Diagnosis and management of the newborn with suspected congenital heart disease.
In critical congenital heart lesions, the ultimate outcome depends on timely and accurate diagnosis of the structural anomaly, the evaluation and resuscitation of secondary organ damage, effective lesion-specific preoperative management, and the appropriate timing and type of surgery. Crucial to this process is continuous communication among medical, surgical, and nursing disciplines.
Division of Cardiology, Cardiac Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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D016638:Critical Illness; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000379:methods*; D015997:Neonatal Screening / Q000379:methods*; D018579:Patient Selection; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000379:methods*; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal