NIH-NHBLI]‚ 2011; Wikipedia‚ 2012). It is rare (PubMed Health‚ 2011)‚ and according to Children’s Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota it occurs in two to five out of every 10‚000 births‚ and accounts for 9-14% of all congenital heart defects‚ and affects boys and
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systems (e.g.‚ congenital heart disease or amelia of the legs)‚ and combinations of abnormalities affecting several parts of the body. Defects of metabolism are also considered congenital disorders. A congenital disorder can have trivial or grave effects. The most severe‚ such as anencephaly‚ are incompatible with life. Birth defects are a leading cause of death in early infancy‚ accounting for the deaths of nearly 2 out every 1000 infants (US statistics).
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Moral Decay Paul L. Fuentes We Filipinos are very sensible. Look how the recent putsch was lambasted in the newspaper. Lettersfrom the readers swarmed indicating that we cannot tolerate the cowardly and senseless killing of soldiers and civilians‚ wasted ammunitions‚ and budding economyagain jeopardized. We condemn the former regime‚ its havoc upon our lives. We condemn graft and corruption‚ so rampant; we condemn the violation of human rights allegedly committed against the leader of Alliance
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