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Blue baby syndrome (or simply, '''blue baby''') is a Layman 's term used to describe Newborn s with Cyanotic conditions, such as:
On November 29 , 1944 , the Johns Hopkins Hospital was the first to successfully perform an operation to relieve this syndrome. Drs. Alfred Blalock , Helen B. Taussig , and Vivien Thomas performed an Anastomosis , or joining, of the Subclavian Artery to the Pulmonary Artery in a cyanotic child, allowing the blood another chance to become Oxygen ated. The procedure is now known as a Blalock-Taussig Shunt . Blue Baby Syndrome is often caused by excessive amounts of nitrates in an infant's body. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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