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Ebstein Anomaly Ebstein anomaly is a birth defect that affects the tricuspid valve, which connects the heart’s right chambers and helps control how blood moves through the heart. Normally, blood flows through the tricuspid valve on its way from the heart’s upper right chamber to the lower right Article
Powerful Forces: Gravity and Child Health By Scott Orsey: By: Scott Orsey Big news hit the scientific community in February about gravity. One hundred years after Albert Einstein first predicted their existence in his groundbreaking theory of general relativity, scientists detected gravitational waves for the first time. The
Pediatric, Youth and Family HIV Program Connecticut Children’s and UConn Health’s Pediatric, Youth and Family HIV Program is comprised of a multidisciplinary team that provides comprehensive specialty infectious disease medical and preventative care for children, youth, women and families living with, affected by and
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Interventional Pain Management Program About the Program Connecticut Children’s Pediatric Interventional Pain Management Program’s multidisciplinary team, led by a board-certified pediatric pain physician, focuses on the use of minimally invasive leading edge procedures for the management of acute and chronic pain in Educating Practices The Educating Practices program provides pediatricians with timely, evidence-based clinical information and office tools, and helps them connect to community and state resources so they are able to implement practice changes. Educating Practices utilizes an academic detailing
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Patching Therapy Patching is a common treatment for amblyopia. Also commonly known as “lazy eye,” amblyopia is a condition in which the eye does not communicate properly with the brain. Children with amblyopia often develop good vision in one eye and poor vision in the other. How Patching Therapy Article
Beyond Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD): Kiki’s Story A week after baby Kikiolaoluwa was born, her doctors in Nigeria found a hole in her heart. At first, they told Kiki’s parents – mom Moninuola and dad Oladapo – to wait and see if the hole closed on its own. But several months later, everything was worse. Kiki was losing weight
Homecare We're pleased to help children with complex medical needs thrive outside of the hospital through a partnership with All Pointe HomeCare. Through this collaboration, private in-home nursing and skilled, intermittent care is available in many geographic areas throughout the state
Lead Toxicity Clinical Pathway Pathway Background and Objectives Lead poisoning in children leads to negative neurocognitive and developmental outcomes. While severe lead poisoning requiring chelation is increasingly rare, elevated blood lead levels in children remain prevalent in Connecticut due to the State
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Truncus Arteriosus This rare birth condition occurs when two of the heart’s most important arteries and their respective valves don’t form separately. Normally, the aorta carries blood from the heart to the body, and the pulmonary artery carries blood to the lungs. But in truncus arteriosus, these Care Detail
IB-STIM What is IB-STIM? The Center for Neurogastroenterology and Motility Disorders at Connecticut Children’s is one of the few institutions in New England to offer IB-STIM. IB-STIM is an FDA-approved non-surgical device that safely and effectively treats functional abdominal pain in
Speech-Language Pathology Programs & Services Augmentative-Alternative Communication The Augmentative-Alternative Communication (AAC) program provides children with the opportunity to be assessed by speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and technology experts using a variety of low- and high-tech options. AAC