Risk Incidence: 2.7-3.2:10,000 live births Relatively common; represents >5% of all congenital cardiac malformations One of the most common causes of newborn cyanosis Male predominance of 2.25-fold increased risk Relatively low risk (12%) of coexisting syndromes/noncardiac malformations Perioperative Risks Newborn:…
ALTHOUGH CHILDHOOD CANCER is not particularly common, it is the second most common cause of death in children younger than 15 years of age. The most common malignancies affecting children are different from those affecting adults. Leukemia, brain tumors, lymphomas,…
HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS IN CHILDHOOD may present to an anesthesiologist in many ways. They may be the primary cause for a surgical procedure, such as hereditary spherocytosis (HS) in a child requiring splenectomy, or a factor complicating a common surgical procedure,…