Tag: Birth Defects: Misc.
Cardiovascular Comorbidities More Likely for Adults With CHDs
Likelihood increased for history of congestive heart failure and stroke and reporting current depressive symptoms
Odds of Anxiety, Depression, ADHD Up With Congenital Heart Disease
Youth with CHD have increased odds of anxiety and/or depression, ADHD, regardless of CHD severity
Cancer Risk Up Into Adulthood for Those With Birth Defects
Risk for cancer increased for individuals with nonchromosomal birth defects, chromosomal birth anomalies
Risk for Severe COVID-19 Low With Congenital Heart Disease
Higher risk for severe disease seen with genetic syndrome, adults at advanced physiological stage
Poorer Exercise Capacity Persists With Ventricular Septal Defects
Difference between patients with surgically repaired, unrepaired VSDs versus controls increased with age
Modafinil in Early Pregnancy Not Tied to Congenital Malformations
Large birth registry study conducted in Norway and Sweden did not show link to major malformations
ESC Updates Guidelines for Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Patients with congenital heart disease increasingly present as older adults, including the elderly
Changes Proposed for Newborn Congenital Heart Disease Screen
Oxygen saturation of at least 95 percent in both upper, lower extremities required to pass
Tumors of Embryonic Origin More Common in Children With Birth Defects
Most common childhood cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, seen at lower frequency in children with birth defects
Musculoskeletal Malformations Up With Fluconazole in Pregnancy
But no increase seen in conotruncal malformations, oral clefts with use of oral fluconazole in first trimester
