Published Mar 30, 2014
motay68
55 Posts
Anyone know of any good websites regarding pediatric hemolytic disease, cardiac defects, and neuro disorders? Google makes my eyes cross with the number of websites it pops out :) It's the hardest part of our semester and I want to be solid on it going into the test.
Or any easy ideas on remembering all of the six million cardiac defects newborns are born with?
Thanks
Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN
20,908 Posts
Slide show: Common types of congenital heart defects - Mayo Clinic
Congenital Heart Disease in Children | Doctor | Patient.co.uk
Approach to Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease in the Newborn | Learn Pediatrics
These may help....break them into cyanotic and non cyanotic disorders
meanmaryjean, DNP, RN
7,899 Posts
No kidding about the defects! I work in a PICU that does cardiac surgery and never cease to be amazed at the million and one ways one can be born with a jacked up heart!
A site I often send parents and students to is this: The Heart House - Children's Heart Institute
Each defect is illustrated as a house- the chambers are rooms, the septa are walls and the valves are doors. If you're at all a visual learner, this should help.
I moved this to PICU I think you might get better help here.
NotReady4PrimeTime, RN
5 Articles; 7,358 Posts
Wow, that's a really wide net you've cast, motay68. There are probably two dozen hematologic disorders that are relatively common and maybe three or four dozen neuro disorders. The others have covered cardiac pretty well.
Hematology/oncology reference: https://www.luriechildrens.org/en-us/care-services/specialties-services/hematology-oncology-stem-cell-transplantation/conditions/Pages/index.aspx
Neurological reference: Neurological Disorders of Infancy and Childhood
Each of these gives an overview of common disorders, assessments and treatment.
Thanks guys! I know it's a broad range. Once we got into course content I kissed what little free time I had left goodbye :) At least it's interesting topics so I isn't such a hardship to dig into.