Congestive Heart Disease in Children

 

Congestive Heart Disease in Children

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Cardiac and Pulmonary Pediatric Conditions

In this unit, you will be discussing cardiac and pulmonary pediatric conditions and the importance of collaboration. Select one of the topics below (please choose one that has not already been posted by another student) and discuss current evidence-based recommendations by leading pediatric experts and professional organizations. Focus your discussion on how collaboration improves pediatric health outcomes in primary care.

You are expected to present your initial topic including, but not limited to, the following items:

  1. Pathophysiology
  2. Epidemiology
  3. Physical exam findings
  4. Differential diagnoses and rationale
  5. Management plan to include diagnostic testing, medications if applicable, follow-up plans, and referrals if needed

In addition, you are required to follow the Discussion Board grading rubric and respond to at least three of your classmates.

Topics:

  1. Murmurs (innocent and pathologic)
  2. Congestive heart disease in children
  3. Left to right shunting: ASD, VSD
  4. Left to right shunting: Atrioventricular septal defect, PDA
  5. Right to left shunting: Transposition of the great arteries (TGA), tetralogy of fallot, hypoplastic left heart syndrome
  6. Hypertension in children
  7. Kawasaki Disease, acute rheumatic fever
  8. Infective endocarditis, pericarditis
  9. Myocarditis, cardiomyopathy
  10. Syncope
  11. Cardiac dysrhythmias
  12. Upper respiratory disorders: The common cold, rhinosinusitis
  13. Pharyngitis, tonsillitis
  14. Diphtheria, pertussis
  15. Recurrent epistaxis, nasal foreign body
  16. Croup, epiglottitis
  17. Foreign body aspiration (laryngeal, tracheal, bronchial)
  18. Nonbacterial and bacterial pneumonia
  19. Cystic fibrosis
  20. Pectus deformity

make it on congestive heart disease in children

apa style with 3 evidence based references within 5 years

Answer preview

Congestive heart disease (CHD) is a condition that makes the heart work extra harder than normal to pump blood to all the body parts. Children with CHD are born with a problem in their heart structure. Some of the congestive heart diseases in children are simple and can be easily treated, while others are complex…

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