Author(s):
1. Shabbir Hussain:
Army Medical College/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi, Pakistan
2. Nauman Naseer:
Combined Military Hospital/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS), Rawalpindi, Pakistan
3. Moeez Hussain:
Islamabad Medical and Dental Collage, Islamabad, Pakistan,
4. Rana Usama Bin Mehmood:
Combined Military Hospital/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS), Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Abstract:
A male neonate was admitted for jaundice on the third day of life. On examination, baby was active, jaundiced, systemic examination revealed no abnormality except pulse oximetry difference of more than eight between pre and post ductal oxygen saturation. Later on, echocardiography revealed the diagnosis of hypo plastic left heart syndrome. The second case was a term female delivered by elective lower segment caesarean section. The first neonatal examination showed oxygen saturation of 70% with pre and post ductal difference of seven on routine pulse oximetry. Later on, pulmonary atresia, tricuspid atresia and patent duct us arteriosus were diagnosed on echocardiography. The patient was managed with prostaglandin to keep the duct open, followed by duct stenting.
Page(s):
717-718
Published:
Journal: Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Volume: 72, Issue: 2, Year: 2022
Keywords:
Neonate
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Screening
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Screening
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Critical congenital heart disease
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
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Pulse oximetry
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Prepost ductal saturation
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Pulmonary atresia
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Tricuspid atresia
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