I cannot stress enough my strong belief in the importance of instituting mandatory Pulse Oximetry Screening on newborns the day of discharge from all hospitals worldwide. The results are more [...]
What is VACTERL association? VACTERL or VATER association is an acronym used to describe a series of characteristics which have been found to occur together. V stands for anomalies of [...]
Unexpected death in a pediatric patient is usually due to trauma, sudden infant death syndrome, respiratory causes or near-drowning. Unintentional choking and suffocation are the leading cause of all injury [...]
Pentalogy of Cantrell is a rare syndrome that causes defects involving the diaphragm, abdominal wall, pericardium, heart and lower sternum. These defects are a cleft lower sternum, an anterior diaphragmatic [...]
What is Scimitar Syndrome?Normal pulmonary venous circulation carries oxygenated blood from the alveolar capillaries to the left side of the heart for systemic distribution. In the Scimitar Syndrome (approximately 1-3 [...]
Heterotaxy syndrome is a disorder that results in certain organs forming on the opposite side of the body. For example, instead of the heart normally forming on the left side [...]
State Medicaid agencies were billed by hospitals more than $683 million in 2003 for treating children born with heart defects, according to the Federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. [...]
Premature birth threatens the lives and health of more than half a million babies every year (1 in every 8 babies). Some premature babies are born so small, they could [...]
What is a Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)? The diaphragm is the breathing muscle that separates the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity. The diaphragm develops when the fetus is about [...]
Jeune's Syndrome is a form of congenital dwarfism causing children to have a deformity of their chest wall. The chest cage is extremely small and doesn't have enough room for [...]
