Paediatric Congenital Heart Disease
title: Paediatric Congenital Heart Disease tags: #FFICM notebook: ð-FFICM type: anki
source: [[acute-respiratory-failure-in-children]] category: [[paediatrics]]
[[adult_congenital_heart_disease]]
Signs and Symptoms
- These would be signs of resp failure or cardiac failure
- Or failure to grow as expected
- Cyanosis that doesn't get better with oxygen
Classifications
- Left Heart Obstruction
- Large left-to-right shunts
- Cyanotic lesions
- Obstruction to pulm blood flow
- Separation of pulm and systemic circuts
- Complete mixing of systemic and pulmonary blood
- Pulmonary venous abnormalities
Post Cardiac Surgery
Kids may end up with:
- Diaphgragmatic Palsy
- Seen when theres upward movement of diaphragm during inspiration
- Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Palsy
- Vascular "Rings and Slings" - Compression of airway by vasculature