FranciAnn G Lewandowski Pasco-Hernando Community College Abstract This paper discusses the disease Tetralogy of Fallot. Found within is disease description‚ etiology‚ epidemiology‚ clinical manifestations/signs & symptoms‚ diagnosis of the disease and related lab tests‚ clinical and medical management of the disease including collaborative disciplines‚ and prognosis of living with the disease. There is also a section that describes nursing care‚ complete with NANDA approved diagnoses‚ outcomes
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congenital heart defect that occurs within the hearts of infants and young children. The disease is named after the doctor who described the four heart defects common to several of his patients in 1888. It is present at birth and is usually diagnosed during infancy. There are times‚ though‚ that it may not be detected until later in life‚ depending on the severity of the defects and symptoms. The problems that occur within the heart cause the infants and children who have this disease to have a
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Right Before a Heart Attack Wednesday‚ 26 Jun 2013 10:26 AM By Newsmax Wires More ways to share... Mixx Stumbled LinkedIn Vine Buzzflash Reddit Delicious Newstrust Technocrati Despite what you may believe‚ heart attacks rarely happen “out of the blue.” In fact‚ your body may be trying to warn you of an impending heart attack for days‚ weeks‚ perhaps even a month or two before it occurs. Unfortunately‚ by the time you actually recognize you’re suffering a heart attack‚ it could
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Afib - When Does a Leaking Heart Valve Mean Heart Valve Surgery? It’s good to bring this news to the public. however i feel this can be useful to you if you like me to share along with your friends to scan this nice article. Do you know about - When Does a Leaking Heart Valve Mean Heart Valve Surgery? ! Again‚ for I know. Ready to share new things that are useful. You and your friends. A leaking heart valve fortunately‚ does not always mean valve surgery. And‚ heart valve surgery‚ if it becomes
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found abnormalities of the heart‚ followed by spina bifida and hypospadias. Read more in Children « Healthy Neighborhoods Secure Healthier Kids ADD / Hd and Refined Sugar: Not Such a Sweet Combination » The disorder is usually a loss of metabolic enzymes or incomplete formation of the enzyme. This disorder can be dangerous and even fatal‚ but usually does not cause significant disruption in children. Examples of metabolic disorders is Tay-Sachs disease (a fatal disease of the central nervous
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egg or be acquired at any time during fetal development. The causes of many congenital disorders are not known. Congenital disorders include minor physical anomalies (e.g.‚ a birthmark)‚ severe malformations of single 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
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the United States alone are born with congenital heart defects every year (Fact Sheets). With this number increasing‚ it is highly likely that a student in a general biology class would know someone who was born with a heart defect (Fact Sheets). Because of these developing numbers‚ cardiac surgeons and cardiologists collaborated with special engineers in order to make a groundbreaking operating room that would be tailored to specific child heart defects. With this collaboration‚ they designed Hybrid
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I have a patient coming to ICU from emergency department with diagnosis of severe hypertension and history of ischemic heart disease. The patient was started with infusion GTN at 1cc/hours. In intensive care‚ the BP persistently increasing and my doctor ordered to increasing the dose of GTN infusion to 5cc/hours. The BP was decreasing down to 120/90mmhg in 15 minute later. The dose of infusion will reduce to 1cc/hours. BP was persistently decreasing to 70/40mmhg. All the team were query why the BP
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the pulmonary valve and in this case it is called valvular stenosis or just below that valve. In this second case it is referred to as infundibular stenosis. Infundibular pulmonic stenosis is mostly caused by overgrowth of the heart muscle wall or hypertrophy of the heart as is commonly known. Pulmonary stenosis is the major cause of the malformations‚ with the other associated malformations acting as compensatory mechanisms to the pulmonic stenosis. The degree of stenosis varies between individuals
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My name is Melissa Losada. I was born in Michigan in the year 1995. I lived there with my mom until my younger sister Rebecca was born. Soon after we moved to West Virginia to be with my grandmother‚ it was 1996 I was two years old when I moved to the city of Beckley‚ West Virginia and that is the only place I have ever lived since. Beaver elementary is where I went to elementary school‚ I lived directly in front of the school so I was never really far from home. Back then my mom was our girl scout
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