Patent Ductus Arteriosus
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Nursing Care of the Child with an Alteration in Perfusion/Cardiovascular Disorder — Maternity and Pediatric Nursing▶ 24:35If we feel pulses that are weak, narrow, or thready, it paints a picture of a heart that is struggling to squeeze…Conversely, if the pulses are bounding, hitting your fingers with forceful, exaggerated strikes, it points toward a defect where blood is violently…The most critical palpation technique is simultaneously feeling the brachial pulse in the arm and the femoral pulse in the groinAlterations of Cardiovascular Function in Children — Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children▶ 42:19This brings us to one of the most famous procedures in surgical history, the Blalock -Tosig, or BT shunt, first performed in…It's essentially creating an artificial patent ductus arteriosus, rightExactlyPediatric Cardiovascular Conditions — Perry's Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada▶ 4:47And of course, you have the more general teratogenic exposures, maternal alcohol or illicit drug use during pregnancy, and early infectious exposuresExposure to specific infections like rubella in the first trimester is a well -established cause of congenital anomalies, including patent ductus arteriosusIt's not just external exposures we look at,