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Transition from fetal to pulmonary circulation How does the circulation during fetal life differ from that of the neonate? What leads to this transition? How do the changes of pressures and resistance within the heart effect the foramen ovale, ductus venosus, and ductus arterio...

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ALTERATIONS OF CARDIAC
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CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS

,Transition from fetal to pulmonary circulation

 How does the circulation during fetal life differ from
that of the neonate?
 What leads to this transition?
 How do the changes of pressures and resistance
within the heart effect the foramen ovale, ductus
venosus, and ductus arteriosus?

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, Differences for the child in cardiovascular
functioning
 Why is the child at greater risk of CHF?
 Why does the child’s heart beat faster?
 Hct, Hgb and pulse ox concentrations appropriate for age
needed for adequate oxygen transport
 Cyanosis indicates hypoxemia to bone marrow producing
RBC’s to Hgb (polycythemia)
 Polycythemia:
Hgb  20 g/dL & Hct  55%-60%
 What is the danger of Severe Hypoxemia? Leads to
bradycardia cardiac arrest

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