A total of two hundred consecutive patients of 18 years or above with a diagnosis of structural
congenital heart defect were included in the study.
Table-1: Demographic data of patients with
congenital cystic lung lesions including pre-operative status.
Regarding specific types of
congenital heart defects, the analysis showed that maternal smoking was significantly associated with a 27 per cent greater risk of atrial septal defect and a 43 per cent greater risk of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction compared to no smoking.
Conclusion:
Congenital heart disease was present in only 13.61% of the referred newborns with suspected CHD.
A total of 510 syphilis infections (88.2%) were not known to result in a
congenital syphilis case.
It provides free medical assistance, life-saving surgery and post-surgical care to children whose parents cannot afford to pay for treatment of
congenital heart diseases (CHDs).
Neurologic
congenital anomalies are rare; they occurred in 13,634 (0.08%) live births.
Pathophysiology in
congenital heart disease can lead to long-term changes in kidney structure and function children with
congenital heart disease have a number of risk factors for potential development of CKD later in life, including pathophysiological changes related to a structurally abnormal heart and circulation.
Each year, the
congenital cardiac programme team at AKUH performs more than 400 paediatric cardiac procedures, including for the many miracle children like Shahmeer whose families could not afford the cost of these complex procedures.
Congenital syphilis is a serious public health issue.
Congenital malformation are a major cause of stillbirths and infant mortality and the aetiology of most is not fully understood.
"Update: Interim Guidance for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Infants with Possible
Congenital Zika Virus Infection--United States, October 2017.
Chromosomal microdeletions and duplications are one of the major causes of
congenital malformations and developmental delay.Lately by the effect of array-CGH,many new syndromes are defined in patients with
congenital malformations and developmental delay.Xp21 contiguous gene deletion syndrome is one of the rare microdeletion syndromes.This syndrome is characterized by developmental delay,congenital adrenal hypoplasia, DuchenneMuscularDystrophy (DMD) and glycerol kinase deficiency.
M2 EQUITYBITES-May 30, 2017-AMO Pharma awarded US FDA's Fast Track designation for AMO-02 for
congenital myotonic dystrophy
