with the baby’s heart anatomy. The tiny device is designed for babies with congenital heart valve defect. About 40,000 babies in the United States are born with the disease. A congenital heart defect is a condition pertaining to a baby born with a defect in the structure of their heart. Some congenital heart defects are simple and do not require treatment, however, others are complex that require surgical procedures to the repaired. Moreover, a baby with the defect usually requires multiple surgeries over the course of several years. Another problem faced by clinicians and surgeons is the lack of specific artificial heart valves for babies. The current models used for such defect…
The congenital heart defect is influenced with many factors, economic, politic, social, emotional, psychological and physically, so it is needed that,to the increase of the knowledge, attitude and practices of parent who have children with congenital heart defect to prevent complication. About 20% to 30% of people with a Congenital congenital heart defect have other physical problems or developmental or cognitive disorders, Children children with Congenital congenital heart defect are about…
At the age of 11, Gacy hit his head on a swing which caused a blood clot in his brain that resulted in numerous blackouts; head trauma can cause criminal behavior based on phenology--a biological sub-theory. Also, when Gacy was 17, he was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect that forced him to be hospitalized occasionally throughout his life. Avatism, another biological sub-theory, focuses on abnormal physical traits most criminals exhibit; for example, Gacy has large lips and lots of body…
You also have to care and have patience. You have to be able to do your job and make the children feel safe and secure. Pediatrics is the branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases. There are many branches in pediatrics--such as, pediatric dentist, pediatric nurse, pediatric cardiologist, etc. All these branches of pediatrics deal with different kinds of illnesses. Pediatric dentists deal with the structure of a child’s mouth. A lot of children have problems with their jaw…
play, she was easily winded and took multiple asthma medications to try to help her breathing. After about 10 hospital stays, doctors realized that Mia had a malformation in her aorta, the vessel that pumps blood from the heart. The 4-year-old would need an operation to close off the part of her aorta that was putting pressure on her windpipe and making it hard to breathe, swallow and get rid of phlegm when she got a cold. "We freaked out to go from thinking she had asthma to being told she…
How much autonomy should a minor have? Should their refusal of life-saving treatment be granted by physicians? These questions arise from the case of Emma Ogden, a twelve year old girl who lived with a congenital heart defect which led to many operations and repeated visits to the hospital. When Dr. Abdul Hamid, the transplant surgeon, told Emma and her parents that her best option would be getting a heart transplant and that even then, her prognosis was grim, she refused. Emma researched her…
A. I received the Knight family as a referral. As a social worker the skills I would use to begin working with them would be “Preparatory reviewing, preparatory exploring, preparatory consulting, preparatory arranging, preparatory empathy, preparatory self- exploration, centering, preliminary planning and recording” (Cournoyer, 2010). In order to do preparatory review, I will take in consideration the information provided to me by David Tidwell. Mr. Tidwell, a hospital social worker, received…
What is congenital heart defect? There are so many types of heart defect that generally exists and are noticed. Some of them either obstruct blood flow in heart oil vessels or some of them results in the slow blood to flow through the heart in abnormal way. There are other defects that you may notice such as long QT syndrome due to which the heart rhythm or heart beats gets uneven. If any of the effects are related to common birth defects, then chances are high that it causes to death only. All…
Pediatric Congenital Heart Conditions There are several pediatric congenital heart conditions that can occur and it is important as practitioners that each can be recognized as not to delay treatment. This article speaks of three different types of congenital heart conditions; the presentation, exam, diagnosis, treatment, and any long term effects for the patients. Patent Ductus Arteriosus In utero the ductus arteriosus connects the aorta and pulmonary artery. It allows blood to flow from the…
Introduction Congenital heart disease, also known as Congenital heart defects (CHD), incorporates an assortment of abnormalities of the structure and function of the heart and/or the heart's major blood vessels, which transpire before birth and are existent at birth. CHD occurs when the heart or blood vessels do not develop normally before birth. In some serious cases, CHD can cause a child to need immediate surgery in order to survive, but in other mild cases, CHD will not be apparent until…