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Cyanotic Congenital Cardiac Defects: Physiology of Cyanosis

Listen to Dr. Thomas Kulik review the physiology, evaluation, and management of cyanotic congenital cardiac defects.

Released:

September 16, 2013

Audience:

Physicians, Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics

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.

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