Crystallographic defect

How do you summarize 16 years of life into a few minutes? Especially the life of a medically fragile child. I’m going to do my best. Our journey with UI Children’s Hospital began 16 years ago when our daughter Reagen was born. She was transferred to UI Children’s Hospital from our local hospital when she was three days old. Our pediatrician thought she had a slight heart murmur and wanted us to get it checked out with a routine echocardiogram. He said make sure you take your car seat as you will…

Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common congenital defect. I find it to be a very interesting topic for various reasons. One of them is because the first open heart surgery in America over half a century ago was to fix Tetralogy of Fallot. One of the other reasons is that this is a very complex defect and it is a defect that we cannot prevent from occurring. From the very first surgery to fix Tetralogy of Fallot it was a successful procedure. Over time technology and new research has benefited…

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome is not only the most challenging to manage of all congenital heart defects but it is also one of the most complex cardiac defects in newborns. HLHS is a birth defect where all of the structures of the left side of the heart are extremely underdeveloped. During pregnancy, the left side of the baby’s heart does not form correctly for a few reasons, such as: the left ventricle and aorta are too small and underdeveloped, the…

Travolina Fayetteville Technical Community College Abstract Tetralogy of Fallot is a birth defect that affects the pathway of blood flow through the heart. In a patient with the defect there are four anatomical deformities that make up the condition itself. Tetralogy of Fallot is a condition that affects approximately 5 in 10,000 infants. (Mayo Clinic, 2017) The rare congenital heart defect affects both males and females alike. Tetralogy of Fallot is generally discovered shortly…

Spina bifida is a neural tube defect that affects nearly on in one thousand births a year (Rathus, 2011, p.51). This birth defect can cause many problems throughout a child’s development. Spina bifida can affect a person from the way they think to the way they walk. It is important to know how spina bifida affects development in order to better understand how to help those who have been diagnosed with the disorder. Spina bifida can be detrimental to a child’s cognitive abilities such as,…

congenital heart defect (“Congenital Heart Defect”). It also states in the article that the most common type of heart defect is the ventricular septal defect. A ventricular septal defect is a flaw in the septum; the septum is a “wall” in the lower chambers of the heart that separates the left and right side (“Ventricular Septal Defect”; “Atrioventricular Canal Defect in Children”). Parents are able to be more aware if their child acquires the defect by being knowledgeable about the defect,…

babies born have a congenital heart defect, making it the most common congenital anomaly in the United States, and that statistic is only increasing (CDC 2018). 40,000 may not seem like a lot, but that’s 40,000 children affected by a defect that strays them from living a normal childhood and the likeability of living a long and healthy life. Additionally, this affects the parents as well, who are now wary of whether or not their child will surpass their defect and to add on to that there’s the…

Atrial septal defects(ASD) is a highly prevalent congenital heart disease [1]. There are four major types of ASD: Ostium Secundum, ostium premium, sinus venous, and coronary sinus [2]. The ostium atrial septal defect is an abnormally large opening in the atrial septum. During the early embryo stages, the atria enlarge, and the septum primum develops with the progression of the embryo. At the final development stages of the embryo and as the heart matures the ostium primum completely shuts;…

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…

four heart defects that are present at birth. These defects, which can affect the structure of the heart, can cause oxygenated poor blood to flow out of the heart and to the rest of the body. Infants and children with tetralogy of fallot tend to develop blue- tinged skin because their blood doesn’t carry enough oxygen. During infancy or soon after, tetralogy of fallot is often diagnosed. However, it my not be detected until later in life, but it depends on just how sever the defects and…