Blue, heart defect, dyspnea, normal life, structure, breathing, birth, blood flow, open-heart surgery, abnormal.

A two-week baby with tetralogy of Fallot is accompanied by his parents at the pediatrician’s office

Doctor: Your baby has a __________, which developed before ___________. He was born looking _________and having problems _____________. The ________of his heart and the ____________in it are______________. It causes your baby’s __________and difficulty in feeding. There is an ______________ for this condition and it is rather successful. Your baby is very much likely to go on to lead a_______________

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BABY HEART DEFECT TEST COULD SAVE LIVES

Congenital heart defects (CHDs) affect around one in every 145 babies. They are traditionally detected by ultrasound during pregnancy or by listening to the heart after birth; however, the success rate is low. A study of 20,055 newborns showed that testing oxygen in the blood was more successful than other checks available.

Doctors at six maternity hospitals in the UK used pulse oximeters to detect levels of oxygen in the blood. If the levels were too low, or varied between the hands and feet, more detailed examinations took place. The test takes less than five minutes and it found 75% of the most serious abnormalities. In combination with traditional

methods, 92% of cases were detected.

Some defects are inoperable, but thanks to advances in surgery most of them can be corrected. Early and rapid detection is the key for greater survival.

Not all babies who are born with a heart defect will show any signs or symptoms (such as shortness of breath or cyanosis, i.e. blue lips and skin), so problems can go unnoticed. This is a promising piece of research which shows how a quick and simple test could help to detect more heart defects and save more lives.

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