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Detailed information on preventing unintentional injuries Many unintentional injuries and emergencies can be prevented by reevaluating your family's health habits, lifestyles, and risks. Early detection and a prompt response is crucial in keeping situations manageable, and from becoming an emergency.
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Statistics relating to unintentional injuries The following are the latest US statistics available from the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other sources:
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Scrapes and sprains are a fact of life for most children, so it's good to know what to do when they come home with a minor injury.
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Trampolines are popular. Thousands of children are rocketing skyward, and trampoline injuries are also on the rise.
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Children in households where a parent lives with another unrelated adult are at much greater risk of death from an injury suffered in the home.
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Detailed information on neurological trauma in children Trauma to the nervous system requires immediate clinical care. Listed in the directory below are some different types of trauma, for which we have provided a brief overview.
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Psychiatric diagnosis may be neglected in emergency rooms, where, in addition, people of color are less likely to be diagnosed with a pyschiatric condition than whites.
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Congenital heart disease, also called congenital heart defect, includes a variety of malformations of the heart or its major blood vessels that are present at birth.Congenital heart disease occurs when the heart or blood vessels near the heart do ...
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Congenital heart disease refers to a problem with the heart''s structure and function due to abnormal heart development before birth. Congenital means present at birth.Congenital heart disease(CHD) can describe a number of different problems affect...
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Detailed information on the most common types of congenital heart disorders Nine in 1,000 babies born in the United States have a congenital (present at birth) heart defect - a problem that occurred as the baby's heart was developing during pregnancy, before the baby is born. Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defects.
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Congenital heart disease, also called congenital heart defect, includes a variety of malformations of the heart or its major blood vessels that are present at the birth of a child.Congenital heart disease occurs when the heart or blood vessels nea...
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Congenital heart disease, or congenital heart defect, includes a variety of structural problems of the heart or its major blood vessels, which are present at birth.The heart, which is completely developed about eight weeks after conception, is one...
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Congenital heart disease, also called congenital heart defect, includes a variety of malformations of the heart or its major blood vessels that are present at the birth of a child.Congenital heart disease occurs when the heart or blood vessels nea...
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Detailed information on diagnosing and evaluating heart disease in children Diagnosing and evaluating heart disease in children can be complex and requires clinical care by a physician or other healthcare professional. Listed in the directory below are some means by which heart disease in children is evaluated and diagnosed, for which we have provided a brief overview.
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Detailed information on congenital heart disease, including patent ductus arteriosus, atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, atrioventricular canal, tricuspid atresia, pulmonary atresia, transposition of the great arteries, tetralogy of Fallot, double outlet right ventricle, truncus arteriosus, coarctation of the aorta, aortic stenosis, and hypoplastic left heart syndrome
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Detailed information on congenital heart disease, including patent ductus arteriosus, atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, atrioventricular canal, tricuspid atresia, pulmonary atresia, transposition of the great arteries, tetralogy of Fallot, double outlet right ventricle, truncus arteriosus, coarctation of the aorta, aortic stenosis, and hypoplastic left heart syndrome
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Detailed information on congenital heart disease and factors that may have caused the defect
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Detailed information for children living with a congenital heart disease Living with congenital (present at birth) heart disease requires special care for your child. Listed in the directory below you will find additional information regarding special considerations that will need to be made for your child who is living with congenital heart disease, for which we have provide a brief overview.
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Detailed information on growth and development of the heart Children with congenital (present at birth) heart disease often grow and develop more slowly than other children. For example:
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Detailed information on exercise and physical stamina issues surrounding congenital heart disease
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Detailed information on emotional and family issues surrounding congenital heart disease
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Tetralogy of Fallot is a common syndrome of congenital heart defects.The heart is two pumps in one. The ventricle on the left side pumps blood full of oxygen through the body; the ventricle on the right side pumps the same blood through the pulmon...
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Tetralogy of Fallot refers to a group of four types of heart defects present at birth(congenital).Tetralogy of Fallot is classified as a cyanotic heart defect because the condition causes low oxygen levels in the blood, which leads to cyanosis(a b...
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Detailed information on tetralogy of fallot, including causes, symptoms, diagnostic, treatment, and postoperative care information
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Detailed information on heart defects that cause too little blood flow through the lungs
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Tetralogy of Fallot is a common syndrome of congenital heart defects.The heart is two pumps in one. The ventricle on the left side pumps blood full of oxygen through the body; the ventricle on the right side pumps the same blood through the pulmon...
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Lung disease is any disease or disorder that occurs in the lungs or that causes the lungs to not work properly. There are three main types of lung disease:.Airway diseases-- These diseases affect the tubes(airways) that carry oxygen and other gase...
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Lung abscess is an acute or chronic infection of the lung, marked by a localized collection of pus, inflammation, and destruction of tissue.Lung abscess is the end result of a number of different disease processes ranging from fungal and bacterial...
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