After forming an unusual partnership cardiologist, Alfred Blalock, and his African-American lab assistant, Vivien Thomas, developed the Blue Baby operation, which involved operating directly on the heart to correct a defect called Tetralogy of Fallot, also known as Blue Baby Syndrome. According to Parker, Mai, and Canfield (2016) Tetralogy of Fallot is a combination of four cardiac defects. It includes a ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, right ventricular hypertrophy and an overriding aorta, where the aortic valve is enlarged and opens from both ventricles. According to “Tetralogy et al,” (2015) the pulmonary stenosis and right ventricular obstruction usually limits blood flow to the lungs. Due to this restriction, the ventricular
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Teaching should also include how to recognize serious hypoxic spells, which can cause cyanosis, deep, sighing respirations and loss of consciousness. “The child may have an increased risk for infective endocarditis therefore they may be prescribed antibiotics before medical or dental procedures. The family should be taught to reduce the risk of infective endocarditis; the child’s teeth should be gently brushed every day as soon as they begin to come in and sees a dentist regularly (Tetralogy of Fallots, 2013).
References
O’Brien, P., & Marshall, A. C. (2014, July 22). Tetralogy of Fallot. Retrieved March 16, 2017, from http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/130/4/e26
Parker, SE, Mai, CT, & Canfield, MA, et al; (2016, March 04). Facts about Tetralogy of Fallot. Retrieved March 16, 2017, from https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/heartdefects/tetralogyoffallot.html
Tetralogy of Fallot. (2013, July 11). Retrieved March 16, 2017, from
Teaching should also include how to recognize serious hypoxic spells, which can cause cyanosis, deep, sighing respirations and loss of consciousness. “The child may have an increased risk for infective endocarditis therefore they may be prescribed antibiotics before medical or dental procedures. The family should be taught to reduce the risk of infective endocarditis; the child’s teeth should be gently brushed every day as soon as they begin to come in and sees a dentist regularly (Tetralogy of Fallots, 2013).
References
O’Brien, P., & Marshall, A. C. (2014, July 22). Tetralogy of Fallot. Retrieved March 16, 2017, from http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/130/4/e26
Parker, SE, Mai, CT, & Canfield, MA, et al; (2016, March 04). Facts about Tetralogy of Fallot. Retrieved March 16, 2017, from https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/heartdefects/tetralogyoffallot.html
Tetralogy of Fallot. (2013, July 11). Retrieved March 16, 2017, from