NURSING HEALTH CARE STUDY NOTES OF TGV, FACIAL PARALYSIS & CEREBRAL PALSY
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NURSING HEALTH CARE STUDY NOTES OF TGV, FACIAL PARALYSIS & CEREBRAL PALSY
Transposition of the Great Vessels (Arteries)
TGV is a congenital heart defect in which the pulmonary artery and the aorta are transposed from their normal positions.
The aorta arises from the right ventricle instead o...
NURSING HEALTH CARE STUDY NOTES OF
TGV, FACIAL PARALYSIS & CEREBRAL
PALSY 2024-2025
Transposition of the Great Vessels (Arteries)
TGV is a congenital heart defect in which the pulmonary artery and the aorta aretransposed from
their normal positions.
The aorta arises from the right ventricle instead of the left ventricle and the pulmonaryartery
arises from the left ventricle instead of the right ventricle.
TGV accounts about 5% of all CHD cases
Corrective surgery is usually performed by age 4 to 7 days.
oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor blood can mix. Significant cyanosis without amurmur in the
newborn period is highly indicative of TGV.
noting onset of cyanosis with feeding or crying
Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests
Echocardiography
Cardiac catheterization
Coarctation of the Aorta
Coarctation of the aorta is narrowing of the aorta, the major blood vessel carrying
highly oxygenated blood from the left ventricle of the heart to the restof the body.
Sign and symptoms
leg pain with activity,
dizziness,
fainting,
headaches
, Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy is a term used to describe a range of nonspecific clinical
symptoms characterized by abnormal motor pattern and postures causedby nonprogressive
abnormal brain function.
The majority of causes occur before delivery (80%), but can also occurin the natal and
postnatal periods
Cerebral palsy is the most common movement disorder of childhoodThe
incidence is about 2 in every 1,000 live births and is higher in premature andlow-
birthweight infants
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