Cyanotic Congenital Cardiac Defects: Physiology of Cyanosis

Learning Objectives
Describe the pathophysiology of specific common cyanotic congenital heart defects in the newborn period
Describe “red flags” for congenital heart disease cyanotic infants
Discuss the general approach to diagnosis of neonatal cyanotic congenital heart defects
Explain the basis for different types of ICU-management strategies used in treating neonates with unrepaired cyanotic congenital heart defects
Author(s)
Thomas Kulik, MD
Interim Chief and Director of Cardiovascular Critical Care | Boston Children's Hospital
Attending, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit/Cardiac Inpatient Unit | Boston Children's Hospital
Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program | Boston Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School
Senior Associate in Cardiology | Harvard Medical School
Director of the Division, Cardiology | Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center
Associate Chair of Clinical Affairs | University of Michigan
Interim Chair of the Department of Pediatrics | Univeristy of Michigan
Amnon Rosenthal Professor, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases | University of Michigan
Professor, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases | University of Michigan
Director, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Division of Pediatric Cardiology | University of Michigan
Attending, Department of Cardiology | Intensive Care Unit | Boston Children’s Hospital
Aleksandra E. Olszewski, MD
Physician, Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics, Department of Critical Care Medicine | UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH
Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School
Citation
Kulik T, Olszewski AE, Wolbrink TA. Cyanotic Congenital Cardiac Defects: Physiology of Cyanosis. 9/2013. Online Video. OPENPediatrics. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/3070/cyanotic-congenital-cardiac-defects-physiology-of-cyanosis.
